When the time span reached the end of the Qing Dynasty, the most intriguing thing to say, which made people talk about it and argue endlessly, was the Yang Yuelou unjust case, the Taiyuan strange case, the Yang Naiwu and Xiao Cabbage case, and the Zhang Wenxiang horse assassination case, which were later characterized by people as the "four strange cases of the late Qing Dynasty".
These cases have each been included in the ranking of the "Four Strange Cases" because of the large number of people involved, the complexity of the processing process, the variability of repetition, and the story similar to novels.
And without exception, the time of these four strange cases occurred when the nickname was "Xiaoqin Cixi Duanyou Kang Yi Zhao Zhuang Chengshou Gongqin Presented Chongxi with Tianxing Shengxian Empress", all the empresses of the Qing Dynasty broke the record of twenty-five characters (carrying the word empress), what we refer to as Cixi old ladies, officials and eunuchs singing praises and praises of Lafayette, hanging curtains to listen to the government.
The old woman who has controlled the government for many years has once again added four dazzling and dazzling labels to her poor political performance image project in this eventful autumn.
The first of the four strange cases is a celebrity scandal case and a Yang Yuelou case today.
The nature of the celebrity Yang Yuelou's unjust case is somewhat similar to the celebrity's "affair scandal" case.
Yang Yuelou was a big name in the show business circle at that time, as we all know, at that time, in the show business circle, there were not so many ways to become famous now.
Casually playing with a night of 80,000 with wide clothes and scissors, or exposing some videos of the broken bed with the ex-boyfriend, or taking some sexy pictures of the goddess in the so-called otaku fantasy, you can achieve the effect of everyone.
Yang Yuelou relied on his solid skills to break through the world of Peking Opera in Beijing.
At that time, it was rumored that Jin Guixuantai, who was known for his martial arts and was the best at monkey play, was able to flip one hundred and eight heels in a row without any form of deviation when playing Sun Wukong.
When introducing Yang Yuelou, the most famous "Declaration" in Shanghai, it uses a sentence to show the people's pursuit of Yang Yuelou at that time: "Generally Beijing tune is not preferred, only for the greed of Yang Yuelou." ”
What many people did not expect was that such a well-known Peking Opera celebrity was actually involved in a lawsuit, and almost took Qingqing's life because of it.
At that time, the showbiz circle was not as rich as it is now, repairing a computer is likely to ruin the career of yourself and others, playing a selfie with a former lover is likely to lead to family discord, etc., and the frequency of similar incidents is still very low.
The origin of Yang Yuelou's case was because of a woman, a woman named Wei Abao.
Seventeen-year-old Wei Abao, the daughter of a wealthy merchant surnamed Wei in Guangdong, fell in love with this mighty northern man after watching Yang Yuelou's performance.
The unrequited love at first sight actually ushered in the ending of "everyone is happy".
Yang Yuelou was touched by Wei Abao's true feelings and decided to marry this loyal fan of his own as a life partner. However, at that time, the status of the drama was not high, and the combination of the two violated the principle of "good and unworthy do not marry", and Wei Abao's uncle used this as a reason to stand up against the marriage.
Wei Abao's mother thought about her daughter, circumvented the principle, and completed the marriage of the two in the popular "marriage grabbing" method in Shanghai.
Wei Abao's uncle refused to give up, and a complaint was filed against Yamen, accused of abducting a young girl and fleeing with the money.
The person who tried the case was Ye Tingchun, the commander of Shanghai County, and in the mind of this official, the drama was not a good thing, and under the beating, Yang Yuelou's crime was implemented.
In the thirteenth year of Tongzhi (1874 AD), Ye Tingchun's judgment was implemented, Yang Yuelou was convicted of abduction, and he was assigned to charge the army, and Wei Abao was handed over to the official media to choose another match.
Although there were also triages in the government and provinces later, although the public opinion pressure at that time was very great, and the official government was also very concerned, in view of the principle of mutual protection of the officialdom, the instructions of the Criminal Investigation Department were still in accordance with the previous judgment.
In this case, Yang Yuelou and Wei Abao's marriage was "ordered by the mother, the concubine, the marriage certificate, and the dowry", which was in line with the legal operating procedures for the Ming media to marry.
Although it violates the law of "good and unmarried", it is reasonable to be forgiven, and thus wins the sympathy of many people.
However, the government will not use the trend of public opinion as a basis for judgment.
The final characterization can be said to have knocked Yang Yuelou and Wei Abao into the point of no return.
Yang Yuelou's life was already doomed to go down in such darkness, fortunately, at that time, it happened to coincide with Cixi's big birthday, and according to the custom, he wanted to pardon the world.
Yang Yuelou was released from prison, while Wei Abao was expelled from his home and his whereabouts are unknown.
Yang Yuelou was hit by this incident, discouraged, and changed a name for himself, called Yang Monkey, the meaning of which is still quite interesting.
Chrysanthemum Tea, real name Zheng Liang, online name Chrysanthemum Tea 163, Tianya Sina Forum well-known historical writer, senior Three Kingdoms Control. He has published "On the Sword of Mount Hua", "History Is Originally Like This", "Thirteen Years of Jian'an in the Past of the Three Kingdoms over the Past Thousand Years", "The Life of Happiness and Vengeance", "The Disaster Rises against the Wall" and other anthologies.