Song Jiang chanted anti-poetry in Water Margin. Was there no freedom of speech in ancient times?

Sung river in the water margin was sent to Jiangzhou, and one day he wanted to go out for a walk. As a result, all the good things are gone. Then he went to Xunyang Building alone, saw the beautiful river view here, saw the river view here, and then thought about his current situation. He was very upset, so he wrote a poem to express his feelings, but this poem is not a lyric poem. It was an anti-poem, and he wrote his own name Song Jiang.

One day, when Huang Wenbin went to Xunyang Building, he happened to find this poem. He has always hated Song Jiang. Now he finally caught him, so he ran to tell the magistrate at once. When the magistrate knew about it, he accepted it and sent someone to catch Song Jiang. At that time, he thought of a way to pretend to be crazy. Song Jiang was arrested after writing two anti-poems. Was there no freedom of speech in ancient times?

Freedom of speech is divided into eras. In the Tang Dynasty, there was still freedom of speech. For example, the famous Wei Zhi told Li Shimin everything, good or bad, but Li Shimin accepted it modestly. Luo wrote a famous article called "Talk about Being Military" and cursed the emperor Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian was not very angry after reading this article, and praised Tam for her good work. It can be seen that the speech at that time was still very free.

However, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially in the Qing Dynasty, there was no freedom of speech and literary inquisition prevailed. You can't write a poem that satirizes the rulers of the current dynasty with one word. In fact, many literati did not satirize the rulers, but one person made it too clear that he would be misunderstood and arrested.