Mention "Yizhang Red", everyone will definitely think of "Zhen Huan's Biography", Huafei casually said a sentence" This year's maple leaves do not seem to be red enough, then appreciate the summer is often in Yizhang red, even if it is to use her blood to accumulate some color for the maple leaves in the palace." It is precisely because of this line that the audience has an understanding of "Yizhang Red".
How cruel is "Ichijo Red"?
Yizhanghong is used in the harem punishment, mostly used to punish the concubines who make mistakes, the torture device is a two-inch thick, five-foot-long wooden board, with its scolding female prisoners below the waist, regardless of the number of hits until the bones and bones are broken, the flesh and blood are blurred, from a distance, bright red, so it is called "yizhang red".
However, "Yizhang Red" is not available to everyone, and in the harem, only the emperor, the empress, the empress, and the concubines or princesses above the second grade can use punishment.
In the "Biography of Zhen Huan", Concubine Hua was a concubine of Zheng'erpin, so she had the right to apply punishment to the emperor's concubine, and the crown princess could also use it from a single product, but the daughter-in-law's use of torture on her mother-in-law seemed unreasonable.
In the end, Xia Chang was rewarded by Concubine Hua for being "One Zhanghong" because of his loneliness and arrogance, and then fell disabled for life, and eventually died in the cold palace.
However, "Ichijo Red" does not exist in history, and if it does exist, it will be a disaster nightmare for women.
Although there is no such punishment as "Yizhanghong" in history, the ten famous tortures of the Qing Dynasty are also as cruel as Yizhanghong, which can be said to be more than that. But the punishment to be said today is not within the ten major tortures, and the degree of cruelty is not inferior to that of "one zhanghong", yes, it is - the punishment of locking.
What is "lock-up punishment"?
Literally, the prisoner is placed in a box the size of a person curled up in it, with openings on either side just enough to jam the prisoner's head and arms. As long as the person is stuffed in, he cannot move at all, or even change his position.
During the Qing Dynasty, this kind of punishment was specially used to punish the palace women who made mistakes, this punishment can be described as bloodless, but the process is very cruel.
The instrument of the lock-in execution is a wooden cage made of several wooden planks, long at the front, short at the back, and the long end touches the ground. Above the cage, there is a mouth stuck in the prisoner's neck, standing day and night until death, and some people first pad the object under their feet, set the stuck neck and then withdraw the cushion, causing the prisoner to suffocate in the air and die.
Because the palace maid always maintained a posture in the box, she gradually had difficulty breathing, and then she could not even carry out normal physiological activities, and eventually she was tortured to death.
Why is this punishment popular?
The torture device for locking the punishment is very simple, a few wooden boards can be made, it belongs to the mobile prison, save space, save manpower, with it, you can take the torture device with you at any time, where there are prisoners where to use, there is no need to escort around.
When the palace maids make mistakes, they only need to pack them into boxes, and then put them in a deserted place and let them fend for themselves.
According to records, the punishment of locks was more popular in Outer Mongolia, because they lacked materials at that time, and a large amount of manpower and material resources were needed to build a large prison, so this punishment solved one of their major problems.
In general, the punishment of the lock is extremely cruel, and while admiring the wisdom of the ancients, it also laments that this punishment has disappeared, otherwise many women will suffer from this punishment.