Please spare my life.
Are you afraid?
Yes, I am.
Please spare my life.
I still rule this country.
With my words,
you can get anything you want.
Tell me what you want.
I'll make it happen.
Don't flatter yourself.
You're finished.
If the coup fails, you'll die under the law,
and if it's successful,
I'll kill you with my gun.
Stop.
Retreat!
After them.
Catch those gunmen.
Yes, ma'am.
Hyewon!
What are you doing here?
I'm here to protect Her Grace.
I'm Choi Hyewon.
The head of the Gyeonggi Peddlers' Guild,
Choi Wonsin is my father.
Choi Wonsin.
Isn't he working for Kim Jwayeong?
That's a groundless rumor.
Your Majesty set him free.
Don't you remember?
My father came with me as well.
He's in the area.
He's chasing those gunmen
that Kim Jwayeong sent.
Who are you? Why are you doing this to us?
Don't kill us.
We didn't do anything.
Please don't kill us.
Take the bodies.
Yes, sir!
How are you?
Where's Her Grace?
She's inside.
You've done well.
You can relax now that I'm here.
I told Choi Wonsin to kill all the gunmen
that Kim Jwayeong sent.
Why?
You're a member of the Conservatives,
led by Kim Jwayeong.
Your Majesty!
Because Kim Jwayeong was so powerful,
I had to follow him against my will.
But I'm going to be your loyal subject.
Do you expect me to believe that?
I'm not asking you to believe me,
but if you spare my life,
I'll gather all the nobles outside of the palace,
and protect you, Your Majesty.
I will make sure no one will dare challenge
your authority from now on.
Your father was worried about you.
When he sent me here, he made sure
that I'd protect you when I found you.
You mean...
Yes, he told me that you're his son.
Take good care of him.
Yes, I'll see you later.
If you'll excuse me.
Let's go inside.
Hyewon.
Can we talk?
What's going on?
What are you up to?
As you see.
I'm protecting Her Grace with my father.
You can go home. I'll take it from here.
It's my job to protect Her Grace.
Go home.
Your mother wants you to be home.
Your father has passed away.
Your mother is waiting for you
so that she can have your father's funeral.
It can't be. I saw him before I left.
I saw him in the palace.
I'm not lying. The rebels got him.
While you were trying to protect Her Grace.
Leave immediately. I'll tell Her Grace.
No. No.
Get rid of Kim Jwayeong immediately.
I have to take his head to His Majesty.
Everything will return to its original place.
If I die, someone else will replace me.
That's how things are.
Slaves think that they have earned the world
and fall asleep once their stomachs are full.
Nobles, on the other hand, stay awake
to find ways to protect their assets.
That's why nobles always win.
Guys like you never...
Stop being a hypocrite.
Nobles can't sleep at night
because they're afraid.
I know why you're afraid of the book,
'How to Reform Joseon' and tried to get rid of it.
You're afraid that commoners
will be enlightened and attack you.
A Qing army has arrived in Jemulpo
and is making its way to the capital.
A Qing army?
Your stupidity has caused serious problems.
You look better than I thought in that.
It's not comfortable.
There's no other way.
If you walk around the capital in a suit,
you'll be harmed.
Run! Run!
Go ahead and run! Quickly!
We're in trouble. Run quickly!
Qing soldiers are coming.
Run! Everybody! Run!
Where is Kim Jwayeong?
Bring him in right away!
Your Majesty!
I have him here.
This is Kim Jwayeong,
the head of the Conservatives,
who led the coup.
Park Yungang.
These people here are
what we can call traitors.
Your Majesty, please punish them severely.
They've all been arrested,
and I'll be arrested soon.
Sir.
Don't worry.
A king who's been through a coup
tends to become timid.
To strengthen his power as king,
he's going to reach out for help.
The queen is the key to the whole thing.
I'll escort you to the palace.
Thank you.
I've never seen as brave a woman
as you in Joseon.
You flatter me.
