During the Dajing Dynasty, during the imperial examination year, scholars from all over the world gathered in the capital, eager to change their destiny through the imperial examination, become an official, and pray for the people. Lin Yanzhi, a scholar from a poor family, whose parents died young and relied on neighbors to support him, studied hard for ten years in a poor family. He had great ambitions and wanted to realize his ambition through the imperial examination. But he never imagined that this seemingly fair and just imperial examination had already been controlled by Wang Huaian, the Minister of Civil Affairs. Wang Huaian was greedy and cunning. He used the imperial examination to sell his official position, accepted bribes, leaked the examination questions to the rich children who paid bribes in advance, tampered with the examination papers of the candidates, and buried the talents from poor families. Lin Yanzhi failed in the imperial examination and accidentally learned the truth about the fraud. Being upright by nature, he was determined to expose Wang Huaian's crimes. Even if he was hunted down, even if he was in danger, he still wanted to bring justice to the world's scholars and bring clarity to the Dajing government. From then on, he embarked on a dangerous anti-corruption road.
