Once in time, Shen Mo became the son of a criminal who was exiled in Canglang County. He was appointed to take over as the seventh-grade county magistrate when he was in danger, but he inherited a mess: the bad debts left by his predecessor, the false threats of the wealthy gentry, and the imminent spring famine. Three desperate situations forced him to a dead end.
Instead of relying on his official power to force his way in, he used modern wisdom to break the situation and used plant ash and shell powder to make "high-priced refined salt" in exchange for life-saving food and stabilize the people's hearts. Since then, he has deeply cultivated Canglang, promoted new farming, built water conservancy projects, established government-civilian cooperatives, solved strange cases, vindicated injustice, and warded off bandits. He transformed from a foreign "son of a guilty official" to a "family member" in the hearts of the people, and established the first base area.
His political achievements alarmed the court. He was summoned to Beijing, but he fell into a whirlpool of power struggle. The people-oriented concept and the power-oriented thinking fiercely collided. On the way to being demoted, he was invaded by foreign enemies. He used his insight into people's hearts to help guard the border, made great military achievements, and accumulated unshakable political capital.
The old emperor is critically ill, the princes are fighting for the throne and attracting foreigners to enter the country, causing chaos in the world. Silence makes a choice between loyal to the emperor and saving the people. With the people's hearts as his blade and the common people as his thoughts, he gathers the power of millions of people to calm down the troubled times and ascend to the throne of emperor. An "Edict of Never Adding Fu" and a "Temple of Advocacy" usher in a new era in which people are the foundation, regardless of high or low.
