Because during the Eastern Han Dynasty, many cypress trees were planted outside the Yushitai, and there were thousands of wild crows hovering on the cypress trees, so it was named "Baitai" or "Wutai".
When Su Che, Su Mai, and Zhang Cheng arrived, they saw soldiers from Yushitai with black scarves on their heads, white clothes, and swords at their waists guarding the outside of the prison.
Su Che, Su Shi's eldest son Su Mai and Zhang Cheng came. Originally Su Shi was not allowed to visit, but seeing that Zhang Cheng had the prime minister's order, the censors did not dare to stop them and let them go one by one.
As the prison doors opened one after another, Su Zhe and his party seemed to smell a rotten and damp smell.
When Su Che was taken to a cell, he saw a man sitting on the ground, hugging his knees and looking up at the moths hovering on the oil lamp.
When Su Zhe saw the other party, he couldn't help but patted the doorrail and said loudly: "Brother."
As soon as the other party heard this, he immediately got up and grabbed the door railing and said, "Kiusanro! Didn't you come to see me for the last time?"
Su Che was shocked: "Brother, why did you say this?"
Su Shi said: "Su Mai ordered someone to send a smoked fish a few days ago. I wrote two desperate poems for you, but they have not yet been sent."
Su Che was surprised, and Su Mai quickly explained after hearing this.
It turns out that Su Shi and Su Che agreed that they would only send vegetables and meat when delivering meals on weekdays. If there was bad news, they would send a fish.
One day, Su Mai had something to do and asked a friend to deliver food, but he forgot to tell him about it. The friend mistakenly sent a fish, which led to the misunderstanding.
Now that the misunderstanding was solved, everyone was overjoyed and sighed that it was a false alarm.
Su Shi sighed: "I've been sighing a lot these past few days. I've even made arrangements for my death."
While they were talking, the prison lock was suddenly opened, and they saw Shu Yu, the supervisory censor, and He Zhengchen, surrounded by dozens of jailers, arriving at the prison.
As the supervisory censor, Shu Quan was majestic in the prison. After looking around, he saluted Su Zhe and said: "Ziyou, this is the censor's platform. Without permission, you are not allowed to come in and visit. Not to mention that there are people waiting for you.
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Su Zhe didn't answer.
Su Mai had no good impression of Shu Dan, so he could only restrain himself and said: "Let me tell you to the censor, here is the edict of gathering the wise ministers!"
Shu Dan said: "I know it, but without His Majesty's decree, it would be difficult for me to handle it here."
After speaking, Shu Dan looked at Zhang Cheng who was standing aside and asked, "Who are you?"
"Me?" Zhang Cheng hesitated for a moment, then Su Mai rushed to the side and said, "This is the second husband of Prime Minister Zhang's family."
Shu Dan was moved when he heard this and said: "It turns out to be Mr. Zhang Erlang, disrespectful!"
"Don't dare to take it seriously."
Shu Dan said: "In this case, for the sake of Jixian's appearance, I will make an exception."
Su Che and Su Mai breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
Shu Dan glanced at Zhang Cheng. The other party didn't know that Shu Dan knew his identity from the beginning. It was also deliberate to mobilize troops and mobilize people to this point.
This time the Wutai Poetry Case.
Wang Anshi, Wang Anli, Zhang Fangping, Empress Dowager Cao, and Zhang Dun all spoke for Su Shi.
Only Zhang Yue, who was close to the Su brothers, remained silent.
Zhang Yue seemed not to be involved in the case, but he let Su Zhe and Su Mai come in and out of Wutai with his handwritten edict. His intention was not to tell Shu Yu in person that Su Zizhan is the person I want to protect. If you dare If you touch him, you will look good.
Shu Dan looked at Zhang Cheng who seemed young and dull, and secretly made plans in his heart.
Shu Quan saluted and said: "Mr. Zhang Erlang, this case is now quite controversial among scholars. Some people say that it was our Yushitai who wronged Su Shi."
"It's just what others say, but you must show your courage in front of Prime Minister Zhang."
Shu Dan didn't wait for Zhang Cheng's answer and said: "Now I will convict Su Shi of four crimes."
