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This urgent official document
of the Ministry of War
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Shall be sent by prompt delivery
to Bao Xing, General of Shengjing!
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This urgent official document
of the Ministry of Civil Service
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Shall be sent by prompt delivery
to Qishan, Viceroy of Zhui Province!
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This urgent official document
of the Ministry of Defense,
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Shall be sent by prompt delivery
to Lin Zexu, Viceroy of Hu Guang
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Rampant opium use has become
a serious threat to the Celestial Empire
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In my opinion, if we do nothing,
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within ten years...
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the Qing Dynasty's treasury
will be drained and
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the country will be defenseless
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Foreigners could conquer our nation...
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without using force
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How dare you!
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Summon Lin Zexu, Viceroy of Hu Guang,
to the capital at once
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Master, here comes
His Excellency Lin Zexu
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Lin, what...
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This medicine has grown for a thousand
years at the bottom of the Dongling Lake
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It's said that
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this medicine can free you from
the habit of smoking opium for good
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You might try it
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I'm so ashamed of myself. I've weathered
the storms in civil service for 60 years
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But failed to resist
the temptation of opium
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Lin,
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do you know
why you are summoned by His Majesty?
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I'm afraid
it's about a strict ban on opium
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Opium is the most abominable thing
China has ever seen
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It leads people astray and ruins them
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Even I have become addicted,
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to say nothing of princes and ministers
in the capital
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In my opinion,
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opium smoking is dangerous
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but to impose a strict ban on opium
is even more dangerous
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I'd like to listen to your advice
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It's so difficult
because customs officers take bribes and
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high officials of central government
are corrupt
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What's more, His Majesty is indecisive
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It's really difficult
to predict the result
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You must think twice
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before you agree
to undertake any mission
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I'll take your advice
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Recently I wrote a poem,
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and I'd like your comment
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It may do you no good...
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to be as courageous and
determined as you were young
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It could not be a good sign
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Lin Zexu, you're an important official
in my government
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Right now, opium use is running rampant
Do you have any solution?
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It is my opinion that
if Your Majesty issues an order,
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the cabinet enacts prohibitions and
customs rigorously enforces them
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I'm certain that opium can be wiped out
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Are you sure? Is it that easy?
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Your majesty's power
can destroy any monster
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Since you are so confident,
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I hope you will undertake this mission
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Go to Guangdong to root out
the evil of opium
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Your Majesty,
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I am duly bound to sacrifice myself
for the Celestial Empire
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But recently, I've been suffering
from various illnesses and
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though I fear no death
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I am afraid
I may fail in this important task
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That would be an unpardonable mistake
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I know a little about medicine
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Let me check your pulse, your right hand
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Your pulse is irregular
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Shall I prescribe a good remedy?
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How do I dare...
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Lin Zexu,
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the cause of your illness is threefold
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One, you're afraid that
I won't delegate to you,
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the power to carry out this mission
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Two, you're afraid that government
officials may create obstacles
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to make you give up halfway
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Three, you fear that...
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I may be capricious
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and make unpredictable changes in policy
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Is this the cause of your illness?
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Your Majesty has keen insight
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I do have these fears
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I am not worried about my career
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but I am truly concerned
about the future of the Celestial Empire
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It has been 109 years since
Emperor Yongzheng issued an order...
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to ban opium in the 7th year
of his reign
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And yet opium use runs wild!
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If we give up halfway this time,
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no one would ever dare...
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advocate an opium ban again
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You still have no trust in me!
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I will show you another remedy
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Do you want to beg for mercy
on behalf of your teacher?
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Your Majesty, my teacher is aged and
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has been always loyal
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Lu Zifang is not only your teacher
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but also mine
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When I was five,
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he taught me painting
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When I was six,
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he taught me the Four Books
and Five Classics... Now...
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Even princes and ministers have
taken up the habit of opium smoking
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The sacred place of our Celestial Empire
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will soon become a big opium den
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The thousand-year-old medicine
can only cure one addict
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but I want to cure the whole empire
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Act on my edict: Remove Lu Zifang
from office and have him prosecuted
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for his own crimes
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Go!
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Lin, His Majesty put me to death...
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to show his determination...
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to ban opium on the one hand,
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and to cut off your retreat on the other
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Lin, go ahead
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I'll offer my head as a sacrifice
to bring you a success
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I'll offer my head as a sacrifice
to bring you a success!
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Go ahead, Lin!
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Lin Zexu obeys Your Majesty's edict
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I give my oath that I won't return
to the capital until opium is expunged
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Daddy, you killed a seagull!
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Yes, it's only a game
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China...
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Daddy, are we really going ashore?
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Yes, go on, you'd better get changed
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Qing Government doesn't welcome
young girls
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God will be with you always, my son
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Thank you
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I like the story about Jesus
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Unfortunately, books of this kind
are forbidden in the Celesial Empire
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I can't take it ashore with me
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Perhaps one day that will change, son
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You look like a girl!
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Give it back to me,
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come on!
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Mary, give it back!
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He'll be beheaded if he's not wearing it
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Beheaded? Why is that?
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Yes!
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Even if we're going abroad without
permission we'll get the same punishment
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Oh yeah! I'm sorry
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Denton
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How are you. Your Excellency?
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This is Captain White
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How are you?
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Your Excellency, the ship is ready...
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for your inspection
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Inspection
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This suitcase will be sent
to your residence tonight
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The Imperial Commissioner Lin,
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the Imperial Commissioner will go
to Guangzhou pretty soon
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You must observe all the regulations
and be careful
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"Allowed to enter the port"
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Shanzhi?
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Father
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Shanzhi
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Father
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It's all my fault...
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Today, Father...
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I...
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My son!
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Glad to see you again!
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People said that
you had drowned in the sea,
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but master refused to believe it
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Our Yihe Company has been prospering
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and we wouldn't let you die at sea
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After the shipwreck,
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I was rescued
by a foreign merchant ship, the Tuna
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I had to work as a seaman
to gain my trip back home
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The Tuna?
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It is the British merchant Denton's ship
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I helped him make a big fortune
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How dare he treat you like a seaman!
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Urgent message from 400 miles away
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Urgent message from 400 miles away
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Fine!
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"If one is full of tolerance,
he will be generous
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If one is free of greed,
he will be fearless"
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Viceroy Deng's blindfolded calligraphy
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is definitely a masterpiece of art
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Viceroy Deng has great vision
and a magic hand
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It is said that,
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that is Lin Zexu's favourite couplet
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In my opinion,
practising calligraphy is like,
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handling matters of the state
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And any slight wavering must be avoided
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Just now I heard the voice of a courier
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I think it must be
an urgent message sent by Lin
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You're right
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Where is Commissioner Lin now?
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It is reported that he travels day and
night and has just passed Nanchang
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He's still hundreds of miles away,
but his orders have reached us
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Lin's men have already been
in Guangzhou
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I'm afraid we are all on his list
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Lin is really putting a lot of effort
into his mission
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Denton, Denton
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My son was shipwrecked in Southeast Asia
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and I thank you for making him
as a seaman
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Please... This Chinese is unbelievable
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It is Mary!
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Rong'er
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Yes
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This is my treat, cheers
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Master
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I'm told Lin Zexu wants to ban opium and
he was granted an audience with...
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His Majesty once every day during,
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his eight-day stay in the Capital
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Well, I just have to send him 8 times
as many gifts of silver
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Father, he will send him
a gift of silver eight times as much
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I'm afraid Lin Zexu won't accept it
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My father is old,
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I'll marry you as soon as he dies
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You are lying to me
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Madam, here comes a customer
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It's you who told me to try opium,
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saying that opium can cure all diseases
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I... I live on singing only and
I won't get further...
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Now that you need six opium balls a day
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How can I afford you?
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Do you think
I can shit gold and piss silver?
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Fine,
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I will give you no more
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No...
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Go this way
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Seal this place. Catch opium deals
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Hurry up!
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Sir...
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No!
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Not enough?
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This is the best opium
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No...
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I just want you to stay for one night
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No, I don't sleep with foreigners
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Why not?
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I am a man too
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I came first,
whoever has to wait outside
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Rong'er
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Oh, it's Mr. He, and a foreign lady!
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There're soldiers outside, let us in
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It's dangerous outside
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You are a slut!
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Out of my way!
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Daddy
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What the deuce are you doing here?
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How could you!
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How did you find me?
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I hate you!
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Freeze!
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Your Excellency!
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You!
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How dare you! Men, come here!
Take him away
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Rong'er, get up quick
Soldiers are forcing their way in
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Sister, get up now,
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the Commander is Han
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Your Excellency!
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Rong'er
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Go!
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Go!
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Where is Lin Zexu,
the Imperial Commissioner?
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Your Excellency, when our boat arrived,
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Commissioner Lin went ashore and
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told me to escort the official seal
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Raise the sedan chair
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Yesterday I was told that
Lin Zexu had just passed Nanchang
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I'm sorry. I was remissed in my duty
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I do not have great vision
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I think Lin Zexu has started
Investigations in the city
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Tell Commander Han...
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to arrest whoever appears in Lin's list
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and execute them in public!
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Go!
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Hill, would you come take a look at this
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By taking the heads of their own people,
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they seek to imitate us. I think they do
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There is an old Chinese saying,
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"Kill the chicken and
terrify the monkey"
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Those convicts are
the unfortunate chickens
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And we, gentlemen,
are the unwelcome foreign monkeys
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Start the execution
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Peace on earth
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00:34:34,696 --> 00:34:36,687
This is too much
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They carry on this dreadful business
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right beneath our national flag
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I don't want to die
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Help! Help!
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00:34:52,146 --> 00:34:53,738
Mr. Denton, help me!
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00:34:53,881 --> 00:34:55,212
How dare you! Shut up!
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00:34:55,550 --> 00:34:57,211
Help!
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00:34:59,954 --> 00:35:02,388
Oh, no! He!
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00:35:02,523 --> 00:35:04,753
Mr. Denton, help!
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00:35:04,892 --> 00:35:06,257
Daddy, do something!
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00:35:06,928 --> 00:35:08,953
You just can't leave him there
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00:35:14,969 --> 00:35:15,936
Denton
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00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:28,571
He is my friend! No!
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00:35:29,317 --> 00:35:30,079
What did she say?
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00:35:30,518 --> 00:35:31,917
She said she knows Your Excellency
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00:35:32,053 --> 00:35:34,544
Please spare my life
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00:35:34,689 --> 00:35:37,055
Nonsense,
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00:35:37,392 --> 00:35:39,155
how can a foreign girl know me?
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00:35:39,427 --> 00:35:42,157
She said she saw your Excellency...
on board the Tuna
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If your Excellency kills me,
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00:35:44,265 --> 00:35:46,233
she will go to Commissioner Lin
to sue Your Excellency
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00:35:46,834 --> 00:35:49,302
Please spare my life!
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00:35:51,773 --> 00:35:53,035
Mary!
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00:36:00,315 --> 00:36:03,182
She is my daughter. Come here!
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00:36:03,685 --> 00:36:04,413
Daddy
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00:36:04,652 --> 00:36:05,552
Let her go!
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00:36:11,626 --> 00:36:14,322
Brother Xiong, let me do it
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00:36:25,506 --> 00:36:26,473
Sir,
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00:36:26,874 --> 00:36:29,536
he is the son of the owner
of Yihe Company
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00:36:29,677 --> 00:36:31,907
he is not an opium dealer
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00:36:36,784 --> 00:36:38,581
Viceroy Deng, Governor Yi and
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00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:39,618
General Guan are coming to meet you
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00:36:39,754 --> 00:36:41,278
How fast they found me!
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00:36:42,190 --> 00:36:43,384
Tell them to stop the ex ecution
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00:36:55,370 --> 00:36:56,894
I wish you all good health
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00:36:57,405 --> 00:37:00,966
Your Excellency, please forgive us
for not having met you earlier
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00:37:01,242 --> 00:37:02,903
Have some tea please
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00:37:05,246 --> 00:37:06,178
General Guan, please
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00:37:08,349 --> 00:37:10,817
The convict is called He Shanzhi
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00:37:10,952 --> 00:37:13,011
the son of the owner of Yihe Company
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00:37:13,321 --> 00:37:14,788
we have held him in custody
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00:37:15,189 --> 00:37:17,123
It's He Shanzhi!
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00:37:17,825 --> 00:37:19,156
Take him to my office tomorrow
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00:37:19,293 --> 00:37:19,993
Yes sir
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00:37:23,664 --> 00:37:27,464
You've collaborated with
British merchants to trade in opium
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00:37:27,602 --> 00:37:29,934
and you've committed a heinous crime
against the Celestial Empire
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00:37:30,238 --> 00:37:31,398
I am wrongly accused
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00:37:31,706 --> 00:37:34,300
I have never traded in opium
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00:37:35,042 --> 00:37:38,273
I went abroad to do business in tea,
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00:37:38,479 --> 00:37:40,640
porcelain and other goods,
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00:37:41,048 --> 00:37:43,380
I came back from abroad only yesterday
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00:37:43,684 --> 00:37:45,413
And know nothing about...
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00:37:45,553 --> 00:37:47,020
what my father and Yihe Company
are doing
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00:37:47,255 --> 00:37:48,813
I hope Your Excellency will make
a thorough investigation
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00:37:52,026 --> 00:37:54,221
Since you can speak English,
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00:37:54,929 --> 00:37:57,193
I wonder if you can read it
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00:38:12,914 --> 00:38:16,509
Imperial Commissioner Lin Zexu...
