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00:00I came to the capital this time
00:03to ask the governor of Hunan, Duan Fang
00:05to marry a daughter of a loyal and filial family.
00:09I ask for your approval.
00:12Today, we are discussing whether to abolish the imperial examination.
00:16What does this have to do with a daughter of a loyal and filial family?
00:19Minister Qu just said
00:21that abolishing the imperial examination will make people anxious.
00:25This daughter of a loyal and filial family has a lot to do with people's hearts.
00:31Then tell me about it.
00:42Zhang Zhidong,
00:44please make it simple.
00:48According to the contract,
00:50if a woman has a bright future,
00:52a pure heart,
00:54and an unyielding will,
00:56she is qualified to be an examiner.
00:59Why should she not be?
01:01Zhang Zhidong,
01:04the whole court is afraid that you will fail.
01:08You'd better say it in plain language.
01:11The Empress Dowager is really hard on me.
01:14I can't say it in plain language.
01:21Go.
01:24Yes.
01:29The woman whom I asked the Empress Dowager to award
01:33has studied in East Asia since her childhood.
01:36After returning to China,
01:37she is rushing to the Empress Dowager to recruit a daughter.
01:40The woman is very angry.
01:43She has asked for help from four parties and donated from eight parties,
01:45but no one has helped her.
01:48The woman is very sad,
01:50so she jumped off the cliff and committed suicide.
01:53Zhidong heard about this,
01:56and was very sad.
01:58In the name of her loyalty and filial piety...
02:00She is a half-hearted scholar.
02:03What does it have to do with loyalty and filial piety?
02:06It has a lot to do with it.
02:09In the past, loyalty and filial piety
02:11were all about loyalty, filial piety, and filial piety.
02:15This woman died for her filial piety.
02:18That is loyalty, filial piety, and filial piety.
02:25I'd like to hear about it.
02:27In the past, loyalty and filial piety
02:29was to dedicate a heart to the emperor.
02:33The loyalty and filial piety of this little girl
02:35was also dedicated to the Empress Dowager.
02:38But it's deeper.
02:39It's deeper.
02:41It's called...
02:43To do what you know you can't do.
02:46This kind of loyalty and filial piety can be seen day and night.
02:51In the past, filial piety
02:52was to support one's parents,
02:54even though it's hard and enjoyable.
02:57But to dedicate one's heart and blood
02:58is to be strong for the Qing Dynasty.
03:01This kind of filial piety
03:02is to make great contributions.
03:05How can it be compared to the filial piety of ordinary people?
03:09In the past, when a man died,
03:11a woman committed suicide.
03:13That's called filial piety.
03:15But that's to die for one person.
03:18But this woman died for her heart and blood.
03:21That's called to make great contributions to the country.
03:25Empress Dowager.
03:26This kind of loyalty, filial piety,
03:29and filial piety
03:31can't even be compared to that of a great man like me.
03:35Therefore,
03:37I will do what I can
03:40to do what I can.
03:43Zhang Zhidong.
03:45You came all the way here
03:46just to say this?
03:49Empress Dowager is wise.
03:51It's because it's too hard to dedicate one's heart and blood.
04:01Yuan Shikai.
04:02I'm here.
04:04You heard what Qu Fengji and Zhang Zhidong said.
04:07What do you have to say?
04:10I have nothing to say.
04:15You came all the way here just to say this?
04:27Please forgive me, Empress Dowager.
04:34You haven't said anything yet.
04:36Why are you drunk?
04:38It's not allowed to hold hands in the court.
04:41But I brought a beggar
04:43to wait for my words.
04:52Yuan Shikai.
04:53What are you doing?
04:56This man is a famous beggar of a thousand years.
04:58He has been doing this for decades
05:00just to build a new school.
05:04What is he doing?
05:08If that's the case,
05:10he should be summoned.
05:13Let him in.
05:15Thank you, Empress Dowager.
05:18Let Wuchuan in.
05:31Kneel down.
05:34Kowtow to Empress Dowager Wuchuan.
05:49Raise your head.
06:05Bow.
06:11You are the famous beggar of a thousand years?
06:14Tell me.
06:16How did you beg for food to build a new school?
06:23Yes.
06:27Zhu Ben said
06:29we are not busy.
