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What's going on today? Your Majesty. Yes? Today, you're early. The song of the gate tower isn't sung for the fifth time yet. Well? What's going on there? It's raining. The courtiers have got dirt all over their shoes. They must be stomping there. Ask them to stop. Obey. His Majesty gave an order. The ministers should stop stomping. His Majesty gave an order. Please stop stomping. Oh no. Sir, I'm sorry. I didn't see you. I'm sorry, sir. What are you doing? Your Excellency. The rain doesn't stop. Oh, Lord Liu. Yes? Lend it to me after you're finished. Take your time. You truly have wonderful foresight. Look at Lord Liu. He's thoughtful about everything. Right. He truly has wonderful foresight. Lord Liu, are your boots made of calfskin? Yes. How much are they? Well. Nine hundred copper coins. Why can you take all the advantages? What? My boots cost one thousand eight hundred copper coins. One thousand eight hundred? This one also costs nine hundred. Clearly, it's a pair of boots. Why did you talk about the price of only one boot? Lord Li. Let me ask you something. What's the number of boots for a pair of them? Two. Right. What's the difference between mentioning the price of one boot and that of two boots? You're playing tricks on me. Return it to me after you finish using it. It's not something valuable. You want me to return it? Lord Li. I also want to use it after you're done. Alright. Alright. One by one. Okay. Your Majesty, you look worried and you're frowning. Are you being upset by something? Just tell us about it so that we could share your worries. I'm not being upset. I'm thinking about how you stomped nosily just now. Your Majesty, since you're angry about the noise of stomping, we won't do it again. Nor will we say something or move imprudently. You won't stomp again? If you don't do so, you bring the dirt on your shoes to the hall here. It's not enough for you to make the waiting room dirty, and you still want to make the hall dirty. Totally unacceptable. Yes. I have an idea. I'll give an order at once, asking the clothing workshop inside the palace to make a batch of soft calfskin boots. Place a shoe cabinet inside the waiting room. Every courtier has a closet, and there's a pair of boots in each closet. Whenever it rains, you cover the spiked shoes with the soft boots in the waiting room. Isn't that okay? Thanks for being so considerate towards us towards us in the smallest details. Thanks, Your Majesty. Alright. Alright. Be up, everyone. Thanks, Your Majesty. Courtier Liu, you know astronomy very well. Tell me when it'll rain again. Your Majesty. According to my astronomical observation, it won't rain within these six days. Six days then. I'll ask the empress to handle it. Make ninety-six pairs of leather boots within six days. If you have anything to report, please say it. If not, you can leave. I've got a report. Say it now. Your Majesty, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the population census has been conducted all over the country. Since the imperial edict was issued, the Ministry of War cooperated with the Ministry of Revenue, and dispatched twenty-four thousand soldiers to form one thousand eight hundred work groups. They go deep into the countryside and fields, taking record of population and landed property from one household to another. It's been three years, and the work is almost finished. There're over twelve and a half million registered household yellow books gathered from every prefecture and county. There's a population of more than 60.3 million. The households can be divided into civilian's, military, craftsman's, and merchant's, and by subdivision, rice trader's, scholar's, salter's, horse raiser's，boatman's, altar caretaker's, hoarder's, fisherman's, courier station worker's. And something like tailor's, military messenger's, bowman's, and mason's. Besides, wine seller's, porcelain craftsman's, forest ranger's tea grower's, tea producer's, musician's, beggar's and eggman's. What? Wait. Eggman's? What's an eggman's household? The household living on producing eggs. Who can live on producing eggs? Your Majesty, it doesn't refer to a man being able to produce eggs for his living. The eggman's household refers to the civilian's household that raises chicken, ducks and geese, and lives on their eggs. Let's take Gaoyou County as the example. There're over three thousand seven hundred households that raise ducks and live on their eggs. Gaoyou's salted duck eggs are known far and wide. Each of them is double-yolked egg. It's really delicious. Yes. It's delicious. Your Majesty, nearly everyone has tasted Gaoyou's double-yolked eggs before. They're very delicious. Gaoyou, Gaoyou, salted eggs with much yolk; prick them with a chopstick, and yolk oil comes out from them. Right. Your Majesty, I forget to report a thing to you. What do you want to say? I ate a three-yolked Gaoyou salted duck egg three days ago. Really? A three-yolked salted duck egg is the best type among all the salted duck eggs. How did you deal with it? How? Nothing special but