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00:38:16,984 --> 00:38:18,144
was born into a poor family in Fujian
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00:38:18,586 --> 00:38:20,247
He ranked the first in provincial
examination at the age of 20
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00:38:20,588 --> 00:38:22,579
and ranked the first
in palace examination at the age of 27
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00:38:23,157 --> 00:38:25,421
Since taking office, he has made
great achievements in taxation,
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00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:29,189
sea transportation and food control
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00:38:29,330 --> 00:38:32,527
As a result,
the Emperor laid much confidence in him
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00:38:33,468 --> 00:38:39,468
He is a strong and decisive leader,
and also...
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00:38:40,975 --> 00:38:41,999
Enough!
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00:38:42,410 --> 00:38:45,470
Do foreigners always get information
as quickly as this time?
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00:38:46,481 --> 00:38:49,746
I think so. The foreigners think that
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00:38:50,284 --> 00:38:53,845
he who gets the information earlier
earns more money
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00:38:55,289 --> 00:38:56,756
We also have a saying that
to know one's own situation and
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00:38:56,991 --> 00:38:58,618
his enemy's guarantees victory
in every battle
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00:39:00,027 --> 00:39:02,587
Since you know...
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00:39:03,598 --> 00:39:05,623
how foreigners make money,
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00:39:06,501 --> 00:39:07,525
do you know...
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00:39:08,402 --> 00:39:10,336
how they make ships and guns?
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00:39:12,507 --> 00:39:14,498
I know a little
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00:39:16,511 --> 00:39:18,911
In the past few years travelling at sea,
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00:39:19,347 --> 00:39:20,678
I've come to realize
how big the world is
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00:39:21,382 --> 00:39:24,078
I'll take the essence of
western knowledge to improve ourselves
356
00:39:24,652 --> 00:39:26,950
I'll also give you
a chance to start a new life
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00:39:27,221 --> 00:39:27,983
Thank you, Your Excellency
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00:39:28,489 --> 00:39:31,253
Since you are young and innocent,
I'll forgive you and,
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00:39:31,959 --> 00:39:34,655
appoint you as my interpreter
to investigate foreign affairs
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00:39:34,929 --> 00:39:36,396
You must find out in three days
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00:39:36,531 --> 00:39:38,556
how the British government deals
with the opium problem in their homeland
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00:39:38,833 --> 00:39:40,698
I'm willing to do my best
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00:39:42,970 --> 00:39:47,737
I can pardon you, but not your father
364
00:39:51,112 --> 00:39:54,377
Where did the huge quantity
of opium come from?
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00:39:55,149 --> 00:40:00,519
Your Excellency, pardon me please
366
00:40:01,656 --> 00:40:03,248
Investigations show that,
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00:40:04,025 --> 00:40:07,586
you have been guarantors
for all foreign ships
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00:40:07,995 --> 00:40:09,462
who claim that they are free of opium,
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00:40:10,197 --> 00:40:12,392
and got through the customs
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00:40:13,534 --> 00:40:19,302
But now there is opium everywhere
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00:40:19,707 --> 00:40:21,231
breaking up millions of families,
killing millions of people
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00:40:21,375 --> 00:40:23,605
and robbing the Great Qing
of millions of tons of silver
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00:40:25,980 --> 00:40:27,607
Look at yourself
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00:40:27,748 --> 00:40:30,376
When everyone knows that you are
one of the richest in the country
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00:40:30,918 --> 00:40:34,115
How dare you fool me
by wearing patched clothes?
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00:40:40,661 --> 00:40:41,685
He Jingrong
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00:40:43,965 --> 00:40:47,696
I'm ready to forfeit all my assets
to the government
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00:40:50,004 --> 00:40:51,699
I don't want just your money,
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00:40:53,207 --> 00:40:55,437
I want your life too
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00:40:56,444 --> 00:40:59,743
What officials collaborate with you?
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00:41:00,247 --> 00:41:02,807
However rich you may be,
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00:41:03,184 --> 00:41:05,584
you are a common citizen
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00:41:06,420 --> 00:41:09,150
How can you resell such a large quantity
of opium without any help?
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00:41:10,891 --> 00:41:13,223
There must be some official secrecity
working with you
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00:41:13,461 --> 00:41:16,453
Confess now
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00:41:16,964 --> 00:41:21,401
I don't have the nerve
to bribe any officials
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00:41:21,669 --> 00:41:26,333
They demand that I abide by the law
388
00:41:26,540 --> 00:41:31,637
I plead guilty, it's all
because of my greed, avarice and...
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00:41:38,786 --> 00:41:41,812
I want you to deliver an edict
to the foreign merchants and
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00:41:42,790 --> 00:41:44,189
to the people of Denton's party
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00:41:45,660 --> 00:41:48,925
Our emperor bestows his kindness
upon people from all over the world
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00:41:49,630 --> 00:41:52,030
That's why His Majesty grants
his approval for international trade
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00:41:53,534 --> 00:41:55,434
To reciprocate their
thanks to His Majesty,
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00:41:55,569 --> 00:41:56,661
these merchants must observe our laws
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00:41:57,271 --> 00:41:59,501
They can make profit,
but never at the expense of other people
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00:42:03,811 --> 00:42:05,779
My days are numbered,
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00:42:06,647 --> 00:42:11,016
so are your golden days
398
00:42:22,229 --> 00:42:25,198
The Qing Government is treating us
like a bunch of criminals...
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00:42:26,133 --> 00:42:32,072
Gentlemen... it's time to take a vote
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00:42:33,240 --> 00:42:34,935
For me, money is like a trade wind,
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00:42:35,076 --> 00:42:36,043
easy come, easy go
402
00:42:36,977 --> 00:42:39,002
I've no objection to turn in the opium
403
00:42:41,649 --> 00:42:45,449
You don't have any opium
Only you've got is a big mouth!
404
00:42:45,986 --> 00:42:49,478
Me, I'm a sailor
Money is important to me
405
00:42:49,623 --> 00:42:51,716
But more important to me is fair play
406
00:42:51,926 --> 00:42:54,087
These people have never
treated us fairly
407
00:42:54,361 --> 00:42:55,521
If we back down now,
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00:42:55,663 --> 00:42:58,598
these savages will treat us like slaves
409
00:43:09,410 --> 00:43:10,934
I'm against bloodshed
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00:43:11,078 --> 00:43:12,705
I say we agree to their terms
411
00:43:12,847 --> 00:43:16,510
but we can teach them to negotiate
in a civil manner
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00:43:21,222 --> 00:43:26,990
Listen... I've seen people smoking opium
And I know what opium means, too
413
00:43:27,428 --> 00:43:28,417
It's horrible!
414
00:43:43,844 --> 00:43:47,974
Denton, He Jingrong is your broker
415
00:43:48,449 --> 00:43:50,576
And you made a large fortune
with his help
416
00:43:52,453 --> 00:43:54,546
Now's your chance to pay him back
417
00:43:58,959 --> 00:44:02,690
Well, of course
we all know He Jing-rong is innocent
418
00:44:04,298 --> 00:44:07,631
They're just using him to frighten us
419
00:44:08,903 --> 00:44:13,169
We may no more say
he is guilty than opium itself
420
00:44:15,075 --> 00:44:20,012
As Mary, a young girl is naive
421
00:44:20,614 --> 00:44:25,017
Naturally, her vote is dictated
by her feelings
422
00:44:25,853 --> 00:44:28,048
But we're grown men,
423
00:44:28,489 --> 00:44:32,016
all we know that
what we are expecting here is war
424
00:44:35,362 --> 00:44:41,362
A war, gentlemen. We should be prepared
425
00:44:41,936 --> 00:44:44,769
to sacrifice our personal feelings
for our country
426
00:44:58,252 --> 00:44:59,446
Yes!
427
00:45:16,237 --> 00:45:21,971
I'm terribly sorry Mr. He
The imperial kingdom has its laws
428
00:45:23,210 --> 00:45:26,304
And we have our principles
429
00:45:29,283 --> 00:45:33,014
What an ugly Chinese calligraphy!
430
00:45:34,188 --> 00:45:36,486
How impertinent they misspell "Lin Zexu"
431
00:45:36,957 --> 00:45:39,448
And to hang two swords over our heads
432
00:45:40,728 --> 00:45:43,094
They keep talking about the trade
between the two countries,
433
00:45:43,364 --> 00:45:44,228
but over the vast expanse of land
under the heaven
434
00:45:44,431 --> 00:45:46,262
there exists no counterpart
to the Celestial Empire
435
00:45:47,801 --> 00:45:52,704
This is not a diplomatic note,
436
00:45:54,608 --> 00:45:57,702
but a war declaration
It's a war declaration
437
00:45:58,479 --> 00:46:01,937
They are trying to sound me out
That's good
438
00:46:02,349 --> 00:46:04,249
Let me show the world
439
00:46:04,385 --> 00:46:06,012
our Celestial Empire's determinations
to ban opium
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00:46:06,787 --> 00:46:08,550
Besiege
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00:46:08,756 --> 00:46:10,849
all the British mansions at once!
442
00:46:20,234 --> 00:46:21,758
Get back!
443
00:46:43,424 --> 00:46:49,424
Take off your wig. Wear your hat
444
00:46:54,935 --> 00:46:58,962
Lin Sheng, what do you think of...
445
00:46:59,106 --> 00:47:00,698
my interpreter in foreign clothes?
446
00:47:01,308 --> 00:47:03,503
Like a little devil
from the nether world
447
00:47:04,011 --> 00:47:05,603
Let's see
448
00:47:05,879 --> 00:47:09,178
how he eats with foreign tableware
449
00:47:24,198 --> 00:47:26,257
What do you think?
450
00:47:27,368 --> 00:47:29,529
It's clumsy to use both hands!
451
00:47:32,639 --> 00:47:34,436
Well, look!
452
00:47:34,575 --> 00:47:38,011
The foreign tableware...
453
00:47:38,278 --> 00:47:41,406
requires the use of both hands
454
00:47:41,782 --> 00:47:44,273
our chopsticks require one hand only
455
00:47:44,418 --> 00:47:45,118
Yes
456
00:47:45,686 --> 00:47:49,122
and have greater adaptability
457
00:47:50,190 --> 00:47:52,988
Your Excellency
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00:48:00,267 --> 00:48:02,701
a priest from
the British Chamber of Commerce...
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00:48:02,903 --> 00:48:04,268
came out with a white flag
460
00:48:04,438 --> 00:48:05,928
Our soldiers took Him
461
00:48:06,173 --> 00:48:07,538
Where is he now?
462
00:48:08,208 --> 00:48:08,970
In the front hall
463
00:48:11,045 --> 00:48:14,742
Your Excellency, I do not represent
the British Chamber of Commerce
464
00:48:15,215 --> 00:48:18,514
I'm here on my own behalf
465
00:48:19,153 --> 00:48:21,018
Whether you come alone or
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00:48:21,722 --> 00:48:23,349
with all your people
467
00:48:23,991 --> 00:48:26,323
I am ready to meet you here
468
00:48:26,460 --> 00:48:29,190
I support your ban on opium
469
00:48:30,898 --> 00:48:33,366
but cutting off water and food supply
is endangering their lives
470
00:48:33,567 --> 00:48:39,567
Cutting off food and water
is not humane behaviour
471
00:48:40,974 --> 00:48:43,704
He said, cutting off food and water
is not humane behaviour
472
00:48:43,844 --> 00:48:47,541
In the name of God, I'm here
to implore you to lift the blockade
473
00:48:47,681 --> 00:48:49,546
It's only been three days that
474
00:48:50,217 --> 00:48:51,616
you have been cut off supplies and
you condemn it as inhumane
475
00:48:52,286 --> 00:48:54,151
What about a country that
476
00:48:54,288 --> 00:48:56,347
has been broken apart for the last
hundred years and the millions of people
477
00:48:56,824 --> 00:48:58,917
that died or whose families
have been ruined because of opium?
478
00:48:59,326 --> 00:49:00,725
Who is going to sympathize with them?
479
00:49:01,895 --> 00:49:03,886
Where is your God?
480
00:49:04,031 --> 00:49:05,464
Where is...
481
00:49:05,599 --> 00:49:06,623
your humanitarian principle?
482
00:49:14,274 --> 00:49:15,206
Look!
483
00:49:15,642 --> 00:49:17,371
These English newspapers...
484
00:49:17,811 --> 00:49:19,506
have reported clearly strict bans on,
485
00:49:20,180 --> 00:49:23,149
opium smoking in your own country
by your Queen
486
00:49:23,750 --> 00:49:25,843
and she has also issued prohibitions
to the British merchants
487
00:49:25,986 --> 00:49:26,800
One of them is...
488
00:49:26,820 --> 00:49:29,482
"Contraband must not be shipped
to Guangzhou"
489
00:49:30,724 --> 00:49:31,713
So, can I ask you...
490
00:49:31,992 --> 00:49:34,119
why Denton and
his like defy the Queen and
491
00:49:34,394 --> 00:49:35,725
introduce this illegal stuff to China?
492
00:49:36,396 --> 00:49:37,954
This drug has driven China
to the verge of destruction
493
00:49:38,098 --> 00:49:40,032
I use the blockade only as a last resort
494
00:49:40,234 --> 00:49:41,326
I'd like you to convey a message:
495
00:49:41,902 --> 00:49:43,369
You have enjoyed our tolerance
for a hundred years until today
496
00:49:43,504 --> 00:49:44,801
We won't yield an inch any more
497
00:49:52,479 --> 00:49:54,743
If Your Excellency refuses
to lift the blockade,
498
00:49:54,982 --> 00:49:57,282
I'm afraid that...
