The Jiangnan bureaucracy group headed by Jiang Nian and the central court controlled by the prime minister clashed over their respective governance philosophies under the backdrop of Yun State's crisis.
Sometimes they tacitly cover up each other, whitewashing the fragile dignity of the empire; sometimes they reveal each other's past, exposing each other's scars and dirt to the world.
Every implementation of government orders and every scramble for resources are carefully calculated offenses and defenses, full of compromises, betrayals, and fatal exchanges.
At the center of the whirlpool, the modern bureaucracy led by Jiang Nian, which is still in its infancy, is in violent collision and friction with the deep-rooted feudal bureaucracy led by the Prime Minister.
New laws and old systems are entangled, and ideals and reality deviate.
This is a war without gunpowder, but full of murderous intent.
Jiangnan does not serve Zhao, but serves the people's hearts? Is it the future? Or... Burning ambition that will eventually be swallowed up?
Purpose: Under the shackles of the feudal dynasty, how an aphasic man guarded the fire of innovation with wisdom and tenacity beyond the times.