Qin Dynasty Epic (2020): Season 1, Episode 50 - Episode #1.50 - full transcript
=Qin Dynasty Epic=
=Episode 50=
Uncle,
from today on,
(Lord Weiyang of Qin, Ying Xi)
you'll be in charge of
the Ministry of Justice.
Lord Weiyang, rest assured.
I will do my best!
(Official of Qin, Hu Wujing)
We are here to see the Sir!
What are you doing?
What's going on?
Let us see the Sir!
(Ying Jie)
Who's making noise outside?
Sir,
a few citizens are here for a lawsuit.
They are making a scene
because no one takes care of their case.
A lawsuit?
They should go to
the Governor of Xianyang.
Why did they
come to the Ministry of Justice?
Well...
The Governor of Xianyang has left.
No one's in charge for now.
Their case has been put off,
so they came here.
Good timing.
Uncle,
then I'll let you
take care of this case.
Let the citizens in.
I'll bring them in right now.
Uncle, don't be nervous.
Just sit tight.
This is Lord Weiyang.
This Sir
is temporarily
in charge of the Ministry of Justice.
Pay your respect to the Sir.
Greetings, Sir.
Just get to the point.
Tell me why you are here.
Sir,
here's what happened.
I was walking on the street last night
carrying a bag.
Suddenly, someone
ran up to me from behind
and snatched my bag away!
I then cried out,
"A robber!"
At that moment, another guy
came out from nowhere
and chased the guy
who took my bag.
It took me a while
before I could catch up.
When I was there, I saw
both of them fighting for my bag.
It was
a moonless night,
so it was quite dark.
I couldn't tell
who took my bag
and who
was trying to help me catch the robber.
Anyway, between these two,
one must be the robber.
Sir,
I'm the one who was trying to help her!
Sir, I am!
Ma'am,
wasn't I the one
who gave the bag back to you?
Yes.
I caught you.
You knew you could not get away
so you pretended that
you were a good guy.
You robbed her bag
and you want to frame me?
I would never do such thing!
You are the robber!
Stop!
Let me ask.
You
are the one who went after the robber?
Sir, please find justice for me!
You
are really not the robber?
Sir,
I'm wronged!
I'm innocent!
According to Qin's Law,
a thief will be cut off one hand.
How dare people violate the law?
The guest officers
all left Xianyang recently.
Without any supervisor,
the patrol soldiers
have become lazy
and slack.
The thieves, on the other hand,
are becoming much bolder
and out of control.
You are the victim.
If you can't even tell who's the robber,
how am I supposed to punish him?
Sir,
if you don't defend us,
how are the people in Xianyang
supposed to live?
It's easy!
You two go outside for a race.
A race?
The chaser caught up the robber,
which means the chaser
can run faster than the robber.
You two go for a race.
The faster one should be the chaser,
and the slower one should be the robber.
(Chunyu Yue)
(Li Si)
(Handan, Capital of Zhao)
I have an urgent message
for Prime Minster.
Push harder!
Lift it higher.
Over here.
Catch it.
Okay.
Pull it up.
Come here and give me a hand.
Stop! Stop!
Stop! All of you!
I asked you guys ten days ago
to tear down this side hall!
Why is it still here?
I've run the budget.
If we tear it down and rebuild it,
(Official of Zhao, Dun Ruo)
it'll cost 3 thousand pieces of gold.
(King Daoxiang of Zhao, Yan)
But remolding
will cost no more
than 500 pieces of gold.
Look at you!
(Prime Minister of Zhao, Guo Kai)
The King's palace
should look magnificent.
Don't be so stingy!
Prime Minster.
3 thousand pieces of gold
are enough to support 1 thousand
medium-sized families for a whole year.
It's also enough for the weapon
and harness expense for 1 thousand troopers.
Fine!
Fine! Forget it!
Continue!
Your Majesty.
Guo Kai,
what brought you here?
Something huge happened in Qin.
That's why I rushed here to see you.
What's going on with Ying Zheng?
The imperial family of Qin
and the guest officers
had a dispute over the court positions.
Under the pressure
imposed by the imperial family,
the King of Qin
has expelled all guest officers.
Their internal chaos
has impaired Qin's power.
I think it's a perfect opportunity
for us to attack Qin.
There's a discord between Ying Zheng
and the imperial family of Qin.
If we attack now,
it'll make them united.
No matter what we do,
we should go with the flow.
If Ying Zheng is getting rid
of the guest officers...
Guo Kai,
issue an imperial edict.
The King of Zhao is ready "to pay
a fortune for a fine horse's bones"
and is going to invite talents from
all over the country to come to Handan!
Your Majesty is indeed wise!
Qin is getting rid of guest officers,
and we are collecting talents!
Qin's weakened,
while Zhao is strengthened!
Our Zhao
will soon surpass Qin!
All the old cases
have been taken care of.
Hu Wujing.
Compare to the guest officers,
are the imperial family better or worse?
