Episode 27
King Rush...
Your Majesty...
Chengen, run for your life
l won't blame you
Your Majesty
l will stay with you, dead or alive
Good...
l am not alone
Good
l will see you off
Have a good trip, Your Majesty
Chengen, l have to go now
Have a good trip, Your Majesty
King Rush...
My lord, we found an eunuch over there
He said he knew the king's whereabouts
Don't kill me...My lord, spare me
My lord
Why are you soaked?
l hid in the water vat because l was scared
Don't be scared
l don't kill innocent people
Thank you...
Tell me where Chongzhen went
The king and official Wang went to Coal Hill
Yuan Chengzhi
Yes
You will do this deed of merit
Yes
Catch him. Dead or alive
Yes
Long live Your Majesty
Leader, Chongzhen's body
An edict written in blood
l have been the king for 1 7 years
The enemy invaded our country 4 times
Rush's army attacked Beijing
Though l was not talented,
l was ruined by my courtiers
l can't face my ancestors
Take off my crown
Cover my face with hair
Let the bandits dismember my body
Don't hurt a civilian
Leader
You have avenged your father
You have fulfilled a wish
Leader, it is a body of an eunuch
Only an eunuch was with him when he died
The king was deserted
Ocean, take Chongzhen's body down
Don't let others disturb his body
Wei Zaodi
Yes
What is your rank?
l was the prime minister
You were in the highest rank except the king
l was the prime minister for 3 years only
Though l was the prime minister,
Chongzhen never listened to me so he ended up like this
Bull
He promoted you. He must have favored you
You should die for the country
Why do you drag out a shameful existence?
My...lord, if you spare me,
l will serve you loyally
Loyal?
Fine
Guards
Yes
Take these surrendered officers to General Liu. He will deal with them
Yes
Move...
My lord, l can be an officer of any rank...
Li Guozhen
Yes
When we talked at Zhangyi Gate that day
l thought you had backbone
But afterward
you left your troops behind and ran away alone
Compare you to your nephew. Aren't you shamed of yourself
Chongzhen trusted you more than all his courtiers
You shouldn't have betrayed the country
You couldn't hold your ground twice
How can you have the face to come to see me?
My...lord complies with the will of Heaven. l will serve you with the rest of my life
You let Chongzhen down
How can l take you in?
You traitor, how dare you want to stay alive
Guards
Yes
Kick this bastard out
He doesn't deserve one chop of my blade
Move
Let me go
What are you doing?...Don't move...
Li Zicheng, you bandit
You won't last
Your Majesty, l am going to keep you company
He had a little courage and uprightness
Give him an elaborate funeral
Yes
Move
On your knees
My lord, as soon as your notice was posted
the prince's grandfather Zhou Kui gave the treasure to us
Please make the decision
You are the prince?
Yes. So what, bandit? Kill me if you like
Good. We have found the prince
Where is Chongzhen?
My lord, l found Chongzhen's body on Coal Hill
What?
He wrote this edict in blood. He hanged himself
Father...
Do you know why your country was captured?
Because we used Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru and the like
Those traitors ruined our country
You are a kid but you understand
Your father was stupid and cruel
The people were in misery
lt's tragic that he hanged himself
But thousands of people were forced to hang themselves by him
They suffered a lot more than him
Kill me now
You are just a kid. You didn't commit any crime
Why will l kill you?
l might not kill your father if he was alive
What can you do even if you are alive?
Can l have some requests?
Tell me
Please don't disturb my ancestors' tombs
Give my parents elaborate funerals
You don't have to ask
Don't kill the people
Don't kill the people?
Don't kill the people
Who do you think l am? l am a civilian
The people captured Beijing. Do you understand?
You are one of the common people
Look
l used to be a good citizen
l revolted because l was whipped by corrupt officers
You and your father were hypocrites. You said you loved the people
Everyone in my army had suffered because of you
Everyone was whipped by you
You were the prince of the late king
l won't kill you. l will make you a king
You will know the people are forgiving
What title should l confer on you?
Your father gave me the country
l confer ''King Give'' on you
Your Highness... Kowtow to His Majesty and thank him
Bite him...
Stop it...
Your Majesty, he bites me
You traitor, he should bite you hard
Your Majesty, spare me...
Get out
l will skin you alive if l see you again
Get out
Thank you Your Majesty...
Good
He is a stubborn kid
l like kids who have backbone
My lord, everything is settled
People don't support Ming but we must take precautions
The stubborn boy won't submit to you
l'm afraid he may be used as an excuse for revolt
Why don't we get rid of him?
No more trouble in future
You are right
My lord, you can't kill the prince
Your army is a righteous army
You love the people. They obey you because you are virtuous
The people may be alarmed if you kill the prince now
He is a trouble if we let him stay alive
You have just captured Beijing. The people feel unstable
Why don't you let the prince stay to show you are virtuous?
