The ancient emperor was the lord of the world, the words spoken were holy wills, no one could disobey, even if the emperor's approach was wrong, no one could stop it if he insisted on going his own way, not to mention that the feudal society was hierarchical, even if the emperor let a person die, this person would prostrate himself and give thanks, generously to death, this is the so-called "the king wants the subject to die, the subject has to die" foolish loyalty.
Speaking of this, it is necessary to mention the emperor's unique "death- system", death-giving is the emperor's privilege, along with the continuous development of the absolute monarchical society, to a certain extent, "giving death" maintains the feudal monarchy, which is conducive to the stability of the country, but it makes the ministers around the emperor cautious everywhere, afraid that a little carelessness will anger Long Yan, do things to be afraid of hands and feet, and do not use administrative enthusiasm. The so-called "king wants to die, and the subject has to die" is the highest realm of loyalty to the king, which plays a subtle role in the ministers from the bottom of their hearts, making them think that obeying the emperor's wishes is the greatest loyalty.
As a kind of death penalty, "giving death" has its own peculiarities compared with other death penalties, and the idea of giving death in the dynasties has never been included in the official penal code, but the king as a special means of executing people who have made mistakes, to put it simply, it is a kind of lynching. Generally speaking, after death, sinners are generally given some torture devices, including ropes, poisonous wine, swords, and aya, of course, these torture devices are not to be picked for sinners, and the emperor will use whatever he gives.
So is there anyone whose king has given death and is not willing to die? Naturally, there will be some cases in history in which some celebrities have been given death, and Emperor Xiaowen of Wei gave his empress Feng Shi to death. The queen refused to accept the poisoned wine and shouted as she fled. As a result, the executors next to her rushed up and forcibly poured poisoned wine on her, and soon after Feng Shi was poisoned to death. From this passage, we can see that when the emperor gives death, there are executors to monitor from the side, once an uncontrollable event occurs, then these monitors do not mind coming to help you on the road, and another consequence of doing so is that it will involve their family and friends, for this consideration, almost no one will choose to flee.
Of course, there will inevitably be some changes in the process of giving death, it is said that the Qing Dynasty minister Zhao Shuqiao offended Cixi, was ordered to die by Cixi, an old eunuch found Zhao Shuqiao and watched him swallow the poison, but a few hours passed, there was no sign of poison, Zhao Shuqiao was still in good spirits, there was no way but to let Zhao Shuqiao swallow some opium arsenic, and in the middle of the night he still did not die, but kept moaning. In the end, I had to dip the wine with thick paper, block its seven tricks, and repeat it several times before I died.
These two are examples of failure to escape the scourge, is it not true that so many people in history have not succeeded in escaping? Don't say that there is really, this person is named Jia Daochong, Jia Daochong is a court entertainer, often in and out of the palace, and there is a bad problem that loves to drink, drinking too much on the mouth does not put the door, spreading court gossip everywhere, the emperor is not happy is not like to drink, directly let people send two glasses of poisonous wine.
The poisonous wine was placed in front of him, Jia Daochong could only admit it, and when he took the poisonous wine, he was going to drink it all, just at this time, the son Jia Zhizhi pleaded with the eunuch to allow the eunuch to worship the four gods before his death, the eunuchs felt that the requirements were not excessive, so they approved the last wish, did not expect that when Jia Daochong and the eunuchs were not paying attention, Jia Daochong took the poisonous wine and drank it all, and he prostrated his head to his father, willing to die for his father, saying that Jia Zhi said that he had a big life, and he did not die when he slept, but he fell disabled. After the eunuchs returned to the palace to resume their lives, they explained the reason to the emperor, and the emperor was greatly moved, and withdrew the will to give death and changed it to exile, so Jia Daochong left a life, which is also the only person recorded in ancient books to escape death.
Ancient death penalties are divided into big cuts, waist beheading, Ling Chi and other names, are very bloody and terrible, but the death is much calmer, generally it is white aya, poisoned wine or a sword, it can be said that the pain and torture are minimized, those ministers who have really committed capital crimes, know that they will die, but it is also a kind of luck to be given death, and the heart will really be grateful for the gratitude. As a special punishment for the imperial aristocracy, giving death has become a thing of the past.