This book is the representative work of the famous screenwriter and writer Liu Heping. It was once published by People's Literature Publishing House and is now revised and published. The novel explains the mystery of Emperor Jiajing's absence from power for more than 20 years, reveals the true inside story of the traitorous official Yan Song's decline in power, and looks at the upright official Hai Rui's life-saving anti-corruption career. It uses a touching drama to reveal the operating rules of the complementary Confucianism and Taoism in traditional Chinese politics, and has a strong sense of history.