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Episode 27

Ji Er (I guess that is her deceased son's name)

E MI TUO FO (said by monks )

Buddhas, please bless my husband

bless him to be promoted and make lots of money

bless us live together till death apart us

bless our daughter Lian Er grow up full of happiness

and bless my master

to divorce his wife and make me his wife

e mi tuo fo

bless me have a good fortune being promoted all the time, make lots of money

with lots of concubines

this way please

nun, please take me as a nun

Miss, you still have ties with the world, I can't accept you

please bless us. Buddha

nun

nun, what has happened to this young lady?

Minister Zhang, you are here on time

I have one thing troubling me

this young lady here still have ties with the ordinary life. but she insists to become a nun

I seriously don't know what to do

Miss,

you have such a gorgeous looking

why do you want to become a nun?

nun,

please accept me!

Miss

nun, you have to show your mercy ,

how about you allow her to serve the Buddha without shaving her hair

accept her

Minister Zhang, you are a kind person

since Minister Zhang is showing his mercy, then

I will accept her, good. very good.

later, I will ask Police Li to donate some money and some food

you have donated quite a lot money and food to us

it is all in my heart e mi tuo fo, shanzai shanzai

shanzai, shanzai . (very well)

men are nothing worthy

eating the food in the bowl, looking into the wok, (always looking for more women)

now even thinking of those in the temple. (nun)

the work length of the chief of Xiushui province (Zhizhou: chief of a prefecture) is ending although it is a minor official position in the province

but I am quite enjoying working in such a place

away from the emperor, with good grey income

Master, your voices can be heard by Prime Minister Lyu,

he is the Prime Minister

and has solid and strong network and foundation in the imperial court

we can use some money to strength the connections

even if we can't be promoted

you can be promoted to provinces closer to the capital city

that makes total sense

one should enjoy their life whenever they can

good wine, pretty girls, delicious food

freedom

I don't have other demands.

well, this Miss Liu

she has gorgeous appearance why has she decided to become a nun in Miao Lian An (Monastery)

Master, have some fruits

her husband must have died

a concubine being kicked out of the house by the Mistress

or violated house rules

therefore she decided to serve the Buddha to as the end of her life

such a pretty lady, that's the god showing their jealousy

Buddhists are kind-hearted

regular sound of bells

how much ordinary troubles have they covered

Hong Ying

after I have my hair shaved

you can return to Yongguang City

I will write to my uncle asking him to take care of you

Hong Ying will never leave you

even if you have your hair shaved Hong Ying, I will not keep mine

Miaolian Monastery is in such a remote area, we will not be heard if we hide here

General Ye and General Liu will not know anything

Hong Ying only worries that

if any accident happens

Miss, let's return to Yongguang City

the Yongguang City,

i can never return

Miss, please don't think in that way

or, or we can stay here for a few more days

when you feel better we can make some plans

Miss, have some tea

Hong Ying

have I aged?

Miss, are you kidding me? you look even younger than an 18-year-old

my heart is filled with thoughts

pretty face looks like of last life

Xiyin is getting older

Nan Huiming said, Miss you still have lots connections to the world

you can't enter their world. after a while for your gorgeous looking

you knowledge, your gentle personality

you will find someone who is 10 times better than General Ye

I only wanted to spend the rest of my life here

without talking about the future

Where is my handkerchief? Hong Ying

where is my handerchief?

maybe we dropped it in the Monastery I will go to find it now

this is a holy place for Buddha, I will not allow you to take the guest

you old nun

don't make us use force

the lady we look for, is to be married into Zhang's family

to be a wife of a wealthy family, so hurry up tell us

which room Miss Liu Xiyin stays in

ridiculous

what exactly do you want?

not telling us?

go

Miss, bad news

someone is looking for you trying to find your location

what? hurry up

hurry

what has happened? Hong Ying

don't ask... hurry up . Hong Ying

Miss, stop asking

hurry up let's go

Miss, run

we can't stay here for any longer, let's hurry up

where is the handkerchief?

Hong Ying, the handkerchief is still inside

Miss, it will be too late, let's retrieve it next time

hurry up! wait, i will be right back

Miss!!

Miss!! hurry up!! they are right behind you

freeze!! stop!

quick! stop running!

freeze! stop

stop!

stop! still running?

freeze!

what do you want?

the cousin of our Miss, is the famous

Grand Marshal,

shut up. get them

Miss, Hong Ying, Miss

hold on

Hong Ying, hold on tight to me, Hong Ying

Miss, no, the branch won't take both of us

grab me tight

Miss, please be relax

we will be fine

Miss, please promise me

you will live a good life

find someone who loves you, cares about you

i promise, Hong Ying

I promise. please don't let go

hurry up and climb up

don't let go my hand

Miss

let's be good sisters and friends in next life

never let go our hands

Hong Ying!!!