499
00:49:57,283 --> 00:50:01,114
they'll go on a hunger protest
500
00:50:07,261 --> 00:50:09,991
Let them do it,
501
00:50:10,130 --> 00:50:11,654
and I'll follow suit
502
00:50:12,166 --> 00:50:13,326
If they starve to death,
503
00:50:13,700 --> 00:50:16,191
I'll go down to hell to express
my good wishes
504
00:50:27,681 --> 00:50:28,670
Please
505
00:50:37,224 --> 00:50:40,921
If any of them starve to death,
506
00:50:41,762 --> 00:50:43,559
I'm afraid it will mean trouble
507
00:50:47,301 --> 00:50:50,930
I'm not afraid of these foreigners,
but...
508
00:50:51,171 --> 00:50:52,934
But His Majesty may be afraid of them
509
00:50:56,777 --> 00:51:00,042
What I really fear is that
if the traitors are not eliminated,
510
00:51:01,448 --> 00:51:04,508
they will bring opium back
to this country
511
00:51:13,927 --> 00:51:16,623
Master, the Yihe Company has been closed
by the authorities and
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00:51:17,297 --> 00:51:18,924
we are ordered to turn in
all the account books
513
00:51:19,366 --> 00:51:21,459
Luckily I've made preparations for it
514
00:51:25,205 --> 00:51:28,197
Rengui, if I don't live through this,
515
00:51:28,842 --> 00:51:31,402
I want you to look after Shanzhi
516
00:51:31,578 --> 00:51:34,206
I'll get you out of here, Father
I promise
517
00:51:40,387 --> 00:51:43,151
Lin Zexu and the foreigners are going
to have direct confrontations
518
00:51:43,624 --> 00:51:49,119
Trapped between the parties,
I don't stand a chance of surviving
519
00:51:50,163 --> 00:51:54,998
Forget about me
Just take good care of yourself
520
00:51:56,603 --> 00:52:00,664
Lin Zexu is shrewd and merciless
521
00:52:00,874 --> 00:52:05,038
You must be very careful
when you work for him
522
00:52:05,345 --> 00:52:07,973
Father, I'll implore Lin Zexu...
523
00:52:08,215 --> 00:52:09,682
to redeem you with our assets
524
00:52:10,584 --> 00:52:12,279
Money doesn't work any more,
525
00:52:13,086 --> 00:52:15,520
not with Lin Zexu
526
00:52:17,190 --> 00:52:19,852
I've left with Rengui
our full set of account books
527
00:52:20,794 --> 00:52:25,356
you might pass to Lin if needed
528
00:52:25,699 --> 00:52:27,860
They might help
529
00:52:30,704 --> 00:52:32,467
Father! Master!
530
00:52:40,747 --> 00:52:42,840
These are the deeds
for all our land and houses
531
00:52:43,016 --> 00:52:44,711
My father wishes to turn them over
to Your Excellency
532
00:52:45,485 --> 00:52:49,182
Very good. We need financing
for building warships and cannons
533
00:52:49,956 --> 00:52:51,981
and your money can be of great help
534
00:52:52,592 --> 00:52:53,354
Yes
535
00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:00,789
What are these?
536
00:53:01,234 --> 00:53:02,826
My father confesses his crime
to Your Excellency
537
00:53:03,270 --> 00:53:04,931
and these are the account books of
the Yihe Company for the past 19 years
538
00:53:05,072 --> 00:53:07,540
They recorded the amount of silver
he has used for bribing the officials
539
00:53:07,774 --> 00:53:10,334
3,576,000 taels in total
540
00:53:10,844 --> 00:53:12,334
No one else has seen this
541
00:53:12,612 --> 00:53:14,705
There might be some hidden causes
in my father's case
542
00:53:14,981 --> 00:53:16,312
Please make a thorough investigation,
Your Excellency
543
00:53:24,324 --> 00:53:28,158
He Jingrong deserves...
544
00:53:29,363 --> 00:53:32,196
capital punishment for this!
545
00:53:32,566 --> 00:53:34,625
Your Excellency...
546
00:53:36,703 --> 00:53:39,297
The Yihe Company has been bribing
the government officials and
547
00:53:39,773 --> 00:53:41,001
collaborating with foreigners
548
00:53:43,610 --> 00:53:44,872
Now you're here
to blackmail the authorities...
549
00:53:45,011 --> 00:53:46,103
with these confidential records
550
00:53:46,680 --> 00:53:50,116
How many officials are on your list?
551
00:53:51,985 --> 00:53:55,682
You have good reason to put Han Zhaoqing
on the list, who took million taels
552
00:53:56,790 --> 00:53:59,350
But why did you record those...
553
00:53:59,493 --> 00:54:01,188
who have received only a trifling amount?
554
00:54:01,428 --> 00:54:02,725
What do you want from me?
555
00:54:05,265 --> 00:54:07,392
Kill all the officials...
556
00:54:07,534 --> 00:54:09,502
in Guangzhou?
557
00:54:13,073 --> 00:54:15,371
Or start an internal confrontation when
we are facing a strong enemy outside?
558
00:54:15,609 --> 00:54:16,906
You're despicable
559
00:54:18,078 --> 00:54:19,010
Get out!
560
00:54:52,879 --> 00:54:56,906
According to the law of the Great Qing,
561
00:54:57,951 --> 00:55:00,249
any official found listing opium...
562
00:55:00,954 --> 00:55:04,583
will be stripped of his title,
dismissed from office and exiled
563
00:55:05,992 --> 00:55:10,361
Which I'm sure you all know
564
00:55:11,298 --> 00:55:13,493
But I'm not sure if there has been
any transgression among you
565
00:55:14,768 --> 00:55:17,896
No. No!
566
00:55:18,038 --> 00:55:18,800
Very good!
567
00:55:21,074 --> 00:55:23,736
What we are here for today is meditation
568
00:55:23,877 --> 00:55:27,813
I want you to sit here for six hours
569
00:55:30,116 --> 00:55:32,107
If you are still in good shape
after these hours,
570
00:55:32,252 --> 00:55:35,221
you may leave
571
00:55:36,656 --> 00:55:40,057
If anyone of you cannot stand it,
572
00:55:41,127 --> 00:55:43,652
leave your official hat here
573
00:55:43,797 --> 00:55:45,492
and wait for prosecution
574
00:58:32,732 --> 00:58:34,825
I want to see how long you could last!
575
00:58:51,084 --> 00:58:53,109
Out of every 10,000 chests of opium
that you allowed to enter,
576
00:58:53,687 --> 00:58:56,087
you would take 200
577
00:58:56,956 --> 00:58:58,355
and say it was confiscated
578
00:59:00,360 --> 00:59:02,157
Hiding the truth and reporting...
579
00:59:02,295 --> 00:59:03,819
as your achievements
to the Imperial Court
580
00:59:04,330 --> 00:59:05,030
You're...
581
00:59:05,033 --> 00:59:07,198
a greater evil than the opium smugglers!
582
00:59:08,735 --> 00:59:11,101
The reputation and morality
of this Celestial Empire...
583
00:59:11,304 --> 00:59:14,171
are ruined by scoundrels like you
584
00:59:15,375 --> 00:59:19,436
As officials appointed
by the Imperial Court,
585
00:59:20,013 --> 00:59:22,038
you should be examples
to the general public
586
00:59:22,916 --> 00:59:23,974
There's a question I want to ask you
587
00:59:24,350 --> 00:59:26,477
Can anyone of you dare to say that
588
00:59:26,619 --> 00:59:28,052
I...
589
00:59:28,488 --> 00:59:32,652
you have never received a bribe?
590
00:59:33,159 --> 00:59:35,286
If you can, come forward and
591
00:59:35,895 --> 00:59:38,693
receive my three bows of respect
592
01:00:00,987 --> 01:00:03,114
Put him in jail
Keep any eye on him day and night
593
01:00:03,256 --> 01:00:04,052
Someone might kill him
to evade prosecution
594
01:00:28,281 --> 01:00:32,149
Your Excellency, I...
595
01:00:35,421 --> 01:00:39,084
The Yihe Company fabricated...
596
01:00:40,960 --> 01:00:43,724
these secret account books to frame you
597
01:00:43,963 --> 01:00:48,059
and to redeem He Jingrong
598
01:00:48,368 --> 01:00:49,995
How stupid they are!
599
01:01:02,515 --> 01:01:06,884
Your Excellency, I...
600
01:01:07,020 --> 01:01:10,217
To err is human
601
01:01:10,957 --> 01:01:11,719
Your Excellency
602
01:01:11,958 --> 01:01:15,450
General Guan, it's you who should
receive my three bows of respect
603
01:01:15,662 --> 01:01:16,890
Your Excellency,
604
01:01:17,864 --> 01:01:21,095
I'm no scholar, but a soldier
605
01:01:21,835 --> 01:01:22,961
I didn't understand
606
01:01:23,102 --> 01:01:25,468
the couplet on the wall until now
607
01:01:27,006 --> 01:01:29,736
I'm willing to face any danger and to do
whatever Your Excellency wants me to
608
01:01:30,109 --> 01:01:32,168
I pledge my life to fight
for our common cause
609
01:01:33,179 --> 01:01:38,378
with Your Excellency
610
01:01:40,787 --> 01:01:44,621
Fighting opium will be
a lengthy struggle
611
01:01:45,859 --> 01:01:48,259
Now that we three are...
612
01:01:48,394 --> 01:01:51,090
in the same boat,
we must work hard together
613
01:01:51,364 --> 01:01:55,027
to eradicate this opium
that poisons our country
614
01:02:45,685 --> 01:02:46,447
Well gentlemen,
615
01:02:47,153 --> 01:02:49,053
it's good to see the flag still flying
616
01:02:49,555 --> 01:02:55,555
I'm here, by the Grace of God
617
01:02:55,962 --> 01:02:59,661
Now, in the face of this unexpected
618
01:02:59,662 --> 01:03:04,100
Chinese violation of
our limited resources
619
01:03:04,101 --> 01:03:07,499
and indeed the dignity of the Queen
620
01:03:08,841 --> 01:03:12,937
I'm henceforward taking
full responsibility...
621
01:03:13,079 --> 01:03:17,539
for the property and the well-being
of the British community here in China
622
01:03:23,589 --> 01:03:26,558
They're savages!
They're bottling us up to death
623
01:03:26,693 --> 01:03:29,856
We want our ships back
We want our cargo!
624
01:03:29,996 --> 01:03:35,730
We've been here long enough, gentlemen
625
01:03:37,403 --> 01:03:38,597
Kill them!
626
01:03:38,905 --> 01:03:40,702
We've been stuck here for a long time
627
01:03:40,907 --> 01:03:44,035
I'm not turning in my opium,
not one ounce
628
01:03:46,813 --> 01:03:51,079
Gentlemen...
629
01:03:51,217 --> 01:03:53,515
Let's not lose our heads
Now, trade is booming here
630
01:03:53,786 --> 01:03:59,383
Don't let's kill the goose
that lays the golden egg
631
01:04:02,161 --> 01:04:03,685
Are you with me?
632
01:04:03,896 --> 01:04:05,659
What choice do we have?
633
01:04:06,165 --> 01:04:06,893
What plan you have in mind?
634
01:04:07,033 --> 01:04:10,799
Very well, I'll arrange safe passage...
635
01:04:10,937 --> 01:04:13,565
for you all to leave Guangzhou,
in the next ten days
636
01:04:14,073 --> 01:04:16,041
What about our opium?
637
01:04:16,209 --> 01:04:18,006
In the next ten days,
638
01:04:18,144 --> 01:04:23,309
I said, having first handed-in
all your opium stocks
639
01:04:25,485 --> 01:04:27,953
Every last ounce of it
640
01:04:33,059 --> 01:04:34,788
I'd better stay!
641
01:04:36,095 --> 01:04:38,723
You're out of your mind, Captain Elliot
642
01:04:39,298 --> 01:04:41,789
I've never heard of such lunacy
643
01:04:42,168 --> 01:04:45,695
Well... if it isn't Mr. Denton
644
01:04:45,838 --> 01:04:48,807
Risen from the gutter by cheating,
swindling and embezzling and tax evasion
645
01:04:48,941 --> 01:04:51,341
Would you like me to carry on listing
646
01:04:51,477 --> 01:04:53,775
your crimes against
Her Majesty's government?
647
01:04:53,913 --> 01:04:55,437
That's slander, Captain Elliot
648
01:04:56,716 --> 01:04:58,149
As for you, Mr. White,
649
01:04:59,318 --> 01:05:00,910
I remember you from the Spanish Maine,
650
01:05:01,054 --> 01:05:02,885
you're nothing more than a smuggler
How dare you?
651
01:05:05,458 --> 01:05:08,450
What about you, Lawrence?
652
01:05:08,594 --> 01:05:12,052
There's not much left in Britain for you
is there? Except for 5 years in jail
653
01:05:12,865 --> 01:05:16,460
You're all fat greedy, rogues,
everyone of you
654
01:05:16,669 --> 01:05:18,830
I'm not here
to help you line your pockets
655
01:05:19,105 --> 01:05:23,599
I'm here to protect
Great Britain's trade with China
656
01:05:24,110 --> 01:05:29,875
Now, here is what I propose
I'm offering you all a guarantee of
657
01:05:29,876 --> 01:05:33,118
full indemnity against all your losses
658
01:05:35,855 --> 01:05:37,482
Who's going to pay?
How much are you going to pay?
659
01:05:37,623 --> 01:05:41,616
And what authority, may I ask,
do you have to offer such warranties?
660
01:05:42,028 --> 01:05:43,620
Does the British government
know it will cost them
661
01:05:43,763 --> 01:05:47,665
I will say in excess of
6 million pounds?
662
01:05:48,434 --> 01:05:51,198
What's the prime minister going
to have to say about that?
