From the Xia Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, there were 20 dynasties in ancient China. The emperor was the supreme ruler of the feudal dynasty. They have the highest right to rule. This position is also unique, the only supreme ruler among hundreds of millions of people in the country. Therefore, in ancient times, in order to become an emperor, even if they died nine times, many people did not wash their lives. And the emperors of various dynasties and generations also used all kinds of means to preserve their positions.
The most famous is Qin Shi Huang's "burning of poetry books and pit warlocks" in 213 BC, including many emperors in ancient times who betrayed their subjects and neglected their subjects. Only because the traitor is more obedient, he will not refute his opinion. These are all to maintain their rule and ensure that their position is more stable.
However, with the development of successive dynasties, the royal family's meaning for rights protection has become more and more important, after all, historical experience has been taught, and there is no good end for the "king of the fallen country". After arriving in the Qing Dynasty, because the Qing Dynasty was a Manchu unorthodox Han Chinese, it was even more afraid of the rebellion of its subjects. Not only must it be governed in terms of behavior, but even thought must intervene.
The most famous thing born from this is the "word prison", in fact, the word prison has existed since ancient times, but it was only in the Qing Dynasty that people really realized the horror of the word prison. In the Qing Dynasty, "literal prison" was a case of injustice, why? Because the real anti-Qing and restoration organizations are all underground parties, they are eager to hide themselves, how can they still throw themselves into the net?
And the other people who were killed because of the literal prison were not reported by the enemy family on trumped-up charges. Even many of the massacres that exterminated several ethnic groups were false accusations. This phenomenon reached its peak in the hands of the two emperors of the Qing Dynasty, "Kangxi" and "Qianlong".
Qianlong likes to write poetry, and everyone knows it, and has written more than 40,000 poems in total. Therefore, poetry is also strictly investigated, and someone once wrote such a beautiful poem as "a heart and intestines on turbidity", and finally passed it to Qianlong's ears, qianlong believed that the word "turbidity" was placed in front of the word "Qing", which was a disguised insult to the Qing, so he actually ordered his beheading. There are countless other things.
There was once a county order, the old man came to get a son, naturally overjoyed, so he called many relatives and friends to celebrate together, everyone knows that in the ancient wine banquet, always like to write some poetry and songs to help entertain, under everyone's admiration, the county ordered people to bring pen and ink.
After a half-loud groan, the pen walking dragon snake quickly wrote down a couplet. Everyone only looks at it: the upper link "the son should inherit the father's business", and the lower link "the subject will repay the king's favor". Such a neat couplet is naturally clapping hands and applauding, knowing that the county order also has the intention of praising the emperor and showing loyalty.
After receiving everyone's praise and affirmation, the county commander was even more satisfied with the couplet pasted on the gate. However, at this time, just a poor acid show passed by, after watching this couplet, he laughed a lot, and while laughing, he also said: Life is not long, life is not long.
This matter was spread from the next person to the ears of the county order, and the county order was naturally shocked, and quickly ordered someone to find Xiucai and ask him the reason. Xiucai smiled and said, "You put your father in front and the king in the back", if this alliance is known to the emperor, isn't it angry? If you lose your official position, if you lose your official position, if you lose your official position, you will lose your life.
The county commander realized the seriousness of the problem and quickly changed the couplet: "Jun Enchen will repay, the father and son should inherit", Xiu Cai also nodded his head with satisfaction after seeing it. The county order kept fighting against the back of Xiucai's departure, which was really a tall man!