Qin Dynasty Epic (2020): Season 1, Episode 20 - Episode #1.20 - full transcript
=Qin Dynasty Epic=
=Episode 20=
Your Majesty, we have bad news.
Mr. Mao Sui was killed.
(King Xiaocheng of Zhao, Dan)
What?
Say it again.
Mr. Mao Sui
did not arrive in Xianyang.
He was killed
in the state of Qin.
How about Yi'er?
How shall Yi'er be saved?
God!
Is Zhao destined to perish?
Your Majesty, take care of yourself.
God!
God!
Your Majesty.
His Majesty died.
His Majesty died.
(In 245 BC,)
(Zhao Dan, the King of Zhao, died.)
(His posthumous name is Xiaocheng.)
(During his 21-year reign,)
(he always)
(faced the pressure from Qin's attack.)
(Despite a defeat
at the Battle of Changping)
(and a victory at the Battle of Handan,)
(Zhao has lots of territories)
(encroached on by Qin.)
(Its land area)
(has largely narrowed.)
(Territory expansion)
(during the reign of King Wuling of Zhao)
(never occurred again.)
(Since then, Zhao has been)
(at risk of being annexed by Qin.)
(King Daoxiang of Zhao, Yan)
God Bless Zhao and Your Majesty.
God Bless Zhao and Your Majesty.
(Xianyang, Capital of Qin)
Your Majesty, here is Zhao Yi.
Salute His Majesty.
(Lord Chunping of Zhao, Zhao Yi)
Your Majesty.
(King of Qin, Zheng)
Zhao Yi...
I just heard the news.
Your father Zhao Dan died
Impossible! He is in the prime of life.
You're lying.
Zhao Yan has become the King of Zhao.
Zhao Yan acceded to the throne.
Zhao Yan?
I'm the Crown Prince of Zhao.
I should be the King of Zhao.
Why?
Your Majesty,
Your Majesty,
please let me go back,
let me go back to Zhao,
to see what happened
and grieve for my father.
Let me go back.
Please.
I beg you, Your Majesty.
Please.
I beg you. Please let me go back.
Zhao Yi...
Don't you get it?
You're required to be a hostage in Qin.
That's my request, not your father.
Zhao Yan is the King of Zhao.
Then who am I?
Your Majesty,
my father would not
cast me aside.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty.
Please.
Your Majesty, I beg you.
Please let me go back.
I'm returning to Zhao!
Please.
I've to go and see what happened.
Your Majesty,
Let me go back.
Take him away.
No, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, I beg you.
Let me go back to Zhao,
Your Majesty, I beg you.
Your Majesty, please let me go back.
Your Majesty,
Your Majesty.
(Guard of Qin, Li Si)
Li Si.
Chief Guard.
Get up, please.
You...
Someone comes to take it away.
Yes.
Sir, those will not be
your responsibility anymore.
Yes.
Do you remember?
Yes.
(Fan Wuji, Guard of Qin)
Sir.
(Fan Wuji, Guard of Qin)
Take a seat.
Please.
Sir, please.
What happened?
I apologize to you.
In the past,
I did not deliberately humiliate you.
I was subject to orders of His Majesty.
We were just testing you.
You're clever
highly valued by His Majesty.
Li Si knew it.
Sir, sit down, please.
OK.
Please.
Drink.
Sir.
You're a man of great ability.
I
want to consult with you about something.
If you help me
lead troops into a fight,
I'll be grateful to you forever.
Drink.
Please.
Sir, your prospect is beyond measure.
I have nothing to say,
but whenever you need
my help,
please just tell me.
I got it.
You want to lead troops into a fight.
Right.
That's easy.
Do you have any advice?
It's up to four words.
You just need to tell them
to His Majesty.
His Majesty will surely be satisfied.
What are they?
One more.
One...
Yes. Yes, yes, yes.
And ... and ... and ...
Wait a minute.
OK.
(Handan, Capital of Zhao)
Ying Zheng has gone too far!
He insulted my brother Lord Chunping
(Guo Kai)
and killed Mao Sui on the way.
If I do not revenge,
the deceased king will also feel grieved,
and I cannot
secure the throne.
I determine to
send troops to attack Qin,
the enemy of our country and my family.
In doing so, we'll revenge.
Your Majesty, wise idea!
Your Majesty, wise idea!
Li Mu,
but
how shall we fight?
I'm a general garrisoning border region.
(General of Zhao, Li Mu, Lian Po)
Attacking Qin is not easy.
(General of Zhao, Li Mu, Lian Po)
Please consult with the General Lian Po.
He is experienced.
I think it's not a good time
to send an army into battle.
What?
Sending troops is inadvisable.
Yes.
What do you mean?
Don't you support His Majesty's
ambition for great power.
Your Majesty, such ambition
is good.
But right now
we lack food and
our armaments are old-fashioned.
If we rush into a fight with Qin,
we won't win.
And if the state of Yan
disrupts our forces,
Zhao will be attacked front and rear
and will be caught in a dilemma again.
Lian Po.
You're a famous general.
Why are you so afraid when
hearing of Qin?