663
01:05:51,537 --> 01:05:53,767
We have to wait and see
664
01:05:54,340 --> 01:05:56,240
Well, Denton. And in any event
we don't have much choice, do we?
665
01:05:56,375 --> 01:05:57,342
What do you mean?
666
01:05:57,510 --> 01:05:59,944
We're blockaded, are we not?
667
01:06:00,680 --> 01:06:04,172
You want to sit here in this hell hole
until we rot?
668
01:06:05,384 --> 01:06:06,112
No!
669
01:06:06,319 --> 01:06:08,753
You call me a criminal
670
01:06:08,955 --> 01:06:11,446
They'll hang you back home for this
671
01:06:11,591 --> 01:06:13,149
Don't mind about me
672
01:06:13,392 --> 01:06:17,692
The Chinese have got you all in a noose
673
01:06:17,997 --> 01:06:19,760
Now, they all want a guarantee
674
01:06:20,166 --> 01:06:22,691
I shall be signing them in my office
675
01:06:42,855 --> 01:06:45,085
Your Majesty,
676
01:06:45,525 --> 01:06:47,186
The English merchants...
677
01:06:47,527 --> 01:06:50,724
are subdued by your heavenly power
678
01:06:51,531 --> 01:06:54,796
and have surrendered all the opium
in their possession
679
01:06:55,301 --> 01:06:59,738
22,283 chests in total
680
01:07:00,439 --> 01:07:02,031
Thus the opium catastrophe that
has plagued China for a hundred years
681
01:07:02,208 --> 01:07:03,140
is completely eradicated
682
01:07:03,309 --> 01:07:04,276
and the untamed overseas nationals...
683
01:07:04,410 --> 01:07:06,878
are rendered subservient
to the Celestial Empire
684
01:07:33,306 --> 01:07:37,640
I, Miannin,
the emperor of the Great Qing
685
01:07:37,843 --> 01:07:40,641
humbly report to the Imperial Heaven
and Land and to the reverent ancestors:
686
01:07:41,581 --> 01:07:46,985
The opium catastrophe that has plagued
this land for a hundred years
687
01:07:47,420 --> 01:07:49,911
is completely eradicated
688
01:07:50,423 --> 01:07:52,323
in April, the 19th year
of the reign of Emperor Daoguang
689
01:07:53,092 --> 01:07:57,392
Hence the heavenly rules
are strengthened
690
01:07:58,931 --> 01:08:04,801
and the whole land is brought to peace
691
01:08:06,639 --> 01:08:08,607
Send my order to Lin Zexu:
692
01:08:09,275 --> 01:08:14,611
All the confiscated opium
is to be destroyed in public
693
01:08:15,815 --> 01:08:18,682
Witnessed by the people
at home and front abroad
694
01:08:19,018 --> 01:08:22,920
so that the untamed overseas nationals
695
01:09:21,881 --> 01:09:25,009
Upon the order of His Majesty,
destroy the opium now!
696
01:09:25,518 --> 01:09:29,511
Upon the order of His Majesty,
destroy the opium now
697
01:09:29,989 --> 01:09:33,925
Upon the order of His Majesty,
destroy the opium now
698
01:10:14,333 --> 01:10:17,234
Your Excellency, it's time now
699
01:12:08,180 --> 01:12:09,977
To the English Queen...
700
01:12:10,115 --> 01:12:13,482
from the Imperial Commissioner
Lin Zexu...
701
01:12:13,752 --> 01:12:15,617
I know you're very pleased
with yourself, Elliot
702
01:12:16,188 --> 01:12:17,621
you've sold us down the river,
703
01:12:17,923 --> 01:12:19,823
they are treating us like scum
704
01:12:20,926 --> 01:12:22,188
Go, Go...
705
01:12:31,337 --> 01:12:33,202
because he has considered it
706
01:12:33,339 --> 01:12:35,330
as beneficial to the people all
over the world
707
01:12:35,608 --> 01:12:39,408
Therefore what I'm imposing
is a ban on opium,
708
01:12:39,745 --> 01:12:40,677
not trade
709
01:12:41,180 --> 01:12:44,149
You all should be grateful
to the celestial kindness,
710
01:12:44,283 --> 01:12:46,478
and abide by the Law
711
01:12:46,619 --> 01:12:50,419
Damn you, Elliot! Damn you to hell!
712
01:12:51,457 --> 01:12:54,688
Danton, wait
Don't be such an obstinate fool
713
01:12:57,229 --> 01:13:01,962
You're a traitor to us and
to your country
714
01:13:04,703 --> 01:13:06,000
Listen to me, Denton
715
01:13:07,473 --> 01:13:10,874
I want you to take this letter
to Lord Palmerston
716
01:13:11,210 --> 01:13:13,508
What am I now, your errand boy?
717
01:13:13,746 --> 01:13:15,008
In person. Please
718
01:13:19,451 --> 01:13:20,941
Tell him what's going on here
719
01:13:21,220 --> 01:13:22,448
Tell him the Chinese has just burnt
720
01:13:22,588 --> 01:13:25,022
8 million pounds won'th
of the British government
721
01:13:25,391 --> 01:13:29,020
British government stock?
That opium was ours
722
01:13:29,261 --> 01:13:31,559
You all have copies of my guarantee
723
01:13:32,665 --> 01:13:33,791
Well, the opium they've just burnt
724
01:13:33,933 --> 01:13:37,232
is now officially the property
of our Majesty's government
725
01:13:37,570 --> 01:13:40,630
Do you pretend that
your guarantee still holds good?
726
01:13:41,073 --> 01:13:42,404
Of course!
727
01:13:42,541 --> 01:13:45,237
Damn it, Elliot, you know perfectly well
that the British government...
728
01:13:45,377 --> 01:13:48,312
will never part me eight million pounds?
729
01:13:48,480 --> 01:13:49,947
No, perhaps not
730
01:13:50,115 --> 01:13:53,744
But they might be persuaded to make sure
that somebody else does
731
01:13:54,620 --> 01:13:57,714
Someone else? You mean the Chinese?
732
01:13:58,390 --> 01:13:59,755
Precisely!
733
01:14:01,594 --> 01:14:04,392
You're cunning devil, Elliot
734
01:14:05,431 --> 01:14:08,229
You're sending me back home
to promote the war!
735
01:14:10,536 --> 01:14:13,004
God help me. I'll leave right away
736
01:14:22,881 --> 01:14:23,643
What's that?
737
01:14:23,816 --> 01:14:29,118
The Imperial Commissioner wants you
to give this letter to your Queen
738
01:14:31,357 --> 01:14:35,623
You told Lin that we will never withdraw
739
01:14:36,061 --> 01:14:37,187
We'll wait off shore
740
01:14:37,997 --> 01:14:40,465
That's where Britain's strength lies
741
01:14:41,567 --> 01:14:42,556
Let's see!
742
01:14:46,205 --> 01:14:50,164
You tell Lin that
we'll be back at Guangzhou!
743
01:15:04,523 --> 01:15:05,319
Do you think...
744
01:15:05,791 --> 01:15:10,125
the British would declare a war on us?
745
01:15:10,929 --> 01:15:15,389
Well... I really don't know
746
01:15:35,187 --> 01:15:38,247
Mr. Denton for the East India company's
bought us...
747
01:15:38,390 --> 01:15:41,325
news of the deteriorating situation
in Guangzhou
748
01:15:41,527 --> 01:15:45,554
Lives, properties of the citizens
are being threatened
749
01:15:46,265 --> 01:15:49,325
British commercial chambers have formed
themselves a powerful lobby to...
750
01:15:49,468 --> 01:15:53,494
To exert pressure from all directions
751
01:15:53,495 --> 01:15:58,172
upon the government for
military interference
752
01:15:58,377 --> 01:16:00,470
Merchants are interested only in money
753
01:16:00,779 --> 01:16:02,679
Far more important is that the Chinese
754
01:16:02,815 --> 01:16:04,840
do not treat us
with equality and fairness
755
01:16:05,117 --> 01:16:09,417
We shall not let them insult the dignity
756
01:16:10,022 --> 01:16:11,887
and honour of her Majesty the Queen
757
01:16:12,224 --> 01:16:15,682
The government is not involved
in the opium trade
758
01:16:15,861 --> 01:16:19,456
that is a free trade conducted
by private business
759
01:16:19,665 --> 01:16:24,932
Gentlemen, I take pride in informing you
760
01:16:25,070 --> 01:16:28,025
that some wise men have been engaged
761
01:16:28,026 --> 01:16:33,936
for some time in preparing maps of China
ever since McCartney's visit there
762
01:16:35,514 --> 01:16:38,738
Here, on the table, we have a map
763
01:16:38,739 --> 01:16:42,352
which shows all rivers, all harbours,
764
01:16:42,488 --> 01:16:45,480
all the fortifications
765
01:16:45,624 --> 01:16:50,527
A map much more accurate than anything
they have in their imperial palace
766
01:16:51,730 --> 01:16:56,222
As for the Chinese marine force,
767
01:16:56,223 --> 01:17:01,836
it's a fleet of fishing
boats if anything
768
01:17:02,141 --> 01:17:03,369
A priest convinced us yesterday
769
01:17:03,509 --> 01:17:06,876
that one British warship could
sink 10 Chinese warships
770
01:17:07,079 --> 01:17:08,478
Do you believe what he said?
771
01:17:08,614 --> 01:17:12,710
No, I do not
I believe one British warship
772
01:17:12,851 --> 01:17:16,981
could destroy
the whole Chinese Marine force
773
01:17:44,483 --> 01:17:46,781
So what have you brought me,
my dear friends?
774
01:17:47,119 --> 01:17:49,587
Budget, deficit or war in India?
775
01:17:49,822 --> 01:17:50,550
Your Majesty,
776
01:17:50,556 --> 01:17:53,787
I'm inviting you to cut the ribbon
for a new railway
777
01:17:53,959 --> 01:17:56,223
That's wonderful, I'll do it
778
01:17:56,628 --> 01:18:00,120
By the way... there's something important
that Palmerston has to report you
779
01:18:00,265 --> 01:18:03,428
In China, Your Majesty,
Lin Zexu has destroyed
780
01:18:03,569 --> 01:18:06,299
8 million pounds worth of our goods
781
01:18:06,438 --> 01:18:09,669
and is driving all the British residents
out of Guangzhou
782
01:18:10,275 --> 01:18:13,574
Well, what shall we do then?
783
01:18:14,079 --> 01:18:17,071
We're looking forward
to your instructions
784
01:18:17,282 --> 01:18:18,214
But I hear
785
01:18:18,350 --> 01:18:20,716
you're already assembling marine forces
786
01:19:24,850 --> 01:19:27,648
This is the sample of a new stamp
to be released shortly
787
01:19:30,088 --> 01:19:31,248
What do you think?
788
01:19:32,991 --> 01:19:35,357
She looks prettier, doesn't she?
789
01:19:35,761 --> 01:19:39,458
Your Majesty, the world is never
short of beautiful women,
790
01:19:40,532 --> 01:19:42,727
but there is only one British Queen
791
01:19:42,935 --> 01:19:44,926
Thank you for your honesty, Melbourne
792
01:19:46,071 --> 01:19:49,973
The stamp will be distributed to
every country in the British Empire
793
01:19:51,076 --> 01:19:54,568
My dear, where there is sunshine,
794
01:19:54,713 --> 01:19:56,044
there is your image
795
01:19:56,648 --> 01:19:58,240
And in China, too?
796
01:19:58,417 --> 01:19:59,384
Your Majesty,
797
01:19:59,718 --> 01:20:01,709
the Cabinet is looking forward
to your support
798
01:20:01,853 --> 01:20:04,185
for the motion to send the army to China
799
01:20:04,456 --> 01:20:08,392
and for parliamentary
support of military appropriations
800
01:20:11,830 --> 01:20:17,769
Now tell me
what kind of a man Lin Zexu is
801
01:20:20,839 --> 01:20:23,603
Well... he's a strong-will, unrefined,
802
01:20:24,042 --> 01:20:26,442
loyal to his emperor,
liable to go to extremes...
803
01:20:29,114 --> 01:20:30,979
I confess that our knowledge of
that thousand-year-old empire...
804
01:20:31,116 --> 01:20:33,448
is somewhat limited
805
01:20:34,419 --> 01:20:37,388
I wish I could see him
in Madame Tussaud's Museum
806
01:20:39,891 --> 01:20:42,485
If I were in Lin Zexu's position
807
01:20:42,995 --> 01:20:45,657
I would also burn all the opium...
808
01:20:45,797 --> 01:20:47,628
But now, it's not the opium issue,
809
01:20:48,667 --> 01:20:51,761
nor the issue of the lives and
properties of a few merchants
810
01:20:53,138 --> 01:20:57,370
It's not even a matter of the dignity
of our British Flag and royalty
811
01:20:58,610 --> 01:21:01,511
If all nations follow China's example
812
01:21:01,646 --> 01:21:03,136
and reject free trade...
813
01:21:03,815 --> 01:21:07,080
the British Empire will no longer exist
within a year
814
01:21:07,753 --> 01:21:10,881
This is the reason for us to use force!
815
01:21:11,156 --> 01:21:13,989
We must teach them
a lesson on free trade!
816
01:21:15,894 --> 01:21:18,886
Gentlemen,
Britain has the responsibility...
817
01:21:19,031 --> 01:21:22,489
to open up this last and
largest territory in the East
818
01:21:24,369 --> 01:21:27,896
I hope you won't tell me one day that
this has been done by other countries
819
01:21:30,275 --> 01:21:34,268
The fact is, whoever gets hold of China
will have the entire East
820
01:21:34,413 --> 01:21:39,373
The 19th century
821
01:21:44,523 --> 01:21:45,922
Load up
822
01:21:46,291 --> 01:21:48,259
Load up
823
01:22:31,937 --> 01:22:34,565
It seems that the English
don't intend to surrender or retreat
824
01:22:35,107 --> 01:22:36,131
But what are they doing
825
01:22:36,274 --> 01:22:37,536
just floating on the sea?
