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Oh. What's the matter? I dreamt that I'd gone back home. Go home? Yes. Isn't here your home? It's my country here. What? Oh, yeah. Here's your country, but it's also your home. I dreamt of my hometown Fengyang. Aunt Wang, Liu Jizu, Cao Xiu and Tian'er. I dreamt of many people. They all looked the same as they did twenty years ago. I miss my hometown. That's easy. Let's find time to go back to Fengyang some other day. How can I go back there now? I can't bear to see the folks there dress shabbily and get thin and weak. Then do you mean to do something for the folks there? Yes. I should do something for them. I want to issue an edict and ask them to do it right now. Let's get some sleep first. We can do it tomorrow. We still have time. I can't fall asleep. I'd like to write an edict called Missing My Hometown. That's it. Okay. Alas. His Majesty, by the Mandate from Heaven, hereby proclaims, "I dreamt of my hometown at midnight, and woke up in tears." "I miss my hometown so much." "I decide to go back" "to my hometown in autumn this year to visit the folks there." "Before I go back there, there's half a year." "During this period," "I want the officials of the prefecture and county" "to do several things for me." "If they do them well," "they can get promoted," "or get a rise in salary." "If not," "I'll punish you." I order the prime minister Li Shanchang to leave for Fengyang at once to supervise them. Whenever those tasks are finished, he can go back. Yes, I obey. This time, I want to go back to my hometown, not merely for the ordinary purpose of visiting the folks there, but to revive Fengyang. So I order the imperial censor Liu Bowen to go there before I do to make an inspection tour. He shall arrive there first in August. Obey. My hometown will be renamed Imperial Village. I was born here and grew up here. It's the place where I thrived. The daily life recorder Dai Shen should go there with Liu Bowen first, and search for the incidents of my thriving. Obey. I'd like to give specials rewards to my folks in the Imperial Village. Each of the household will get 133-hectare land. And each will get two hundred taels of silver. The Ministry of Revenue will give out the money in two batches. All the farmers of the Imperial Village will become guardians of imperial tombs. They'll help to guard the imperial tombs. Some people may ask if all the men there have to guard the imperial tombs, what they should do with the rewarded land. You can ask others to do the farm work, and you only need to collect the rent. I want people there to become landlords. Oh. Please. Zhou Yecheng, magistrate of Fengyang. Here. “You need to hold the imperial edict in cupped hands" "and read it out in the Imperial Village." "I use these simple words" "so that the folks can understand." Wang Wen. Thanks, Your Majesty. Cao Xiu. Your Majesty. Liu Tian'er. Your Majesty. "I dreamt about you all." Thank His Majesty for still remembering us. "And many other people." "I shall not list them all in the edict." "I miss you." "I often dream about you." Thank you, Your Majesty. We'll remember your kindness. God bless His Majesty. Liu Ying, did you hear it? His Majesty mentioned me. Yes, His Majesty mentioned you. It means His Majesty still remembers you. "There's one more person." "I don't want to mention his name here." "I don't want to see him." -Who? -Who? Whom does His Majesty is unwilling to see? It must be Liu De. Liu De. That's him. That's him. Right. That's him. "For the money I give you," "you can build a new house first," "and then make some new clothes." Got it. "For the houses you're going to build," "you can build them according to the officials' standard." "The doors, windows and pillars can be painted red." "It's a hard time now." "You need to buy food and fill the belly." "Men can drink some wine." "When the men of the village" "are all in ruddy health," "and the women and girls" "look beautiful," "I'll come to visit you" "and get together with you. By the emperor himself." Thank you, Your Majesty. Long live the emperor. Thank you, Your Majesty. What a great man! Thank you, Your Majesty. Thanks, Your Majesty. Thanks, Your Majesty. Sir. Go to Yingtian at once and reach Shangting directly. Got it. Be quick. There's no post horse here. I need to borrow it from the commander-in-chief. It's