【ENG SUB】EP5: Gao Shiqi handed in the papers ahead!《The Long River 天下长河》【MangoTV Drama】
My Lord My Lord Here is the new gift list The bribes alone are more than 10,000 taels You see only what’s under your nose I heard that this smooth person becomes an upright official It is said that Prime Minister Ming didn’t see anyone The candidates hate him so much
He is just analyzing the current situation The emperor gave him a hard time because of Jin Fu So he’s scared He is very greedy for money Didn’t I know that? I don’t want this person This… I don’t want him Xu Qianxue, a successful candidate presents Jiangnan water field 10,000 mu
He has not yet taken the test but is already considered successful? He must have lost his mind Wise move if he passes the exam this 10,000 mu of rice fields will be allocated in If not this is a blank sheet of paper Where’s this new disciple Xu Qianxue? This is a bit interesting
New south study minister Baohe Hall grand bachelor Gao Shiqi gives twelve thousand dollars of armorial silver Is this reasonable? Already called the new south study minister? He It was a position he could never attain in his lifetime For a small act he dared to speak wild words Well My Lord
This guy surnamed Gao is really crazy Maybe I guess he has some real skills Even if he’s capable he who demands fame must first collect his temper Coming here to make wild remarks? Does he have a death wish? Not this one All right, all right It’s time for the emperor to rest
Get out of here Aye OK Your Majesty Your Majesty All the candidates for the imperial examinations from all over the country are here The city is buzzing with activity Prime Minister Ming posted notices in front of his house It reads thus begging for help is neglected They’re going to scold him to death
Yes The candidates for the imperial examinations are now running to the house of Prime Minister Suo Prime Minister Suo sees them sometimes Sometimes? So he sees some candidates I wish I had a lot of money I will succeed and then enter the Imperial Academy Three years as Hanlin Bachelor
Grant a position in the cabinet Stay with His Majesty for a few years then go out and become a local governor with superior status until older transferred back to the court South study minister Grand bachelor of Baohe Hall Lord Gao How’s that? Go to sleep! Stop making noise Anyway
We’ve been studying for ten years Success or failure hinges on this one action Guys, if any of you gets rich don’t forget others Aren’t you the best scholar in Jiangnan? That’s what we should be saying to you Sure thing If I… ever get powerful I’m not the one who let my friends down
Am I right? You say something too Then the three of us here to make a vow If we become rich, not to forget each other Whoever is admitted helps whoever doesn’t If we’re all admitted we will protect each other and advance and retreat together
It’s up to us to make the world go well In the future, we will do something for the country and the people So we can live up to our friendship That’s right Now get down to business Go to bed How about Give me a light? I can’t get off it
All the candidates for imperial examinations please listen to me Noise and harassment are strictly prohibited in the examination room Line up according to A, B, C, D, E Get ready to enter and receive a body search Anyone who smuggles notes will be expelled from the examination room Gossipers
Will be expelled from the examination room and impostors must stop taking the exam for three years Open examination office Come! Stand forward. Stand forward Please turn around Go over there Let’s go! OK, go over there Get in line All right, you can go over there All right, come here You, come here
Go over there OK Stand up and turn around You… Let’s go! Come on, you can go there OK I should stay for three days Go back to the Department of Works and get me a script I want that knid What kind? The kind with pictures My Lord This is the arrogant scholar
Who jumped into the Yellow River in winter Do you see it? Whoever recorded in this paper have all given gifts to Prime Minister Suo There are still a few to be found and Suoetu is very crafty You think you can expose him? Then you’re not seeing the big picture Yes, yes, yes
What’s wrong? My Lord Hand in examination papers It’s only the first day Have you finished it yet? Three essays and one poem Done It’s still two days away The exam is given only once every three years Can you be serious? I can’t stand another day Here’s so cramped. I can’t even
Stretch my legs To tell you the truth I don’t even bring dinner Look My Lord What are you yelling about? My Lord Are you crazy? My Lord There’s a test taker to turn in He must be crazy I think he must be crazy It’s only been a day He says
He doesn’t even bring dinner Interesting Let him turn in I turn in my papers and ask permission from you You’re quick Good handwriting! What a genius! Thank you for your praise Where are you from? What’s your name? I’m Gao Shiqi from Qiantang, Zhejiang Province OK! Great! Consider it an early congratulations
For your success Thank you Give him the food I bring Well I feel bad to take it Well Take it I don’t bring much Here are some for you I was also from a poor family and pass the exam It won’t hurt you to eat these things I’m grateful The rules of exam
Are just like this If the exam is less than three days not even a bird will be allowed to fly out One of the last candidates died of angina and had to be wrapped in a mat and put against a wall It makes me sad to think about it Why don’t you wait?
