Qin Dynasty Epic (2020): Season 1, Episode 51 - Episode #1.51 - full transcript
=Qin Dynasty Epic=
=Episode 51=
Uncle.
The construction of the retaining dam
has started
and the excavation of the open canal
has also kicked off.
More than a month later,
the headworks problem will be solved.
Uncle.
(Lord Weiyang of Qin, Ying Xi)
Xiao Gong adopted Shang Yang's methods
to change existing customs and habits,
which made people's lives well-off
and the state prosperous and strong.
(Ying Jie)
Thanks to that,
people were willing to serve the state,
the dukes and lords pledged allegiance,
and our Qin
defeated the armies of Chu and Wei,
while obtaining
1 thousand square miles of land.
Since then,
Qin has been a powerful state.
Uncle,
what are you...
See for yourself.
"I heard the imperial family
proposed to expel the guest officers.
Personally, I think it's unnecessary.
Judged on the basis of these facts,
the guest officers
have never let Qin down.
If those four rulers had refused
to take in guest officers
and refused their service,
Qin wouldn't have become rich
and earned the reputation
of a powerful state."
Well,
these words are totally nonsense!
"This undermines Qin's strength
and arouses other states' hatred.
Such practice makes it impossible
for Qin to be safe from danger."
Uncle.
Who wrote such nonsense?
These words vilify the state policies
and slander the imperial family.
Li Si wrote them.
This writing
mustn't be read by His Majesty.
It doesn't matter
whether His Majesty reads it or not.
No, His Majesty mustn't read it.
Our imperial family
perfectly open in all actions.
Why need I fear a piece of writing?
Uncle.
Uh.
Ying Miao. Ying Yan.
You came at the right time.
Read it.
Lord Weiyang
will present Li Si's writing
to His Majesty.
Well.
Uncle.
We have taken great pains
to drive away the guest officers
to get the chance
to serve the Qin.
We must not give up halfway.
Lord Weiyang,
if His Majesty reads this writing,
he will definitely
summon the guest officers back.
The imperial family's status
gained through hard struggle
will be handed over to others again.
But I can't disregard
the interests of the Qin.
Uncle.
The canal project is big
and involves complicated work.
So it is inevitable that
mistakes have been made.
But we can't
erase the meritorious service
rendered by our royalty
due to the mistakes.
Since you came to the Jinghe River,
all of our royalty
have been doing their utmost
to complete the excavation
of this great canal early.
They,
they
have all been going all out.
They have been doing this
to show His Majesty
and the people that
our imperial members
are as capable as the guest officers.
Lord Weiyang,
Prince Jie talked from the heart.
(Ying Yan, Ying Miao)
Please think twice.
Please think twice, Lord Weiyang.
Please think twice, Lord Weiyang.
Well, what should we do
with this writing?
Burn it now.
Right.
Burn it.
Burn it immediately.
Burn it and all troubles will end.
-Lord Weiyang.
-Burn it.
Burn it.
(Tavern in Handan, Zhao)
Sir,
it has been agreed that
each of the 100 guest officers
would get 50 taels of gold
and all the gold has been distributed.
(Official of Qin, Chen Chi)
Good.
You can go and have some rest.
Yes.
Guo Kai.
Let us in!
I want to meet the Prime Minister.
We want to meet the Prime Minister
Please let us in!
This paltry gift
serves as a mere token of respect.
Please allow us
to meet the Prime Minister.
Please let us in.
Please allow us
to meet the Prime Minister.
Yes.
Please allow us
to meet the Prime Minister.
Hundreds of guest officers
(Prime Minister of Zhao, Guo Kai)
are gathering outside our residence,
requesting an audience with you.
They are fairly sensible.
If they want to give play
to their talent in Zhao,
how could they not ask
for my recommendation and help?
Tell them that
I have known their acts of kindness.
And ask them to leave.
These people wouldn't leave
even if we tried to drive them away.
Even if so, you can't
allow them to
enter my residence with the gifts.
I don't want Zhao Yi
and his kind to find fault with me.
You first send personnel
to drive them away
and then tell them
the wicket gate
of our residence secretly.
Yes.
Prime Minister Guo,
you are so smart!
Eat one.
-Yummy.
-Sir, eat the snack.
Come on.
Sir.
Sir.
I have brought you
the food you ordered.
Well,
would you please pay the bill?
As for the accommodation expense,
the cost of the daily necessities,
the cost of the feed for horses
and the service charge
of the songstresses,
please allow me credit.
No, I can't.
Our inn can only make small profits.
Sir, please show consideration
and pay us.
You have a large entourage with you.
We provide food for you
and feed your horses.
All these things cost
a lot of money every day.
Sir,
all the money
bestowed by the King of Zhao
has been spent.
What should we do?
I can't perform the Midas Touch.
Why did you ask me for money?
If you want money,
go to Longtai Palace with me.
We were promised 100 taels of gold,
but only got 50 taels.
How can we manage
to live our life in Handan?
Exactly.
How can we make ends meet?
How can we make a living?
The King of Zhao went back on his word.
Why should we guest officers
serve the Zhao people?
Right?
-Right.
-That's true.
The guest officers from Xianyang
all went to the Prime Minister's Residence
to bribe him.
It is said that if one
doesn't bribe the Prime Minister,
no matter how capable he is,
it will be difficult for him
to get an official position.
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao
to hear His Majesty's explanation.
Yes.
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao.
An audience with the King of Zhao.
An audience with the King of Zhao.
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao
to hear his explanation.
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao
to hear his explanation.
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao.
Sir.
Have you done your job?
These guest officers
are speaking ill of Zhao openly.
Why are you allowing them to do that?
His Majesty has issued an imperial edict
to treat them kindly.
I dare not offend them.
Idiot!
They said such harsh words about me.