826
01:22:38,610 --> 01:22:41,704
They must be waiting
for their Queen's order
827
01:22:44,015 --> 01:22:45,414
The British people live on trade
828
01:22:45,817 --> 01:22:47,682
Once the war starts,
trade will be stopped
829
01:22:47,953 --> 01:22:49,045
What good would that do?
830
01:22:49,921 --> 01:22:51,286
If Denton doesn't understand it,
831
01:22:51,957 --> 01:22:53,584
the Queen certainly does
832
01:23:02,134 --> 01:23:03,795
Order! Order!
833
01:23:04,269 --> 01:23:06,331
I said order.
834
01:23:06,832 --> 01:23:12,832
I call upon the
honorable member Pontious
835
01:23:12,978 --> 01:23:16,345
There are four hundred million people
living in China
836
01:23:16,481 --> 01:23:18,244
If that many people lived in Europe,
837
01:23:18,450 --> 01:23:22,250
they would have separated
into hundreds of countries years ago
838
01:23:23,021 --> 01:23:27,117
But the Chinese have always been ruled
839
01:23:27,259 --> 01:23:31,218
by one emperor and spoken one language
Is this not formidable?
840
01:23:31,930 --> 01:23:35,058
For 5,000 years!
841
01:23:35,200 --> 01:23:37,464
Do you not think that
842
01:23:37,602 --> 01:23:40,127
we should be making trade
with these people and not war?
843
01:23:40,906 --> 01:23:42,874
They have banned the trade!
844
01:23:43,208 --> 01:23:45,836
They've treated the British Empire badly
845
01:23:47,179 --> 01:23:49,477
They really should be punished
846
01:23:51,349 --> 01:23:54,807
Order...
847
01:23:56,087 --> 01:23:58,749
The honourable members...
848
01:23:58,890 --> 01:24:01,518
There is one thing that
I'd like to call your attention to
849
01:24:02,594 --> 01:24:06,325
Britain has the most advanced industry
in the world
850
01:24:07,966 --> 01:24:10,833
and China has the biggest market
851
01:24:12,204 --> 01:24:16,265
If every Chinese were to lengthen
the lower hem of his shirt by one inch
852
01:24:17,108 --> 01:24:20,771
All the British factories would be kept
853
01:24:22,547 --> 01:24:27,541
Order... Order of the house!
854
01:24:28,153 --> 01:24:31,145
Sir, Alexander Madison
855
01:24:36,852 --> 01:24:41,229
Gentlemen, I know two strange names
856
01:24:41,900 --> 01:24:44,892
Confucius and Zhuangzi
857
01:24:46,238 --> 01:24:49,002
They lived in China over 2,000 years ago
before Aristotle and Socrates
858
01:24:49,140 --> 01:24:51,108
And their thoughts are
even more profound than...
859
01:24:51,243 --> 01:24:56,647
those of Socrates and Aristotle
860
01:24:57,682 --> 01:25:01,584
And in all probability
it would take us generations
861
01:25:01,720 --> 01:25:04,450
to understand the profundity
of their thoughts
862
01:25:04,723 --> 01:25:07,692
and to understand China
863
01:25:08,360 --> 01:25:13,024
It is a country with a huge wall
thousands of miles long in the north
864
01:25:14,032 --> 01:25:17,559
and the great canal of
thousands of miles in the South
865
01:25:17,836 --> 01:25:19,827
Mr. Speaker, it's a great nation
866
01:25:20,639 --> 01:25:24,234
But even in sleep, they're unpredictable
867
01:25:24,376 --> 01:25:26,776
Yes, we may be able to defeat them
868
01:25:27,445 --> 01:25:29,345
But we can never conquer them
869
01:25:30,915 --> 01:25:33,611
Mr. Speaker,
I have one ambition left in my life
870
01:25:34,753 --> 01:25:36,948
It is to visit China
871
01:25:38,189 --> 01:25:40,749
But I would rather swim the Atlantic...
872
01:25:41,192 --> 01:25:43,820
than sail there in a battleship
873
01:26:08,253 --> 01:26:09,117
Are you sure you're ready?
874
01:26:14,092 --> 01:26:17,424
To tell you the truth,
875
01:26:17,425 --> 01:26:21,362
the objection is so strong
876
01:26:32,677 --> 01:26:35,237
and the motion will probably be rejected
877
01:26:35,380 --> 01:26:39,441
Order...
878
01:26:47,559 --> 01:26:48,787
Mr. Speaker. Honoured gentlemen,
879
01:26:48,927 --> 01:26:52,297
I come before you to present
880
01:26:52,298 --> 01:26:56,629
the plight of a group of defenseless
881
01:26:56,901 --> 01:27:01,838
British subjects blockaded in an attempt
to starve them into submission
882
01:27:02,507 --> 01:27:05,947
Made to surrender their property
883
01:27:05,948 --> 01:27:09,495
in trade which was then destroyed
884
01:27:09,496 --> 01:27:15,083
who were then driven from
their quarters in Guangzhou
885
01:27:15,387 --> 01:27:21,155
to be confined aboard our ship without
food, without water, without medicine
886
01:27:22,794 --> 01:27:26,855
There to float
under the pestilent heat of the sun
887
01:27:31,536 --> 01:27:36,530
Before I set out
on my journey to England
888
01:27:36,741 --> 01:27:38,834
I was obliged to take
even my daughter who, being sick,
889
01:27:38,977 --> 01:27:40,376
was unable to travel with me
890
01:27:42,547 --> 01:27:45,516
I may never see her alive again
891
01:27:46,718 --> 01:27:49,380
And yet our glorious Union Jack
892
01:27:49,521 --> 01:27:52,251
still flaps high on our mast
893
01:27:53,491 --> 01:27:58,588
Gentlemen, your countrymen and your
sovereign have been grievously wronged
894
01:27:59,030 --> 01:28:01,779
They look to you for reparation.
895
01:28:01,780 --> 01:28:05,902
To that end, your
representative living in China
896
01:28:06,037 --> 01:28:07,902
Captain Charles Elliot, gave me letters,
897
01:28:08,106 --> 01:28:10,939
which I have delivered
to the Prime Minister
898
01:28:14,145 --> 01:28:19,048
There are also gifts
to be delivered to the house
899
01:28:42,040 --> 01:28:46,161
This is a piece of Chinese bronzeware
900
01:28:46,162 --> 01:28:48,946
made over 2,000 years ago
901
01:28:50,915 --> 01:28:54,851
This is adorned with figures
of sacred spirits
902
01:28:55,186 --> 01:28:58,212
representing their highest ideals
903
01:28:58,656 --> 01:29:03,753
Bronze was the strongest metal
then known to the world
904
01:29:07,899 --> 01:29:11,767
Ever since that time the Chinese
have called themselves the Hans
905
01:29:26,618 --> 01:29:30,247
This vase is carved
from a single piece of jade
906
01:29:31,589 --> 01:29:34,319
It dates from the Tang Dynasty
907
01:29:34,459 --> 01:29:36,324
the golden age of China
908
01:29:37,896 --> 01:29:41,889
Not only was this the most prosperous
period in the history of China,
909
01:29:42,267 --> 01:29:47,899
the Tang was also the most civilized
and cultured people in the world
910
01:29:58,383 --> 01:30:02,444
This is a work of art
from the China of the day
911
01:30:03,121 --> 01:30:06,454
Like the great Qing Dynasty
it represents
912
01:30:07,091 --> 01:30:11,996
It appears sumptuously rich,
913
01:30:11,997 --> 01:30:14,623
plump and proud
914
01:30:15,667 --> 01:30:18,636
It looks down on all around it
915
01:30:18,770 --> 01:30:21,261
including the bronze and the jade
916
01:30:22,440 --> 01:30:27,901
And yet it is filled with nothing
but self importance
917
01:30:28,980 --> 01:30:33,144
One touch and
it will shatter into pieces
918
01:30:36,554 --> 01:30:41,423
This is the China I offer you
919
01:30:54,405 --> 01:30:55,838
I want to go home...
920
01:31:06,517 --> 01:31:12,456
Mr. Elliot, I like to remind you that
our food stocks are running low
921
01:31:12,590 --> 01:31:15,286
We can't feed on cannon powder, can we?
922
01:31:15,793 --> 01:31:18,990
As captain of the ship,
I need to know your intention
923
01:31:20,298 --> 01:31:21,230
Wait
924
01:31:24,569 --> 01:31:28,630
Wait? Wait for what? For death?
925
01:31:31,175 --> 01:31:33,234
He died in hand of the lord,
926
01:31:33,378 --> 01:31:35,505
we will remember his soul
927
01:31:55,767 --> 01:31:59,760
We therefore commit the body of this our
dearly departed brother to the deep...
928
01:32:00,538 --> 01:32:04,065
May the Lord have mercy
on his soul, amen
929
01:32:13,017 --> 01:32:17,078
Charles, for heaven's sake,
let's weigh anchor and go home
930
01:32:17,221 --> 01:32:18,779
Or there will be more dead
931
01:32:19,223 --> 01:32:19,985
I've told you before,
932
01:32:20,358 --> 01:32:22,189
you can go back to your church in Macao
933
01:32:23,127 --> 01:32:24,526
Oh no. I'm needed here
934
01:32:24,996 --> 01:32:27,362
You're leading these people to death
935
01:32:28,733 --> 01:32:31,759
My Majesty's government won't
let there die for nothing
936
01:32:32,203 --> 01:32:34,330
Yes, that's what you wanted, isn't it
937
01:32:34,472 --> 01:32:36,497
No rescue but a cause of the war
938
01:32:37,375 --> 01:32:40,344
That's what you wanted
Today you came here
939
01:32:40,611 --> 01:32:43,637
You... you are the devil
940
01:33:13,244 --> 01:33:17,179
Good heavens! You knew... by Jesus,
941
01:33:17,180 --> 01:33:19,877
you knew! There they are
942
01:33:21,819 --> 01:33:25,550
Our warships are coming
Our warships are coming!
943
01:33:28,659 --> 01:33:32,390
We're saved! We're saved!
944
01:33:58,556 --> 01:34:00,547
Your Excellency, the British warships
have arrived at Humen
945
01:34:00,758 --> 01:34:03,625
and blocked the estuary
of the Zhujiang River!
946
01:34:07,565 --> 01:34:10,534
Let's finish the game first
947
01:34:22,780 --> 01:34:23,804
Mary!
948
01:34:23,981 --> 01:34:25,414
Daddy!
949
01:34:31,289 --> 01:34:32,779
You left me
950
01:34:33,491 --> 01:34:38,065
You really have to forgive me, Mary
951
01:34:38,066 --> 01:34:43,162
Soon we will have our reward. Oh Daddy!
952
01:34:45,870 --> 01:34:49,397
I tell you Captain Bremer. I knew
this water like the back of my hand
953
01:34:49,540 --> 01:34:50,564
If we attack now,
954
01:34:50,708 --> 01:34:52,835
we can take Guangzhou by night
955
01:34:53,477 --> 01:34:56,537
How well do you know Lin Zexu,
Mr. Elliot?
956
01:35:15,800 --> 01:35:19,531
We shall meet the greatest resistance
here in Guangzhou
957
01:35:19,904 --> 01:35:23,533
The heart of the Great Qing in Peking
958
01:35:26,344 --> 01:35:28,812
Let's settle our account
with their Emperor
959
01:35:29,313 --> 01:35:32,749
That would effect the greatest fear
960
01:35:38,356 --> 01:35:41,450
He's a tricky customer to deal with
Lin Zexu
961
01:35:42,860 --> 01:35:48,355
Strange, isn't it? I've never met
my old adversary face to face
962
01:35:53,037 --> 01:35:53,901
Your Excellencies, the enemy ships,
963
01:35:54,105 --> 01:35:56,767
finding us in full battle array,
fled away without any fighting
964
01:35:57,475 --> 01:36:03,475
Have they withdrawn far enough?
965
01:36:04,415 --> 01:36:05,939
I saw them sailing directly up
to the north
966
01:36:08,219 --> 01:36:12,815
Lin, this... dismissed!
967
01:36:20,064 --> 01:36:26,064
The British haven't fled. They sail
northwards to Beijing and Tianjin
968
01:36:27,438 --> 01:36:30,965
Send our ships to chase after them
It might delay their attack
969
01:36:32,343 --> 01:36:34,709
The British have sturdy ships
with powerful cannons and great speed
970
01:36:36,747 --> 01:36:39,181
Send 600 couriers to inform...
971
01:36:39,317 --> 01:36:40,614
all our forts along Xiamen,
Shoushan and Dinai
972
01:36:43,888 --> 01:36:45,583
In truth, I'd rather battle
to the last in Guangzhou
973
01:36:45,723 --> 01:36:47,588
than see them go up north
974
01:37:41,278 --> 01:37:43,576
Attention!
We don't want to occupy Dinghai
975
01:37:43,948 --> 01:37:46,712
but we ask to use this lovely,
small island
976
01:37:47,184 --> 01:37:49,448
to replenish our ships
with some provisions and fresh water
977
01:37:50,388 --> 01:37:51,980
We'll pay for it
978
01:38:07,204 --> 01:38:11,038
If you don't agree, we'll wipe you up
979
01:38:16,347 --> 01:38:19,578
Say. Yes or no?
