本剧讲述的是嘉靖与海瑞的故事。嘉靖三十九年，贪墨横行、民不聊生。奸臣严嵩（倪大红 饰）党羽密布、权倾朝野，清官海瑞（黄志忠 饰）不惧强权，敢于向腐朽封建的皇权发起挑战。皇帝朱厚熜（陈宝国 饰）练道修玄二十载，始终把控着大明朝的军政、经济大权。当时的中国经济发达，市井文化也算繁荣，但社会各阶层矛盾突出，国家大面积实施的土地兼并使千百万农民一夜之间失去了赖以生存的土地。严嵩的专权引起了地方各级官员的不满，“倒严”之声甚嚣尘上，从上至下、从里到外，从朝廷到地方官府，到处充斥着尔虞我诈、勾心斗角的血雨腥风。忠臣良将与乱臣贼子纷纷登上了当时的历史舞台......

The series begins with the mother-less child, Lin Daiyu - whose beauty and intelligence surpasses all, moving into the family compound of her maternal grandmother in the capital. There, the child meets numerous relatives, one of whom is Jia Baoyu, her mother's nephew and male protagonist. Baoyu was born with a piece of jade in his mouth and, so, is treated like a fragile egg and spoiled by his grandmother. He often spends his time with his female cousins and maids instead of tending to his studies.

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

NJ（吴念真 饰）是个很有原则的生意人，同妻子敏敏（金燕玲 饰）、女儿婷婷（李凯莉 饰）、儿子洋洋（张杨洋 饰）以及外婆住在台北某所普通公寓里。小舅子一场麻烦的婚礼过后，因为外婆突然中风昏迷，他迎来更加混乱的日子。 敏敏要在公司、家里两头跑，时常感觉自己要被耗空；婷婷一直为外婆的中风内疚，恋爱谈到中途发现自己不过是替代品；NJ更是麻烦重重，公司面临破产，他又不愿放下别人眼里一文不值的自尊。一家人里，似乎只有洋洋没有烦恼，他平静地用照相机拍着各种人的背面，帮他们长出另一双眼睛。然而，洋洋简简单单的一句话，道出了更深的悲凉……