to eat it. Oh! You're such a fool. I mean if something lucky like this should happen to you, what would you think of at first? You should think of His Majesty's grace. Oh! Your Majesty, my bad mouth, my greedy mouth. I shouldn't have eaten the delicious food myself. Your Majesty, If I should see any best quality food like this in the future, I'd send it to the royal kitchen so that Your Majesty can taste it. Look at you. It's just a duck egg. You don't need to blame yourself so severely. Be up. Alright. Take it as the reward I grant to you. Oh! Thanks for your kindness. Long live the emperor! Let's get down to business. Courtier Liu, go ahead. Yes. Where was I? Why did you mention the salted duck eggs out of no reason? You talked about the household registers. It's you who mentioned the salted duck eggs. Me? Yes. You firstly talked about the national population census, household registration, and books compiling. Yes. Your Majesty. There're more than 12.5 million households recorded in the yellow books. They're sent to the Yellow Books Archive on Xuanwu Lake's island successively, and are kept on shelves there. Tomorrow, the last project will be finished. Fifth-rank and above. Seven hundred and twenty-one officials' households will be registered in the books. According to my preliminary investigation, These seven hundred and twenty-one officials' households stand at the top of all the officials' families. Most of them are the pillars of our country, and many of them used to follow Your Majesty to fight battles everywhere and experience wars and chaos for many years. After they settled down in the capital, there have been great changes to their family members. Some are separated from their missing wives and children, and they get married with others. Some get divorced with their wives and concubines, and have secret mistresses. All the information should be recorded in the regular books stored in Xuanwu Lake Yellow Books Archive. This time, compiling the registration books is something important. Each official's household should have two registers. The original copy will be sent to Xuanwu Lake Yellow Books Archive. Each household keeps a copy of it. Besides, each official should inform their family of the registration of official's household first. Submit the draft of the form within ten days. I've ordered the Imperial College to dispatch over ten of their students to the hall of the Ministry of Revenue. They'll make a fair copy of the yellow books in block letters. Your Majesty, I also have another report. Say it. Your Majesty, for those women who have been separated from their husband for years without any message, and have no idea whether their husbands are dead or not, and that their husbands have become high-ranking officials, we should provide opportunities to these high-ranking officials' wives and children to go from other provinces to the capital so that they can look for their husbands and fathers. According to the Law of Great Ming, whoever travels over fifty kilometers away from their registered permanent residences, should get the certificate to travel from the government. Your Majesty, please issue an edict. It's not allowed to stop those who go to the capital to look for their husbands or fathers. If so, in just a few days, there'll be someone like Zhao Wuniang holding a pipa and coming to Yingtian to look for her husband. There'll be great trouble. What? What did you say? I said it'd be more convenient. Your Majesty, I can't say for sure whether there'll be another Zhao Wuniang coming to the capital. But I think for those kind and unfortunate ladies who stay at home, waiting for their husbands for years and look after the children and parents, we should bring peace and happiness back to them. What's more, it shows Your Majesty's grace and kindness. Okay. I'll issue the edict at once. Send the edict by post horses and post roads to every county and prefecture quickly. I have one more request. Say it. Your Majesty, please order the Imperial Office of Music to rehearse The Story of Pipa again, and invite all the ministers to watch it. Okay. Inform the Imperial Office of Music. Start to rehearse The Story of Pipa today. Alas. Gee. That's it. That's right. Right. That's it. Well, the most difficult part of making boots and shoes, is the upper. You should get it inside out first and stitch it. After you finish stitching it, Get the right side out again. Come on. I'll show you how to do it. Oops! Why did it slip out of my hands? At that time, His Majesty led the troops to fight in the wars. I had to make dozens of shoes in a year. But now, I haven't done this for so long. I'm not quite skilled at it now. The ministers' feet are not longer than seven or eight cun. So for the boots, their length should be 1 or 1.2 chi. Don't laugh. I know you have small feet. Unlike me. I have a pair of big feet. The length of my feet should be up to six or seven cun. I also know that they call me Big Feet Empress behind me. Don't laugh. The country gets stable with the big feet. Have you heard of it? Yes. Right. If I had not got these big