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The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War
I only provided kindling in
His majesty's heart
Knowing that
he set fire and burned everything
That is the king you serve
if you dont believe me
ask him yourself
His Majesty could have given Jeong Cheol
a sword knowing it was a ruse
it's killing the opponent with
someone else's sword
i'm beginning to fear his majesty
What brings you here at this late hour?
i was lonely
i'm glad you came
something good happened
i was going to tell you tomorrow
Would you like a drink?
What is that?
The shoes you gave me after
the national investigation
You came at this late hour
to return those shoes?
This might sound disloyal
but i'd like to know your true intentions
True intentions?
Your majesty
you had many ministers and Confucian
scholars excuted by justifying it with
Jeong Yeorip's treason
Was it a strategy of killing the enemy with
someone else's sword to
strengthen your position on the throne?
Councilor
i am asking if you did that knowing
it was all a ruse by Song lkpil
and his followers
Look here
Please tell me the truth
i have to know if you are the same king
that i knew
are you asking if i slaughtered my servants
because i desired power?
Yes your majesty
Do you know what it means when
a servant comes at this hour and asks
such a tragic and arrogant question?
it means death
You're not afraid to die?
About a thousand people died
if those were your true intentions
whether you kill me or i take my own life
my life is over
Since you put your life on the line
i have nothing to hide
Listen
i might have taken the throne
without having much
But i remembered your teachings and
made an effort to be a wise ruler
i didnt want to hear that something
went wrong because i shouldnt have
become the king
i tiptoed around the ministers and
watched the public opinion of
the confucian scholars
i was practically on a bed of thorns
Many times i wanted to return to
the days before i entered the palace
the result is simheojeung (symptoms of a stuffy chest and insomnia)
There is one wish i have (symptoms of a stuffy chest and insomnia)
Even if i cant be a great ruler like
King sejong i dont want to be remembered
as a tyrant like prince Yeonsan
Could i cruelly kill the servants and
Confucian scholars who were my teachers
just because of a few appeals?
No
i killed them
Because a foolish person who dosent
qualify to be a king is on the throne
Jeong Yeorip planned to commit treason
Many people thought he was better than me
i killed them
im sorry i got them killed
i killed all the innocent scholars
Do you feel better now?
Please kill me for not trusting you
No no
Its because i am lacking
i can understand why you doubted me
Your majesty please kill me
Come closer
Here
Thank you
Who would be able to ask me such
a question when their life was on the line?
i can be more cautious because
i have a servant like you
Your majesty
i was admonished by a teacher today
Continue to do that
i will stay by your side until
the day i die
Drink
Dont doubt his majesty anymore?
Yes
Jeong cheol and song lkpil
seem to have been involved in the incident
but his majesty didnt have
anything to do with that
is that so?
How can you be so sure?
Did you ask him?
Yes is asked him last night
Then i'll believe you
But what will that change?
You cant stand without trust
Suspicion between a ruler and a servant
affects national matters
That causes harm to the people
i will do as you say
Dont take it lightly
i saw his majesty's sincerity and tears
so?
if we dont doubt him
will he give us a tiny bit of power?
Whay are you so obsessed with power?
Are you innocent or ignorant?
Even a dog at the market needs power
to protect its offspring
A politician wants the best for the people
What would happen if he didnt have
the power to protect his convictions?
He will disappear like jo gwangjo
without achieving his will
A wise ruler has to have the power to
prevent a ruler's tyranny and
the power to punish officials who make
the people suffer
Power doesn't just mean authority
A greater power is true affection for
the country and the people
i know bu a great country isnt achieved
only with ideals
Do you know what Tojeong said?
People consider food to be the best
Can you feed and clothe the people
with affection alone?
You have to have the power to
provide for the people
That is what i think power is
Are you saying you seek power for the people
and the easterners seek power for
thier personal greed?
i think so
that is narrow-minded and selfish
What can you do about that?
They will think of us like that too
Lets stop
We have to join forces at a time like this
Drink your tea
July 1590 (Kyoto japan 2 years before the imjin war)
the diplomatic envoys reached Kyoto (Kyoto japan 2 years before the imjin war)
the capital of japan 3 months after they left
According to Haesarok writen by
Kim Seongil The Japanese didnt greet
the cnvoys with etiquette and formality
Hwang Yungil and kim Seongil had
conflicting opinions about this
Only Kim Seongil enterd Kyoto wearing
formal attire
the battle regarding diplomatic etiquette
continued between the japanese court
and the joseon envoys
Toyotomi Hideyoshi isnt the king?