OK Here, take it Well Thank you Thank you Thank you very much Thank you My Lord He is the one that demanded to be taken down Why did Suoetu hate him so much? I don’t know the details Should we help him? What’s the use of helping such a flighty?
It’s not like he doesn’t know the rules He played smart and ate my food Stain the paper Don’t put his in the list His Majesty has issued a decree and let the criminal Department discuss the crime of Wang Guangyu Mingzhu should do it but he? He kept wasting time until Wang Guangyu died
Then he carefully sent Jin Fu to the capital and put him in the beekeeping alley I’m so angry that my lungs almost burst And now he’s doing some kind of inspection He wants to hide it What do you think we should do? He doesn’t give a darn about
What’s going on in the penal department Prime Minister Ming tells me that Wang Guangyu is one of your men Still you have to be more tolerant Then Prime Minister Ming has to show some respect to Prime Minister Suo, doesn’t he? Are you stupid? Do you believe Prime Minister Ming’s words? Show me respect
Who is he? Who am I? Who am I? He came from a poor family Would he gain this status without his Majesty’s support? Yeah It’s kind of a force now He is so focused on the river course Why? This river course has cost millions of taels of silver a year
Every time the department of Revenue counts the money they take a material list to check The truth? It is submerged in the river There’s nothing the department can do about him Of course he wants to be a part of this big deal Yes You see only one aspect of the thing
Instead of the whole picture The three rivers are the lifeblood of Jiangbei What is the lifeblood? When the Yellow River burst the grain from the south could not be transported to the north and soldiers from the north could not move an inch Ten days after the Yellow River breach
The imperial Court was in danger A few days ago, the Yellow River broke and the government had already discussed moving the capital back to outside the pass, hadn’t it? You see the stakes? The river is the heart of His Majesty We aren’t able to save Wang Guangyu
Who will be the next governor of the river? We have to have him We have to take care the river Get it? Prime Minister Suo, you see things deeply Some people said a few days ago that Prime Minister Suo did not protect Wang Guangyu at all Some people say you’re mean
I don’t save people in the water It serves him right. Wang Guangyu is unlcuky Prime Minister Suo Prime Minister Suo When it comes to river regulation, I’m the expert When I was in the office Enough, enough I know that But his Majesty is no longer what he was Things about Jin Fu
Makes me feel sad to see he is not sincere In fact he wants to choose the river governer by himself lest the river course fall into the others’ hands So tell me what shall we do? Prime Minister Suo We can ake him to the court recorder A beekeeping alley Who lives there?
