【ENG SUB】EP1: Jin Fu blew up the dike to save the people!《The Long River 天下长河》【MangoTV Drama】
Keep calm Smooth your breathing Smooth your breathing Move, move Here Hurry up Got it Right your judgement Keep calm Rise your feet Rise your feet One, two, three One, two, three One, two, three Keep calm Smooth your breathing You get over there and nail those stakes Aye, my lord
And you, make more dikes(special bags of branches, framed by bamboo) And put them into use now Got it The rest of you Each of you ties yourself up Get yourself tied Prepare yourself to put the dikes Prevent yourself from being engulfed by the turbulent currents Mind your steps Be careful
The flood is coming, the flood is coming The flood is approaching The flood is approaching Premier Ming His Majesty felt short of breath and went to Jingshan Mountain over and over again like he was possessed by the devil May god have mercy on us
Or no one can be certain to see the sunrise Nonsense Take it Premier Ming, my lord Go away Premier Ming Get out of my way Get lost Premier Ming Premier Ming The memorial, my lord Premier Ming Give it to me Premier Ming Such heavy rain Don’t catch a cold Hush hush Your Majesty
Greetings. Your Majesty Urgent report on the situation of the Yellow River Urgent report on the situation of the Yellow River Lack of manners Your Majesty You don’t even wear a coat Liang Jiugong Serve my lord a cup of hot milk Yes, your Majesty Suo Etu, Grand Master of Baohe Hall requests an audience
Come in Greetings. Your Majesty Rise and let’s discuss the urgent matter Yes, your Majesty Ming Zhu brought the report on the rainfall Have a look According to the Board of Astronomy Till now,150 years have passed since the ninth year of the reign of Jiajing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty(1529 A.D)
This is the largest rainfall ever since then Seven point eight inches of daily precipitation in Jiangning Eleven inches for Suqian Fifteen for Xuzhou There were six dike bursts in Henan Even the River Governor’s yamen was wiped out The latest report The Yellow River has put Hongze Lake in danger
The flood flows all the way down through Gaojia Dam and the Yellow River Dam Once the dam bursts all the prefectures and counties nearby would be drowned Your Majesty I have urged all River Governors’ yamens to step up the construction of dams and strengthen river banks Your Majesty, this is the Almighty’s providence
It’s no use worrying Providence? The army supplies destined for Guangzhou and Hunan Province were blocked before they left Shandong Six hundred thousand soldiers at the front fought bloody battles with Wu Sangui day and night dying for food How can we win the battle without army supplies? Waiting for Wu Sangui’s arrival?
The Almighty commands me to reign the country Not to flee from Shanhaiguan in despair Soothe your anger, my king All my fault Rise Yes, your Majesty I harbour no anger toward you It’s the rain The unwelcome rain What are the keys to winning a battle? Money, food and backup
The supplies cannot be transported if the river course is crashed Six hundred thousand soldiers at the front is a mainstay of the Qing Dynasty If they lost we would be too ashamed to face our ancestors We just managed to accumulate a little popular support after the ban on the land enclosure
But it’s all in vain because of this rain Your Majesty I have written documents to instruct local yamens to change water transportation into land transportation so as to back up the front line soon Both Hunan and Hubei had a harvest this year
At the front line of Hunan, the numbers of the enemy and ourselves are roughly the same Hubei is capable of supporting the front some time All the officials in the capital were contacted and commanded to convene all the horses and mules And hire private carriage shops to get to the grounding site
At least they can get the supplies transported Don’t worry, your Majesty Deliver my order to Wang Guangyu No Directly to all the River Governor’s yamens Get your work done or get your head on a spike Deliver a document to Wang Guangyu Tell him that the river must be secured
The dam is secured, and he lives The dam is broken, and he dies And deliver another order to all the governors and governors-general of the provinces where the Yellow River flows through Dispatch them with civilians Send troops and civilians Leave no means untried to maintain the streamway Whoever fails will be
Punished as those who lose a city Yes, your Majesty The flood is approaching Run Run The flood is coming, the flood is coming Run Run Stop Stop Stop You can’t outrun the flood The Governor of Anhui inspects the Yellow River course by his Majesty’s order
The Governor of Anhui inspects the Yellow River course by his Majesty’s order Get back! Get back! The Governor of Anhui inspects the Yellow River course by his Majesty’s order Go back Stop running Get back! Go The Governor of Anhui inspects the Yellow River course by his Majesty’s order One, two One, two
One, two Guys Here come the officials Get on with your work Push the dikes into the water One, two You, with me Got it One, two Forefathers ad foremothers Your disgraced descendant Sun Xuanye is coming to see you God has sent this disaster because of my sinister guilty for disgrace and immorality
I am unworthy of all your contribution and devotion to this country Now this unwelcome rain has put seven counties by the Lixia River in danger Thus the supplies to the battlefield was blocked Our very survival is threatened People are the foundation of the country
