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The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War

Your majesty

it seems like it's time to

install a crown prince

Jonggye Byeonmu was achived and...

i'm alive and well

What is your intention?

Am i ill in bed?

Your majesty

i'm only saying this out of loyalty

Councilor do you agree?

i asked youa question

Councilor answer him

They want to use the future king to

control this country

Councilor

This is the first i'm hearing of it

Councilor

Second state councilor

i will remember your concern and

loyalty to this country

Leave me now

You want to install a crown prince

to keep me in check?

it's a good idea

it's a very good idea

it's the first you're hearing of it?

Did you think you should back out

since his majesty got upset?

The chief councilor doesn't have a cold

does he?

i was a fool to trust the two of you

i cant believe i trusted you enough to unite

and discuss national affairs

You're cowards

You feel no guilt about saying that?

i'm asking if you didnt have any other

intentions in installing a crown prince

Other intentions?

As you said

the court should unite

and discuss national affairs

Are you going to install a crown prince

to divide the court with a new power?

Divide the court?

You'll be at the head of tomorrow's king

Weren't you planning to line up

ministers and scholars of your party?

Watch what you say

How dare you?

You and the chief councilor ruined this

Who are you trying to blame?

We'll see about this

Your majesty

i'd like to be alone

Hello hu

What is that?

it's lotus tea

i brought it to calm you down

Please be strong in heart

My mind feel clearer

Thank you

i know you care a lot about Jeong cheol

That's probably why it's more upsetting

Servants must not like a king

sho acts like a real king

it lessens their power

Don't trust anyone anymore

Light up the lamp in your heart

The lamp in my heart

Shine a light myself

The the servants will gather

under the light like moths

if they come too close they'll burn and

if they get too far they'll be cold

Jeong cheol came too close

You're a politician now

i served you for over twenty years

i watched all your concerns

right by your side

it would be strange

if i didnt become a politician

Let me ask a politician some advice

What should i do about jeong cheol?

Suggesting the installation of

a crown prince isn't a crime

Just let him be

the people who received a shield form you

will make a move

i heard his majesty was in rage when

Jeong cheol suggested the installation

a crown prince

What should i do?

Dont do anything

Just keep quiet

Whatever the opinion of the ministers is

they didnt mention you to be the crown prince

Just stay humble as always

They wont leave me alone

it doesn't matter what i want

That cant be helped

Cant i just go and say i dont want to

be the crown prince?

His majesty already decided

on prince sinseong...

Prince gwanghae

Things dont always go your way

His majesty never imagined he would

become the king

i dont want it

i'd like to leave the palace and

find a private resident

You cant do that

His majesty will be more doubtful

Dont you know he is keeping the princes

at the palace to watch them?

Stop it

it's not something to be so upset about

its for you and this country

Things are a bit hectic now

a crown prince will make things more stable

You will have someone to rely on and

being by your side the crown prince

will learn from your ruling

the order of this country wil be set

for a hundred years

Your majesty

dont misunderstand our advice

Please consider it

I Lee seongjung ask you consider it

I Lee Haesu also ask you consider it

What will you do if a prince of

the main line of descent is born?

Wouldn't that complicate things?

i thught about that but think of your age

You're close to forty

Look here

are you that concerned about my health?

i'msaying this because you're healthy

You could teach the crown prince well

i'll be honest

i'm not happy with

any of the princes right now

imhae has a violent side to him

gwanghae is as sly as a snake

Sinseong is still young and immature

There isnt anyone who is fit enough

to be the crown prince

Your majesty

Dont mention the installation of

a crown prince again

i will tell you to discuss it

when the time is right

That cowardly silence is a comfortable

path totake

i'm going to scold Yul Gok when

i see him in the next world

He misjudged you greatly

Yul gok did misjudge me

i will not be used like a fool

What?

if you dont know what i'm talking about

ask the second state councilor

What is he talking about?

i have no idea

i cant believe someone like him is

the third state councilor

He must not remain by his majsety's side

A person who doesnt keep a promise

shouldnt influence the king

Kyoto Japan

is this map precise?

