In costume TV dramas, there are often scenes in which the emperor orders the raiding of their mansions and the confiscation of their family property in the face of corrupt officials, which is called "raiding the family". Generally speaking, these ancient officials whose homes were raided committed felonies of killing their heads and exiled at worst, and some even died without a corpse. Then, when these ancient officials who committed crimes were raided, what would happen to the wives and concubines in these families?
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Generally speaking, the fate of the female relatives of the families of these criminal officials mainly has the following endings.
First: Beheading officials who have committed crimes. In ancient times, the crime of sitting consecutively was popular, and the "Zhulian Nine Tribes" were more common, and if these officials committed a felony that was unforgivable and made the emperor thunderous, the whole family would be jointly and severally responsible. Not only the female relatives in the family, but even the elderly and children cannot escape the doom, so the final fate of these female relatives of the family can only behead these ministers who have committed crimes.
"The Red Chamber" is raided
Second: Exiled to the bitter cold of the frontier. In the Qing Dynasty costume drama, the place where officials were most exiled was Ninggu Pagoda, where people were inaccessible and the environment was harsh, and living in that kind of place could be described as better than life. On the way to the penal colony, only the soldiers who escorted the criminals were entitled to ride horses, and the offenders could only reach the penal colonies on foot.
On the way to exile, they eat and sleep, and they are also exploited and bullied by the escorts, and these extremely bad situations are unbearable for men, and then this pain is imposed on the delicate and well-bred female relatives of the family, and there are countless female relatives who are tortured and killed on the way; even when they arrive at the place of exile, they also do some heavy and rough work, so that the second half of their lives is better than death.
Exiled female dependents
Third: The female dependents of criminal officials are used as official slaves and official prostitutes. After the offending official is raided, the female relatives in the family also become the body of sin, one of which is to be sold as an official slave, waiting for the body of sin to enter the palace and the royal palace, and become the lowest slave maid. Although he is lowly, scolded and beaten, at least there is a serious job to do, and if he meets a good master, he may be able to get rid of slavery. However, once these female relatives are called official prostitutes, then their lives will be forever engraved with shame. For example, during the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court set up a special religious workshop department to receive the female relatives of the criminal ministers' families, which was actually the official brothel of the Ming Dynasty.
Ancient Qinglou
The female dependents of these punished officials have been untouchables for generations, and can only be the female music of the church, they have to prepare music and dances at various banquets on weekdays, and they are slaves for people to entertain at will in their leisure time, and even they have to be oppressed and engage in some heavy labor work, and even the children they give birth to are regarded as prostitutes and cannot get rid of untouchability for life, so the fate of such officials' female relatives is the most tragic.
Ancient official prostitutes
Fourth: Only criminal officials are punished, and if they are innocent after raiding their homes, men, women, and children are dismissed to fend for themselves. This kind of dismissed family female relatives, compared with the above kinds, should be the best one, if they have a skill, they can also eat with their own hands, at least do not have to endure the cold eyes of others, there is still a foothold in this world, some people can also rely on their youth and beauty, remarry again, and live a new life. Of course, for those female relatives who are accustomed to extravagance in their daily lives, they are accustomed to the days when they open their mouths and stretch out their hands, and they must not be much better in the future.