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Jeong Dojeon

Jeong Dojeon

Episode 39

You spent too much time with traitors.

Are you talking of murder now?

jeong Mongju is a loyal servant.

Do you want to

disgrace father and our ancestors?

Master.

What is Bangu doing?

He just left for Dongbukmyeon.

What about uncle Sambong?

Well...

jeong Mongju took him for a drink.

What a touching friendship.

You had a farewell drink with uncle Sambong?

Don't you say hello anymore?

I'm not as generous as uncle Sambong.

Hello to friends, a sword to enemies.

That is my creed.

Be thankful for your father and reflect.

If you weren't the chancellor's son,

you would be waiting for poison, too.

The day father fell off his horse,

I know you sent assassins.

So?

I will repay you some day.

Pathetic fool.

The dangerous game is over.

Forget about the great cause and

return to being a Confucian scholar.

Uncle Sambong is going to be executed at the market.

Jo jun, Yun Sojong and Nam Eun are

going to be sent poison.

Their heads are going to be hung up in the capital.

May Buddha have mercy on us.

Darn.

The council wants us to

give up military power.

This is driving me crazy.

Give up military power?

Sambong and Jo jun were the right and left commanders.

I think they're going to replace them with jeong Mongju's people.

Military power is our last bastion.

We must not give it up.

Bae Geukryeom and I opposed,

but talking is useless.

I'm just going to have a drink.

We have military power,

but there's nothing we can do.

Heaven doesn't seem to care.

Honey...

What will we do?

Darn!

Uncle!

What is it?

We have to kill jeong Mongju before it's too late.

Are you still saying that after being slapped by Bangu?

We can't let uncle Sambong die like that.

Please help me.

Help you?

I will take the lead.

Just support me with your soldiers.

Uncle.

I can't do that. I won't.

I'm a general.

I won't kill someone in such a cowardly manner.

This is no situation to be thinking about things like that.

I can't do it.

Uncle.

You don't know how much your father

cares for Jeong Mongju.

It's beyond care. He respects him.

If you don't want your father

to break your neck,

forget about it.

Understood?

Appoint Lee Sungin and Gwon Geun

as the right and left commanders.

Do as you wish.

What are you going to do

about Lee Seonggye?

What if he suddenly wakes up?

All our efforts will go to waste.

I'm going to impeach him

after military power is returned.

Impeach him?

A person's life is up to Heaven,

but Lee Seonggye had a traitorous mind.

He must be punished

in the name of Goryeo, not Heaven.

Bangwon.

I will do that.

Get some rest.

Did you have a drink?

Give it to me. I'll do it.

Okay.

How can you be so peaceful?

All your efforts are being wasted.

The flame of the cause is being put out.

Get up.

You have to get up and sit on the throne.

Father, please get up.

Thank you for sparing some time to a common scholar.

It's no wonder people say

you are a sainted general.

I am Lee Seonggye.

I will ruin Goryeo with this man.

I will end this turbulent age with this man

and create a new world.

You said you dreamed of a country

where all the people are saints.

Make me the king of that great country.

My lord, please forgive me for leaving

without being able to achieve the cause.

Thank you, Bangwon.

Go home and get some rest.

Yes, mother.

Father!

Honey!

Father!

Honey! Honey!

Is anyone outside? Get the doctor!

Father, wake up. It's me, Bangwon.

Seonggye!

Honey.

Honey!

Honey. Honey.

You wretch! Hey! Come here!

Sir!

I'm glad you came.

I have an order to give.

We're in trouble.

Trouble?

You're going to the execution site.

Let's go.

Stop!

Untie him.

What?

I said untie him.

The execution has been postponed.

Postponed? What is the reason?

My lord.

My lord.

Wretches.

They didn't even show their faces before.

Look at them showing up now.

I know. What rats!

He's coming out.

Chancellor, congratulations on your recovery.

Congratulations!

I'm sure you're busy. Thank you for coming.

