The late Eastern Han Dynasty
The Imperial Examination system was not yet established within China
The only way for educated people to pursue political career is through
the recommendations from upper-class groups
Xu Shao Brothers from Nan Yang is famous at that time
Respected among people
They will comment on people, poetry and paintings
first day of every month
Once commented by these brothers
This person will rise quickly and become famous within the country
Educated people all come around
The comment event is called
Yue Dan Ping
Is the water ready?Yes.Hurry up send the water there.
Si Ma Yi!
You come inside now!
I'm coming
What are you doing, my lord?
My wife is calling for me
You must not enter
What if she faints?
I must accompany her
Brother.You are here
The doctor Hua is here
Madam. Please drink this anesthesia powder
Father
Uncle
What is it with this knife?
Knife!
I will open up her belly and take out the child
I don't want the child. I just want my wife alive!
We agreed upon this
You don't trust me?
Si Ma Yi you shut up!
Let the doctor come inside
Alright
Zhong Da (Si Ma Yi's informal name)
would you leave too?
Please
Madam?
Madam!
A Man
Hua Tuo!
Father, people from disciplinary bureau are already looking for him
【Cao Pei, Name: Zi Huan】
The doctor will be here soon
Doctor Hua
Congratulations, Master Si Ma
Mother and the child are both safe
Thank you Doctor Hua【Si Ma Fang, Name: Jian Gong】
I gave too much trouble to you, Uncle Hua
It's hard to find a woman who has your wife's guts
What are you doing?Get out of my way
Doctor Hua
What can I do for you?
Grand Minister orders Doctor Huato come with us to the palace immediately
Don't scare the patient
Wait for a moment
Doctor Hua
What is this about?
Zhong Da
I will leave Five-Creature-Gesture to you
Learn this yourself
Uncle
This is your life's work
As long as it benefits people
I didn't work in vain
I appreciate all the efforts you made, Uncle
Doctor Hua
I saw you
sign the name on the clothes edict
Saving the world and the people
will have to rely on you, people.
You want to make a move?
That's your business
This shouldn't be a doctor's affair
I know what I should do
You and the child are safe
You must be tired
【Zhang Chun Hua】
I told you to come in
Why didn't you?
You scared me
You really scared me, darling
The disease of Grand Minister
is not completely non-curable
As long as I can make an surgery with my knife
subtract the Feng Xian out of his brain
【Cao Cao, Name: Meng De】
【Cao Zhi, Name: Zi Jian】
People who want my head
is not only you
If you do not want the surgery
There is only one way left
Rest in a quiet place with trees and rivers
Stay away from complex things that might bother you
Let the brain have some leave
After 10 years, your might will fully recover
It's chaos in Central Plain China
Different lords emerging
Yuan Shao lead hundreds of soldiers down south
A big war is about to come
You suggest me resting in quiet place?
【Madam Bian】Doctor Hua
You have a very good motive for this
Doctor care for their patients
I'm only concerned for your life
Saving my life?
What if I don't make any concessions?
What other ways can you cure me?
With knives or with poisons?
I knew there are some discontented people
Finally I realize this is how discontent they are
My whole life's duty
is to cure people. My lord is a hero
Are you afraid of my little knife?
Guards!Yes
Jail Hua Tuo and interrogate him!
You...
Drag him away
Interrogate strictly
Yes
If you don't cure your disease within your heartyou can never be cured from any disease
Grand Minister, Hua Tuo after all is a famous physician.
Shall we?
Investigate him closely and see who he has been seeing in Xu Du
What has he done?
Take care, Grand Minister. I will look into this
It's said that he imprisoned Hua Tuo
Your Majesty, Cao is paranoid and cruel
Hua Tuo only suggested he make a concession
then he got punished like this.
What if he knew about the edict?
He is going to kill you all!
【Imperial Han Xian Di】
He will dethrone me!
【Empress Dong】Calm down, Your Majesty
Hua Tuo will not betray you. He is a straight and honest person
No one is reliable
Don't forget, General
Those people in disciplinary bureau has ways to make people talk
Your Majesty, several officers have signed on the edict.
They gather hundred of assassins and prepare to move
They will not allow Cao to bully you anymore
Forget it
I don't want to wait anymore
General, my life and my ancestors' founding of this country
all rely on you
General, don't let me down
It's clear that the reason why Hua Tuo enteredthe Si Ma household is to deliver his second son's child
Hua Tuo cured 53 people during his 15-day stay at Xu Du
But he only socialized with Si Ma Fang and Dong Cheng
From this morning,
any abnormal reaction from Dong Cheng?
