The great blow of Wutai poetry case became the turning point of Su Shi's life. The new party insisted on killing Su Shi, and the ruling and opposition parties also launched rescue activities.
Not only many elders who share the same political views with Su Shi wrote articles in succession, but even some people of insight in the reformists also advised Zongshen not to kill Su Shi.
With everyone's efforts, this poem case was finalized by Wang Anshi in one sentence, and Su Shi was given a lighter sentence and relegated to Huangzhou (now Huanggang, Hubei) as the deputy ambassador of the Youth League.
The position of Huangzhou's deputy envoy is quite humble and has no real power, while Su Shi has been disheartened after this campaign.
After Su Shi took office, he was unhappy. He traveled to Chibi Mountain outside Huangzhou for many times, and wrote famous works such as "Red Cliff Fu", "Post-Red Cliff Fu" and "Niannujiao Chibi Nostalgia" to express his thoughts and feelings in exile.
In his spare time, he led his family to cultivate a sloping land in the east of the city to help make a living. The nickname "Dongpo lay man" was coined by Su Shi at this time.
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Huangzhou was demoted as an assistant to the ambassador because of the Wutai Poetry Case.
Wutai Poetry Case took place in the second year of Yuanfeng (1079). He Chen Zheng, the suggestion, impeached Su Shi, and played a thank-you note when Su Shi moved to Huzhou. The language is obscure, mocking the current politics, and Li Ding, the censor, also pointed out four major crimes that Su Shi can abolish.
The case was first reported by the censor and then tried in the censor's prison. The so-called "Wutai", that is, the Jade Terrace, is also called "White Terrace" because cypress trees are planted everywhere in the government. Crows often build nests on cypress trees, called Wutai. So this case is called "Wutai Poetry Case".