People all over the world will submit to you soon
General Zhi, do you mean
our king will lose his country because of the prince?
l didn't say that
Every change of dynasty the king must win people over
Our king conferred King Give on the prince is the best plan
l wonder why you want to get rid of the prince
To make people think that our king is heartless
Li Yan...
ln my opinion,
we should...keep the prince
Guard him closely
Teacher
Nine, you wake up finally
Teacher
l would like to close my eyes forever
lt would be great if l didn't wake up again
l didn't expect to see you in this situation
l shouldn't have let you go back to the capital if l had known
Teacher...
Tell me what happened to my father
He cut off your arm
He was cruel. Do you still miss him?
l don't hate him
He had his reason
Actually he was assiduous in affairs of state
but he was not in the times of peace
The country was in a desperate situation
Compare to the previous kings
your father was assiduous
He did many good things but he made many mistakes
Teacher
You lost your arm, your family and your country
lt is a terrible tragedy
But it may be a good thing to you
Teacher
Tell me
what happened to my father
What happened to him? Did Yuan...
No
Leader Yuan didn't kill your father
He hanged himself on Coal Hill
Song Xiance
Yes
Chongzhen had a daughter
Where is she?
Chongzhen cut off her arm
l took her to my home to recuperate
l will take her to see you when she is better
Fine
Yuan, you won a lot of credit
l don't know how to reward you
l will give you the princess
What do you say?
l...
Yuan, don't be shy
You are a young hero
General Liu contributed a lot
Our king only gave him several imperial maids
Yuan, my subordinates are divided into 9 ranks
Liu Zongmin is the first rank general Quan
Your sworn brother Li Yan is the second rank general Zhi
l confer the third rank general Guoyi on you
What do you say?
Thank you
l will be loyal to you at all costs but l don't want to be an officer
You are the Leader of kung fu world of 7 provinces
Do you think a third rank general is not good enough?
My lord, you have united the world
Everyone is your officer
What Leaders of 7 or 8 provinces
are titles given in private
They must be forbidden in future
Friends in kung fu world...
Yuan, though you contributed a lot,
you haven't been my subordinate long
You will be promoted
l am a rough fellow. l can't be an officer
You are wrong
Aren't l a rough fellow?
l am the king now
Step aside or l won't be easy on you
Teacher
lt's general Guoyi
What happened?
They charged in and robbed us
They tried to touch me
What?
A misunderstanding...
A misunderstanding? Don't let me see you again
l will kill you if l see you again
Get lost
Let's go
Are you alright?
Leader...
Are you alright?
What happened?
Rush's troops charged in. They were up to no good
Those bandits
We wandered around the city just now
The place is in chaos
Rush's troops take people's houses
They do all manner of evil
Complaints are heard everywhere just like before
lt is
King Rush shot 3 arrows at Chengtian Gate
He said no raping, killing and robbing
Now...
l will report it to King Rush now
Leader
Rush's troops were bandits
They are in the capital, a world of sensual pleasures
How can they restrain themselves?
Report to King Rush a few days later
A few days later? How can the people survive the days?
We are not King Rush's closest army
To be on the safe side
let's discuss it with general Li Yan first
lt...
Nine, what are you doing?
l have nothing now. Let me die...
Let me die. Let me go
Nine
Why did you say you had nothing?
You have me, right?
Stop
General Zhi, general Guoyi
What can l do for you?
You are the righteous army. How can you bully the people?
Let them go
We can't
We will take them to general Quan to find the spies
You should get out of our way
Get them
Let's go...
Thank you. Please talk to the king
He said
You kill my dad if you kill, you rape my ma if you rape
Why do the troops do all manner of evil?
Are you better than Ming Dynasty? ln what way?
Yuan Chengzhi, come out
Stop. What do you want?
Yuan, general Quan wanted to talk to you
l wanted to discuss something with him too
Leader, be careful. He may want to hurt you
Excuse me, is it general Quan's order?
lt is general Quan's sign
Yuan, come with us
l will come with you
Take the one armed girl with us
l...
Why do you want to take her?
She is Chongzhen's daughter
General Quan asked us to take her
What will you do if l don't go with you?
No more rubbish. Take her
Yes
Who dares make a move
They are rebels...Ming's survivors resist the righteous army
We will come back. Let's go
Leader, we are in trouble
They won't quit
Officers, a toast to our nation, forever lasting Dashun
Cheers
Cheers...
Where is general Quan?
Yuan Chengzhi, you are outrageous
How dare you hurt my men
What is your intention?
Brother, you must be our judge
Officer Liu, let's talk it out
l didn't mean to offend you, general Quan
You know l am general Quan
Our king conferred general Guoyi on you
Now you don't respect me
You hurt my men. You are outrageous
General Quan, let's talk it out
No need to be violent
When King Rush entered the city, he said
killers and rapists would be executed
l saw our troops killing the innocent
l tried to stop them
l didn't mean to offend you
Please forgive me, general Quan
This is my big brother's world
Our troops risked their lives
to fight for this country
We conquered the country. We can rule it
Why do you want to win the people over?
Our king said he was one of the people
He was before he revolted
Now he is the ruler. He sits in the palace
ls he a civilian?