Dong Cheng entered the emperor's palace an hour ago
Yuan Shao lead the army down to south
The war is at edge
There must be people trying to do harm to Grand Minister
Every officers that are associated with the emperor and Yuan Shao
Like Yang Biao, Liu Bei
Dong Cheng, Si Ma Fang
all need to be investigated thoroughly
Roger
Grand Minister
Hua Tuo socialized only with Si Ma Fangand Dong Cheng after he came to Xu Du
The drawing is nothing like him
No poison is found at his medicine box, either
He is a skilled doctor
He will not use this kind of inferior means
He wants me to make a concession,having the same purpose with those people who tries to kill me
Tell Man Chong
Kill him if he can't tell anything.No problem
I need to get dressed
Gather the subjects
A Man
You are still in recovery
Time cannot wait
Hua Tuo cures the masses andI cure the country itself
Nowadays, talented people, through lack of morals, are ignored
Some can fight the enemies fearlessly
Some has extraordinary talentsin administration of the county
Some are good at strategies on warsthough have flaws in personality
Every officers in every countyneed to recommend these kind of people
Never ignore any one of them
Grand Minister's edict of hiring talented people is well written
People around the country will know the sincere heartof Grand Minister's pursuit for talents
I'm afraid talents from enemy sides will come for him
【Yang Biao, Name: Wen Xian】Grand Minister
Han's law for using talents has been used for four hundred years
It only utilized the people who are highly respected
This edict recruits peoplewho are lacking morals in public
This might encourage those villainswho try to get high positions in the palace
What is your definition of moral?
Fights the enemy in war
Does not let the soldiers die in vain is moral
Administers the country in ways that can benefit the people
Does not let them starve or get cold is moral
As for those who used words to talk about morals and principles
They only pretend to be moral
They are hypocrites who do no good to the country and the people
The imperial court don't have that much money for people like this
What I need is the people who can run the country and lead the army
Grand Minister, it's said that Yuan Shao leads the army to the south
Rumors are all over the country due to it
【Gou Yu, Name: Wen Ruo】This scale of recruiting people
should be withheld for a moment longer
I want the people around the country to know
Yuan Shao is nothing
We live our days and recruit the talents as usual
Is the Yue Dan Ping still going on
First day of every month in Xu Du?
Yes, the relocation of capital is settled now
Yue Dan Ping will begin to become a tradition again
Many talents from foreign regions will come for a comment as well
Only with those comments canthey have better prospects for careers
Who is hosting the Yue Dan Ping and will comment on those people?
The famous talent, son of Chief Yang, Yang Xiu
I have heard his name for a long time
The day after tomorrow is the date for Yue Dan Ping
Hang out the recruitment edict
Let those who try to enter the court attend the Yue Dan Ping
Showing their talents
Make the comment become a standard
I will help Master Yang host a lively Yue Dan Ping
Recruiting edict is very important
My son is too young for this
The rule of Yue Dan Ping is that only respected people can host the event
Talent that can rule the country,heroes that can survive in chaotic times
Aren't this the comments for me from Brother Xu Shao?
How about this? I will let Xun Ling and Si Ma Gong
help your son host this event
What do you think?
Hua Tuo was imprisoned yesterday by Cao
You and I should not meet again
You should cancel the marriage between our families, too
In case one of us is down
The other can still remain intact
This can leave some hope for the royal family Han
That person didn't sign
He had returned the edict to me
Will he talk to Cao about this?
Although he is a core member of Cao's
he is a Han loyalist after all
Grand Minister is trying to userecruiting edict and Yue Dan Ping as baits?
Lure those people to make a move?
I am trying to lure everyonein the country to make a move
It's better for me to pick the time and the place
Rather than let those go aboutsniffing behind me all the time
This plan is good but it's a bit too public and obvious
I'm afraid Dong Cheng won't bite the bait
Feng Xiao, you really think I just threw the bait directly?
I will help Grand Ministerin bending the fishhook a bit
You think beyond the box, good.
Smart people will be cautious
When people from all places come to Xu Du
You must be careful
They thought I'm being Grand Minister for too long and became rusty on battle?
Waving the sword directly
or hanging by your neck
Which makes people fear
It's easy to die
It's hard to survive
If one wants to survive, he must fear
Father
See who is here
I'm Xu Shu. My honor to meet uncle.
Isn't this Yuan Zhi？
【Xu Shu, Name: Yuan Zhi】
I haven't seen you for years
Come and have a seat
You too
My lord
What happened?
Doctor Hua is killed by Grand Minister
What? Why?
It's said that Doctor Hua tried to kill Grand Minister.How can this be possible?
Father!Uncle!
I need to return to my room
Back to my room
Zhong Da.Father?
You should not mention about this to our family anymore
What about... ?Father?
Nothing
Hou Ji
Bring a soup to the master.Yes
Zhong Da, what happened?
