Qin Dynasty Epic (2020): Season 1, Episode 18 - Episode #1.18 - full transcript
=Qin Dynasty Epic=
=Episode 18=
These foods and wine will be here
when you return.
Right.
After you return,
we'll continue celebrating.
Prepare the carriage!
Yes.
Prince Yan is requesting an audience
with His Majesty!
Greetings, Father.
I wonder why
you summoned me.
Qin wants my son
to be held hostage in Xianyang.
After a few days,
pack up your things,
and go with envoy from Qin.
Father, what did you say?
I want you to go to Qin.
Don't you understand?
They want the Crown Prince.
That's Zhao Yi.
Why should I go there?
How can the Crown Prince
easily leave the state?
Since he's the Crown Prince,
he should do his best for Zhao,
and be held hostage in Qin.
Besides,
he is your son.
Am I not your son?
It's precisely because you're my son
that you should go to Qin
on your brother's behalf
to share my worries.
Father, in doing so,
aren't you
too biased?
Are you going or not?
I'm not going.
What?
I'm not going!
You unfilial son!
An unfilial son and traitor!
I'm your father, your king!
If I tell you to go, you must go!
Later on,
put in your efforts.
Play well. Do it well.
Don't make any mistakes.
Prince Yan has arrived.
Get ready to play.
You may go.
My lord, what happened?
Father wants me to go to Qin,
and die for Zhao Yi.
That's...
That's too...
Zhao Yi
was just born a few years before me.
Everything is his.
We're both father's sons!
How am I worse than him?
Prince Yan.
You definitely can't leave.
You're not the one
the King of Qin wants.
All right.
I'll go to Mao Sui now.
If he doesn't agree,
I'll bother him,
so that he can't eat or sleep.
I'll harass him to death.
There's no use in finding Mao Sui now.
After all, he's just an official.
How can His Majesty listen to him?
If you want must,
go to someone else.
Who?
Envoy from Qin, Yao Gu.
Him?
In this entertainment hall,
if someone owes us money,
we'll find someone to ask nicely first.
If he won't listen,
we'll find a strong man
to use violence on him.
Then we can usually get the money back.
To His Majesty,
Mao Sui is the nice man.
And the envoy from Qin is the one
who enforces violence.
Can His Majesty be scared of him?
If he's not,
he won't send Prince Yan.
Wouldn't it be better
to have his sons with him?
Right.
Qin wants Zhao Yi.
Why do they want me?
Right.
He can't report to his superior
when he returns.
Right?
Go.
Go now.
But if we want to try,
we must spend money
to prepare valuable gifts.
I don't believe
that the envoy from Qin
won't be enticed.
All right, I'll go to the post house
to find the envoy from Qin.
But...
in terms of the gifts...
I still have some hair accessories
and jewelries
that Prince Yan has given me before.
I kept them
because I couldn't bear to use them.
We can use those first.
Send them to the envoy from Qin.
All right.
If I become king in the future,
I'll surely make you queen.
Whether I become queen or not
is secondary.
In the future, I hope that my son
can become Zhao's Crown Prince.
You're pregnant?
My lord, don't be anxious.
If the envoy from Qin doesn't agree,
I'll linger there.
Go!
All right, my lord.
These are all I have.
I'm afraid they're not enough
to buy off the envoy from Qin.
Guo Kai.
I'm sure you've usually received
lots of benefits from Prince Yan.
Go gather them
in a wooden box too,
then give them to the envoy from Qin.
I don't have money.
You don't have money?
Who will believe that?
Listen.
If Prince Yan goes to Xianyang,
not only will I live poorly,
your future prospects will be over too.
Only by letting Prince Yan
stay in Handan
can we hope to live
in prosperity in the future.
You...
You're reluctant to give
so little money.
How can you become Prime Minister
in the future?
You're right.
I'll go home,
and take out all my valuables.
