First, let's explain what is a calvary? The punishment is not the death penalty, let alone the death of the person, but the shaving of the hair on the whole body. This is a kind of shameful criminal law, the ancients have a good face, especially those princes and nobles, rich children, dignitaries and dignitaries, once the punishment is added, it is really better to live than to die.
What's more, the ancients have long had the body hair skin subject to their parents, once people shave the hair all over the body, it is even more disrespectful to the ancestors, and may even be expelled from the family tree. Therefore, in ancient China, the harm of punishment was even greater than that of corporal punishment. Zhu Yuanzhang used the punishment of his own son, and then again, how much of a crime could his son commit that would make Zhu Yuanzhang so angry?
Zhu Yuanzhang had a total of 26 sons, and after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he divided these sons into various places and made them the local princes of the domain. The son who had the accident was the tenth son named Zhu Tan, and his fief was in Shandong, so he was also called king of Lu. When each son went out to take the domain, Zhu Yuanzhang would talk to him and tell them that they should love the people like sons in the local area, have the responsibility to guard the land, and must not act arbitrarily, let alone make a fool of themselves.
Every son would nod his head and say yes, but when they really arrived in the domain, some sons threw Zhu Yuanzhang's teachings behind their heads. In particular, Zhu Tan, the king of Lu, was only 16 years old when he was in the domain, and as soon as he left the capital, he was like a golden bird out of its cage, and no one could restrain him anymore.
If he was just eating and drinking in the domain, it would be just a matter of making a small fuss, but the problem was that he had done something extremely ridiculous. What's the matter? It was to invite warlocks to practice Dan, and the matter of alchemy was also supported by Princess Tang of Lu. This Tang clan is the daughter of the great general Tang He in the early Ming Dynasty, and Tang He is loyal and upright, but he does not know why he taught such an ignorant daughter.
Tang Shi suggested to King Lu that in order to refine the elixir, it was necessary to take the genitals of 100 boys under the age of 8 as a guide, and this matter should be handled by himself. As a result, as soon as the order was issued, people in Shandong were suddenly panicked.
The matter soon reached Zhu Yuanzhang, who was very angry, this Zhu Tan was born to his favorite Concubine Guo Ning, who was born less than half a year old, that is, he was crowned king, and he was the earliest of Zhu Yuanzhang's sons to be sealed, which shows that Zhu Yuanzhang loves and cares for this son. Now that Zhu Tan had done such a ridiculous thing, Zhu Yuanzhang could not tolerate it.
At the same time, he believed that Princess Tang of Lu, who failed to fulfill her wife's obligations, not only did not stop it, but on the contrary, it aided and abetted abuse, and must be severely punished. The final disposition was to execute Zhu Tan and his wife Tang Shi to death. As for why King Lu was not executed, first, it was because he was his own son after all, and second, the matter was still in its infancy, and there were not so many boys who were victimized.
Despite this, Zhu Yuanzhang's punishment for his son is also an unprecedented heavy punishment, all along, China has been saying that "the punishment can not be a doctor", Zhu Yuanzhang's sons have always believed that they have done something wrong, the father is at most scolding himself twice, seriously cut some fiefdoms, and there is nothing else.
However, this encounter with Zhu Tan gave the princes a blow to the head, and Zhu Yuanzhang would not give in on the issue of principle. He was born into a poor man, knew that water can carry boats, more can overturn boats, when the Ming Dynasty first built, he wantonly persecuted the people, and he still wants to go to Jiangshan Sheji. Zhu Tan died before he was 20 years old, but fortunately, he did not die, and the Lu Wang's pulse was also passed down.?