Not a single word they said about me
should be heard
by His Majesty.
I got it, sir.
But how should we
deal with these guest officers?
Whoever among them causes trouble
will be driven off.
Yes.
Whoever causes trouble
will be driven off.
-What?
-Drive us off?
Drive us off?
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao!
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao!
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao!
We need the explanation.
Give us an explanation.
Your Majesty.
I want you
to summon several guest officers
from Qin to the palace.
(King Daoxiang of Zhao, Yan)
I want to inquire about
(King Daoxiang of Zhao, Yan)
the inside information of Qin.
Grand Master of the Seventh Order
is not a low-rank official.
He should know the inside story of Qin.
Hurry to summon that man Chen Chi here
to see me.
Your Majesty,
could you please wait for a while?
Why?
Your Majesty, such is the case.
At the South Gate of Handan,
a sporting house is newly opened.
I have made arrangements
for Your Majesty.
You can read my mind.
But how should I explain to my wife?
I have got an idea.
Your Majesty can say that
you will leave the palace
to meet the guest officers from Qin
since they have come to visit Zhao.
You are really quick-witted.
Let's go.
Yes.
I have a little discomfort
in my stomach.
Your Majesty must have eaten too much.
Your Majesty must have eaten too much.
(Battalion of Qin)
Report!
Your Majesty.
(King of Qin, Zheng)
(Zhao Gao)
Li Si and Meng Tian
have sent this memorial saying that
Chen Chi has reached Handan
and it won't take long
for the Talent-recruiting Terrace
of Zhao to collapse.
Your Majesty
can finally
get a good night's sleep now.
Your Majesty,
the rainstorm is coming.
Should our army
still carry out the drill?
The warriors of the Qin
aim to wipe out the six states.
Why need they fear the rainstorm?
(General of Qin, Li Xin)
Yes.
Report!
Report!
Your Majesty.
Something bad happened.
The grand canal was breached.
Ying Jie is responsible for
inspecting the river embankment
that has burst.
Ying Jie,
two hundred hectares
of fertile farmland has been flooded.
How should you be responsible for that?
-Yeah.
-Right.
How will you assume the responsibility?
The moment the thunder
started rumbling in the sky,
I led my men to patrol the embankment.
And we haven't slept a wink all night.
The improper construction planning
caused the embankment to burst.
What does that have to do with me?
Now the flooding is going on.
It also wreaked havoc
on the farmland of my family.
Now
you are all passing the buck.
Who will be responsible for this?
Stop quarreling!
It is no use
quarreling with one another.
When there were benefits,
you people rushed to
get a slice of the cake.
Now we are in trouble.
You are all looking for someone
to take the blame.
I won't take the blame.
Then what do we do?
How should we solve this issue?
-Yes. Yes.
-How should we solve this issue?
I am not the only one
who is to blame for this.
Why should I take the blame?
Who will take the blame exactly?
Who, who will take the blame?
Your Majesty,
I am guilty of a crime
that deserves ten thousand deaths.
I beg Your Majesty
to deprive me of my rank of nobility
and relegate me
to the status of a commoner.
Since the reign of Duke Mu,
the Qin has been
sticking to the practice of
recruiting all talents
wherever they come from.
The tradition of
seeking out able and virtuous men
is deeply rooted in our imperial court.
This is why our Qin
is a powerful state now.
Everyone
has strengths
and shortcomings.
So do the imperial members
and the guest officers.
(Zheng Guo)
I, your humble servant Zheng Guo
has methods to
remedy the breached grand canal.
This is the well-canal
drawn by Zheng Guo.
If we carry out excavation
in accordance with this drawing,
this grand canal
will be free from flood
for one hundred years to come.
The construction of the grand canal
seems to be simple,
but it entails a lot of skills.
It is impossible
for laymen like you and I
to achieve that.
Sir, you have been wronged previously.
I, on behalf of all my royalty,
give our thanks to you.
(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.)
(Now if Your Majesty
refuses the arrival of guest officers,)
(you will do the enemy states a favor.)
(This will deter the capable men
across the land)
(from heading westward)
(and from stepping into
the territory of Qin.)
(This is like)
(giving away food to robbers
and lending weapons to enemies.)
(Many treasures
are not produced in Qin,)
(but they can be used by Qin people.)
(Many men of wisdom and valor
are not born in Qin,)
(but they are willing to
pledge allegiance to Qin.)
(Now if Your Majesty
expels guest officers,)
(you will boost the power
of your enemies,)
(undermine Qin's strength
and arouse other states' hatred.)
(Such practice makes it impossible)
(for Qin to be safe from danger.)
Zhao Gao.
I am at Your Majesty's service.
I will return to Xianyang tomorrow.
I want you to summon the Grand Master
of the Fifth Order and above
to Zhangtai Palace
to discuss official business.
Yes.
Have this piece of
writing copied 100 times.
(Longtai Palace, Handan, Zhao)
Your Majesty,
the guest officers
from Qin reported to me that
while receiving them,
the officials of our Zhao
took the chance
to embezzle the reward
and misappropriate the money.
(Official of Zhao, Dun Ruo)
Besides, many guest officers gathered
(Official of Zhao, Dun Ruo)
outside the Prime Minister's Residence
to briber him
to seek official positions.
(Lord Chunping of Zhao, Zhao Yi)
This disrupts the state affairs
and arouses the anger of our people.
Your Majesty,
it is true that some guest officers
tried to bribe me.
But I have driven all of them off.
Please ascertain the truth,
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty,
those guest officers
all came to Handan
for fame, rank and money.
Those people who pursue money and fame
are not trustworthy.
Your Majesty,
I have sent personnel to investigate
the guest officers gathering in Handan.
They all ever occupied
important positions
in the state of Qin
and have knowledge of
lots of confidential information
about Qin.
