The young emperor Zhao Yu was dissatisfied with the false whitewashing in the court and saw the tragic situation among the people, so he decided to pretend to be ill and disguise himself for a private visit. In the first act, he pretends to be a wealthy businessman and enters a run-down town. He hears about the plight of the people being oppressed by heavy taxes and corrupt officials. The dilemma comes, whether to punish directly or continue to investigate secretly. In the second act, when a bully encounters blackmail at a ferry crossing, Zhao Yu is unarmed. In the fear of Eunuch Su, he Waiting for an opportunity, the officers and soldiers appear to relieve the difficulty, but there are not many entanglements left. Under the dilemma, they think about how to continue the journey and investigate the case; in the third scene, after getting acquainted with the righteous Zhou Yifei, he went to the magistrate's house to obtain the account books but was discovered. Zhou Yifei was seriously injured, and Zhao Yu rushed back to the capital with him and the account books. The moral premise is that as an emperor, he has the responsibility to benefit the people. In the end, Zhao Yu severely punished corrupt officials, initiated reforms, fulfilled his responsibility to the people with actions, and made the country prosperous.