Lord Weiyang,
aside from investigating cases,
the more important task
of Ministry of Justice is
to supervise the officials
at all levels
conduct His Majesty's edict.
As for the matters of carrying out
investigating cases,
just leave them
to a low-ranking official like me!
How dare you!
Lord Weiyang asked you a fair question.
How dare you be rude to him?
I'm just telling the truth.
I don't dare hide anything.
Telling the truth?
And now, there are no any
unsolved cases left, new or old.
Shouldn't the imperial family
take some credit?
Back off!
Back off!
Step back! Step back!
Who is it? How dare he
make a noise at the Ministry of Justice?
His Majesty arrives!
Greetings, Your Majesty!
Please rise.
Uncle, and all imperial family,
thank you for your hard work!
It's the imperial family' duty
to assist Your Majesty
with the court affairs.
(King of Qin, Zheng)
Your Majesty,
(King of Qin, Zheng)
it's been only a couple of days
since we took over,
all the old cases
have been taken care of.
With us here assisting you,
we don't need guest officers
in our court.
It's applaudable that
the imperial family
solved all the old cases.
But the Ministry of Justice
is not the only concern of our Qin.
Wang Wan.
Your Majesty.
Brief Lord Weiyang
on the canal construction.
Yes!
(Censor of Qin, Wang Wan)
Lord Weiyang.
The canal construction is stopped.
Over a thousand dan of grains
are consumed every day
yet there's not any progress
in construction.
The three royalty you sent there
hold different opinions
about the canal building
and argue with each other all the time.
The workers have nothing to do.
If it keeps going like this,
the canal will be destroyed,
and the nearly 10 years
of resources we put out there
will go to waste!
It's my fault!
I sent the wrong people for the job!
Your Majesty, please forgive me!
I think you are well aware
of how much the canal means
to our great Qin.
I want this canal to be built.
I want Guanzhong to become
the most fertile land!
The canal matters a great deal.
I will go and supervise the construction
in person right now!
Good.
If there's any problem,
you can come to me.
You go first.
I'll be there
right after I finish the things
at hand.
Yes!
Uncle,
we've been traveling the whole day.
Let's find a place and take a rest.
The earlier we get there,
the sooner the canal can be finished.
But our people are worn out already.
Even if we exhaust the horses to death,
we still can't get there tomorrow.
Let's camp up front.
Who are you?
The royal officials.
Who are you?
Lord Weiyang.
Lord Weiyang.
Sir!
Sir, it's late.
Why are you still up?
After I leave this time,
I'm afraid I won't have a chance
to enter Qin again.
A dying bird
lets out sad cry.
A dying person
tells no evil.
It
contains my sincere words.
Please review it, Lord Weiyang.
I'm not a literate person.
I think you should ask someone else.
If you think what I say
is reasonable,
please hand it to His Majesty.
If you think
it's all nonsense,
you can go ahead and burn it.
"I heard the imperial family
proposed to expel the guest officers.
Personally, I think it's unnecessary.
Back then, when Duke Mu of Qin
searched for talents,
he found You Yu from the Western Rong,
Bai Lixi from Wan County of Chu,
Qian Shu from Song,
and Lai Pibao, Gongsun Zhi from Jin.
None of the fore mentioned five people
was from Qin,
but Duke Mu of Qin put them to use,
and later unified 20 states
and conquered the Western Rong."
Come with me to Jinghe River.
Thank you, Your Majesty,
(Zheng Guo)
for sparing my life!
Put on this attendant outfit.
Yes.
(Gentlemen of the Palace of Qin, Meng Yi)
After we get there,
you'll stay with the attendants.
I'll remember that!
Get on the carriage.
Tell me the details
about the canal construction.
Yes!
Si,
after we pass Hangu,
we'll reach the border soon.
You want to leave Qin?
Leave or not,
it's not up to us!
Good thing is
that we have enough savings
for liquors in the future.
(Xin Sheng)
Stop! Stop!
Why are we stopping?
They are Qin soldiers.
I'm afraid
Ying Xi won't let us off.
Quick!
Take the side road, now!
Hurry!
Stop!
Stop!
Stop!
Si,
we both
will die here today!
(General of Qin, Meng Tian)
His Majesty's imperial edict.
Sir, His Majesty invites you
to go to Hangu Pass for a stay.
He has urgent matters to talk to you!
(Hangu Pass, Qin)
Mr. Li! Mr. Li!
Mr. Li!
The day you left Xianyang,
His Majesty asked me
to hurry to Hangu Pass...
Mr. Li!
Si!
...To gather the guest officers
who headed east,
and wait for you.
Mr. Li!
Mr. Li!
Mr. Li!
Mr. Li!
Mr. Li!
Where's Chief Minster?
Over here.
The situation
is even worse
than His Majesty expected.
The six states heard that
Qin expelled the guest officers.
They all try to invite them
to their own states.
The King of Zhao
is making the most effort for it.
So far,
most of the guest officers
who were going to
cross the border from Hangu Pass
(Chief Minister of Qin, Yao Gu)
have been convinced
to stay by Meng Tian.