Whether it's a great gain or a big loss
depends on what will happen.
In that case,
tomorrow morning,
I'll seek an audience
with the King of Zhao
to convince him.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Thank you
for Prince Yan's gifts.
If he becomes king someday,
you
will surely be valued.
When that time comes,
you and I must be on friendly terms.
Of course.
You're such an understanding person.
I won't
disturb your rest.
I bid my leave.
I'll walk you out.
Stay.
Tomorrow...
No.
Tonight, deliver these two boxes
to our lookout area
in Handan.
Mr. Yao, well...
Didn't Prince Yan give these to you?
I didn't travel to various states
for Qin
for these things.
Our men in Handan
can use these to deal
with officials and nobles
in Zhao.
Yes.
They're hot. Take a look.
What are they doing?
Yao Gu is seeking an audience
with a casket?
Yes, Your Majesty.
He came so fiercely.
Let him wait in the side hall.
Also,
summon Mao Sui to come to the palace.
Let him deal
with the man he brought.
Yes.
His Majesty has arrived.
Greetings, King of Zhao.
Dear envoy.
Why did you bring that
into my palace?
Please kill me.
Don't joke with me.
People all want to live,
who will seek to die?
I do.
Why?
Please tell me.
I boldly ask you, King of Zhao.
Are you going to send Prince Yan
to go to Qin
on Crown Prince Yi's behalf?
Well...
You're fooling Qin.
King of Zhao.
When I return to Qin,
how will I report to my king
and Prime Minister?
At that time,
won't I be killed then?
So please kill me
in Handan
and get it over with.
States never kill
each other's envoys.
Besides, currently,
Zhao and Qin aren't in conflict.
Why will I kill the envoy from Qin
for no reason?
Then please send
Crown Prince Yi to Qin.
Why are you forcing me to do that?
If you really think
that you can't do it,
please kill me,
and you won't have to worry.
Otherwise...
Otherwise what?
You know what will happen.
Do you really think
that I'm scared of Qin?
All right.
I'll use this casket
to send your body
back to Xianyang
for that child Ying Zheng.
Where are the guards?
We're here.
Take him away.
Gouge his eyes, remove his tongue
and skin him.
Thank you for killing me.
Thank you for killing me!
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Mao Sui.
-Your Majesty.
-You're just in time.
My son doesn't need to go to Qin
anymore.
Your Majesty, what did you say?
My son doesn't need to go to Qin
anymore.
Your...
Mao Sui, come here to talk to me.
Your Majesty, order Lian Po
to prepare the troops
and get ready to battle with Qin army.
Your Majesty.
Yao Gu
is a fourth-generation official.
He has prestige and power in Qin.
If he dies in Zhao
as an envoy,
I'm afraid Qin won't stop
until they eliminate our state.
Then let them try.
Your Majesty.
Have you forgotten that during
the Battle of Changping
and the battle of Handan,
hundreds of thousands
of our troops died,
and corpses were all over
the city of Handan?
Have you forgotten
how you were so worried day and night
that they'd take the city...
I can't forget that,
and I don't dare to.
Your Majesty.
We can't let Zhao
fall into that situation again
just because of a moment of anger.
We can't use hundreds of thousands
of people's lives
in exchange for Crown Prince's.
I'm the King of Zhao.
This is my state!
Your Majesty, don't be angry.
Don't be angry.
Don't be angry.
If the Crown Prince goes to Qin,
he'll just suffer for a short time.
After some time,
we can think of a way to let him return.
He can still be Crown Prince.
Your Majesty, don't act out in anger.
My health
is deteriorating each year.
I'm afraid...
You're afraid
of internal changes in Zhao,
and Crown Prince Yi won't be able
to leave Qin and return.
Exactly.
Don't worry, Your Majesty.
I guarantee with my life
that Qin wouldn't dare to
harm Crown Prince Yi.
If that...
If that happens someday,
I'll personally go to Xianyang,
and take Crown Prince back.
