Why didn't people choose to run away after being sentenced to beheading in ancient times?
Many old TV dramas have such a plot, that is, the protagonist is sentenced to death for committing a crime or being slandered, and then watching the whole family die silently and escape, waiting for the opportunity to develop his abilities, and then come back for revenge after many years.
But TV is TV after all, and the real history after the beheading is different from the ending and is more entertaining. In ancient times, it was common for only those who committed a great sin and were unforgivable to be sentenced to beheading as an example. Why didn't the ancients run away after being sentenced to death?
Information blockade. Previously, the emperor issued"Slaughtered all over the house"The order was not announced in public with great fanfare. Instead, he quietly issued an order to send people to arrest the criminals directly, without giving them time and opportunity.
In today's society, there is the Internet, and once an investigation is conducted, everyone will know about it, in contrast to the news dissemination in ancient times, which was very closed. In ancient times, authorities and soldiers could surround the homes of criminals who were inexplicably killed, without knowing what was happening.
In ancient times, there were usually three routes: one route was the emperor's order, one route was various obstacles in the city to prevent leaving, and the other route was to go directly to the intruder's residence, surround the official residence and enter to issue orders.
Living alone. If they are sentenced to beheading, assuming that the ** person can really escape, their first reaction may be to hide in the deep mountains and old forests, but after that, they will no longer care about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and live a life of glitz and glitz in the mountains and forests, empty clouds and wild cranes, and unrestrained.
However, don't be fooled by the protagonist in the TV series who is isolated, lives deep in the mountains and forests, and practices martial arts, because in the end, no one can defeat him, and if he really goes to the mountains and forests, most ordinary people will not survive for an episode.
In ancient times, the forest was not as controlled as it is today, the forest was full of predators and wild beasts, there may have been tigers on this mountain, and lions on that mountain. There is no food in the mountains, and there is no food that can sustain human survival, so it is impossible to survive in the depths of the jungle without special training to survive in the wild.
When the real natives fled, they did not think of fleeing into the mountains; Rather than being devoured by wild beasts, it is better to be tortured to death by a sword at home.
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There is such a plot in the TV series: when the protagonist encounters danger, he will go to the temple on the mountain to seek the protection of the monk, but in ancient times, the real monk did not want to become a monk. Outsiders need to go to the temple to ask the monk in charge to become a monk, they need to go through a lot of procedures, and they also need a letter of recommendation from the imperial court.
If there is no proof or anything, the temple does not dare to accept it, otherwise it can only be put in, in case he is a refugee, the relevant departments checked, and found that the temple specializes in the detention of prisoners of the imperial court, and every word and deed in the temple is also the lifeblood of the emperor, so the president does not dare to take this risk.
Escape the city. In ancient times, it was not ordinary people who were sentenced to beheading, but certain civil and military officials of the imperial court. Today's ** has become tomorrow's prisoner, especially **filthy officials cannot escape the fate of beheading, such cases abound.
In ancient times, ordinary people lived outside the capital, but when they reached a certain position, the emperor would reward them with the imperial court, so these ** moved to live in the capital, which was both a benefit and a constraint.
But the capital is different from the suburbs, every checkpoint in the capital is guarded by officers and soldiers, and if you want to cross the street, you have to go through a checkpoint, or you have to have an old-fashioned one"ID card"to prove that you are an ordinary citizen and can go out of the city normally.
Without these identity documents, the authorities will first suspect them, then arrest them and take them to the authorities to find out if they are fugitives.
Escape from the countryside. In ancient times, the power grid was underdeveloped, and it was very difficult to manage thousands of households. In order for the rulers to better manage the masses, the control of the floating population in ancient times was very strict, and even if they accidentally fled to the countryside, the outcome was the same. Although the administration of the capital was very strict under the patronage of the emperor, the system of population control was equally present in the countryside.
In the past, there was a system called in the countryside"Armor protection", that is, there are five Baojia households, and then these five Baojia households are managed by Baojia, Baojia will occasionally come to check on people, when he finds out that it is a foreigner, and at the same time he can't tell who it is, and when he can't get the identity information, he will turn them around and hand them over directly to the government and to the officers and soldiers. Officers and soldiers will take care of them.
Introduction to the passage of time.
In ancient times, when transportation was inconvenient, the terrain was rugged, and no advanced roads were built, it was impossible for ordinary people to climb thousands of mountains and rivers with their bare hands, and they could die in Huangquan before they had time to escape.
Straight roads were constructed under the control of guards and soldiers, and those who crossed these roads were not allowed to cross the border unless they had a road guide.
In ancient times, people who ran away without identification were called"Black households"。In ancient times, it was illegal to buy and sell human beings, but if you were a black household, the situation was different, and you were likely to be sold into slavery or into a brothel.
So in ancient times, why didn't they slip away? Because they have no way to escape.