That’s the censor officer Does Jin Fu still need to be questioned? He should have been in prison a long time ago That’s very true In my opinion We must first focus on the key points that is the conviction of Wang Guangyu Then we’ll accuse Mingzhu of shielding Jin Fu with ulterior motives
We’re gonna take the first step and then the second step I have something to speak to your Majesty Officials of Six Ministries after deliberation return a verdict that Wang Guangyu commits the crime of dereliction of duty He should be immediately executed the three families will also be punished and ask permission from you
Your Majesty Prime Minister Ming discussed the matter twice in the Department of Punishment Even many officials believed that since Wang Guangyu was dead it was against the national system to hurt the three families again This is a contempt for the law of the ancestors Your Majesty Please inform the nation
And alert all officials I have something to speak to your Majesty Wang Guangyu was recommended by me I didn’t expect him to fail to live up to your expectations I am guilty of this The meeting of the Six Ministry I should be excused but we still expect the emperor to adjudicate
Since you all say so we will do as you say Wang Guangyu’s crime will not be forgiven and I will not show mercy to his family The men will be sent to Ninggu Tower and given to the Qing soldiers there as slaves The women will be sold by the local government
You think I’m being merciless? I punish him is not for the Yellow River breach but for his suicide Where did he put me? Where has he thrown the trust I have placed in him? Thinking that a simple death would leave the guilt and the mess Your Majesty is wise
The flood devastated the area and almost pushed Qing into the abyss It is merciful of you to do so You can leave now Come back this time tomorrow Your Majesty Change clothes You’ll feel cold then Let me exercise today’s day of sulk out I feel better now All these letters
Are sent here today to accuse Prime Minister Ming of covering up for Jin Fu They take the second move By decree Open the door Go Come on Go I’m tired The Han people are clever Having made such a thing to subject the nation’s students into submission Oh, my Lord, something’s wrong
These days while you stay in the examination office there are so many memorials that complain about you They come here several times and they asked us to try to send you a message The door of the Imperial Examinations Hall can’t be opened without His Majesty’s order I can’t get in
What did they say? They accused you of corrupting politics Corrupting politics? Your majesty Long live the emperor, long live Long live Stand up Thank Your Majesty I’m back to deliver my decree Thank you for your hard work I dare not say I’m tired that it is on duty these two days
Calm and quiet I saw the papers sealed and I came to hand them in That’s OK Your Majesty I have one more thing Speak I’m… quitting my job and going back to my hometown I will submit it tomorrow and I ask the your permission
Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today Why wait until tomorrow? Give it to me today Your Majesty I’ll go back and write it I’m You’re pretty well informed It’s all against you So many people accuse you Actually, it all points to me I know you are loyal Rise
Thanks, Your Majesty Are you really allowed to do that? And you go back and write your report and I’ll ask you to stay You have always been kind to me Why? I don’t know what this is about? Which thing? How many things do you do?
All I know is to be loyal to you Don’t be nervous It is Jin Fu’s affair They send a report and decide to condemn Wang Guangyu first They want to confiscate his three clans and sell his female family members as soon as possible Then kill Jin Fu At this moment
They work together to bring you down Your Majesty Isn’t this rebellion? The emperor has a reason to kill whoever he wants There is no ancestral rule here it is not so easy to break That doesn’t matter But I find one thing very strange Jin Fu is the governor
He’s brave enough to go to the river dikes How come he would risk his life and embezzle workers’ silvers? The Censor should know about this But why do they have to fight so hard to kill him at the cost of offending the South study minister? I’m afraid there’s more to it than that
I… I can’t figure it out either They also expect me to show mercy to Wang Guangyu and exonerate his family If I really agree with them I’ve become a fool to be manipulated around Your Majesty is wise Wang Guangyu’s crime is unforgivable You have already condemned him
And I suggest that Jin Fu, governor of Anhui should be punished according to the law of the Qing Dynasty The loss of river is equivalent to a defeat of the army So he should be executed immediately I heard that Minister Mingzhu of the South study escorted Jin Fu to the capital
But did not send him to the Department of Punishment or the six departments to discuss his crime Instead, he was put in the beekeeping alley treated like a great lord He’s harboring the criminal which shows his wild ambition You must check I think Jin Fu
Should be discussed by the Ministry of Criminal crime and be executed in the market as a warning to all the people avenge hundreds of thousands of victims in seven counties by the Lixia River in seven counties by the Lixia River Your Majesty I heard that Jin Fu survived in the flood
And was sent by Minister Mingzhu of the Southern Study to his family to take him back to the capital and put him in a beekeeping alley without being turned over to the criminal Department This is an open contempt for ancestral law What does Mingzhu want? Does he still care about the emperor?
If he does this you agree then what is the use of the Department of punishment? Mingzhu, what’s your defense? I’m guilty Please make your ruling South study minister One avoids the other is guilty I have to tell you Mingzhu why did you put Jin Fu in the beekeeping alley?
