Since ancient times, there have been various clans in China, and these people live in clusters, often forming a huge local centrifugal force. Faced with this situation, the rulers adopted a more cruel punishment, that is, extermination. Turning to Chinese history books, the scourge of extermination abounds.
The reason why the practice of extermination is adopted is because there are many things in history that have not destroyed other human races and cut grass and roots, resulting in resurgence. The earliest recorded in history is "Shaokang Zhongxing". The Xia Dynasty had descendants and branches that had not been killed by usurpers. As a result, Shao Kang led his people to finally defeat the usurpers and restore the Xia Dynasty after a struggle.
The most famous is probably "Zhao Zhongxing". This incident was adapted into the drama "Cheng Baby Saves Orphans". At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the ancestor of the Zhao State, the Zhao clan, was once exterminated, leaving his widow, Zhao Wu, who was saved by the door guest Cheng Bao. When Zhao Wu grew up, he re-emerged with the help of the Han family, who were friendly with the Zhao clan, and completely destroyed the tu'an yi family.
Due to the different times, the practice of extermination is often different. The early practice tended to kill the whole clan, which was very cruel. This practice reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty, often reaching dozens of clans in a single plant, far exceeding the habit of the highest "nine ethnic groups". This has a lot to do with the intermarriage between the clans during the Tang Dynasty, controlling the government and restricting imperial power.
With such cruel punishments, it is often rare for someone to escape. Of course, we do not exclude that some people are for some belief in their hearts, such as "righteousness." But most people are the same, ants are still greedy, let alone people? The reasons for this are none other than these three situations.
First, take chances. After Confucian culture dominated the social ideology, people often had a certain degree of sympathy for the weak and expressed it through the law. The slogan of killing everyone in the case of extermination is discounted to a certain extent when it is implemented.
For example, if you do not kill people who are too old or too young, women are usually not killed. People with disabilities can also escape the scourge of death. Usually people who fall into this situation rarely escape, because the consequences of escaping will be more serious.
Second, it was too late to escape. The so-called thunder and rain dew are all Jun'en. In an age when imperial power was everything, one could never be sure that one would live to the next day. For example, during the Zhu Yuanzhang period, large-scale killings made the courtiers who went to the court every day tremble and tremble, and the first thing they did every day when they went to the court was to be glad that they were still alive.
A situation like this when a monarch suddenly became angry and beheaded his ministers and exterminated his people made many people killed before they could understand what was going on, and there was no time to escape. During the reign of Emperor Jing of Han, one of the three dukes went to the upper court normally, but was pulled to the mouth of the vegetable market and beheaded halfway through, and his family was also killed.
Third, there is no escape. In ancient China, the self-shang martingale transformation method formed a strict household registration system and a joint sitting system. Everyone must have a road guide when going out, without a road guide, you can't stay in a hotel. Fugitives generally do not have this thing, and Shang Martin will have the final tragic end because there is no road guide when escaping.
At the same time, the practice of the sitz-in-one method made no one dare to shield strangers. In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and a stranger, especially a stranger without a road guide, was easily reported by locals. This is why many fugitives in history have been caught after being issued a sea catch document.
In view of this, the end of escape and non-escape is similar, and if you stay, you may still survive. Well, it's obvious what kind of choice to make.