Si Ma Yi
What about him?
This man has far visions and smarts
Even I cannot compete with him
I used to think that I can control him for a while
Slowly persuade him to serve you
But right now...
You can't allow him to become the counsellor of Sun, Liu or Han
If you cannot tame him
Then kill him
OK I understand
Speak no more
Master
We can no longer drink and ride together
Singing and getting drunk together
If you miss me when I'm gone
You can spill the wines on the earth
Good wine, of course
Of course, it must be good wine
I have numerous good wines
I will drink with you everyday
Go and ask for my doctor
Feng Xiao
Why does the gods
envy you so much, Feng Xiao?!
I hope, Father, you take care
Don't be sad
Investigation bureau
Do you know the purpose of the investigation bureau?
I know
The investigation bureau monitors the courtiersand detect anyone who try to sabotage this country
It also bears the responsibilities of protecting you
The bureau has been managed by Feng Xiao
I didn't expect him to leave this world ahead of me
Who do you think
has the ability to take over the job?
The jobs at the bureau is important and confidential
It must be someone you can trust and close to
Trusted and closed to
Who do you refer to?
If you believe in me
I want to recommend myself for the job
OK
I will give you this token
I have something need you to look after
You must remember
Please give me the order
Feng Xiao said to me before he die
Si Ma Yi
If he agrees to our recruitment, all is good
If he refuses, we kill him
13th Year of Jian An
Cao Cao pacified He Bei
and became prime minister
Long live, Prime Minister
Miss Guo
Miss Guo!
Miss Guo
I leave you a message from our Deputy Commander
Congratulate to Prime Minister's victory
Thanks to your helping protecting the capital
Is everything alright here during my absence?
Everything goes well
While fighting with Yuan Shao
I find
over a hundred conspiring letters comes from the imperial court
Who are these courtiers?
I don't know
You don't know?I burned all the letters
When Yuan Shao was furious
Even I was in fear of him
It's normal for these people to fear him
Prime Minister is benevolent and open-mindedknowing how to treat and manage people properly
All the courtiers will remember your kindness and be grateful
Carrot and sticks are both needed
You taught me this therefore I forgive those people
Are the legs fixed?
Who are you asking?
Si Ma Yi
You have painted for two days. I don't know who it is, yet.
Who is it you are painting?
Zhu Ge Kong Ming
This is the man (Hidden Dragon) you always mention
Right
Why don't you draw his face?
I have never seen him before
I don't know what he looks like so just paint out a similar figure
You want to become someone like him?
Who doesn't want to be someone like him?
Hidden Dragon and Squab Phoenix are admired by smart counsellors
My entire life alone cannot compare with him any more
But maybe if we are connected in fate
We can meet each other
I'm better than him in one aspect
What is it?
My wife is better looking than his
You don't know what he looks like.How do you know what his wife looks like?
It's true. There is a rumor saying his wife, last name Huang,
has a nickname "E Chou" meaning she looks ugly
I'm better than you on this!
Then, you judge people by their appearances, now?
I will become old one day
I'm wrong
I would never say something like this, anymore
Brother
Greetings, sister-in-law
You got it right
What are you referring to?
Yuan Shao got defeated. Prime Minister Cao now returns to the capital
It's said that Cao burned the former's supplies
Influenced the morale of his army. It's a pretty battle
Fight the majority with minority
Win the advantage person with disadvantage
Begin the battle late but win at last
Prime Minister Cao is a real hero
OK I understand. Call me if you need anything
What are you worried about?
I'm afraid something bad will happen
You are afraid he won't let you go?
Prime Minister Cao defeated Yuan Shao.Right now he is happy and pround
He will not allow anyone useful turn against him
It has been a long time. He might have forgetten about you
Darling
Tian Liu is gone without a reason
Even if Ji Bu can cover for us for a while
Prime Minister gets suspicious easily
I'm afraid we can not get out of this
I will hold the responsibility of Tian Liu
I could say
He tried to kill you so I killed him first
This is related to the lives of our entire family
Let me get dressed
I'm afraid something will come up now
Brother
Deputy Commander told me to send you a message
Guo Jia's last word before he died
If you can not be recruited by Cao, you will get killed
Master
Deputy Commander is outside the door fully armed
saying he wants to see you
I will go outside
Yes
Young Master!