Part of them traveled east by boat.
They are hard to track
and there's no way
to call them back.
Chief Minister will
go to Yingdu and Linzi
to talk to Li Yuan
and Hou Sheng,
and ask them to
stop intercepting the guest officers,
who will be ordered to return to Qin.
Mr. Li, you will stay in Hangu
and deal with Zhao Yan.
Chief Minister,
how is Zhao Yan
going to poach the guest officers?
Zhao Yan claims
that he'll copy Yan's way,
"Pay a fortune
for a fine horse's bones."
He's going to take in
all the former guest officers of Qin.
His Majesty is on his way
to Jinghe River
to supervise the canal construction.
He can't do two things at the same time.
So we'll be in charge
of calling back the guest officers.
Mr. Li,
do you have any good idea?
(Zheng Guo Canal Construction Site)
Stop!
Stop!
Meng Yi.
Your Majesty.
Li Si should get to Hangu Pass soon.
Ask him to report to me
his plan of dealing
with Zhao as soon as possible.
Yes!
Fill this.
Here.
Put it here.
Okay.
Are the imperial family doing a fine job
on the canal construction?
It looks good.
But I can't say
for the details before
careful measurement.
I'll go stall the imperial family.
You go check the details
of the canal construction.
Yes.
Hurry up!
In about a dozen of days,
the canal head will be finished.
The construction
needs a great number of workers.
Will it affect farm work?
Your Majesty,
this is why we think
Lord Weiyang is quite clever.
Your Majesty, look again
who are working out there.
Who are they?
Lord Weiyang ordered all counties
in Guanzhong
to send the prisoners here
to build the canal.
The counties don't have
to worry about their food expense,
and meanwhile,
we don't have to use any citizens
and let farming suffer. It's a win-win.
Well done.
Your Majesty,
I can't take the credit all by myself.
It's a plan
made by all imperial family here.
After discussing with Lord Weiyang,
we also decided
to have the workers take shift to work.
Three shifts a day,
and four hours for each shift.
One shift after another,
and keep the work
going day and night.
Originally, the canal
will be finished till next fall.
But now it'll be finished next spring.
In that case,
Guanzhong will be able to harvest
extra hundreds of thousands of
dan of grains.
An early completion is surely good.
But the canal construction
requires a lot of details.
Uncle,
no any mistakes shall be made.
Your Majesty, no worry!
Everything will be fine.
I and Li Xin
will stay in the battalion over there.
If there's any problem,
make sure to let me know.
Yes!
His Majesty arrives.
Please rise and talk.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Have you found anything?
Your Majesty,
I carefully checked
the entire canal.
As Lord Weiyang said,
the construction does go much quicker.
However, due to the hasty work at night
and the lack of supervision,
the construction is going way too fast,
which could cause great danger.
Based on my measurement,
if it keeps going like this,
by the day of completion,
the canal will be higher
than the level of Jinghe River,
and the water
thus cannot flow into the canal.
Do you have a way to fix it?
I've made a rough plan.
I still need to
do some further measurement.
Show me the plan
as soon as it's finalized.
Yes!
(Handan, Capita of Zhao)
Come and take a look!
(Li Si secretly sent Chen Chi to Zhao)
(so as to
sabotage the King of Zhao's plan)
(of poaching
the former guest officers of Qin.)
We traveled from Hangu
to Handan nonstop.
(Official of Qin, Chen Chi)
We didn't even have any warm food.
What do you think, guys?
I am so
starving!
Okay!
Let's go!
-Come on.
-Okay!
Gentlemen,
this one is on us.
Thank you!
Waiter.
I want another 5 kg of roasted meat
and 30 more pancakes.
Sir,
you order so much food.
Can you finish it all?
A teen's appetite
can make his dad broke.
Since they are here,
there won't be any leftover.
Thank you, Sir!
Okay!
Hurry.
You heard it.
Go get the food ready!
Alright!
Aside from what I just ordered,
what else
are popular
in Handan?
Lord,
it's a good question!
Visitors and merchants
come to Handan
from all over the country.
The food here has quite a reputation!
Off the top of my head,
there are roasted suckling pig,
stewed fish,
dried venison,
preserved mutton,
goose soup,
and beef soup.
Now that you are here,
don't miss the good food.
I rely on my mouth
to travel around the world.
I will certainly treat it well!
Let's go.
We'll try all the good food here!
Sir.
You...
You haven't paid for the meal.
Our Sir never does dine and dash.
This sir is right!
Sir,
then please pay the bill.
We'll pay tomorrow.
But,
I'm running a small restaurant.
I can't afford any credit!
The King of Zhao has built a grand hall
to welcome great talents.
You Handan people
should have heard of that.
Our Sir
came all the way from Qin to Handan
to serve your King.
When we get to Longtai Palace tomorrow,
the bill for this meal
will just be a piece of cake!
At this moment, we don't have any money.
You can follow us if you are worried!
But...
You...
You can't just leave without paying!
