Draft:Under the Microscope (TV Series)

Under the Microscope (Chinese:显微镜下的大明) is a Chinese language TV miniseries set in the Ming Dynasty telling the true story of Shuai Jaimo and Feng Baoyu in their David vs. Goliath attempts to change an unfair tax that is levied against only their county, ignoring the surrounding counties in the prefecture. A tale of two best friends, who go up against corrupt officials. Their innocent beliefs in what is right gets them into various trouble, but will it be their innocence and honesty that wins in the end.

The story is adapted from the Silk Case, one of the six cases under Ma Boyong’s historical textbook (显微镜下的大明).

Plot
When Shuai Jiamo (Zhang Ruoyun), who is obsessed with mathematics and likely autistic, stumbles upon a historical problem in Jinhua County, he's met with multiple obstacles in his attempts to correct the mistake, triggering a tension between different counties and landholders.

He is obsessed with accuracy and when he discovers discrepancies in land records, he tries to track it down. In the process, he stumbles across a misallocated tax that awakens long-dormant memories of the day his whole life changed. Without considering broader consequences, he obstinately decides it must be made right and single-mindedly sets out to rectify these errors. All sorts of vested interests from fief lords to various county officials are affected and conspire to frustrate him. First the lords turn Chen Renqing, a wily lawyer whose justice and honor can be bought by the highest bidder, loose on him. They also inflame peasants across all eight counties of Jin'an Prefecture, ensuring that chaos, murder and mayhem ensues.