We got it from merchants who travel

all around joseon

it's trustworthy

Good

When i take joseon

i will give each of you a province

Are you going to attack joseon?

What will you do if they open up a path

To ming as you wanted?

There would be no need to crush them

with my army

But they would never do that

Ming is the sky to joseon

They wont send a reply to my letter either

What king would reply to such

a provocative letter?

You thought of all that

Joseon will think i am rude and arrogant

We never invaded the joseon main land

When joseon was first founded

they conquered tsuhima once

they won't image we would invade

the main land

They could think

we might invade the south coast

Wouldnt joseon let down its guard if

you didnt show your intentions to invade

and carried out your plans secretly?

Kato

i'm going to kill you

What?

if i said we should fight one on one on horses

and that i would kill you with one finger

would you believe me?

You are the gwanbaek but with one finger

i wouldnt believe it

what if i told you to come to the rear garden

tonight without telling anyone?

i would be suspicious and scared

Thats it

if it's done secretly

there would be suspicion

but if i boasted about it

it wouldnt be believed

an uncivilized island country attacking ming

Would joseon believe that?

You have my utmost respect

Your majesty

Your majesty the prince of ryukyu is here (Today's okinawa)

Yeah?

Your majesty

ami just a gwanbaek to you?

You

the gwanbaek is asking where

he came from to unite this land

i'm sorry

You are the son of the sun

Does ryukyu have a different sun?

No you are the only one

What about joseon and ming?

Do they have different suns?

no there is only your sun

Knowing that why did you pay tribute to

Joseon and ming for so long and

just come to me now?

it was all out of ignorance

Please forgive me

What should i do with him?

Should id cut off his head?

Should is salt it and send it to ryukyu

as an example?

That's not a bad idea

Your majesty

be generous this time

and have him repay it for eternity

No if he returns to ryukyu

he will try to get revenge

Theyn read a lot of ming books

No your majesty

if you spare me

i will serve you as the sky

No

Just serve joseon and ming as

the sky like you did so far

Your majesty

Tsurumatsu my baby

Why are you whimpering so much?

What?

You have something to say too?

Yeah?

Tsurumatsu wants me to ask

if you will give 20000 sacks of

military rations to attack joseon and ming

20000 sacks?

No?

You offered hundreds of thousands

of sacks to joseon and ming

You cant even give me 20000?

i will

Tsurumatsu saved you

Be sure to repay him for generations to come

i swear my loyalty to you and tsurumatsu

You should

Ryukyu is set

Why isnt Lusong sending an envoy? (Today's Philippines)

Konishi send another envoy

if they dont enter our court this time

tell them lusong will be swept away

i think the gwanbaek wil attack joseon

Even if the officials of the joseon court

are divided if there is a war

it wont be an easy country to defeat

The war will last long

Tsushima will become a place where

people cant live

That's the same for my family and

Kirishitan Believers (Catholicism)

What should we do?

There would be no need to crush them

with my army

But they would never do that

Ming is the sky to joseon

They wont send a reply to my letter either

What king would reply to such

a provocative letter?

The only way to avoid war with joseon is

To lend a path to ming

Joseon wouldnt do that

We told them to greet us when

we went to ming in the letter we sent

We'll have to send another letter

The previous letter was wrong

We'll ask them to lend us a path to

Ming for our envoys

if a national letter states that

they might reconsider

They might send back a reply

But there' no way the gwanbaek

would send such a letter

He barely approved of he revisions

We have to write it

What?

Even if we did

without the gwanbaek's formal seal

We'll have to borrow it

it's guarded well

Could that be possible?

Gimhae...coast of jukdo

is it deep?

isn't that a map?

What are you doing here?

Bring it to me

What is marked here?

Are you from wae?