You...
You bunch of Qin people!
You come to Handan to have free meals?!
Take a look!
Sir.
Vacate all the principal rooms.
Okay.
Attendants,
vacate all the principal rooms.
Do you know
who these people are?
I don't.
They come from Qin.
They are here to take advantage of us
and for free meals!
For free meals?
Wait!
Why are you blocking our way?
Don't come in.
Get out of the way!
But, our inn is full already.
We can't take more guests!
Listen,
we'll stay here tonight whatsoever!
If you offend the King of Zhao's guest,
you'll all
be beheaded!
Everybody,
(Golden Platform in Handan)
our King built this golden platform
to recruit talents like you.
Please tell us
your former positions in Qin.
After the King interviewed you,
His Majesty will grant you
a proper post.
Please.
I'm well-versed in Qin's Law.
Qin is stronger than the six states
mostly because it has
strict and impartial law.
I've written an article about it.
Please give it to the King of Zhao
for his review.
Write down his name.
Zhao Shuo.
Lantian Battalion.
Wang Li.
Lord Chunping!
Prime Minister.
(Lord Chunping of Zhao, Zhao Yi)
There are quite
a few high position holders.
(List of officials in
important positions with real power)
If we have the support
of these talents,
our Zhao will fear Qin no more!
His Majesty took my advice
and built this golden platform.
That's why the guest officers of Qin
came here.
Then I should ask His Majesty
to reward you.
How many
guest officers of Qin have arrived?
Prime Minister,
About 140.
According to
the border general's message,
a couple of hundreds more
are on their way.
Not all the guest officers of Qin
are talents.
I bet some of them
are scammers.
If we give each and every
one of them gold,
our Zhao
will become a big fool!
Understood!
We'll reduce the reward money by half
and send the rest to
Prime Minister's Residence!
You are a smart person!
His Majesty spends a lot
on daily expenses.
The Queen, however,
keeps tight control over money.
Sometimes the Prime Minister's Residence
has to pay for things.
Prime Minister,
you are indeed thoughtful!
I do understand!
Do not tell anybody!
Especially the Queen and Lord Chunping.
Understood!
Is this the legendary golden platform?
The King of Zhao's way
of welcoming talents
is indeed generous!
I'm Chen Chi,
former Qin's Grand Master of Seventh Order.
I heard the King of Zhao
was eagerly looking for talents,
so I traveled a long way here
to serve His Majesty!
On behalf of His Majesty, welcome!
Please register your name.
I also heard that His Majesty
would reward the talents.
It's a small gesture of our King.
His Majesty promised to
give four pieces of gold.
Here's only half!
There are too many guest officers.
After His Majesty meets you people,
the reward will be much more than this.
I just arrived in Handan,
yet the half of the golden platform
has collapsed already.
You are in Zhao.
You should follow our rules.
We get to decide
the amount of reward money!
Zhao people don't keep their promise.
So I won't pay for the meal
and lodging
until they fulfill their promise.
Sir!
Look!
They are all here for money!
A bunch of profit
and fame-driven people!
(Zheng Guo Canal construction site, Qin)
Dear fellows,
(Qin)
Lord Weiyang
came to Jinghe River to
supervise the canal building in person.
His effort has resulted in big success.
Today,
we can finally finish the canal head
and have a test,
it's all thanks
to Lord Weiyang's hard work
and the great support
of all imperial family!
Thank you!
(Qin)
Uncle!
Please!
Please!
Lord Weiyang, please!
Please!
Ying Jie, Ying Miao, Ying Yan.
You guys do it.
Well...
You do it!
You did the most work!
You do it! Come on.
Come on.
Do it!
Come on.
Great!
Great! Great! Great!
Dear fellows,
open the gate!
Great!
Open the gate!
Great!
Great!
Great!
(Qin)
Great!
Great! Great!
Stop beating the drum!
Fellows,
thanks to our ancestors' blessing
and all your hard work,
the canal head is completed today!
I'll first toast
the ancestors of our great Qin!
Toast the ancestors!
(Qin)
And now, I'll toast
His Majesty!
His Majesty entrusts us
with the state affairs,
we thus have a chance
to serve our great Qin!
Toast His Majesty!
Toast His Majesty!
Last but not the least,
I'll toast all imperial family!
You've made the Ying's Clan proud,
and you've helped me
to gain His Majesty's trust!
Toast all of you!
Toast you, Lord Weiyang!
Great!
Great!
Report!
Report!
Sirs,
the water stops
after flowing a couple of li long!
What?
That's nonsense!
Sir,
I dare not lie!
Your Majesty,
if you are going to punish me,
you could've sent Meng Yi to arrest me.
You don't have to come in person.
Build a blocking dam
200 steps away
from Jinghe River.
Dig open channels
on both sides of the dam for diversion.
Only 300 steps long
will solve the blocking problem
of the canal head.
Your Majesty is indeed clever!
I feel ashamed!
Uncle.
I'm not the one
who came up with this idea.