feet, I couldn't have followed His Majesty to fight battles everywhere. Right? By the way, His Majesty gave an order, saying that the Imperial Office of Music should rehearse The Story of Pipa again. But the actress who plays the role of Zhao Wuniang is seriously ill. If she can't get recovered, we have to find someone else to replace her. Oh, is one of you the daughter of Gao Ming, who is the writer of The Story of Pipa? Which one of you? Who? Your Grace. That's me. Oh! It's her. Are you familiar with all the content of the opera written by your father? My father and I have been depending on each other since I was little. I've long got familiar with his heroine Zhao Wuniang. There's a famous aria from this opera called Song of Rice Bran. Can you sing it? Yes. Only that I wasn't allowed to bring pipa when I entered the palace. That's easy. Ask the Imperial Office of Music to bring a pipa here. Listen. For the official households' yellow books, pay attention to the paper first. We must use first-class thick cotton paper. No dyeing. No bleaching. The length and width should be measured according to the standard strictly. It's okay. And the fonts. Write in block letters. Every character should be of the same size. The space between characters shouldn't be less than four fen. The space between lines shouldn't be less than five fen. If you transcribe one character mistakenly, you must copy it all over again. If anyone transcribes three pages mistakenly… You see? …he will end up the same like him. Kneel down here for two hours as his punishment. And for the bookbinding, we must use bonnet cotton or fine cordage. Reduce the use of paste. Add more crushed chilies to the paste for mothproof function. For the household files of our Ming Dynasty, we should make them by the standard of keeping them for over a thousand years, especially for the official households' yellow books. Shanchang. Oh? You're the prime minister's wife. Right? Lord Li. Shanchang. She's come for you. My dear wife. Why did you come here? Let's talk after I go home. You've left the finished form of our household at home. I've come to give it to you. Here. Lord Song. Lord Liu. How about… Yes? …taking a look at this? Must I? I'm a madame with an honorary title granted by His Majesty. Both Shanchang and I have signed the form. Our household register is very simple. Unlike some officials. One of them got a wife who had been missing for many years. Later, he got a secret mistress. I see. After a problem is solved, another one appears. Right? Shanchang. Yes. It's simple for our family. Yes is yes. Simple is simple. Don't stutter. Yes. Simple. Good. Both of us have finished the form at home. Ask them to transcribe it here. Then send it to Xuanwu Lake Yellow Books Archive. It's done. Yes. Lord Song. Lord Liu. Do you agree? Yes. It depends on the information provided by both of you. Right. I got married with Shanchang with the empress being our matchmaker. Right. His Majesty's words are the rules. If His Majesty says yes, no one dares to say no. Do you think so, Lord Liu? Don't implicate me. Didn't you attend our wedding? Yes, I did. I also gave money as a wedding gift. Let's not talk about the money now. Lord Liu, have you forgot what Her Grace asked Shanchang about at the wedding? What did Her Grace ask about? I can't remember. Empress Ma asked him like this, Li Shanchang do you take Miss Liang to be your wife? What was your answer? I do. Yes, I do. But how come I can't remember whether Empress Ma asked me this question? Look at you. You forget something so important. Not only this. What? Empress Ma asked him again, will you love her all your life? Whether she gets old, fat, has children or not in the future, will you still love her? Do you take her to be only wife without having any other concubine? Can you promise, swear, that you've never had a wife before? I… I promise. I swear. How come I can't remember the empress said so. Oh, Shanchang! What? How come you also forget it? It has nothing to do with forgetting it or not. You mean you haven't forgot it? That's great. No, I'm not talking about not forgetting it. I mean, it has nothing to do with forgetting it or not. The point is whether the empress really asked really asked this question or not. That's my confusion. Did she ask it? Have you forgot it? Yes or no. Say it. Isn't it necessary to ask these questions? Tell me. Yes. It's necessary. Good. What are you doing? How many wrong pages? All wrong? All wrong, right? Whoever gets over three wrong pages, come out now. Kneel down. Look. Why did you come here? Look at the trouble you've made. Why did you come here? Look. Look. They all made mistakes. Well, I'm not to blame. I've come to deliver the file. Just go home. I didn't come here to tell jokes. Take it. Okay. Ask them to transcribe it quickly. Right. Lord Li, transcribe it now. Don't just stand there. Be up. Be up. No more mistake. -Thanks, sir. -Thanks, Lord Liu. Transcribe it. Then think about it again. Lord Liu. Some people want to take concubines secretly, but they don't have the guts. As far as I know, when we captured