possible that I can't borrow it. The horses in our office can only travel for several hundred miles a day. How long does it take if we need to get His Majesty's signature? I think it takes seven or eight days. Okay. Just set off as soon as possible. Got it. Gee. Gee. Gee. Gee. Whoa. Go to the Yingtian Palace at once. Give it to His Majesty for his review. Got it. Be quick. Get a post-horse in the military camp. I've got permission from the military governor. Okay. Gee. Gee. Gee. Gee. Gee. Gee. Gee. Sir, people all say that you have wonderful foresight. What are you trying to predict? I'm thinking when His Majesty issued the edict of Missing My Hometown, it was March. Five months have passed. I should go to Fengyang. That's nothing special. It this is wonderful foresight, I can do that, too. Four, five, six, seven, eight. That's five months. Don't interrupt me. What do you know? His Majesty is going to go back to his hometown, and issued the edict of Missing My Hometown. The one who carries out the edict is prime minister's fellow villager from Shexian, Anhui. The prime minister himself is the supervisor. Alright. The ones who assign the work, do the work and supervise the work are all his fellow villagers. For, it must be quite a good show. I got it. Are you trying to predict what will happen? I don't hope that there's anything wrong with him. Humph! But the trees may prefer calm but the wind will not subside. Just wait and see. Since March, I've been to Fengyang twice to supervise the work in carrying out the edict of Missing My Hometown. I hope to fully implement every sentence and every word said in the edict. Okay. Your Majesty. Zhou Yecheng, the magistrate of Fengyang, has sent an official document here urgently for your review. Send it in. Humph! What's wrong with Xu Qiang, the administrative commissioner of Fengyang? Look. Here's the report where the county magistrate Zhou Yecheng tries to impeach him. Okay. Your Majesty, to tell the truth, for the amount of money Zhou Yecheng mentions in the report, I've heard about it in Fengyang. While the magistrate Zhou Yecheng was fulfilling your edict, the administrative commissioner Xu Qiang did use his power for his own convenience for many times. Oh. I've said too much. Please decide on how to deal with it, Your Majesty. I've said it. We need to make sure that this edict should be carried out smoothly. If anyone dares to hinder it, he shall be killed with no amnesty. Prepare an edict. Decapitate the administrative commissioner Xu Qiang locally. Obey. Alas. Xu Qiang seems to be the scholar in the third year of Hongwu period. Liu Bowen was his chief examiner. Send my oral edict. Ask Liu Bowen to come to see me at once. Obey. According to the edict, the Ministry of Revenue will give out the money, grains and land according to different households. But it doesn't mention how many households there are. The local officials will certainly take advantage of this loophole. Besides, the man who is in charge of it is named Xu Qiang. He's the administrative commissioner in Fengyang. Just as his name implies, he's a stubborn man. There must be a good fight between them. You have no idea for getting money and power, Alas, how the primary-level officials fight fiercely with each other. Alas. Now we just wait and see where the storm will come from. Sir, I came across prime minister's butler just now. Look. What did I say? He was riding a post horse, and said the horse ridden by the messenger from Fengyang had got tired. He needed to change the horse at the gate of the palace. He's from Fengyang? Yes. Liu Yi, go to my study right now. Fetch the Horse Exchanging Token His Majesty has granted to me. Also get the donkey ready. What are you going to do? Don't ask. Just do it. Your Majesty, the edict is finished. Ask the man from Fengyang to take it back. Give it to the prefecture's officials to carry it out. Obey. Your Majesty. Yes? You've summoned Liu Bowen for this incident. Does he have anything to do with it? I'm going to go back to my hometown in a month. In a few days, Liu Bowen will make an inspection tour there for me. Shouldn't I ask him about what he thinks? Yes. Yes. Yes. Is the magistrate Zhou Yecheng your fellow villager from Shexian? Oh, yes. He's my fellow villager from Shexian. But he's also kind of Your Majesty's fellow townsman from Huaixi. When