When I was young,
I dealt with Ying Zheng.
I didn't feel
he's a wise man.
Your Majesty,
a private dispute is far less important
than a war between nations
at all.
A national war impacts
the livelihood
and life of thousands of people.
We have to think twice
before taking any action.
You mean
if His Majesty attacks Qin,
then
the people of Zhao will
be heavily affected.
Lian Po.
Do you look down on me?
My dream is
that of the Zhao people.
And you publicly object to it.
Do you respect me?
Remember,
you're just an Acting Prime Minister
not an actual Prime Minister.
Your Majesty,
in my life,
I've been to both battlefields and courts
for the State of Zhao.
Your Majesty,
now that you don't accept my advice,
I resign from
my position as Acting Prime Minister.
Guards!
Take back Lian Po's seal.
The Prime Minister's seal
is so small.
Guo Kai, listen.
Your Majesty.
Today,
I appoint you as Prime Minister,
from now on,
to help me deal with state's affairs.
Thank you for your mercy, Your Majesty.
Guo Kai is willing to
serve you faithfully
until the day my heart stops beating.
Your Majesty,
the appointment of the Prime Minister
is not a trifling matter.
You appointed Guo Kai,
such a vile man...
Lian Po.
Are you trying to say
I cannot identity talented people?
Don't be angry, Your Majesty.
General Lian Po has pledged his loyalty
to three emperors.
Very respected and influential.
He certainly can
say whatever he likes
in this imperial court.
I will not argue with him
even though he called me despicable.
But if he is disrespectful
to Your Majesty,
I'll be the first one
to stand against him.
You...
Fine.
Fine.
I'm not good at playing with words.
State affairs.
I hope you can
deal with them with caution, Your Majesty.
I will excuse myself.
Lian Po.
Where is your respect for me?
Do not be angry, Your Majesty.
Do not be angry, Your Majesty.
(Lantian Battalion, Qin)
Reload.
One.
Shoot.
Reload.
Shoot.
Reload.
One.
Faster.
Shoot.
One.
Reload.
Shoot.
Attack.
Attack.
Attack.
(Meng Tian)
Strengthen your legs.
Attack.
Attack.
Inviting Yan to attack Zhao together
could be a clever move.
I have checked with the Datian Captain,
and the Grand Commandant.
Now we have sufficient supplies.
Soldiers are eager to fight.
I believe
(King of Qin, Zheng)
we should take this opportunity,
and use our full strength
to annihilate Zhao.
Zhao Yan was just crowned king.
Attacking Zhao at this moment
might instead
make the divided Zhao
united again.
(Prime Minister of Qin, Lv Buwei)
Maybe wait for a couple more years.
When Zhao people lose faith in their king
and start riots,
our army will attack and annihilate Zhao
with a 100% chance.
Godfather!
I would like to ask you.
Is there anything in this world
that you could do without any risk?
Waiting for several more years.
After several more years,
how would this world change?
Who will know?
Although I don't have a 100% chance,
I have 100% faith.
I will fight for
the goal of unification
until the day I die.
Seeing your resolution,
the late king must be very delighted.
Is that a yes?
Leave this matter to me.
You could focus on your study, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Let me fight with you.
Get up. One more time.
(Royal Palace, Jicheng, Yan)
That goddamn king of Zhao
is finally dead.
We have lost battles
against Zhao many times.
(King of Yan, Xi)
I find it very unpleasant.
Now that the new king of Zhao
is a young boy addicted
to the life of pleasure and comfort.
In the meantime,
Qin invited us to attack Zhao together.
What do you think?
Your Majesty.
It is a golden chance that
Qin proposed to attack Zhao.
(General of Yan, Ju Xin)
Yan and Qin could launch a two-pronged attack.
This will surely annihilate Zhao.
I would like to lead the attack.
Your Majesty.
(Grand Mentor of Yan, Ju Wu)
Yan-Qin alliance is an important deal.
We need someone reliable
to communicate with Qin.
Father!
(Crown Prince of Yan, Dan)
I volunteer to serve as an envoy in Xianyang.
To serve the country,
and share your burden.
You volunteer?
Father!
When I was young, I was held hostage
together with King Zheng of Qin in Handan.
We played together many times
like brothers.
We were both bullied
by King Yan of Zhao.
If I travelled to Qin,
I could talk with King Zheng of Qin,
and plan on how to attack Zhao,
in order to revenge our shame in Handan,
and show the strength of Yan.
Fine!
That's my son.
Ju Wu, write the state credential.
The Crown Prince will set out soon.
Ju Xin, ready the troops and supplies,
waiting to attack Zhao together with Qin.
Yes.
Sir.
Sir.
No need.
You are a great talent.
What are you talking about?
The Prime Minister
and His Majesty have decided
to attack Zhao together with Yan.
The Prime Minister
also agreed on the attack?
He seemed hesitant,
but in the end,
he agreed with His Majesty.
Zhao will be annihilated.
You said that
if Zhao is annihilated,
so will Han and Wei, as well as Chu.
Does that mean, our great Qin
will rule the world?
If this is true,
our great Qin
will definitely rule the world.