Thank you for your hard work, uncle!
♪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 the 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 50=
Uncle,
from today on,
(Lord Weiyang of Qin, Ying Xi)
you'll be in charge of
the Ministry of Justice.
Lord Weiyang, rest assured.
I will do my best!
(Official of Qin, Hu Wujing)
We are here to see the Sir!
What are you doing?
What's going on?
Let us see the Sir!
(Ying Jie)
Who's making noise outside?
Sir,
a few citizens are here for a lawsuit.
They are making a scene
because no one takes care of their case.
A lawsuit?
They should go to
the Governor of Xianyang.
Why did they
come to the Ministry of Justice?
Well...
The Governor of Xianyang has left.
No one's in charge for now.
Their case has been put off,
so they came here.
Good timing.
Uncle,
then I'll let you
take care of this case.
Let the citizens in.
I'll bring them in right now.
Uncle, don't be nervous.
Just sit tight.
This is Lord Weiyang.
This Sir
is temporarily
in charge of the Ministry of Justice.
Pay your respect to the Sir.
Greetings, Sir.
Just get to the point.
Tell me why you are here.
Sir,
here's what happened.
I was walking on the street last night
carrying a bag.
Suddenly, someone
ran up to me from behind
and snatched my bag away!
I then cried out,
"A robber!"
At that moment, another guy
came out from nowhere
and chased the guy
who took my bag.
It took me a while
before I could catch up.
When I was there, I saw
both of them fighting for my bag.
It was
a moonless night,
so it was quite dark.
I couldn't tell
who took my bag
and who
was trying to help me catch the robber.
Anyway, between these two,
one must be the robber.
Sir,
I'm the one who was trying to help her!
Sir, I am!
Ma'am,
wasn't I the one
who gave the bag back to you?
Yes.
I caught you.
You knew you could not get away
so you pretended that
you were a good guy.
You robbed her bag
and you want to frame me?
I would never do such thing!
You are the robber!
Stop!
Let me ask.
You
are the one who went after the robber?
Sir, please find justice for me!
You
are really not the robber?
Sir,
I'm wronged!
I'm innocent!
According to Qin's Law,
a thief will be cut off one hand.
How dare people violate the law?
The guest officers
all left Xianyang recently.
Without any supervisor,
the patrol soldiers
have become lazy
and slack.
The thieves, on the other hand,
are becoming much bolder
and out of control.
You are the victim.
If you can't even tell who's the robber,
how am I supposed to punish him?
Sir,
if you don't defend us,
how are the people in Xianyang
supposed to live?
It's easy!
You two go outside for a race.
A race?
The chaser caught up the robber,
which means the chaser
can run faster than the robber.
You two go for a race.
The faster one should be the chaser,
and the slower one should be the robber.
(Chunyu Yue)
(Li Si)
(Handan, Capital of Zhao)
I have an urgent message
for Prime Minster.
Push harder!
Lift it higher.
Over here.
Catch it.
Okay.
Pull it up.
Come here and give me a hand.
Stop! Stop!
Stop! All of you!
I asked you guys ten days ago
to tear down this side hall!
Why is it still here?
I've run the budget.
If we tear it down and rebuild it,
(Official of Zhao, Dun Ruo)
it'll cost 3 thousand pieces of gold.
(King Daoxiang of Zhao, Yan)
But remolding
will cost no more
than 500 pieces of gold.
Look at you!
(Prime Minister of Zhao, Guo Kai)
The King's palace
should look magnificent.
Don't be so stingy!
Prime Minster.
3 thousand pieces of gold
are enough to support 1 thousand
medium-sized families for a whole year.
It's also enough for the weapon
and harness expense for 1 thousand troopers.
Fine!
Fine! Forget it!
Continue!
Your Majesty.
Guo Kai,
what brought you here?
Something huge happened in Qin.
That's why I rushed here to see you.
What's going on with Ying Zheng?
The imperial family of Qin
and the guest officers
had a dispute over the court positions.
Under the pressure
imposed by the imperial family,
the King of Qin
has expelled all guest officers.
Their internal chaos
has impaired Qin's power.
I think it's a perfect opportunity
for us to attack Qin.
There's a discord between Ying Zheng
and the imperial family of Qin.
If we attack now,
it'll make them united.
No matter what we do,
we should go with the flow.
If Ying Zheng is getting rid
of the guest officers...
Guo Kai,
issue an imperial edict.
The King of Zhao is ready "to pay
a fortune for a fine horse's bones"
and is going to invite talents from
all over the country to come to Handan!
Your Majesty is indeed wise!
Qin is getting rid of guest officers,
and we are collecting talents!
Qin's weakened,
while Zhao is strengthened!
Our Zhao
will soon surpass Qin!
All the old cases
have been taken care of.
Hu Wujing.
Compare to the guest officers,
are the imperial family better or worse?
Lord Weiyang,
aside from investigating cases,
the more important task
of Ministry of Justice is
to supervise the officials
at all levels
conduct His Majesty's edict.