I was going to resign as the chancellor.

But His Majesty refused to

accept my resignation several times.

It would be disloyal to continue

insisting on resigning.

I am going to withdraw my resignation.

This will be the council and court

until I recover fully.

All affairs of the council and court will...

require my approval.

Receive approval for everything

except your own breathing.

Lee Seonggye is denying your authority

and exceeding his.

He can't call his house the council and court

no matter how ill he is.

He is letting his traitorous mind show.

There is something else.

What?

Lee Seonggye requested the pardon of jeong Dojeon's factions.

The execution was indefinitely postponed, too.

How dare they do that

without the vice-chancellor's consent?

Poeun.

I will go to Lee Seonggye's place.

And do what?

Settle this matter.

He knows we tried to kill him.

Your safety will not be guaranteed.

I still have to go.

The officials and people are

watching the both of us.

If I fear for my safety now,

we won't be able to stop the majority from inclining towards Lee Seonggye.

Vice-chancellor.

Be strong in body and mind.

I will return with good news.

Chancellor.

It's been a while.

It's nice to see you are better.

Better... Better?

It looks like you need to recover more.

Leave the council and court matters to me and

focus on recovering fully.

We can talk about that later.

Release Sambong and bring him.

An order has been given to execute him.

He can't be released.

Come back with him holding hands.

It's a royal order. It can't be withdrawn.

A royal order'? What royal order'?

If I put my mind to it,

I could kill the king and sit on the throne.

I'm sure you have the power to.

But the people won't see you as the king.

They will see you as a slaughterer.

He isn't well. Is it alright for them to be alone like that?

They're just talking.

Don't worry.

I'll go and see.

It's alright.

Sambong can't be released.

Tell me your other demands.

Don't make me mad.

Come back with Sambong.

What are you doing?

Father.

Make a choice.

A choice?

Is it Sambong or me?

This is my last suggestion.

Poeun.

This isn't right.

Are you worried I'll enjoy wealth and trample on the people

when I become king?

Even if I become the king,

I'm going to leave state affairs to

Sambong and you!

I will support whatever the two of you want to do and

arrest anyone

who gets in the way of that.

If Japanese pirates attack us, I will crush them.

That's all I'm going to do.

I believe the world will be

much better than it is now.

Is that such a punishable act?

I'm begging you.

Do that with me.

Me, Sambong, you, the three of us.

Let's create a nice world.

I'm sorry.

I will not change my mind

no matter what you say.

If you can't make a choice,

I will help you decide.

I will order Sambong's execution.

Then...

Leave now.

Sir.

I told you to leave!

I, Lee Seonggye!

Cut off my ties with you

from this moment on.

How does it feel to return from the dead?

Is your father awake?

He still can't get about.

He is making an effort to control the council and court at home.

What about Poeun?

He met father and

asked him to choose between you and him.

Father is wavering a lot.

Help father make a choice.

What do you mean?

I brought paper and a brush.

Write him a letter asking him to give up on jeong Mongju.

You are the only one who can help him make a decision.

Why are you hesitating?

Leave.

Uncle.

I'm going to leave it up to your father.

This is your father's fight.

You started it.

Don't leave it to father.

Be responsible to the end.

If Poeun is killed,

we will lose public sentiments and justification for the cause.

Tell your father.

Poeun isn't an enemy of the cause,

but a key to the cause.

He must find a way to save him.

Poeun must not be killed.

Are you saying it's alright for you

to die like this?

I already died once.

I will be a martyr for the cause,

but I will not participate in

usurpation by shedding Poeun's blood.

I don't want to eat.

I'd like to be alone.

Is something wrong?

There is an obvious solution,

but everyone is denying it.

Is the solution you're talking about

killing jeong Mongju?

YES,

but father is hesitating and

uncle Sambong would rather be a martyr.

I'm sure they believe there is another solution.

They're being stubborn.

There is no other solution.

In my opinion.

