Su Mingyuan, a young man from a poor family, has no golden fingers, no noble people to support him, only the talent of photographic memory and ten years of hard study. From the county examination to the palace examination, from a seventh-rank petty official to the center of the court, he used his true talents and knowledge to challenge the children of the aristocratic family, without clinging to them, not being wise, and not being holy. The road to the imperial examination is thrilling at every step, and the officialdom is intertwined with each other. When he reached the top of the imperial examination and became famous all over the world, some people were shocked to realize that there was never any shortcut behind this powerful official.