1 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:15,600 ♫ Raising the wine cup, I toast to the boundless sky ♫ 2 00:00:16,266 --> 00:00:21,100 ♫ In talks and laughters are vast mountains and rivers. ♫ 3 00:00:22,666 --> 00:00:27,233 ♫ Love and hate, debt and feuds, have all dissolved. ♫ 4 00:00:28,533 --> 00:00:33,100 ♫ Where's my soul's hometown and my kindred spirits? ♫ 5 00:00:35,566 --> 00:00:40,133 ♫ Seasons rolling by, we dream for harvest. ♫ 6 00:00:41,966 --> 00:00:46,533 ♫ Warriors and warhorses howl across the sky. ♫ 7 00:00:48,333 --> 00:00:52,900 ♫ If only I could turn into the wind, ♫ 8 00:00:53,866 --> 00:01:01,266 ♫ to blow away all the pain in mortal coil. ♫ 9 00:01:01,266 --> 00:01:05,266 ♫ I toast to the blue sky, to courage in solitude, ♫ 10 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,066 ♫ to migrating gooses, to boats heading home. ♫ 11 00:01:09,066 --> 00:01:14,766 ♫ With even three thousand days and nights, ♫ 12 00:01:16,233 --> 00:01:23,433 ♫ Will it be enough to drain this cup I toast to peace? ♫ 13 00:01:26,133 --> 00:01:29,933 [Swords into Plowshares] 14 00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:32,800 [Episode 14] 15 00:01:33,866 --> 00:01:38,266 So Lord Shuiqiu, you mean, if we investigate today, we can still find something out. 16 00:01:40,433 --> 00:01:41,566 Investigate today? 17 00:01:43,266 --> 00:01:44,033 In what name? 18 00:01:46,466 --> 00:01:48,266 Just based on these few deeds? 19 00:01:50,566 --> 00:01:52,866 We can't interfering in local governance. 20 00:01:54,166 --> 00:01:56,866 The documents you issued in the name of the New Year's envoy 21 00:01:57,066 --> 00:01:58,700 to him are nothing but scraps of paper. 22 00:01:59,433 --> 00:02:01,866 Wasn't a Registrar just murdered? 23 00:02:02,866 --> 00:02:04,366 He was an official of the court. 24 00:02:04,533 --> 00:02:05,766 Can't we investigate that? 25 00:02:07,166 --> 00:02:07,700 Then I ask you, 26 00:02:08,433 --> 00:02:14,266 how can you prove that Chen Xing's death is related to the prefecture's administrative affairs? 27 00:02:15,166 --> 00:02:15,666 Moreover, 28 00:02:17,066 --> 00:02:18,966 even if they allowed you to investigate, 29 00:02:19,066 --> 00:02:20,700 what could you possibly find out? 30 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:22,833 They might not even allow. 31 00:02:23,166 --> 00:02:27,366 If by then you find no solid evidence, they could turn around and accuse you, 32 00:02:28,066 --> 00:02:30,233 You'll give them grounds for complaint. 33 00:02:30,233 --> 00:02:35,066 And if the King and the ministers intended to investigate this case in the future, 34 00:02:35,066 --> 00:02:36,733 there would be no opportunity. 35 00:02:37,333 --> 00:02:38,800 Our punishment is one thing. 36 00:02:39,433 --> 00:02:41,166 It's just a pity for Registrar Chen, 37 00:02:41,500 --> 00:02:43,600 who lost his life and tore open this... 38 00:02:47,666 --> 00:02:49,366 Is that Gao Xu still waiting outside? 39 00:02:49,533 --> 00:02:49,866 Yes. 40 00:02:51,333 --> 00:02:54,600 We brought two hundred attendants. One hundred, guard the school. 41 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,966 Muster some troops under your unified command, to accompany me on a tour around the city. 42 00:03:00,466 --> 00:03:01,166 May I ask, Prince, 43 00:03:01,433 --> 00:03:03,666 what is the purpose of entering the city now? 44 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:05,833 To stroll around. 45 00:03:10,866 --> 00:03:11,766 It's urgent. 46 00:03:12,766 --> 00:03:14,100 I'll put everything else aside. 47 00:03:15,766 --> 00:03:17,533 Lord Shuiqiu, Third Brother, 48 00:03:18,033 --> 00:03:20,733 please stay here and enjoy your tea time. 49 00:03:21,466 --> 00:03:24,633 Whatever the circumstance, first, let's raid Gao's county office. 50 00:03:25,333 --> 00:03:25,900 I'll go with you. 51 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:32,400 Raiding a county office without solid evidence is akin to rebellion. 52 00:03:33,533 --> 00:03:35,633 Even if you are the king's own brother, 53 00:03:36,300 --> 00:03:37,333 you cannot be forgiven. 54 00:03:39,566 --> 00:03:40,200 Ninth Prince, 55 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,400 do not involved yourself in trouble, nor involve the King. 56 00:03:46,500 --> 00:03:51,666 Rebelling in the Ninghai County office surely cannot be more difficult than in the Chongyuan Hall, can it? 57 00:03:52,933 --> 00:03:55,666 Hongchu, have you thought it through? 58 00:03:56,066 --> 00:03:56,533 Of course. 59 00:03:57,166 --> 00:03:59,633 Lord Shuiqiu, a pillar of the state, cannot act recklessly. 60 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:02,233 But a fisherman, 61 00:04:02,233 --> 00:04:02,700 can. 62 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:30,300 I, Prefect of Ninghai County, pay... 63 00:04:32,133 --> 00:04:33,466 What's this scoundrel? 64 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,700 You dare to be rude facing a royal female relative? 65 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:37,700 Ninth Prince, 66 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:39,133 I am Prefect of Ninghai County. 67 00:04:40,133 --> 00:04:40,866 Seize him! 68 00:04:41,266 --> 00:04:41,966 Ninth Prince, 69 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:47,600 Ninth Prince, 70 00:04:48,333 --> 00:04:49,433 Tie this fellow up! 71 00:04:50,100 --> 00:04:52,166 He dared to stare at my wife. 72 00:04:52,466 --> 00:04:53,400 Gouge out 73 00:04:53,933 --> 00:04:54,566 his eyeballs! 74 00:04:55,033 --> 00:04:55,666 I'll do it myself. 75 00:04:56,333 --> 00:04:56,766 Prince, 76 00:04:57,300 --> 00:04:58,800 punishment is enough. 77 00:04:59,033 --> 00:05:03,833 If his life taken, you will be punished by kneeling in the Fengxian Hall back to the capital. 78 00:05:03,833 --> 00:05:05,633 My wife has already drawn her blade. 79 00:05:05,933 --> 00:05:06,866 Haven't you heard 80 00:05:07,300 --> 00:05:08,933 that a drawn blade is hard to sheathe? 81 00:05:09,666 --> 00:05:10,766 Yes, you are right. 82 00:05:11,533 --> 00:05:13,966 However, Prince and the Lady are touring Ninghai, 83 00:05:13,966 --> 00:05:16,700 how can you let such a petty man ruin your mood? 84 00:05:20,366 --> 00:05:20,966 Drag him away. 85 00:05:46,133 --> 00:05:46,866 Do you recognize me? 86 00:05:59,266 --> 00:06:00,133 Good that you do. 87 00:06:00,766 --> 00:06:03,800 Since you recognize me, you should know you have no other choices. 88 00:06:05,266 --> 00:06:08,766 From now on, Taizhou and Ninghai will have nothing to do with you. 89 00:06:10,300 --> 00:06:12,333 Back to Huanglong Island with me, 90 00:06:12,333 --> 00:06:15,400 and whether you live or die is all up to you to choose. 