As for the matters of carrying out
investigating cases,
just leave them
to a low-ranking official like me!
How dare you!
Lord Weiyang asked you a fair question.
How dare you be rude to him?
I'm just telling the truth.
I don't dare hide anything.
Telling the truth?
And now, there are no any
unsolved cases left, new or old.
Shouldn't the imperial family
take some credit?
Back off!
Back off!
Step back! Step back!
Who is it? How dare he
make a noise at the Ministry of Justice?
His Majesty arrives!
Greetings, Your Majesty!
Please rise.
Uncle, and all imperial family,
thank you for your hard work!
It's the imperial family' duty
to assist Your Majesty
with the court affairs.
(King of Qin, Zheng)
Your Majesty,
(King of Qin, Zheng)
it's been only a couple of days
since we took over,
all the old cases
have been taken care of.
With us here assisting you,
we don't need guest officers
in our court.
It's applaudable that
the imperial family
solved all the old cases.
But the Ministry of Justice
is not the only concern of our Qin.
Wang Wan.
Your Majesty.
Brief Lord Weiyang
on the canal construction.
Yes!
(Censor of Qin, Wang Wan)
Lord Weiyang.
The canal construction is stopped.
Over a thousand dan of grains
are consumed every day
yet there's not any progress
in construction.
The three royalty you sent there
hold different opinions
about the canal building
and argue with each other all the time.
The workers have nothing to do.
If it keeps going like this,
the canal will be destroyed,
and the nearly 10 years
of resources we put out there
will go to waste!
It's my fault!
I sent the wrong people for the job!
Your Majesty, please forgive me!
I think you are well aware
of how much the canal means
to our great Qin.
I want this canal to be built.
I want Guanzhong to become
the most fertile land!
The canal matters a great deal.
I will go and supervise the construction
in person right now!
Good.
If there's any problem,
you can come to me.
You go first.
I'll be there
right after I finish the things
at hand.
Yes!
Uncle,
we've been traveling the whole day.
Let's find a place and take a rest.
The earlier we get there,
the sooner the canal can be finished.
But our people are worn out already.
Even if we exhaust the horses to death,
we still can't get there tomorrow.
Let's camp up front.
Who are you?
The royal officials.
Who are you?
Lord Weiyang.
Lord Weiyang.
Sir!
Sir, it's late.
Why are you still up?
After I leave this time,
I'm afraid I won't have a chance
to enter Qin again.
A dying bird
lets out sad cry.
A dying person
tells no evil.
It
contains my sincere words.
Please review it, Lord Weiyang.
I'm not a literate person.
I think you should ask someone else.
If you think what I say
is reasonable,
please hand it to His Majesty.
If you think
it's all nonsense,
you can go ahead and burn it.
"I heard the imperial family
proposed to expel the guest officers.
Personally, I think it's unnecessary.
Back then, when Duke Mu of Qin
searched for talents,
he found You Yu from the Western Rong,
Bai Lixi from Wan County of Chu,
Qian Shu from Song,
and Lai Pibao, Gongsun Zhi from Jin.
None of the fore mentioned five people
was from Qin,
but Duke Mu of Qin put them to use,
and later unified 20 states
and conquered the Western Rong."
Come with me to Jinghe River.
Thank you, Your Majesty,
(Zheng Guo)
for sparing my life!
Put on this attendant outfit.
Yes.
(Gentlemen of the Palace of Qin, Meng Yi)
After we get there,
you'll stay with the attendants.
I'll remember that!
Get on the carriage.
Tell me the details
about the canal construction.
Yes!
Si,
after we pass Hangu,
we'll reach the border soon.
You want to leave Qin?
Leave or not,
it's not up to us!
Good thing is
that we have enough savings
for liquors in the future.
(Xin Sheng)
Stop! Stop!
Why are we stopping?
They are Qin soldiers.
I'm afraid
Ying Xi won't let us off.
Quick!
Take the side road, now!
Hurry!
Stop!
Stop!
Stop!
Si,
we both
will die here today!
(General of Qin, Meng Tian)
His Majesty's imperial edict.
Sir, His Majesty invites you
to go to Hangu Pass for a stay.
He has urgent matters to talk to you!
(Hangu Pass, Qin)
Mr. Li! Mr. Li!
Mr. Li!
The day you left Xianyang,
His Majesty asked me
to hurry to Hangu Pass...
Mr. Li!
Si!
...To gather the guest officers
who headed east,
and wait for you.
Mr. Li!
Mr. Li!
Mr. Li!
Mr. Li!
Mr. Li!
Where's Chief Minster?
Over here.
The situation
is even worse
than His Majesty expected.
The six states heard that
Qin expelled the guest officers.
They all try to invite them
to their own states.
The King of Zhao
is making the most effort for it.
So far,
most of the guest officers
who were going to
cross the border from Hangu Pass
(Chief Minister of Qin, Yao Gu)
have been convinced
to stay by Meng Tian.
Part of them traveled east by boat.
