In ancient China, there were many ways to punish prisoners, such as the five punishments of slavery, which were a very cruel punishment, these five punishments were ink, sword, sword, palace, and dapu, which were the complete punishment system of ancient China. They have a common feature of cruelty, and ordinary people cannot withstand such a heavy punishment, let alone ordinary weak women. As dynasties changed, rulers and related personnel adjusted the punishment, and exile was a very common punishment for men, women and children. This punishment existed for thousands of years and was not abolished until the end of the Qing Dynasty.
The so-called exile is that prisoners are escorted to a place far away from home, the process takes months or even years to reach the destination, why are ancient prisoners exiled, need to travel thousands of miles, there will be a lot of servants rushing to pick up such "chores"?
In ancient China, the most convenient means of transportation is the horse-drawn carriage, in the process of being exiled, if there is a carriage, it is also very good, so that it can reach the destination in a few days or months, but the ancient people were exiled without any means of transportation, as long as they were exiled, they could only walk on their feet, and they could not use any other foreign tools, and even the servants who followed the prisoners had to follow behind, and there was no sloppy behavior.
Most of this kind of exile is used on dignitaries, if the dignitaries make mistakes or are involved in something, they are likely to be exiled, and the road to exile is very far, if there is a mistake, before the destination, the prisoner is already unable to do it. In fact, in order to be safe and sound in the process of exile, it is necessary to flatter the servants who escort the prisoners, and if these servants are coaxed well, then there is a great possibility that they will not die on the road.
The prisoner's family will do their best to protect the prisoner, and the best way is to give the servants benefits, and these benefits are undoubtedly money or other valuables, although the road is long and time-consuming, but if you can get benefits from them, why not enjoy it? And the servants stay in the place of work all year round, often run errands for the superiors, get up early every day to maintain regional security, get paid very little, for a long time such a dull day, it is really boring, it is better to go out to escort prisoners, but also steal a little time to relax, and money to take, this kind of good errand, of course, every servant is willing to do it.
This is why it is very hard to escort prisoners, but there are many servants rushing to pick up "hard work". To tell the truth, these servants are comfortable, but the prisoners and their families are very pitiful, although they have spent a lot of money, but it is very likely that they will never meet, these prisoners serve for a short period of several years, as long as decades, if they are lucky, they can come back, if they are unlucky, they will get sick or encounter other things, they will die, and the heavens will be separated forever.