Chapter 868 (2/2)

It is said that in the later years, each lingchi had to be performed by two people. Starting from the foot, a total of 1000 knives had to be cut, that is, 1000 pieces of meat had to be cut before the prisoner was allowed to die. It is said that if the prisoner breaks his breath before cutting a thousand knives, the executor will also be punished.

Develop into ”the art of death penalty”

The most famous person subjected to this punishment was the evil eunuch Liu Jin of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that Liu Jin died before he was cut for three days and the number of knives was only 3357. Because he was cut for three days and 3600 knives, it is said that even the executioner was punished. Liu Jin drank some porridge after being cut the first day and continued to be punished the next day.

This is one of the official punishments in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Fang Xiaoru of the Ming Dynasty did not respect Zhu Di's will and was scolded late（ Finally, the ten families were destroyed! Originally, there were only nine nationalities. Zhu Di killed some of Fang Xiaoru's students and friends.)

Top ten torture in Manchu and Qing Dynasties

Hanging is a common penalty in foreign countries.

The hanging of the Chinese people is to hang with a bow string... That is, put the bow around the victim's neck, the bow string is facing forward, and the executioner starts to rotate the bow behind. The bow turns tighter and tighter, and the victim's anger becomes less and less, and finally dies... Yue Fei's father and son died in the storm Pavilion (because he is a meritorious hero and can't be beheaded, The king of Guangxi in exile in the late Ming Dynasty hanged Wu Sangui himself

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Use a large urn, surrounded by red charcoal fire, and then put the prisoner in. No matter how stubborn people are, they can't stand this taste.

The allusion is that Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen, two ministers of Wu Zetian, were famous cruel officials at that time, and thousands of people died unjustly under their hands. Once, Zhou Xing was secretly told to conspire with Qiu Shenji. Wu Zetian sent a handsome minister to try the case and set a deadline to try the result. Lai Junchen had a good relationship with Zhou Xingping and felt very difficult. He thought hard and came up with a plan.

One day, Lai Junchen deliberately invited Zhou Xing. They drank and chatted. Lai Junchen pretended to be worried

try what you have devised against others

Rong said to Zhou Xing, ”Alas! Interrogation of prisoners is always fruitless. Please consult my brother. I wonder if there are any new tricks? ” Zhou Xing has always studied the instruments of torture, so he said proudly, ”I just invented a new method. I'm not afraid that the prisoners will not recruit. Use a large urn, surrounded by red charcoal fire, and then put the prisoner in. No matter how stubborn a person is, he can't stand the taste. ”

After hearing this, Lai Junchen ordered his men to bring a big urn and burn it red with charcoal fire according to the method Zhou Xing said just now. Lai Junchen suddenly stood up, sank his face and said to Zhou Xing, ”someone accused you of rebellion. The Empress Dowager ordered me to interrogate you. If you don't confess honestly, I have to invite you into this big urn!”

Zhou Xing was frightened and knew that he was doomed, so he had to bow down and plead guilty [5].

Palace punishment

Sima Qian was executed in the palace, and then wrote the immortal work historical records. Only then could he write such a sentence as ”being a minister of the boudoir” in the book of reporting to Ren Shaoqing.

So if you want to be a eunuch, you'd better castrate it when you're young. It's much more dangerous when you're old. This punishment is often offset by the death penalty by the nobility.