I was trying to make the court look good When Jin Fu goes to prison he will be in despair and commits suicide following in the footsteps of Wang Guangyu Then it will be difficult for him to bring justice to the punishment Pure subterfuge Either he dies at the entrance to market
Or he dies in the prison What gives you the right to tamper with ancestral law? Method of ancestry? Did we encounter the Yellow River breaking its banks before I entered the customs? You’re trying to convict Jin for the loss That’s your recipe Not ancestors’! The emperor’s will is clear
Governors on both sides of the Yellow River have only the responsibility of association Kill all the officers in the seven counties by the Lixia River as you say What is the ancestral method of Prime Minister Ming? Put the guilty man who caused the Yellow River outburst in the beekeeping alley for confession
According to this theory if an official commits a crime he will not be killed but will be treated well There is no precedent, do not arbitrarily A precedent should not be arbitrarily repealed Please kill Jin Fu and dismiss Mingzhu to make sure the Qing dynasty is well-governed Killing Jin Fu and firing me
Will clear up the bureaucracy? Who will pay for the calligraphy and painting antiques you buys in the Department of Works every year? You… All right, Mingzhu It costs five hundred taels to go to your house How dare you talk about me? OK Leave, all of you This is supposed to be
A grand ceremony of the court How can you be like shrews and make noise here to discuss the matter of Jin Fu or Mingzhu Countries have national laws His Majesty knows better than you You don’t have to talk about it here We still expect your Mahesty to adjudicate
Arrange Jin Fu in the beekeeping alley is my will Do you think I’m covering for him? Please obey the law of the ancestors This precedent cannot be set It’s easy to kill a man But I do not want to kill him in the capital As soon as the imperial examination is over
Jin Fu will be escorted to the Yellow River and the officials of the six departments would go with me to find out the cause of the breach of the Yellow River so that he will die without regrets Your Majesty is wise There’s no need to discuss I said I was there that day
To make amends to Prime Minister Suo And I found Yes Prime Minister Suo is having a good talk with the crown prince I suppose they can’t be interrupted I must take the cue I can tell you the prince is really a genius I dare say that he is the only one
Who is so clever since the founding of the Qing Dynasty What about his Majesty His Majesty His Majesty defeated Oboi in 16 years old Just think about it What do you think a little clever in front of a guy like that can do? You are right
The first wonder of our holy dynasty Back then I was a soldier in the second class I went through this battle myself Oboi Well is no ordinary man When Oboi was on the battlefield he did not use a sword He rode on his horse and with the strength of his arms
He grabbed a man and threw him outside with one breath Good for him That’s right That was when you pasted kites You know Yes to help make ends meet for family Yeah, I know you’re handy I heard that when he captured Oboi Prime Minister Suo
Attacked Oboi in the back of the head and knocked him down which was a great achievement Nonsense. Who said that? That’s what the teahouse teller said This The Yellow River is windy Don’t get cold Enough of the big talks Do you have a cotton-padded jacket at home?
If not, I will ask my family to send one to you Don’t bother, thanks You at least have one That’s right Be careful Prime Minister Suo His Majesty came to the solution this time gently and quietly put the matter over What are we gonna do now? He is not behind anymore
He is on stage now OK So that’s it My Lord Be careful Let’s talk as we go You have to pick something up Pick something up sent it to… What do you do? I want to meet someone Who? I am a good friend of Lord Jin I heard he was in here
And I want to bring him some food I’m afraid you can’t do that Please help me This is an official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs Place of Review It’s not a prison cell We keep it a secret I’ll just leave after I see him Thanks You mustn’t ruin my future
If you look for someone else, that’s all right But Jin Fu is an exception Prime Minister Ming said anyone who lets someone in will be killed I heard Jin was convicted of a capital crime His Majesty will have him taken to the Yellow River and behead him We’ve been friends for decades
And we hardly see each other Just let me in to see him I don’t know if his destiny If I let you in I will be killed Go cry somewhere else My Lord Get out My Lord Your honor is in trouble Take this food box to him That’s even worse
Lord Jin is a treasure All he eats and drinks including even a grain of rice are from the Prime Minister’s office I can’t decide Well Can I take a look at him? Just a look Why do you keep going on and on? Prime Minister Ming family is here for 12 hours
And I can’t even get in Why don’t you take a look? You’d better get out of here I am a man from Prime minister Suo’s mansion Man Well… Don’t you understand? According to Prime Minister Ming’s family Prime Minister Suo are the last ones to be let in Mingzhu That’s not enough Scold me?
