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Liu Jin (劉瑾), the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household, was the largest leader of the eunuch clique during the Ming Zhengde period, and together with Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng, Qiu Ju, Luo Xiang, Wei Bin, Gao Feng, and other powerful eunuchs, relying on the grace of the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao, formed the "Eunuch Heavenly Regiment", of which Liu Jin was the first.
This group of eunuchs used deception and concealment to control the entire dynasty for several years, known in history as the "Eight Tigers", a tiger tiantuan that ate people and did not spit bones. When Liu Jin was in the middle of the day, many people in the Ming Dynasty's civilian-official clique met him, and often had to flatter him a few words, for fear of offending the autumn queen to settle accounts, no official is a small matter, losing his head is a big thing. At this moment, Liu Jin can be described as a real power tilted toward the opposition, under one person and above ten thousand people.
But the emperor of iron, the emperor of flowing water, Liu Jin relied on the grace of Zhengde to bring himself to the peak of power. But it was also this righteous virtue that pushed him and fell into the abyss, and he could never be born again.
In April 1510, the powerful eunuch Zhang Yong did not want to be subordinate to Liu Jin forever, and wanted to be the boss himself, so he took the opportunity of going on a business trip to supervise the suppression of the rebellion of King Anhua and kill Liu Jin together with Yang Yiqing, who held military power.
However, Zhang Yong never took the usual path, taking the opportunity of contributing to the captives, exposing Liu Jin's crimes of deception on the spot, and not checking the integrity of morality, and this investigation could not be found, millions of gold and silver, and all kinds of rare treasures were innumerable.
All this far exceeded the legitimate income of Liu Jin's personal position as a celebrant of ceremonies and a eunuch. What's more, Liu Jin's daily fan that he walked with actually hid a dagger inside, which was an ulterior motive for the emperor who took him with him at any time.
In the end, the wall fell and everyone pushed, Zhang Yong made a fuss, the emperor opened an investigation, everyone knew that Liu Jin was finished, and the people who reported it were endless. In the end, Liu Jin was convicted of conspiracy to rebel and was executed by Ling Chi, which is what we ordinary people often call "a thousand knives and a thousand knives.".
The "Law of The Great Ming Dynasty" says: "Conspiracy against the Great Rebellion: Whoever plots rebellion is said to be in danger of social welfare; great rebellion is said to be plotting to destroy the Temple, the Mountain Tomb and the Palace." But the conspirators, regardless of their superiors, were all executed. ”
As for how tragic the scene was, there was an official named Zhang Wenlin who was responsible for supervising the entire execution process and leaving us with a valuable record.
For the whole execution, it was planned to slash three thousand three hundred and fifty-seven knives, and every ten knives would rest and drink. On the first day, the executioner started from the chest and slashed three hundred and fifty-seven knives first, but the pieces of flesh under the cutting were not large, only like fingernail pieces.
It is precisely because the knife is very small, after the first day of execution, Liu Jin did not die, after the sun set, re-imprisoned in Wanping County, Suncheon Province, where Liu Jin also ate the last meal in his life - two bowls of porridge.
Early the next morning, considering that during the execution on the first day, Liu Jin ran the train with his mouth full and revealed the little secrets of the powerful people in the DPRK, so when he was executed, he deliberately blocked his mouth with a hemp walnut, so that he had a hard time speaking. Soon after, Liu Jin broke off his anger and died, ending his sinful life.
When officials announced that Liu Jin's execution was complete, a large number of victims' families flocked to grab Liu Jin's flesh and take it home to worship the dead. With flesh and blood steamed buns, tell the undead that the great vengeance has been repaid.
Good and evil will eventually be rewarded, and Liu Jin will be blessed during his reign, and people will be killed. In the end, a dead body was left behind, which was also a deserved sin.