In the Ming Dynasty's "Regulations on the Death Penalty of True Offenders and Miscellaneous Crimes", it was stipulated that the crimes that should be sentenced to Ling Chi were "conspiracy to rebel against the great rebellion", "evil rebellion", and "immorality", and the scope of crimes applicable to Ling Chi was expanded in the Qing Law.
According to folklore, when "Ling Chi" was executed, the executioner first cut a piece of meat on the large muscle in front of the prisoner and threw it into the sky, which is called "sacrificial heavenly meat";
The second knife is called the "blindfold", the executioner cut the skin of the flesh on the prisoner's head, shrugged it down to cover the eyes, to avoid the prisoner and the executioner from facing each other, to prevent the prisoner from radiating an unusually cold and fearful gaze when he was in extreme pain, which made the executioner panic and affect the execution.
According to records, a eunuch in the Ming Dynasty committed the crime of treason, the emperor decreed 3600 knives, the executioner has strict rules, one knife can not be more, one knife can not be less, must be 3600 knives to die, and all the flesh must be cut off, because there are internal organs, people will not die immediately. After 3600 knives, a perfect human skeleton was required.
Generally speaking, Ling Chi's punishment was mainly aimed at criminals who seriously endangered the order and interests of the feudal ruling class. Ling Chi's execution method: cutting prisoners to pieces and making them die of extreme pain has a great deterrent effect on the people.
However, the last person in history to be executed by Ling Chi, although he was a little less than a eunuch, his backbone was very admirable, and he was Kang Xiaoba.
Born as a follower, he started with a pistol
Kang Xiaoba, nicknamed Wu Bald, was a thief who crisscrossed Beijing and Tianjin during the Guangxu years. Because in his early years, he had inherited the Kang family of the Eastern Emperor Zhuang in Beijing, so he changed his surname to Kang, and the bandit name was Kang Bataiye, and the Jianghu people called Kang Xiaoba.
At first, he was a rich man's retinue, he bought a pistol and hundreds of bullets and handed them to Kang Xiaoba for safekeeping, the original intention was to protect his safety, but Kang Xiaoba killed the rich man and took the pistol for himself.
After getting the pistol, Kang Xiaoba was even more invincible, specializing in robbery for a living, and once there was a dispute with people, he would shoot and kill people.
According to rumors, Kang Xiaoba did not need a reason to kill people, the purpose was to mix with fame, and later formed a small gang to blackmail passing passengers.
In addition to theft, Kang Xiaoba is also very, and when he sees a woman with a posture on the road, he will tie her to a secret place to rape her, or tie her back to be a lady of the press.
Xiao Ba was arrested and "flirted" with Cixi
Kang Xiaoba was notorious, he should never have robbed the "Cao Yin", in order to deal with him, he specially invited the martial arts master Shang Yunxiang to help, and with his help Kang Xiaoba was finally arrested.
After his arrest, the government sentenced him to be beheaded, but he did not expect that the news would soon reach Cixi's ears, and Cixi also wanted to see what Kang Xiaoba really looked like.
Officials have repeatedly stressed that Kang Xiaoba should behave well, and if he pleases Lafayette, he may not have to die, and Kang Xiaoba himself said that he knew. I thought he would be able to avoid death, but it was all superficial work, in order to plan an earth-shattering event.
On the day of the interrogation, Kang Xiaoba stood tall and did not have the slightest fear, and came to the Summer Palace, his gaze was very arrogant, not only flirting with the concubines and palace women, but also dismissively saying: "If you want to rob, you will rob the "imperial bar", if you want to rape, you will rape the imperial concubine", the officials at the bottom are even more frightened and dare not speak out, Cixi is so angry that he is white, and directly orders Ling Chi to execute Kang Xiaoba.
Cut 3784 knives, actually did not say a word
Kang Xiaoba, who was originally sentenced to beheading, was sentenced to "Ling Chi" for publicly flirting with many concubines and palace women, including Cixi. ”
During the Qing Dynasty, this kind of punishment was not carried out for a long time, after all, the technology of this punishment required excellent techniques, and the government also found many places to find the executioner who would be executed.
It is said that the executioner cut 3784 knives on Kang Xiaoba's body for 3 days, and the most incredible thing is that during the execution, he did not ask for forgiveness in the slightest except for a few laughs, and even Cixi finally couldn't bear it, and let the executioner stab Kang Xiaoba's heart with a steel needle, and Kang Xiaoba's life was over.
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