91 00:06:18,700 --> 00:06:19,833 I'll give you one hour. 92 00:06:20,466 --> 00:06:21,533 If you think it through, 93 00:06:22,366 --> 00:06:24,600 I'll give you a chance to speak. 94 00:06:45,233 --> 00:06:48,366 Surround them from all directions, don't let a single person escape. 95 00:06:48,533 --> 00:06:48,933 Yes. 96 00:07:06,966 --> 00:07:07,666 What, this... 97 00:07:08,366 --> 00:07:08,733 is... 98 00:07:09,533 --> 00:07:10,866 Who... who are you? 99 00:07:11,100 --> 00:07:13,066 How dare you barge into the County Office! 100 00:07:13,066 --> 00:07:14,166 Presumptuous! 101 00:07:14,166 --> 00:07:16,633 This is the Ninth Prince, General of the Right Guard, 102 00:07:16,633 --> 00:07:20,133 Acting Minister of Works, Officer of Zhenhai and Zhendong Armies, 103 00:07:20,233 --> 00:07:23,433 Commander of the Inner Guards, Secretary of the Marshal Office, 104 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:25,633 with honor equal to the Three Departments. 105 00:07:25,633 --> 00:07:27,600 All you offficials and attandants, 106 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:28,966 come forth to greet him at once! 107 00:07:30,866 --> 00:07:31,433 What? This... 108 00:07:31,433 --> 00:07:35,233 I, Qin He, Deputy Prefect of Ninghai County, pay my respects to you. 109 00:07:35,666 --> 00:07:40,000 I have not received any official documents, and was unaware of your arrival. 110 00:07:40,100 --> 00:07:42,900 I beg you to forgive me failing to welcome you properly, . 111 00:07:48,566 --> 00:07:51,266 The General decrees: Those who did not know are not at fault. 112 00:07:51,266 --> 00:07:52,333 Qin, you may rise. 113 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:53,866 Thank... thank you, General. 114 00:07:54,033 --> 00:07:56,333 Hurry and welcome the General into the office! 115 00:07:56,366 --> 00:07:57,033 This way, sir. 116 00:07:57,666 --> 00:07:59,000 What General is this? 117 00:08:04,866 --> 00:08:05,400 Governor. 118 00:08:09,433 --> 00:08:12,066 I have only heard the Ninth Prince of the capital 119 00:08:12,566 --> 00:08:14,933 by command, to act as Minister of Works 120 00:08:15,366 --> 00:08:17,600 and oversee the two armies. 121 00:08:18,100 --> 00:08:22,600 But I have not heard of any General of the Right Guard with honor equal to the Three Departments 122 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:28,333 You, 123 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:30,566 claim to be the Ninth Prince? 124 00:08:30,566 --> 00:08:31,700 That's interesting. 125 00:08:32,333 --> 00:08:33,066 Could it be that 126 00:08:33,566 --> 00:08:34,700 you are the Ninth Prince? 127 00:08:39,666 --> 00:08:43,700 Even if you truly are the Ninth Prince, without the King's written decree, 128 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:48,133 you cannot make a commotion in the county office, or interfere with local governance. 129 00:08:48,133 --> 00:08:50,066 Such actions violate the law of the land. 130 00:08:51,133 --> 00:08:51,466 You 131 00:08:55,900 --> 00:08:56,333 You 132 00:08:58,166 --> 00:09:00,466 They intend to assassinate! Seize them! 133 00:09:00,933 --> 00:09:01,366 Yes! 134 00:09:10,433 --> 00:09:13,200 Gao Xu is after all the son of a meritorious official. 135 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:14,333 Truth is still unclear. 136 00:09:14,433 --> 00:09:16,966 Troubling him now is meaningless. 137 00:09:18,466 --> 00:09:19,066 It's fine 138 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,166 Since Hongchu has captured him, things will not be peacefully resolved. 139 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:27,766 Might as well scare him a bit. 140 00:09:27,766 --> 00:09:29,666 Perhaps we'll get some information. 141 00:09:33,700 --> 00:09:34,033 Here. 142 00:09:37,933 --> 00:09:39,466 Young Master, everything is here. 143 00:09:50,466 --> 00:09:51,466 How goes it on your end? 144 00:09:51,633 --> 00:09:52,366 Find anything? 145 00:09:56,333 --> 00:09:58,366 The account books are all perfectly balanced. 146 00:09:59,633 --> 00:10:01,300 It’s clear they have made great effort. 147 00:10:02,300 --> 00:10:03,900 What should we do then? 148 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,700 If finance is flawless, then criminal cases. 149 00:10:11,833 --> 00:10:12,333 Qin He. 150 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:13,200 I, 151 00:10:14,300 --> 00:10:14,933 I'm here 152 00:10:15,700 --> 00:10:18,633 Where are the criminal records since the beginning of this year? 153 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:42,666 Are these from the past two months? 154 00:10:42,666 --> 00:10:43,300 Yes, yes. 155 00:10:56,100 --> 00:10:58,433 Where is the criminal in this case now? 156 00:11:00,700 --> 00:11:01,066 Well, 157 00:11:03,866 --> 00:11:04,266 This, 158 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,600 this... this man 159 00:11:07,766 --> 00:11:08,300 committed... 160 00:11:09,133 --> 00:11:10,633 He's implicated in high treason! 161 00:11:10,833 --> 00:11:12,966 He's currently detained in Cell No. A, Ren-class. 162 00:11:13,533 --> 00:11:13,833 I... 163 00:11:14,100 --> 00:11:14,533 I... 164 00:11:17,900 --> 00:11:18,800 I came today, 165 00:11:19,633 --> 00:11:20,633 precisely for this man. 166 00:11:31,466 --> 00:11:32,233 Are you Shen Yin? 167 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,400 You are the Ninth Prince, right? 168 00:11:37,133 --> 00:11:38,700 You have met my third brother? 169 00:11:42,066 --> 00:11:48,033 If it were the Marquis of Xi'an here, it would be a blessing for the people of Taizhou. 170 00:11:48,533 --> 00:11:52,700 When others speak of him, they either call him Traitor Sun or Commoner Sun. 171 00:11:52,700 --> 00:11:55,900 The more polite ones simply address him by his name Sun Ben. 172 00:11:55,900 --> 00:11:59,000 Yet you still remember his title from days gone by. 173 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:01,466 How do you, Prince, address him? 174 00:12:02,233 --> 00:12:03,366 He is my third brother. 175 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,100 And still is? 176 00:12:07,466 --> 00:12:09,333 Some things never change. 177 00:12:14,233 --> 00:12:18,733 Then you are truly a man of unwavering integrity. 178 00:12:24,933 --> 00:12:31,066 Just now, you said that if the Marquis of Xi'an were here, it would be a blessing for the people of Taizhou. 179 00:12:31,766 --> 00:12:32,900 What did you mean? 180 00:12:33,433 --> 00:12:34,700 Prince, today, 181 00:12:35,766 --> 00:12:37,100 for what you come? 182 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,266 "Collect First, Measure Later", and land concentration. 183 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,700 It seems you know quite a bit, Prince. 