Why don’t you spank him? Once I hit him it’s over Let me tell you It is not his Majesty’s will It is Mingzhu who fawns the emperor He hasn’t ability at all He only fawns over his Majesty and wants an equal footing with me No way My Lord If you say so
I’ll have someone raid his house right away Yeah It’s called cutting corners, do you know? As long as Wang Guangyu is not around even so what is the use? His Majesty took him to the edge of the Yellow River He can’t find any explanation He has to be killed I’ll see
How does Mingzhu feel? Yes, we do We’ll make sure Mingzhu is unseen here Aye Wang Guangyu commits suicide The people are angry about the flood Make waves If the court continues to harmonize without principle it cannot be done I hear there are already a lot of eyes on the Grand River position
Your Majesty has to choose for yourself At least make it work Does your Majesty want to take a trip to the beekeeping alley? Those chroniclers are going to talk again I have an idea I don’t know if it’s feasible Jin Ziyuan Do you recognize me? Prime Minister Ming Here you are
I have the mandate to ask you a question You need to be careful I’m Jin Fu Greetings, Prime Minister Ming You’re on your knees right now caught in the rain Does it feel good? It’s better when it comes to flood claiming a million lives You turn out to be a good officer
Caring about millions of lives His Majesty let me ask you you are so short of money? You embezzled the rivermen’s money and the rivermen scattered I came to Anhui to inspect the Yellow River dam The river official at the Yellow River Dikes got cold feet It was at stake I commanded the levee
For seventeen days There were a lot of casualties on the embankment The rivermen are all want to be paid Wang Guangyu hasn’t been paid for more than a year The rivermen’s wives, children don’t even have money for resettlement The morale of the troops is unstable Wang Guangyu took the carriage
And pretended to pay river workers but the carriage was empty He took the emperor’s flag and wanted to kill me as a scapegoat That’s true You blow up the embankment Taoyuan Sangu two counties have suffered the flood To whom do you render a service? To river god?
The people of the two counties have long since moved away Blowing the dike to release the flood should have been so Since I went to Anhui I have paid attention to the Yellow River affairs so I think I am not an amateur If I don’t make this decision immediately
I’m afraid the dike will collapse even faster Who can testify for you now? Where are the river workers? Where are they? They’re probably all dead How did you get out alive? I see You are the governor of Anhui The flood gave you preferential treatment The Yellow River Dikes could have held
Once the Gaojiayan collapses the Yellow River Dikes could not be defended I did not want to die then Now I want to die but I cannot Jin Ziyuan You have to give the truthful details If there is a lie God can not save you I will explain the truth to His Majesty
Just call Wang Guangyu to talk about it and will know what I said is true Wang Guangyu He committed suicide long ago The river governor’s house burned into a wasteland who are you going to question? If they are clean officials you can kill me Jin Fu You’re meant to stay alive
Floods let you survive God let you live with his own reason The emperor is now telling me to ask you but you’re giving me excuses You have a death wish? I’ve been an official for 20 years The Yellow River Dikes have not been repaired for a long time The dikes are deserted
It will break sooner or later I have no excuse According to your words you are an official of merit? Anyway, the Yellow River is going to burst Corruption is not a crime Right? That’s your logic? I have been guarding the dikes for seventeen days I have already cared little about life or death
What is the use of money? you don’t know the Yellow River affairs nor the hardships of it I have no time to argue with you You’ve got a temper I just asked a few questions and you get angry and kick me out Jin Fu His Majesty told me to take you
To the Yellow River and behead you on the dikes for public display Bury your bones at the bottom of the river so that you can never live in peace and suffer from immersion A monument will be erected at the river’s edge It reads thus
“Tomb of Jin Fu, the official who broke the Yellow River Dikes” Do you have anything to say? I can beg for a favor from the Emperor for you Thank you, Prime Minister Ming for taking care of me all the way There is no need to beg for a favor for me