I went to Fengyang to announce the edict in March, Zhou Yecheng was in tears after he heard it. Oh. The edict Your Majesty has written is so touching. Okay. Yes. Gee. Whoa. Are you the messenger from Fengyang? Yes, I am. The prime minister asked me to replace a horse for you. Your horse has traveled a long way. It might be unable to keep running on the way back. Okay. Thanks. Alright. Just go. Gee. Gee. Gee. Go back inside. Here's an oral edict from His Majesty. The imperial censor Liu Bowen is summoned to see His Majesty. Oh. Lord Liu. Alas. Why do you take your donkey to the stable? Tell me. Did the Hu people offer a fine horse called Cyclone to His Majesty? Why do you ask about it? Well… You're well-informed. Look at this. Horse Exchanging Token. Yes. I know it. His Majesty only gave six such tokens out. But they were all granted to the military officers. Oh, one of them was granted to an imperial guard. You're a civil official. Well, don't you believe it? No. No. No. It's His Majesty's token. I don't dare to question it. Alright. Which horse do you want? I want that Cyclone. Be quick. I just want it. What do you give in exchange? My donkey. Donkey? This donkey? Yes. It's the imperial stable here. It's weird to raise a donkey here. Let me tell you. Though it's a donkey, and it can't run as fast as a horse, it's more knowledgeable than your horses. It's their big brother. Come on. Take it away. Gee. Gee. Greetings, Your Majesty, Be up. Thanks, Your Majesty. Have a seat. Your Excellency. Lord Liu. Look at this. What is Your Majesty going to do? Why do you also ask me this question? Both of you are the same. As soon as you saw the memorial, you both asked me what to do with it. I… I think Your Majesty has issued an edict. How do you know? An urgent document from Xu Qiang, the administrative commissioner of Fengyang. Your Majesty. Look. Just think about this. Zhou Yecheng's memorial has just left here, and Xu Qiang's memorial arrives here. What's going on? It's common that the local officials impeach each other. Nonsense. You've been to Fengyang to supervise their work twice. Every time you were back, you only reported the good news instead of bad news. What's more, when I sent the edict out just now, why didn't stop me? Your Majesty was being angry. I didn't dare to do so. Well, though you didn't dare to stop me, you shouldn't have made it worse. Your Majesty. Have you already issued an edict to kill Xu Qiang? If you regret it, you can issue a new edict. Send someone on a post-horse to get the first one back. You can also order executor not to kill him. Have I ever done anything I feel regretful about? Oh. In a blink, a man is beheaded. What are you laughing at? Are you happy that I'll kill Xu Qiang? No. I'm happy for you. Your Majesty is going back to the hometown. Right? Before you arrive there, people will know that Your Majesty kill an official because of another official's memorial. Doesn't it mean that Your Majesty hears all parties' opinions? How dare you! You're insinuating that His Majesty is biased. You… Alright. Alright. Don't make trouble here. You start to sow dissension again. Didn't you say that I hear all parties' opinions? I need to know about Xu Qiang's opinions. It would be better if Xu Qiang's horse had run faster than his. Then please send a post horse to get the edict back. It's possible that he won't be killed. We've got some post horses. They're being raised in the imperial stable. If I issue another edict, it takes more than two hours to make a round trip. The horse ahead of this would have gone past the Yangtse River and arrived in Anhui. How can we catch up with it? Your Majesty. Right. Cyclone the horse is at the gate of the palace right now. How come it's at the gate of the palace now? It should be in the imperial stable. Well, look. Isn't it the token I granted to you? Why did you think of it suddenly? You really have wonderful foresight. It's not I but Your Majesty who have wonderful foresight. You predicted I'd use it sooner or later. Well, I need to use it now. By the way, I've put my donkey in the imperial stable in exchange. Alright. Alright. Come on. Ride the horse Cyclone and get that edict back. Obey. Gee. Gee. Xu Qiang, the administrative commissioner of Fengyang, was so bold as to create all sorts of obstacles in carrying out the edict of Missing My Hometown. He