During the Ming Jiajing period, Zhao Ren of Renhua County returned to his hometown and returned to Wucheng County (present-day Wuxing County, Zhejiang Province), with no children under his knees, and a daughter named Zhao Qiongniang, who recruited Zhang Zhong, a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, as his son-in-law to retire. However, Zhang Zhong "acts of injustice, impermanence of heart, contempt for his parents-in-law, and neglect of Zhao Qiongniang." Zhao Ren wanted his daughter to divorce, but Qiongniang was reluctant and adhered to the ancient precepts: "Loyal subjects do not do things for the second king, and martyrs do not do things for the second husband?" "
In the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing (1547), Zhang Zhongzhong was given a letter by the Criminal Department of Guangde Prefecture (present-day Guangde City, Anhui Province), and on the way to his post, he met a woman Yang Meiniang in the Qinglou, and saw that her "posture was crowned, beautiful and beautiful", and she could sing and dance, Zhang Zhong "did not hesitate to spend a hundred gold, and married as a second room". After arriving in Guangde, with the exclusive favorite Yang Meiniang, "drinking in the song and twilight, doing the best of the world's happiness, and learning the joy of the heavens." But "abandoned the Zhao family in the dulou.".
During his stay in Guangzhou, Zhang Zhong returned to his hometown to visit his relatives, met the beautiful Tang clan in Yuezhou, suddenly had evil thoughts, and cheated her. "At the beginning of the Tang clan, Zhong took Zhong as a transfer house and returned to Zhangmen, but he did not realize that he already had two wives. When Tang Shi saw the ceremony, he cried all day long. ”
In the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing (1550), Zhang Zhong was appointed to guangde zhizhou, and after his promotion, Zhang Zhong exposed his absurd nature even more, although he had three wives, he often beat and insulted them, and often haunted the land of fireworks.
Zhang Zhong was an official in Guangde for six years, and the people hated him to the bone, and the complaints were full of complaints. "Political affairs are absurd, and there are many cool governments in the Qintang." Whether it is right or wrong, it is necessary to ask for the property of the good people and expropriate additional money and grain. After six years in office, the people of Guangde were innocent and the victims were unknown; the violent and the extinct were stopped by hundreds of thousands. ”
In the thirty-second year of Ming Jiajing (1553), Xu Dai inspected Zhang Zhongzhi's corruption, "knowing that he was greedy and wanted to carry out a rebellion", but Zhang Zhong bribed the officials of the ministry to get married, and instead rose to songjiang prefecture (present-day Songjiang District, Shanghai) Tongzhi.
After arriving in Songjiang, Zhang Zhong only favored the Yang clan and abused the Zhao clan, the Tang clan and the maid Chrysanthemum and Wu Yiyi, "The Zhao and Tang clan eat vegetables and quinoa, and the clothes are torn and coarse; the yangs are full of clothes, and the eaters are full of wine and delicacies." "The four of them were intolerable from being abused. He conspired to get rid of Zhang Zhong, "Snow resentment that wants to murder, swear an oath to the Heavenly Alliance, and join forces with one heart." ”
One day in April, Zhang Zhong invited his colleague Peng Shiqi to drink at home, and after getting drunk, he punished zhao, tang, chrysanthemum, and Wu Yiyi, and then fell asleep on his head, and when the time came, Zhao shi latte mallet, Wu Yiyi and Tang shi each took a sharp knife, and Chrysanthemum sneaked into Zhang Zhong's bedroom with an axe to chop it into meat paste, "Zhao shi threw a hammer on his head, Zhong immediately fainted, Tang shimed his head with a knife, Chrysanthemum cut off his arm with an axe, Zhao shimed the knife all over his body, and Zhong died instantly." "Four were arrested on the spot and later sentenced to capital punishment.
Zhang Zhong's murder shocked the government and the public at the time, and later, successive imperial courts included this case as a typical case. Zhang Zhong was absurd and promiscuous, and his sins deserved to die, but in feudal society, Zhao and Tang were "domestic violence" but had nowhere to seek justice, and they took extreme methods to deprive others of their lives, which could not be recognized in any era. Such a tragedy is just as Zhao Shi confessed helplessly:
"The clan and others wish to die, so as not to be humiliated by the officials; but if they are all dead, they will not lose their dignity." The murder of a husband is the right thing for the clan to do, but how can he be spared the cause of death by jealousy? Fu Beg first cut the canal to curb the wind of jealousy. Even if he dies under the Nine Springs, he will be able to see it, and although He is tortured by Gama, he is also willing to do so. Light as a feather, see death as a homecoming. ”
Zhang Zhongzhi's case is thought-provoking and has been taken as a warning to future generations. As Xu Bing, the adjudicator at the time, wrote in the verdict:
"Judge the Zhao and Tang clans, kill the culprits, and destroy the great evil." Hating her husband Zhang Zhong's indulgence of Yang Concubine, it is not as good as Song Hong's righteousness; the anti-Mu Room family, only follows Huang Yun's yin plot. Ten years of chaff is favored by the peach; a hundred years of spouse, but for the pink daisy shy. Jia'er jia woman, empty for the six ceremonies to complete; for the maid as a slave, do not read the double ring into the haunting. Bear with the heart to feel the white head of the chant, cover the ear song of the green chapter. Love and humiliation, so as to sigh unevenly; jealousy and favor, dare to crush the plot of the head. There are people with chrysanthemums and a sister-in-law's teeth and claws, and they are wronged and killed, and salty is returned to the system. The secret plot was not worked, and the cruel act was decided. Burning incense and making an alliance is no longer the heart of a day; holding a knife and an axe, and combining the forces of the crowd. At first, the women fought bravely in the room; in a desperate breath, the group of knives cut at the body. In the day of unjust flames, the stars are miserable; blood flows, and the rubble is abandoned. During the day, he was like a guest of his subordinates, and in the evening he became a ghost of the blade.
Judge Shangzao died at the hands of a woman, and his wife and concubine were fierce, and ken added fengdi. The second son was almost killed; his colleagues did not save him, and the Yang clan perished. At this time when there is an image of peace, it is better to have this; even if it is the realm of Yi Di Lun, I am afraid that it will not be Ruosi! Beating and cursing your husband is not yet tolerated in the law of the dynasty; kill with a knife, and avoid the slashing! That is, to serve Ling Late, it is not enough to punish his murderer for destroying the evil of morality. If you do not kill connivance, the two Zhejiang provinces are the country of no mercy, and the five punishments are useless. If Zhang Zhong is like this, although passers-by should weep for it, can Yousi not be chilled by it? The provocation and the end, actually from the Zhao clan Tang clan, conspired to help the evil, is a sister-in-law, chrysanthemum. Advocates should be punished carefully, and serve the punishment of beheading from evil. Heaven and earth are clear, and ghosts and gods are chased away. The king's law will not flee, and he will never forgive. According to the law, the application is applied for execution.
To Guan Zhang Zhong, the boudoir is absent from the punishment of the party, the house is less respectful of the party, and the cause of the killing is his own. It is the hope that those who indulge in favor will learn from it. ”
【References】
1. Guangxu "Guangde Zhou Zhi , Volume 26 , Shou Ling "
2. Ming Chen Yuxiu's "Law And Articles". Jealousy
3. Ming Jingzi's "DingQuan Dynasty Famous GongShen Judgment Detailed Criminal Case · Volume VII Xu Bing Patrol And Kill His Husband"
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