In 1722, Emperor Kangxi passed away, and the fourth prince Yinzhen (played by Tang Guoqiang), known as the "cold-faced king", succeeded to the throne. Although Yinzhen was not the candidate favored by the court and the public, he was the Emperor Yongzheng chosen by Emperor Kangxi himself. He "incited" the victims of the disaster in Jiangnan to make trouble, and held a Hongmen Banquet in the City God Temple to take more than two million taels of silver from local officials and wealthy businessmen to raise funds for disaster relief; he pursued the arrears of the treasury and forced the old ministers to hang themselves; in the case of unjust imprisonment in the Ministry of Justice, he watched from the other side, allowing the eighth prince and the prince to fight each other to lose; in the case of bribery by officials, he used Nian Gengyao to bloodbath Jiangxia Town, causing the prince to be abolished again. In the Shanxi Nuomin case and the imperial examination fraud case that occurred after Yongzheng came to power, Yongzheng killed a group of important officials involved in the case. The use of troops in the northwest and natural disasters in several provinces urgently needed military funds and disaster relief, and confiscated the property of corrupt officials to solve the urgent needs. Later, a series of historical events aimed at promoting new policies, curbing the accumulation of wealth by officials and gentry, and suppressing factional struggles and oppression within the palace, such as "dividing the land tax and returning the fire consumption to the public", "gentry and officials serving as officials and paying taxes together", "Henan's cancellation of the examination case", "the iron-hat prince's attack in the palace to force the emperor to abdicate", and "killing one's own son in tears", ran through Yongzheng's life and the Yongzheng Dynasty...