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一半江山 Half The Realm And A Bow
眾太監、校尉俱道：「你師兄果有手段，醫好國王，他也該有一半江山，我等合該下拜。」众太监、校尉俱道：「你师兄果有手段，医好国王，他也该有一半江山，我等合该下拜。」
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眾太監、校尉俱道：「你師兄果有手段，醫好國王，他也該有一半江山，我等合該下拜。」
众太监、校尉俱道：「你师兄果有手段，医好国王，他也该有一半江山，我等合该下拜。」
The eunuchs and guardsmen all said, "If your brother really has the skill and cures the king, half the realm should be his, and it is right that we should bow to him."
好 is the ordinary hǎo, pairing with 醫 to mean cured to the point of wellness. 一半江山 — half the rivers and hills — takes up the proclamation's 社稷平分 and puts the extravagant offer into ordinary speech.
They agree at once, and their reasoning is worth following. Not that Pilgrim deserves courtesy, but that a man who might shortly own half the kingdom is a man one bows to in advance. The deference is an investment.
It also means the proclamation has been read and believed. What looked on the wall like the desperation of a sick king is now simply a price, quoted back by his own servants as though it were an ordinary matter of business.