Mao Sui.
Are you really sure you can do that?
Your Majesty values me,
and sent me as an envoy
to various states.
I'm confident about it.
All right.
I trust you.
Your Majesty is brilliant.
Can we spare Yao Gu then?
I'll go to Yao Gu now.
Let's treat this
like it never happened today.
Mao Sui.
Yes.
Apologize to the envoy from Qin
on my behalf,
then give him valuable gifts.
I hope that he can take care of
Crown Prince in Xianyang.
I know what to do, Your Majesty.
This is the imperial edict.
"To ensure peace in our state,
and be in good terms with Qin,
Crown Prince Zhao Yi will have
the title of Lord Chunping.
He'll leave today
to become a hostage in Qin.
He doesn't need to say goodbye."
I obey the imperial order.
(Handan)
My lord, we've succeeded!
Mao Sui.
You don't deserve
Lord Pingyuan's favor
and His Majesty's trust.
But you have no choice.
What can you do?
(Handan)
(Qin, Xianyang, Zhangtai Palace)
Your Majesty.
How is Li Si doing in your area?
I train him daily,
and let him go on duty at night.
He never complained about it.
Observe him a few days more.
If he can endure it,
I'll see him.
If he can't and he leaves,
he's not worth meeting.
Yes.
Is he the one I'm looking for?
God will be giving a big task to me.
He's draining me emotionally
and physically, starving me,
and exhausting me first
to confuse me.
So that
in enduring things,
I can learn what I...
don't know.
Who allowed you to drink?
I'm not on duty.
Why can't I drink?
I decide when you'll go on duty or not.
You're still on duty tonight.
If you're not on your post
in 15 minutes,
you'll be punished
according to Qin's law.
Yes.
God will be giving a big task to...
To...
He endures things quite well.
(Qi)
(Zhao, Yan)
(Zhao, Yan, Qi, Chu, Wei)
(Han, Zhao, Yan, Qi, Chu, Wei)
Six states.
Among all of you,
if one strives to strengthen itself,
and with my help,
you can surely unify the states.
Like you, Han.
(Han, Zhao, Yan)
You failed to strengthen yourself,
then you lost your competitiveness.
You're indecisive,
and live an ignoble existence.
Han Fei's talent is a waste
because you're not using him.
You deserve to await your death.
No.
(Qi, Chu, Wei)
No.
There's another state.
Another state deserves that
more than you.
(Han, Zhao, Yan, Qi, Chu, Wei)
That's you, Wei.
Shang Yang, Zhang Yi,
Gongsun Yan, Fan Jun.
All of them are talents who can
overturn the situation.
But you discarded them
and turned to Qin.
How foolish.
Chu.
(Qi, Chu)
You have a vast land
with millions of soldiers.
But there's trickery
among the nobles' descendants.
Your great nation is so divided.
You can't fulfill the great task.
Qi.
(Qi)
Qi once dominated the states too.
But now you hide in a safe place,
(Qi, Yan)
and cower to protect yourself.
Where is the bravery
of your ancestors?
(Yan, Zhao)
First, you don't have good officials
and generals.
Second, you don't have a great king.
Your land is barren
with little population.
(Yan)
Yan.
What Duke Shao has established
for 800 years
will collapse
very soon.
(Yan)
(Zhao)
Zhao.
You're admirable.
(Zhao, Yan)
You're admirable.
You are good in battles,
with generations of generals.
You originally had the most hope
in comparing with Qin.
But Qin exists.
(Zhao, Yan)
The Battle of Changping
destined that Zhao
can never recover.
The timing wasn't right.
The timing wasn't right.
What a shame.
(Han, Zhao, Yan, Qi, Chu, Wei)
Someday,
(Qi, Chu, Wei)
Qin will eliminate you.
You can't blame anyone else.
You can only blame yourself
for being old-fashioned
and not seeking to improve.
