줄거리

왕권과 신권의 갈등이 심했던 18세기 조선. 정조의 명으로 영조의 서책을 정리하던 장종오가 의문사한다. 이인몽의 보고를 받은 정조는 노론총수 심환지에게 수사를 명하는 한편 인몽에게 '시경천견록'이란 책을 찾도록 명한다. 정약용의 도움으로 장종오의 죽음이 이책과 관련돼 계획된 석탄에 의한 질식사임이 밝혀진다.

We call The Chosun Dynasty Era(18th century) of Korea, "The Korean Renaissance." King Chung-jo ruled this country of Chosun at that time. This film depicts the struggles of the Royal Party and the Old Par ty to obtain political power. In 1800, The Royal Party insisted that the political power should be centralized to the King, but the other party (The Old Party) insisted that the political power should be centralized to the majority of the ministers. One day, Mr. J.O. C hang was ordered by the King to arrange and edit the record of the former King Young-jo. All of a sudden, Chang dies. Soon it was disclosed that Chang has killed by the Old Party because of his connection with the book. For this incident , the King tried to get rid of key members of the Old Party, but the Old Party resists the Kings will. What was in the book? Who was involoved? Why? The political intrigue will keep you on the edge of your seat.