The country will be safe if the foundation is firm May god and forefathers ad foremothers have mercy on this country and people One, two, three One, two, three One, two, three One, two, three We must maintain it One, two, three One, two, three One, two, three I can’t hold it
Exert all your strength The currents is too strong to hold back Help Help Help Stop Where to run? I need to take care of my mother Make way Make way Stop fighting, leave him alone My lord Lad We all have family But all is fair in this lethal flood Man yourself up
And stand back in line One, two, three One, two, three One, two, three One, two, three The flood peak crossing The flood peak crossing The flood peak crossing The flood peak crossing What a gigantic wave! My lord I beg your pardon Could you please tell me your name? I’m Jinfu, governor of Anhui
Inspect by the king’s order Where’s your river governor here? River governor? He’s fled to his grandma’s house Tell everyone you have a new river governor who won’t flee to his grandma’s house The benevolent Goddess of Mercy Bodhisattva Please bless me Don’t rain anymore or I would fail to maintain the dam
I’m your follower, the river governor-general I’ll be a vegetarian for the rest of my life if necessary I Please, please Goddess of Mercy Bodhisattva Show us mercy Show us mercy Who? It’s me, my lord My lord The imperial decree? There was another dike breach in the Wuzi(fifth) dam Seventeen people were washed away
And the Gaojia Dam won’t hold any longer The Governor of Anhui, lord Jinfu has reached the Yellow River Dam And he’s still there Great Note his name down and mount him a monument As long as he can keep the Yellow River Dam I’ll respect him as my living forefather My lord
There have been too many casualties among river workers And they say they haven’t been paid in over a year not to mention the settling-in allowance Go away But the crowds are fomenting a disturbance I don’t have the money My lord, at least we kept the dam Write a report to his majesty
Claim the feat, write it now Open the gate, an urgent report from 800 miles away Long live the king Rise Thanks, your majesty Today’s Gongmenchao(Official document of the Qing realm) Have you read it? Thanks to the great fortune of your Majesty and the service of all officials
The seven counties by the Lixia River have been stable Gratifying Don’t draw a conclusion too fast We can be reassured only if the flood season is past Yes, your Majesty Your Majesty has a saint’s heart and your concern for the safety of the Yellow River shame me badly
So I must at least do something for the river course I beg your permission to let me raise donations to reward those victory river workers Your Majesty I volunteer to lead the Eight Banners valiant fighters in capital to serve on the Yellow River I shall not come back home
If I failed to put the Yellow River under control Your Majesty If only we were united as one the Yellow River would be safe I would like to serve in the front with my servants You can share my worries and work together with me Which is a good thing
The realm has allotted so much money to the river workers every year Training an army for a thousand days to be used for just one hour We can only count on Wang Guangyu Here’s my order Anyone who dares to hinder the matter out of selfish motives will see the mercilessness of the law
Tell my six concubines to take out all their case-dough including gold and silver jewelry If necessary sell the house My lord It’s too late to plant the tree when you want to eat an apple No Neither this nor that will do What should I suppose to do? Calm down, calm down
Let’s write to the Premier right now Take it easy My lord A letter from lord Wang Guangyu Shame on him He dares to write a letter Now he knows to ask me for help Too late Where’s the messenger? He’s waiting outside the door Let him send my word If he made it
He may have the chance to come back and enjoy a peaceful life If he failed Let him jump into the flood Well Any other problems? Whether the supplies to the front line can be transported and seven counties by the Lixia River can be kept safe all depends on him My lord
You knew what was going on with Wang Guanyu Knew what? I know nothing He himself has grabbed a lot of money It’s time for him to spit some out to do some business My lord, please be calm I mean he was recommended by you Now he’s in trouble
It’s alright if he’s loyal to you But if he was taken to the capital then… So What’s your opinion? My lord, I suppose there’s a trick up your sleeve A pawn could be used as a rook when it crosses the river These are the seventeen dead men’s family members Their corpses
Cannot be found Someone should give them an explanation But the river governor’s gone There’s Lord Jin What about him? Lord Jin will be here soon OK, express your appeal one by one There’s Lord Jin Please, Lord Jin Give me back my husband You murdered my son Give me back my son My son
Give me back my son One by one One by one One by one Folks! Folks! One by one, calm down What’s your name? Child You must remember he’s the one who got your father killed You must never forget My fellow folks We haven’t been paid for over a year We don’t even have
Straw mats to wrap the corpses These officials They care nothing about our lives We want to go back home Yeah Folks Folks! Folks! Listen to me Let’s go home Calm down, my folks Folks Listen to me, my fellow folks Stay, please What about the dam if you’re gone? We can’t fight the God