184 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:46,900 Since you already know, 185 00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:48,866 what do you plan to do? 186 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,966 The account books and census registers are perfectly balanced. 187 00:12:53,633 --> 00:12:55,666 No irregularities jump out. 188 00:12:55,666 --> 00:12:58,266 You can understand the account books and census registers? 189 00:12:59,100 --> 00:13:00,633 Of course I can understand them. 190 00:13:01,300 --> 00:13:03,233 I just can't see through them. 191 00:13:03,233 --> 00:13:05,133 Seeing through them isn't actually difficult. 192 00:13:06,333 --> 00:13:11,000 The reason you can't see through them, is that you don't usually handle practical affairs. 193 00:13:12,666 --> 00:13:13,533 Then please, 194 00:13:14,066 --> 00:13:15,400 tell me about that. 195 00:13:36,833 --> 00:13:38,400 Have you thought it through? 196 00:13:40,933 --> 00:13:44,066 Getting involved in this most troublesome matter in history, 197 00:13:44,066 --> 00:13:46,800 what difference does whether I think it through or not make? 198 00:13:49,700 --> 00:13:53,966 These deceitful tricks of local officials are actually not hard to detect. 199 00:13:53,966 --> 00:13:57,533 But after detecting them, the real difficulty begins. 200 00:14:00,900 --> 00:14:01,733 So what? 201 00:14:02,566 --> 00:14:05,833 However difficult matters need someone to take responsibility for. 202 00:14:07,066 --> 00:14:10,066 You are already a person beyond state affairs now. 203 00:14:10,066 --> 00:14:13,433 If I don't shoulder the responsibility, should I really leave it 204 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,866 to the Ninth Prince, a royal boy not yet come of age? 205 00:14:18,300 --> 00:14:22,600 I knew you may dislike stirring up trouble, but when something truly befalls you, 206 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:24,533 you will never, ever shrink from it. 207 00:14:35,300 --> 00:14:39,966 By the Great King's decree, the grain taxes here were exempted for two years. 208 00:14:40,933 --> 00:14:41,800 On the surface, 209 00:14:42,033 --> 00:14:44,166 no one dares to disobey it. 210 00:14:44,633 --> 00:14:48,766 So the autumn taxes collected in advance cannot be on the official accounts. 211 00:14:50,233 --> 00:14:52,833 However, when the government levies taxes, 212 00:14:53,266 --> 00:14:55,600 there must always be contracts as proof. 213 00:14:55,933 --> 00:14:57,933 There are contracts, but not many. 214 00:14:58,100 --> 00:14:59,700 About ten or twenty. 215 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:02,433 To use as evidence, it's far from enough. 216 00:15:03,233 --> 00:15:04,666 We have to go to every family, 217 00:15:04,833 --> 00:15:06,166 going door to door to ask 218 00:15:06,366 --> 00:15:06,900 and collect. 219 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:08,900 Taizhou has five counties. 220 00:15:08,900 --> 00:15:12,833 We need to collect from over a thousand households to bring this matter to the court. 221 00:15:12,833 --> 00:15:18,000 If you go to the common folk now to collect the tax receipts, I'm afraid you can hardly even get one. 222 00:15:18,700 --> 00:15:22,333 Prince, it's already quite an achievement to have collected over a dozen. 223 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:23,733 Why is that? 224 00:15:24,333 --> 00:15:26,700 Tax receipts certainly exist. 225 00:15:27,700 --> 00:15:30,600 Without a tax receipt stamped with the official seal as proof, 226 00:15:31,233 --> 00:15:32,900 who would be willing to pay the grain tax? 227 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:35,766 It's just that these tax receipts 228 00:15:35,766 --> 00:15:38,433 are no longer in the hands of the tax-payers. 229 00:15:39,700 --> 00:15:40,900 Not with the households? 230 00:15:41,433 --> 00:15:43,500 They... were confiscated by the government? 231 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:46,966 Forcibly confiscating them would immediately provoke a uprising. 232 00:15:47,333 --> 00:15:48,766 They aren't that foolish. 233 00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:52,900 Prince, 234 00:15:53,466 --> 00:15:58,066 have you checked the loan contracts kept as evidence in the county office? 235 00:15:58,933 --> 00:15:59,833 Loan contracts? 236 00:16:00,900 --> 00:16:05,600 Private loans are mostly mutually agreed upon and have nothing to do with the government. 237 00:16:06,166 --> 00:16:08,966 However, if they involve land deeds as collateral, 238 00:16:08,966 --> 00:16:16,133 those wealthy families lending money always go to the government to formalize clear contracts as proof. 239 00:16:21,933 --> 00:16:23,300 Go find that Qin. 240 00:16:23,833 --> 00:16:28,133 Have him bring the loan contracts of the past three months, since summer, for us. 241 00:16:28,133 --> 00:16:28,800 I'll hold this. 242 00:16:42,300 --> 00:16:44,866 There's no text here using the contract as collateral. 243 00:16:46,466 --> 00:16:50,200 Documents with such solid evidence must not exist. 244 00:16:51,633 --> 00:16:55,100 Otherwise, if thoroughly investigated, how many shall be executed? 245 00:16:56,100 --> 00:16:57,700 Do take a close look, my Prince. 246 00:16:58,533 --> 00:17:02,733 Most borrowers in these loan contracts are local households and farmers, 247 00:17:02,733 --> 00:17:05,033 who have lived in Ninghai for generations. 248 00:17:05,033 --> 00:17:05,700 The key 249 00:17:06,500 --> 00:17:07,933 lies with the lenders. 250 00:17:09,566 --> 00:17:14,133 Commissioner of Agricultural Operations in Taizhou in the Zhendong Army. 251 00:17:14,133 --> 00:17:17,166 What they lend out is military grain in store? 252 00:17:17,533 --> 00:17:18,933 It's just a smokescreen. 253 00:17:19,533 --> 00:17:23,033 Military storage concerns state affairs, no one dares to touch them. 254 00:17:23,666 --> 00:17:26,533 This Land Office merely acts as the guarantor. 255 00:17:27,733 --> 00:17:31,500 The grain being lent have never even been on Land Office's accounts. 256 00:17:32,033 --> 00:17:35,000 So on their ledgers, it cannot be traced. 257 00:17:36,133 --> 00:17:38,733 If wealthy families outside Taizhou came to issue loans, 258 00:17:38,733 --> 00:17:41,333 people would worry about the risk of land being seized, 259 00:17:41,333 --> 00:17:42,833 and would not easily trust them. 260 00:17:43,733 --> 00:17:47,233 But if the Land Office appears as the intermediary, 261 00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:52,566 those local commoners naturally feel much more at ease. 262 00:17:55,500 --> 00:18:00,866 So that Chen Xing who lost his life was the Registrar of the Land Office. 263 00:18:01,633 --> 00:18:04,566 The Land Office is merely the surface layer. 