You stand up!
Is this good or bad?
It's good, of course
Then follow me
It's great
Sister
Brother's legs are fixed?!
Greetings, Deputy Commander
You stand up?
For my family
I had to stand up
Don't need to make the courtesies for your condition
If you can work for me, I will treat you right
I'm too good to
have the title of "Mentor"
You are qualified for this title
Since you know what I want
You know what my ambition is
What I want is not just being a crown prince
I have walked over the Central Plains since I was seven
I have seen the bodies over a thousand miles
Families get torn apart
Ending the wars and returning peace to the people
This is what I want to achieve in future
I dare say these to you
Do you dare help me?
I will not force you
This is your last chance
Forgive me if I say this
Actually every time I saw you
I feel close to you
I just don't know if this time
Can the Prime Minister spare my life?
Ye Cheng is large and prosperous
Prime Minister now got He Bei
He will be entitled with "Father of the Nation."Appoint Ye Cheng as the capital
Appoint the crown prince early.Please establish the nation and appoint the crown prince early
Alright that's enough
You all are more impatient than me
Leave now
I thought you can pretend better than this for a long time
Send in Si Ma Yi
Citizen Si Ma Yi meets the Prime Minister
I heard that you have the appearance of wolf and the eyes of eagle
Raise up your head
Let me take a look
Come over
Closer
Stand up
I dare not
Stand up!
Take a walk
Your legs are fine now
I recruit you to my house
Are you willing?
Thanks for Prime Minister's grace
Feed the horse at the backyard
Thanks for Prime Minister's grace
Leave now
Asking for leave now
They are right
You can leave now
Take a look at this mirror
Young Master, take a look at our mirrors
Do you want it or not?
You paid me too much
Thank you for your generosity
Madam
You go to rest. I will wait for the young master.
It's okay
Master!Zhong Da!You finally return
Why do you come back so late?
What are you holding in hands?
I bought a mirror
You come back this late for a mirror? We have a lot of mirrors
I looked at him
Then?
Then he look back to me
But you went to see him
Isn't it normal for you to look at each other?
Sometimes, master's eyes look quite scary out of a sudden
Right, just like that!
What has he said?
He told me to raise the horses for him
He let you raise horses?
What did you say then?
I agreed
It's good. We can just raise the horses.
It's better you stand up and liverather than playing dead with broken legs
Nothing is more important than coming back alive
Father
Chong-er
How's your studies recently?
Teacher Xu Shu is just finishing teaching meabout The Analects of Confucius
What do you think of teacher Xu?
Confucius said we judge and know a personthrough what he has done and what his motives are
In this way we can know what he wants and he cannot hide anything from us
Teacher does his best to tell me everything I want to know
I like this teacher very much
That's good
Although he is not willing to become a military counsellor for me
he can do his best to teach you
I'm still happy
I place great hopes on you Chong-er
You need to study hard with Teacher Xu
I will not let you down, Father
Go ahead and bring me the sugarcontributed from north of Great Wall
Prime Minister, that sugar was put on the hall
This morning Registrar Yang, came with Fourth Prince
Master Yang took it away when he saw it
Why did he do that?I don't know...
He is getting bolder
He still doesn't realize
Why I didn't kill him before
General Xu
Come with me to Zi Jian's house
Don't be angry, Father
It's just a box of sugar
You go ahead and study first
Give me the sword
Prime Minister, let me carry it for you
Come you have one
You got the other one
You have this one
These are given by the Prime Minister. It's delicious
If you don't want to eat I will eat first
Delicious
Eat it
How is it?