Lian Po was dismissed from
his post as Acting Prime Minister.
Lian Po is not
rushing into dispatching troops.
(Zheng Yi)
So he was dismissed immediately.
King of Zhao appointed Guo Kai
as the new Prime Minister of Zhao.
Who is Guo Kai?
Guo Kai
used to be the study companion
of King Yan of Zhao.
He has no bottom line
when it comes to achieving his goals,
and he is extremely greedy.
When Sir Yao Gu served
as an envoy in Handan,
it is Guo Kai
who made all arrangements
for Zhao Yan.
Prime Minister
do you have any plan to attack Zhao?
It is not the appropriate time
to attack Zhao.
Zheng was humiliated
when he was young.
Deep in his heart,
he is still suffering.
Zhao Yan
dismissed Lian Po from his post.
I hope he will also
deprive his military leadership.
Your Majesty.
The honorable Prime Minister of Zhao.
You came early today.
Your Majesty must be joking.
I'm entitled to this honor
only because you showed your kindness.
I'm ready to sacrifice everything
for Your Majesty.
I am aware of your loyalty.
Otherwise
I will not appoint you as Prime Minister.
Do you know that
this whole room is filled with
the memorials about you
from those officials.
Your Majesty,
those officials are old.
Your Majesty and I are still young.
It is reasonable for us to
do something special.
This will show them that
time has changed.
You have made
a good point.
Your Majesty, breakfast is ready.
Come on, have breakfast with me.
Thanks for your mercy, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Today,
I have one issue
to discuss with you.
What's on your mind?
Tell me about it.
Your Majesty showed kindness,
and appointed me as Prime Minister.
Since then
I've been wondering that
Lian Po
had been the Acting Prime Minister
for many years.
Yet I became the Prime Minister
on the very first day of my appointment.
He
must hate me very much.
That is because the late king
didn't want to promote him.
You have nothing to do with it.
But Lian Po has served for many years.
Although he is dismissed from
Acting Prime Minister,
he is still the Top General,
commanding millions of troops.
Now that he is dismissed,
it is very likely
that he will bear grudges.
What if he challenges your power
with his troops
out of malice?
We cannot afford to
let this happen.
Your Majesty, it is necessary
for you to prevent it,
and make arrangements in advance.
What is your opinion then?
Lian Po was already dismissed from
Acting Prime Minister.
You mean
he should also be dismissed
as a Top General?
Your Majesty,
you proposed to attack Qin,
with the intention to
give our soldiers an opportunity to
contribute to our prosperity.
Who could have known
that old blighter Lian Po
wouldn't appreciate your kindness,
and contradicted you publicly
in the imperial court.
Now that
he refused to attack.
If you force him
to lead the troops,
he will never do it.
In that case,
if he unwittingly goes to fight,
he won't be able
to take the cities of Qin.
Our officials and people
will say you
made a wrong decision, Your Majesty.
Your words make sense.
If that old blighter
really isn't dedicated,
my efforts
will be in vain.
Your Majesty,
I have already contacted General Yue Sheng.
As long as he's on our side,
we can do anything we want
to that old blighter.
But Lian Po
is a famous general of Zhao after all.
If we start wars against other six states,
I'm still counting on him
to win the wars for me.
To be honest,
our great Zhao lacks many things,
but a good general to lead the troops
is not one of them.
Li Mu, Yue Sheng, Qing Qin.
Any of them is better than Lian Po.
By the way,
we still have General Pang Nuan.
General Pang Nuan
is over 100 years old.
Do you think he can lead the troops?
Your Majesty,
you don't have to worry
who will lead the troops.
All you need to do
is give an order to dismiss
that old blighter.
Your Majesty,
if you couldn't bear
to dismiss Lian Po,
I
would go back to pack up,
saying farewell to you,
and Zhao.
Don't talk like this.
You are the Prime Minister.
How can you behave like this?
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty,
I am entitled to be the Prime Minister
only because I have your kindness,
and support.
Otherwise nobody will listen to me.
That old blighter
only needs to blink his eyes
to take away
my life.
You are doing this again.
Your Majesty,
if you won't dismiss Lian Po,
I
cannot eat and sleep well.
Shut up.
Do whatever you want.
Just let me have my breakfast in peace.
Li Si!
I, Li Si, present myself to Your Majesty.
Be careful, Your Majesty.
Be careful?
Can being careful make me
the king of the world?
Why do you come to me?
It is you who summoned me, Your Majesty.
I thought it was you
who would like to speak to me.
I indeed have something to say.
Speak.
What you just said
makes a good point.
As a king,
although sitting in the imperial court,
his mind should be able to
travel all around the world.
But if a king travels in person,
the imperial court
will descend into chaos.
King Wuling of Zhao's death at Shaqiu
is a clear proof.
But if a king only sits on his throne,
his power will fall
into someone else's hand.
It is dangerous.
Someone once advised me that
a king should leave the chances of
making contributions to his officials,
and that a king should
let his officials perform their ability.
If Qin can really annihilate
Wei, Zhao, and Han,
and unify the world.
That would all be
the contributions of the officials.