Something is going on at the border

Officials captured wae people in gimhae

They were measuring the depth of the coast

What?

Were they looking for places to dock boats?

What else could they have been doing?

When will the diplomatic envoys arrive

in the capital?

They are in gyeonggi-do

They should arrive soon

That's not all

Joseon smugglers in the north were

reproted to have been killed by nurhaci (first emperor of later jin China)

Those wretches

What was won gyun doing?

How can governement officials

protect smugglers?

i heard nurhaci was raising power

by uniting the jurchens

it's not just because of their power

They would have returned them before

if only to receive money

The barbarians must take us lightly

to have killed them

it is deploring

it's not safe in the north or south

We have to strengthen our defenses

His majesty ordered

the border defense council

and minister to recommend able generals

Recommend able people without regard

to their ranks

Must you recommend Yi sunsin?

There wil be much objection

Probably

Yi sunsin is an able military man

He's from and ordinary family and

you're his only connection

He was also dismissed form

his position before

There are a lot of people

who are much more able than him

You think so?

i guess we dont have to worry

about the border

i'm worried people will misunderstand

Yi sunsin has a lot of enemies

Why does it have to be him?

Why does it have to be someone else?

Because he's able

but from an ordinary family

and doesnt have connections?

He has a lot of enemies because

he's upright and doesnt accept or give bribes?

Myeongbo (Lee deokhyeong's courtesy name)

That's why it should be him

Even if people misunderstand

if our border is strengthened

it would be good for our country

i'm sorry

i didnt think that far

No

Someone who was a jong 6 pun magistrate

can't be assigned the head of the naval

forces which is a jeong 3 pum position

The head of the naval forces even commands

the local magistrates

How can someone of a jong 6 pum rank

handle such a position?

He shouldnt have a problem

He was the hamgyeong-do manho and (Manho: Position of defending foreign enemies jong 4 pum rank)

Nokdundo dunjeongwan (Dunjeongwan: Offical in charge of land for providing military rations)

He also had a naval position in jeolla

10 years ago

He is the best person do defend against

enemies at sea

a jump from jong 6 to jeong 3is

a rise of seven ranks

There are rules for promotions

What about everyone else who was

promoted according to those rules?

He was a jong 4 pum manho 6 years ago

You cant say he rose seven ranks all at once

ANyway his rank is jong 6 pum now

We should make an exception since

we are facing a crisis

We should take new measures

if the right people can be found

their ranks shouldnt be a problem

SUre if he is a needed person

But when he was the josan manho

two generals and a dozen soldiers died

because the jurchens attacked

Yi sunsin was domoted to a commoner

How can you say such a person is able?

Thats was a misunderstanding

His position was restored right away

He stepped down a few months later

it's because he couldnt compromise

with injustice

Everyone know it's because

he didnt bribe his superiors

Why are you making all our officials

sound shameless?

i dont know why you're so obsessed

with Yi sunsin

You recommended him as

the head of manpojin before

There is going to be a rumor that

you were bribed

That's excessive

How can you say that?

i'm saying there are rumors

Stop it

if you're so divided over one general

how do expect to defend this country?

Have gwon yul defend the north since

everyone seems to agree on him

Send song sanghyeon as

the magistrate of dongnae

Reach a agreement on yi sunsin

Councilor

Where did you hear that the third state

councilor was bribed by Yi sunsin?

The officials of the training center

it's understandable since he embraces

Yi sunsin so much

i heard that too

Yi sunsin causes problems with

his superiors whenever he goes

A bribe a bribe...

What is it?

There are suspicions the third state

councilor received bribes

Bribes?

There's no way

Everyone knows how upright he is

an investigation will reveal that

Search everywhere

Yes sir

An inspection?

You can't investigate a top offical's house

without his majesty's approval!

That's the procedure of the

Office of the inspector general

Evicence could be buried with notice

i will report to his majesty

Do you think we dont know you're

retaliating because we didnt agree with

installing a crown prince?

