In the last years of Jiajing, the national treasury was in short supply, and a piece of paper was changed from rice to mulberry, causing chaos in the south of the Yangtze River. Yan Song and his son were corrupt and seized power, and the officials in the Qing Dynasty were waiting for opportunities to play games. Only Hai Rui was proud and dared to question the emperor's inner thoughts outspokenly. The intrigues of the court, the sufferings of the people, and the crisis of the family and the country are intertwined. This drama depicts the institutional malaise and the struggle of human nature under the cloak of the prosperous Ming Dynasty.