If we can make good use of them,
they will play a crucial role
to enable us to defeat Qin.
I think
Your Majesty should hold the embezzlers
and bribe recipients accountable
to pacify the anger
of the guest officers
and make them be willing to
serve our Zhao.
Lord Chunping,
you overstated the matter.
Your Majesty
can summon those guest officers
to the palace right now
to ascertain the fact face to face.
Your Majesty,
these guest officers
are all glib-tongued and cheeky,
so they will only delude you.
Your Majesty,
I have witnesses
who can prove
their inferior personalities.
Bring them here.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
You two,
tell His Majesty
what you are
and what happened between you
and the guest officers.
Your Majesty.
I am surnamed Song.
I am running an inn in the West Street.
My business can be said to be brisk.
It enables me to support my family
of eight members.
However, recently,
misfortune has befallen me suddenly.
Misfortune?
It was,
it was caused by the guest officers.
Since they arrived in Handan,
they have stayed in my inn.
They eat and drink gluttonously
all day long
and refuse to pay the bills.
My inn
is on the brink of being closed.
Your Majesty,
please uphold justice for me.
I have granted them
handsome rewards.
How come they don't have money
to pay their bills?
They feed their horses with grain,
cover the floor with brocade
and pay hookers for entertainment.
They have made a mess of
my inn.
What is more hateful is that
they made me pick up the tab
for their whoring.
Your Majesty,
no matter how much money
you bestow on them,
they will squander all.
Your Majesty,
the extravagance and debauchery
of those men
have aroused the public indignation
of our Zhao people.
Your Majesty,
this is the statement of one party.
You can't believe it readily.
Your Majesty,
now
those guest officers
are right outside the palace.
They are speaking ill
of our state affairs.
Please go and check it out
and then you
will tell right from wrong.
The King of Zhao
is a fatuous ruler.
He granted us
such a small amount of money
while he himself
went to the sporting house for fun.
Fatuous king.
-Exactly, we don't need any more.
-Such a fatuous king.
-Exactly, we don't need any more.
-Such a fatuous king.
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
Please remit your anger.
Please remit your anger.
A group of shameless men!
Drive them all out of Handan.
Circulate my imperial edict:
From today onward,
no guest officers from Qin
will be allowed to enter Zhao.
Yes.
Sir.
Such a small trick
has made a mess of
the imperial court of Zhao.
Zhao doesn't have justice on its side.
There is not a wise ruler
reigning the state
and no virtuous courtiers serving him.
If not so,
with my clumsy stratagem,
I wouldn't have succeeded.
My king didn't expel
the guest officers willingly.
Because the imperial family
and they are in bad terms,
our king was forced to
make this unwise move.
They will
return to the Qin
and resume their official positions.
Sir,
the wars started by the lords
bring sufferings to the populace.
The populace long for changes.
This land will be united as one
very soon.
My king seeks talents
and competent officials with eagerness.
The able men from the six states
are all granted important positions
suiting their talents.
Sir,
a wise bird selects its tree
and a capable courtier
selects its ruler.
Sir aims high.
How can you serve the fatuous ruler
and allow yourself to go to the bad?
(Xianyang, Capital of Qin)
Your Majesty,
before Li Si left Qin,
he wrote the "Advising Against
Driving Away Guest Officers"
and handed it to me.
Now I will present this piece
of writing to you.
-Well.
-Uncle.
You can't do that, Lord Weiyang.
Since all you
don't want me to read the writing.
Please read it for me.
Sirs,
are you trying to defy His Majesty?
It is all crap!
These are all artful words!
Arrogant man!
Lord Weiyang,
how could you present
such unscrupulous writing
to His Majesty?
Your Majesty,
I implore you to rescind the imperial edict
of expelling guest officers
and invite them back.
Well.
Well, this mustn't happen, uncle.
Your Majesty,
Lord Weiyang has lost his senses.
Last month, he suggested
the royalty occupy important positions
and the guest officers be expelled.
Today he changed his mind suddenly.
How could the state policy of our Qin
be changed so randomly?
Your Majesty,
if the guest officers returned,
what would you do with the royalty?
Your Majesty,
since we, the royalty took over
the government affairs
from the guest officers,
we have been fulfilling
our duties diligently.
Though we might have
made careless mistakes,
heaven and earth can bear witness to
our loyalty to you.
You can't give up on your royalty
due to their occasional mistakes
and hurt their feelings.
Right.
(Lord Zhongquan of Qin)
We royalty and Your Majesty
(Lord Zhongquan of Qin)
are bound by the same blood.
If we don't put
the state affairs first,
we will feel ashamed to
face the ancestors of the Qin.
Disregarding ranks,
whether it is the imperial members
or the guest officers,
we are all His Majesty's servants.
Only when all of us are of one mind,
work together
and pull together in times of trouble,
can the Qin be invincible
and can the ancestors'
noble ambition
of unifying the country be attained.
If the guest officers return,
(Lord Pinyang of Qin)
we royalty
have to suffer contempt again.
How is it possible for us
to cooperate for the same aim?
The guest officers have been
in office for many years.
But they never thought highly of us.
Today I want to say
that we would rather die
than welcome the guest officers back.
The land of our Qin
stretches for thousands of miles.
Without the people with lofty ideals
and capable courtiers
from the six states
helping us,
how could we have achieved
today's prosperity and power?
What has resulted from
expelling the guest officers?
The dam of the grand canal burst,
the farmland was flooded, people died
and the state affairs
descended into a mess.
Is this the Qin,
we, royalty of
the imperial family want to see?
Lord Weiyang,
Li Si is a guest officer.
He put in a good word
for his kind naturally.
You can't expect him to
praise our royalty.
Exactly.
What Li Si wrote
is all nonsense!
Uncle,
where is your past unyielding spirit?