This is a conspiracy

i'ts political retaliation

There was a report that a bribe was went

From yi sunsin's home in asan

There is a lot of talk regarding

the recommendation of yi sunsin

You know that

So you wont stop?

No

Even his majesty cant interfere with

the investigation by office

of the inspector general

Inspector general!

Calm down

What are you afraid of?

There wont be any problems if

the councilor is clean

This is shameful

i'll just be a second

No

Nobody can't go in

Dont you know who he is?

it will only arouse suspicion

Do you have to go this far?

it will be over soon

Wait a while

How did it go?

He's clean

He's clean?

There isnt anything valuable?

i cant believe it myself

Even a low ranking officila has

at least a roll of velvet

Nobody is that clean

Sir

What is it?

it's a letter from yi sunsin's mother

Sunsin's older brothers

Huisina and yosin died

Sunsin didnt have anyone to rely on

and was lonely

Thank you for treating him and us asif

we were you're real family

As his mother

i know how upright my son is

but other people wont see him like i do

He isnt flexible so he suffered a lot

in ther border area

He finally became the magistrate of jeongeup

and called me and his nephews

This old woman is going to jeongeup

with my two grandchildren

i have no way of repaying your gratitude

i made a quilted top for you

when i made on for sunsin

That was sent form asan 2 years ago

He said it hurt too much to wear

and had it kept in the closet

What?

His house was searched?

Yes.

The inspector general searched

the councilor's house

What was the reason?

There was a report that he received

a bribe from yi sunsin

it was probably because

he didnt agrre to installing a crown prince

Theyre going to want to investigate me too

Drink it

Thank you

Why did youwant to see me?

there was much disputed over

the recommendation of yi sunsin

i heard

i also heard you searched

the third state councilor's house because

he could have recevied a bribe

You were his direct suprior when

he was the josan manho

You must know him well

Yes i do

This is the bribe sent from yi sunsin's mother

when we searched his house

When the jurchens attacked us and

twelve of our generals and officials died

and prisoners were taken

was it yi sunsin's fault?

From my investigation

Yi sunsin asked you to increase

the number of soldiers several times

is he really incapble?

or was he the scapegoatto cover your faults?

Sir

it's a matter of the safety

the southern border

i'm not seeking to punish you

i'll let that go

Just be honest

is yi sunsin really incapable?

Yi sunsin is an able and clean general

But he's very stubborn

He disobeyed a supreior's order several times

Did he disobey an order or refuse favors?

Please understand

i said i'd let it go!

if youre a real man admit what you should

reflect and start over

Are you going to disappoint me?

Yi sunsin didnt accept any favors

Like what?

Tell me everything you know

When he was at the training center

he refused to accept a secondary daughter of

Kim Guiyeong as a concubine

When he was at

the left jeolla naval headquarters

someone wanted to make a geomungo with

the tree there

He refused saying

it was government property

The third state councilor couldnt go home?

He must be upset

There are several other recommendations

other than yi sunsin?

Yes gwon yul for the north and

song sanghyeon for the south

Gwon yul in the north and

Yi sunsin and song sanghyeon in the south

That's not bad

Seeing that he strengthened the south more

he must be concerned of an attack by wae

What do you think of seoae?

There is a lot to learn from him

Do you know what his greatest strength is?

He is as clean as this stone

Should i try attacking a black stone

with this white stone?

We're closed

Already?The sun hasnt even set

i'm a bit tired

i'l asksince he's here

Ma'am

Seta table for him

Yes ma'am

Thank you

i'll clear that

Here are the dishes

i cleared all

Dont try anything

Are you crazy?

When is an outing?

i'm busy all day

i go to the market on market day

Why?

Do you want to buy me a ribbon?

Not you The woman inside

Sir

The confucian scholars wrote an appeal

over the search of your house

No need

There are appeals that the second state

councilor is causing problems by drinking

What brings you here at this late hour?

Was it you?

The appeals?