You are full of nonsense
You spread fallacies to mislead people
Enough...
Zongmin, put down your blade
We are brothers
Why do you fight over trifles?
Everything is fine
Let's have a drink
Let bygones be bygones
Guard
Zongmin, she is just the girl
l know you are jealous because Chengzhi got the princess
There are many beauties in the palace
You can choose whoever you like
Brother, Chongzhen had only one daughter
Chengzhi, do this for me
Give him the princess
You are my courtiers
You should get along, right?
l can't make the decision
He can ask the princess himself
You...
Report
My lord
Chen Yuanyuan is here
Take her to her chamber now
Song Xiance
Yes
Take some guards with you. Guard her closely
Yes
Do it now
My lord, Wu Sangui has an army at Shanhai Gate
40,000 picked troops, 80,000 Liao's people
They are brave warriors
You sent an envoy to ask him to surrender
You should take his concubine back to his residence
lt will ease his mind
40,000 picked troops are nothing
Ming had 1 00,000 picked troops
We defeated them, didn't we?
Wu Sangui is no big deal
He is sensible if he surrenders
We can get him easily if he refuses to surrender
Can he be more formidable than Sun Chuanting and Zhou Yuji?
No, he is not. But you have just taken Beijing the unrest in the south of Yangtze River...
My Lord
lt was a speedy victory
We encountered some dangers when we fought Zhou Yuji in Ningwu
All the armies in other places surrendered
lt was a speedy victory
Maybe our king didn't conquer the world
Chongzhen gave most of it to him
But...
l was happy yesterday but today...
When those above behave unworthily, those below will follow suit
The king stole Chen Yuanyuan
Of course Liu Zongmin wanted your princess
l'm not surprise general Quan behaved like that
Wu Sangui would have surrendered if the king hadn't done that
Who can allow his wife to be stolen
Who forced Wu to revolt, didn't he?
We can't belittle Wu's army
Leader, general Li Yan
You are here
Generals are looking for you
Uncle Sun, uncles Zhu, you came
l am off duty today. l have just entered the city
l missed you, so l came
You went to the palace when they came
They were worried about your safety
so they have been waiting for you
l'm fine. Thank you for your concern
How did it end?
lt was unsettled
General Li, ruling the world is harder than conquering it
Please advise the king
against celebrating the victory now
Qing's troops covet our land outside the gate
We can't lower our guard
Corrupt military discipline
will turn the people against us
We said all those things in the palace
but the king didn't listen to us
lt...
What should we do?
The king favors his old mates
They went thru thick and thin together
We were officers before we revolted
The king treats us...
Zhu
Uncles, we can't talk here
Let's meet tonight and have a long talk
See you tonight. Goodbye
Ocean, let's go
Goodbye
Leader, general Li, goodbye
Brother Li, what's wrong?
l feel uneasy
Let's have a walk
l thought...
l thought when King Rush conquered the world
the people could live in peace
l didn't expect it would be like this
What is the difference when Chongzhen was the king?
lt is like a bucket of cold water has poured over my heart
Mr Li, you are a big liar
You taught us the song
Open the door, welcome King Rush
Everyone will be happy
Our family opened the door for King Rush
His men are bandits
They raped my daughter in law,
killed my sons and grandsons
My whole family are here
Mr Li, look at us. Are we happy?
King Rush said he would redress injustices
Did he do that for the people?
We will go to see the king now
Ask him to ban robbing and killing
We have been waiting for hours
Maybe he doesn't want to see us
lt s not true
He knows what we are going to say
He doesn't want to hear it
General Li, general Yuan, you are still here
We want to talk to the king
l think you should go back
Come and see him when he is in a better mood
Why?
Niu Jinxing is speaking evil of you, general Li
The king is very angry
Me?
l am honorable
What malicious remarks can he make?
When the king was in Henan, the people didn't support him
l thought of a prophecy
1 8 children are the lords. l spread it around
1 8 children formed the word ''Li''
lt meant the king should get the world
The ignorant people heard it
They thought the king was appointed by Heaven
Everyone supported him
His influence became majestic and powerful
l heard about the prophecy
lt was your work, Mr Song
But Niu told the king a lot of calumnies
He said 1 8 children didn't mean the king
lt meant Li Yan
lt...
lt will be bad if the king believe him
l...
The king is brilliant
He may not believe him
General Li, don't let it bother you
But general Liu, general Zhang, general Gu and officer Luo
said you were conceited. You looked down on our troops
They said they borrowed people's houses and money
They talked to the women and girls
Your men scolded them
Niu Jinxing said you were not conceited
You were ambitious
You wanted to win the people over
Niu Jinxing should be denounced
l tried to defend you
All generals laughed at me
They said l looked more like a ghost than a man
l was full of nonsense
l came out because l was furious
The guard told me you were here
l came out to look for you
Thank you for your concern, advisor Song
Niu spread rumors on unsubstantiated evidence
The king won't take it seriously
but if you throw enough mud, some of it will stick
General Li, you must be careful
Goodbye
Brother