has committed a capital crime. The prefecture's government authority should execute him at once. By the emperor himself. What are you laughing at? How dare you laugh at His Majesty? Shut up. You lowly magistrate. You have no right to scold me. I've been loyal to His Majesty. I'm laughing at you. Xu Qiang, you're going to die. You still have the mood to laugh? I see through all of your schemes. You though no one could see through them? Xu Qiang, don't you feel guilty at all? Humph! I feel regretful. I regret being unable to find a post horse, and thus, Zhou Yecheng succeeded in framing me beforehand. That's not what you should regret. Come quickly. Send Xu Qiang to the execution ground at once. Yes. Humph! Xu Qiang, before you're beheaded, you need to kneel down and admit your crime to His Majesty. Gee. Xu Qiang, you haven't admitted your crime yet. How come you stand up? Listen. Give the order to decapitate him quickly. Gee. Do you hear something? He's mad. This man is mad. Are you deaf? His Majesty's edict is coming from the direction of Yingtian. Sound of horse hoofs! Gee. Don't listen to him. He's scared of death and has gone mad. Just wait. His Majesty has come to save me. His Majesty has come to save me. Your Majesty! Don't kill him. Don't kill him. An urgent edict from His Majesty. Untie me now! Hurry up. Yes. Listen to the edict. Courtier Dai. What else do you want to ask me? Your Majesty. I record Your Majesty's daily life in the palace all the year round. Whatever Your Majesty does and says, I just record it. That's not a problem. But after I go to Fengyang, they have all kinds of opinions. What should I record? I've never done your work. You ask me about this. What answer should I give you? Shanchang. How about you give some suggestions to courtier Dai? Your Majesty. I've never done this work before, either. Oh, Lord Liu. You're a cultural celebrity. How about you give some suggestions? As far as I'm concerned, you should focus on the theme of His Majesty's thriving. You can't record everything. Just select the essential and keep the truth. Yes. For what courtier Liu said, courtier Dai, you should think about it carefully. Got it? Alas, Your Majesty. Lord Liu only talks about the general principle. But I think it's real record. I have to take record truthfully. You don't know how to be flexible. Lord Dai, aren't you going with Lord Liu? Ask Lord Liu to be in charge of your work. Oh, no, no, no. Let's do our jobs and report our duties to His Majesty respectively. Your Majesty, I've got to go. I'll take my leave now. Go. Your Majesty. I also have to get my donkey back. Go. Your Majesty. Yes? How do I go there? You're old now, and you often come to the court by sedan chair. Just go by sedan chair. Your Majesty. You ask me to go with Lord Liu. But Lord Liu's rank is higher than mine. It's impossible for me to sit on the sedan chair while he's walking by my side. You can't ride the donkey, either. It doesn't match you. How about you go there on horseback? Your Majesty. I can't. It jolts a lot. I'll get hurt. Then just ride a mule. That's right. You ride a mule. The donkey is too clever, and it jolts a lot to ride a horse. Only the mule is both silly and foolish. It matches you. Just ride a mule. Your Majesty, please don't make fun of me. That's settled. Come quickly. Take Lord Dai to select a mule. Obey. Thanks, Your Majesty. Liu Yi, Lord Liu's trip this time is dangerous. Look after him well on the way. Got it. His Majesty assigned him this task specially. He'll be my Lord Liu on the way. Lord Liu, let's go. Go. We're leaving. Okay. Lord Dai. It's a long way. Why do you come by a horse instead of sedan chair? Lord Liu. You have no idea. His Majesty asked me to ride a mule. What? There's no mule in the imperial stable. I can only come here by a horse. Oh. You seem to mean that you count on me. Lord Liu, I've never been to a countryside to take records. Please give me more support. Alright. Alright. Let's go. Okay. Let's go. Go. Oh. Hurry up. Be careful. Put down the trunks first, and wait here. Got it. Be careful. I'm Zhou Yecheng, the magistrate of Fengyang. I want to see the prime minister. Come in. Yes. Greetings, Your Excellency. Be up. His Majesty will go back to his hometown next month. He sent me here to supervise all the tasks. How is it going? Have you got everything done according