264 00:18:05,433 --> 00:18:06,866 Take my family as an example: 265 00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:09,733 Even we Shen family of Wuxing is prominent, 266 00:18:09,733 --> 00:18:11,366 after all, we are not Ninghai locals. 267 00:18:12,100 --> 00:18:15,366 come here from far away to issue loans and annex land— 268 00:18:15,733 --> 00:18:19,066 how could we possibly command him, Du Hao, to step forward? 269 00:18:23,666 --> 00:18:27,566 Du Hao... Commissioner of Agricultural Operations in Taizhou. 270 00:18:27,566 --> 00:18:28,400 Du Hao, 271 00:18:32,466 --> 00:18:36,800 is the brother-in-law of Lord Hu, the latter a senior minister who had served three kings. 272 00:18:38,166 --> 00:18:39,833 According to Doctor Cui's words, 273 00:18:40,833 --> 00:18:43,033 Gao Xu is the descendant of a meritorious official, 274 00:18:43,833 --> 00:18:45,966 and Shen Congyue is a local powerful clan leader. 275 00:18:46,733 --> 00:18:49,133 Du Hao is Lord Hu's brother-in-law, 276 00:18:52,333 --> 00:18:56,266 A noble, a powerful magnate, and a commander. 277 00:18:58,500 --> 00:19:00,100 If we throw this stone, 278 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:02,333 it will stir up 279 00:19:03,666 --> 00:19:04,866 a monstrous wave. 280 00:19:06,633 --> 00:19:10,866 The governments go down to collect taxes that should have been exempted. 281 00:19:11,933 --> 00:19:15,300 It has not yet the autumn harvest, and people have no grain to pay. 282 00:19:16,433 --> 00:19:19,133 So the Land Office steps in to offer loans. 283 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:25,466 As long as they use their land deeds and the receipts issued by the government after tax payment as collateral, 284 00:19:25,466 --> 00:19:30,033 they can borrow grain from the Land Office to pay the autumn taxes. 285 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,633 Thus, the local people can survive 286 00:19:34,533 --> 00:19:36,533 this most difficult summer. 287 00:19:37,333 --> 00:19:39,500 Actually, the Land Office is just a front. 288 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:45,600 The land deeds and receipts used as collateral are immediately transferred to the real lenders: 289 00:19:45,700 --> 00:19:47,433 the nobles, powerful families, and gentry. 290 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,433 As for the autumn taxes collected by the government, 291 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,700 they are not actually recorded. 292 00:19:56,366 --> 00:20:01,033 Thirty percent goes to the officials and clerks of the prefectures and counties. 293 00:20:01,466 --> 00:20:06,800 Thirty percent goes to the military storage of the Land Office to count as military merit. 294 00:20:07,433 --> 00:20:12,500 The remaining forty percent is returned to those powerful families and gentry. 295 00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:16,433 In this way, the prefectural and county officials gain benefits, 296 00:20:16,700 --> 00:20:19,166 the Land Office gains military merit, 297 00:20:19,166 --> 00:20:21,400 and the powerful families and gentries, 298 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,766 with sixty percent of the capital, they earn double the interest. 299 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,800 But for those who took out loans, 300 00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:32,266 at least one-third cannot repay the interest the following year. 301 00:20:32,700 --> 00:20:35,333 They either borrow new loans to repay old ones, 302 00:20:36,033 --> 00:20:37,266 or they lose 303 00:20:37,366 --> 00:20:39,000 the land used as collateral. 304 00:20:39,766 --> 00:20:41,033 But what about the state? 305 00:20:43,033 --> 00:20:46,500 If the commoners are burdened with debt or even lose their land, 306 00:20:46,500 --> 00:20:50,433 wouldn't that cut off the tax revenue that should be entering the treasury? 307 00:20:50,433 --> 00:20:52,700 Prince, have you come up with the answer? 308 00:20:56,566 --> 00:21:00,566 Once those contracts end up in the lenders' hands, 309 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,166 they won't be returned. 310 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:09,333 The five counties of Taizhou, the Land Office, the powerful families and gentries, 311 00:21:09,966 --> 00:21:11,700 are like a vast net. 312 00:21:12,433 --> 00:21:17,333 Could such a scheme grow if there were 313 00:21:19,366 --> 00:21:23,033 no mutual entanglements and collusions between them? 314 00:21:38,100 --> 00:21:39,566 That's roughly how it happens. 315 00:21:40,433 --> 00:21:40,966 Liu Yanchen. 316 00:21:42,033 --> 00:21:42,666 Yes. 317 00:21:42,900 --> 00:21:44,500 No one is to be on the ships anymore. 318 00:21:44,500 --> 00:21:46,866 Let the remaining three hundred men come here. 319 00:21:46,866 --> 00:21:47,200 Yes. 320 00:21:48,833 --> 00:21:49,966 We can wait no longer. 321 00:21:49,966 --> 00:21:52,266 The Taizhou Land Office is in Haiyou Town. 322 00:21:52,666 --> 00:21:55,800 Riding there will take at leaast over half an hour. 323 00:21:56,133 --> 00:21:57,166 Made up your mind? 324 00:21:57,700 --> 00:22:01,400 Without an edict, I cannot interfere with local administrative affairs. 325 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,433 But the Land Office is different. It concerns military affairs. 326 00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:09,500 Strictly speaking, the Ninth Prince and I have the authority to take expedient action. 327 00:22:11,066 --> 00:22:11,700 Just go there. 328 00:22:12,066 --> 00:22:13,666 I will hold the fort here in the school. 329 00:22:14,633 --> 00:22:18,400 The Ninth Prince has already controlled the county office. 330 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,033 As for the Land Office, I will go there myself. 331 00:22:22,166 --> 00:22:24,166 We'd better involve no more troubles. 332 00:22:24,166 --> 00:22:25,433 You just stay at the county office. 333 00:22:28,133 --> 00:22:31,333 That Shen knows the inside details well. 334 00:22:31,900 --> 00:22:34,333 He must be firmly kept in our hands. 335 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,266 Shen Congyue has served in multiple prefectures. 336 00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:40,200 He is not easy to deal with. 337 00:22:41,733 --> 00:22:44,966 If no one is there controlling the overall situation, 338 00:22:44,966 --> 00:22:46,033 perhaps 339 00:22:46,333 --> 00:22:49,366 he might find an opening and turn the tables. 