I believe that everyone has seen a lot of Jinyiwei TV series, today Xiaobian will take you to increase your knowledge and understand the torture used by ancient Jinyiwei in prison.
The system of extorting confessions by torture originated very early in our country. It appeared during the Shang Zhou Dynasty. According to the Book of Rites, "The moon in the middle of spring is not robbed, and the lawsuit in prison is stopped." "This means that torture to extract confessions will cease in mid-spring and torture can be carried out in other seasons."
Torture is a very cruel and inhumane system of justice. In ancient feudal societies, officials rarely gained wisdom when interrogating prisoners, which was a form of torture for the accused. Torture is also called torture. The penalties used include canes, whips, etc., and there is no fixed number of beatings, and they are often requested at the same time until the offender is not punished and is willing to plead guilty.
When tortured, the skin and body may be cut off and blood may drip. If tortured in the summer, prisoners' wounds would fester, and maggots were common. Some inmates are strong and decisive, and it is not uncommon for torture to extract confessions to cause death. Liu Bang was a pavilion for a long time, he was accused of injuring Xia Houying by mistake, in order to protect Liu Bang, Xia Houying refused to admit that he was hurt by Liu Bang, so he was imprisoned for more than a year, tortured hundreds of times, and almost died in prison.
Compared to other forms of torture in ancient China, torture is light. Lu Xun once wrote in an article that the fundamental reason why there are no tough guys in China is that the torture invented by Chinese is not only complicated, but also too cruel and cruel. Still, there are plenty of strong people who suffer without changing their faces. They are Iron Men. Li Yingsheng, who was known as the "Iron Pen Official" in the late Ming Dynasty, was one of them.
Li Yingsheng was a loyal courtier. He was honest and brave and dared to give advice. In the third year of the Apocalypse, he wrote to the carpenter Emperor Zhu Youxiao, asking for Wei Zhongxian's dismissal. Although he failed, he was still hated by Wei Zhongxian. Subsequently, Li Yingsheng returned to Suzhou to give a lecture. In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Li Yingsheng was falsely accused by the Eunuch Party of embezzlement and bending the law for personal gain, and was arrested in the Royal Guard prison.
After being imprisoned, Royal Guard interrogators tortured Li Yingsheng and forced him to confess to corruption. Li Yingsheng persevered and refused to admit it. The jailer was ordered to torture him with "red embroidered shoes." The name of the red embroidered shoe, although it sounds beautiful, is a very vicious and cruel punishment. This punishment came from the dissolution of the Shang Dynasty. Before the execution, a pair of special iron shoes were placed on the stove to roast red, and the executioner placed the red iron shoes on the prisoner's feet, burning the skin and rotting the flesh. The pain is far greater than the shooting.
Li Yingsheng was only 34 years old when he died, and he had no chance of surviving. According to historical records, after Li Ying's death, his brother went to the prison to pick him up. He saw that his brother's feet were completely burned, his whole body was fractured, his skin and flesh were rotten, his face was completely different, and his skin was incomplete. It was really scary.
Torture is incompatible with human civilization and the spirit of the rule of law. This torture of humanity is destined to be abandoned by history!
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