Prince Zi Jian
Forget about you
Come on, take one
These sugars are sent out by you. Is this not respectful to our father?
You take a look what these words are
"Yi He Su"
This is one person, one bite sugar
This is written by the prime minister then it's an order. We should obey this order
You are so smart
But this belongs to my father after all
We shouldn't eat it up this way
Prince Zi Jian, come over here
Take a seat
Do you know why the Prime Minister likes you?
Father likes my poems and articles.
Prime Minister not only like these
Prime Minister sees your free and open minded personality through your articles
In order to eat this sugar you need both courage and insight
Deputy Commander doesn't have thembut you must have it
You mean I should behave better than my second brother?
Be honest with me, what is your ambition?
Become a great poet
Of course not
My ambition
is to learn from father
Do my best to serve the country and make people become wealthy and full
Creating an achivement that can last forever
Bravo
Serving the country and making the people wealthy
Building forever lasting achievements
But achievements like this
can not be fulfilled by a young master in Prime Minister's household
But my current condition...Let me make this clear to you
Before the prime minister unites the northern part of the nation
Your rivalry with Deputy Commander is still not clear
But right now the Prime Minister united the northern China and can even control the whole nation
This kind of achievement needs someone to inherit
and his favorite sons
are you and deputy commander
I'm willing to help you with this
but I'm smaller
My brother is the eldest.Correct we always make the eldest become crown prince
That is his advantage
but this is also his disadvantage.Why is that?
Those who support that the eldest become king
are old courtiers loyal to Han
Deputy Commander will be annoyed and surrounded by these people all the time
How could he inherit the Prime Minister's ultimate ambitions?
Father also needs these loyal courtiers
You father keeps them to make the situation stable
He already knew the system and the core of Han is rotten and broken
In special periods, we need to break the rules and the system
In order to save the people from war,
we need to rebuild a new system and begin a new era
De Zu
I finally understand you ambitions
and why I appreciate you so much
For the nation, for you for myself and for Prime Minister
I wish
You can inherit the ambition and the greatness of your father
Let everyone know
What are the ambition and the actions of scholars like us
I'm willing to sacrifice my life to fulfill your ambition
I will do everything I could
I also hope one day
You can fulfill my wishes
Please rise up
Come, De Zu
You and I are good friends
Naturally, we will help each other
Prime Minister is here
Don't move
Greetings, Father.Greetings, Prime Minister.
Have you eaten all the sugar?
Has anyone not eaten it yet?
I didn't eat it
Stand up
Why didn't you eat it?
Eating, all shall eat
One man, one bite sugar, right? Why don't you eat it?
Master Yang
Support my son well
Yes, I will
Escort Father's leave
Mi Heng took off his clothes in front of Prime Minister.Kong Rong drank on purpose to go against Prime Minister.
None of them end up well
Si Ma Yi greets Registrar Yang
We meet again here. It's both good and bad
It's good that your legs got fixed
It's too bad you waste your talent in feeding horses
Where is your ambition?
You want to ride horse?Yes I ride out with Zi Jian
Bring me a good horse
Wait a moment
Give me the horsewhip
This horse is very naughty
Let me walk the horse for a bit
Prime Minister is not a normal person
You can never hide from him
I dare not say that I want nothing
but I will do what I can
I feel more comfortable feeding horses
In special times, only the strongest will be respected
There is no place for mediocre people
That he can spare you is due to the special time
Right now the north is settled
The party trying to protect Han is vulnerable
It won't take too long
before Prime Minister begins to seek revenge
Prime Minister has great ambitions
Registrar Yang supports Prime Minister
You should focus on kindness and tolerance
It's a pity. Right now is a warring period
Now no one cares about kindness or tolerance
I remembered those years in front of Han Zhang court
Our fathers are captured in front of the court
Many courtiers from Han dare to stand up and speak for our fathers
Saying something about righteousness and loyalty
None of those people lived at the end
Right now the nation belongs to the Cao family
Fortunately
We manage to keep our fathers alive
Give me the horse whip now
Registrar Yang, the road ahead is bumpy. Ride carefully.