340 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:53,033 Before I left I have told Taizhen that, if I do not return, 341 00:22:53,033 --> 00:22:56,266 even Seventh Brother came in person, he could not take Shen away. 342 00:22:57,700 --> 00:23:01,200 Right Director of the Secretariant, Deputy Military Commissioner of Zhendong Army, 343 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:05,066 Commander of the Imperial Cavalry and Infantry, Judge of the Supreme Command of Military Forces 344 00:23:05,066 --> 00:23:06,533 Commandant Shuiqiu, is here. 345 00:23:06,700 --> 00:23:08,300 Open the camp gate immediately. 346 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:19,133 I, Commissioner of Land Office in Taizhou, Du Hao, from the Zhendong Army, pays respects to you. 347 00:23:20,266 --> 00:23:20,866 Arrest him. 348 00:23:21,300 --> 00:23:21,766 Yes. 349 00:23:22,366 --> 00:23:22,833 Commandant! 350 00:23:23,833 --> 00:23:24,466 Commandant? 351 00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:33,700 Commandant Shuiqiu, what crime have I committed? 352 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:35,933 Commissioner Du, please calm. 353 00:23:36,466 --> 00:23:40,133 After the investigation, I will then restore your innocence. 354 00:23:40,933 --> 00:23:42,000 I am innocent! 355 00:23:42,766 --> 00:23:44,033 Lord Hu 356 00:23:44,666 --> 00:23:46,133 is my brother-in-law. 357 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:48,100 I know. 358 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,066 You are Lord Hu's brother-in-law. 359 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:53,800 My coming here is also under Lord Hu's esteemed orders. 360 00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:57,300 The Lord is well aware of your loyalty, Commissioner. 361 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:58,766 Therefore, 362 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,100 I am here to restore your innocence. 363 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,366 Seal the Land Office, the study, and the signing office. 364 00:24:06,366 --> 00:24:10,133 Without my military order, not a single piece of paper shall be taken out. 365 00:24:11,233 --> 00:24:11,666 Yes. 366 00:24:12,266 --> 00:24:12,900 Follow me. 367 00:24:13,366 --> 00:24:13,800 Commandant! 368 00:24:14,066 --> 00:24:14,566 Commandant! 369 00:24:28,900 --> 00:24:31,766 Lord Hu is unaware of what Du Hao is doing in Taizhou? 370 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:36,533 Only my guess. 371 00:24:37,233 --> 00:24:39,300 This Du Hao needs military achievements. 372 00:24:39,300 --> 00:24:41,100 Lord Hu is a senior minister. 373 00:24:41,100 --> 00:24:43,033 His position is already at its peak. 374 00:24:43,033 --> 00:24:44,866 He have had enough military merits. 375 00:24:45,366 --> 00:24:48,733 Even if he want land and property, it should be in his hometown, Huzhou. 376 00:24:49,366 --> 00:24:53,500 Matters in Taizhou are beyond his reach, and quite likely, beyond his interest. 377 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,700 If so, it would indeed be easier to handle. 378 00:25:00,133 --> 00:25:00,633 Easier? 379 00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:05,633 Lord Hu, a senior statesman having served three kings, at the pinnacle of officialdom, 380 00:25:05,633 --> 00:25:06,966 with prestige in the army. 381 00:25:07,233 --> 00:25:11,633 Even if Sixth Brother, as the Great King, cannot harshly treat a meritorious minister. 382 00:25:11,633 --> 00:25:12,966 If he is not involved in this, 383 00:25:13,066 --> 00:25:15,166 the matter would be even easier, wouldn't it? 384 00:25:16,300 --> 00:25:17,400 So in your opinion, Prince, 385 00:25:18,233 --> 00:25:19,633 once the truth is exposed, 386 00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:21,033 this matter is over? 387 00:25:23,233 --> 00:25:27,833 If the Marquis of Xi'an or Lord Shuiqiu were here, they would certainly not think so. 388 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:41,533 How many in total? 389 00:25:41,866 --> 00:25:43,200 Haven't yet counted. 390 00:25:43,766 --> 00:25:48,200 We find the seals of all these five counties, Linhai, Huangyan, Taixing, Yong'an, Ninghai. 391 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,900 The total number, I'm afraid, is seven or eight thousand households. 392 00:25:51,900 --> 00:25:53,200 Seven or eight thousand? 393 00:25:54,833 --> 00:25:56,166 Seven or eight thousand! 394 00:25:56,666 --> 00:26:00,233 That means over a hundred thousand people, over a thousand qing of fields. 395 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:00,700 You! 396 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:14,900 The five counties of Taizhou have seventeen thousand, eight hundred and sixty-seven households in total. 397 00:26:14,900 --> 00:26:20,100 The registered land is forty-three thousand, two hundred and sixteen qing, thirty-two mu and three fen. 398 00:26:22,366 --> 00:26:26,200 If thirty percent have taken out loans, that's six thousand households. 399 00:26:27,533 --> 00:26:31,300 That concerns the livelihood and lives of seventy to eighty thousand people. 400 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:37,466 My sixth uncle, Prefect Gao, Du Hao, and others with them, have committed capital crimes. 401 00:26:38,066 --> 00:26:42,300 Even to drain the water of the East Sea, it would not be enough to wash away their evil. 402 00:26:43,966 --> 00:26:49,233 But the Gao family, the Du family, the Wuxing's Shen family, are prominent families of hundreds of years. 403 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,866 Even if they were all beheaded, it would only be over a thousand heads. 404 00:26:53,866 --> 00:26:55,700 And after the beheadings? 405 00:26:55,700 --> 00:26:57,600 Everything's over then? 406 00:27:01,066 --> 00:27:04,566 Regarding the loans have already been taken, are their contracts valid? 407 00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:08,300 If they are not valid, who will fill this deficit? 408 00:27:11,066 --> 00:27:14,066 The loans handled by the Land Office can be written off. 409 00:27:14,500 --> 00:27:17,100 But the autumn grain has already been collected. 410 00:27:18,066 --> 00:27:20,700 Are the loans took from local wealthy families valid? 411 00:27:21,666 --> 00:27:24,333 Are the interest promised in the contracts valid? 412 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:29,066 If they are not, then who will cover the losses of the local wealthy families? 