Lord Weiyang is getting old.
If you are afraid of
assuming the responsibility,
we young people
are willing to serve the Qin.
-Yes.
-Exactly.
Your Majesty,
please don't
follow Lord Weiyang's advice
in any case.
Please don't.
The imperial members
are crucial for the Qin
and are the guarantee for
the imperial family line of the Qin
to continue.
I think you all know well
how the Qin rose.
Just now, I asked you
to circulate Li Si's writing
and read it.
Who among you
have read it through carefully?
Such being the case,
I will read it together with you.
Each of the imperial members
shall have one copy.
The elder shall take the lead.
Let's start with you.
"I heard the imperial family
proposed to expel the guest officers.
Personally, I think it's unnecessary."
You dared to burn yourself
outside Zhangtai Palace.
Why need you fear a piece of writing?
Where is the valor
of the imperial family of the Qin?
Read it.
"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.
Xiao Gong adopted Shang Yang's methods
to change existing customs and habits."
Can you understand
what is said in the writing?
I
can't make sense of it.
Is there something wrong
with your heart?
Or is there something wrong
with the writing?
Ying Jie,
you read 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,
all of these four rulers
succeeded thanks to
the guest officers.
Judged on the basis of these facts,
the guest officers
have never let Qin down.
If those four rulers
had refused to
take in guest officers
and refused their service,
Qin wouldn't have become rich
and earned the reputation
of a powerful state."
Have you understood
what was read by Ying Jie?
I still can't make sense of it.
You still don't understand.
Ying Yan, go on reading it.
Yes.
"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."
"Many treasures are not produced in Qin,
but they can be used by Qin people.
Many men of wisdom and valor
are not born in Qin,
but they are willing to
pledge allegiance to Qin."
"Now if Your Majesty
expels guest officers,
you will boost the power
of the enemy state,
lose subjects and benefit the enemies,
as well as undermine Qin's strength
and arouse other states' hatred.
Such practice makes it impossible
for Qin to be safe from danger."
Expelling guest officers
weakens our Qin
and nourishes the six states.
If I take your advice,
it won't be possible for us
to achieve our noble aspiration
of extending our territory
eastward beyond the Hangu Pass
and unifying the whole country.
I want to rescind the imperial edict
of expelling the guest officers.
Does anyone have any objection?
His Majesty asked you the question.
What is your reply?
Assigning people to posts in accordance
with their talents
is the state policy
formulated by our ancestors.
Our Qin prospered
thanks to the guest officers.
I give my full support
to Your Majesty's decision.
I will ask you again.
If anyone among you
can demolish Li Si's argument
and if you can
convince everyone present,
I will never give
the guest officers posts again
throughout my life.
Your Majesty, please make the decision.
We have no objection.
Your Majesty, please make the decision.
We will obey the decision.
The imperial family members of the Qin
care about our reign
and put the state first.
I and all the courtiers
will bow to you.
The imperial family guards our state.
Please allow us to bow to you.
Censor Wang Wan.
Here, Your Majesty.
Circulate my imperial edict:
From today onward,
Qin will stop expelling guest officers
and welcome them back.
Yes.
Lord Changping and Lord Weiyang.
Here, Your Majesty.
Here, Your Majesty.
When the guest officers return,
they should be received grandly
outside Xianyang City.
Yes.
Zheng Guo.
Here, Your Majesty.
As from today,
you will be responsible
for the construction of the grand canal.
I hope that by this time the next year,
the water of the grand canal
will be used to irrigate
the fertile land of our Guanzhong.
Yes.
Ying Jie,
you shall assist Zheng Guo.
After the guest officers
resume their posts,
all imperial members
can assist them in their work.
After you get familiar with the work,
I will assign you proper posts.
Thank you, Your Majesty!
I, Li Si,
(Li Si)
greet Your Majesty.
Your Majesty,
all the guest officers who had left Qin
have returned to Xianyang.
You have contributed a lot to this.
Thank you for your hard work, sir.
To share Your Majesty's burden,
I am willing to do anything.
After the guest officers were expelled,
the imperial members
did the work by themselves.
Then they came to realize that
it is very difficult
to govern Qin, such a big state
and that both guest officers
and imperial family
are my capable assistants
who are indispensable.
Your stratagem
has eradicated the hostility
of the royalty
toward the guest officers
and united all the people
of the Qin.
It is thanks to
the wisdom of Your Majesty.
You know the imperial family very well.
This happening proves that
the imperial family and I
are of one heart.
Though they are kind of stubborn,
they have the whole picture in mind.
The imperial family
disregard personal gains
and put the state first.
They are really
the mainstay of the Qin.
Li Si, do you admit your offense?
Yes, I do.
What offense?
I made Your Majesty
change the policy frequently
and impaired your authority.
How should I punish you?
I am willing to accept any punishment.
I want to promote you to the post
of the Minister of Justice
to assist me
in preserving domestic peace
and putting down the six states.
You shall make amends
for your previous fault.
I
will serve you till the end of my days.
Your Majesty,
I'd recommend two talents to you.
Who are they?
One is Dun Ruo, a native of Zhao.
He has followed me to Xianyang.
He is good at diplomatic relations.
The other is Xin Sheng.
He has kept me company all along.
He is good at martial arts,
and proficient in the warcraft.
as well as has talent for a general.
I will issue an imperial edict
immediately
to appoint Dun Ruo
to the post of the Guest Minister.
To put down the six states,
we need such a person
who can cause a stir.
As for
Xin Sheng,
Yes.
Just let him work
in your Ministry of Justice
as a Residence-protecting Commandant.
After I observe him
for a while,
I will allow him to join the army.
Your Majesty,
thank you.
Once the arrow is discharged,
it can't be recovered.