It has nothing to do with the king.
Furthermore, Qin doesn't have
this kind of loyal officials,
nor competent officials.
According to you,
what are loyal officials?
I'm a loyal official.
If Your Majesty
doesn't have the vision
to rule the whole world,
I will have the vision for you.
If you already have a vision,
I would like to help you
to achieve it.
Our great Qin already
has a Prime Minister,
as well as other important officials.
They are all loyal officials.
Your Majesty should wait and see
whether the Prime Minister could
take this golden opportunity
to annihilate Zhao.
That will tell you
whether or not he's a loyal official.
Clean this up.
Yes.
Imperial edict.
General Lian Po has fought
for Zhao for many years.
His Majesty is considerate
of your old age,
(General of Zhao, Yue Sheng)
and hereby gives permission to your retirement.
Lian Po's troops will be led by Yue Sheng.
His Majesty doesn't want me to die?
You must be joking.
Not only did His Majesty
dismiss my political post,
now he wants to
take away my military leadership.
-General, calm down.
-General, calm down.
General, general.
General, calm down.
General, general, general.
General, general, general.
- General, calm down.
- General.
My troops.
My cities for which I fought with my life.
You think you can take them away like this?
Where are your troops?
Where are your cities?
They all belong to Zhao.
They belong to His Majesty.
Fine. Here you are.
General, general, general.
Here you are.
General.
Here you are.
You bunch of despicable people.
General.
That new Prime Minister, Guo Kai,
always has a problem with you.
You don't understand?
-Despicable.
-General. Ouch.
-Despicable.
-Ouch. General.
Despicable, despicable.
General.
Despicable, despicable.
General.
I don't want
to take your military leadership.
I myself was
the General of Yan
and surrendered to join Zhao.
You insulted me like this today.
I can never lead troops in Zhao.
General.
His Majesty is not just.
Let's fight our way to Handan,
drive him away, and support a new king.
In this manner,
Zhao will be annihilated by me.
I've spent my whole life
leading troops for Zhao.
I cannot bear to do this.
Fetch my horse.
General.
If I disobey His Majesty's order,
I will be called a traitor.
If I go back to Handan,
I will also die.
Zhao
has no place for me anymore.
I shall go.
Where are you going?
Don't ask.
We would like to follow you.
You are soldiers of Zhao.
Not mine.
You can't follow me.
General, general, general.
General, general, general.
(Prime Minister's Residence, Handan, Zhao)
That old blighter Lian Po
really left Zhao alone?
Yes.
Great!
But Yue Sheng vanished.
Qing Qin resigned.
Zhao lost
three generals all at once.
What...
Screw them.
Let them go.
Without them,
our great Zhao will still thrive.
His Majesty and I
are the only ones Zhao needs.
I couldn't agree more.
It is very clever of you to say that.
Now that Mao Sui is dead.
Lian Po left Zhao.
Li Mu is far away in the north.
Yue Sheng and Qing Qin are out of sight.
Lord Chunping is held hostage in Xianyang.
The great power of Zhao
has all fallen into your hand.
(Zhangtai Palace, Xianyang, Qin)
Here comes Crown Prince of Yan.
I, Ji Dan, present myself to Your Majesty,
and to Prime Minister.
Yan is willing to
enhance our friendship with Qin,
and keep our alliance alive forever.
-Crown...
-Crown Prince coming from afar
is a good proof of Yan's sincerity.
Thank you.
I've come here to discuss
our alliance to attack Zhao.
-As to this ...
-As to this, come to my Residence tomorrow.
I will tell you in detail.
Yes.
I will surely visit you tomorrow.
-Crown Prince...
-How is the King of Yan?
Everything is good.
Thanks for asking.
My king asked me to
convey his message to you
that we should manage to
meet each other if possible,
in order to enhance our alliance.
Qin
is surely willing to align with Yan.
Crown Prince Dan.
It's been many years
since we met last time.
I missed you very much.
Your Majesty's kindness
is very much appreciated.
After the meeting,
I will take you to meet Queen Dowager.
I believe she will be delighted to see you.
Yes.
After I left Handan,
how did you get along?
After you left,
I had no one to play with.
Yan and Zhao
fought each other several times.
Zhao people treated me
even worse since then.
Zhao must be annihilated one day.
I lived in Handan for over four years.
Until Lord Xinling
initiated a joint attack,
Zhao is willing to release me back to Yan.
I didn't expect that
Yan would send
the Crown Prince as an envoy.
I was afraid that
you wouldn't admit our friendship
after you became the King of Qin.
Ji Dan, you are my friend.
In a few days,
I will go on an inspection tour
to Jingyang.
But before I leave,
I will make proper arrangements
for attacking Zhao.
That's good.
The Prime Minister
is in charge of this matter.
If you need anything,
you can talk to him.
This decision won't be changed, right?
You know me.
I've always wanted
to take revenge on Zhao Yan.
That goddamn Zhao Yan,
and Guo Kai.
They must have a good taste of our anger.
(Lao Ai)
(Queen Dowager of Qin, Zhao Ji)
Queen Dowager.
Don't move.