You're only after near-term benefits.
(Han, Zhao, Yan, Qi, Chu, Wei)
Why?
You don't agree with what I said?
Just wait.
Wait for me to convince the King of Qin.
Wait for me to convince him
and show you
what a great talent I, Li Si, am!
(Han, Zhao, Yan, Qi, Chu, Wei)
Who's so bold
as to engrave writings here?
Right.
Yes.
What is that word?
It seems to be Qin.
Qin?
None of you can read?
If we could,
we would have become officials.
This word doesn't look like Qin.
Right.
What exactly is written there?
I can't read it.
Move.
(Qin has no loyal officials)
"Qin has no loyal officials."
(Qin has no loyal officials)
Who wrote this?
-We don't know.
-We don't know.
We don't know.
Who wrote that?
-We don't know.
-We don't know.
(Qin has no loyal officials)
Your Majesty.
We haven't found the person
who wrote those words.
Please punish me.
Ask the new guy.
The new guy?
Li Si?
I'll punish that crazy man now.
If he admits it,
take him here.
If he doesn't admit it,
there's no need.
Yes.
Fan Wuji.
Come.
Li Si, you're still reading?
Yes.
Don't tell me you want me
to go on duty again.
Not today.
You wrote those words
outside the hall, right?
I did.
All right.
Capture him!
Yes.
Stop looking around!
Tell me.
Tell you what?
Why did you write,
"Qin has no loyal officials."
Where am I?
What do you care?
Li Si.
If you don't
give a justification today,
you won't have a chance in the future.
All right.
I'll tell you.
In my opinion,
Qin had at least three chances
of unifying the states.
But because its officials were disloyal
and its generals were inefficient,
it lost great opportunities,
letting the six states
survive until now.
Back then,
Qin and Chu were in a battle,
you've taken Yanying,
Dongting, the five lakes, and Jiangnan.
The King of Chu escaped to Chenyi.
If they annihilated the Chu army
once and for all,
they could have taken the state of Chu.
Then they can go east
to weaken Qi and eliminate Yan,
take Han, Wei, and Zhao,
and rule China.
You could have taken
your neighboring states.
However, the officials didn't do
their jobs well.
They retreated and agreed to reconcile,
letting the King of Chu get his land
and citizens back,
enabling them to resist Qin again.
We lost the opportunity
to rule the six states.
That's just one of them.
Where is His Majesty?
I don't know.
I just heard that the Guard Wuji
is interrogating someone named Li Si
in the side hall.
Li Si?
I think they said
that if Li Si was wrong,
they'd kill him.
What about the second one?
The second one
was during King Zhaoxiang's time.
Lord Wuan led troops to battle with Wei.
If they put their cities under siege
for a long time,
Wei wouldn't exist anymore.
If Wei is eliminated,
Chu and Zhao's alliance will
surely be broken.
Then Qin will be able to take them.
The six states won't be
powerful anymore,
and Qin can unify them soon.
However, again, the officials
didn't consider the nation's benefit,
and convinced the king
to take a few cities
in exchange
for pulling out the troops.
Aren't all of these
because the king blindly listened
and Qin has no loyal officials?
♪I remember the cold wind last night,
look at the world♪
♪It's boundless and vast♪
♪Each year is sad and very tumultuous♪
♪Military exercises at the plateaus,
horses drinking by the Yangtze River♪
♪Communicating the unification
of the country♪
♪Brandishing the safety of the world♪
♪The land was given to officials for
500 years, lives flourished and decayed♪
♪Ruined structures, sorrows, heroes'
tears, I must have great ambition♪
♪In the vast mountains and rivers,
the weather keeps changing♪
♪Bring peace to the world, build a
new universe, be like the sun and moon♪
♪Armed for battle,
the soldiers are unstoppable♪
♪A land consumed by war,
the beginning of the king's law♪
♪Follow the footsteps of
our ancestors and martyrs♪
♪A great nation's
iron-willed representative♪
=Episode 18=
These foods and wine will be here
when you return.
