A poor family has no way out, so it is a ruined temple to make a home. Wei Changfeng woke up from the lowest level and made a living by ghostwriting and copying on West Street, struggling to survive between hunger, cold and low status. In the ups and downs of the world, he decided to change his life through reading. He started from recognizing calligraphy, practicing calligraphy, and solving questions. Under the influence and support of Gou'er, Fang Zhiyan, Song Mingxiu and others, he stepped into the imperial examination step by step.
The county examination, government examination, and hospital examination are the first steps for him to escape from his humble fate; after the township examination and the general examination, he will leave his hometown and see a wider world, and will truly be involved in the complex chess game woven by local forces, scholarly clans, and powerful families.
When he wins three yuan in a row and becomes famous all over the world, he will not only get the glory of wearing bright clothes and angry horses, but also the qualification to enter the center of power. After entering the Imperial Academy, experiencing external affairs, experiencing party struggles, investigating corruption, and dealing with border troubles, Wei Changfeng grew from a young boy from a poor family into an important minister who can truly take charge of the situation. In the end, in the intertwined torrent of imperial power, relatives, eunuchs and aristocratic families, what he had to answer was no longer just "how to change his fate", but "how to change the world" - whether to assist the wise emperor in creating a prosperous age, or to single-handedly reshape the structure of a poor family and aristocratic families.