to His Majesty's edict? Yes, I have. All the households have been registered again. All the money and land has been given out as stipulated by the edict. People of the Imperial Village all move to new houses. They're well-fed and look ruddy. They also dress nicely. His Majesty will be happy after seeing them. Good. Think about it again. No loophole? No loophole. However, The administrative commissioner is unwilling to affix his seal on the new household book. If he is unwilling to do so, we can't send it to the Yellow Books Archive near Xuanwu Lake, Yingtian. Then we can't replace the old file we sent there two years ago. What's his reason? He said he did everything according to the law. As stipulated by law, the household books sent to the Yellow Books Archive should be replaced every ten years. Doesn't he know His Majesty is coming back to his hometown, and we should handle this differently? He said His Majesty's edict didn't say we should deal with the household archives differently. He also said even if His Majesty should give an order to handle it differently, he would need to check it personally. What? Are you afraid of his checking? Of course not. Records about the new households, popularity and land are quite clear. We've got title deeds for the land. All the money given to each household is recorded in the account book. There's no problem then. Let's me tell you. Xu Qiang isn't a scary man. He's merely stubborn. The point is that you have to pay attention to the man behind him. He's the imperial censor Liu Bowen. This time, his title is imperial inspection envoy. You have to go through his inspection. Absolutely no problem. Liu Bowen has got a habit. He prefers to travel incognito. Whenever and wherever he is, he might show up suddenly. So you must be carefully. If he travels out, you should do so. Okay. Even if you meet him, you must make him feel you're not that arrogant. Okay. Yes. Yes. I got it. Your Excellency. I've brought your things here. Come on. Bring the trunks in. Put them down. Wait outside. What are they? Money. Two thousand taels. You understand it. What are you doing? There're three thousand taels altogether. I keep one thousand. I'm not talking about this. How come you don't understand? It's a critical period. Liu Bowen will be here soon. His Majesty will also come here soon. This is not good for me. Alas. Does Liu Bowen really dare to search the inn you live in? What's more, on what grounds can he do that? You don't understand. It's an extraordinary period now. We should remain careful. Take them back. Well, my lord, I… How about storing them in your place first? Go. Yes. Yes. Yes. Lord Li doesn't need them for now. Take them back. Yes. Oh! Lord Dai. How come you always lie on your stomach? Lord Liu, the horse jolts a lot. My butt hurts. I feel better like this. Hold on. We'll arrive at Fengyang soon. Liu Yi. Yes? Let's leave the official roads. Okay. Oh, Lord Liu. I'm not okay. I'm not okay. My butt can't stand the jolts. Stop. Stop. Oh no. Lord Liu, my butt can't stand the jolts. Lord Dai. You're suffering greatly. Alright. How about this? Let's swap them. You ride my donkey. Come on. Come on. Ride your donkey? Well, is it okay for me to ride that small donkey? To ride a donkey, we should sit near its butt, and a horse, its waist. You're thin, it's uncomfortable for you ride a horse. Don't you see why I often ride a donkey? It feels much better. Come on. Then you have to suffer for me. Don't say that. I should look after the elderly. Come on. Come on. Oh. Come on. Come on. Be careful. Oh! Alright. Come on. Liu Yi, hold the donkey. Okay. Help Lord Dai mount the donkey. Lord Dai. Okay. Oh. How's it, Lord Dai? Oh, though it's small, this small donkey has a lot of flesh on its back. Alright. Just go. Go. Go. Go. Alright. Go. How come Lord Liu hasn't arrived yet? It's late. It's already midday. The dishes are getting cold. Oh. Gentlemen, the prime minister is coming. Be quick. Your Excellency, you're here, too. The imperial inspection envoy sent by His Majesty is about to arrive here. I have to come certainly. Have you waited here for a long time? We've been waiting for some time. His Majesty's daily life recorder is also coming. Right? He's an important official in the imperial court. Are you talking about Lord Dai Shen? I've calculated how long it takes to arrive here. Lord