He's not the king
but he might as well be the king
Stop being illogical
He's not the king
but he might as well be the king?
He is the gwanbaek
In japan the king has no power
The gwanbaek has all the actual power
The gwanbaek's order is the same as
the king's order
The king and the gwanbaek are the same
But he is still a servant of the king
You deceived us all this time
We didnt deceive you
its a misunderstanding because
there wasnt any intercharge between
Joseon and japan for 100 years
The gwanbaek isnt just a servant
Even the king cant treat him recklessly
What Sakadou and the pirates did
all happened because of
the gwanbaek's decision
You should meet him
The letter was meant for the king of japan
You want us to give it to the gwanbaek?
They're saying he's as good as the king
Lets meet him
Listen!
You want to just return to joseon?
We cant deliver a royal letter to
a king who is just a puppet
We will carry on as planned
Make preparations
We will do that
i'm worried about whats to come
whatif they sense that the gwanbaek
thinks they came to surrender?
we have to find a way
Konishi will be looking for a way
Dont worry and just act normall
i'm so nervous
May buddha have mercy on us
im suffering
its killing me
i'll seehis majesty again
i'll ask him to release you
You cant do that
i'm the one who was behind
the appeals of Jo Hun and the scholars
You and Howon had nothing to do with it (Seong Hon's courtesy name)
Unjang
Since i was captured
i wont be able to enter the palace again
Even if im released i'll just be hunted
by slave catchers
This is a far as i can go
i'll take all the responsibility
it was power gained at the cost of
the deaths of many scholars
We have to show them we were right
if you lose power and are driven our of court
we'll just be cruel murderers
Be strong Gyeham
Unjang
Do you remember i said i had two plans?
i hoped there wouldnt be a need for
the second plan
Raise tomorrow's king
You mean the crown prince?
The current king isnt great enough
to join our cause
The only way now is to change the sky
by raising the crown prince
Gyeam
Raise a new king and drive out
the narrow-minded people of the court
Carry out the Taoist politics we dream of
Then i would have no regrets even if i died
i promise you
King shun passed his throne to Yu and said
'the mind of human is nothing but danger'
'the mind of the way is nothing but subtlety'
Your majesty are you listening?
What is the lecture about?
Well...
We are lecturing on virtues of ruling
if you want to carry out politics well
you cant neglect your studies
im sorry
its because im lacking
King sejong and king sejo were
close with their servants
They were like father and son
The servants gave all their loyalty
Because theywere touched by their virtues
You are not answering us with sicerity
How will you become a great ruler?
Stop Just Stop!
I never said i wanted to be the king
Become the king yourself and
rule the country yourself!
Who is the king and who is the servant?
Do you really consider me to be the king?
Your majesty trust and follow us
You can become a great ruler
No
I cant trust you
You want to tie me up to protect
Your power and carry out
the politics you want
i' returning to my private home
You cant do that
You cant do that.You cant do that
Did you have nightmare?
Your work must be getting to you
You should go to the temporary palace
in onyang and take care of yourself (Hot spring in Asan)
i cant leave the palace
the owner might change while im gone
How can you say that?
it was nice when i was at the private home
it was nice when i was the prince Haseong (Seongjo's name before he became the king)
He had all those people killed
How will he pay for that?
I prayed for those souls
You did?i'm proud of you
i prayed for something else too
What?
That you would get pregnant
Pregnant?
Dont be absurd
its not absurd
i prayed with all my heart
the country is in confusion
What could be better than producing a son?
There are going to be problems regarding
the installment of a crown prince
You really dont want to be the crown prince?
Look at his majesty
i dont want that position even if i was
offerd all the gold and silver in the world
You dont want that
Why do you want me to produce a son
who has to take that position?
is that how it turns out?
Gwanghae
Thank you
im sorry for saying this
but if the queen didnt get pregnant for
alomost 20 years she wont get pregnant now
Then we have to install a crown prince
among the current princes
isnt it a bit early?
its not early
His majesty entered
the palace at the age of sixteen
He was educated to be a wise man within
and a virtuous king outward
There were a lot of difficulties then
if you think about the age of the princes now
its way too late
Now that you say that i agree
Who do you think is suitable
to be the crown prince?
Well...
Prince Imhae isnt a legitmate son
but he's the oldest son
He's first in line
if you look at personality
prince Gwanghae seems to be better
Prince sinseong is smart
He could be taught to be a great ruler
Not everyone can be taught to be
a great ruler
Whether you look at
personality or character
prince Gwanghae is suitable
Prince Gwanghae?
