Shen Yan, a top restorer of ancient books, died suddenly of a heart attack while repairing the ink scroll of Jiajing Dingweike examination. When he opened his eyes, he became a dying child in Wujiang Prefecture of Jiajing Dynasty in Ming Dynasty. In the mourning hall, the father's body was still cold. The family uncle and his family came to the house to force him to pay debts and seize property. The widowed mother and young sister fell to the ground crying. The original owner was beaten to death by this group of people. In a desperate situation, Shen Yan fought back on the spot with the "Laws of the Ming Dynasty" that he knew by heart, and used his peerless ancient book restoration skills to survive. He even won the favor of the imperial censor Wang Jingzhi and accepted him as a closed disciple. Ding You's predicament broke through the rules, he won three yuan in a row in the county government examination, and a secret note revealed the fraud in the examination room. He came from a poor family in the south of the Yangtze River and made his way to the examination room in the capital city. In the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing's reign, Ding Weike was admitted to the "Dragon and Tiger Ranking". He, Zhang Juzheng, Li Chunfang, and Yang Jisheng were admitted to the same ranking, and he became famous in Beijing. The Yan Party was in power and the court was in turmoil. Yan Shifan failed to win over him several times and set up a dead end. He relied on his accurate prediction of the direction of history and used modern logic to break the situation. He worked step by step in the officialdom, from being an official in the Hanlin Academy to a deputy minister in the cabinet. In the dark Jiajing court, he blazed a path to become a famous minister who managed the world and benefited the people.