413 00:27:29,566 --> 00:27:34,200 Since it is a wrongdoing committed by the government, the government should make up for it. 414 00:27:35,866 --> 00:27:36,533 Prince, 415 00:27:38,100 --> 00:27:39,100 do you know 416 00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:41,166 how large this deficit is? 417 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,800 This year's autumn tax, 418 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,500 calculated at three hundred catties of rice per mu of land as interest, 419 00:27:47,500 --> 00:27:50,000 one mu of land means thirty catties of rice in tax. 420 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:55,400 The total for the five counties of Taizhou is five hundred forty thousand and two hundred hu of rice. 421 00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:57,066 Prince, 422 00:27:58,333 --> 00:28:00,433 that is a mountain of rice! 423 00:28:03,066 --> 00:28:04,133 With this amount of rice, 424 00:28:06,166 --> 00:28:09,500 one could buy the throne of the Emperor in the Central Plains. 425 00:28:22,566 --> 00:28:28,700 I would cross the Yellow River—ice chokes the ferry; 426 00:28:31,466 --> 00:28:36,466 I would climb Mount Tai—snow fills the sky. 427 00:28:57,666 --> 00:28:59,133 Whether you buy it, 428 00:29:00,700 --> 00:29:01,400 steal it, 429 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:03,633 or seize it, 430 00:29:05,933 --> 00:29:09,200 by the end of the month I want to see five hundred thousand hu of rice. 431 00:29:10,433 --> 00:29:11,266 That's far too much! 432 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:12,766 Where on earth to find it? 433 00:29:12,866 --> 00:29:13,666 Who knows? 434 00:29:13,666 --> 00:29:14,466 Where do we even start? 435 00:29:18,466 --> 00:29:18,900 Yes. 436 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:21,000 Yes. 437 00:29:23,166 --> 00:29:23,633 Father, 438 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:27,166 Father. 439 00:29:27,300 --> 00:29:28,433 Do you know the rules? 440 00:29:29,666 --> 00:29:30,700 What time is it already? 441 00:29:31,066 --> 00:29:31,533 Father, here... 442 00:29:33,233 --> 00:29:34,866 [Huang Wei] At the Chancellor's mansion, 443 00:29:34,866 --> 00:29:36,766 [Huang Wei] is Chancellor Yang on duty today? 444 00:29:37,466 --> 00:29:40,100 Report, this is not a memorandum from there. 445 00:29:40,233 --> 00:29:42,100 It is an urgent report from Taizhou. 446 00:29:43,133 --> 00:29:46,233 Documents from prefectures should first report to ministers there. 447 00:29:46,466 --> 00:29:48,400 You have been an official quite long. 448 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,500 This is urgent joint report from the Ninth Prince and Commandant Shuiqiu. 449 00:30:04,133 --> 00:30:04,600 Great King. 450 00:30:05,300 --> 00:30:08,666 [Qian Hongzuo] Tell Yang, no need to send anyone to ask again. 451 00:30:09,066 --> 00:30:11,133 I will not go there tonight. 452 00:30:12,300 --> 00:30:12,666 Yes. 453 00:30:13,333 --> 00:30:15,566 I will instruct the kitchen to prepare some food. 454 00:30:18,233 --> 00:30:18,700 No need. 455 00:30:20,733 --> 00:30:23,466 Better not disturb everyone in midnight. 456 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,766 Just to prepare a bowl of congee and a little dish. 457 00:30:30,033 --> 00:30:31,466 It won't be disturbing. 458 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:34,733 Anything to say? 459 00:30:39,466 --> 00:30:45,800 This is a joint memorial from Ninth Prince and Commandant Shuiqiu, sent from Taizhou. 460 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:48,500 Joint memorial? 461 00:30:49,533 --> 00:30:50,066 Yes. 462 00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:09,500 Summon Seventh Prince and the two Ministers to the palace. 463 00:31:13,133 --> 00:31:15,433 At this hour? Anything happened in the palace? 464 00:31:15,833 --> 00:31:17,500 [He Chengxun] Commandant Shuiqiu and Ninth Prince 465 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:19,900 [He Chengxun] sent an urgent report from Taizhou. 466 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,633 It is 23:45. 467 00:31:25,633 --> 00:31:27,800 The palace gates are locked. 468 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:29,866 Outer officials should not enter the palace. 469 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:34,400 Chancellor, you are King's father-in-law, a relative of the royal family, not an outer official. 470 00:31:44,633 --> 00:31:47,633 [Yang Renquan, Associate Chancellor] Who else in Western Court did the King summon? 471 00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:48,500 In reply, 472 00:31:48,966 --> 00:31:51,233 Chancellor Yang and Seventh Prince is also summoned. 473 00:31:51,233 --> 00:31:54,700 [Yuan Dezhao] 474 00:31:54,700 --> 00:31:55,933 A rebellion within? 475 00:31:56,533 --> 00:31:57,566 In reply, 476 00:31:57,966 --> 00:31:58,600 there is not. 477 00:32:00,133 --> 00:32:02,133 Southern Tang troops reached Qiantang? 478 00:32:04,466 --> 00:32:05,666 In reply, 479 00:32:06,566 --> 00:32:07,300 they have not. 480 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,233 The Great King is unwell? 481 00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:12,900 In... 482 00:32:14,533 --> 00:32:15,366 In reply, 483 00:32:16,566 --> 00:32:17,066 He is not. 484 00:32:19,866 --> 00:32:20,866 Then, Honored messenger, 485 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:22,866 please return. 486 00:32:24,233 --> 00:32:25,866 Please convey on my behalf to the King, 487 00:32:26,266 --> 00:32:29,400 when dawn breaks I shall follow protocol and enter the palace 488 00:32:30,133 --> 00:32:32,000 to greet him and attend to my duties. 489 00:32:32,700 --> 00:32:33,366 Reporting, 490 00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:37,633 Chancellor Yuan replies that at dawn, he will enter the palace to greet you and attend to his duties. 491 00:32:41,833 --> 00:32:42,533 Leave now. 492 00:32:50,266 --> 00:32:51,300 What does he mean by this? 493 00:32:57,666 --> 00:32:58,133 Great King, 494 00:32:59,466 --> 00:33:01,333 I beg your pardon for my careless deliberation. 495 00:33:01,900 --> 00:33:02,900 It's not your fault. 496 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:04,733 It's mine. 497 00:33:09,166 --> 00:33:13,433 You two entering the palace late in midnight, 498 00:33:14,333 --> 00:33:17,366 Tomorrow, the rice price at the Trade Office will surely soar again. 499 00:33:19,133 --> 00:33:20,900 Since you're both here anyway, 500 00:33:22,633 --> 00:33:23,366 come take a look. 501 00:33:26,366 --> 00:33:28,100 Who else is in Chen Xing's family? 502 00:33:29,033 --> 00:33:31,666 He has an elderly mother and a younger brother. 503 00:33:32,100 --> 00:33:33,766 Allocate fifty gold ingots to them. 504 00:33:34,433 --> 00:33:34,900 Yes. 505 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:41,233 Don't use the public account. Draw from the internal account. 506 00:33:41,233 --> 00:33:41,733 Yes. 507 00:33:43,433 --> 00:33:47,566 Write a letter to the Shen family of Wuxing on my behalf. 