When we watch some costume dramas, we often see that when the rulers make a big mistake under their hands, they say, "Drag it down, the Nine Tribes." Then the wrongdoers would weep bitterly, and the two factions would shout ,"Don't! "Although this is only the case in the TV series, even the Nine Clans are only 4 words that flutter lightly, but when combined with the real history, you will understand how terrifying the meaning of these 4 words is."
First of all, we must first clarify the concept of the Nine Tribes. The description of the Nine Tribes in the Three Character Classic is "a high great-grandfather, a father and a body." Body and son, son and grandson. From the descendants to the Xuan Zeng. It is the Nine Tribes, the HumanIty. "It is the highest ancestor, great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and self-body, down to the son, grandson, great-grandson, and grandchild, a total of 9 generations."
Another theory is that from the perspective of the in-law relationship in ancient society, it is believed that the nine ethnic groups refer to the four paternal clans, the three matriarchal clans, and the two wives. The paternal family refers to the side of one's own family, including the married aunt and her son, the married sister and nephew, the married daughter and grandson; the wife family is the maternal family, including the maternal grandfather's family, the maternal grandmother's family, the aunt and her son; the wife clan refers to the wife's mother's family, including not only the father-in-law's family, but also the mother-in-law's mother-in-law's family.
Now do you know how terrible the Nine Clans are? Therefore, when the ancient courtiers were convicted, they would destroy hundreds of people at a time, which was really not made up. What is most incomprehensible is that such a cruel and joint criminal responsibility was not the first creation of the Qin Dynasty, which is famous for its tyranny, nor was it xia jie, the emperor of the xia dynasty, but the shang, but was developed by xia qi and shang tang, who were praised by the sages.
According to the Book of Shang, Xia Qi and Shang Tang warned them that if they made a mistake, they would not only be severely punished themselves, but their heirs would also be executed together before the troops went out on the expedition, which is the earliest record of tribal punishment. So in the face of such a cruel criminal law, why do those who are connected do not know how to escape, are they really foolish to the rulers to this extent? Or is it because they're too stupid?
No, we must understand that the feudal dynasty is not a public world, but a family world, under the whole world, can it be the royal land, where can it run? In ancient times, transportation was not convenient, and it was not far to run; and the ancient land was sparsely populated, even if it ran to a remote small village, there were suddenly more people in the village, and it would soon be known to the locals, and it was impossible to hide it.
Unlike costume dramas, really ancient travel must have a road guide, which is an official proof, if there is no road guide, there is no way to enter any large town. And if you run to the deep mountains and wild forests, it is even more troublesome, the ancient mountain forests are really infested with wild beasts, and for some delicate and frail dignitaries, such a hard life, in a few days, it will be completely unbearable.
The most important point is that the ancient in-law relationship was too complicated, if you do not run, the punishment will only be the Nine Tribes at most, and if the one that should be destroyed, others can survive; but if one clan escapes, it means that the clan has committed another crime, then other people related to the fleeing clan will be subject to Zhu Lian, and in order to save their lives, those other relatives will not let these punished people escape.
So it's not that they don't know how to run, it's that they can't run, and running is really doing stupid things.