He's a dog to be killed after the hung

i only fanned air since there was smoke

Youre saying the same thing as someone else

Do you mean song lkpil?

Yes i learned from him

The court cant be in chaos again

Things arent good withjurchens and wae

There cant be divison in our court

i'm worried there will be trouble and

the court will be divided then

if theyre taken care of before that

national affairs will go smoothly

Sir

Think about it

The recommendation of yi sunsin

You only recommended him because

he was able but they came after you

i knew it would be a matter

i would have to face one day

it is pretty shocking

Like his majesty said why is it such

a problem to appoint one general?

How will things be when it comes to

defending the country?

with power it can be fought

i said we should trust his majesty

i'm sure he'll make a wise decision

You still dont know?

He waited for song lkpil's fan before

but he's wating for us this time

Jeong cheol made his majesty mad

You should see where the sun is

going to shine now

Councilor

You did well to search the third state

councilor's house

You shouldnt make any exceptions

Thank you your majesty

You confirmed he is upright

He will be an example to everyone

i only did what i should

i was very moved

i always say this but im very glad

i have someone like you by my side

Thank you Thank you very much

i'm honored your majesty

inspector general

Yes your majesty

You carried out the inspection with

the authority of the inspector general?

The inspector general's office

shouldnt be biased

i'm not sure what youre

This is an appeal that the second state

councilor is causing problems by drinking

and abusing his authority

He should be investigated too

Your majesty!

it would be beautiful if he was found

to be clean and upright too

Your majesty this is a conspiracy!

A conspiracy?

Then it should definitely

be investigated

You refuse to be invstigated?

Your majesty just kill me

What?

i'm not afraid of the investigation

The third state councilor was suspected

Because of yi sunsin

but just becuase i like to drink

and spend time with officials

doesnt mean that i cause problems

and sbuse my authority

this is very humiliating

Thats right our majesty

The third state councilor was proven

to be innocent

if another top official is investigated

everyone will take all officials lightly

Please cancel that order

is that what you think?

Councilor what do you think?

You still dont know?

he waited for song lkpil's fan before

but he's waiting for us this time

i agree with the inspector general

But since it caused a misunderstanding

tell him to avoid drinking for a while

if thats what you think

can you stop drinking for a while?

i swear i will

You have a strong will

but what will you do if other people

want to drink with you?

How about going somewhere where

people cant visit for a while?

Your majesty

i said it's only for a while

You cant do that?

it's not that

i will obey your order

Chief royal secretary

Yes your majesty

i am appointing jeong cheol as first minister

of the office of the royal clan and

Ryu seongryong as the second state councilor

Appoint yun dusu as the minister

of the ministery of taxation of proving

Ryu seongryong's innocence

Thank you your majsety

Your majesty

you should appoint yi sunsin as

the commander of the left jeola naval district

Sir!

What is it?

the diplomatic envoys are entring the capital

They are?

March 1 1591

the diplomatic envoys who went to japan

enter the palace after 12 months

They were wnt to congratulate

the establishment of a new government

and check out the situation in japan

The envoys create confusion in

the court with their report

How are things in japan?

WHy did you send a report that

there will be an attack by wae?

toyotomi hideyoshi's eyes were

full of schemees and ploys

He just unified the nation

so he was full of confidence and ambitious

it seemed like he would attack

Joeson right away

i am sure there wil be war

Thats not true

they wont attack us so easily

even if they do we dont have to worry

toyotomi hideyoshi is a rat

His behavior was full of exaggeration

and bluffing

He wasnt bluffing your majesty

He's just afraid of their bluffs

if he intedned to raise an army

he would have done so covertly

He was only bluffing to be equal to us

in status

Subtitles By KBS World Extracted By Saman (startak.iv@gmail.com)

The court is in chaos because hwang Yungil and kim seongil have different opinons

Because of rumors spread by hwang yungil the people take refuge

Seonjo orders ryu seongryong to look after the people and hears something shocking