Where is Suin?
As you ordered,
I sent her home in the morning.
Hogyeong went with her.
It's so sad to lose a decent scholar like him.
Lady Suin.
Where have you been?
What took you so long?
Father. Father.
Please answer me.
I'm home.
I'm home safe and sound.
Father, please say something.
Please tell me that you're glad to see me.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Kim Jwayeong is the one
who planned this coup.
He's also the one who killed Park Jinhan
and framed him for treason a long time ago.
Your Majesty! Please don't kill me!
Please spare my life, Your Majesty!
Shut up!
I've made my decision.
Including Kim Jwayeong, a former Chief Scholar,
I'm sentencing,
all the traitors who were involved
in this coup, to death.
I'm also clearing Park Jinhan,
former head of the Palace Control,
from the charge of being a traitor.
I'm also lifting the order to execute
Park Yungang and to enslave Yeonha,
Park Jinhan's daughter.
Yungang.
Park Jinhan was a loyal subject of mine.
I'm going to promote him to general and
make people of Joseon follow in his footsteps.
Your grace is immeasurable, Your Majesty.
Father. Father.
You and I are going down together.
You used Choi Wonsin to screw me over,
but you ended up here with me.
Did you say, 'You and I'?
I'm not going to die.
What?
Just wait and see.
Minister Kim and Choi Wonsin saved my life.
Please pardon them, Your Majesty.
They didn't do it out of good will.
They knew that the coup would fail
and had a change of heart.
Your Majesty, whether they did it
out of good will or not, they saved my life.
Please show them leniency.
That's not fair, Your Majesty.
You can't let them walk away.
He's right, Your Majesty.
They worked for Kim Jwayeong
for all those years.
Your Majesty!
If I let Kim Byeongje live,
what can he do for me?
There are lots of nobles
who are still against you.
If you use Kim Byeongje,
you can get them on your side.
What about Choi Wonsin?
With him,
you can move hundreds of thousands
of peddlers in the entire nation.
Okay.
Your Majesty!
I'll pardon them.
Your Majesty, you can't do that.
Yes, I can and I will.
If I can strengthen my power as king,
I'll take any help I can get.
Your Majesty!
Even commoners joined in attacking
the palace with the rebels.
They tried to kill the queen.
If I don't have power, Joseon has no future.
If I'm in danger,
Joseon can't become a strong country.
Joseon is my country, and I have to lead it.
Father.
I guess you still think of me as your father.
What happened? Have you been released?
Yes, I've been released.
Since I saved Her Grace,
His Majesty pardoned me for everything I did.
Don't be surprised.
That's how things are.
You're here.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I wanted to apologize to you.
Sorry. It took longer than I thought.
It took too long to clear your father's name.
No, Your Majesty. It's all over.
Thank you for keeping your word.
You did it.
You reclaimed your father's honor,
and you also saved me like your father did.
I have a favor to ask you.
I made a hard decision for this country.
I want you to accept it.
Your Majesty, what are you talking about?
I have someone to introduce to you.
He'll be leading all the peddlers in Joseon,
and will support me outside of the palace.
Come on in.
How?
I definitely...
Yes, I've survived, just like you have.
Your Majesty!
I know you two have a history.
However, you should forget the whole thing.
Your Majesty!
Do that for me.
That's also what you have to do for Joseon.
From this moment on,
you two shouldn't try to harm each other.
Can you promise me that?
Answer me.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I'll follow your orders.
What about you?
No!
Park Yungang.
Not him of all people.
He killed those scholars who supported you.
He killed Park Jinhan, a loyal subject of yours.
Your Majesty, why are you trying to side
with this filthy thing?
Why are you depending on this evil man?
I told you I'm doing this for Joseon.
Please trust me and follow me.
I can't do this.
It's a Royal command. Obey it.
Swear, in the name of your father,
that you'll never point a gun at Choi Wonsin,
that you'll forgive him for what he has done.
Your Majesty.