Dai is old. He comes by sedan chair. He'll arrive tomorrow at the soonest. Sir, please. Lord Liu comes by a donkey. He'll arrive today approximately. Okay. But we can't see him at all. Alas. You do this again? Let me tell you. Lord Liu Bowen hates the welcoming party, unnecessary formalities and big banquets. Oh, okay. So I'm wondering whether he has left the official roads and then… After people leave the official roads here, is there any other road leading to the county? Yes. After leaving the official road, there's a small path leading to Fengyang directly. Send someone to stop him on the path. Oh no, to welcome him. Okay. Okay. Hurry up. Come quickly. Sir. Go to the small path by a horse and wait for Lord Liu there. Remember. You must take Lord Liu here. Tell him the prime minister is also here to welcome him. Yes. Wait. Remember. Lord Liu rides a donkey. Got it. He comes from the capital by a horse. Just go. Yes. Sir. Gee. Gee. Gee. Whoa. Greetings, sir. Are you from the capital, sir? Yes. Has His Majesty sent you here, sir? That's right. Our magistrate is waiting for you. The prime minister is also in the Official Reception Pavilion to welcome you. Okay. Sir, you've taken the wrong road. What? Wrong road? It should be right. Lead the way. Yes. Gee. Gee. Gee. Gee. Gee. That's not right. How come there's no sound of horse hoofs behind me? Sir, Lord Liu isn't following us. What? Lord Liu, where are you going? You just follow him. I have other important tasks. You dump me again. What should I do? Remember. Observe the customs of the place. Sir. You follow up. You misunderstood it. Misunderstood? Sir, aren't you riding a donkey? Yes, I am. I'm riding a donkey right now. I can't explain to you clearly. Well… Let's go. Gee. Look. They're coming. Your Excellency, they're coming. Your Excellency. You really have wonderful foresight. Don't flatter me. That's not right. What's wrong? Isn't that a donkey following the horse? That's a donkey, but the man isn't that man. What? No. I mean, the man sitting on the donkey isn't the one we're waiting for. Wait until he comes closer and take a look. Haven't you told me Lord Liu always rides a donkey? But Lord Liu's beard doesn't look so white. What? Oh. Isn't that Lord Dai Shen? Well… My lord. Here's the man riding a donkey. There's only one man riding a donkey? There's another man riding a horse. He took the small path and went away. He must have entered the city by this time. What should we do? What else can we do? We should also welcome Lord Dai. My God. Lord Dai. I'm Zhou Yecheng, the magistrate of Fengyang. Welcome to our county, Lord Dai. Okay. Good. Good. Come on. I help you get down. Come on. Be careful. Be careful. Oh! Alright. Alright. Oh, Liu Bowen. How come I always lose to you? Whoa.…Whoa. Lord Liu. Are you Lord Zhou, the magistrate of Fengyang? Yes, I am. I failed to welcome you when you arrived. It's my negligence. Don't say that. That's not your negligence. Where's Lord Dai? Lord Dai is drunk. He uses my sedan chair, so I bring your donkey back to you. Oh? My God. Be careful. Oh! Be careful, sir. Oh! Lord Dai. Why do you get so drunk? Lord Liu, you weren't not there. I became their only target. Didn't you say you couldn't drink wine? Yes, I did. I said I couldn't hold the drink. Why didn't you say you couldn't drink at all? If you say you can't hold the drink, they would think you merely can't drink too much. You were just being polite. Lord Liu, don't say that. It's useless to say anything now. Didn't you ask me to observe the customs of the place? Yeah? To urge me to drink, the first thing they said was to observe the customs of the place. Oh. To do this, I drank the first cup of wine. Well, then you can drink one cup only. No. You have no idea. They got so many sayings to urge someone to drink. I've never heard about them before. Okay. If our affection is deep, drink the wine in one gulp. If not, just taste it a little bit. Well, His Majesty has a deep affection with his fellow townsmen. I serve His Majesty by his side, I can't say my affection isn't deep. Yes. Yes. Yes. Then I drank the second cup. Oh, okay. After Lord Dai drank the third cup, he started to ask to drink the wine himself. Then he was the one who got drunk. Liu Yi. Yes? Help Lord Dai inside the house. Yes. Get some water for him to wash his face. Okay. Let's go, Lord Dai. Music