06:31Empress Dowager Wuchuan wants to build a new school.
06:35She has been begging for food for a year.
06:40Enough.
06:43I wanted to hear something new.
06:45It's the same thing again.
06:53I don't believe
06:55you can tell the difference
06:57between new and old school.
07:01I don't believe you.
07:08New school is good.
07:10Old school is bad.
07:12If you don't sleep in new school,
07:15how can you tell the difference between old school and new school?
07:19Old school has no stool.
07:21New school has a big stool.
07:23You can tell the difference
07:25by looking at their names.
07:26Old school is noisy.
07:28New school is quiet.
07:30New school is noisy.
07:32New school is quiet.
07:34New school is noisy.
07:36New school is good.
07:38New school is good.
07:40New school is good.
07:42What do you think?
07:49Yuan Shikai.
07:50Yes.
07:52Where is Wuchuan from?
07:54Empress Dowager,
07:55he is from the countryside.
07:58Why did he sing the opera in Tianjin?
08:02Empress Dowager is wise.
08:04This is a new song.
08:06He went to Tianjin
08:08and saw the progress of our new policy.
08:11So he composed it.
08:12There was no such word before.
08:24Kneel down.
08:27Kneel down.
08:34A minister from Nanyang.
08:37A minister from Beiyang.
08:41A girl from Zhenjie who applied for a new school.
08:46A beggar who got a job.
08:53You
08:54disguised yourself
08:56and asked for your life.
08:58Did you put in a lot of effort?
09:04You put in a lot of effort.
09:06In the end,
09:07it was just to say that one sentence.
09:10But this sentence
09:12is just unspeakable.
09:15This is the end of the story.
09:19But this sentence
09:21is still not said.
09:25All right.
09:30The benefits of this policy
09:32have been explained by Qu Hongji.
09:35Zhang Zhidong and Yuan Shikai
09:37have also explained
09:39the benefits of this new school.
09:42Isn't it better
09:44to add these two benefits?
09:48If you add these two benefits,
09:50none of them are good.
09:55The department is good.
09:57The old roads are open to the public.
09:59The students are naturally weak.
10:03The new school is also good.
10:05But there is no real future.
10:08Who is willing to go on the road?
10:12This new school and old school
10:14are very different.
10:16Who is willing to give up the old to win the new?
10:20The right and wrong in this
10:22has not been resolved
10:24for 60 years
10:26since the time
10:28we built Tongwenguan.
10:30All right.
10:32Today,
10:34let's
10:36end it together.
10:39Qu Hongji.
10:40I am here.
10:42Whether it's a new school or an old school,
10:45the one you just mentioned
10:47can't be lost.
10:49In the future,
10:51in the new school,
10:53you still need
10:55the classics,
10:57etiquette,
10:59and poetry.
11:01It can't be lost.
11:03If it is lost,
11:05the old ancestors will scold us.
11:08How to handle these courses?
11:10Call the people in the department
11:12to come up with a good plan.
11:15I accept the decree.
11:22I am here.
11:30I accept the decree.
11:44The new school must die.
11:46I think it's good to die.
11:50Yi Kuang.
11:53I am here.
11:54Bury the dead Juzi well.
11:56Make a tombstone
11:58and let the descendants remember it.
12:01The new school of our Qing Dynasty
12:03is hard to come by.
12:06It has to be exchanged with life.
12:08It must be done.
12:13If you are willing,
12:15send the other Juzi
12:17to the Beijing University.
12:19Let them learn some new knowledge
12:21and use it later.
12:23I accept the decree.
12:28Then let's abolish
12:31this department.
12:34Who disagrees?
12:36You can say it now.
12:50No one knows?
12:55Then it's passed.
12:57It's passed.
13:03We accept the decree.
13:07Don't go.
13:12It's fine to say that I accept the decree.
13:17It's about the country's
13:19more than 1,000-year-old
13:21moral dignity.
13:24I dare not declare it alone.
13:29This time,
13:32you all have to follow me
13:35and declare it.
13:43I agree.
13:47I agree.
13:53I agree.
13:59I agree.
14:09Qu Hongji, what about you?
14:15I...
14:16I...
14:22agree.
14:25Okay.
14:28Sit down.
