From the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, the two or three decades in between were neither short nor long. For China, it was a few decades of change. During this period, China experienced the Westernization Movement, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Reform Movement of 1898, the Revolution of 1911, the Second Revolution, etc. after the Second Opium War. Among them, China ended the rule of the Qing Dynasty and moved towards the Republic of China; new ideas began to come, and the old system gradually declined. China, which was riddled with holes, was also moving towards a brighter tomorrow. In these two or three decades of historical rivers, many characters who were both good and evil were left behind, such as Empress Dowager Cixi (played by Lv Zhong), Li Hongzhang (played by Wang Bing), Yuan Shikai (played by Sun Chun), and Sun Yat-sen (played by Ma Shaohua). They were recorded in history textbooks and linked to Chinese history. Through this drama, let us look back at that era, that era of turbulent changes. Although the road ahead is difficult, we are also moving forward step by step.