"First, if my father never regrets, his evil has already happened."
"The second is the arrogant words, which are heard at home and abroad every day."
"Third, be discerning in what you say is false, and be firm in what you do."
"Fourth, Your Majesty will improve your political affairs and don't blame yourself."
"We at the Censor's Office believe that Su Zizhan's taunting and scolding will not be tolerated by the law."
Zhang Cheng changed his mind, how could he be like this? Isn't this just trying to inflict a crime without saying anything?
Su Che, Su Shi and Su Mai all lowered their heads after hearing this.
Zhang Cheng thought for a while and said: "The censor doesn't need to tell me these things, dad... Jixian just told me to take a look at Xuexiang Su."
"Let's see if he was tortured to extract a confession? Was he treated harshly? Is he well supplied with food and clothing? He is a repeat offender of the imperial court. Before the case is revealed, he needs to be treated kindly. Don't criticize him without permission."
Seeing that Zhang Cheng was not fooled, Shu Dan laughed awkwardly.
He Zhengchen came forward and said: "I would like to ask Mr. Erlang to report to the Prime Minister on his behalf. Su Zizhan is doing well in prison. His food is provided by his family. As for his daily bathing, he still has hot water."
Su Shi on the side said: "That's true. I wasn't treated harshly. I was just interrogated all night long every day, which made me tired and I couldn't rest. They even used words to scare me from time to time."
Upon hearing this, Shu Dan glanced at Su Shi, angry and helpless.
He Zhengchen and Shu Quan retired, and everyone talked to Su Shi.
Zhang Cheng said: "Dad asked me to tell Xuexian Su that he is worthy of being the prime minister, but he can do nothing about this matter. Xuexue Su is here."
Su Shi said to Zhang Cheng: "What are you talking about? Prime Minister Lao cares about it. Shi thought that both Su and the Prime Minister were informed by Ouyang Gong. Ouyang Gong's intention was to wait for the literary world to come, and he wanted the Prime Minister to inherit his mantle and carry forward the knowledge."
"Unexpectedly, as the prime minister became more and more powerful, he wrote fewer and fewer poems and articles. On the contrary, Su was not successful in his official career, but he was successful in the literary world. He became a master of Confucianism far and near. Today's Confucian scholars all call him Master, and he became the Prime Minister. Literary master."
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"This is also the reason why he lost something and gained something. How could he know that he would be imprisoned because of his great talent and fame? This was something Shi Shi never expected."
Everyone couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this. Su Shi had reached this point, but he still didn't forget to tease himself, and then tease Zhang Yue.
Su Che asked: "Brother, have you recruited me?"
Su Shi nodded and said: "Before I entered Wutai, I thought it was just some things written in words. At most, I told the truth about current events, and I didn't mean to accuse. But the censor pressed me again and again, so I had to say yes."
Everyone shook their heads. They still had some hope, but they didn't expect that Su Shi had already used all his moves.
Su Mai said unwillingly: "Dad, have you really done all the tricks?"
Su Shi nodded and then said: "What else can I do? I am still a prefect. The Yushitai dragged me to Beijing with a rope in Huzhou, just like driving a chicken or a dog."
"When I first came to Huzhou to build the Songjiang Embankment for Sun Jue, the imperial censor insisted that I was using poems to satirize the farmland water conservancy laws. If I had known this, it would have been easy for me to talk about current affairs.
It’s really difficult.”
"What I hate even more is that something comes out of nothing. Chen Xiang and I saw several peonies and poems in the temple. A beautiful red and green flower was about to flow, and the spring light returned the snow and frost. The chemical industry only wants to present new and clever things, and if we don't let it go, there will be too few flowers.
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"Shu Danfei said that I wanted this poem to satirize the government, using the chemical industry as a metaphor for the government, and idle flowers as a metaphor for the common people."
"This is an injustice to me."
Everyone shook their heads again, looking at Su Shi talking to himself, looking at a loss as if he was going crazy.
Su Che and Su Mai were very sad.
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When Zhang Cheng returned home, Zhang Yue was meeting guests, and the visitor was none other than Wang Anli.