14:30Thank you, Empress Dowager.
14:36Empress Dowager.
14:40I almost forgot you.
14:43About abolishing the department,
14:46you've done a lot.
14:50I think
14:52I'll give you a new diploma.
14:56Li Lianying.
14:57Yes.
14:58Put on the yellow coat.
14:59Yes.
15:02Yellow coat, new diploma.
15:04I appreciate Empress Dowager's reward.
15:06If I put it on,
15:08I can't wear it.
15:10I dare not sell it.
15:12I dare not give it away.
15:14I can't eat it.
15:16I can't move it.
15:18I can't drink it.
15:20Empress Dowager,
15:22please give me a few more diplomas.
15:36In 1904,
15:37the Japanese-Russian war broke out.
15:39Japan defeated Russia.
15:42Since then,
15:43the world has been in a state of war.
15:46In the political system,
15:48it was a shock to the Qing government,
15:50especially to the advanced intellectuals in China.
15:55It was outrageous.
15:57The battlefield of the Japanese-Russian war
15:59was in the eastern province of China.
16:10Kill him!
16:13Do you have a problem with that?
16:15Don't mess with me.
16:16What are you going to do with my country?
16:18Hey, you guys!
16:20Don't mess with me.
16:23It hurts.
16:26What are you doing?
16:28Do you really want China that much?
16:31Hey, you!
16:33It hurts!
16:34Stop it!
16:36You guys!
16:39Stop it!
16:53All right, Yang De.
16:55You're finally awake.
17:05You're still alive.
17:07What do you mean?
17:08You woke me up.
17:10You're so nosy.
17:13Do you have any wine?
17:15Do you still want to drink?
17:21I have wine this morning.
17:23I'm drunk this morning.
17:25I don't have any wine.
17:34Hey, Yang De.
17:36I...
17:38What if I have some wine?
17:42It's better than nothing.
17:45All right.
17:46I'll drink with you.
17:48Let's go.
17:51Be careful.
18:07Stop talking about the revolution.
18:11You told me that 10 years ago.
18:14A few bombs and a few guns...
18:16and you'll be fine.
18:18You look like a tree.
18:20What a joke.
18:22Come here.
18:23Yang De, you're the one who's joking.
18:25There are five countries in my heart.
18:28The revolution in Guangzhou started with Jiegan.
18:31The revolution in Huizhou started with Qingting.
18:35Qingting?
18:40I remember you're a doctor.
18:42Nonsense.
18:44How could I wake you up?
18:46That's right.
18:48The one who saved lives changed the revolution.
18:51The one who cured people changed the killing.
18:54You're amazing.
18:56Yang De.
18:58Yang De.
19:00Don't play tricks, okay?
19:02What's so amazing about you?
19:04You're a hypocrite.
19:06You haven't found your master yet.
19:12I can cure people.
19:14But I'll be a lonely ghost for the rest of my life.
19:17I won't follow you to start a revolution.
19:20Yang De, listen to me.
19:23If you want to come,
19:25we won't let you...
19:35It hurts.
19:39It's okay. I'm fine.
19:44It's my fault.
19:46We shouldn't have quarrelled when we first met.
19:50Listen to me.
19:53After all these years,
19:56I've come to a conclusion.
19:59If our country wants to progress,
20:02we have to follow the path of the revolution.
20:07I'll tell you the same.
20:09From Wu Guang to the Peace Corps,
20:14for thousands of years,
20:16there has always been a group of people
20:18who want to overthrow the country.
20:21They always make a mess.
20:23If they don't agree, they become the scapegoat.
20:26What will happen in the end?
20:29It's like building a chicken coop.
20:31You build it over and over again.
20:33Even if you succeed,
20:35it's just a change of dynasties.
20:37No, no, no.
20:40The revolution I started
20:42is completely different from the change of dynasties in the past.
20:46The change of dynasties in China
20:49is to overthrow an emperor
20:51and create a new emperor.
20:55I want to change the feudal system for thousands of years,
20:58not to change a dynasty.
21:01It's not easy.
21:05Where did you get the blueprint for the republic?
21:08America.
21:09But they only have a history of more than 100 years.
21:12It's still an immigrant country.
21:14The culture is new.
21:15It's okay to start with the republic.