980
01:38:22,186 --> 01:38:23,448
They're always like this
981
01:38:23,654 --> 01:38:27,784
This is so typically Chinese
They never say yes, they never say no
982
01:38:35,599 --> 01:38:36,497
Stand by!
983
01:38:38,102 --> 01:38:38,898
Open fire!
984
01:38:44,008 --> 01:38:46,033
Open fire
985
01:38:47,278 --> 01:38:48,245
Open fire!
986
01:38:49,780 --> 01:38:52,772
Ready. Fire
987
01:39:06,997 --> 01:39:09,465
Do you feel like talking now?
988
01:39:12,069 --> 01:39:15,266
I've never seen such a large ship,
989
01:39:16,974 --> 01:39:19,738
nor have I seen such powerful cannons
990
01:39:21,112 --> 01:39:24,013
However, we must resist
991
01:39:25,282 --> 01:39:28,705
We, the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty
992
01:39:28,706 --> 01:39:31,653
would rather die than surrender
993
01:40:05,456 --> 01:40:08,323
Come on! Lead the remaining soldiers
to retreat to the mountain
994
01:40:08,459 --> 01:40:09,259
But you...
995
01:40:09,771 --> 01:40:12,492
I'll stay. Hurry up!
996
01:42:13,350 --> 01:42:16,046
What a great nation and imperial court
997
01:42:19,657 --> 01:42:20,817
It is less than in an hour!
998
01:42:20,991 --> 01:42:22,390
Seven forts in Dinghai
999
01:42:22,526 --> 01:42:24,721
and over ten battleships
were burned to ashes
1000
01:42:24,862 --> 01:42:28,025
Hundreds of people were killed
1001
01:42:43,714 --> 01:42:46,740
England
1002
01:42:52,156 --> 01:42:55,614
China
1003
01:43:06,285 --> 01:43:09,220
As your Majesty are not feeling well,
I dare not present my report
1004
01:43:09,688 --> 01:43:10,620
Speak up!
1005
01:43:10,956 --> 01:43:13,925
The courier from Zhoushan has come
with an emergency report
1006
01:43:14,126 --> 01:43:16,390
that the British took Dinghai
seven days ago
1007
01:43:23,535 --> 01:43:24,866
Now that Dinghai is lost,
1008
01:43:25,470 --> 01:43:28,769
the British ships, I'm afraid,
are sailing up to the north
1009
01:43:29,341 --> 01:43:33,175
Your Majesty, Qishan, Viceroy of
Zhili Province, requests an audience
1010
01:43:37,349 --> 01:43:39,180
I kowtow to wish Your Majesty
all the best
1011
01:43:39,718 --> 01:43:44,348
This morning the British ships
reached Dagukou of Tianjin
1012
01:43:45,190 --> 01:43:47,283
How dare they invade the forbidden
zone of the imperial palace!
1013
01:43:48,860 --> 01:43:49,724
Where is Lin Zexu?
1014
01:43:49,995 --> 01:43:52,259
Why hasn't he held off the enemy
in Guangzhou?
1015
01:43:54,633 --> 01:43:58,399
I've just gotten a letter
the foreigner wrote to Your Majesty
1016
01:44:03,275 --> 01:44:04,674
Who is Palmerstone?
1017
01:44:04,910 --> 01:44:06,878
This foreigner is a high official
1018
01:44:07,646 --> 01:44:09,807
He is the British foreign secretary
1019
01:44:19,524 --> 01:44:24,052
Britain is only a very small island
1020
01:44:24,830 --> 01:44:27,628
and it is not even worthy to be
a province of the great Qing Dynasty
1021
01:44:28,166 --> 01:44:30,634
How dare they write
a diplomatic note to me?
1022
01:44:30,969 --> 01:44:34,598
In my opinion,
1023
01:44:35,040 --> 01:44:38,339
we should never appease the British!
1024
01:44:38,744 --> 01:44:41,577
Otherwise, other countries like France,
America will follow suit
1025
01:44:41,713 --> 01:44:44,181
How could that be allowed?
1026
01:44:44,316 --> 01:44:46,216
Our best move is
to deal head-on with the British
1027
01:44:46,351 --> 01:44:49,286
and drive them
out of our territorial sea
1028
01:44:50,288 --> 01:44:53,280
The British always dominate
the sea warfare
1029
01:44:53,492 --> 01:44:54,789
by their powerful warships and cannons
1030
01:44:54,993 --> 01:45:00,056
At Dagukou,
I have seen with my own eyes...
1031
01:45:00,632 --> 01:45:01,394
So?
1032
01:45:02,167 --> 01:45:04,032
Forgive me, Your Majesty...
1033
01:45:05,170 --> 01:45:06,159
Tell me what you have seen
1034
01:45:07,539 --> 01:45:09,871
The British have the warships
and cannons so powerful
1035
01:45:10,142 --> 01:45:12,940
that I have never seen
1036
01:45:13,345 --> 01:45:17,941
Their warships can even run faster on
water than our horses on land
1037
01:45:18,450 --> 01:45:20,884
Their cannons are
as powerful as the force...
1038
01:45:21,420 --> 01:45:24,878
of a thunderbolt when they fire
1039
01:45:27,025 --> 01:45:30,483
Lin Zexu is incompetent
1040
01:45:32,731 --> 01:45:36,929
He cannot root out
the scourge of opium from inside
1041
01:45:38,236 --> 01:45:40,170
or withstand the foreign invaders
from outside
1042
01:45:40,939 --> 01:45:43,305
Bad news has arrived continuously
through the night
1043
01:45:44,409 --> 01:45:47,748
Lin Zexu, you've done harm to
1044
01:45:47,749 --> 01:45:52,009
the country, to me and to my subjects
1045
01:45:52,150 --> 01:45:55,051
Your Majesty,
the British are marching northward
1046
01:45:55,187 --> 01:45:57,417
because of Lin Zexu's hastiness
in handling the opium problem
1047
01:45:57,556 --> 01:46:01,788
So, why not dismiss Lin Zexu from office
1048
01:46:02,661 --> 01:46:03,923
What?
1049
01:46:06,932 --> 01:46:09,696
In this way, the British no longer
1050
01:46:09,835 --> 01:46:14,397
have an ex cuse to resort to arms
1051
01:46:14,606 --> 01:46:15,937
Then we can persuade them
to withdraw with due respect
1052
01:46:16,441 --> 01:46:19,035
and resolve the conflict peacefully
1053
01:46:19,377 --> 01:46:21,743
No,
1054
01:46:22,013 --> 01:46:24,641
those foreigners have poisoned us
with opium,
1055
01:46:24,983 --> 01:46:29,511
and Lin Zexu did well by destroying
the opium at Humen
1056
01:46:29,788 --> 01:46:35,590
Now, the foreigners with guilt
are treated as guests of honour
1057
01:46:36,328 --> 01:46:42,164
while Lin Zexu with merit
is to be dismissed?
1058
01:46:42,367 --> 01:46:46,720
Our Great Qing Dynasty cannot suffer
1059
01:46:46,721 --> 01:46:48,897
such a humiliation
1060
01:46:49,341 --> 01:46:50,103
Your Majesty,
1061
01:46:50,442 --> 01:46:54,378
Lin Zexu alone is as light as a feather
1062
01:46:54,546 --> 01:46:56,241
but the integrity
of the Celestial Empire
1063
01:46:56,381 --> 01:47:00,442
is essential to the Great Qing Dynasty
1064
01:47:00,685 --> 01:47:01,450
Your Majesty,
1065
01:47:01,453 --> 01:47:04,980
I'm afraid that Qishan's idea means
making a concession to the foreigners
1066
01:47:05,524 --> 01:47:07,719
This will make them even more insatiable
1067
01:47:08,226 --> 01:47:09,056
That's enough
1068
01:47:11,463 --> 01:47:15,365
These foreigners
are barbarious and ignorant
1069
01:47:16,801 --> 01:47:20,601
I decided to try peaceful means
before resorting to force
1070
01:47:22,474 --> 01:47:25,966
Qishan, you have enjoyed
the imperial grace all life
1071
01:47:26,444 --> 01:47:29,106
and you are also seen
as a pillar of the Celestial Empire
1072
01:47:29,781 --> 01:47:32,306
So, I order you to go
back to Tianjin and
1073
01:47:32,684 --> 01:47:33,776
appease the British
by telling them that,
1074
01:47:35,921 --> 01:47:40,187
I have already dismissed Lin Zexu and
1075
01:47:40,659 --> 01:47:45,824
forgiven them for resorting to arms
1076
01:47:48,266 --> 01:47:51,463
I appoint you
as the Imperial Commissioner
1077
01:47:51,603 --> 01:47:53,730
to resolve the conflict
1078
01:47:55,106 --> 01:47:56,130
I'll obey Your Majesty's orders
1079
01:48:14,826 --> 01:48:18,262
Lin Zexu,
Viceroy of Guangdong and Guangxi
1080
01:48:18,396 --> 01:48:19,226
is required to listen
to the imperial edict
1081
01:48:19,431 --> 01:48:24,198
Lin Zexu,
Viceroy of Guangdong and Guangxi
1082
01:48:24,336 --> 01:48:26,702
is required to listen
to the imperial edict
1083
01:48:45,390 --> 01:48:47,358
Since this is a private meeting
of close friends
1084
01:48:47,492 --> 01:48:49,892
I hope all of us can speak
frankly and sincerely
1085
01:48:51,496 --> 01:48:53,794
Whatever...
1086
01:48:53,999 --> 01:48:58,231
we say will just be between us
1087
01:49:00,472 --> 01:49:02,599
Then I'd like to speak outright
1088
01:49:05,677 --> 01:49:07,542
Lin has fallen into
such a miserable state
1089
01:49:08,580 --> 01:49:10,480
and as officials of the imperial court,
we are bitterly disappointed!
1090
01:49:12,684 --> 01:49:15,414
It's like changing horses in midstream
1091
01:49:16,254 --> 01:49:17,778
A bad omen!
1092
01:49:19,157 --> 01:49:22,354
To tell the truth,
1093
01:49:22,560 --> 01:49:26,018
Lin's dismissal is actually my idea
1094
01:49:28,500 --> 01:49:32,334
The foreigners are resorting
to arms simply
1095
01:49:32,470 --> 01:49:34,938
because we destroyed their opium
1096
01:49:35,373 --> 01:49:38,536
If we want to put out the flames of war,
we must resolve this conflict first
1097
01:49:38,910 --> 01:49:40,605
Then, with the adoption
of both hard and soft tactics,
1098
01:49:40,745 --> 01:49:43,839
we can subdue our enemy
1099
01:49:44,916 --> 01:49:48,682
Lin, in order to safeguard
the Qing Dynasty,
1100
01:49:48,920 --> 01:49:52,515
govt officials like you and me must be
ready to sacrifice even our lives
1101
01:49:52,924 --> 01:49:56,826
Why bother your career and life?
1102
01:49:57,595 --> 01:50:01,725
I know you understand
1103
01:50:02,701 --> 01:50:05,727
Please accept my apology
1104
01:50:11,810 --> 01:50:16,213
If the foreigners have invaded
our country just because of me,
1105
01:50:17,515 --> 01:50:20,416
I sincerely beg Your Excellency
to cut off my head
1106
01:50:20,618 --> 01:50:21,778
so that the enemy troops may retreat
1107
01:50:22,620 --> 01:50:26,021
I would die with a smile
1108
01:50:26,257 --> 01:50:30,921
You are overstating the case. Sincerity
is the prerequisite for seeking peace
1109
01:50:31,596 --> 01:50:32,756
Your dismissal...
1110
01:50:32,897 --> 01:50:36,196
will show our sincerity
1111
01:50:37,202 --> 01:50:41,229
The foreign ships with their powerful
cannons are just outside the capital
1112
01:50:42,040 --> 01:50:44,838
I don't believe you can repel the enemy
with sincere words
1113
01:50:45,710 --> 01:50:49,737
What is your idea?
1114
01:50:52,317 --> 01:50:55,150
The foreigners' farsightedness,
force and ambition...
1115
01:50:55,286 --> 01:50:58,221
are far beyond our imagination
1116
01:50:59,391 --> 01:51:01,825
We have no choice but to assemble
all our military forces
1117
01:51:02,160 --> 01:51:03,718
to fight against them
1118
01:51:04,095 --> 01:51:07,587
Lin Zexu! Several months ago,
you proclaimed that
1119
01:51:07,732 --> 01:51:09,461
the foreigners dare not make war
1120
01:51:10,135 --> 01:51:12,228
and if they did so,
they would be no match for us
1121
01:51:13,538 --> 01:51:16,302
If it had not been
for your self-righteousness,
1122
01:51:16,674 --> 01:51:17,641
we would not have been taken by surprise
1123
01:51:17,776 --> 01:51:20,745
when the British warships came!
1124
01:51:21,613 --> 01:51:24,207
Now you argue strongly for fighting
1125
01:51:24,649 --> 01:51:25,843
It was you who looked down
upon the foreigners
1126
01:51:26,251 --> 01:51:28,344
and it was you
who brought about their invasion
1127
01:51:29,287 --> 01:51:32,848
Now it is you again who try to plunge
the whole country into war
1128
01:51:33,158 --> 01:51:37,219
At that time, I, like a frog in a well,
1129
01:51:38,029 --> 01:51:40,224
didn't know much about the world affairs
1130
01:51:41,199 --> 01:51:45,602
Not until today did I understand that
there are many powerful countries
1131
01:51:47,405 --> 01:51:49,498
in the world... and
I'm aware of the approaching calamity
1132
01:51:51,176 --> 01:51:52,074
If you were a frog in a well,
1133
01:51:52,210 --> 01:51:55,976
how do you know you are still not?