508 00:33:47,566 --> 00:33:49,600 Say that they owed us a life debt. 509 00:33:51,233 --> 00:33:52,233 So, this money 510 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,133 should be paid by them. 511 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:00,066 Yes. 512 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,700 [Qian Hongzong]The Shen family is so bold! 513 00:34:06,433 --> 00:34:07,833 Not just one Shen family. 514 00:34:11,466 --> 00:34:12,200 I am guilty. 515 00:34:13,833 --> 00:34:14,900 It's not your fault. 516 00:34:16,166 --> 00:34:18,800 Which family doesn't have unworthy descendants? 517 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:22,600 Prominent families have dozens of branches intertwined and connected. 518 00:34:23,333 --> 00:34:24,566 You are not the clan leader. 519 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:26,933 You alone cannot oversee everything. 520 00:34:29,733 --> 00:34:34,166 I have failed to govern my family strictly, indulging my descendants in seizing civilian land. 521 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,266 I'm ashamed, not deserved to stay in the court. 522 00:34:37,433 --> 00:34:41,400 I request to resign from my position preserve your virtue. 523 00:34:50,366 --> 00:34:51,833 I know you well. 524 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,466 As for resigning, do not mention it again. 525 00:34:56,933 --> 00:34:59,766 Since someone from your clan is involved in the case, 526 00:34:59,766 --> 00:35:02,033 as per custom, you should avoid suspicion. 527 00:35:02,833 --> 00:35:05,100 Submit a memorial requesting sick leave. 528 00:35:05,933 --> 00:35:07,633 Go home and recuperate for a while, 529 00:35:07,633 --> 00:35:10,933 then return to your duties at the Chancellor's office later. 530 00:35:11,233 --> 00:35:14,000 I kneel and thank you for your grace. 531 00:35:15,166 --> 00:35:15,833 I take my leave. 532 00:35:33,333 --> 00:35:34,433 You understand now? 533 00:35:38,833 --> 00:35:40,666 This is targeting the court situation. 534 00:35:57,133 --> 00:35:58,366 Everyone is involved? 535 00:36:00,633 --> 00:36:01,366 What? 536 00:36:01,900 --> 00:36:06,500 The six clans of Wuxing: Shen, Shui, You, Ming, Yao and Shi; 537 00:36:07,266 --> 00:36:09,900 the four clans of Kuaiji: Wei, Kong, Xie and Xia; 538 00:36:10,633 --> 00:36:14,266 plus the Qu clan of Linhai ,and the Kui clan of Yuhang... 539 00:36:14,933 --> 00:36:17,066 every single one of them has a hand in this. 540 00:36:17,066 --> 00:36:19,400 The Yang clan of Huzhou also got involved. 541 00:36:19,766 --> 00:36:20,466 The Yang clan... 542 00:36:22,100 --> 00:36:24,700 [Lady Yang, Qian Hongzuo's wife] The eldest daughter of the Yang's third branch, 543 00:36:24,700 --> 00:36:26,933 [Lady Yang, Qian Hongzuo's wife] is Sixth Brother's principal wife. 544 00:36:30,233 --> 00:36:34,233 In the past two years, the three Ministers have passed away one after another, 545 00:36:34,233 --> 00:36:35,866 leaving the court quite empty. 546 00:36:38,466 --> 00:36:41,000 Last September, the Seventh Prince was appointed minister, 547 00:36:41,966 --> 00:36:42,900 taking one position. 548 00:36:44,266 --> 00:36:48,400 Chancellor Yuan and Yang should originally be appointed ministers this year. 549 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,166 Now, such a major case has been exposed. 550 00:36:54,100 --> 00:36:54,933 Chancellor Yuan 551 00:36:55,500 --> 00:36:56,333 will be fine, 552 00:36:57,333 --> 00:37:00,533 but Chancellor Yang will be in trouble. 553 00:37:01,466 --> 00:37:03,000 So someone is coveting the position? 554 00:37:04,266 --> 00:37:04,933 Guess who it is? 555 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:06,200 No need to guess. 556 00:37:07,666 --> 00:37:09,600 Lord Du is already eighty-five. 557 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:13,800 He has already served as minister, and a few years ago, he revoked the ranks of his grandson. 558 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:15,566 How could he still have such ambitions? 559 00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:17,266 Eighty-five is nothing. 560 00:37:18,466 --> 00:37:19,300 That one, 561 00:37:21,233 --> 00:37:22,566 is already approaching ninety. 562 00:37:27,266 --> 00:37:27,900 You all leave. 563 00:37:40,333 --> 00:37:40,866 Father. 564 00:37:42,666 --> 00:37:44,033 Du Hao is in trouble. 565 00:37:46,100 --> 00:37:49,066 Shuiqiu's memorial has been submitted to the palace. 566 00:37:52,533 --> 00:37:54,066 He's not a young boy, 567 00:37:54,333 --> 00:37:56,733 [Hu Jinsi] still so rash. 568 00:37:56,733 --> 00:37:59,366 [Hu Jinsi] When can he ever become steady? 569 00:37:59,366 --> 00:37:59,766 Well... 570 00:38:01,033 --> 00:38:02,766 This is ridiculous. 571 00:38:04,366 --> 00:38:09,300 Since three generations ago, has there ever been a ninety-year-old chancellor? 572 00:38:09,300 --> 00:38:10,400 Think it through, 573 00:38:12,533 --> 00:38:18,366 Since Grandfather established the chancellor office, there have been six successive chancellors. 574 00:38:18,366 --> 00:38:21,900 Watching younger generations appointed chancellors one after another, 575 00:38:21,900 --> 00:38:24,966 while he himself, a founding veteran and meritorious noble, 576 00:38:25,366 --> 00:38:29,533 only gets to hold military honorary titles and live leisurely in retirement. 577 00:38:30,700 --> 00:38:31,733 If it were you, 578 00:38:32,866 --> 00:38:33,733 would you be content? 579 00:38:35,633 --> 00:38:38,433 If it really is him, what about Du Hao's case? 580 00:38:39,166 --> 00:38:40,600 How should we explain it? 581 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,233 According to Shuiqiu's memorial, 582 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,100 Du Hao has committed a capital crime this time, 583 00:38:45,500 --> 00:38:46,833 with no grounds for leniency. 584 00:38:47,333 --> 00:38:50,300 When a relative of Mr. Yang commits a crime, he should step aside. 585 00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:55,633 His brother-in-law here guilty and deserving death, shouldn't Lord Hu also submit a memorial to apologize? 586 00:38:55,633 --> 00:38:57,200 How can he still be the chancellor? 587 00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,266 He's not a god. 588 00:39:00,100 --> 00:39:04,133 How could he have predicted that Shuiqiu and Hongchu would be diverted to Taizhou by the sea wind? 589 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:11,466 What good does it do for Du Hao personally holding so many contracts in his hand? 590 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,933 He's waiting for the right moment to act. 591 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:22,433 Once the edict appointing Hu as chancellor is issued, 592 00:39:22,433 --> 00:39:26,866 by convention, he must decline it three times before accepting it. 593 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,000 If Du Hao then presents this physical evidence, 594 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,433 would his father-in-law not feel ashamed to enter the chancellor's office? 