Without Doctor Hua
I already lost my wife and my child
Doctor Hua lost his life during his visit to the Grand Minister
Cao Meng De is paranoid, being suspicious all the time
It's far from peace for Xu Du right now
My father does not just show sorrow in his eyes
He has fear, too
Father
You have returned
【Yang Xiu, Name: De Zu】Grand Minister ordered you to host the Yue Dan Ping
He will help you on the side
He will announce the recruiting edict before the event begins
He just gave me the power to select officers?
Sone of his people will show up andwill let you become the man on the stage
Father, I indeed restored the Yue Dan Ping in Xu Du
No one is more qualified than me to host
You are right about being humble and taking pride.
You should be aware of what is happening now
Grand Minister is in charge of everything
Don't say something like that in front of me
Father, Grand Minister executed Doctor Hua
Why is Father so concerned about Doctor Hua?
You knew he is not innocent, right?
I only knew he is a famous physician around the country
I felt deeply sorry for his ending like this
What is this?
Master asked us to find all the wedding giftsfrom the Si Ma household and return them
Go ahead
Wait
Cao is needing talented people. He will show up there
Si Ma will host the event
Our people can be arranged among the crowd
I completed the training of these assassins
Once Your Majesty gives the order
Then we can kill the Thief Cao
【Liu Bei, Name: Xuan De】Cao Cao is cautious and easily suspicion about others
He encouraged this Yue Dan Ping event
and will go to the event in person
Wouldn't he send troops to guard the event?
I will be the bait in person on Yue Dan Ping
Once the mission failed
His personality will make him go for my daughter in the palace
He will think the assassins has been eliminated and being careless
This time
We set up another troop to ambush him in the palace
Our young master said
Our young lady is not suitable for your young master
We will return these wedding gift and cut relations
This is the letter from our young master
Jia Yan went to Yue Dan Ping today and is not at the house
【Si Ma Lang, Name: Bo Da】Cancelling the wedding is an important decision.
We will visit Chief Yang when Jia Yan returns
Please receive the letter and we will leave
Your family is being generous
Your second son married a country girl
Your third son has done nothing at the age of 20
My sister is afraid she can not fit into the family
She thinks your son and her is not matched
Yang Xiu is so mean
We will not tolerate this. He insulted my brothers and my brother's wife
Brother
Cancelling the marriage is nothing. They are a big family
I was nervous about this marriage, too
He is wrong insulting our brother's wife
but he is right about my uselessness
I'm eased if they cancelled it
This is not only about you
They look down upon our family
People will laugh at us if others knew
There is nothing to laugh at
Father don't even usually buy meat.He is quite generous on giving gifts
There are golds and jades
Big brother, you are right
We can not tolerate this insult
I need to see this Yang Xiu's real capability
Shu Da, come with me to the Yue Dan Ping with your article
I want to let him know that my little brother is also a talented person
A Zhao is coming today. I need to pick her up
A Zhao knows her way to the house. Put these down and come with me
【Guo Zhao】
There are quite many people today
I can recommend you to my father directly if you want to join the imperial court
Why do you have to go to this Yue Dan Ping?
Gong Gan wants to show off in the event
Watch out, Zi Huan
Thank you for saving my life
Fortunately you didn't get hurt.
You better take a carriage instead of riding the horse directly
My riding skill is not the problem
Do you know why my horse got a shock?Why?
It's because you smell too good
My horse is sensitive to the smell
It's my sachel on me that has the smell
Take it
Sorry about that.Take care
Brother Yuan Zhi
Zhong Da, you said you won't come
You can't resist, it right?
Yang Xiu cancelled my brother's engagement
He even insulted him in the letter
I can't let him suffer this though he doesn't mind
I brought him to argue about this
I don't think it's a big deal, either
Shu Da is more open minded than you
Zhong Da, you really don't want to go up to the stage?
You don't seem to care about the fame
I think you are just too proud
We're born in this kind of world.The only reasons for us to live
One is make ourselves useful
Two is bring hope to the people in turbulent days
What do you think?
You have a great mind and plans. I just want to speak for my brother
Master Yang!
Stop
Grand Minister announces the recruiting edict
Hoping talented people can recommend themselves
Bring peace to all the people within this country
This event will be hosted by Master Yang as usual
You, first, Xun Ling
Please, Master Si Ma
I'm Yang Xiu
I welcome you people by the order of Grand Minister
Nice to meet you Master Yang. I'm Liu Zhen from Dong Ping
Please comment on my poetry and articles
I have read all your articles and poetries
I will comment directly if you may allow
Master Yang, I never put my articles into slips
You have read it already
From 300 poetries of Han
To the articles you made
I will know one if you write one
I dare not comment on you if I didn't read all of the poetries
Your poetry is smooth with thoughts. The expression is strong and clear
However, the expression is stronger than what you really said. You are lacking of polishing in many parts
Second class
Master Yang is very good at assessment
But I don't know how you come up with this
You must know what you are good at
Your shortage is that everything you write is about mountains and rivers, people and traditions.