21:18Can our country do it?
21:20Huang Xuan ruled for thousands of years.
21:22Chinese people are used to having an emperor.
21:25If you want to build a constitutional state,
21:27you have to start from the foundation of Huang Xuan.
21:29Who said that?
21:30You don't know the true civilization of the world.
21:32You don't know the true progress of the world.
21:34No.
21:35I just want to dig up the foundation of feudalism for thousands of years.
21:38You dig, you dig. You're exhausted.
21:40Yang Dong, I want you to dig with me.
21:44Don't even think about it.
21:45Yang Dong, Yang Dong, Yang Dong.
21:47You've been in politics for half your life.
21:49What's the matter?
21:50The Qing government.
21:51The Qing government should have realized it.
21:54Ten years ago, the battle of Jiawu.
21:56The Qing lost, but Japan won.
21:59Today, the Japanese-Russian war.
22:01Russia lost, but Japan won again.
22:03Isn't that clear?
22:06The war between the autocratic country and the constitutional state.
22:08The autocratic country must lose.
22:10The constitutional state must win.
22:11No matter how confused the Qing government is,
22:13it should implement the constitution.
22:15Xi Zi.
22:17Li Xian.
22:19We can't save the Qing government.
22:22Instead of letting the Qing government die in vain,
22:25why don't we kill them all?
22:28Let's build a republic on a new foundation.
22:32Work with me.
22:34I'm begging you.
22:36Okay.
22:38You and I have different views.
22:40But we don't mind doing our own things.
22:42Military constitution and republic.
22:44No matter which way you go in the future,
22:46it's better than the way it is now.
22:51I make a promise to you.
22:53In the future, if my Li Xian fails to save the country,
22:56I will give up the constitution
22:58and follow you to engage in a republic revolution.
23:02It's a deal.
23:05It's a deal.
23:07Okay.
23:08It's a deal.
23:10Okay.
23:12And...
23:14Although I can't follow you,
23:16I have a friend from my hometown
23:18who agrees with your republic revolution.
23:21Why don't you meet him?
23:23Who is he?
23:24Huang Xing.
23:25He's a strong assassin.
23:27Where is he?
23:28Shen Le Bai.
23:30Okay.
23:31Take me to him.
23:33Wait.
23:34Let me tell him first.
23:35Let him visit you.
23:37It doesn't matter who visits whom.
23:39Let's go.
23:40Go to Shen Le Bai.
23:44The madam from the palace is here.
23:56Welcome.
24:03Empress, I've been so looking forward to this day.
24:07It's such a great pleasure to be invited to the Summer Palace
24:10and meet the great Empress Dowager.
24:14Please.
24:27No.
24:28You're not looking old at all.
24:30I was at the World Exhibition
24:33and they had your portrait there.
24:36And it attracted all of the men's attention.
24:40They were all asking,
24:42who is this beautiful woman?
24:45And can you guess what they said when they were told,
24:49that is the Chinese Empress Dowager?
24:53What did they say?
24:55They said,
24:57so she's the Queen Elizabeth of China.
25:01I don't deserve it.
25:03Please.
25:05Yellow is the Empress.
25:08By the way, what does she do every day?
25:12Busy.
25:13Factory, shops, kindergartens,
25:16going to charity events, inspections,
25:19photo shoots.
25:20She's in the newspapers all the time.
25:25It depends on how you look at it.
25:29Because it's constitutional now,
25:31so the Parliament and Prime Minister
25:33take care of the important decisions.
25:36The Queen doesn't bother.
25:39But the Queen has no power.
25:42That also depends on how you look at it.
25:45Because for the important decisions,
25:48the Prime Minister reports to the Queen.
25:52That's strange.
25:54But does the Queen have the power or not?
25:58Beautiful Empress,
26:00your question is so sharp and so difficult for me.
26:04Perhaps I could bring you the British Charter.
26:06It's all in there.
26:09No, don't bother.
26:11So they're both constitutional countries,
26:13but it's actually the Japanese Emperor
26:15who has the real power.
26:17Maybe we can speak to the Japanese Minister's wife.
26:20Maybe we can speak to the Japanese Minister's wife.
26:26Japanese Minister's wife?
26:29I can't stand to see her face.
26:36Thank you.