Right.
After you return,
we'll continue celebrating.
Prepare the carriage!
Yes.
Prince Yan is requesting an audience
with His Majesty!
Greetings, Father.
I wonder why
you summoned me.
Qin wants my son
to be held hostage in Xianyang.
After a few days,
pack up your things,
and go with envoy from Qin.
Father, what did you say?
I want you to go to Qin.
Don't you understand?
They want the Crown Prince.
That's Zhao Yi.
Why should I go there?
How can the Crown Prince
easily leave the state?
Since he's the Crown Prince,
he should do his best for Zhao,
and be held hostage in Qin.
Besides,
he is your son.
Am I not your son?
It's precisely because you're my son
that you should go to Qin
on your brother's behalf
to share my worries.
Father, in doing so,
aren't you
too biased?
Are you going or not?
I'm not going.
What?
I'm not going!
You unfilial son!
An unfilial son and traitor!
I'm your father, your king!
If I tell you to go, you must go!
Later on,
put in your efforts.
Play well. Do it well.
Don't make any mistakes.
Prince Yan has arrived.
Get ready to play.
You may go.
My lord, what happened?
Father wants me to go to Qin,
and die for Zhao Yi.
That's...
That's too...
Zhao Yi
was just born a few years before me.
Everything is his.
We're both father's sons!
How am I worse than him?
Prince Yan.
You definitely can't leave.
You're not the one
the King of Qin wants.
All right.
I'll go to Mao Sui now.
If he doesn't agree,
I'll bother him,
so that he can't eat or sleep.
I'll harass him to death.
There's no use in finding Mao Sui now.
After all, he's just an official.
How can His Majesty listen to him?
If you want must,
go to someone else.
Who?
Envoy from Qin, Yao Gu.
Him?
In this entertainment hall,
if someone owes us money,
we'll find someone to ask nicely first.
If he won't listen,
we'll find a strong man
to use violence on him.
Then we can usually get the money back.
To His Majesty,
Mao Sui is the nice man.
And the envoy from Qin is the one
who enforces violence.
Can His Majesty be scared of him?
If he's not,
he won't send Prince Yan.
Wouldn't it be better
to have his sons with him?
Right.
Qin wants Zhao Yi.
Why do they want me?
Right.
He can't report to his superior
when he returns.
Right?
Go.
Go now.
But if we want to try,
we must spend money
to prepare valuable gifts.
I don't believe
that the envoy from Qin
won't be enticed.
All right, I'll go to the post house
to find the envoy from Qin.
But...
in terms of the gifts...
I still have some hair accessories
and jewelries
that Prince Yan has given me before.
I kept them
because I couldn't bear to use them.
We can use those first.
Send them to the envoy from Qin.
All right.
If I become king in the future,
I'll surely make you queen.
Whether I become queen or not
is secondary.
In the future, I hope that my son
can become Zhao's Crown Prince.
You're pregnant?
My lord, don't be anxious.
If the envoy from Qin doesn't agree,
I'll linger there.
Go!
All right, my lord.
These are all I have.
I'm afraid they're not enough
to buy off the envoy from Qin.
Guo Kai.
I'm sure you've usually received
lots of benefits from Prince Yan.
Go gather them
in a wooden box too,
then give them to the envoy from Qin.
I don't have money.
You don't have money?
Who will believe that?
Listen.
If Prince Yan goes to Xianyang,
not only will I live poorly,
your future prospects will be over too.
Only by letting Prince Yan
stay in Handan
can we hope to live
in prosperity in the future.
You...
You're reluctant to give
so little money.
How can you become Prime Minister
in the future?
You're right.
I'll go home,
and take out all my valuables.
Whether it's a great gain or a big loss
depends on what will happen.