595 00:39:34,866 --> 00:39:37,566 Hongchu has actually done a great job. 596 00:39:38,166 --> 00:39:39,166 That little brat... 597 00:39:41,033 --> 00:39:43,233 he really fears nothing. 598 00:39:44,533 --> 00:39:46,300 Among King Wusu's descendants, 599 00:39:47,733 --> 00:39:49,833 the seventh branch is the most indecisive. 600 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:53,033 Somewhat effeminate. 601 00:39:56,066 --> 00:39:57,800 But this little Ninth Prince, 602 00:40:01,066 --> 00:40:02,266 turns out to have guts. 603 00:40:07,233 --> 00:40:08,766 Not at all like his father. 604 00:40:14,366 --> 00:40:18,266 Quite reminiscent of his grandfather instead. 605 00:40:18,266 --> 00:40:18,800 Father, 606 00:40:19,766 --> 00:40:24,800 The Ninth Prince, the Deputy Envoy, is merely a figurehead. 607 00:40:25,933 --> 00:40:28,766 The one truly pulling the strings behind the scenes, 608 00:40:28,766 --> 00:40:29,533 I'm afraid, 609 00:40:30,733 --> 00:40:32,733 is no one other than Shuiqiu. 610 00:40:33,066 --> 00:40:33,900 You know nothing. 611 00:40:36,300 --> 00:40:37,800 Then, father, 612 00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:43,766 should we now submit a memorial of apology? 613 00:40:45,700 --> 00:40:46,333 Why such a haste? 614 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:55,100 This is half-cooked... 615 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,466 I'm getting on in years and can't digest it. 616 00:40:59,466 --> 00:41:00,566 Somewhat effeminate! 617 00:41:06,566 --> 00:41:07,700 You're the ninth son, 618 00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:10,033 and so is he. 619 00:41:11,100 --> 00:41:13,800 You are much older than him. 620 00:41:15,233 --> 00:41:16,600 Learn from that kid! 621 00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:21,400 He's forthright and decisive, act swiftly without hesitation when the time comes. 622 00:41:21,833 --> 00:41:26,566 When it doesn't, he can keep a steady head. 623 00:41:27,133 --> 00:41:29,966 There's a whole mess of trouble ahead. 624 00:41:31,466 --> 00:41:32,466 Don't be in a haste. 625 00:41:35,633 --> 00:41:36,566 Just wait and see. 626 00:41:42,300 --> 00:41:43,300 I am foolish. 627 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:45,066 I don't know what to see. 628 00:41:46,666 --> 00:41:50,966 To see how our Great King handles all this trouble. 629 00:41:52,100 --> 00:41:54,566 Then, how should we deal with these people? 630 00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:58,433 Deal with what? 631 00:41:59,633 --> 00:42:03,433 Such a major case involves no fewer than a dozen prominent families and clans. 632 00:42:05,766 --> 00:42:08,900 From the two courts, to the prefectures and counties 633 00:42:09,866 --> 00:42:12,766 countless officials and clerks have been implicated, 634 00:42:13,300 --> 00:42:16,366 not to mention the ministers in the imperial court. 635 00:42:25,066 --> 00:42:27,200 Is this the time to attend to these matters? 636 00:42:32,300 --> 00:42:33,700 Right...I was being muddle-headed. 637 00:42:38,700 --> 00:42:40,933 What about the Chancellor's office? 638 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:45,133 When will Shuiqiu and Hongchu arrive in Hangzhou? 639 00:42:45,133 --> 00:42:45,766 On the eighth. 640 00:42:46,766 --> 00:42:48,866 They still have four days' journey ahead. 641 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:52,833 Order the Tongru Academy to draft an imperial edict. 642 00:42:53,933 --> 00:42:57,200 Order Wu Cheng, Minister of Rites, Senior Secretary of the Western Court, 643 00:42:58,033 --> 00:42:59,300 to perform the welcome ceremony on my behalf. 644 00:43:24,433 --> 00:43:27,400 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles strech towering mountains. ♫ 645 00:43:27,900 --> 00:43:30,866 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles run surging rivers. ♫ 646 00:43:31,433 --> 00:43:34,400 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles cry warhorses. ♫ 647 00:43:34,900 --> 00:43:39,000 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles there are emotions unspoken. ♫ 648 00:43:39,933 --> 00:43:42,900 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, flowers are blooming along the road. ♫ 649 00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:46,366 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, gooses are returning to the north. ♫ 650 00:43:46,933 --> 00:43:49,900 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, we stand through storms. ♫ 651 00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:54,500 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, we hope for a safe return. ♫ 652 00:43:58,700 --> 00:44:01,366 ♫ Tens of thousands of miles is not enough, ♫ 653 00:44:01,966 --> 00:44:04,866 ♫ for a lifetime's sorrows and joys. ♫ 654 00:44:05,500 --> 00:44:08,166 ♫ Tens of thousands of miles is not enough, ♫ 655 00:44:08,766 --> 00:44:11,666 ♫ for the endless seas and rivers. ♫ 656 00:44:12,466 --> 00:44:15,133 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫ 657 00:44:15,733 --> 00:44:18,633 ♫ love will overcome all barriers. ♫ 658 00:44:19,333 --> 00:44:20,633 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫ 659 00:44:21,300 --> 00:44:25,033 ♫ we are together in life and death. ♫ 660 00:44:25,966 --> 00:44:29,000 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles. ♫ 661 00:44:32,700 --> 00:44:35,733 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles. ♫ 662 00:44:39,633 --> 00:44:40,966 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫ 663 00:44:41,333 --> 00:44:42,766 ♫ the moon shines in the boundless world. ♫ 664 00:44:43,100 --> 00:44:46,333 ♫ My heart has its hometown to return. ♫ 665 00:44:46,533 --> 00:44:47,866 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫ 666 00:44:48,233 --> 00:44:49,666 ♫ who is the one crossing the waves with me, ♫ 667 00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:53,233 ♫ with our hearts unrepentant, through countless lifetimes. ♫ 668 00:44:53,433 --> 00:44:54,866 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫ 669 00:44:55,133 --> 00:44:56,666 ♫ oceans and lands witness that♫ 670 00:44:56,900 --> 00:44:59,666 ♫ the world will be safe and sound. ♫ 671 00:45:00,066 --> 00:45:03,100 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫ 672 00:45:11,266 --> 00:45:15,433 ♫ my heart is unchanging. ♫