Wang Anli said to Zhang Yue: "My brother wrote to say that the only one who can save Su Zizhan in the world today is the Prime Minister, so I ask the Prime Minister to lend a helping hand!"
Zhang Yue asked with a smile: "Is this Wang Shugong's intention, not He Fu's intention?"
Wang Anli shook his head and said: "No, it is indeed my brother's intention. There is a letter here to prove it."
Wang Anli handed Zhang Yue a letter from his family. Although it was a letter from his family, Zhang Yue saw Wang Anshi asking Wang Anli to plead with him.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but say with emotion: "Since I became prime minister, Mr. Shu has never bothered me with anything. I never expected that it was because of Su Zizhan. Mr. Shu is truly a gentleman."
Zhang Yue was really shocked in his heart. After he became prime minister, he and Wang Anshi had a lot of petty quarrels. Today, Wang Anshi put down his body and begged him privately to rescue Su Shi.
This man truly deserves to be highly praised by future generations of scholars.
Wang Anli said: "Of course, in Anli's eyes, if Su Zizhan dies because of this, everyone in the world will blame my brother. This matter can be regarded as my brother's entrustment to the prime minister."
Zhang Yue suppressed his emotions and put down the letter and said: "But Hefu, it is not appropriate for me to come forward directly in this matter."
Zhang Yue stretched out his hand and interrupted Wang Anli's words: "If you don't come forward, it doesn't mean you won't save him. Without Shu Gong's letter, I can save Zizhan. But when you get to the palace, please speak up for yourself first."
Wang Anli stood up and said, "Thank you so much, Prime Minister!"
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Since I have been serving as prime minister, I will finally have the same thing as Shu Gong."
After saying this, both Zhang Yue and Wang Anli put their palms together and smiled.
After Zhang Cheng waited for Wang Anli to leave, he told Zhang Yue that he saw Su Shi passing by.
Zhang Yue said to Zhang Cheng: "Zizhan indeed signed and stamped the confession."
"I wrote, 'I have been in the imperial court for many years, but have not been promoted much. Also, most of the people employed in the imperial court are young people, and what I have seen is different from Shi's. Therefore, I wrote a poem and poem to ridicule it, with the intention of spreading it to others.'"
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Zhang Cheng was surprised. What surprised him was not how Zhang Yue got Su Shi's confession from the Yushitai, but why Su Shi would take the initiative to admit it like this.
Zhang Yue said: "It's unexpected!"
Zhang Cheng nodded and said, "Could it be that Uncle Su wrote this in confusion after being tortured continuously for dozens of days at the Yushitai?"
Zhang Yue said: "It is indeed possible, but I have told you many times not to deceive anyone."
"Your Uncle Su is first of all a human being, and secondly he is the most talented person in ancient and modern times."
"I think I might be so unwilling, otherwise why would I talk so much about 'indifferent to fame and fortune' in my poems?"
Zhang Cheng thought to himself, Uncle Su could not be promoted to the third level at that time, and he could be said to be the highest in the world. Only he, his father Zhang Yue, and uncle Wu Yu could achieve this ranking in the century-old examination. Why didn't he have any expectations for his future career?
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Zhang Yue said: "Your uncle Su's temperament is that when he encounters evil, he will spit it out as quickly as a fly is eating him."
“Didn’t the words ‘chasing new advances’ mentioned in his previous memorial refer to Cai Que, Li Ding and their ilk?
"But having said that, my two good friends, Zhang Zihou and I, are also two newcomers."
Zhang Yue recalled that when Su Shi came to Beijing for his first meeting with the Emperor, he pointed out three shortcomings of the emperor. One of them was that he entered the room too quickly, which made him almost unable to get down the stairs on the spot.
Although Zhang Yue knew that Su Shi did this unintentionally.
However, if I were in Su Shi's position, watching Zhang Yue and Zhang Dun's two former friends rise to prominence, I would have been suppressed and ostracized politically, and I would have no emotions at all.
Everyone knows that Su Xian is the most talented person in ancient and modern times. At the same time, he is also a very ambitious person in politics. In his heart, he also hopes to serve Jun Yao and Shun.