In that case,
tomorrow morning,
I'll seek an audience
with the King of Zhao
to convince him.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Thank you
for Prince Yan's gifts.
If he becomes king someday,
you
will surely be valued.
When that time comes,
you and I must be on friendly terms.
Of course.
You're such an understanding person.
I won't
disturb your rest.
I bid my leave.
I'll walk you out.
Stay.
Tomorrow...
No.
Tonight, deliver these two boxes
to our lookout area
in Handan.
Mr. Yao, well...
Didn't Prince Yan give these to you?
I didn't travel to various states
for Qin
for these things.
Our men in Handan
can use these to deal
with officials and nobles
in Zhao.
Yes.
They're hot. Take a look.
What are they doing?
Yao Gu is seeking an audience
with a casket?
Yes, Your Majesty.
He came so fiercely.
Let him wait in the side hall.
Also,
summon Mao Sui to come to the palace.
Let him deal
with the man he brought.
Yes.
His Majesty has arrived.
Greetings, King of Zhao.
Dear envoy.
Why did you bring that
into my palace?
Please kill me.
Don't joke with me.
People all want to live,
who will seek to die?
I do.
Why?
Please tell me.
I boldly ask you, King of Zhao.
Are you going to send Prince Yan
to go to Qin
on Crown Prince Yi's behalf?
Well...
You're fooling Qin.
King of Zhao.
When I return to Qin,
how will I report to my king
and Prime Minister?
At that time,
won't I be killed then?
So please kill me
in Handan
and get it over with.
States never kill
each other's envoys.
Besides, currently,
Zhao and Qin aren't in conflict.
Why will I kill the envoy from Qin
for no reason?
Then please send
Crown Prince Yi to Qin.
Why are you forcing me to do that?
If you really think
that you can't do it,
please kill me,
and you won't have to worry.
Otherwise...
Otherwise what?
You know what will happen.
Do you really think
that I'm scared of Qin?
All right.
I'll use this casket
to send your body
back to Xianyang
for that child Ying Zheng.
Where are the guards?
We're here.
Take him away.
Gouge his eyes, remove his tongue
and skin him.
Thank you for killing me.
Thank you for killing me!
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Mao Sui.
-Your Majesty.
-You're just in time.
My son doesn't need to go to Qin
anymore.
Your Majesty, what did you say?
My son doesn't need to go to Qin
anymore.
Your...
Mao Sui, come here to talk to me.
Your Majesty, order Lian Po
to prepare the troops
and get ready to battle with Qin army.
Your Majesty.
Yao Gu
is a fourth-generation official.
He has prestige and power in Qin.
If he dies in Zhao
as an envoy,
I'm afraid Qin won't stop
until they eliminate our state.
Then let them try.
Your Majesty.
Have you forgotten that during
the Battle of Changping
and the battle of Handan,
hundreds of thousands
of our troops died,
and corpses were all over
the city of Handan?
Have you forgotten
how you were so worried day and night
that they'd take the city...
I can't forget that,
and I don't dare to.
Your Majesty.
We can't let Zhao
fall into that situation again
just because of a moment of anger.
We can't use hundreds of thousands
of people's lives
in exchange for Crown Prince's.
I'm the King of Zhao.
This is my state!
Your Majesty, don't be angry.
Don't be angry.
Don't be angry.
If the Crown Prince goes to Qin,
he'll just suffer for a short time.
After some time,
we can think of a way to let him return.
He can still be Crown Prince.
Your Majesty, don't act out in anger.
My health
is deteriorating each year.
I'm afraid...
You're afraid
of internal changes in Zhao,
and Crown Prince Yi won't be able
to leave Qin and return.
Exactly.
Don't worry, Your Majesty.
I guarantee with my life
that Qin wouldn't dare to
harm Crown Prince Yi.
If that...
If that happens someday,
I'll personally go to Xianyang,
and take Crown Prince back.
Mao Sui.