Yangzhou, over ten men took concubines. Yes. Yangzhou mistresses are very famous. Right? Yangzhou? Not Yangzhou. Okay. Not Yangzhou, but we've also got Xuzhou, Ang Changzhou, Jiangzhou. Lord Song, no hurry. Let Lord Li think about it again. Lord Li. The deadline. In eight days. Okay. Look, Lord Liu. Yes? For this thing… What is it? Lord Liu? What Lord Li wants to say is that his wife has sent it here. He can't take it home again. I see. If he takes it home again and his wife discovers it, it'll be awful for Lord Li. Yes. Lord Liu, you're in charge of this. I think, why don't you keep this for Lord Li. Don't transcribe it for the time being. Let's do this in a few days. What do you think? Oh, Lord Song. I had not expected that you'd be such a helpful friend. That's exactly what I mean. That's what I mean. Lord Liu, please help me. Please keep this temporarily. Keep it for a few days, and then transcribe it. That's not okay. Why not? Lord Liu, just help me again. Help me till the end. Can you? This is urgent. If I don't handle it well, I might be killed. This is very important. Lord Liu, do you want me to kneel down to you? No. I'll keep it temporarily. But let's be clear about one thing. Once this form is transcribed, and sent to the Yellow Books Archive, not a single word can be changed. Okay. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Don't read it. I have to transcribe it. Can't I read it? Lord Li. This is a good idea. Right? Yes. I haven't got any idea yet. Stop. Where are you going? We're going to Yingtian. To travel over fifty kilometers, you have to show your certificate to travel to pass here. We don't have the certificate. You can't pass here without the certificate. I'm going to the capital to look for my husband. You must have the certificate even if you want to look for your husband. Go there and discuss with them. If they issue the certificate to travel to you, I'll let you pass. Just go. Sir. I want a certificate to travel for going to the capital. Who are you looking for in the capital? My husband who has been missing for fifty years. Where are you from? Wuxian, Gusu. What about the household register you've got in Wuxian? Your husband's name is Li Shiyuan? Yes. Li Shiyuan. It seems none of the high-ranking officials in the capital is named Li Shiyuan. Sir, just think about it. There's the character Yuan in my husband's name. That's the Yuan for the Yuan Dynasty. My husband used to follow the current emperor for the purpose of eliminating the Yuan Dynasty. So I think he must have changed his name. Then what's his name now? I don't know. I've heard among all the high-ranking officials of the imperial court, over twenty of them has the surname Li. Are you sure your husband is a high-ranking official now? I'm not sure. Over these fifteen years, I've been wondering whether he's still alive or not. But last year, there was a rumor coming from my hometown that Li Shiyuan had become a high-ranking official. Wuxian isn't your hometown? No. Eight years ago, I went from my hometown to Wuxian to seek refuge. Where's your hometown? Shexian, Anhui. Shexian? I know it. Shexian is located in Huaixi. His Majesty also comes from there. When the Ming Dynasty was founded, among all the people who got official posts or titles, twenty of them were from Huaixi. But you're not able to tell his name. How can we issue the certificate to travel to you? Oh, there's a mole between my husband's eyebrows. We have no chance to see those high-ranking officials. Even if we want to, we're not qualified. I think we should issue the certificate to her. We got the imperial edict yesterday. We mustn't stop those who go to the capital to look for their husbands. For these women, most of them are looking for high-ranking officials. We can't afford to offend them. What's more, as far as I know, the prime minister's surname is Li. He's also from Shexian. If we stop the prime minister's wife here, we might get into trouble. Ma'am. Ma'am, please take it. Ma'am. My name is Yan Datong. His name is Shi Youwei. Lord Yan. Lord Shi. -Don't say that. -Don't say that. Just remember our names and that we issued the certificate to travel to you. Remember us. Thank you. My lord, Lord Xu, Chief Secretary of the Ministry of War, wants to see you. Ask him to come in. Yes. Lord Xu, please. Greetings, sir. Please take a seat. Thanks, sir. Lord Xu, what's wrong with your face. My grape trellis collapsed and it hit my head. Look at my face. I might be aware of other things, but for this, I understand it. I think this is not the first time your grape trellis has fallen. Sir, please don't laugh at me. Because of the household forms, my wife vented her anger on me again. Last time in Yangzhou, I took a concubine. Sir, you were the matchmaker. Don't implicate me. After she went to the capital, I bought a house in Hanlin Street. I didn't dare to bring her home. But this time, I can't get away with it. In terms of this, His Majesty has said, some of you want to take concubines secretly, but have no guts to do so. Next time, I won't do it again even if I have more guts. Next time? No