10 15, Yushitai reported the trial of Su Shi's poetry case, collected tens of thousands of words of Su Shi's confession materials, and found out the list of people who collected Su Shi's satirical words, including Sima Guang, Fan Zhen, Zhang, Su Zhe, Huang Tingjian and other 29 ministers and celebrities.
When Shu Chu, Wang Xuan and others tried to kill Su Shi, Shenzong hesitated for a moment, and Mao had already vowed not to kill the minister except for treason and rebellion.
At the same time, honest people also help each other. Wu Chong, the Prime Minister, bluntly said, "Your Majesty takes Yao and Shun as the law, but Wei Wu has doubts about this, but he can tolerate Mi Fei. Why can't your majesty tolerate Su Shi? " Wang Anshi, who has retired to Jinling, wrote: "With the holy world, what about killing talents?"
Even Queen Cao, who was seriously ill, intervened: "In those days, Renzong was very happy to be virtuous and returned, saying,' Now he has got two Taiping prime ministers for his children'. Can I kill Gai Shi and Zhe Ye? " Ironically, Zhang Dun, a "newcomer" in Su Shi's mouth, also actively helped Su Shi, and turned against Prime Minister Wang Jue.
1Feb. 29th, the imperial edict was issued, and Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou and served as the deputy envoy of Yongtuan, but he was not allowed to leave here without permission and had no right to sign official documents. As a result, Li Ding and others were very disappointed.
In February of the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou (now Huanggang, Hubei Province) as an assistant ambassador because of Wutai poetry case, and his position was equivalent to that of today's deputy minister of the county armed forces. He had no right to sign bills, and he was lonely and poor.
In April of the third year, Su Shi wrote a poem and a book "Cold Food Sticker", which made people cry, wrote desolate feelings and expressed melancholy and loneliness. The whole calligraphy is full of ups and downs, brilliant and unrestrained, and there is no shortage of pens. Known as the "third running script in the world", it is now in the Palace Museum in Taiwan.
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Victims of Wutai Poetry Case:
Among the people involved, three were severely punished. Xu tipped off Su Shi and often interacted with him. He didn't hand over Su Shi's poems in time during the investigation, and even more because he was rude to the princess and valued his concubine rather than his wife.
Deprived of all official titles. Secondly, Wang Gong, possessed by the suggestion, was sent to the northwest. The third is Su Zhe, who once wrote to the court to forgive his brother. He was willing to return all his official positions and make atonement for his brother. He didn't receive any serious slanderous poems, but he was still demoted because of his family relationship and transferred to Gao 'an and Renyun State Wine Supervisor.
Others, Zhang and other officials were fined 30 Jin of copper coins, while Sima Guang, Fan Zhen, Su Shi and other friends of 18 were each fined 20 Jin of copper coins.
It is worth mentioning that none of the conservative ministers who sang poems with Su Shi as their confidant pleaded for Su Shi during his imprisonment, while those reformist ministers who were called "evil", "villain" and "newcomer" by conservatives wrote letters to plead for Su Shi. This is really obvious.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Wutai Poetry Case