Go home We have parents expecting us If we die here Our corpses won’t even be found That’s right Go home Please don’t go Please stay Go back Stop running Lord Jin Get back! We dare not stay here When I get back I will escape from this place with my family At your age
You haven’t slept for three days We appreciate your benevolence You should run away, too We cannot stop the Yellow River My son Yesterday We lost seventeen brothers Without them We cannot keep the dam If the dam was devastated seven counties by the Lixia River would be doomed
I have served this country for twenty years That sin cannot be atoned even if I died This roll is for me And these spirit money are for all the brothers who died in protecting the dam Folks How many houses have to be drowned and how many people have to die
Till the flood is over? If you want to leave Then leave I’m going to hold on to it alone Folks! Folks! Lord Jin is right If we stay, some may live If we run, all will die To hell with that We might as well stay and fight I’ve been poor all my life
I burn these spirit money for myself Guys Get to work Get to work Yeah, let’s do it Do it We’re not leaving Go to work Guys Go Get to work Watch out You’re looking for me? Lord Jin I work for the Governor-general Wang The general sent me to visit you out of courtesy
After he heard the news of your personal governance of the river The road is slippery in this rain I dare not bring too many things except for two fine ginseng as tonics for your health And he also said he would tell his Majesty the grit you have shown once the flood is over
Where is the general now? He’s also supervising the dams Just like you, serving his majesty The letter I wrote to him Has he seen it? River workers are clamoring for the paycheck They are owed more than one-year’ salary You now expect them to work their lives away for the jobs?
Who is the River Governor of the Yellow River Dam? He left his job at this critical moment Tell Wang Guangyu to find this man and make him come back if he still cherishes his life Lord Jin On behalf of Governor-general Wang I would like to say a few personal words to you
He said the Yellow River Dam in all probability can not be held and you need to hurry back If something happens You are the governor of Anhui General Wang can’t afford the consequences Besides when you see his Majesty later you should say that General Wang has done his best
No one can deal with this natural disaster Then I have to thank General Wang for his kindness Now the River Governor has run away There is a reason why the dam cannot be guarded What do you mean? So we’re just going to watch these people drown? Tell me to leave the dam?
Doesn’t Wang Guangyu fear death? No Every magistrate in the area of the Yellow River has the responsibility of supervising the dam Did he not know this? General Wang may be held responsible but there is someone in the court who will not be killed to protect him Of course You can be protected too
You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours Officials are supposed to help each other Uncle Guo He Uncle Guo He I am here This is the private adviser of the General Wang You get to know each other and tell guys this is the ginseng that General Wang sent to everyone
Boil it in a big pot and distribute it to the people on the embankment to eat General Wang will soon send over the silver he owes to everyone No Oh You No No Lord, you… Go back and tell Wang Guangyu to send the silver as soon as possible Or
I’ll tear his house down Keep calm Smooth your breathing Keep calm Smooth your breathing Rise your feet Right your judgement Keep calm One, two One, two One, two One, two The flood is approaching Go protect the embankment The flood is approaching Go protect the embankment The flood is approaching Protect the embankment!
Blow up the opposite embankment The opposite is Taoyuan and Sangu counties People over there have moved away With the river governor gone blowing up the embankment was a crime that would destroy the clan The river governor is gone but I’m here Blowing up the embankment to discharge the flood
If something goes wrong, it’s my clan that gets killed Go My lord Go Come here Lord Jin ordered the embankment to be exploded to discharge the flood or we’ll all die We can no longer protect the embankment Lord Jin has an order Blow the embankment!
Blow the embankment to release the flood! Blow the raft fast! In order to preserve the Seven Counties by the Lixia River The embankment must be blown up Guys We’ll give those who go to blow up the embankment the credit Their families are given preferential treatment Are there any brave people? I’ll go Guys
To flee is to die It’s better to die with honor I’ll go Tie me to the raft I’ll go I’m in Count me in. I’m coming too That’s my son Guys His name is Jin Zhiyu He’s my son He’s been with me for three years but He’s never been rewarded for his work
As he’s my son It’s a tribute to me Child Today you’re taking the guys over there carefully and blowing up the embankment Father I’ll reward you for your work when you return Aye, my lord The safety of this dam depends on you Seven counties by the Lixia River are counting on you
Got it OK Guys Are you ready? Ready One, two One, two One Two Guys Eyes straight ahead At my command The coward dies first One, two One, two The flood flows away! The flood flows away! The flood flows away! Great! Great! We’re saved! Excellent! The flood flows away! The flood flows away!
