On August 13, 978 (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the lunar calendar), Emperor Taizong of Song gave a cup of poisoned wine to Li Yu, a prisoner of the order, and Li Yu drank the poisoned wine and died in his hometown, and the emperor of the generation came to an end.
Why did Emperor Taizong of Song want to poison a subjugated monarch who had already been put under house arrest? The cause turned out to be a word.
In 978, Li Yu, who had been in the Song Dynasty for three years, had been demoted
After gathering concubines at the residence, she made "Yu Meiren" to remember the past, remember the homeland, and ordered the former prostitutes of the Southern Tang Dynasty to sing, Song Taizong was very angry after hearing it, and punished all the crimes at the same time, so he gave the lead medicine to kill Li Yu.
The original word of "Yu Meiren"
When is the Spring Flower autumn moon? How much do you know about the past. Xiao Lou had another east wind last night, and the homeland could not look back at the middle of the moon. The carved fence jade should still be there, but Zhu Yan changed. How much sorrow can you have? It is like a river of spring water flowing eastward.
If a king of a subjugated country writes his longing for his homeland so bluntly, will it inevitably lead to the disaster of killing himself?
Judging from Zhao Guangyi's mysterious ascension to the throne, a person who wants to consolidate his imperial power cannot tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes, and Li Yu is just a "victim" of Zhao Guangyi, the Emperor of Song, who embarked on the road to the concentration of imperial power.
Li Yu may not be a good emperor, but he is definitely a brilliant lyricist.
Li Yu was insignificant among the emperors, but he became famous in the poetry world.
Li Yu spared no expense in his life to leave this ancient song for future generations, which is worthy of admiration.
When you read Li Yu's desperate poem "Yu Meiren" in "The Second Main Words of the Southern Tang Dynasty", did you have any respect for Li Yu's spirit of dedication to art?