Your expressions mainly try to please the audience
You can only be second class, nowadays
Then please advise me
Who is first class if I'm second?
So that I can learn from these first class people
Since you have asked, allow me to comment more
The first class poet
is Grand Minister and his son Cao Zhi
Poetry of Grand Minister
is strong with old traditions. The meaning carry with sorrow and regrets.
In big picture the poetry can swallow the rivers and the seas. No one can compare
Son of Grand Minister has high integrity
The expression is fill with traditions and new thoughts
The poetry of these two people are extraordinary in every means
If Grand Minister and his son become royal family
You people can sit at the corridor
Bravo
Yang Xiu's vision and word is pretty good
I'm afraid to go up to the stage
I only knew that there are more talented people around the world.
I am a second class poet for sure compared with Grand Minister and his son
Next
It's your turn. Hurry up
What are you afraid of?
Come on
I'm Si Ma Fu from He Nei
I'm here in person to receive your comment
It's Master Si Ma
You want me to comment on your articles or your paintings
I learn scriptures from Teacher Hu Zhao
I have written a comment on the history book
Do you know that the history book you wrote about
One of the chapter is fake
It's pity that your work is in vain
Please rewrite another and come back next time
Where did this come from?
Last year master Zheng Xuan announced
In the history book one of the chapter is faked by the people at that time
"Xian You Yi De" has been part of the history book for a long time
How can you abandon it just because one person said it's faked
You said Zheng Xuan is wrong?
Good job, brother!
Maybe I'm wrong
Please work on this harder
Couldn't Zheng Xuan be wrong?
Who is this person?
Who is accusing the well respected master?
Please step forward to debate
Brother
I didn't want to say that you are wrong
However, it's already inappropriate to mix up "Xian You Yi De" with "Yin Gao"
He deem that the loss of "Yin Gao"is definitely the loss of "Xian You Yi De "
This is too haste
Please speak out loud of your opinion since you are up here
So that I can debate with you fairly
in case people say I bully you because I'm hosting
I'm Si Ma Yi. I don't want to argue with you
I just want to speak for my brother on the stage
My brother didn't read the wrong book
So it's the big brother covering for the little brother
Then let me ask you
Whose book have you read that make you thinkthat Zheng Xuan and Si Ma Qian are wrong?
These two are famous masters
Wouldn't masters make mistakes, too?
"Xian You Yi De" said the fate is never determined.As a ruler, one should be concerned about the moralities
If one stops thinking about these,they will lose their throne
This is the principle of Confucious
It's also the main purpose of the Shang Shu
Fitting the principle of Chun Qiu is not necessary in the original book
Only knowing how fitting the principle isis not a good way to study, either
It's good you try to learn as much as you can
but studying requires a lot of learning
If you can't be creative, you can't follow other people's opinion easily, either
Thank you for your advice
I thought in our current state,many books and scriptures are lost
Our studies are trying to reshape the civilization from these remains
The study must fit the spirit of the ancestorsbut also benefit the people and the country
It's not just about identifying different phrasesin books and arguing with each other
These articles can persuade the kingbut can instruct the citizens as well
These article deserved the study and being commented by people
How can you say his work is in vain?
The wrong or right of knowledge is not just about words
It's more about the attitude
Bravo
Kill
Take the sword
Father
Come with me
No one can leave here
It's much safer in here
Kill the Thief Cao!
Watch out, General Dong
【Xu Chu, Name: Zhong Kang】No one can leave here. Kill them
General Dong!
I'm Xu Shu. It's time for you to escape
Follow me
Father
I knew it was you
It's better this way.
I'm tired of you people pretending in this way
My adviser found me a good swordsman
I'm Ji Bu. My honor to meet Grand Minister
Arrest them
I will ask the Empress Dong in person
and the Emperor, too. Find out what they really want.
Grand Minister
Don't disrespect the emperor
It will leave Yuan Shao the excuse
I want to show them my force before defeating them
Make those bold people settle down for a while
This action will make them turn
This will make these people quiet before Grand Minister makes another move
I think this is doable
My adviser just knew what I thought
This place will be left to Feng Xiao
Except for the dead, all must be interrogated.
Don't hurt the emperor, Grand Minister
This will leave them a solid excuse. They set up this ambush
You are not afraid that I might get hurt?
People talk
You knew me I'm never afraid of the talking behind me
Zi Jian
You go back first.Yes
You
Come with me