It's itchy.
That's what a palace attendant
should look like.
♪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 were 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 20=
Your Majesty, we have bad news.
Mr. Mao Sui was killed.
(King Xiaocheng of Zhao, Dan)
What?
Say it again.
Mr. Mao Sui
did not arrive in Xianyang.
He was killed
in the state of Qin.
How about Yi'er?
How shall Yi'er be saved?
God!
Is Zhao destined to perish?
Your Majesty, take care of yourself.
God!
God!
Your Majesty.
His Majesty died.
His Majesty died.
(In 245 BC,)
(Zhao Dan, the King of Zhao, died.)
(His posthumous name is Xiaocheng.)
(During his 21-year reign,)
(he always)
(faced the pressure from Qin's attack.)
(Despite a defeat
at the Battle of Changping)
(and a victory at the Battle of Handan,)
(Zhao has lots of territories)
(encroached on by Qin.)
(Its land area)
(has largely narrowed.)
(Territory expansion)
(during the reign of King Wuling of Zhao)
(never occurred again.)
(Since then, Zhao has been)
(at risk of being annexed by Qin.)
(King Daoxiang of Zhao, Yan)
God Bless Zhao and Your Majesty.
God Bless Zhao and Your Majesty.
(Xianyang, Capital of Qin)
Your Majesty, here is Zhao Yi.
Salute His Majesty.
(Lord Chunping of Zhao, Zhao Yi)
Your Majesty.
(King of Qin, Zheng)
Zhao Yi...
I just heard the news.
Your father Zhao Dan died
Impossible! He is in the prime of life.
You're lying.
Zhao Yan has become the King of Zhao.
Zhao Yan acceded to the throne.
Zhao Yan?
I'm the Crown Prince of Zhao.
I should be the King of Zhao.
Why?
Your Majesty,
Your Majesty,
please let me go back,
let me go back to Zhao,
to see what happened
and grieve for my father.
Let me go back.
Please.
I beg you, Your Majesty.
Please.
I beg you. Please let me go back.
Zhao Yi...
Don't you get it?
You're required to be a hostage in Qin.
That's my request, not your father.
Zhao Yan is the King of Zhao.
Then who am I?
Your Majesty,
my father would not
cast me aside.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty.
Please.
Your Majesty, I beg you.
Please let me go back.
I'm returning to Zhao!
Please.
I've to go and see what happened.
Your Majesty,
Let me go back.
Take him away.
No, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, I beg you.
Let me go back to Zhao,
Your Majesty, I beg you.
Your Majesty, please let me go back.
Your Majesty,
Your Majesty.
(Guard of Qin, Li Si)
Li Si.
Chief Guard.
Get up, please.
You...
Someone comes to take it away.
Yes.
Sir, those will not be
your responsibility anymore.
Yes.
Do you remember?
Yes.
(Fan Wuji, Guard of Qin)
Sir.
(Fan Wuji, Guard of Qin)
Take a seat.
Please.
Sir, please.
What happened?
I apologize to you.
In the past,
I did not deliberately humiliate you.
I was subject to orders of His Majesty.
We were just testing you.
You're clever
highly valued by His Majesty.
Li Si knew it.
Sir, sit down, please.
OK.
Please.
Drink.
Sir.
You're a man of great ability.
I
want to consult with you about something.
If you help me
lead troops into a fight,
I'll be grateful to you forever.
Drink.
Please.
Sir, your prospect is beyond measure.
I have nothing to say,
but whenever you need
my help,
please just tell me.
I got it.
You want to lead troops into a fight.
Right.
That's easy.
Do you have any advice?
It's up to four words.
You just need to tell them
to His Majesty.
His Majesty will surely be satisfied.
What are they?
One more.
One...
Yes. Yes, yes, yes.
And ... and ... and ...
Wait a minute.
OK.
(Handan, Capital of Zhao)
Ying Zheng has gone too far!
He insulted my brother Lord Chunping
(Guo Kai)
and killed Mao Sui on the way.
If I do not revenge,
the deceased king will also feel grieved,
and I cannot
secure the throne.
I determine to
send troops to attack Qin,
the enemy of our country and my family.
In doing so, we'll revenge.
Your Majesty, wise idea!
Your Majesty, wise idea!
Li Mu,
but
how shall we fight?
I'm a general garrisoning border region.
(General of Zhao, Li Mu, Lian Po)
Attacking Qin is not easy.
(General of Zhao, Li Mu, Lian Po)
Please consult with the General Lian Po.
He is experienced.
I think it's not a good time
to send an army into battle.
What?
Sending troops is inadvisable.
Yes.
What do you mean?
Don't you support His Majesty's
ambition for great power.
Your Majesty, such ambition
is good.
But right now
we lack food and
our armaments are old-fashioned.
If we rush into a fight with Qin,
we won't win.
And if the state of Yan
disrupts our forces,
Zhao will be attacked front and rear
and will be caught in a dilemma again.
Lian Po.
You're a famous general.
Why are you so afraid when
hearing of Qin?
When I was young,
I dealt with Ying Zheng.
I didn't feel
he's a wise man.