next time. You won't get away with it this time. Look at you. You're Chief Secretary of the Ministry of War. You can command millions of soldiers. How come you can't command a woman at home? Can't command a woman at home? Li Shanchang, who do you want to command? Just go. Go. Our grape trellis also collapsed. Bye. Bye. Just go. Gee. Whoa. Excuse me. There was a Ms. Zhao passing here with her son. Did you let them go? Yes. There was a mother and her son. She said they were going to the capital to look for her husband. The officials over there issued the certificate to travel to them. I already let them go. Did she show you the household register? Yes. That's a military household. Yes, a military household. Her son's name is Li Jiru. He's sixteen now. According to the edicts, The only son of a military household should join the army at the age of sixteen. But she's looking for an official's household. Are you sure Li Shiyuan is a high-ranking official in the capital? I'm not sure. Can't I try my luck for this thing? No. Before he becomes a member of the official household, he must join the army as a member of the military household. I'm in charge of recruiting soldiers. They've just left here. If you're that inflexible, just chase them. You! Don't you think His Majesty's edicts are inflexible? Come on. Go. Gee. Gee. Are you looking for someone here? No. No. Do you know the number of women who have come to your First Wife Nunnery and look for their husbands in the capital? Since yesterday, there have been twelve women coming here. I wonder you have these ladies' names? Yes, I do. But… What? But I've promised them I'll protect their privacy. I've got His Majesty's order to carry out an official task, helping the officials find their missing relatives. Just give the list to me. I won't reveal it to anyone irrelevant to this. Good. Nor will I sell it. Okay. Please wait a minute. Lord Liu, here you are. Okay. Half of them are officials of the imperial court. Okay. Don't worry. I'll inform them to come one by one. Only that may I see this woman who is looking for Li Shiyuan? Do you really have a colleague whose name is Li Shiyuan? As far as I know, no one is called this name now. If so, there's no need for you to see her. But three men used to have this name. Three? Lord Liu, which Li Shiyuan will you ask to be reunited with her? Well, it depends. I can't say for sure. Perhaps none of the three Li Shiyuan is the man she's looking for. If only one of them was her husband. Your Excellency. Lord Li. Lord Liu. Lord Liu. I've heard His Majesty sent you to the First Wife Nunnery. Lord Li, You also know about the First Wife Nunnery? Everyone knows about the First Wife Nunnery now? Haven't you heard of it? Not every nunnery is called First Wife Nunnery. Yes. I know. Your Excellency, First Wife Nunnery is very famous now. So, I've heard you helped a few officials to be reunited with their wives. Many of them. What? You… Lord Li. You don't need to worry. You didn't have a wife, and you have no concubine now. It has nothing to do with you. Sure. Sure. It has nothing to do with me. But as the prime minister, I should concern myself with it. Lord Liu, I've heard you have a blacklist. What blacklist? Don't shout. Keep your voice down. Okay. May I take a look at it? Just take a look. Take a look. Your Excellency, it relates to their privacy, and it has nothing do it with you. Don't look at it. Right. It surely has nothing to do with me. I just take a look. Take a look. Don't look at it. I promise the name Li Shanchang isn't on the list. Don't worry. I know the name Li Shanchang isn't on the list. But I want to see whether there's another name. You once changed our name? Changed my name? What? I've never changed my name. Okay. That's ridiculous. Well, A righteous man never has to change his name. I've never changed my name. Alright, you've never changed it. Why are you being so angry? It's just a question. Right? Go to the court. Li Shiyuan. What're you writing? Nothing special. I'm drawing a picture. A picture? Then I'm more eager to see it. No, it's not a good picture. Take your hands of it. No, my dear wife. I… I just want to draw a portrait for you so that you can hang it inside our bedroom. Look at you. I'm still alive, and stay with you every day. Is it necessary to draw a portrait for me, and hang it on the wall? The point is that I want to express my deep affection to you. Come on. Take your hands of it. Let me see. It's not a good picture. Is this me? Yes. It doesn't look like me. Yes, I said so. Look at me. Look. Look at me carefully. Am I that thin and small? Look. No. Perhaps you've forgot it. You used to… You used to have these fine and delicate features. You were charming when you walked. Alright. I think you're not quite good at drawing. When I'm free, I'll invite the imperial drawer Wang Ju over here to draw a a nice portrait for me. Okay. But don't stay up too late. Okay. Go to bed earlier. Okay. Hello, sir. This way, please. Gee. Step aside. Leave here first. Yes. I want to see Zhao Dongni alone. Please wait in the meditation room. Music