Li Loasan

why aren't you paying your tax?

my officers,

Li village is in the lower area which suffers the flood the most

we barely had any harvest, we even rely on old stocks for living

and waiting for the government to conduct disaster relief actions

we don't have any money for taxes

we are also working, we can't report to our department if we don't collect the taxes

look, you have a look

the whole village is crying

girls and women also need to be feed, our life is even bitter than medicine

if we can't collect the taxes, we will lose our jobs

the ones crying will be my wife

search! yes

stop, don't search ! we have nothing

stop, please stop, I seriously have nothing

I have nothing...

Li Laosan, you should hurry up and pay the taxes

or you will be dead! let's go

now we have food to go with our tea, let's drink and get drunk later

yes, go, my brothers

let's get drunk tonight ! OK, no problem

RUN!

RUN

RUN

FLOOD IS COMING, RUN!

run!! run!!!

HELP!

HURRY UP AND RUN!

MASTER!

master! master~!

out of manner, what is so urgent?

can't I even have a good sleep?

say. master, disaster!!

you idiot

what do you mean master disaster?! I am all fine

master

water burst Xiushui River's banks

WHAT?!!!

WHAT DID YOU JUST SAID?

it has been raining recently, the water level of Xiushui River has been rising

patrol reported a few days ago stating there was a breach on the bank

to...today, river water burst the bank, and flooded in

washed away quite a few villages

Li village, Chen village, all farm lands have been flooded

people are dying

YOU SHUT UP!

who told you it was because of the old gap?

have you collected my taxes?

it has been raining all days recently, all about-to-mature crops were flooded and destroyed

you useless thing, get out!

yes, yes

Xiushui River bank burst

Xiushui River bank burst

Xiushui River, Xiushui River bank burst

the sky is to rain, mother is to be remarried

who said the river bank burst is

related to me, who is about to leave

yes

you work as officials for money

why don't I ... use this

report to the imperial court

apply for disaster relief

I can make another large amount of money

yes, I can make more money

I can make another load of money

the Li village has been flooded,

over 80% of population are dead or disappeared

finance, houses and animals

have all been destroyed, and

13 villages in the whole province have been flooded

over 6400 civilians died

15000 civilians become destitute and homeless

total loss of silver 70 million oz

master

is that appropriate to write that?

average income of our province is about 20oz silver

bull shit! Xiushui River bank was built under my management

it supposed to be solid and unbreakable

however, we encountered such a flood not to be seen in 100 years

the water flushed down

and destroyed my work

write, write it like that

all things in the world have limites

the Xiushui River is badly located, next to the main stream

and it has been raining continuously for 2 months

however, the water lever is jumping up out of control

despite how strong the river banks were

we couldn't do anything to stop the disaster

how can you say I didn't do a good bank job? master

however, there was a gap a few months ago on the bank.

this is known by all polices in our department

polices? aren't they been washed away by the flood?

and died?

but Police Li is still alive

you stupid, can't he frightened and went crazy?

nuts talk nonsense

retire him, pay him some compensation, to calm his family

ask him to shut up and rest at home

yes, and relief disaster victims

and report our disaster to Prime Minister Lyu,

the money we used to build the bank

a large amount was given to him.

I believe he will speak for me at that time when needed

master

Miss Liu, fell down the cliff

what a pritty, my gorgeous beautiful lady

yes

more importantly

before she fell down the cliff, she claimed she is ...

the direct cousin of the Grand Marshal, Ye Zhao

I think this is going to be difficult to handle

ridiculous !

if every missing person requires me to find

and serve ??

the Miss Liu, Yang, Zhang of Miaolian Monastery

do I have to keep an eye on them everyday? that's completely out of manners

in addition, missing person, without any body

maybe she left to another county nearby

it maybe flood, bandits, or roving bandits

yes, yes, yes

then, Master, your meaning is...

now there is this flood, all policemen are dead.

the most important thing now is to report the disaster to the imperial government to claim disaster relief fund

i don't know nothing else apart from this

understand

then what are you doing here if you understand??!!!

yes

right

Prime Minister Lyu's family members, have they been frightened ?

i have to visit them and conform the in person

come someone. Master, someone is here.