26:37You're welcome.
26:38Have some more.
26:39I made this for you.
26:41How do you like it?
26:45These are very good.
26:47Delicious.
26:48Eat up.
26:49Help yourself.
26:50Eat up.
26:57General, what should we do?
27:00We need to come up with an idea.
27:03Weiting,
27:05calm down.
27:08General,
27:09you don't know,
27:10there's been a lot of telegrams from the provinces.
27:13They're all coming to me.
27:19I think,
27:20if we send telegrams to the north and south,
27:23this will probably work.
27:26These telegrams from the provinces...
27:30General,
27:31say something.
27:33I'm talking.
27:35What's going on?
27:36Sir, this is a new experiment.
27:38Please wait a moment.
27:40Say something.
27:43Sir, it's done.
27:48The telegrams from the provinces...
27:53can be sent to the north and south.
27:59Just say one thing.
28:02The provinces are good for our country.
28:05Don't say anything else.
28:07What's going on?
28:18I'm talking!
28:42Get the top one.
28:44Spray more.
28:48You damn thing!
28:50I deserve to die!
28:51Get up!
28:52You deserve to die!
28:53Do you know what place this is?
28:55This is the place where I was born and raised.
28:57If this place is eaten by worms,
29:00I will let the worms eat all of you!
29:03The imperial edict is issued!
29:06Duke Zheng is summoned to the capital to see the Empress Dowager!
29:12Your Excellency!
29:18Your Excellency!
29:19Your Excellency!
29:42You think you can still talk about the edict?
29:45Your Excellency, all the newspapers are talking about the edict.
29:48We have to talk about it, too.
29:50Of course we have to talk about it.
29:52But how did you talk about it?
29:54The edict is going to be issued!
29:56The edict is going to be issued!
29:58Are you selling vegetables or eggs?
30:01You only know how to threaten people.
30:09Hunan has always been the country's leading country.
30:12If you want to talk about the edict,
30:15then talk about it.
30:18But how did you talk about it?
30:20It's not as good as my brother talking about it.
30:24Take it back and read it!
30:30Your brother is...
30:32Liu Meiguan's student.
30:35I will read it carefully.
30:38Are you going to read it alone?
30:40No, no, no. They are all going to read it.
30:43Who told you to read it?
30:45It's all over the newspapers.
30:48The edict is going to be issued!
30:52I think that's enough for today.
30:55You Han people go back first.
30:57We will talk about it later.
31:00Yes, Your Majesty.
31:04Okay, we are all one family now.
31:06You can do whatever you want.
31:13Your Majesty, it would be great if we all did this in the future.
31:17Good boy.
31:19You are so beautiful.
31:22Although we can do whatever we want,
31:25it's a big deal for us to close the door today.
31:32The new edict has already been issued, Your Majesty.
31:35Is there anything bigger than this?
31:37I don't understand.
31:40Thank you.
31:44That's right.
31:48It's the new edict.
31:50Duan Fang, tell me.
31:53What does the new edict say?
31:56Your Highness.
31:57Sit down and talk.
32:01The new edict says that the throne can be restored.
32:04Wu Qiao, what are you talking about?
32:07Duan Fang is right.
32:09He is right.
32:12The throne still belongs to the emperor.
32:17But the republic doesn't have an emperor anymore.
32:20It's better to restore the throne than to have a republic revolution.
32:24Your Highness is wise.
32:26Since the Japanese-Russian war, Japan has been defeated by Russia.
32:29The new edict is based on authoritarianism.
32:31Therefore, it has spread to other countries.
32:33Not long ago, the Russian emperor issued an edict to restore the throne.
32:36The Russian emperor issued an edict to restore the throne.
32:39The local officials and the crown prince of the Qing Dynasty...
32:42have been writing to the government to ask for the restoration of the throne.
32:45According to my research, only the Qing Dynasty is authoritarian.
32:49So what?
32:58Zai Feng, listen to me.
33:01If you can get half of Duan Fang...
33:05I will be very happy.
33:09Duan Fang.
33:10Yes, Your Majesty.
33:11Zai Ze.
33:12Yes, Your Majesty.
33:13An Ming.
33:14Yes, Your Majesty.
33:15Sit down.
33:16Don't stand up.
