Dynasty Sayings Of the Collected Testament (IV): King Xing's reward was not impossible, but he chose his own officials for greed.
The first person in history to create a prison was Gao Tao, and this legendary just man certainly would not understand why the strict places where criminals were punished and imprisoned, and some dynasties turned out to be places to hide dirt and grime. Here, a Chinese character is popular, that is, "赇". The interpretation of this word is very simple, and the clear-eyed people know at a glance that they use "shell" to "ask", in short, the word "bribe". Here there are all kinds of "respect" that criminals take the initiative to do, and there are also extortions from prison officials.
The death row inmates who were about to be executed in ancient prisons seemed to be the most difficult to extort, but the prison officials still had a way, they could make trades in the way of execution and bondage. According to Fang Bao of the Qing Dynasty, when the execution was about to be carried out, the executioner waited outside the door first, and let his accomplices go to prison to negotiate and demand money. The term at the time was "Slough". If the prisoners are wealthy, talk to their relatives. If the prisoners are poor, talk to them personally, and the "decency" of the last journey is the toughest chip in the hands of these officials.
They said to the prisoners who were executed by Ling Chi: Follow me, first stab the heart, otherwise you will have your arms and legs removed, and your heart will not die. To the hanger, he said: Follow me, as soon as you come up, I will let you lose your breath. Otherwise, hang you three times, plus other means, and then let you die. Even the most difficult beheadings, they can "question their heads." Can an executioner still hold his head? Exactly how to "quality" the head, there is indeed a doorway is not clear, as for the purpose is to squeeze out oil and water, even death row inmates will not let go.
Through these "bribes" methods, it is generally possible to knock out tens of taels or even hundreds of taels of silver from the rich, and to knock out the clothes and luggage from the poor. If they can't knock it out at all, they will be tortured according to the method of threat in advance, and even the most basic bondage prisoners can be manipulated. Do not bribe him, and break his bones and bones when they are bound. When the Qing Dynasty prisons were executed every year, the death penalty and the death suspended prisoners were all tied up and sent to the execution ground for standby, and the probationers in addition to the daily "bystanders" accompanied by running, which was also a kind of killing chickens and monkeys, three out of ten executed, and it took several months to survive to nurse the bundled wounds.
Some people will say that these officials just want something, and they don't have any vendetta, they really have nothing, and in the end, don't torture people so much, isn't this a good thing to accumulate virtue and do good? In this regard, lao Xu in the prison replied: This is a "rule", the purpose is to warn others and future generations. If you don't do this, others will take chances. The rules of oil and water that the Xu officials take as a warning are naturally stereotypes that have been formed for a long time, and since they are so malicious, it is necessary to overcome the obstacles of conscience, and "bribery" exempts people from these troubles.
Because these officials have power in their hands, they will take the initiative to come to the door, sweetly grease you, and tell you to surrender in the situation of absolutely embarrassed to turn your face, lay down your weapons, join them in the same stream, and unite with the outside world. There is no need for any malice, or even on the contrary, to reject this kind of bribery, it takes a little malice, the courage and stubbornness to turn the other cheek and not recognize people. Because the bribe is usually found through the way of relatives and friends. Not only do you have to turn your face and deny the humble and enthusiastic gift giver, but you also have to turn your face and deny those relatives and friends who seem to be enthusiastic.
As a result, the cost of bribery and bribery has been further reduced, and the cost of refusing bribes has been further increased. The officials of the Qing Dynasty, who were still relatively incorruptible, rebelled against the obstruction of conscience and the insistence on etiquette here, opposing themselves to the righteousness that they should have upheld and becoming accomplices in the rules of survival between the sun and the dark. These Qing Dynasty officials fell sweetly, helplessly, half-pushed and half-pushed in the gentle township, and another Qing official disappeared.
References: "Fang BaoJi", "Gao Tao Torture"
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