prepare my sedan

yes, yes, I am on it now

my highness,

it has been raining constantly recently, crop harvest is bad

waterway transportation has been interrupted, product prices in Dongjing is increasing quickly

the places where suffer the most of the disaster is

Xiushui and Jiangbei and surrounding places

there are people suffering from hunger and people losing their homes

leaving their home city. the disaster relief shall wait no more.

my highness, please give your wise decisions.

my highness, it was Liao trying to attack us,

we have been in the war for 8 years

we just overcome the difficult situation, the national treasure is so empty

even rats refuse to stay

before we have a good rest and recover our economy

here comes the flood disaster, money is required everywhere

causing people sleep uneasy, eat without any taste

we even tried to split one coin into two.

I don't know, where can we get the disaster relief fund from

Jiangbei is Prince Qi's land

he has returned to Jiangbei

the disaster is urgent and rapid

and require strong fund support

as far as I know,

Minister Liu just spent enormous money to celebrate his mother's birthday yesterday

I guess the money could be enough for 10 refugees to use for half a year

you

my mother is 80 years old and that is the only time she had such a birthday

it is my duty and I am totally right to show my filial piety

no wonder Minister Fan you are so alone

it is highly possible that you don't have any parents to serve and celebrate their birthdays.

parents of the refugees are as my parents

how can I stand here and watch them suffer?

shut up! look at you, where is your manner?

making the imperial court a market

Ministry of Revenue, Minister Sun

will it be possible to withdraw some fund from your department ?

my highness, now the national treasury is tight

Ministry of Revenue has no spare money either

merchants benefiting from rising the price for their own joy,

bandits causing troubles, disaster has caused so many severe troubles, how can we not save them ?

alright, we planed to recover the place this year we shall stop the recovery plan

expenditures, clothes and jewelry costs of the imperial harem,

we can save as much as we can

local finance can spare some money

and dig some from Liu Taifu 's 3 departments

in this way

i think we can get some money

yes my highness

I am going to collect the disaster relief fund now

Jiangbei, Xiushui are suffering from flooding

civilian families have been destroyed

i can't bear to see that

however, in the imperial court, as soon as I mentioned about disaster relief fund

Prime Minister Lyu rejected

once I mention money

Liu Taifu started to cry for no money

it is difficult to be an emperor

my highness

Jiangbei and Xiushui are sufferring

I am willing to take my years of savings

to support your disaster relief fund

my highness

I request to reduce daily expenditure

and I am willing to

donate my jewelries I brought with me when I married you

such fund can be used to support and save women and child in the flooding areas with Ciyou Bureau (charity bureau )

my highness

my brother, Guo Fushan

have gathered family members to conduct donations

donation has been transported to charity institutions in affected areas in Jiangbei area

disaster relief fund

my highness you can withdraw from national treasury

officers and ministers of the court can donate some

all ladies of yours will donate some

I believe we will have sufficient fund

disaster fund is easy to collect

but I don't know who is the most appropriate person to deliver the fund

there must be quite a few people in the imperial court

thinking disaster affected area is an oily position (a position where you can get lots benefits from )

they will be eager to go

Noble Consort Zhang, you are not sure about the things behind that

funds from the central government

will always be taken during the process of transaction in all levels

and many just disappeared without any trace

Jiangbei and Xiushui are remote areas they have weak finance. once the fund is to be delivered,

the condition of official-merchant collusion will be even severe

fund delivering is a difficult job.

local officials often set obstacles for fund delivering officers

and making problems to make their work more difficult

it has been told for centuries,

you work as officials thousand miles away for money

my ancestor was from a poor family

who hated corruption to his bones.

however, for 80 years since our dynasty has established

there are lots of troubles in the system

in some matters

i have to close one eye and pretend i don't see it.

my highness, I think

for this matter

you can't keep one eye open and one closed

fund delivery is one of the most important thing to save our country and our people

the official we send, should have high status,

has no interests about money, and be able to hold all circumstances the most important thing is, he should be able to

resist all threats or coercion from local wealthy and powerful people

no matter what we say, fund delivery officer is not a good job, but a nightmare job

they sometimes can't have 3 meals aday or even have to use their own money

plus the collusion between local officials and greedy merchants

after fund delivering officers return to the imperial court

they are often being demoted, rather than having promotions

my highness, in my opinion

why don't we send someone who cares nothing, and likes to show off

that will be more suitable

I can't make up my mind now

do you have any persons in your mind?

my highness, I have one in my mind

who is suitable for such an important job

Queen, tell me

fund delivering officials sent should be

trustworthy, with high reputation

rich, and can take actions and punish local officials when needed

I have one person in my mind who is suitable for the job

the one is ?