They are hard to track
and there's no way
to call them back.
Chief Minister will
go to Yingdu and Linzi
to talk to Li Yuan
and Hou Sheng,
and ask them to
stop intercepting the guest officers,
who will be ordered to return to Qin.
Mr. Li, you will stay in Hangu
and deal with Zhao Yan.
Chief Minister,
how is Zhao Yan
going to poach the guest officers?
Zhao Yan claims
that he'll copy Yan's way,
"Pay a fortune
for a fine horse's bones."
He's going to take in
all the former guest officers of Qin.
His Majesty is on his way
to Jinghe River
to supervise the canal construction.
He can't do two things at the same time.
So we'll be in charge
of calling back the guest officers.
Mr. Li,
do you have any good idea?
(Zheng Guo Canal Construction Site)
Stop!
Stop!
Meng Yi.
Your Majesty.
Li Si should get to Hangu Pass soon.
Ask him to report to me
his plan of dealing
with Zhao as soon as possible.
Yes!
Fill this.
Here.
Put it here.
Okay.
Are the imperial family doing a fine job
on the canal construction?
It looks good.
But I can't say
for the details before
careful measurement.
I'll go stall the imperial family.
You go check the details
of the canal construction.
Yes.
Hurry up!
In about a dozen of days,
the canal head will be finished.
The construction
needs a great number of workers.
Will it affect farm work?
Your Majesty,
this is why we think
Lord Weiyang is quite clever.
Your Majesty, look again
who are working out there.
Who are they?
Lord Weiyang ordered all counties
in Guanzhong
to send the prisoners here
to build the canal.
The counties don't have
to worry about their food expense,
and meanwhile,
we don't have to use any citizens
and let farming suffer. It's a win-win.
Well done.
Your Majesty,
I can't take the credit all by myself.
It's a plan
made by all imperial family here.
After discussing with Lord Weiyang,
we also decided
to have the workers take shift to work.
Three shifts a day,
and four hours for each shift.
One shift after another,
and keep the work
going day and night.
Originally, the canal
will be finished till next fall.
But now it'll be finished next spring.
In that case,
Guanzhong will be able to harvest
extra hundreds of thousands of
dan of grains.
An early completion is surely good.
But the canal construction
requires a lot of details.
Uncle,
no any mistakes shall be made.
Your Majesty, no worry!
Everything will be fine.
I and Li Xin
will stay in the battalion over there.
If there's any problem,
make sure to let me know.
Yes!
His Majesty arrives.
Please rise and talk.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Have you found anything?
Your Majesty,
I carefully checked
the entire canal.
As Lord Weiyang said,
the construction does go much quicker.
However, due to the hasty work at night
and the lack of supervision,
the construction is going way too fast,
which could cause great danger.
Based on my measurement,
if it keeps going like this,
by the day of completion,
the canal will be higher
than the level of Jinghe River,
and the water
thus cannot flow into the canal.
Do you have a way to fix it?
I've made a rough plan.
I still need to
do some further measurement.
Show me the plan
as soon as it's finalized.
Yes!
(Handan, Capita of Zhao)
Come and take a look!
(Li Si secretly sent Chen Chi to Zhao)
(so as to
sabotage the King of Zhao's plan)
(of poaching
the former guest officers of Qin.)
We traveled from Hangu
to Handan nonstop.
(Official of Qin, Chen Chi)
We didn't even have any warm food.
What do you think, guys?
I am so
starving!
Okay!
Let's go!
-Come on.
-Okay!
Gentlemen,
this one is on us.
Thank you!
Waiter.
I want another 5 kg of roasted meat
and 30 more pancakes.
Sir,
you order so much food.
Can you finish it all?
A teen's appetite
can make his dad broke.
Since they are here,
there won't be any leftover.
Thank you, Sir!
Okay!
Hurry.
You heard it.
Go get the food ready!
Alright!
Aside from what I just ordered,
what else
are popular
in Handan?
Lord,
it's a good question!
Visitors and merchants
come to Handan
from all over the country.
The food here has quite a reputation!
Off the top of my head,
there are roasted suckling pig,
stewed fish,
dried venison,
preserved mutton,
goose soup,
and beef soup.
Now that you are here,
don't miss the good food.
I rely on my mouth
to travel around the world.
I will certainly treat it well!
Let's go.
We'll try all the good food here!
Sir.
You...
You haven't paid for the meal.
Our Sir never does dine and dash.
This sir is right!
Sir,
then please pay the bill.
We'll pay tomorrow.
But,
I'm running a small restaurant.
I can't afford any credit!
The King of Zhao has built a grand hall
to welcome great talents.
You Handan people
should have heard of that.
Our Sir
came all the way from Qin to Handan
to serve your King.
When we get to Longtai Palace tomorrow,
the bill for this meal
will just be a piece of cake!
At this moment, we don't have any money.
You can follow us if you are worried!
But...
You...
You can't just leave without paying!
You...
You bunch of Qin people!
You come to Handan to have free meals?!
Take a look!