Your Majesty,
a private dispute is far less important
than a war between nations
at all.
A national war impacts
the livelihood
and life of thousands of people.
We have to think twice
before taking any action.
You mean
if His Majesty attacks Qin,
then
the people of Zhao will
be heavily affected.
Lian Po.
Do you look down on me?
My dream is
that of the Zhao people.
And you publicly object to it.
Do you respect me?
Remember,
you're just an Acting Prime Minister
not an actual Prime Minister.
Your Majesty,
in my life,
I've been to both battlefields and courts
for the State of Zhao.
Your Majesty,
now that you don't accept my advice,
I resign from
my position as Acting Prime Minister.
Guards!
Take back Lian Po's seal.
The Prime Minister's seal
is so small.
Guo Kai, listen.
Your Majesty.
Today,
I appoint you as Prime Minister,
from now on,
to help me deal with state's affairs.
Thank you for your mercy, Your Majesty.
Guo Kai is willing to
serve you faithfully
until the day my heart stops beating.
Your Majesty,
the appointment of the Prime Minister
is not a trifling matter.
You appointed Guo Kai,
such a vile man...
Lian Po.
Are you trying to say
I cannot identity talented people?
Don't be angry, Your Majesty.
General Lian Po has pledged his loyalty
to three emperors.
Very respected and influential.
He certainly can
say whatever he likes
in this imperial court.
I will not argue with him
even though he called me despicable.
But if he is disrespectful
to Your Majesty,
I'll be the first one
to stand against him.
You...
Fine.
Fine.
I'm not good at playing with words.
State affairs.
I hope you can
deal with them with caution, Your Majesty.
I will excuse myself.
Lian Po.
Where is your respect for me?
Do not be angry, Your Majesty.
Do not be angry, Your Majesty.
(Lantian Battalion, Qin)
Reload.
One.
Shoot.
Reload.
Shoot.
Reload.
One.
Faster.
Shoot.
One.
Reload.
Shoot.
Attack.
Attack.
Attack.
(Meng Tian)
Strengthen your legs.
Attack.
Attack.
Inviting Yan to attack Zhao together
could be a clever move.
I have checked with the Datian Captain,
and the Grand Commandant.
Now we have sufficient supplies.
Soldiers are eager to fight.
I believe
(King of Qin, Zheng)
we should take this opportunity,
and use our full strength
to annihilate Zhao.
Zhao Yan was just crowned king.
Attacking Zhao at this moment
might instead
make the divided Zhao
united again.
(Prime Minister of Qin, Lv Buwei)
Maybe wait for a couple more years.
When Zhao people lose faith in their king
and start riots,
our army will attack and annihilate Zhao
with a 100% chance.
Godfather!
I would like to ask you.
Is there anything in this world
that you could do without any risk?
Waiting for several more years.
After several more years,
how would this world change?
Who will know?
Although I don't have a 100% chance,
I have 100% faith.
I will fight for
the goal of unification
until the day I die.
Seeing your resolution,
the late king must be very delighted.
Is that a yes?
Leave this matter to me.
You could focus on your study, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Let me fight with you.
Get up. One more time.
(Royal Palace, Jicheng, Yan)
That goddamn king of Zhao
is finally dead.
We have lost battles
against Zhao many times.
(King of Yan, Xi)
I find it very unpleasant.
Now that the new king of Zhao
is a young boy addicted
to the life of pleasure and comfort.
In the meantime,
Qin invited us to attack Zhao together.
What do you think?
Your Majesty.
It is a golden chance that
Qin proposed to attack Zhao.
(General of Yan, Ju Xin)
Yan and Qin could launch a two-pronged attack.
This will surely annihilate Zhao.
I would like to lead the attack.
Your Majesty.
(Grand Mentor of Yan, Ju Wu)
Yan-Qin alliance is an important deal.
We need someone reliable
to communicate with Qin.
Father!
(Crown Prince of Yan, Dan)
I volunteer to serve as an envoy in Xianyang.
To serve the country,
and share your burden.
You volunteer?
Father!
When I was young, I was held hostage
together with King Zheng of Qin in Handan.
We played together many times
like brothers.
We were both bullied
by King Yan of Zhao.
If I travelled to Qin,
I could talk with King Zheng of Qin,
and plan on how to attack Zhao,
in order to revenge our shame in Handan,
and show the strength of Yan.
Fine!
That's my son.
Ju Wu, write the state credential.
The Crown Prince will set out soon.
Ju Xin, ready the troops and supplies,
waiting to attack Zhao together with Qin.
Yes.
Sir.
Sir.
No need.
You are a great talent.
What are you talking about?
The Prime Minister
and His Majesty have decided
to attack Zhao together with Yan.
The Prime Minister
also agreed on the attack?
He seemed hesitant,
but in the end,
he agreed with His Majesty.
Zhao will be annihilated.
You said that
if Zhao is annihilated,
so will Han and Wei, as well as Chu.
Does that mean, our great Qin
will rule the world?
If this is true,
our great Qin
will definitely rule the world.
Lian Po was dismissed from
his post as Acting Prime Minister.
