"Zhu Jiu Clan" can be said to be the most severe punishment in ancient China, even surpassing the "full door beheading". "Zhu Jiu Clan" comes from the cruel Zhulian Law in ancient times, that is, one person breaks the law, and the nine tribes are buried together, that is, "Zhulian Nine Clans". So which nine ethnic groups are included in the "Nine Clans", and how many people will be implicated?
The Zhu Nine Clans evolved from the Yi Three Clans Law after the Qin Reform, and there are two versions of the definition of "Nine Clans" in ancient times, namelyFrom the great-great-grandson, up to the queen mother, that is, great-great-grandson, great-grandson, grandson, son, body, mother, queen mother, great-queen mother, and high queen mother, a total of nine generations!
Another way to put it is:Patriarchy.
Fourth, the maternal family. 3. Wife and family 2.
Parental Four:1. The whole family;2. The married aunt and her son are old and young;3. The married sisters and nephews are young and old;4. The married daughter and grandson are all in the family.
Matriarch three:1. Refers to the mother's father's (grandfather's) family;2. Mother's mother's family (grandmother's) family;3. Mother's siblings (aunts, uncles) and their sons are the whole family.
Wife 2:1. Refers to the father-in-law's whole family, young and old;2. Mother-in-law's mother-in-law's family is young and old.
It can be seen that there are a lot of people involved in the Zhulian Nine Clans, and some netizens jokingly said: Zhu Jiu Clan, everyone who comes to the banquet when you get married must be implicated. However, the Zhujiu clan has room for actual execution, and it will not really destroy the family, and generally only the man's family is connected. Moreover, the people of the Nine Clans who were really punished could be counted on one hand in ancient times, and they were all powerful and famous families, and ordinary people were not qualified to be connected at all.
There are only two people who are really recorded in the history books who were sentenced to the nine tribes.
The first one is from the Sui DynastyYang Xuangan, Yang Xuangan took advantage of Emperor Yang of Sui to rebel, but failed. After Yang Xuangan failed, he was afraid that he would die too painfully, so he let his younger brother kill him. It's a pity that Emperor Yang of Sui did not let Yang Xuangan go because of this. In order to completely deter people with dissenting intentions, not only did Yang Xuan feel that there was no body, but his family was also implicated, making it clear that "sin and the nine clans" were made.
And the second is from the Ming DynastyFang Xiaoru。After Zhu Di usurped the throne, he asked Fang Xiaoru to write an edict on his accession to the throne, but instead of writing it, Fang Xiaoru insisted that Zhu Di was a usurper. In the end, he angered Zhu Di and incurred something that he had never had before"Exterminate the Ten Tribes"。
The tenth clan is Fang Xiaoru's protégé. History: Ten ethnic groups of filial piety were punished, and more than 800 people died, and the execution lasted for seven days. When it came to killing Fang Xiaoru in the end, Fang Xiaoru scolded him endlessly. Zhu Di first ordered Fang Xiaoru's mouth to be cut off to his ears and his tongue cut off, and then sentenced him to Ling Chi. Therefore, strictly speaking, Fang Xiaoru was not sentenced to the Nine Clans, but the only person in history who was sentenced to the Ten Clans.