In 960, Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty, in order to change the shortcomings of the warlords in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Zhao Kuangyin decided to emphasize literature and light weapons, and erected a stone monument, demanding that the emperors of the Song Dynasty were not allowed to kill scholars. Therefore, the Song Dynasty's courtiers were extremely lucky, even Su Shi, who directly satirized the government of the dynasty, and Wang Anshi, who failed to change the law and became the target of public criticism, were only degraded at best, and rarely killed because of it. But by the Ming Dynasty, the dignity of the courtiers seemed to have fallen to the bottom. For example, Xie Jin (pictured below), one of the three great talents of the Ming Dynasty, died at the hands of Zhu Di, Yang Shen was demoted to his lifetime, and Xu Wei was imprisoned.
Not only the three talents of the Ming Dynasty had many fates, but even the "Three Great Poets" in the early years of the Ming Dynasty could not escape the doom, and the "Three Great Poets of the Early Ming Dynasty" referred to Song Lian, Liu Ji, and Gao Qi. Among them, Song Lian was the teacher of the crown prince Zhu Biao, the chief editor of the "History of Yuan", who was exiled by Zhu Yuanzhang at the age of 72 and died in a foreign country. Liu Ji, also known as Liu Bowen, was talented and was suspected of being poisoned to death by Hu Weiyong. The last one is Gao Qi, because he wrote the four words "Tiger Dragon Disk" in the poem, and was ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang to be beheaded.
Gao Qi was born at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, a native of Suzhou, talented, and Zhao Yi of the Qing Dynasty once commented that Gao Qi was the "crown of poets in the early Ming Dynasty", and he was on a par with Liu Bowen and Song Lian, but if it comes to the achievements in poetry, Gao Qi is slightly better than the latter. In the last year of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Nanjing, Zhang Shicheng occupied Suzhou, because Gao Qi was a Suzhou native, so Zhang Shicheng approached the water tower and sent someone to invite Gao Qi to join the "Dynasty" as an official, Gao Qi was only 16 years old at the time, and was hired by Zhang Shicheng as a senior staff member. However, Gao Qi was arrogant and arrogant, and was soon ostracized by the people in the official field, and Gao Qi resigned from the official and lived in seclusion.
In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing and established the Ming Dynasty, at this time Gao Qi was already 32 years old, because of the recommendation of Song Lian and Liu Bowen, Gao Qi was invited by Zhu Yuanzhang to enter the court and serve as the editor of the Hanlin Academy. Gao Qi's talent is obvious to all, and he is younger than Song Lian and Liu Bowen, and Zhu Yuanzhang admires it very much and focuses on cultivation. Zhu Yuanzhang made Gao Qi hold two positions, the first was to assist Song Lian in editing the History of the Yuan, and the second was to be a teacher for the princes. In ancient times, both of these jobs were very rare, and the political future was bright.
Three years later, the compilation and revision of the "History of yuan" was completed, and Gao Qi, tired of official life, proposed to resign. Zhu Yuanzhang quickly retained him, and promised to promote Gao Qi to the position of Hubu Waiter, as long as Gao Qi went further, he could become Hubu Shangshu before the age of 40. However, Gao Qi did not give Zhu Yuanzhang face, and he was determined to resign. Zhu Yuanzhang was helpless, so he gave him a sum of money and let him go. Ming Shi Yun:
Qi Zi chen did not dare to take on a heavy responsibility, and he also insisted on resigning, but saw Xu. Has been, and gave the platinum to return.
From this point of view, Zhu Yuanzhang was still very kind to Gao Qi. However, soon Gao Qi was in trouble, and Gao Qi wrote a sentence in his poem "The Picture of the Palace Of the Titled Palace":
"The puppy barks in the air, who is forbidden to come to the palace in the middle of the night?"
Gao Qi wrote the dog bark in the deep palace so vividly that Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Gao Qi was satirizing himself, so he held a grudge against Gao Qi, but only cited it but did not send it. But then a big thing happened, Gao Qi was grabbed by Zhu Yuanzhang and could no longer turn over.
In the sixth year of Hongwu, a new prefect came from Suzhou, this person named Wei Guan, who had served as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, a guozi sacrificial liquor, etc., was a clean and honest official, had a good reputation, and was put aside by Zhu Yuanzhang as the prefect of Suzhou, planning to train in other places for several years and then give it heavy use. After Wei Guan took office, he found that the prefect of Suzhou, Yamen, was low-lying, and it was very inconvenient to send a large number of people to dredge the ditch whenever it rained. Therefore, it was planned to relocate the prefect of Suzhou, Yamen, and the new site of Yamen was selected on Zhang Shicheng's old imperial palace in Suzhou.
In fact, the earliest location of Suzhou Prefecture was Zhang Shicheng's imperial palace, but Zhang Shicheng called himself empress dowager, changed the old Suzhou Fuya into his own imperial palace, and built another Suzhou Fuya. Wei Guan simply moved the Suzhou prefect Yamen back to its original location. The final inauguration ceremony of the ancient house building is called "Shangliang", and the ceremony is very solemn, and the local gentry are invited to celebrate. Wei Guan invited the great talents of Suzhou, the famous Gao Qilai wrote a "Shangliang Wen" for Suzhou Xinyamen, Gao Qi had a rare time doing a big thing for his hometown, and brewed for a long time to write the "Shangliang Wen of the County", this article is brilliant and is a superior work, but unfortunately, Gao has used the four words of "Tiger Dragon Disk".
Moreover, it is said that the prefect of Suzhou changed the yamen to the old site of Zhang Shicheng's palace, and Zhu Yuanzhang believed that Wei Guan was suspected of having "different ambitions" and dismissed Wei Guan from his post (later killed). When investigating the case, Zhu Yuanzhang accidentally discovered Gao Qi's name, and then found the words "Tiger Dragon Pan" in the "Liang Wen of the County". Zhu Yuanzhang believed that only the emperor's residence could be a "tiger and dragon disk", and Gao Qi said that Zhang Shicheng's former residence was "tiger and dragon disk", which was obviously still grateful to Zhang Shicheng, such a rebellious person, absolutely cannot stay in the world. In this way, Gao Qi was arrested by Jin Yiwei and returned to Nanjing, and sentenced to beheading, without even having the opportunity to redress his grievances.