Yes
Do you remember the outbreak in
Hwanghae-do and Pyeongan-do last year?
Yes
Prince imhae and prince Gwanghae
wnt in his majesty's place
i cant forget wthat prince Gwanghae did
Prince (a village in Pyoengan-do)
Please save us Save us (a village in Pyoengan-do)
Mom Mom
Mom mom
Mom
Remove the corpse and isolate the child
Yes
Mom
its still spreading
You should return to the government office
im afraid you might catch the disease
Lets go
You go ahead
I want to look around a bit more
Suit yourself
Lets go
There's no news of the medicine yet?
No
Send another messenger and rush them
Yes
Take this
You have to take this medicine to survive
Open your mouth
Prince Gwanghae
im alright
Youre going tobe in trouble
Return to the government office
Im alr...
Prince Gwanghae! Prince Gwanghae!
Did he catch the disease?
Yes
Heaven helped him
He could have died
it must have scared you
Sure i was suprised
But i was really moved
Does him majesty know about that?
No
When he got up
he made me promise not to tell
since his majety would be worried
He has a deep heart
We should do this quickly
Should we go and see his majesty?
its a matter of deciding the crown prince
We should see how his majesty
feels about that first
We should discuss it with Lee sanhae
and Ryu seongryong too
Even if they dont always agree with us
Lets drink
if they have eyes
they'll know Prince Gwanghae is
the right choice
Daitoku-ji. Kyoto Japan
Are yoy trying to deceive us?
Were not deceiving you
Then is he avoiding us on purpose?
No
The gwanbeak is away to suppress rebels
Wll have you see him as soon as he returns
Please wait a while
How can he leave when he invited guests?
What kind of etiquette is this?
Calm down
its no use yelling at them
Listen!
Lets just wait a bit
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's camp at Odawara castle
We took yamanaka castle
This is the head of the enemy leader
Good job kato
We only have odawara castle left
Konishi
how much rations do you think
they have left at odawara castle?
They'll only have crops harvested
from last year
if they manage well they'll last 3 months
We have to wait 3 months?
That's too long
We should attack the castle now
Kato!
Didnt you hear the soldiers of
odawara castle are the gwanbaek's
soldiers too?
Even if it takes time
you should embrace them
The feudal lords of the nation will
look highly upon you
Fool
When you crush someone
you have to crush them completely
the other feudal lords will submit
Attack the castle right now
i'll take the lead
Kato
Yes
You're a lot like oda nobunaga
What?
if a bird that should cry didnt cry
Nobunaga killed it right away
He was brave but he was too rushed
Konishi
What do you think i would do
if a bird didnt cry?
its alright tell me
if a bird didnt cry i think you might
yell at it until it did or comfort it
i would use any means?
Konishi!
im sorry
its alright you're right
Kato im going to conquer odawara castle
with the personality Konishi mentioned
3 months?
i'll think of this as a picnic
and wait
if they run out of food
give them some of our rations
the soldiers aren't at fault
But make hojo and his followers kneel
in front of me in 3 months
if they dont nothing will be breathing
in the castle
Joseon envoys entered Kyoto
They're waiting to see you
They were going to surrender like this
it sure took them a long time
What should i do?
Tell them to wait
Yes.
Tell so Yoshitoshi
Tell him to stall so the joseon envoys
dont know they came to surrender
Yes.
Kyoto
Your majesty congratulations
congratulations on your victory
Reward konishi and kato
with 8kg of gold each
Reward the soldiers and give them wine too
im going to rest a few days
Just report the important matters to me
Yes.
Toyotomi hideyoshi is back?
Yes.
When did he return?
Quite a while ago
Why didnt they tell us until now?
Tell Yoshitoshi we want tomeet right away
Yes.
We should talk to the gwanbaek
its no use breathing down Yoshitoshi's neck
is there another way?
i was introduced to someone recently
He greets envoys
He said its easier to meet the gwanbaek
if they were bribed
You want to make a bribe now?
im just saying we should use such people
We've been here too long
That's pathetic
i'd rather return to joseon than deliver
a royal letter in such a humiliating manner
They want to return to joseon
Okay
i'll ask the gwanbaek to meet them
it's a problem even if they meet
What if they find out it isnt
a friendly meeting?
that its a meeting of entering
the court of a higher nation?
We cant let them know
How?