1134
01:51:56,881 --> 01:51:57,745
I have served...
1135
01:51:57,982 --> 01:52:00,109
the army all my life,
and don't have much book knowledge
1136
01:52:00,752 --> 01:52:02,151
Your Excellency may be good
at seeking a reconciliation,
1137
01:52:02,287 --> 01:52:05,256
but my desire is to fight to the death
1138
01:52:07,358 --> 01:52:11,692
General Guan,
you have the will to fight to the death,
1139
01:52:13,097 --> 01:52:15,292
but do you have confidence that
we can win the war?
1140
01:52:16,935 --> 01:52:19,733
If anyone of you here
1141
01:52:20,238 --> 01:52:22,638
sure of winning the war,
1142
01:52:22,807 --> 01:52:24,502
I would like to be the first to fight
1143
01:52:26,377 --> 01:52:28,402
General Guan, you are not
afraid of a fight to the death,
1144
01:52:28,746 --> 01:52:31,806
and I belong to the imperial kinsmen
and have enjoyed His Majesty's grace
1145
01:52:32,116 --> 01:52:34,846
I, too, am not afraid to fight
to the death
1146
01:52:43,461 --> 01:52:48,125
But at Dagukou of Tianjin,
1147
01:52:49,033 --> 01:52:52,059
I saw the foreigners'
warships and cannons
1148
01:52:52,570 --> 01:52:55,539
which are even more sturdy and powerful
than we could imagine
1149
01:52:57,075 --> 01:53:01,341
Please excuse my blasphemous remark
1150
01:53:02,080 --> 01:53:07,416
A disastrous fate will befall
the Great Qing Dynasty!
1151
01:53:13,191 --> 01:53:18,185
If we yield without fighting,
1152
01:53:19,564 --> 01:53:22,897
we are not far away
from the end of the Great Qing Dynasty
1153
01:53:25,003 --> 01:53:27,494
Lin!
1154
01:53:49,160 --> 01:53:53,256
The Chinese can tower like a giant
in the east for 5,000 years
1155
01:53:54,332 --> 01:53:56,994
by relying on these
younger generations of scholars
1156
01:53:57,402 --> 01:53:59,495
No matter how powerful
the enemy outside is
1157
01:53:59,637 --> 01:54:02,037
and how frightening and earthshaking
the changes are,
1158
01:54:03,575 --> 01:54:06,237
the training of scholars
should not be neglected
1159
01:54:15,587 --> 01:54:16,451
Your Excellency
1160
01:54:20,158 --> 01:54:21,853
I'd like to accompany Your Ex cellency
1161
01:54:22,060 --> 01:54:22,788
and follow wherever you go
1162
01:54:23,094 --> 01:54:25,654
You have so many vanities
and frailities that
1163
01:54:26,364 --> 01:54:27,626
you can bear hardships for a short time,
1164
01:54:28,132 --> 01:54:30,123
nor for life
1165
01:54:30,435 --> 01:54:31,732
Yes, I know
1166
01:54:32,036 --> 01:54:33,128
When I'm here in Guangzhou,
I must continue to collect information
1167
01:54:33,371 --> 01:54:35,601
for Your Excellency to compile your book
1168
01:54:39,410 --> 01:54:40,536
I've been thinking a lot these days
1169
01:54:41,713 --> 01:54:43,772
You see, the foreign suit,
though ugly in style
1170
01:54:44,882 --> 01:54:46,372
is quite convenient for body motion
1171
01:54:47,085 --> 01:54:49,110
Also, these foreigners even eat
with metals like knives and forks
1172
01:54:49,954 --> 01:54:51,888
So, we can no longer
1173
01:54:53,291 --> 01:54:57,193
look down upon them
1174
01:55:05,803 --> 01:55:09,899
Your family is really wealthier
than anyone in this country
1175
01:55:11,743 --> 01:55:14,871
He Shanzhi, I come to Guangzhou
1176
01:55:15,480 --> 01:55:18,210
to deal with the foreigners
1177
01:55:19,384 --> 01:55:22,182
Since you've had dealings
with the foreigners,
1178
01:55:22,787 --> 01:55:26,587
do you know what they are...
1179
01:55:29,160 --> 01:55:30,855
The foreigners are ordinary human beings
1180
01:55:31,396 --> 01:55:32,522
They are similar
to your Ex cellency in likes
1181
01:55:32,964 --> 01:55:34,625
and dislikes
1182
01:55:34,799 --> 01:55:38,064
I would absolve your father
from capital punishment
1183
01:55:38,469 --> 01:55:40,061
If you...
1184
01:55:40,505 --> 01:55:43,065
could accomplish this mission
1185
01:55:46,010 --> 01:55:47,102
I'll try my best
1186
01:55:47,578 --> 01:55:48,636
Great!
1187
01:55:50,348 --> 01:55:54,785
I want her to...
How can I persuade Rong'er to go?
1188
01:55:55,219 --> 01:55:58,814
Do you know who Rong'er is?
1189
01:55:59,490 --> 01:56:02,118
She is the granddaughter
of the blind musician
1190
01:56:02,694 --> 01:56:06,460
The blind musician was a bodyguard...
1191
01:56:06,831 --> 01:56:09,823
in the Forbidden City
1192
01:56:10,368 --> 01:56:12,495
He had offended His Majesty and so,
1193
01:56:13,171 --> 01:56:17,005
his eyes were stabbed blind
for punishment
1194
01:56:17,775 --> 01:56:21,609
He went into exile and became
a wanted fugitive for more than 30 years
1195
01:56:22,780 --> 01:56:25,510
His life and Rong'er's both are
in my hands
1196
01:56:25,883 --> 01:56:27,714
Would she dare refuse?
1197
01:56:28,419 --> 01:56:32,321
He is wanted
1198
01:56:32,457 --> 01:56:33,253
Wanted?
1199
01:56:40,832 --> 01:56:41,764
Grandpa?
1200
01:56:45,169 --> 01:56:46,693
Take care of yourself
1201
01:56:52,677 --> 01:56:54,907
I am leaving for a long trip
1202
01:57:14,899 --> 01:57:18,596
You are born bellicose as you like
to eat bleeding food
1203
01:57:48,065 --> 01:57:51,466
I understand that the Chinese cuisine
is unrivaled anywhere in the world
1204
01:57:52,103 --> 01:57:54,765
I can't say as much as for your cannons
1205
01:57:55,640 --> 01:57:56,572
If you applied just a little
of your expertise in cookery
1206
01:57:56,707 --> 01:57:57,935
to manufacturing of cannons,
1207
01:57:58,176 --> 01:58:00,644
It would be we who today are begging
for a truce
1208
01:58:02,013 --> 01:58:04,038
I'm here not to ask for a truce...
1209
01:58:04,816 --> 01:58:06,374
but to grant a truce
1210
01:58:08,753 --> 01:58:10,243
Grant a truce!
1211
01:58:21,098 --> 01:58:23,862
I don't care what you call it
We don't care
1212
01:58:24,702 --> 01:58:28,468
His Majesty the Emperor knows that you
have behaved with respect and submission
1213
01:58:29,240 --> 01:58:32,368
and therefore bestows on you
3 million taels of silver
1214
01:58:32,677 --> 01:58:36,511
to cover the expenses of your trip home
1215
01:58:53,397 --> 01:58:55,763
Who said anything about going home?
1216
01:59:00,104 --> 01:59:01,196
No!
1217
01:59:04,442 --> 01:59:05,807
We want...
1218
01:59:10,214 --> 01:59:13,806
We want 6 million taels of silver
1219
01:59:13,807 --> 01:59:16,744
to compensate for the opium
1220
01:59:16,921 --> 01:59:20,687
We want your opening up
of five ports for trade
1221
01:59:21,325 --> 01:59:25,056
At the most, we want Hong Kong
1222
01:59:32,336 --> 01:59:34,463
It's impossible. Our Great Qing Dynasty
1223
01:59:34,605 --> 01:59:36,937
has never ceded its territory before
1224
01:59:43,114 --> 01:59:44,604
Never before... Well, you will now...
1225
01:59:47,585 --> 01:59:49,815
Why do you want Hong Kong?
1226
01:59:50,254 --> 01:59:55,214
Money is important. Take the money first
1227
02:00:00,231 --> 02:00:02,927
No, it will be invaluable to us
1228
02:00:03,067 --> 02:00:07,470
We recongnise Hong Kong
as the best port in the whole Far East
1229
02:00:10,741 --> 02:00:12,368
Yes. Perfect location,
excellent climate,
1230
02:00:12,576 --> 02:00:14,009
deep water, it's ideal
1231
02:00:22,720 --> 02:00:26,315
And we must have it
1232
02:00:31,829 --> 02:00:34,593
I know perfectly well the temperament
of His Majesty the Emperor
1233
02:00:35,232 --> 02:00:38,463
You can't ask for so much all at once
1234
02:00:48,646 --> 02:00:53,208
I know perfectly well the temperament
of Her Majesty the Queen,
1235
02:00:53,684 --> 02:00:55,049
Her birthday is coming up soon
1236
02:00:55,419 --> 02:00:58,047
And we would find
a suitable present for her
1237
02:00:58,889 --> 02:01:01,790
Hong Kong will be ideal
1238
02:01:10,935 --> 02:01:12,300
Look,
1239
02:01:13,504 --> 02:01:15,563
I have to tell you
If you don't agree to our conditions
1240
02:01:15,706 --> 02:01:17,867
we will attack Guangzhou at once
1241
02:01:34,225 --> 02:01:35,749
Good. But you must...
1242
02:01:35,893 --> 02:01:40,523
let me report to His Majesty the Emperor
1243
02:02:06,023 --> 02:02:07,547
What is going on?
1244
02:02:07,958 --> 02:02:12,122
From now on, you are the guests
of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty
1245
02:02:12,630 --> 02:02:15,827
So you'll be entertained
1246
02:02:16,033 --> 02:02:18,968
with all the food at our expense
1247
02:02:28,512 --> 02:02:31,310
I wish I could be treated
like this at home
1248
02:02:53,537 --> 02:02:57,564
Now I can see you're sincere
in your request for peace
1249
02:02:57,708 --> 02:03:00,268
I will extend the cease-fire
for another month
1250
02:03:14,391 --> 02:03:18,350
I don't think we will fight
1251
02:03:23,100 --> 02:03:24,067
Good!
1252
02:03:27,605 --> 02:03:31,632
We should get Hong Kong in ten days time
1253
02:03:35,913 --> 02:03:37,505
But of course you'll give us letters
from your Emperor
1254
02:03:37,648 --> 02:03:39,172
confirming our conditions
1255
02:03:39,316 --> 02:03:41,477
If we don't receive these in one month,
1256
02:03:41,619 --> 02:03:44,315
we can only take it
as a declaration of war
1257
02:04:57,261 --> 02:05:00,788
My sisters sell their smiles only,
but not their bodies
1258
02:05:01,665 --> 02:05:03,724
You have promised to let them go back
1259
02:05:03,867 --> 02:05:08,429
I'll stay to take care of you
1260
02:05:25,956 --> 02:05:27,890
I am telling you something
1261
02:05:29,760 --> 02:05:33,958
They're planning to get rid of me
1262
02:05:39,536 --> 02:05:41,731
Do you know who I am?
1263
02:05:44,041 --> 02:05:45,303
It was me
1264
02:05:47,678 --> 02:05:49,908
who masterminded the whole thing
1265
02:05:53,751 --> 02:05:55,048
Without me...
1266
02:05:58,589 --> 02:06:01,319
there wouldn't have been
any British troops here at all
1267
02:06:08,632 --> 02:06:12,329
It's as if... I was a farmer
1268
02:06:13,437 --> 02:06:17,800
I bought a cow, fed it,
1269
02:06:17,808 --> 02:06:23,808
look after it, fatten it up and then...
1270
02:06:24,014 --> 02:06:29,202
when veal is ready to eat,
1271
02:06:29,203 --> 02:06:34,390
they want to send me back!
1272
02:06:45,636 --> 02:06:49,124
I tell you. If I was told not
1273
02:06:49,125 --> 02:06:52,371
to get a share of the meat,
1274
02:06:55,079 --> 02:06:59,496
I would have helped Lin Zexu,
1275
02:06:59,497 --> 02:07:02,542
and been his advisor
1276
02:07:14,131 --> 02:07:19,228
Maybe... Maybe I'll marry you
1277
02:07:27,378 --> 02:07:32,611
You're so beautiful...
1278
02:07:46,797 --> 02:07:47,627
Bremer
1279
02:07:48,565 --> 02:07:49,327
You little bitch!
1280
02:07:51,368 --> 02:07:52,392
Hurry up, Bremer
1281
02:07:54,972 --> 02:07:57,736
She's hiding scissors under her clothes!
1282
02:07:58,142 --> 02:08:00,940
I blow your brains out
1283
02:08:01,612 --> 02:08:06,481
For God's sake, Elliot,
don't be a bloody fool
1284
02:08:06,617 --> 02:08:08,812
Send her back to Qishan for punishment
1285
02:08:12,990 --> 02:08:14,821
You disgraceful wretch,
1286
02:08:15,793 --> 02:08:18,990
you dare to cause harm to the national
cause of the Celestial Empire!
1287
02:08:19,596 --> 02:08:23,555
You used such a woman
to appease the British!
1288
02:08:25,002 --> 02:08:28,768
You should be punished
for provoking a conflict!
1289
02:08:29,873 --> 02:08:30,862
Speak up
1290
02:08:32,342 --> 02:08:35,038
Would somebody come? Put him into jail
1291
02:08:35,179 --> 02:08:36,043
Yes sir
1292
02:09:11,014 --> 02:09:13,448
According to the orders
of His Excellency Commissioner Qishan
1293
02:09:13,784 --> 02:09:18,585
the traitorous bitch is to be put
to death
1294
02:09:35,806 --> 02:09:39,264
Grandpa!