The road is not plain, therefore, I need to ride more wildly
With the whip in my hand
I can see beyond others
I gave the orders to fight against Yuan Shao
Won the battle of Guan Du and retrieved He Bei
Although they are worth celebrating
there is something else worth celebrating
Prime Minister retrieves He Bei
So the war ends for Central Plains
What else can compete with this?
Congratulations, Prime Minister, on getting all the talents in He Bei
Registrar Yang knows me very well
Many talented people are in He Bei
Cui Yan is elegant and high born
Chen Lin's article is brilliant
I remembered when I first met Master Cui
Seeing all the family trees in Ji Zhou
can get me 300 thousand armed soldiers
Master Cui contradict me and said
You haven't heard any sound of kindness and justice
and seek for armed soldiers first
Our citizens only wish for this from you?
His opinion is unique and great
Shouldn't I be happy?
I still carry sins
【Cui Yan, Name: Ji Gui】I contradict you for myself
I want to plead for some mercies for the people, in He Bei
But you didn't hate me
and gave an important position to me
Your open mind makes me feel shame
I just say whatever I want
Prime Minister is the real hero that can save this nation from wars
It's hard to have friends that talk directly
It's even harder to have courtiers that can talk directly
I admire you very much
Cui Family in Qing He
has the tradition of big family
The family deserve this fames
Today I express what I think
I want to have an engagement with your family
I don't know if you are willing to?
This...
I dare not to accept this
I don't know which sons or daughters you saw in my family
I heard you raise up your brother's daughter like your own
This girl is knowledgable and has good and honest virtue
Coming from a big family
I want to propose for my son
Prince is adept with both pen and sword
My daughter is just a ordinary woman
It's my family's honor to have her serve your son
For knowledge and intelligence
Among my sons only Zi Jian
Can be the son in law in your family
Zi Jian
Show curtesy to Master Cui
Father
I'm still young and ignorant. I dare not marry daughter from high born family
What you say
put me and Master Cui in a difficult situation
Come forward and bow to your father-in-law
OK
Cao Zhi meets father-in-law
Please stand up my prince
I congratulate Prime Minister and Master Cui
Congratulation on this perfect match
We all congratulate Prime Minister on this engagement
Cui's family now is related to our family
I'm happy of course
But...
But what
Zi Huan is the eldest son but he is still not married
Why you give Cui Yan's daughter to Zi Jian first?
Cui family in Qing He
are leaders of courtiers
Every talent want to come under their family
Zi Jian getting Cui's daughter
will help him a lot in the future
As to Zi Huan
Didn't he save the wife of Yuan Xi, Zhen Fu?
She is very beautiful
She can be his wife
Give Zi Jian a high born daugther
but give a captured married woman to Zi Huan
The difference is too big
Zi Jian told me that he likes Zhen Fu
I didn't agree to him on this yet
How can a women like this be the wife of our eldest son?
Zi Jian's thoughts
I knew it already
That's why I gave Zhen Fu to Zi Huan
Why is that?
Let me tell you why
First, I can't let Zi Huan marry anyone from great families
This is best for him
Second
It's unavoidable for these two brothers to fight for the crown
Zi Jian is too much of filial piety and fraternal duty
If Zi Huan doesn't step down
He can't be determined to fight against him
The fight between noblemen is aiming at each other
I want Zi Jian unsatisfied
I want him to to compete with his own brother
I also want him to show me what he is capable of
Show it to the world
A Man
They are your sons
What kind of father would let their sons fight each other?
This world is full of fighting right now
My sons
are suppose to rule this nation
They will not only quarrel
Their fights will be glorious
Zi Huan will have to suffer this
Too many people are suffering
Behind a successful man there are thousands of dead bodies
River flowing to the east
is full of blood of heroes and soldiers
How many people are suffering in here?