Laws are mandatory, and if a country wants to be stable for a long time, it must have its own laws, so laws are usually born with the establishment of a country.
In modern times, if a person violates the law, our common punishment methods will probably be divided into:Administrative penalties, administrative sanctions, penalties (fixed-term imprisonment, life imprisonment and death penalty), and some supplementary penalties, etc.
In ancient China, the punishments prescribed by law can be described as varied and varied - such as car cracking, cannon branding, Ling Chi, whipping, etc., and on the whole, it is completely possible to write a history of ancient Chinese punishments. However, among the many punishments, exile was the favorite among the ruling classes of various dynasties.
In ancient times, exile was actually a punishment of the first rank than the death penalty, it was usually a punishment carried out by the ruler by distributing the criminals to remote areas, and in the process of distribution, the criminals and the officials who escorted the criminals had to go on foot.
But how can being a ruler make you walk comfortably to your destination?
Therefore, these prisoners sentenced to exile also had to wear heavy shackles and shackles, which combined with 20 or 40 pounds, so in ancient times, there were many prisoners who could not support it and lost their lives in the middle.
Those who successfully reached the destination of exile were the real beginning of a miserable life, and they would reclaim the wasteland, do some dirty work, and still live a life of insufficient food and clothing every day under the supervision of local officials.
Although many people will still hold in their hearts that one day they can wait for the day when the emperor will amnesty the world and return to their hometown, but there are really too few people who can truly realize this dream.
It is understood that the origin of this punishment in our country is very early, but the exact source of the specific time has not yet been found. Not only that, but the history of exile can be said to be the longest of the many punishments in ancient times, spanning thousands of years from the appearance of the ancient punishment of exile to its abolition at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
However, although this kind of punishment originated early, it was not until the Qin and Han dynasties that the punishment system was truly formed and widely used, and before that, it can be said that it was rarely seen.
Later, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the ruling class incorporated the punishment of exile into the five-punishment system, and only those who committed serious crimes but did not cause death were punished with this punishment.
Later, in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the punishment of exile was further developed and continued until it was abolished at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
According to relevant historical records,The Qing Dynasty's exile sanctuary - Ningguta, is a formidable existence. It is understood that the geographical environment of the Ningguta area is very harsh, and all kinds of bad weather are very likely to occur here, and there will even be a spectacle of heavy snow in August.
Not only that, since it is a holy place of exile, then we can reasonably infer that this place is most likely full of wilderness, inaccessible, and herds of wild beasts, and it is even rumored that Ningguta is a place in the world that is even more terrifying than the Yellow Spring.
Not only that, but we all know that the exiles mostly traveled on foot, and the roads they took were difficult to travel in remote mountainous areas, so the officials who escorted the prisoners also suffered greatly.
It stands to reason that this kind of drudgery should be something that everyone should try to stay away fromBut in ancient times, many officials scrambled to walk thousands of miles to escort female prisoners, why is this?
There are probably a few reasons why many people are vying to escort exiled prisoners. First of all, there is the eternal truth - if there is an escort, someone will send money and ask for care of the family who has made a mistake.
As the saying goes, money makes the devil grind. The environment on the road to exile is particularly changing, and the danger factor is also skyrocketing, so if some criminals have money left over at home, they will choose to give some of the money to the officials, so that they can take more care of their relatives on the way, so as to alleviate the suffering of their relatives.
People have a greedy side, so in the face of this ill-gotten gain, many people will choose to take it with a smile, and then get along with the criminals, and even take care of them, so as to reduce the pain and death probability of the criminals on the way to exile, after all, they take people's money to do things for others.
Secondly, the officials who escorted the prisoners did not have to follow the exiles to their destination at allIn ancient times, there were many checkpoints and post stations on the escort routes, and when the officials who escorted the prisoners in the previous town arrived at the checkpoints or post stations, they could hand over the prisoners to the officials of the next town, and they could take a break and prepare to go home.
Some people will ask, how to divide the stolen money given by the prisoner's family in the hope that the officials will treat their relatives well?Of course, it was the officials of the first town who monopolized it, so in the future, these prisoners were basically treated the same regardless of whether they spent money at home or not.
Thirdly, in ancient times, the officials also needed to work "9 to 5", and they had little freedom during this timeIt is also very likely that they will be scolded for a little thing, so escorting prisoners, at some point, can be regarded as a publicly-funded vacation for them.
The court pays for it, they contribute, and in the process of escorting the prisoners, they can chat with each other, touch the fish, be lazy, and look at the scenery, why not?
This is because women have less strength than men, and they have fewer martial arts skills, so they are relatively obedient. During escort, female prisoners are much less likely to escape than male prisoners.
And if the male prisoner has a little martial arts and strength, a few officials can't control him at all, you must know that escorting the prisoner can be said to be a big deal in ancient times, and if you don't do it well, you will be in danger of cutting off your head if you annoy your superiors.
Not only that, most of the officials in ancient times had little culture, and usually the family conditions were not very good, and the family was often surrounded by walls, they were different from the ** people such as Jinyiwei, and the officials could be regarded as the lowest level of society among the officials, and they couldn't make a few dollars all year round, not to mention that when they were old, they could have money to marry a daughter-in-law.
Therefore, some officials set their sights on the female prisoners who were sentenced to exile, especially the female prisoners who were slightly pretentious, and they were often violated and injured at the hands of the officials who escorted her, but at that time, when reputation was more important than everything else, these victimized female prisoners could only be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis - there was no way to say what was suffering.
Either choose to swallow your anger, or choose your own miserable life.