The night in the south of the Yangtze River was once bathed in the fragrance of literature, and the talented and beautiful women composed a series of moving chapters. However, behind this picturesque Jiangnan, there is a twisted and cruel scene between Zhu Yuanzhang and Su Tanmei.
Back in that war-torn era, the mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River had long been shrouded in the smoke of war, but Su Tanmei was a talented woman who emerged in this desolate place. Her talent is like the spring water in the south of the Yangtze River, clear and profound, which has attracted the admiration of literati and scholars.
Liu Bowen, Song Lian, Zhang Yi and Ye Chen, the four sages of Jiangnan, were highly admired ministers at that time, and they formed a deep friendship with Su Tanmei because of literary exchanges. The annual "Lanxi Meeting" has become a place for them to exchange experiences and taste life. Su Tanmei became the focus of attention with her outstanding talent and beauty, and made her debut at the Lanxi Club at the age of twelve, showing a unique style.
Becoming a talented woman admired by the "Four Sages of Jiangnan", Su Tanmei has won praise for her amazing talent and deep thoughts. Her poems are like a clear spring, flowing between mountains and rivers, but they also contain deep worries about the country's social welfare, showing unusual patriotic feelings. These emotions are unimaginable for a teenage girl. She expresses her love for nature with graceful brushstrokes, and at the same time expresses her concern for the future of the country in her poems, constructing a moving literary picture. This gathering was supposed to be an elegant collection of literati and scholars to talk about poetry and literature, but it became a watershed in the fate of Su Tanmei.
At that Lanxi meeting, she met the four sages of Jiangnan and formed a deep friendship. This party also became a place where she brushed shoulders with fate. Her beauty and talent shone brightly at this party, but it also attracted Zhu Yuanzhang's attention.
Zhu Yuanzhang, in the troubled times of war, although he has a humble background, he has great ambitions. In the course of his campaign, he learned of the fame of the four sages of Jiangnan and hoped to include them under his command. So, he posted notices to convey his desire for talents and the pursuit of talented and beautiful women.
This leaflet became the trigger that was destined to start the tragedy. At that time, most of the common people were illiterate and could not read a word. When Su Tanmei saw this notice, she volunteered and became the "translator" who passed the content of the notice to the people. Her beauty and talent attracted two men destined to change her fate - Zhu Wenzheng, a relative of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Hu Deji, a general.
Su Tanmei stood in front of the notice and read out the content in a crisp and pleasant voice, and for a while, her talent was like the spring breeze in the south of the Yangtze River, which made people fascinated. This moment was a turning point in her fate.
However, this ordinary moment laid the groundwork for tragedy. Zhu Wenzheng and Hu Deji were impressed by Su Tanmei's demeanor, but they had different thoughts. Zhu Wenzheng, out of loyalty to Zhu Yuanzhang, wanted to dedicate Su Tanmei to him as a concubine. And Hu Deji wants to take Su Tanmei as his own.
This dispute, which was introduced by the beauty of a talented woman, finally made Zhu Yuanzhang's orders distorted and cold. Zhu Wenzheng kidnapped Su Tanmei and dedicated it to Zhu Yuanzhang on the charge of "secretly hiding leaflets that confuse the people". This Su Tanmei, who is known as a talented woman in the south of the Yangtze River, is crushed by the wheels of history at this moment.
Zhu Yuanzhang was deeply attracted by Su Tanmei's beauty and talent, Zhu Yuanzhang was not a lustful person, but he did not escape the beauty pass that night, and directly came to Su Tanmei. Because Hu Deji couldn't get Su Tanmei, he wanted to find a few Qinglou women for recreation. After Hu Deji captured the city, he instructed his subordinates to snatch the Qinglou women in the city into their homes and indulge in wine banquets.
This news reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, and he was angry at Hu Deji's behavior of corrupting military discipline. Immediately afterwards, he ordered Hu Deji to be arrested and personally interrogated. Hu Deji admitted the crime of kidnapping the Qinglou woman in court, but he accused Zhu Yuanzhang of favoring Su Tanmei before he used "there is a car in front of him and a way back", alluding to Zhu Yuanzhang's previous behavior of pampering Su Tanmei by first violating the regulations. Zhu Yuanzhang was ashamed and angry when he heard this, so he ordered Su Tanmei to be brought to trial.
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that if he was too focused on selfish desires in the matter of Su Tanmei, he would become a handle for his subordinates to attack. However, he also understood that if Hu Deji was not severely punished, it might spread among the army in the future, leading to disorder and chaos in the entire army. Zhu Yuanzhang decided to take the risk of dealing with Hu Deji in accordance with military law. In order to explain to Hu Dahai and maintain the principle of fairness, in the face of Su Tanmei, he only said softly: "Drag it down and cut it." ”
The death sentence of Su Tanmei was like a ruthless scold, which made the talented Su Tanmei a tragedy in history. Her beauty and talent were just a flash in the pan in Zhu Yuanzhang's world, and she finally disappeared in the wind and rain of the troubled times.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang set up a monument for Su Tanmei to apologize, this apology could not save the lives of a generation of talented women. After being deprived of the right to live, Su Tanmei could only lie silently under the tombstone, becoming a page in history, a forgotten name. The guilt in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart turned into a heavy "guilty monument" standing in front of Su Tanmei's grave. This monument is like a self-reproach to history, and it is also like a memory of a tragedy. However, is such an memory enough to wash away the deep guilt in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart?
Su Tanmei's departure made Zhu Yuanzhang realize that beauty brings not only joy and romance, but also endless sadness. He understands that in the troubled times, in order to maintain his position and the rules of the army, he must give up his feelings and face the power scheme with a cold heart. Su Tanmei became a victim of this power game, and her fate was reincarnated in the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang.
The whole incident is like a cruel historical picture, outlining the desolation and coldness of that troubled era. In this tragedy, each character plays their own role, Zhu Wenzheng's loyalty, Hu Deji's desire, Su Tanmei's intelligence, and Zhu Yuanzhang's helplessness are all intertwined to constitute this regrettable historical legend.
Su Tanmei was originally a beautiful genius in the south of the Yangtze River, but under the arrangement of fate, she became a tragic woman of that era. Her beauty and talent seemed so weak in troubled times, and eventually became the misfortune of a generation of talented women. Her death is not only a cruel decision made by Zhu Yuanzhang in order to maintain his power, but also a portrayal of the helplessness of women in that era.
And Su Tanmei, a peerless talented woman in Jiangnan, became the protagonist of this tragedy. And the person who caused this tragedy became an emperor one day, and history is sometimes so unfair.