Confucius Page #4

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had two fine sayings

Please remember them all your life

"Put your country ahead yourselves

"Yes, as an officer the burden is heavy, the road is long

"So maintain your strength of spirit"

What we are doing now

is not only for the short term

Minister of the Interor Kong Qiu is here to see His Majesty

Tomorrow in court,

I will call for "Razing the Three City Walls"

"Razing"? What exactly does that mean?

When the Duke of Zhou ruled these lands,

it was established ...

that no fiefdom should build walls

around its city higher than 18 feet in height

The aim was to prevent the nobles

from abrogating power to themselves

But in recent decades,

these three noble families have turned their cities

to be their own

...so have their city walls grown taller

I humbly propose that the walls

of these three cities be razed

and to break the separatis

That is a serious matter

It will stir up discontent

Could you win this?

If you fail

you'll unleashed chaos everywhere

Your humble servant did a fortune reading

The reading was "Headless Dragon"

That is very auspicious

To strengthen the throne, the power of the

nobles must be reduced

we must cut off the dragon's head

Serve my man here with the best wine and meal

Thanks Minister, thank you

Didn't I say this would happen?

It is vicious

Razing the city walls

To pull down our walls to undermine our strength!

Kong Qiu want to bring down the Three Noble Families

Our fieldoms?

Have we any fieldoms?

May be Meng's fieldom still become to Meng

Your fieldom belongs to you or General Hou Fan?

Is BiYi still mine?

Kong Qiu want to demolish them

Fine! That would be benefit us

Uncle, what should we do now?

Laozhi taugh us

If we want to gain,

we must first give out something!

We may support Kong Qiu

raze there city walls!

More speed

We must reach BiYi tonight

to see General Gongshan Niu

Come on! Peck it!

Urgent Report from the city of Houyi

Acting Interior Minister

Just speak

Yes sir

Hou Fan, Rebel General of Shusun Wu's terrorist

has escaped from Houyi

The armies of Shusun and Zigao

have teared down their walls successfully

Excellent! Well done.

Good, we caught them by surprise

The Minister must be congratulated on

his famous victory!

Come, drink.

today we must celebrate

No, it's not over yet

Hou Fan will continue his resistance

Minister, then ensure that Shusun and Zigao

tear down their walls quickly

or the rebels will regroup behind them!

As I arrived in the city,

I saw Zilu and his army encamped nearby

Your BiYi is about to have its walls torn down,

you need a plan

They can come and tear down the walls,

then the Capital would not be protected

My plan is to take over the capital,

execute Kong Qiu and banish

the Three Noble Families!

Stop!

We want to check the carts

Don't you recognize the Ji's banner?

We are delivering the land taxes from Biyi

to the Palace

Open the gate!

The Minister of Law has ordered that all carts

be inspected

Seize the Duke of Lu, Slay Kong Qiu!

Seize the King, slay Kong Qiu,

banish the three noble families

Kill'em all

Report, General Gongshan,

the King is not at the Palace now

Where is he?

it seems he sought refuge with the Ji Family

Find the King!

Open the gate! Open it!

In such a key moment, where is Minister Ji?

He's out for a hunt. Your Majesty, follow me please

Your Majesty, be careful

Don't go head on with them, still for 2 hours

Steer the rebels to the Wuzi Platform

Yes sir

Ji surely pick a good time for a hunt

Quick! Kill'em all

King of Lu, Kong Qiu, Three Noble Families,

hear this...

Today, in the name of the Lord Ji Yiru,

under heaven mandate

I will clean up all those that go againts

the will of heaven

Destroy them!

March on!

Seize the King, slay Kong Qiu

Retreat

Fire

Pull

Release

Report, Minister!

Gongshan Niu and his rebels were defeated and

is retreating from the capital

Uncle, urgent report from the capital

it's just as you estimated

Gongshan Niu was defeated at the Wuzi Platform

Then what are you waiting for?

Send the troops in capture GongShan Niu alive

Yes

Take Gongshan Niu alive

Pull

Pull

Release

Pull

Release

No body is demolishing my Ghengyi

Why?

Chengyi stands right on the border

between Qi and Lu

The fort with high walls is used to protect us

against the invasion of Qi

it must not be demolished

How could you break your own words?

Didn't you approve to raze the high walls

of our three noble families is the first place?

Let him finish

Kong Qiu has reclaimed the three cities of Wen Shang

The three cities which used to belong to your family

But were they returned to you?

No, they now belong to the Duke of Lu

In this campaign, Kong Qiu has removed General Hou Fan

from the city of Houyi

Then who has become the Governor of Houyi?

Zigao, Kong Qiu's disciple

and BiYi, has it been returned

to your family?

No, and you have nothing.

Zilu, a disciple of Kong Qiu, was now appointed

as the Governor of BiYi

See?

Now if they're going to take over my Chengyi

they would again to give it to the Duke of Lu

Will there be any land or city left to us?

You ministers

Are you really willing to give the kingdom

back to the Duke of Lu and Kong Qiu?

Acting Interior Minister

By the order of the Prime Minister

No one is allowed in

Please wait here, I will make a request

Teacher, these are Meng and Shu's carriages

Master, Kong Qiu is requesting to see you

I don't wanna see him!

They're all inside

Teacher

I am sure those are Meng and Shu's carriages

Teacher

Outside the BiYi

Come! Let's drink

All of you should drink more

Attention! After the walls are torn down,

we will truly become one big family

Am I right?

Father

How far away is the Qi army from our border?

Less than 30 miles

But the Duke of Qi has sent an ambassador, Li Chu

and some gifts

Gifts? What's gifts?

80 dancing girls as well as more than 100 horses

Has Li Chu made any demands?

He demanded that Kong Qiu must be dismissed

Off to the palace, we must see his Majesty tonight

The Acting Interior Minister is here!

Your Majesty

We cannot pull back now!

We have won back two of the threee cities,

how can we abandon the last one?

Do you know?

Li Chu has 30,000 Qi troops, amassed on our border,

ready to invade

Once they from an alliance with

the city of Chengyi

we will be encircled

But the razing of the three cities is a

proclaimed policy, Your Majesty!

Those with high principle would rather die

to protect their belief

It is wrong to beg for one's life but to compromise

on the principles

Who will be left to care about ethics

if we've defeated in battle?

Victory and defeat are what matter,

not ethics

Don't you remember?

My father prince Zhao was driven out of Lu

by the three families

and die in exile

If the three families turn against me now

my fate will be much worse than his

Your Majesty

Do not say anymore!

for the past 100 days,

I have been always supporting you

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