It seems like you're being a hit stubborn, too.

When you are sure about something, you take action.

The fact that you are hesitating means...

that you aren't sure it's the solution.

Vice-chancellor.

Lee Bangwon said to give you this.

What is it?

It is an invitation.

Welcome, vice-chancellor.

Come on inside.

The invitation could have seemed rude.

I'm glad you agreed to come.

I thought your father might have given you a message for me.

I asked you to come

because there was something I wanted to say.

Let's have a drink first.

It's wine made with kudzu I dug up at Mansusan.

What was your intention in sending this?

It's as it says.

I didn't mean anything else by it.

So what if it goes this way or that?

So what if the kudzu vines at Mansusan are tangled up?

We will live a hundred years

tangled up like the vines.

It's a poem talking about

enjoying wealth and prosperity regardless of fidelity.

Did you think I'd fall for something like this?

It is my sincerity.

I'm trying to convince you and asking you.

I will accept your sincerity,

but my lifetime beliefs and fidelity

cannot be changed.

I'm sure your fidelity and integrity

will be inspiring for everyone.

But a mountain doesn't just have bamboo.

There are kudzu vines, too.

They have to be in harmony to form a mountain.

Why are you only insisting on bamboo?

You could let history take its path.

If water flowed downward

in a natural manner,

I would have.

But it is flowing backwards.

That is just treason.

Uncle.

Give in just once.

Take this.

This is my answer to your sincerity.

Tell your father.

How did it go?

What is this?

It's what you told me.

Conviction.

Stop.

Let's go to Seonjukkyo.

Since I'm in this neighborhood,

I will stop by Yu Eon's wake.

It's late.

Shouldn't you go home?

Lead the way.

Yes, sir.

Hey! Come on.

It's alright. I'm sure he wants to rest.

I'll walk over there.

Go on and go home.

Sir...

Come on.

I will cooperate as much as I can.

I'll give up on equal distribution of land.

What is your intention?

I don't want to treat you like an enemy.

I'm begging you.

Do that with me.

Me, Sambong, you, the three of us.

Let's create a nice world.

Who are you?

Vice-chancellor.

Did Bangwon send you?

I have a message from him.

He said it's for the cause and

asked for your forgiveness.

I knew this moment would come.

He is a lowly scoundrel.

Quiet!

Tell Bangwon.

Thank him for letting me die

as a loyal servant of Goryeo.

Your cause has become an usurpation

that can't be forgiven no matter what.

Yum!

I can't sit here. Prepare the carriage.

I have to see Sambong.

Sure.

Seal!!!)'9-

We're in trouble.

Trouble?

What is it?

Look at this first.

I, jeong Mongju, send a poem to a general and friend

whom I respect.

Even if I died a hundred times,

even if I tum into dust,

my love for my dear will not die.

Poeun!

Poeun!

Poeun!

Why was I released?

You'll see.

Did something happen to Poeun?

Over there.

He's dead.

He's...

He's dead.

Poeun.

What happened?

Why are you lying here like this?

Poeun.

Poeun!

Why are you lying here like this?

Poeun!

Poeun jeong Mongju.

He was born in Yeongcheon, Gyeongsang-do.

He was 1st place for

all the civil service examinations.

His teacher, lee Saek, said

he was the progenitor of Mao-Confucianism.

He improved relations with Ming and

had hundreds of citizens who were captured by Japanese pirates released.

He sought to reform Goryeo with Lee Seonggye

after the army withdrew from Wihwado,

but split off in opposition of a dynastic revolution.

He confronted Lee Seonggye

to protect Goryeo from its downfall.

In 1592, he is killed at Seonjukkyo

by assassins sent by Lee Bangwon.

He was loyal to Goryeo all his life

and gave his life for Goryeo.

His loyalty and "Dansimga" written by him

still teach us a good lesson.

His permanent abode was Yeongil and

his posthumous name is Munchung.

No.

No.

Poeun!

Poeun!