Lian Po is not
rushing into dispatching troops.
(Zheng Yi)
So he was dismissed immediately.
King of Zhao appointed Guo Kai
as the new Prime Minister of Zhao.
Who is Guo Kai?
Guo Kai
used to be the study companion
of King Yan of Zhao.
He has no bottom line
when it comes to achieving his goals,
and he is extremely greedy.
When Sir Yao Gu served
as an envoy in Handan,
it is Guo Kai
who made all arrangements
for Zhao Yan.
Prime Minister
do you have any plan to attack Zhao?
It is not the appropriate time
to attack Zhao.
Zheng was humiliated
when he was young.
Deep in his heart,
he is still suffering.
Zhao Yan
dismissed Lian Po from his post.
I hope he will also
deprive his military leadership.
Your Majesty.
The honorable Prime Minister of Zhao.
You came early today.
Your Majesty must be joking.
I'm entitled to this honor
only because you showed your kindness.
I'm ready to sacrifice everything
for Your Majesty.
I am aware of your loyalty.
Otherwise
I will not appoint you as Prime Minister.
Do you know that
this whole room is filled with
the memorials about you
from those officials.
Your Majesty,
those officials are old.
Your Majesty and I are still young.
It is reasonable for us to
do something special.
This will show them that
time has changed.
You have made
a good point.
Your Majesty, breakfast is ready.
Come on, have breakfast with me.
Thanks for your mercy, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Today,
I have one issue
to discuss with you.
What's on your mind?
Tell me about it.
Your Majesty showed kindness,
and appointed me as Prime Minister.
Since then
I've been wondering that
Lian Po
had been the Acting Prime Minister
for many years.
Yet I became the Prime Minister
on the very first day of my appointment.
He
must hate me very much.
That is because the late king
didn't want to promote him.
You have nothing to do with it.
But Lian Po has served for many years.
Although he is dismissed from
Acting Prime Minister,
he is still the Top General,
commanding millions of troops.
Now that he is dismissed,
it is very likely
that he will bear grudges.
What if he challenges your power
with his troops
out of malice?
We cannot afford to
let this happen.
Your Majesty, it is necessary
for you to prevent it,
and make arrangements in advance.
What is your opinion then?
Lian Po was already dismissed from
Acting Prime Minister.
You mean
he should also be dismissed
as a Top General?
Your Majesty,
you proposed to attack Qin,
with the intention to
give our soldiers an opportunity to
contribute to our prosperity.
Who could have known
that old blighter Lian Po
wouldn't appreciate your kindness,
and contradicted you publicly
in the imperial court.
Now that
he refused to attack.
If you force him
to lead the troops,
he will never do it.
In that case,
if he unwittingly goes to fight,
he won't be able
to take the cities of Qin.
Our officials and people
will say you
made a wrong decision, Your Majesty.
Your words make sense.
If that old blighter
really isn't dedicated,
my efforts
will be in vain.
Your Majesty,
I have already contacted General Yue Sheng.
As long as he's on our side,
we can do anything we want
to that old blighter.
But Lian Po
is a famous general of Zhao after all.
If we start wars against other six states,
I'm still counting on him
to win the wars for me.
To be honest,
our great Zhao lacks many things,
but a good general to lead the troops
is not one of them.
Li Mu, Yue Sheng, Qing Qin.
Any of them is better than Lian Po.
By the way,
we still have General Pang Nuan.
General Pang Nuan
is over 100 years old.
Do you think he can lead the troops?
Your Majesty,
you don't have to worry
who will lead the troops.
All you need to do
is give an order to dismiss
that old blighter.
Your Majesty,
if you couldn't bear
to dismiss Lian Po,
I
would go back to pack up,
saying farewell to you,
and Zhao.
Don't talk like this.
You are the Prime Minister.
How can you behave like this?
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty,
I am entitled to be the Prime Minister
only because I have your kindness,
and support.
Otherwise nobody will listen to me.
That old blighter
only needs to blink his eyes
to take away
my life.
You are doing this again.
Your Majesty,
if you won't dismiss Lian Po,
I
cannot eat and sleep well.
Shut up.
Do whatever you want.
Just let me have my breakfast in peace.
Li Si!
I, Li Si, present myself to Your Majesty.
Be careful, Your Majesty.
Be careful?
Can being careful make me
the king of the world?
Why do you come to me?
It is you who summoned me, Your Majesty.
I thought it was you
who would like to speak to me.
I indeed have something to say.
Speak.
What you just said
makes a good point.
As a king,
although sitting in the imperial court,
his mind should be able to
travel all around the world.
But if a king travels in person,
the imperial court
will descend into chaos.
King Wuling of Zhao's death at Shaqiu
is a clear proof.
But if a king only sits on his throne,
his power will fall
into someone else's hand.
It is dangerous.
Someone once advised me that
a king should leave the chances of
making contributions to his officials,
and that a king should
let his officials perform their ability.
If Qin can really annihilate
Wei, Zhao, and Han,
and unify the world.
That would all be
the contributions of the officials.
It has nothing to do with the king.
Furthermore, Qin doesn't have
this kind of loyal officials,
nor competent officials.