Are you really sure you can do that?
Your Majesty values me,
and sent me as an envoy
to various states.
I'm confident about it.
All right.
I trust you.
Your Majesty is brilliant.
Can we spare Yao Gu then?
I'll go to Yao Gu now.
Let's treat this
like it never happened today.
Mao Sui.
Yes.
Apologize to the envoy from Qin
on my behalf,
then give him valuable gifts.
I hope that he can take care of
Crown Prince in Xianyang.
I know what to do, Your Majesty.
This is the imperial edict.
"To ensure peace in our state,
and be in good terms with Qin,
Crown Prince Zhao Yi will have
the title of Lord Chunping.
He'll leave today
to become a hostage in Qin.
He doesn't need to say goodbye."
I obey the imperial order.
(Handan)
My lord, we've succeeded!
Mao Sui.
You don't deserve
Lord Pingyuan's favor
and His Majesty's trust.
But you have no choice.
What can you do?
(Handan)
(Qin, Xianyang, Zhangtai Palace)
Your Majesty.
How is Li Si doing in your area?
I train him daily,
and let him go on duty at night.
He never complained about it.
Observe him a few days more.
If he can endure it,
I'll see him.
If he can't and he leaves,
he's not worth meeting.
Yes.
Is he the one I'm looking for?
God will be giving a big task to me.
He's draining me emotionally
and physically, starving me,
and exhausting me first
to confuse me.
So that
in enduring things,
I can learn what I...
don't know.
Who allowed you to drink?
I'm not on duty.
Why can't I drink?
I decide when you'll go on duty or not.
You're still on duty tonight.
If you're not on your post
in 15 minutes,
you'll be punished
according to Qin's law.
Yes.
God will be giving a big task to...
To...
He endures things quite well.
(Qi)
(Zhao, Yan)
(Zhao, Yan, Qi, Chu, Wei)
(Han, Zhao, Yan, Qi, Chu, Wei)
Six states.
Among all of you,
if one strives to strengthen itself,
and with my help,
you can surely unify the states.
Like you, Han.
(Han, Zhao, Yan)
You failed to strengthen yourself,
then you lost your competitiveness.
You're indecisive,
and live an ignoble existence.
Han Fei's talent is a waste
because you're not using him.
You deserve to await your death.
No.
(Qi, Chu, Wei)
No.
There's another state.
Another state deserves that
more than you.
(Han, Zhao, Yan, Qi, Chu, Wei)
That's you, Wei.
Shang Yang, Zhang Yi,
Gongsun Yan, Fan Jun.
All of them are talents who can
overturn the situation.
But you discarded them
and turned to Qin.
How foolish.
Chu.
(Qi, Chu)
You have a vast land
with millions of soldiers.
But there's trickery
among the nobles' descendants.
Your great nation is so divided.
You can't fulfill the great task.
Qi.
(Qi)
Qi once dominated the states too.
But now you hide in a safe place,
(Qi, Yan)
and cower to protect yourself.
Where is the bravery
of your ancestors?
(Yan, Zhao)
First, you don't have good officials
and generals.
Second, you don't have a great king.
Your land is barren
with little population.
(Yan)
Yan.
What Duke Shao has established
for 800 years
will collapse
very soon.
(Yan)
(Zhao)
Zhao.
You're admirable.
(Zhao, Yan)
You're admirable.
You are good in battles,
with generations of generals.
You originally had the most hope
in comparing with Qin.
But Qin exists.
(Zhao, Yan)
The Battle of Changping
destined that Zhao
can never recover.
The timing wasn't right.
The timing wasn't right.
What a shame.
(Han, Zhao, Yan, Qi, Chu, Wei)
Someday,
(Qi, Chu, Wei)
Qin will eliminate you.
You can't blame anyone else.
You can only blame yourself
for being old-fashioned
and not seeking to improve.
You're only after near-term benefits.