The first arrow our Qin discharged
is crucial for
us wiping out the six states
and unifying the whole country.
♪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 51=
Uncle.
The construction of the retaining dam
has started
and the excavation of the open canal
has also kicked off.
More than a month later,
the headworks problem will be solved.
Uncle.
(Lord Weiyang of Qin, Ying Xi)
Xiao Gong adopted Shang Yang's methods
to change existing customs and habits,
which made people's lives well-off
and the state prosperous and strong.
(Ying Jie)
Thanks to that,
people were willing to serve the state,
the dukes and lords pledged allegiance,
and our Qin
defeated the armies of Chu and Wei,
while obtaining
1 thousand square miles of land.
Since then,
Qin has been a powerful state.
Uncle,
what are you...
See for yourself.
"I heard the imperial family
proposed to expel the guest officers.
Personally, I think it's unnecessary.
Judged on the basis of these facts,
the guest officers
have never let Qin down.
If those four rulers had refused
to take in guest officers
and refused their service,
Qin wouldn't have become rich
and earned the reputation
of a powerful state."
Well,
these words are totally nonsense!
"This undermines Qin's strength
and arouses other states' hatred.
Such practice makes it impossible
for Qin to be safe from danger."
Uncle.
Who wrote such nonsense?
These words vilify the state policies
and slander the imperial family.
Li Si wrote them.
This writing
mustn't be read by His Majesty.
It doesn't matter
whether His Majesty reads it or not.
No, His Majesty mustn't read it.
Our imperial family
perfectly open in all actions.
Why need I fear a piece of writing?
Uncle.
Uh.
Ying Miao. Ying Yan.
You came at the right time.
Read it.
Lord Weiyang
will present Li Si's writing
to His Majesty.
Well.
Uncle.
We have taken great pains
to drive away the guest officers
to get the chance
to serve the Qin.
We must not give up halfway.
Lord Weiyang,
if His Majesty reads this writing,
he will definitely
summon the guest officers back.
The imperial family's status
gained through hard struggle
will be handed over to others again.
But I can't disregard
the interests of the Qin.
Uncle.
The canal project is big
and involves complicated work.
So it is inevitable that
mistakes have been made.
But we can't
erase the meritorious service
rendered by our royalty
due to the mistakes.
Since you came to the Jinghe River,
all of our royalty
have been doing their utmost
to complete the excavation
of this great canal early.
They,
they
have all been going all out.
They have been doing this
to show His Majesty
and the people that
our imperial members
are as capable as the guest officers.
Lord Weiyang,
Prince Jie talked from the heart.
(Ying Yan, Ying Miao)
Please think twice.
Please think twice, Lord Weiyang.
Please think twice, Lord Weiyang.
Well, what should we do
with this writing?
Burn it now.
Right.
Burn it.
Burn it immediately.
Burn it and all troubles will end.
-Lord Weiyang.
-Burn it.
Burn it.
(Tavern in Handan, Zhao)
Sir,
it has been agreed that
each of the 100 guest officers
would get 50 taels of gold
and all the gold has been distributed.
(Official of Qin, Chen Chi)
Good.
You can go and have some rest.
Yes.
Guo Kai.
Let us in!
I want to meet the Prime Minister.
We want to meet the Prime Minister
Please let us in!
This paltry gift
serves as a mere token of respect.
Please allow us
to meet the Prime Minister.
Please let us in.
Please allow us
to meet the Prime Minister.
Yes.
Please allow us
to meet the Prime Minister.
Hundreds of guest officers
(Prime Minister of Zhao, Guo Kai)
are gathering outside our residence,
requesting an audience with you.
They are fairly sensible.
If they want to give play
to their talent in Zhao,
how could they not ask
for my recommendation and help?
Tell them that
I have known their acts of kindness.
And ask them to leave.
These people wouldn't leave
even if we tried to drive them away.
Even if so, you can't
allow them to
enter my residence with the gifts.
I don't want Zhao Yi
and his kind to find fault with me.
You first send personnel
to drive them away
and then tell them
the wicket gate
of our residence secretly.
Yes.
Prime Minister Guo,
you are so smart!
Eat one.
-Yummy.
-Sir, eat the snack.
Come on.
Sir.
Sir.
I have brought you
the food you ordered.
Well,
would you please pay the bill?
As for the accommodation expense,
the cost of the daily necessities,
the cost of the feed for horses
and the service charge
of the songstresses,
please allow me credit.
No, I can't.
Our inn can only make small profits.
Sir, please show consideration
and pay us.
You have a large entourage with you.
We provide food for you
and feed your horses.
All these things cost
a lot of money every day.
Sir,
all the money
bestowed by the King of Zhao
has been spent.
What should we do?
I can't perform the Midas Touch.
Why did you ask me for money?
If you want money,
go to Longtai Palace with me.
We were promised 100 taels of gold,
but only got 50 taels.
How can we manage
to live our life in Handan?
Exactly.
How can we make ends meet?
How can we make a living?
The King of Zhao went back on his word.
Why should we guest officers
serve the Zhao people?
Right?
-Right.
-That's true.
The guest officers from Xianyang
all went to the Prime Minister's Residence
to bribe him.
It is said that if one
doesn't bribe the Prime Minister,
no matter how capable he is,
it will be difficult for him
to get an official position.
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao
to hear His Majesty's explanation.
Yes.
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao.
An audience with the King of Zhao.
An audience with the King of Zhao.
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao
to hear his explanation.
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao
to hear his explanation.
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao.
Sir.
Have you done your job?
These guest officers
are speaking ill of Zhao openly.
Why are you allowing them to do that?
His Majesty has issued an imperial edict
to treat them kindly.
I dare not offend them.
Idiot!
They said such harsh words about me.
Not a single word they said about me
should be heard
by His Majesty.
I got it, sir.