If not, you'll be a traitor again,
and your sister will become a slave again.
Your Majesty!
I'm doing this to protect you as well.
Answer me. Now!
Park Yungang!
No, Your Majesty!
I'm going to punish Choi Wonsin.
I'm going to make him pay for what he did.
If you're going to stop me, kill me.
You don't have to hesitate.
I have no faith in you left in me now.
Please excuse me.
Are you letting him go?
Your Majesty!
He'll come around. Eventually.
Don't harm him. Never.
Hello.
Shut up and leave.
Before I hurt you.
Yungang.
Yungang.
I have something to tell you.
Go get some more candles and incense.
I will.
Yungang.
I've been waiting for you.
I needed your support.
Suin.
I'm so sorry for my father.
I'm his only daughter...
But I didn't know what happened.
He had to die in pain,
and I didn't know about it.
Suin.
Why do you have to go through this?
It's enough for me to suffer.
Please get through this.
I'll always be with you.
I'll cry with you and suffer with you.
Pardoned?
Yes, I think His Majesty chose to strengthen
his power rather than to bring justice.
We should stop depending on him.
What are you talking about?
If he's obsessed with power, we can't let
His Majesty handle the fate of Joseon.
So?
The time has come.
We need to take over the government.
Park Yeonghyo and I have already
made up our minds.
What about you?
Are you guys in?
Yes, I'm in.
Yes, I'm in.
What about you?
If that's the only option, I'll gladly follow you.
Thank you.
I have a special favor to ask you.
Do you want me to be a spy?
Yes.
From now on, the government will be run
by Minister Kim Byeongje.
I want you to stay close to him.
Tell your father that
you want to live as the son of a minister.
He'll gladly take you under his wing.
It won't be easy.
Your fellow reformists will point
fingers at you,
and say that you're a traitor
who chose power.
You shouldn't tell them
what you're really doing.
Can you do that?
Do you still carry this around?
Sure.
I should make wings for this owl.
No. I don't want it to fly away.
I was the happiest I've ever been
when you made me this.
Yungang.
Yes.
You have to come with me.
Go back.
How dare you show your face here?
His Majesty told me
to deliver funeral supplies.
His Majesty?
Why would he ask you to do that?
Choi Wonsin!
You're here, Yungang.
Get out of here before I drag you out.
Yungang.
Pull yourself together.
Are you going to make a scene?
Yungang.
Stay there.
Go away.
You still can't control yourself.
What?
Don't be so upset.
You're not the only one who doesn't like this.
You have no idea how much
I want to kill you,
but I won't because His Majesty
ordered me not to.
I don't care what he said.
If you shoot me, you're done.
Don't be afraid.
I won't kill you right away.
Instead, I'll make you suffer so much
that you'd rather die.
Remember.
I'm going to make you
pay for what you've done.
What's going on?
His Majesty did what?
It's nothing. Don't worry about it.
Yungang.
Let's finish this funeral first.
That's your priority.
Go back to the room next to your father.
I'll see how I can help out here.
Suin.
Hogyeong.
Have you eaten?
Do you need a hand?
A lot of people are helping us.
Yungang is here as well.
Suin, many people, including me,
will finish what your father started.
I'll do my best to make his dream come true.
Thank you, Hogyeong.
Hang in there.
The day when you can smile again will come.
I'll do my best to see that happen.
Yes, Hogyeong.
You saw me walking out of the palace
all by myself.
What do you want to know more?
You were almost at death's door.
That's why I came by.
I was worried that you might have fallen ill.
People might think that you care about me.
We have taken different paths,
but you're my only father.
I haven't forgotten that.
I brought some herbs.
I'm sure you need more energy.
I have to go.
Stop.
If you think that
you should accept me as your father,
stop being stubborn.
What are you talking about?
Come back to me.
His Majesty replaced me
with you and Kim Byeongje?
Yes, he made a wise decision.
What can His Majesty get while holding
hands with a wrinkly old man like you?