(Han, Zhao, Yan, Qi, Chu, Wei)
Why?
You don't agree with what I said?
Just wait.
Wait for me to convince the King of Qin.
Wait for me to convince him
and show you
what a great talent I, Li Si, am!
(Han, Zhao, Yan, Qi, Chu, Wei)
Who's so bold
as to engrave writings here?
Right.
Yes.
What is that word?
It seems to be Qin.
Qin?
None of you can read?
If we could,
we would have become officials.
This word doesn't look like Qin.
Right.
What exactly is written there?
I can't read it.
Move.
(Qin has no loyal officials)
"Qin has no loyal officials."
(Qin has no loyal officials)
Who wrote this?
-We don't know.
-We don't know.
We don't know.
Who wrote that?
-We don't know.
-We don't know.
(Qin has no loyal officials)
Your Majesty.
We haven't found the person
who wrote those words.
Please punish me.
Ask the new guy.
The new guy?
Li Si?
I'll punish that crazy man now.
If he admits it,
take him here.
If he doesn't admit it,
there's no need.
Yes.
Fan Wuji.
Come.
Li Si, you're still reading?
Yes.
Don't tell me you want me
to go on duty again.
Not today.
You wrote those words
outside the hall, right?
I did.
All right.
Capture him!
Yes.
Stop looking around!
Tell me.
Tell you what?
Why did you write,
"Qin has no loyal officials."
Where am I?
What do you care?
Li Si.
If you don't
give a justification today,
you won't have a chance in the future.
All right.
I'll tell you.
In my opinion,
Qin had at least three chances
of unifying the states.
But because its officials were disloyal
and its generals were inefficient,
it lost great opportunities,
letting the six states
survive until now.
Back then,
Qin and Chu were in a battle,
you've taken Yanying,
Dongting, the five lakes, and Jiangnan.
The King of Chu escaped to Chenyi.
If they annihilated the Chu army
once and for all,
they could have taken the state of Chu.
Then they can go east
to weaken Qi and eliminate Yan,
take Han, Wei, and Zhao,
and rule China.
You could have taken
your neighboring states.
However, the officials didn't do
their jobs well.
They retreated and agreed to reconcile,
letting the King of Chu get his land
and citizens back,
enabling them to resist Qin again.
We lost the opportunity
to rule the six states.
That's just one of them.
Where is His Majesty?
I don't know.
I just heard that the Guard Wuji
is interrogating someone named Li Si
in the side hall.
Li Si?
I think they said
that if Li Si was wrong,
they'd kill him.
What about the second one?
The second one
was during King Zhaoxiang's time.
Lord Wuan led troops to battle with Wei.
If they put their cities under siege
for a long time,
Wei wouldn't exist anymore.
If Wei is eliminated,
Chu and Zhao's alliance will
surely be broken.
Then Qin will be able to take them.
The six states won't be
powerful anymore,
and Qin can unify them soon.
However, again, the officials
didn't consider the nation's benefit,
and convinced the king
to take a few cities
in exchange
for pulling out the troops.
Aren't all of these
because the king blindly listened
and Qin has no loyal officials?
♪I remember the cold wind last night,
look at the world♪
♪It's boundless and vast♪
♪Each year is sad and very tumultuous♪
♪Military exercises at the plateaus,
horses drinking by the Yangtze River♪
♪Communicating the unification
of the country♪
♪Brandishing the safety of the world♪
♪The land was given to officials for
500 years, lives flourished and decayed♪
♪Ruined structures, sorrows, heroes'
tears, I must have great ambition♪
♪In the vast mountains and rivers,
the weather keeps changing♪
♪Bring peace to the world, build a
new universe, be like the sun and moon♪
♪Armed for battle,
the soldiers are unstoppable♪
♪A land consumed by war,
the beginning of the king's law♪
♪Follow the footsteps of
our ancestors and martyrs♪
♪A great nation's
iron-willed representative♪