In the thousands of years of Chinese civilization, emperors of every dynasty and generation liked to escort prisoners to remote frontier areas when punishing them, leaving them to fend for themselves in areas where materials were scarce. In the feudal and backward era at that time, such a thing as escorting prisoners to the frontier was an ancient errand for officials, and few people were willing to do it. But in fact, on the contrary, there are many officials competing to do such things, especially when escorting female prisoners, the officials are more active, what is the reason for this? Many people have expressed great curiosity, and netizens have also said that they are really faceless for this kind of behavior of the official difference!
In the rule of China's feudal dynasty, in order to strengthen his own rule, the emperor will generally set strict punishments in the country, if someone commits a serious crime, he will be directly killed, if the crime is more serious, such as contempt for imperial power, he will be killed by the nine tribes; but there are also some who have committed crimes, but those who have not reached the point of being killed will be exiled to the frontier or charged with the army. Lin Chong, the head of the martial arts sect in the Water Margin, was paired to the frontier because he burned the grassland, and he was not only tortured by the officials during the journey, but also had to accept the environment of wind and food and sleeping under the condition of not having enough to eat and wear, which was very painful.
On the road to exile on the frontier, there will also be some female prisoners, and if these female prisoners are not women who have committed deep murder and set fire to the fire, they are women who have been robbed of their homes because of the mistakes of their parents. Generally speaking, when female prisoners are exiled, the officials are very willing to escort these female prisoners on the road, because although these female prisoners have been raided and reduced to untouchables, they still have more or less valuable things on their bodies, which are much more expensive than their own wages. This is also a kind of unspoken rule, if these female prisoners do not want to suffer on the way to exile, they will always hand over the money in order to ensure their own safety.
There is another situation that most of these female prisoners are ladies of rich families, and when they go on the road, their families will definitely stuff money in order to let the officials take care of her, which is also a way and means to get rich, and under this temptation, there will naturally be countless people who will struggle for this job. In addition to these reasons, the most important thing is that it is much safer to send female prisoners than to escort male prisoners. If these prisoners feel that they do not want to go on the road or send people to hijack cars on the road, the life of the official will not be guaranteed, so escorting male prisoners is a chore, and generally doing these more dangerous things are officials with high martial skills.
The last case was that it was easier to escort female prisoners, and in the society at that time, women were not eligible to take a labor car because of their low social status. On the road to exile, they all walked on their own feet. Not only that, but there are very heavy chains tied to the hands and feet to prevent prisoners from escaping. Under this desperate psychological environment and torture, few people can get to the frontier alive, and if these prisoners die halfway, the officials will be happier, and they only need to go back to their lives. This is also the reason why the officials rush to want this errand.