这怎么话讲？这年头，干什么都讲究势力，你以为几个人弄艘私船出去，就能成事了？庞取义现在是真把杨长帆当自己人，这才给他讲起了真正的势力分布，几股海盗，背后都有势力，不说远的，会稽县里就有势力。Set on the cusp of the 19th century in Delhi before the British ruled in that region, the drama depicts the fortunes of the residents of Beecham House, an imposing mansion surrounded by acres of exotic woods and pristine lawns.Tom Bateman (Vanity Fair, Jekyll and Hyde) takes the role of enigmatic, soulful John Beecham, a handsome former soldier who has purchased the magnificent mansion, Beecham House, to begin a new life with his family.Wealthy and distinguished, John has witnessed profiteering and exploitation during his time with the controlling East India Company and has resolved to conduct his business as a trader in a more equitable manner. Determined to escape his previous life, John appears haunted by his past, but is inspired to become an honourable member of the region’s trading community.In spite of John’s good intentions his life is shrouded in mystery and when he arrives at the house with an ‘olive-skinned‘ child named August and two Indian nursemaids, Chanchal (Shriya Pilgaonkar) and Maya (Trupti Khamkar), it causes speculation and gossip amongst the servants that he may be the boy’s father. One of the Indian nursemaids, the beautiful Chanchal, is overly protective and particularly fond of the child. Could she be John’s lover and the mother of August?Lesley Nicol (Downton Abbey) is John’s robust, interfering mother Henrietta who has travelled from England to India to stay with her son. She is accompanied by a young family friend Violet, played by Bessie Carter (Les Miserables) who she is determined to help form a union with John.The pair are accompanied by an old friend of John’s, Samuel Parker, played by Marc Warren (Safe, Hustle) who has also left the East India Company and has returned to India for a fresh start. Samuel helps John to find his brother Daniel who he has not seen for 10 years. John convinces Daniel, Leo Suter, (Victoria) to leave the East India Company and join him at Beecham House.Gregory Fitoussi (Mr Selfridge, Spiral) plays General Castillon, a French mercenary working for the Emperor at a time when the French are challenging the East India Company for India. Castillon is suspicious of John and his motives and conspires to stop John being granted a trading licence.Adil Ray (Citizen Khan, Ackley Bridge) is John’s neighbour Murad Beg who dislikes General Castillon intensely and agrees to help John secure a trading licence. Murad’s daughter, Roshanara, (Kanika Kapur) has an English governess Margaret Osborne, played by Dakota Blue Richards (Endeavour) whose beauty and intelligence catches John’s attention. However, when beautiful Chandrika (Pallavi Sharda) arrives at Beecham House with her entourage she is shown to luxurious guest quarters and immediately insists on seeing August. What secrets does Chandrika bring with her to Beecham House?少了一个巨大的支持，也就败亡的更加快。1913年，湖南长沙，具有现代民主教育思想的教育家孔昭绥出任省第一师范校长，在他的主持下，第一师范大力开展新式教育改革，聘请了以杨昌济为代表的一批优秀中外教师，学校面貌焕然一新。崭新的第一师范吸引了蔡和森、萧子升等众多青年才俊前来报考，在招生考试中，19岁的毛泽东脱颖而出，以第一名的成绩考入了这所湖湘千年学府。“衡山西、岳麓东……男儿努力蔚为万夫雄”。雄壮的第一师范校歌声中，白衣胜雪的青年们齐聚在校旗下，五年的师范生生涯就此拉开了序幕。毛泽东的勤奋好学与不凡天赋，深深打动了学贯中国的导师杨昌济，在他的关怀与教导下，毛泽东如饥似渴地学习着自己感兴趣的社会学知识，并成为一个教育救国论的非暴力改良主义的信仰者。然而，过于峥嵘的个性与严重的偏科现象也使他一再触犯校规，在对待如何处理毛泽东的偏科行为引发的教师争执中，惜才如命的孔校长最终选择了尊重其个性，放手让其发展，毛泽东成了校长特许的“特殊学生”。共同的学习生活中，毛泽东、蔡和森、萧子升等优秀青年结下了友谊，周南女子中学的陶斯咏、向警予、杨开慧因为航班滞留，丁海沫遇上和自己同一天出生的纪南娜，两个性格迥异的女孩，一个为到北京找男友而逃家，一个为追寻自己的乐队梦想而北上，从此仿佛找到了世界上的另一个自己，开始了一段新的时光，也因此而让彼此的命运交织在一起。个性软弱的丁海沫天真可爱，生于温室里的她不懂事故，在小天地里只有她的男朋友，而纪南娜来自破碎的家庭，她性格坚强，行事果断，渴望成为一个职业的摇滚乐手。虽然两个人的性格不同，却能互相补充，成了一见如故的好友。本来只是个普通粉丝的丁海沫进入了艺人的世界，甚至迷失自己爱上了大明星欧亚伦，却在跌跌撞撞的感情路上终于找到了真正的自我和梦想。而一心想要通过成名而报复前男友的纪南娜，也经历了痛苦的成长蜕变，最终在绚烂的顶峰决定回归自我，重新回归最初对音乐的热爱一名年轻的使者目光锐利地射向何老将军，一字一句地说道：因为，青鸾虽然贵为公主，但也不是无价的。某天，因为吵架惊动了警察，工地现场的工作被解雇，住的公寓也因为拖欠房租而被要求搬走，陷入了走投无路的地步。