But how should we
deal with these guest officers?
Whoever among them causes trouble
will be driven off.
Yes.
Whoever causes trouble
will be driven off.
-What?
-Drive us off?
Drive us off?
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao!
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao!
We want to have an audience
with the King of Zhao!
We need the explanation.
Give us an explanation.
Your Majesty.
I want you
to summon several guest officers
from Qin to the palace.
(King Daoxiang of Zhao, Yan)
I want to inquire about
(King Daoxiang of Zhao, Yan)
the inside information of Qin.
Grand Master of the Seventh Order
is not a low-rank official.
He should know the inside story of Qin.
Hurry to summon that man Chen Chi here
to see me.
Your Majesty,
could you please wait for a while?
Why?
Your Majesty, such is the case.
At the South Gate of Handan,
a sporting house is newly opened.
I have made arrangements
for Your Majesty.
You can read my mind.
But how should I explain to my wife?
I have got an idea.
Your Majesty can say that
you will leave the palace
to meet the guest officers from Qin
since they have come to visit Zhao.
You are really quick-witted.
Let's go.
Yes.
I have a little discomfort
in my stomach.
Your Majesty must have eaten too much.
Your Majesty must have eaten too much.
(Battalion of Qin)
Report!
Your Majesty.
(King of Qin, Zheng)
(Zhao Gao)
Li Si and Meng Tian
have sent this memorial saying that
Chen Chi has reached Handan
and it won't take long
for the Talent-recruiting Terrace
of Zhao to collapse.
Your Majesty
can finally
get a good night's sleep now.
Your Majesty,
the rainstorm is coming.
Should our army
still carry out the drill?
The warriors of the Qin
aim to wipe out the six states.
Why need they fear the rainstorm?
(General of Qin, Li Xin)
Yes.
Report!
Report!
Your Majesty.
Something bad happened.
The grand canal was breached.
Ying Jie is responsible for
inspecting the river embankment
that has burst.
Ying Jie,
two hundred hectares
of fertile farmland has been flooded.
How should you be responsible for that?
-Yeah.
-Right.
How will you assume the responsibility?
The moment the thunder
started rumbling in the sky,
I led my men to patrol the embankment.
And we haven't slept a wink all night.
The improper construction planning
caused the embankment to burst.
What does that have to do with me?
Now the flooding is going on.
It also wreaked havoc
on the farmland of my family.
Now
you are all passing the buck.
Who will be responsible for this?
Stop quarreling!
It is no use
quarreling with one another.
When there were benefits,
you people rushed to
get a slice of the cake.
Now we are in trouble.
You are all looking for someone
to take the blame.
I won't take the blame.
Then what do we do?
How should we solve this issue?
-Yes. Yes.
-How should we solve this issue?
I am not the only one
who is to blame for this.
Why should I take the blame?
Who will take the blame exactly?
Who, who will take the blame?
Your Majesty,
I am guilty of a crime
that deserves ten thousand deaths.
I beg Your Majesty
to deprive me of my rank of nobility
and relegate me
to the status of a commoner.
Since the reign of Duke Mu,
the Qin has been
sticking to the practice of
recruiting all talents
wherever they come from.
The tradition of
seeking out able and virtuous men
is deeply rooted in our imperial court.
This is why our Qin
is a powerful state now.
Everyone
has strengths
and shortcomings.
So do the imperial members
and the guest officers.
(Zheng Guo)
I, your humble servant Zheng Guo
has methods to
remedy the breached grand canal.
This is the well-canal
drawn by Zheng Guo.
If we carry out excavation
in accordance with this drawing,
this grand canal
will be free from flood
for one hundred years to come.
The construction of the grand canal
seems to be simple,
but it entails a lot of skills.
It is impossible
for laymen like you and I
to achieve that.
Sir, you have been wronged previously.
I, on behalf of all my royalty,
give our thanks to you.
(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.)
(Now if Your Majesty
refuses the arrival of guest officers,)
(you will do the enemy states a favor.)
(This will deter the capable men
across the land)
(from heading westward)
(and from stepping into
the territory of Qin.)
(This is like)
(giving away food to robbers
and lending weapons to enemies.)
(Many treasures
are not produced in Qin,)
(but they can be used by Qin people.)
(Many men of wisdom and valor
are not born in Qin,)
(but they are willing to
pledge allegiance to Qin.)
(Now if Your Majesty
expels guest officers,)
(you will boost the power
of your enemies,)
(undermine Qin's strength
and arouse other states' hatred.)
(Such practice makes it impossible)
(for Qin to be safe from danger.)
Zhao Gao.
I am at Your Majesty's service.
I will return to Xianyang tomorrow.
I want you to summon the Grand Master
of the Fifth Order and above
to Zhangtai Palace
to discuss official business.
Yes.
Have this piece of
writing copied 100 times.
(Longtai Palace, Handan, Zhao)
Your Majesty,
the guest officers
from Qin reported to me that
while receiving them,
the officials of our Zhao
took the chance
to embezzle the reward
and misappropriate the money.
(Official of Zhao, Dun Ruo)
Besides, many guest officers gathered
(Official of Zhao, Dun Ruo)
outside the Prime Minister's Residence
to briber him
to seek official positions.
(Lord Chunping of Zhao, Zhao Yi)
This disrupts the state affairs
and arouses the anger of our people.
Your Majesty,
it is true that some guest officers
tried to bribe me.
But I have driven all of them off.
Please ascertain the truth,
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty,
those guest officers
all came to Handan
for fame, rank and money.
Those people who pursue money and fame
are not trustworthy.
Your Majesty,
I have sent personnel to investigate
the guest officers gathering in Handan.
They all ever occupied
important positions
in the state of Qin
and have knowledge of
lots of confidential information
about Qin.
If we can make good use of them,
they will play a crucial role
to enable us to defeat Qin.