Grand Marshal, General Ye Zhao

Ye Zhao ?

Ye Zhao and Zhao Yujin their relationship has just become smooth

If I separate them now

it may not be suitable

my highness

why don't you send her husband to accompany General Ye to the affected areas?

since the Prince and General Ye got married, he has grown up quite a lot

in the imperial exam a while ago

he was the no.1 among all the exam takers

the Prince is very clever with all kinds of ideas

maybe he will have some special effects if he goes

my love, that is a good idea

Zhao Yujin, I have never expected him to be somebody

but since he got married with Ye Zhao

he is behaving very well and working like a proper government officer

good, Zhao Yujin, is the best option for

fund delivering

congratulations my highness, you have used your wisdom and picked the

best fund delivering officer

Councillor, your food and drink

these are all your orders, enjoy

fox,

you have been popping and disappearing frequently

since I caught you today,

you should pay this meal as a treat to me

alright, no problem

here, cheers

waiter, one bottle of wine.

when we first entered this city

here I am

it was always the sceneries of the battle field in my dreams.

but after 1 or 2 years,

now it is always entertainments, food and drinks

look at my belly

it is much bigger than before

Tiger Qiu

if one day, you have to go to the battle field again

will you be able to fight again ?

no problem

you see me eating and drinking everyday here

I will still be able to use my axes and kill enemies in the battle field

without thinking about costs

good, still young for your age

no problem

but there are quite a few places in Song

that are suffering from flood, remember, keep alarmed .

to give Western Xia any opportunities

I know that

look, Prince Qi

Prince Qi's land have been affected by the flood

he has gone there to address the disaster and conduct disaster relief actions

well, it seems you know quite a lot. well, everyone in the city knows

Prince Qi is the direct-blood brother of the emperor

you say, his land is affected by flood

the first thing our emperor considered was how to rescue his brother

what does this mean?it means blood connection

look at their brotherhood

if my daughters can

marry into wealth families

i can then show off due to such connection to the royal family

your two girls

to be honest, Qiu Hua is straightforward but reckless

but she lacks some qualifications

Qiu Shui,

she can see details of the broad picture, she has her boundaries

you should grow them well

maybe oneday

your dreams can be fulfilled.

fox

you do have quite high evaluations of Qiu Shui

how about you take action first, marry our Qiu Shui

wait, no, we had a deal, we don't talk about others

but enjoy drinking and eating

alright, alright, ok

you escape whenever we discuss this topic

alright, alright, today, we don't talk about nothing

drink, and eat

cheers

nephew Yujin is here to greet my highness

raise

Yujin

how was the job in Patrol department?

is it busy? you look great

you must be living some very good days

how are you and Ye Zhao?

my highness, my work has not been busy

my wife and I are all fine

Yujin, to be honest,

I have changed my views on you

you have been working like an officer.

you have done something good and practical for the civilians

you should be credited for the stability of our country

my highness, that's overwhelming

my job was to punish some gang members wandering around

clean the rubbish

on the streets and avenues. nothing major

you shouldn't look down yourself. things should not be classified to the size, nor should their credibility

since you have contributed

I have to award you

Yujin

do you

short of money?

if you have any difficulties

you must ask your uncle me for help

has the yellow weasel just eaten some honey? (speak sweet )

I have to be extra careful

my uncle is the emperor

my mother is Taifei

my brother is a royal merchant agent, my wife is a general

i receive double payments each month

if i short of anything, it won't be money

i have heard that there have been a few flood disasters

and our national treasury is quite empty

why don't you, use my award on the refugees ?

if my uncle you truly want to reward me

how about you

lend me the Painting of Qingluan Xiaosi (painting of a temple on a good day )

for me to appreciate for a few days?

or give my wife a few days leave

so that we can get some time and rest

you know...

to have child sooner

of course I know

the painting you like

I will ask servant Jiang to deliver it to you

but Yujin

you are

my most loved nephew

talking about you wearing that green uniform patrolling everyday

i can't bear to see no more

you are too good for that job

how about

I promote you to a higher job, and give Ye Zhao a few days holiday

you two can go and have a trip

enjoy the nature, mountains and water

spend some time together, what do you think?

really? of course

I am an emperor appointed by the god, my words count

Jiang Luhai, bring me the position appointment document

position appointment document ?