The flood flows away! I didn’t take it I didn’t take it Your Highness I really didn’t take it Don’t you run I didn’t take it Nothing You see, I didn’t take it I really didn’t Look! Look! I have nothing Mother Don’t say it out, Emperor They’re all looking for it
Will you hide it for me? Whose horsewhip is it? I stole it This is very important Then I’ll hide it for mother Besides you get me a horse All I have to do is give the horse a little jerk then I could ride him all the way back to Horqin
That’s going to take a long time Emperor Have I treated you well? Are you willing to help me? Not just a horse but anything I can find I’ll give you anything you want But the way from the capital to Horqin is so long When the war is over
I will accompany you to your hometown. How about that? Really? Really Emperor But you have to promise me that you won’t tell the person in the house about it She’s held me captive for half my life She won’t let me go Okay, I promise you I won’t tell her It’s our secret
Grandmother let us have dinner together Let’s go inside, mother With war at the front line and floods inside I know you’ve been concerned But don’t take the words of the ministers at court to heart What else can they say? Till now they complain my withdrawal of the vassals was a rash move
There’s no need to talk about it Actually, my biggest concern is the Yellow River Once the dam bursts It’s a tough battle to win or lose And there’s no telling how many people will lose their families Sometimes I’m afraid, too if the battle was lost if the Yellow River burst
And the situation became uncontrollable What should I do then? Some banners in the Eight Banners felt that the Emperor had forced Wu Sangui to rebel Those banners are so rich that they’re afraid to lose their lives in the battle so they dare not fight The court earns
925 thousand kg of silver per year Three Dukes have half of it What do they want? Recruiting their own troops and appointing their own officers Isn’t this just like feeding a tiger? Better just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony If we can’t win, let’s fight for more years
When we have more money we will reorganize the river affairs straighten out water transport and recover Taiwan Don’t touch me! Don’t touch me! Don’t touch me! You filthy women Get away from me! Don’t touch me! Your Majesty Do something for me! Don’t touch me! She took it Whose whip is this?
I made it up to her The Empress Dowager has just taken the whip and asked me to find her a horse so she can come back to Horqin Go back to what? A deposed empress who speaks like a madwoman Let her go back and start rumors about your father?
Mocking me behind my back? Mother is an honest woman I know if she is honest or not But the court has a system Since she is deposed and under my protection It is enough for her to have food to eat How can there be so many delusions in her mind?
You don’t have to care about her Today Consort Zhao’s family is here and it has something to do with you Ebilong has been highly valued for a long time Although he is dead, his power is still there This time his family wants to gather all the household slaves
And strong men of the old Eight Banners and rush to the battlefield in Hunan I think you need to do something in return I will express my gratitude But what is the use of these thousands of people? He is an old minister who followed the previous emperor to fight the world
Not to mention thousands of people even tens of people is a show of his attitude Those gossiping people will naturally learn to behave themselves I really don’t want to crown an Empress at this point Otherwise The outside will criticize me that the country is in danger how can an emperor
Still think about the harem? At this time You need more support from those old ministers and old banners who fought with the late emperor Can you hold the situation down with your promotion of those young people? I know You don’t know at this critical moment you need a grand wedding more than ever
To calm people The harem cannot be without a master Grandmom I’m going back to read the military news I’m going back What about Wang Guangyu’s character? Well Let me think You are an official of the Ministry of Justice and you have to check the character of the nation’s officials every three years
I asked you such a question and you even have to think about it? I dare not speak nonsense to deceive Your Majesty Wang Guangyu is a member of the Han army banner He was recommended by Prime Minister Suo Why didn’t you say so at the court? I wouldn’t dare Everyone says
I don’t get along with Prime Minister Suo If I say so, won’t I be stirring up trouble? So you chose to muddle through your work? I wouldn’t dare Who gave you this official position? From Your Majesty Is it Suo Etu? Absolutely not Did you take money from Wang Guangyu? No never
If I took his money, I’d be doomed I’m sure you wouldn’t dare I’ll tell you what If you dare to do so I will immediately behead you Get up You spend all day pretending in front of me Your majesty, you are now in need of personnel If you want to replace Wang Guangyu
I suppose you need to wait for the floods to pass Replacing him at this time is risky It’ll disturb people, Your Majesty Although I said in the court how to punish those who neglect their duties I know in my heart whether they can control the flood does not depend on themselves
But rely on God If Wang Guangyu were a man with integrity If he were clean-handed and competent even if he can not guard the river the river collapsed I would not punish him But if he dares to have ulterior motives Your Majesty is very insightful and merciful The River must be guarded well
Lord Wang has brought the money here Payments are coming! Lord Wang has brought the money here Thank you for your hard work, Lord Jin! Why did you come so late? I heard that you blew up the embankment of two counties, Taoyuan and Sangu Do you know what kind of crime it is?
I’m not fighting with you now you quickly unload the silver I promised the river workers twice the settlement fee If the silver is not enough the governor’s office is to make up for it The dead people are given preferential treatment The bombing of the embankment must be blamed Do you know your crime?
What? I am sinful?