1295
02:09:52,489 --> 02:09:54,480
Master He, congratulations
1296
02:09:58,428 --> 02:10:00,521
When can I leave?
1297
02:10:01,031 --> 02:10:03,625
His Excellency Commissioner Qishan
has sent you a gift
1298
02:10:17,447 --> 02:10:21,941
By order of His Excellency
1299
02:10:22,185 --> 02:10:24,983
you should be accompanied
by opium all your life
1300
02:10:46,677 --> 02:10:48,406
Please drink it up
1301
02:10:52,816 --> 02:10:54,340
Drink it
1302
02:10:58,922 --> 02:11:00,856
Drink it!
1303
02:12:19,436 --> 02:12:22,928
In my opinion, we must not declare war
without careful consideration
1304
02:12:23,140 --> 02:12:27,099
The foreigners' ships are strong and
they run fast like the wind
1305
02:12:27,344 --> 02:12:29,471
How can we deploy forces
everywhere along
1306
02:12:29,646 --> 02:12:32,706
our thousand-mile-long coastline?
1307
02:12:32,849 --> 02:12:36,376
If we don't have enough troops,
we can organise a civic corps of militia
1308
02:12:36,520 --> 02:12:37,350
to withstand invasion
1309
02:12:37,688 --> 02:12:39,485
Lin Zexu once organised some civic corps
1310
02:12:39,623 --> 02:12:41,488
but Qishan disbanded them,
1311
02:12:41,725 --> 02:12:43,784
making Guangzhou a city of no defense
1312
02:12:44,061 --> 02:12:46,894
This is another crime of Qishan's
1313
02:12:47,030 --> 02:12:48,691
Qishan's sinful
1314
02:12:48,832 --> 02:12:52,029
Your Majesty,
that's simply like plotting a rebellion
1315
02:12:52,436 --> 02:12:56,304
The organization of
a civic corps of militia,
1316
02:12:56,640 --> 02:12:58,505
is the worst government policy to make
1317
02:12:58,709 --> 02:13:02,611
If these riotous people stir up trouble
among the masses and turn against us,
1318
02:13:02,813 --> 02:13:06,681
how can we live in peace?
1319
02:13:06,817 --> 02:13:09,684
Hong Kong is only a small
and primitive island
1320
02:13:09,853 --> 02:13:12,549
To the great Qing Dynasty,
1321
02:13:12,689 --> 02:13:14,919
it is no more than a drop in the ocean
1322
02:13:15,258 --> 02:13:18,853
Your Majesty, if we can exchange Hong
Kong for internal peace and stability,
1323
02:13:19,096 --> 02:13:21,326
it will be a fortunate case
for the Qing Dynasty
1324
02:13:21,465 --> 02:13:25,196
Your Majesty, Since the founding of
the Qing Dynasty two hundred years ago,
1325
02:13:25,335 --> 02:13:29,203
we have expanded our territory
even as far as Tianshan mountain,
1326
02:13:29,406 --> 02:13:32,034
but never surrendered
our country's sovereign rights
1327
02:13:32,175 --> 02:13:34,109
under humiliating terms like these
1328
02:13:34,711 --> 02:13:36,645
Once we cede Hong Kong and
set a precedent,
1329
02:13:36,780 --> 02:13:38,873
there will be more adverse
consequences to follow
1330
02:13:39,082 --> 02:13:42,415
We'll all be traitors by then
1331
02:13:42,919 --> 02:13:47,049
and Your Majesty will become
the sovereign of troubled times
1332
02:13:47,190 --> 02:13:48,088
How dare you!
1333
02:13:49,559 --> 02:13:54,326
Your Majesty, if Hong Kong
is granted to the foreigners,
1334
02:13:54,464 --> 02:13:58,195
I'll kill myself right in front of you
1335
02:14:03,974 --> 02:14:07,967
I'm fully aware of the danger
in seeking peace
1336
02:14:08,745 --> 02:14:12,272
However, I'm also fully aware
of the harm in declaring war
1337
02:14:12,949 --> 02:14:16,385
I've decide to assemble forces
1338
02:14:16,386 --> 02:14:19,821
from all the provincial armies
1339
02:14:19,956 --> 02:14:23,448
to fight against the foreigners
1340
02:14:30,967 --> 02:14:33,527
Hurry up! Get ready the cannons!
1341
02:14:44,181 --> 02:14:47,241
The teeth is an extension
of my skeleton
1342
02:14:48,185 --> 02:14:51,313
The skin and hair are the surface
of my flesh and blood
1343
02:14:53,290 --> 02:14:57,226
As my flesh, blood and skeleton
are given by my parents,
1344
02:14:57,694 --> 02:15:00,254
I would like you to take them
back to my home town
1345
02:15:01,064 --> 02:15:02,554
and bury them in my ancestral grave
1346
02:15:05,001 --> 02:15:06,263
Ah Shan,
1347
02:15:07,170 --> 02:15:11,834
you have been with me
for more than 40 years
1348
02:15:12,776 --> 02:15:17,213
and saved my life twice in the battle
1349
02:15:18,381 --> 02:15:21,235
I will pay a debt of gratitude
1350
02:15:21,236 --> 02:15:24,945
for your great kindness in my next life
1351
02:15:27,057 --> 02:15:32,791
Now, I merely beg that
you leave me forever
1352
02:15:42,405 --> 02:15:44,430
Do you want me to kneel down?
1353
02:16:09,799 --> 02:16:15,799
These are my life savings
1354
02:16:17,540 --> 02:16:19,201
and listen, you guys
1355
02:16:19,876 --> 02:16:20,968
If your cannon hits
the British ship once,
1356
02:16:21,111 --> 02:16:24,205
you'll get 50 taels of silver
as a reward
1357
02:16:25,248 --> 02:16:28,911
If your cannon sinks a ship,
you'll get a box of silver!
1358
02:16:29,052 --> 02:16:34,319
Let's fight to the death!
Let's fight the enemy for a reward
1359
02:16:49,306 --> 02:16:50,006
Fire!
1360
02:17:21,171 --> 02:17:22,160
Commander
1361
02:17:24,941 --> 02:17:26,909
Commander
1362
02:17:28,445 --> 02:17:29,434
I'm surprised that
you have the nerve to see me again
1363
02:17:29,579 --> 02:17:35,415
Commander, I, Han,
have disappointed the Qing Dyanasty
1364
02:17:35,652 --> 02:17:38,519
and let the people down
I deserve death!
1365
02:17:39,990 --> 02:17:43,790
But I've served in the army
for all my life
1366
02:17:44,160 --> 02:17:45,923
Commander, the British troops
are invading our country
1367
02:17:46,196 --> 02:17:50,155
I beg you to let me...
1368
02:17:50,333 --> 02:17:53,131
die on the fort
1369
02:17:55,372 --> 02:17:58,000
All right, you may die on the fort
1370
02:18:05,849 --> 02:18:08,477
This time next year will be
the anniversary of your death
1371
02:18:09,285 --> 02:18:10,479
Thank you Commander
1372
02:18:21,998 --> 02:18:23,488
You must die a heroic death!
1373
02:18:29,305 --> 02:18:32,968
Without guns, without...
1374
02:18:33,109 --> 02:18:34,667
I don't understand
why they continue to fight
1375
02:18:34,978 --> 02:18:35,910
I do
1376
02:18:36,746 --> 02:18:40,580
The Chinese believe in devoting
their lives to justice
1377
02:18:40,717 --> 02:18:44,483
It's a belief
that could destroy any warships
1378
02:18:57,834 --> 02:18:58,858
What's wrong with your cannon?
1379
02:19:01,104 --> 02:19:04,904
Commander, our cannons cannot
reach the British warships
1380
02:19:42,545 --> 02:19:43,375
Bitch!
1381
02:20:23,887 --> 02:20:28,119
I am indebted to Your Majesty
for the imperial edict,
1382
02:20:28,758 --> 02:20:30,726
and I must obey
the orders of Your Majesty,
1383
02:20:32,128 --> 02:20:35,461
I beg Your Majesty to grant me
the opportunity,
1384
02:20:35,832 --> 02:20:39,427
of redeeming my crimes by fighting
like a soldier against the enemy
1385
02:20:40,303 --> 02:20:44,967
I will devote my life, to the country
1386
02:20:47,777 --> 02:20:53,613
General Guan,
the great Qing Empire depends on you
1387
02:20:58,188 --> 02:20:59,883
Master...
1388
02:21:01,591 --> 02:21:02,291
Master
1389
02:21:02,725 --> 02:21:04,283
Why are you back?
1390
02:21:04,661 --> 02:21:07,789
Master, your things have been placed
in the ancestral shrine
1391
02:21:08,798 --> 02:21:10,857
I'm here to take your body back
1392
02:21:15,438 --> 02:21:18,823
All right, Ah Shan,
1393
02:21:18,824 --> 02:21:24,346
today I'll die with a grievance
1394
02:21:26,516 --> 02:21:32,045
The strongest fort we have has been
destroyed within only ten hours
1395
02:21:34,524 --> 02:21:37,425
Why does God let me be defeated
in such a disastrous...
1396
02:21:39,262 --> 02:21:41,230
and hopeless way!
1397
02:21:42,332 --> 02:21:45,301
My heart is bleeding!
1398
02:21:57,146 --> 02:21:59,376
Master!
1399
02:22:30,179 --> 02:22:31,111
Surrender!
1400
02:22:35,084 --> 02:22:40,420
Come on!
1401
02:24:31,634 --> 02:24:33,261
Qishan has deceived His Majesty
by betraying the country
1402
02:24:33,469 --> 02:24:34,766
and surrendered our country's sovereign
rights by ceding its territory
1403
02:24:35,037 --> 02:24:35,935
So, Qishan should be removed
immediately from...
1404
02:24:36,072 --> 02:24:38,939
the post of the imperial commissioner
and that of the Viceroy of Zhili
1405
02:24:39,142 --> 02:24:42,168
and sent under escort to Beijing
for capital punishment
1406
02:24:45,314 --> 02:24:47,544
Lin Zexu has done harm to the country
with his false report
1407
02:24:47,683 --> 02:24:49,207
and stirred up a military conflict,
1408
02:24:49,485 --> 02:24:51,919
So Lin Zexu should be banished
immediately to Xinjiang
1409
02:24:56,559 --> 02:25:00,620
Thank His Majesty for his kindness
1410
02:25:02,932 --> 02:25:04,957
Be well, your Excellency
1411
02:25:05,501 --> 02:25:08,732
Guangdong depends on you all
1412
02:25:08,871 --> 02:25:10,429
All right, all right
1413
02:25:11,140 --> 02:25:12,471
All right, please go
1414
02:25:12,942 --> 02:25:16,935
Be well, Your Excellency
1415
02:25:18,281 --> 02:25:20,511
Ah, it's Qi Shan, isn't it?
1416
02:25:51,614 --> 02:25:56,210
Lin, you and I have both suffered
1417
02:25:56,211 --> 02:25:58,577
a crushing defeat
1418
02:25:58,788 --> 02:26:02,155
You, however are honoured
1419
02:26:02,859 --> 02:26:06,158
and will perhaps go down in history
1420
02:26:08,698 --> 02:26:13,188
But I... I have ended up in shame
1421
02:26:13,189 --> 02:26:18,767
and ruin, and will
take the blame forever
1422
02:26:20,710 --> 02:26:22,041
Since I came to Guangzhou,
1423
02:26:22,712 --> 02:26:25,340
I have never thought of myself
1424
02:26:27,517 --> 02:26:30,008
I fear that the Chinese are...
1425
02:26:30,152 --> 02:26:33,383
being thrown into a long dark night
and have nowhere to turn for help
1426
02:26:34,257 --> 02:26:36,771
Heaven only knows
1427
02:26:36,772 --> 02:26:42,392
the Qing Dynasty is difficult to save!
1428
02:26:49,405 --> 02:26:50,337
Lin Sheng
1429
02:27:03,152 --> 02:27:08,784
I have no chance to see
the Emperor in this life
1430
02:27:10,059 --> 02:27:12,186
But you will,
1431
02:27:13,596 --> 02:27:16,258
If you see...
1432
02:27:16,766 --> 02:27:18,597
the Emperor again,
1433
02:27:19,769 --> 02:27:23,030
You must give this
1434
02:27:23,031 --> 02:27:26,834
to the Emperor for me
1435
02:27:29,145 --> 02:27:33,047
Please tell him
1436
02:27:34,917 --> 02:27:40,150
There are so many powerful nations in the world
1437
02:27:41,824 --> 02:27:44,349
Our Qing Dynasty could no longer be...
1438
02:27:44,493 --> 02:27:46,256
out of touch with reality
1439
02:27:48,397 --> 02:27:50,729
Your Excellency, Please
1440
02:27:56,906 --> 02:28:01,240
Take care of yourself
1441
02:28:30,373 --> 02:28:31,965
From Humen,
1442
02:28:32,108 --> 02:28:34,008
and Sanyuanli to Dinghai Ningbo and Zhenjiang,
1443
02:28:34,143 --> 02:28:36,043
the Chinese army and people resisted
the British troops heroically
1444
02:28:36,178 --> 02:28:37,941
but their effort failed
1445
02:28:38,080 --> 02:28:39,945
because of a corrupt government and military inferiority
1446
02:28:40,082 --> 02:28:42,175
The treaty of Nanjing was signed
1447
02:28:42,318 --> 02:28:45,116
between China and Britain on August 29, 1842
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