How do you feel
about getting bitten by your own dog?
It's not so pleasant.
I'm sure it isn't.
Look on the bright side.
You'll be executed soon.
You won't feel unpleasant for too long.
How dare you!
Consider yourself lucky to be executed.
If I had to do it, it wouldn't end that simply.
Until you begged me to kill you,
until I made you pay for what you did to me,
I would make you suffer.
I asked Minister Kim to execute you last,
so you can watch every single one
of your followers be executed before you.
How dare you!
Good bye, sir!
Choi Wonsin and Minister Kim are next.
Keep an eye on Choi Wonsin for now.
We need to find out
where his gunmen are hiding.
Yes, Boss.
Your war isn't over, yet?
No, it's just resumed.
This is your father's journal.
It's all about you.
Master Hyeonam accepted Suin as his pupil.
I'm so glad.
Looking at Suin crying all day in her room,
I feel furious towards those who
took Park Jinhan and Yungang.
I stared working at a new facility
under the orders of His Majesty.
I thought it'd be nice
if Suin could join me and work here.
I had an urge to see her pioneering
the new world with me.
I know she's capable of doing so.
I feel bad that I can't give her
that opportunity.
Father.
Suin, it's me, Yeonha.
Really? His Majesty said that?
Yes, he told Yungang to forgive him,
and gave him a government position.
He's the one who killed my father.
Before long,
a facility called Hyesang Gongguk
will be established.
If that happens, no one can do business
without our permission.
Our time has finally come.
I want you guys, heads of each branch,
to help me.
Yes, sir.
I want you to help me a lot
since you're the head of the Gyeonggi Branch.
Yes, father.
Please help yourselves.
Yes, sir.
What is it?
I have something to tell your father.
We have guests. Let's go to my room.
Don't think this is over.
You're not going to have it your way.
You'll end up paying for what you've done.
You're a cowardly gunman
who shot people from behind.
You're no different.
You're as bad as your father now.
I want you to remember that.
Why did you go to Choi Wonsin's place?
After my father died like that,
I couldn't just do nothing.
How can His Majesty do this?
How can he forgive Minister Kim
and Choi Wonsin?
How can he forgive all of their evil deeds?
I'll make them pay eventually.
I'll see to it myself.
I don't want you to become a traitor again.
Don't worry. I'll find a way.
A wise and clever way.
Yungang.
When I reclaimed my father's honor,
I thought everything was over.
I thought I could be happy with you
for the rest of our lives.
But...
Hang in there.
I can't stop here.
It'll be over soon.
Give me some more time.
Yungang.
Welcome, Mr. Yamamoto.
Where is Hanjo?
Right.
Who are you now?
Hanjo or Park Yungang?
I'm Park Yungang.
You're Hanjo, Hasegawa Hanjo.
Before I arrived in Joseon,
there were things that you were to do.
There were things that you were to bring me.
Before you finish your job, you can't leave.
I'm a merchant.
Make up for the losses you caused me.
You can become Park Yungang after that.
(Japan, 3 years ago)
What?
You've never met him?
How could you tell me that
you worked for him?
Well...
Mr. Yamamoto has tens of
small groups under him.
Only the members of the top group
have the chance to see his face.
Don't worry.
If we finish this job successfully,
we might be able to meet him.
If not, I'm going to have to kill you.
Okay, okay.
What is it, Hanjo?
Kill them!
It's an ambush!
Kill them all!
Hanjo!
Hanjo! Wake up, Hanjo!
Go... Go find Mr. Yamamoto.
He won't meet a guy from Joseon.
Use my name.
From now on...
you're Hasegawa Hanjo.
Wake up, Hanjo!
Hanjo!
The guys who were delivering presents
to the Cabinet was ambushed.
What about the presents?
One guy survived and protected them.
Do you want to meet him?
Enter.
Name?
I'm Hasegawa Hanjo.
You can call me Hanjo.
Sure. What do you want?
I want to serve you, Mr. Yamamoto.
