It is rumored to be Kang Xiaoba's execution photo
Kang Xiaoba, nicknamed Wu Bald, is a native of Tianjin. In the late Qing Dynasty, he was famous as a thief in Beijing and Tianjin.
When he was young, Wu Bald was passed over to the Kang family in the eastern imperial estate of the capital, so he changed his surname to Kang and the bandit name Kang Bataiye.
In the novel Yun, after the bandit was caught, he insulted Empress Dowager Cixi in person, and was later executed by Ling Chi.
The photo is said to be taken by Kang Xiaoba when he was delayed, and from the photos, it can be seen that he has no fear and is quite tough.
So, what exactly is history like?
In fact, Kang Xiaoba was wanted by the government for killing people and committing trouble to Beijing and Tianjin, and was eventually captured by the famous shape boxers Shang Yunxiang and Ma Yutang.
According to the people who personally saw the execution, Kang Xiaoba was sentenced to "execution" at dawn, and was the last criminal in Chinese history to be executed by Ling Chi.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the little prince married his wife
Young husbands and old wives were once common in feudal society.
Why? Because of the concept of succession. Large families generally assign the eldest son and eldest grandson about ten years old to a "child bride" or marry a lady who can take care of his living.
In the photo is a "second generation of the emperor" in the late Qing Dynasty and his newly married wife. In appearance, the bride's age is about seventeen or eighteen, while the groom is at most eight or nine years old.
True Cixi and False Cixi
Legend has it that Empress Dowager Cixi is a good drinker and often wears a wet nurse when she is over sixty years old, so her skin has always remained pink and tender, and she looks 20 years younger than her actual age.
On the left side of this contrast is Empress Dowager Cixi, who is over sixty years old, who looks much younger than her actual age, and on the right is Cixi, played by Xi Meijuan in the film and television drama.
Roughly speaking, how similar are the appearances of these two people, could it be that they are created and manipulated?
A woman who is about to be executed by Ling Chi
British journalist Mo Lixun once took a group of photos of women executed by Ling Chi during the late Qing Dynasty, because the original picture was very bloody, so he did not put it one by one.
The status of women in feudal society is very low, and cheating and stealing love are felonies, ranging from chopping hands and feet to lingchi execution.
The woman who had been executed by Ling Chi did not know what crime she had committed, but it could be seen from the indifferent expression of the executioner that they had long been accustomed to such perverted punishment.
Puyi was expelled from the Forbidden City
The picture shows the scene of Puyi being expelled from the palace by Feng Yuxiang after he abdicated the throne. In a mess, many of the servants in the palace do not know what the future holds?
It is rumored that many palace ladies and eunuchs who did not want to leave the palace committed suicide one after another, and Puyi also moved from the Forbidden City into the Palace of Prince Alcohol.
This historical event in 1924 marked the complete disappearance of the emperor, a symbol of "power", from the long river of Chinese history, but it also completely changed Puyi's personal destiny, making him a puppet in the hands of the Japanese for twelve years.
It is precisely because of Puyi's departure that the establishment of the "pseudo-Manchu" planned by the Japanese.
It also laid the groundwork for Puyi's fifteen years of imprisonment.