I think
Your Majesty should hold the embezzlers
and bribe recipients accountable
to pacify the anger
of the guest officers
and make them be willing to
serve our Zhao.
Lord Chunping,
you overstated the matter.
Your Majesty
can summon those guest officers
to the palace right now
to ascertain the fact face to face.
Your Majesty,
these guest officers
are all glib-tongued and cheeky,
so they will only delude you.
Your Majesty,
I have witnesses
who can prove
their inferior personalities.
Bring them here.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
You two,
tell His Majesty
what you are
and what happened between you
and the guest officers.
Your Majesty.
I am surnamed Song.
I am running an inn in the West Street.
My business can be said to be brisk.
It enables me to support my family
of eight members.
However, recently,
misfortune has befallen me suddenly.
Misfortune?
It was,
it was caused by the guest officers.
Since they arrived in Handan,
they have stayed in my inn.
They eat and drink gluttonously
all day long
and refuse to pay the bills.
My inn
is on the brink of being closed.
Your Majesty,
please uphold justice for me.
I have granted them
handsome rewards.
How come they don't have money
to pay their bills?
They feed their horses with grain,
cover the floor with brocade
and pay hookers for entertainment.
They have made a mess of
my inn.
What is more hateful is that
they made me pick up the tab
for their whoring.
Your Majesty,
no matter how much money
you bestow on them,
they will squander all.
Your Majesty,
the extravagance and debauchery
of those men
have aroused the public indignation
of our Zhao people.
Your Majesty,
this is the statement of one party.
You can't believe it readily.
Your Majesty,
now
those guest officers
are right outside the palace.
They are speaking ill
of our state affairs.
Please go and check it out
and then you
will tell right from wrong.
The King of Zhao
is a fatuous ruler.
He granted us
such a small amount of money
while he himself
went to the sporting house for fun.
Fatuous king.
-Exactly, we don't need any more.
-Such a fatuous king.
-Exactly, we don't need any more.
-Such a fatuous king.
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
Please remit your anger.
Please remit your anger.
A group of shameless men!
Drive them all out of Handan.
Circulate my imperial edict:
From today onward,
no guest officers from Qin
will be allowed to enter Zhao.
Yes.
Sir.
Such a small trick
has made a mess of
the imperial court of Zhao.
Zhao doesn't have justice on its side.
There is not a wise ruler
reigning the state
and no virtuous courtiers serving him.
If not so,
with my clumsy stratagem,
I wouldn't have succeeded.
My king didn't expel
the guest officers willingly.
Because the imperial family
and they are in bad terms,
our king was forced to
make this unwise move.
They will
return to the Qin
and resume their official positions.
Sir,
the wars started by the lords
bring sufferings to the populace.
The populace long for changes.
This land will be united as one
very soon.
My king seeks talents
and competent officials with eagerness.
The able men from the six states
are all granted important positions
suiting their talents.
Sir,
a wise bird selects its tree
and a capable courtier
selects its ruler.
Sir aims high.
How can you serve the fatuous ruler
and allow yourself to go to the bad?
(Xianyang, Capital of Qin)
Your Majesty,
before Li Si left Qin,
he wrote the "Advising Against
Driving Away Guest Officers"
and handed it to me.
Now I will present this piece
of writing to you.
-Well.
-Uncle.
You can't do that, Lord Weiyang.
Since all you
don't want me to read the writing.
Please read it for me.
Sirs,
are you trying to defy His Majesty?
It is all crap!
These are all artful words!
Arrogant man!
Lord Weiyang,
how could you present
such unscrupulous writing
to His Majesty?
Your Majesty,
I implore you to rescind the imperial edict
of expelling guest officers
and invite them back.
Well.
Well, this mustn't happen, uncle.
Your Majesty,
Lord Weiyang has lost his senses.
Last month, he suggested
the royalty occupy important positions
and the guest officers be expelled.
Today he changed his mind suddenly.
How could the state policy of our Qin
be changed so randomly?
Your Majesty,
if the guest officers returned,
what would you do with the royalty?
Your Majesty,
since we, the royalty took over
the government affairs
from the guest officers,
we have been fulfilling
our duties diligently.
Though we might have
made careless mistakes,
heaven and earth can bear witness to
our loyalty to you.
You can't give up on your royalty
due to their occasional mistakes
and hurt their feelings.
Right.
(Lord Zhongquan of Qin)
We royalty and Your Majesty
(Lord Zhongquan of Qin)
are bound by the same blood.
If we don't put
the state affairs first,
we will feel ashamed to
face the ancestors of the Qin.
Disregarding ranks,
whether it is the imperial members
or the guest officers,
we are all His Majesty's servants.
Only when all of us are of one mind,
work together
and pull together in times of trouble,
can the Qin be invincible
and can the ancestors'
noble ambition
of unifying the country be attained.
If the guest officers return,
(Lord Pinyang of Qin)
we royalty
have to suffer contempt again.
How is it possible for us
to cooperate for the same aim?
The guest officers have been
in office for many years.
But they never thought highly of us.
Today I want to say
that we would rather die
than welcome the guest officers back.
The land of our Qin
stretches for thousands of miles.
Without the people with lofty ideals
and capable courtiers
from the six states
helping us,
how could we have achieved
today's prosperity and power?
What has resulted from
expelling the guest officers?
The dam of the grand canal burst,
the farmland was flooded, people died
and the state affairs
descended into a mess.
Is this the Qin,
we, royalty of
the imperial family want to see?
Lord Weiyang,
Li Si is a guest officer.
He put in a good word
for his kind naturally.
You can't expect him to
praise our royalty.
Exactly.
What Li Si wrote
is all nonsense!
Uncle,
where is your past unyielding spirit?
Lord Weiyang is getting old.