Good.
Thank you.
Kill him.
He's not Hanjo.
He speaks with a Joseon accent.
He finished his job and risked his life.
We need people like him.
Please give him a chance.
I like his penetrating eyes.
How do you do? I'm Choi Wonsin.
I'm honored to meet you, Mr. Yamamoto.
I've been worried about you.
How are you holding up?
I'm not going to waste time crying.
That's not what my father wants.
What are you going to do from now on?
Well...
I'm not so sure,
but I want to carry on my father's legacy,
if there's a way.
I want to finish what my father started,
to help Yungang achieve what he wants,
but I don't know how.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Keep your chin up.
Thank you.
This is nice.
It's been a while.
Mr. Hanjo.
I'm Park Yungang now.
So I heard.
What are you doing here?
I need an explosives expert.
I think you're fully recovered.
Can you work for me?
Well...
I'll pay twice as much as Choi Wonsin.
This is the explosives expert.
We have a manager and
a civil engineer as well.
What do you think?
I have no reason to say no.
I wanted to talk
about the mine business before,
but Choi Wonsin's daughter interrupted us.
Let's get started.
Come to the place I told you about before.
Thank you. You've made my job a lot easier.
You're giving him more money than other.
Why would he say no? Am I right?
I'm not doing this because of money.
I don't want to go back to the mine.
What?
It's literally hell.
Because of the heavy workload,
no one wants to work there.
That's why he had to buy slaves.
Don't be lazy. Get up!
Choi Wonsin doesn't feed
the workers properly to make more profits.
They kill whoever gets caught
trying to run away.
Father. Father. Open your eyes.
Father. Father. Open your eyes. Father!
Didn't you know?
He did the same thing
even when he worked with you.
Buy as much raw silk and ox hides
as you can find.
Japan has a shortage of those items now.
While we're getting that stuff,
let's start our mining business.
Mining business.
Yes.
I'm going to get an explosives expert soon.
We have everything else ready.
We also have enough people to work.
Okay. Let's do it.
He said he'd do it.
Choi Wonsin won't feed the workers properly
to make more profits.
They kill whoever gets caught
trying to run away.
We have no food. Give us some food.
Please give us some food.
Are you trying to kill us?
Give those young children some food.
We're human.
Yeah, we're human.
How dare you!
What about the food we gave you
this morning?
Half a potato won't hold us for the day.
Shut up and get inside.
Stop being babies. We have no work.
If you don't work, you don't eat.
Is that why you're not giving us food?
You took all the money we made for you,
you bastards!
How dare you!
Go ahead and kill me.
Hell would be better than this, you bastard.
Get him!
Stop!
Go.
He's just following orders.
I'm sorry.
I had no idea about this place.
Let's move.
Go on.
I can't.
My father's buried there.
I can't leave him alone.
You have to go.
Keep him in your heart.
That's what I did.
Go on.
Thank you.
Where are the workers?
We can hire people. It's not hard.
Mining isn't easy.
It'll take time to hire skilled workers.
Then, you have no business here.
Mr. Hanjo!
Hanjo!
I'll introduce you to a new gold mine.
Workers, an explosives expert,
and a civil engineer.
I've got them all.
Where is it?
It's in Songdo.
Their vein is a lot richer than this one.
Songdo.
Good.
I think I can make up for the loss
that I caused you, with this.
Don't worry about the gold mine.
Find something else.
Let's go to Songdo.
Yes, sir.
Escort him.
This way, please.
Park Yungang!
You won't be able to have anything.
Too bad you can't kill me.
I'm just getting started.
It'll get a lot more interesting.
(Gunman in Joseon)
Park Yungang!
Get the heck out of here!
Too bad it was getting more interesting.
If we don't stop, Japan will take all our rice,
and the commoners will starve to death.
Joseon will face a big change.
- Then? / - Can you help me?
What is it that I have to do?
I wish I could lead a normal life.
Can't I live like everyone else?
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