33:17Thank you, Your Majesty.
33:18The three of you...
33:20are from my hometown.
33:23You have suffered a lot.
33:26But you have gained experience.
33:29Tell them...
33:31what are the advantages and disadvantages of the constitution.
33:38I have said it.
33:40We are a family.
33:41If we close the door and say it,
33:43we are not afraid of saying it wrong.
33:45We are afraid of not being able to say it.
33:48I think that...
33:49if we don't implement the constitution,
33:51there will be no country.
33:53Go on.
33:55After Gengzi, the state affairs are weak and difficult to return to.
33:58The constitution is in favor of the people.
34:00If we don't follow the will of the people,
34:02the people will turn against us.
34:04Wang Xiao Chu said that.
34:06Now, Sun Wen is promoting the Republic of China.
34:09He has a lot of followers.
34:11But we can't go against the will of the people.
34:15Only when the monarch sets the constitution,
34:17can we fight against it.
34:20So I think that...
34:22only when we set the constitution,
34:24can we have the foundation of a country.
34:27That's easy to say.
34:29After setting the constitution,
34:30the power is in the hands of the county government.
34:31Where is the power of the empress dowager and the emperor?
34:33Do you think it's easy?
34:35Zai Feng.
34:37If you want to say it, say it.
34:44En Ming.
34:46What do you want to say?
34:48My father-in-law is here.
34:50There is no place for small talk.
34:52We are all courtiers.
34:53What is there to say?
34:56The Empress Dowager asked me.
34:58How can I stop you?
35:02All right.
35:03Say it.
35:05The monarch sets the constitution.
35:07There is a Japanese-style constitution.
35:09There is also a British-style constitution.
35:12I think that a Japanese-style constitution
35:14is in line with the constitution of our country.
35:17But how to change the constitution?
35:19Let's wait and see.
35:21The top priority is to declare the constitution.
35:24In order to reflect the will of our country to obey the people.
35:28In this way,
35:29it can eliminate the wave of overseas revolutions.
35:32In the long run,
35:33it can consolidate our country.
35:35The will of the monarch will never change.
35:40Good.
35:43I'm happy today.
35:46Duan Fang.
35:47Zai Ze.
35:48En Ming's words
35:50are all in my heart.
35:52All right.
35:53Sit down.
35:54Thank you, Empress Dowager.
35:57A country
36:00is like a person.
36:02When you walk to a crossroad,
36:05which way should you go next?
36:08You have to think about it.
36:12I am
36:15old.
36:17These years,
36:18I have been
36:20coming and going
36:21with some new things.
36:24I don't have enough brains.
36:26That's why I asked you all to come and discuss it together.
36:29Whether to make a constitution
36:31is a matter of right and wrong.
36:33It's the root.
36:34How to make a constitution
36:36is a matter of pros and cons.
36:38It's a matter of understanding.
36:41The design of our loving country
36:44is mine.
36:46It's also yours.
36:49It will be yours sooner or later.
36:52The country left by our ancestors
36:56must not be lost.
36:58It's lost in your hands.
37:03All right.
37:05The matter of constitution
37:09is settled.
37:11In the year of Wuxi,
37:13the matter of constitution
37:16was mentioned by Kang Youwei.
37:18At the beginning,
37:19the emperor also showed me
37:21the Japanese constitution he wrote.
37:25I remember it was written on it
37:27that five ministers were sent
37:29to inspect all the policies before the Japanese constitution was established.
37:32It was also a warning to come back and refer to it.
37:35I think
37:37we should do the same.
37:41First,
37:42we should set up
37:44the Politburo.
37:47We should prepare and study the constitution.
37:51As for which five ministers
37:53to be sent to inspect the policies,
37:55I think it's a big deal.
37:59Who is willing to go?
38:04Your Majesty,
38:05I'm willing to go.
38:10You
38:11could have gone.
38:13But your father is a military official.
38:17Whatever you inspect
38:20is good or bad for the Qing Dynasty.
38:23People will say we are selfish.
38:26Sit down.
38:27Zai Ze, Duan Fang.
38:29Yes, Your Majesty.
38:30You two lead a team
38:33to go to a few more countries.
38:36The matter of constitution
38:38should be made clear.
38:40Yes, Your Majesty.