In the 20th year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty has gone through the chaos of the founding of the country and ushered in the stability after the founding of the country. However, under the calm of Yingtian Mansion in the capital, there is an undercurrent.
Zhang Xuan, a scholar from a poor family, studied hard for ten years, and once he was named on the gold medal list, he won the top spot. I thought that from now on I could realize my ambition of "establishing a heart for the world and establishing a life for the people", but I didn't know that I had already stepped into a huge whirlpool.
The power of the emperor is unpredictable, his colleagues are at odds with each other, and there are many factions. He found that the court was far more complicated than the examination room, and the human heart was more difficult to understand than the meaning of the scriptures. Former classmates, today's opponents; yesterday's mentors, tomorrow's political opponents. Every step is like walking on thin ice, and every choice may be doomed.
In this game of power, Henry Zhang kept his original intention in mind and tried to find his own way between ideal and reality. What he has to face is not only the flash of swords in the court, but also the torture of his own heart.
