Zhang Juzheng, Grand Secretary of the Ming cabinet, never imagined that after exhausting himself for the state and suffering the tragedy of having his family property confiscated, he would open his eyes to find himself a prisoner in a Great Song dungeon: Su Shi!
The Crow Terrace Poetry Case was underway. The New Party’s lackeys across the court had trumped up charges, and the blade was already at his throat.
The original Su Shi was writing a farewell poem and preparing to entrust his family to someone. But Su Dongpo, with Zhang Juzheng’s mind within him, merely sneered as he looked at the poetry collection on the table, its lines taken out of context.
You want to play literary inquisition? The Ming’s Embroidered Uniform Guards and imperial prisons were ten thousand times harsher than you! You want to play politics? Then today I’ll show you how the Ming cabinet does things!
He escaped the death cell and was banished to Huangzhou.
While other officials wept and wailed, Su Dongpo arrived in the provinces with the Ming’s max-level playbook and got straight to work.
Short on grain? Mulberry-dike fishponds and crop rotation will make Jiangnan the empire’s greatest granary!
Short on iron? Smelt with coke and blast furnaces, and mass-produce peerless Shenbi crossbows!
Emperor Shenzong of Song: "Zizhan, I thought you were a gifted scholar full of literary talent. How is it that whenever you make a move, you not only fill my treasury to the brim, but also leave Western Xia in ruins?"
Su Dongpo smiled freely. "Your Majesty, I merely put the wisdom of the sages to practical use."
The author still writes well as always, especially in the section where Zhang Dun rescues Su Shi, he writes about the national justice and secretly writes about the friendship between the two people, and the author obviously has a detailed understanding of the Wutai Poetry Case.
The setting of the novel is good, there is no brainless writing, and I understand the Wutai Poetry Case
It's not a loss if you put a good book into a trap