According to you,
what are loyal officials?
I'm a loyal official.
If Your Majesty
doesn't have the vision
to rule the whole world,
I will have the vision for you.
If you already have a vision,
I would like to help you
to achieve it.
Our great Qin already
has a Prime Minister,
as well as other important officials.
They are all loyal officials.
Your Majesty should wait and see
whether the Prime Minister could
take this golden opportunity
to annihilate Zhao.
That will tell you
whether or not he's a loyal official.
Clean this up.
Yes.
Imperial edict.
General Lian Po has fought
for Zhao for many years.
His Majesty is considerate
of your old age,
(General of Zhao, Yue Sheng)
and hereby gives permission to your retirement.
Lian Po's troops will be led by Yue Sheng.
His Majesty doesn't want me to die?
You must be joking.
Not only did His Majesty
dismiss my political post,
now he wants to
take away my military leadership.
-General, calm down.
-General, calm down.
General, general.
General, calm down.
General, general, general.
General, general, general.
- General, calm down.
- General.
My troops.
My cities for which I fought with my life.
You think you can take them away like this?
Where are your troops?
Where are your cities?
They all belong to Zhao.
They belong to His Majesty.
Fine. Here you are.
General, general, general.
Here you are.
General.
Here you are.
You bunch of despicable people.
General.
That new Prime Minister, Guo Kai,
always has a problem with you.
You don't understand?
-Despicable.
-General. Ouch.
-Despicable.
-Ouch. General.
Despicable, despicable.
General.
Despicable, despicable.
General.
I don't want
to take your military leadership.
I myself was
the General of Yan
and surrendered to join Zhao.
You insulted me like this today.
I can never lead troops in Zhao.
General.
His Majesty is not just.
Let's fight our way to Handan,
drive him away, and support a new king.
In this manner,
Zhao will be annihilated by me.
I've spent my whole life
leading troops for Zhao.
I cannot bear to do this.
Fetch my horse.
General.
If I disobey His Majesty's order,
I will be called a traitor.
If I go back to Handan,
I will also die.
Zhao
has no place for me anymore.
I shall go.
Where are you going?
Don't ask.
We would like to follow you.
You are soldiers of Zhao.
Not mine.
You can't follow me.
General, general, general.
General, general, general.
(Prime Minister's Residence, Handan, Zhao)
That old blighter Lian Po
really left Zhao alone?
Yes.
Great!
But Yue Sheng vanished.
Qing Qin resigned.
Zhao lost
three generals all at once.
What...
Screw them.
Let them go.
Without them,
our great Zhao will still thrive.
His Majesty and I
are the only ones Zhao needs.
I couldn't agree more.
It is very clever of you to say that.
Now that Mao Sui is dead.
Lian Po left Zhao.
Li Mu is far away in the north.
Yue Sheng and Qing Qin are out of sight.
Lord Chunping is held hostage in Xianyang.
The great power of Zhao
has all fallen into your hand.
(Zhangtai Palace, Xianyang, Qin)
Here comes Crown Prince of Yan.
I, Ji Dan, present myself to Your Majesty,
and to Prime Minister.
Yan is willing to
enhance our friendship with Qin,
and keep our alliance alive forever.
-Crown...
-Crown Prince coming from afar
is a good proof of Yan's sincerity.
Thank you.
I've come here to discuss
our alliance to attack Zhao.
-As to this ...
-As to this, come to my Residence tomorrow.
I will tell you in detail.
Yes.
I will surely visit you tomorrow.
-Crown Prince...
-How is the King of Yan?
Everything is good.
Thanks for asking.
My king asked me to
convey his message to you
that we should manage to
meet each other if possible,
in order to enhance our alliance.
Qin
is surely willing to align with Yan.
Crown Prince Dan.
It's been many years
since we met last time.
I missed you very much.
Your Majesty's kindness
is very much appreciated.
After the meeting,
I will take you to meet Queen Dowager.
I believe she will be delighted to see you.
Yes.
After I left Handan,
how did you get along?
After you left,
I had no one to play with.
Yan and Zhao
fought each other several times.
Zhao people treated me
even worse since then.
Zhao must be annihilated one day.
I lived in Handan for over four years.
Until Lord Xinling
initiated a joint attack,
Zhao is willing to release me back to Yan.
I didn't expect that
Yan would send
the Crown Prince as an envoy.
I was afraid that
you wouldn't admit our friendship
after you became the King of Qin.
Ji Dan, you are my friend.
In a few days,
I will go on an inspection tour
to Jingyang.
But before I leave,
I will make proper arrangements
for attacking Zhao.
That's good.
The Prime Minister
is in charge of this matter.
If you need anything,
you can talk to him.
This decision won't be changed, right?
You know me.
I've always wanted
to take revenge on Zhao Yan.
That goddamn Zhao Yan,
and Guo Kai.
They must have a good taste of our anger.
(Lao Ai)
(Queen Dowager of Qin, Zhao Ji)
Queen Dowager.
Don't move.
It's itchy.
That's what a palace attendant
should look like.
♪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 were 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♪