Sir.
Vacate all the principal rooms.
Okay.
Attendants,
vacate all the principal rooms.
Do you know
who these people are?
I don't.
They come from Qin.
They are here to take advantage of us
and for free meals!
For free meals?
Wait!
Why are you blocking our way?
Don't come in.
Get out of the way!
But, our inn is full already.
We can't take more guests!
Listen,
we'll stay here tonight whatsoever!
If you offend the King of Zhao's guest,
you'll all
be beheaded!
Everybody,
(Golden Platform in Handan)
our King built this golden platform
to recruit talents like you.
Please tell us
your former positions in Qin.
After the King interviewed you,
His Majesty will grant you
a proper post.
Please.
I'm well-versed in Qin's Law.
Qin is stronger than the six states
mostly because it has
strict and impartial law.
I've written an article about it.
Please give it to the King of Zhao
for his review.
Write down his name.
Zhao Shuo.
Lantian Battalion.
Wang Li.
Lord Chunping!
Prime Minister.
(Lord Chunping of Zhao, Zhao Yi)
There are quite
a few high position holders.
(List of officials in
important positions with real power)
If we have the support
of these talents,
our Zhao will fear Qin no more!
His Majesty took my advice
and built this golden platform.
That's why the guest officers of Qin
came here.
Then I should ask His Majesty
to reward you.
How many
guest officers of Qin have arrived?
Prime Minister,
About 140.
According to
the border general's message,
a couple of hundreds more
are on their way.
Not all the guest officers of Qin
are talents.
I bet some of them
are scammers.
If we give each and every
one of them gold,
our Zhao
will become a big fool!
Understood!
We'll reduce the reward money by half
and send the rest to
Prime Minister's Residence!
You are a smart person!
His Majesty spends a lot
on daily expenses.
The Queen, however,
keeps tight control over money.
Sometimes the Prime Minister's Residence
has to pay for things.
Prime Minister,
you are indeed thoughtful!
I do understand!
Do not tell anybody!
Especially the Queen and Lord Chunping.
Understood!
Is this the legendary golden platform?
The King of Zhao's way
of welcoming talents
is indeed generous!
I'm Chen Chi,
former Qin's Grand Master of Seventh Order.
I heard the King of Zhao
was eagerly looking for talents,
so I traveled a long way here
to serve His Majesty!
On behalf of His Majesty, welcome!
Please register your name.
I also heard that His Majesty
would reward the talents.
It's a small gesture of our King.
His Majesty promised to
give four pieces of gold.
Here's only half!
There are too many guest officers.
After His Majesty meets you people,
the reward will be much more than this.
I just arrived in Handan,
yet the half of the golden platform
has collapsed already.
You are in Zhao.
You should follow our rules.
We get to decide
the amount of reward money!
Zhao people don't keep their promise.
So I won't pay for the meal
and lodging
until they fulfill their promise.
Sir!
Look!
They are all here for money!
A bunch of profit
and fame-driven people!
(Zheng Guo Canal construction site, Qin)
Dear fellows,
(Qin)
Lord Weiyang
came to Jinghe River to
supervise the canal building in person.
His effort has resulted in big success.
Today,
we can finally finish the canal head
and have a test,
it's all thanks
to Lord Weiyang's hard work
and the great support
of all imperial family!
Thank you!
(Qin)
Uncle!
Please!
Please!
Lord Weiyang, please!
Please!
Ying Jie, Ying Miao, Ying Yan.
You guys do it.
Well...
You do it!
You did the most work!
You do it! Come on.
Come on.
Do it!
Come on.
Great!
Great! Great! Great!
Dear fellows,
open the gate!
Great!
Open the gate!
Great!
Great!
Great!
(Qin)
Great!
Great! Great!
Stop beating the drum!
Fellows,
thanks to our ancestors' blessing
and all your hard work,
the canal head is completed today!
I'll first toast
the ancestors of our great Qin!
Toast the ancestors!
(Qin)
And now, I'll toast
His Majesty!
His Majesty entrusts us
with the state affairs,
we thus have a chance
to serve our great Qin!
Toast His Majesty!
Toast His Majesty!
Last but not the least,
I'll toast all imperial family!
You've made the Ying's Clan proud,
and you've helped me
to gain His Majesty's trust!
Toast all of you!
Toast you, Lord Weiyang!
Great!
Great!
Report!
Report!
Sirs,
the water stops
after flowing a couple of li long!
What?
That's nonsense!
Sir,
I dare not lie!
Your Majesty,
if you are going to punish me,
you could've sent Meng Yi to arrest me.
You don't have to come in person.
Build a blocking dam
200 steps away
from Jinghe River.
Dig open channels
on both sides of the dam for diversion.
Only 300 steps long
will solve the blocking problem
of the canal head.
Your Majesty is indeed clever!
I feel ashamed!
Uncle.
I'm not the one
who came up with this idea.
Thank you for your hard work, uncle!
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horses drinking by the Yangtze River♪
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the weather keeps changing♪
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