This drama tells the story of Jiajing and Hai Rui.In the thirty-ninth year of Jiajing, corruption was rampant and the people were in dire straits.The treacherous minister Yan Song is surrounded by many factions and has great power. The upright official Hai Rui is not afraid of power and dares to challenge the decadent feudal imperial power.Emperor Zhu Houcong practiced Taoism and Xuanxuan for twenty years, and Yan Song always controlled the military, political and economic power of the Ming Dynasty.

Yan Song's autocratic power aroused the dissatisfaction of local officials at all levels, and the voice of "anti-strict" was rampant. From top to bottom, from inside to outside, from the court to local officials, everywhere was filled with bloody intrigues and intrigues.

Loyal ministers, good generals and treacherous ministers and traitors have stepped onto the stage of history at that time.