We'll have to bribe the officials
Okay.
the gwanbaek dosent suspect you?
i aggressively fought in battles
He wont be that suspicious
We cant make any mistakes
Tsushima is on the line for you
For me if there is a war
i'll become the gwanbaek's shield
My family and kirishitan believers (Catholicism)
depend on this (Catholicism)
Understood
The king of joseon lyeon
sends a letter to the king of japan
You have a high reputation of unifying
the 60 provinces of japan
i am sending envoys for a closer relationship
The king of joseon lyeon sends a letter to the king of japan
i am sending envoys with this national letter
Consider joseon to be a brother country
Lead joseon with your wisdom and courage
After much difficulty
the envoys met with toyotomi hideyoshi
but they had different opinions
Joseon's intention was scouting and
Japan thought Joseon came to surrender
Konishi Yukinaga's plan to bribe
the officials was decisive
Since you are surrendering like this i will forgive you
if you didnt come this time you would have paid for that
You came a long way
Japan wanted friendly relations
with joseon for quite a while
Since you surrendered to me
There will be glory for joseon
Go and enjoy yourselves
Have a nice time in japan and
have safe trip back
Mother
it might not look nice
but he has sharp eyes
i dont think so
its not dignified at all
Tsurumatsu
Yoshitoshi
Tell him to make sure the pirates dont
plunder our regional areas anymore
Also tell him we'd like to see
the vessels that will suppress the pirates
What are you doing?
He said not to worry about the pirates
Thats good
the vessels are in a distant harbor
its too far for you to go
What?
We crossed the ocean for 3 months
Tell us we can go anywhere
it seems like he is a bit suspicious
that you are scouting
Your majesty can i show the Joseon envoys our sword dance?
A sword dance is good go ahead
Dont scare them too much
Yes sir!
Look here
What are you doing?
Are you mocking the Joseon envoys?
i'm sorry it was a mistake
Mitsuki
Tsurumatsu
How rude!
Have everyone pack up
Yes
They have no etiquette at all
This is no time tobe talking about etiquette
Did you see eyes of toyotomi hideyoshi?
and the generals
it was really scary
They could attack joseon at any time
dont be deceived
They're must making
excuses because they dont have vessels
They're just bluffing
if they wanted to attack us
they sould hide their intentions
Doesnt that make sense?
They're just ignorant people
who know how to do a sword dance
Did you want to see me?
Ming tea isnt so bad
Yoshitoshi
Send a reply to the king of joseon
im going to attack ming
Tell them to guide the japanese army
What?
Didnt you understand?
Yes your majesty
Do you have proof i worked
with song lkpil?
Everyone knows Even you know
Dont make conclusions without proof
the prison deaths started with suspicions
You were the judge at the time
You massacred innocent scholars
What?
We met to reconcile
Stop fighting
What is the real reason you wanted to see us?
You and your followers control joseon
We only sitting on the court
to maintain balance
Why did you want to see us?
How frustrating
Understand my true feelings
i asked you to come so we might reconcile
Do you think i was happy to be
the judge at that time?
i discussed national matters with
lee bal and choi yeonggyeong
We might have fought
but we had good times too
DO you think i had no sympathy for them
when i watched them die?
But personal feelings arent allowed for
a servant carrying out a royal order
Are you saying you only did that
because it was a royal order?
im saying i was in pain when
i saw all those people die because of treason
Calm down
its been a year since that matter was over
How long are you going to keep a grudge?
the three of you have to lead the court
Forget about easterners and westerners
i hope you can go forward together
Too much blood has been shed
i know what should i do?
Choi yeonggyeong and other scholars
who died unjustly sould be pardoned first
Fine i'll ask his majesty
Dont be influenced by parties
EMploy talented people with skills
i'll try
Now tell me
What do you want from us?
His majesty will be forty soon
the queen hasnt been able to produce
a son for 20 years
Do you want to install a crown...
Your majesty
i was traveling in disguise
i heard you were meeting
High officials shouldnt come
to places like this
People will think you are receiving bribes
im sorry your majesty
But i will treat you today so drink
Your majesty
it isnt for free
i want something in return
i'd like the three of you and
the inspector-general to lead
this country well
Thank you your majesty
Accept a drink
Yes
Can i tell the specific cost of
the wine i'm paying for?
Of course your majesty
in the furture
i dont want to hear about
easterners and westerners
if i hear you're fighting for power
and conspiring against each other
Everyone here will have to pay for it
with death
Subtitles By KBS World Extracted By Saman (startak.iv@gmail.com)
Jeong cheol Song lkpil and Seong Hon plan to install a crown prince and approach Ryu Seongryong and Lee sanhae
The Joseon Envoys are in rage because toyotomi Hideyoshi is so rude