Female protagonist: Niu Hulu Mingyue (identified by Lin Wei, a graduate student in the Department of Modern History), the second daughter of He Shen, the unknown young lady who was married to Fucha Guiqing according to historical records. He is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, using modern charity concepts to find a path to salvation in the dark officialdom in the late Qianlong years.
Era background: From the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong (1791) to the fourth year of Jiaqing (1799), it was the critical eight years from the peak of Heshen's power to his collapse and suicide. During this period, corruption in government affairs had reached its peak. Officials "lost all their integrity and were driven by profit." However, among the people, "the rich had vast fields and the poor had nothing to stand on." The White Lotus Sect uprising was brewing, which was the eve of the decline of Jia Dao.
- The conflict between father-daughter ethics and justice and conscience (knowing that his father is a huge corrupt man but must maintain superficial harmony)
- The collision between modern charity concepts and feudal hierarchy (trying to establish a sustainable relief system but being limited by the times)
- The confrontation between personal destiny and the current of history (knowing the outcome of the family's destruction but being unable to completely reverse it)
Very good, very good