If you are afraid of
assuming the responsibility,
we young people
are willing to serve the Qin.
-Yes.
-Exactly.
Your Majesty,
please don't
follow Lord Weiyang's advice
in any case.
Please don't.
The imperial members
are crucial for the Qin
and are the guarantee for
the imperial family line of the Qin
to continue.
I think you all know well
how the Qin rose.
Just now, I asked you
to circulate Li Si's writing
and read it.
Who among you
have read it through carefully?
Such being the case,
I will read it together with you.
Each of the imperial members
shall have one copy.
The elder shall take the lead.
Let's start with you.
"I heard the imperial family
proposed to expel the guest officers.
Personally, I think it's unnecessary."
You dared to burn yourself
outside Zhangtai Palace.
Why need you fear a piece of writing?
Where is the valor
of the imperial family of the Qin?
Read it.
"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.
Xiao Gong adopted Shang Yang's methods
to change existing customs and habits."
Can you understand
what is said in the writing?
I
can't make sense of it.
Is there something wrong
with your heart?
Or is there something wrong
with the writing?
Ying Jie,
you read 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,
all of these four rulers
succeeded thanks to
the guest officers.
Judged on the basis of these facts,
the guest officers
have never let Qin down.
If those four rulers
had refused to
take in guest officers
and refused their service,
Qin wouldn't have become rich
and earned the reputation
of a powerful state."
Have you understood
what was read by Ying Jie?
I still can't make sense of it.
You still don't understand.
Ying Yan, go on reading it.
Yes.
"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."
"Many treasures are not produced in Qin,
but they can be used by Qin people.
Many men of wisdom and valor
are not born in Qin,
but they are willing to
pledge allegiance to Qin."
"Now if Your Majesty
expels guest officers,
you will boost the power
of the enemy state,
lose subjects and benefit the enemies,
as well as undermine Qin's strength
and arouse other states' hatred.
Such practice makes it impossible
for Qin to be safe from danger."
Expelling guest officers
weakens our Qin
and nourishes the six states.
If I take your advice,
it won't be possible for us
to achieve our noble aspiration
of extending our territory
eastward beyond the Hangu Pass
and unifying the whole country.
I want to rescind the imperial edict
of expelling the guest officers.
Does anyone have any objection?
His Majesty asked you the question.
What is your reply?
Assigning people to posts in accordance
with their talents
is the state policy
formulated by our ancestors.
Our Qin prospered
thanks to the guest officers.
I give my full support
to Your Majesty's decision.
I will ask you again.
If anyone among you
can demolish Li Si's argument
and if you can
convince everyone present,
I will never give
the guest officers posts again
throughout my life.
Your Majesty, please make the decision.
We have no objection.
Your Majesty, please make the decision.
We will obey the decision.
The imperial family members of the Qin
care about our reign
and put the state first.
I and all the courtiers
will bow to you.
The imperial family guards our state.
Please allow us to bow to you.
Censor Wang Wan.
Here, Your Majesty.
Circulate my imperial edict:
From today onward,
Qin will stop expelling guest officers
and welcome them back.
Yes.
Lord Changping and Lord Weiyang.
Here, Your Majesty.
Here, Your Majesty.
When the guest officers return,
they should be received grandly
outside Xianyang City.
Yes.
Zheng Guo.
Here, Your Majesty.
As from today,
you will be responsible
for the construction of the grand canal.
I hope that by this time the next year,
the water of the grand canal
will be used to irrigate
the fertile land of our Guanzhong.
Yes.
Ying Jie,
you shall assist Zheng Guo.
After the guest officers
resume their posts,
all imperial members
can assist them in their work.
After you get familiar with the work,
I will assign you proper posts.
Thank you, Your Majesty!
I, Li Si,
(Li Si)
greet Your Majesty.
Your Majesty,
all the guest officers who had left Qin
have returned to Xianyang.
You have contributed a lot to this.
Thank you for your hard work, sir.
To share Your Majesty's burden,
I am willing to do anything.
After the guest officers were expelled,
the imperial members
did the work by themselves.
Then they came to realize that
it is very difficult
to govern Qin, such a big state
and that both guest officers
and imperial family
are my capable assistants
who are indispensable.
Your stratagem
has eradicated the hostility
of the royalty
toward the guest officers
and united all the people
of the Qin.
It is thanks to
the wisdom of Your Majesty.
You know the imperial family very well.
This happening proves that
the imperial family and I
are of one heart.
Though they are kind of stubborn,
they have the whole picture in mind.
The imperial family
disregard personal gains
and put the state first.
They are really
the mainstay of the Qin.
Li Si, do you admit your offense?
Yes, I do.
What offense?
I made Your Majesty
change the policy frequently
and impaired your authority.
How should I punish you?
I am willing to accept any punishment.
I want to promote you to the post
of the Minister of Justice
to assist me
in preserving domestic peace
and putting down the six states.
You shall make amends
for your previous fault.
I
will serve you till the end of my days.
Your Majesty,
I'd recommend two talents to you.
Who are they?
One is Dun Ruo, a native of Zhao.
He has followed me to Xianyang.
He is good at diplomatic relations.
The other is Xin Sheng.
He has kept me company all along.
He is good at martial arts,
and proficient in the warcraft.
as well as has talent for a general.
I will issue an imperial edict
immediately
to appoint Dun Ruo
to the post of the Guest Minister.
To put down the six states,
we need such a person
who can cause a stir.
As for
Xin Sheng,
Yes.
Just let him work
in your Ministry of Justice
as a Residence-protecting Commandant.
After I observe him
for a while,
I will allow him to join the army.
Your Majesty,
thank you.
Once the arrow is discharged,
it can't be recovered.
The first arrow our Qin discharged
is crucial for
us wiping out the six states
and unifying the whole country.
♪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♪