In February, the dynamic incentive plan was 14 years old in the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, and the Nanfu scientific expedition case caused a sensation throughout the country. Mathematics students strive for fame, looking forward to standing out, returning to their hometown, and reaching the pinnacle of life.
However, there are more unsuccessful applicants than those who are admitted, and they often talk about it after they are unsuccessful, and even fabricate rumors about the admitted candidates in order to balance their hearts.
During an exam, Fang Zhangyue, a young man from Anhui, was caught up in a whirlpool of rumors. The rumor came out of nowhere, but it was widely spread by people, so much so that people at the time believed that Fang Zhangyue was a distant relative of the examiner.
Although candidates usually complain, this rumor caught the attention of one **. This ** hurriedly ran to Shunzhi to take a copy, Shunzhi was very angry about this, immediately dismissed the chief and deputy examiners, and ordered Fang Zhangyue to be arrested for interrogation.
Fang Zhangyue's father is also a court **, and after he heard about this, he immediately wrote to defend himself and asked the emperor to order a thorough investigation of the matter, because their family and the examiner had nothing to do with each other.
However, since the emperor has already made his attitude clear, and the examiner has also been dismissed, if it is announced that they really have nothing to do with it, where will the emperor's face be placed?
The presiding judge of the Criminal Department determined that the two families had joint relatives and recommended that the two chief examiners be sentenced to capital punishment and that Fang Zhangyue's results be invalidated. Emperor Shunzhi decided that the punishment was not severe enough, and sentenced all 18 examiners to death by hanging, confiscated their family property, and severely punished their families.
The candidates and their families were all exiled to Ningguta.
When the eight families heard the verdict, their faces turned pale, and the horror of Ningguta was terrifying. The female prisoners would rather die than set foot on this land. After the Manchus came to dominate the Central Plains, their rule allowed the Central Plains people to live like years, and what was even more unacceptable was that they especially liked to exile the Jiangnan people.
Although many people think that exile is lighter than killing and torture, after all, there is no need to suffer physical pain, but in reality this is not the case.
Exile is not more humane than beheading or beating, it is a long torture that requires mental anguish that may be more torturous than death. Exile is not only a punishment for an individual, but also for his or her family, as we mentioned above for the eight candidates.
During the exile, the prisoners carried heavy shackles and struggled to the place of exile, the journey was long and painful, and most of them were unable to make it to their destination. Of the hundreds of exiles, only a few made it to the penal colony, while most were tortured to death on the way.
Among the many penal colonies of the Qing Dynasty, Ningguta was the most formidable existence.
The book "Miscellaneous Records of Experiences in the Yantang" records that the Ningguta during the Qing Dynasty was not a familiar land for people, and exiles experienced the severe pain of life here. Some people may think that Ningguta is just a tower, how terrible can it be?
In fact, Ningguta does not have a tower, but is transliterated as "six" in Manchu, and is located in Hailin City, Mudan City, Heilongjiang Province. The terrible Ningguta makes people prefer to go to Huangquan Road than set foot in it.
This was the consensus of many imperial courts at that time, and the Ningguta of that era was even more terrible than death, mainly in three aspects. First of all, it's remote.
Even in today's developed transportation, spatial distance is no longer a problem, even if it is thousands of miles away, it can be instantaneous. However, during the Qing Dynasty, the remoteness of Heilongjiang was real.
The exiles carried heavy shackles on their journey, and every step was full of bitterness. Winding roads, dense jungles, and beasts that roam at any time, every step is full of life and death tests.
What's even more unbearable is the cold weather, the winter in Heilongjiang is extremely cold, and the coldness can even freeze the heart. However, under the warmth of the heating, Heilongjiang now has a hint of warmth in winter.
During the Qing Dynasty, Ningguta was notoriously cold. At that time, the Earth was at the peak of the "Xiaoice Age", a global climate catastrophe that lasted for hundreds of centuries, beginning in the 13th century and peaking in the 17th century.
As a result, some scholars believe that the minimum temperature in Ningguta at that time could be as low as minus forty or fifty degrees, and that in the absence of heating, such low temperatures would have serious consequences.
In addition, the long winters can also make food ** problematic, and those who have been exiled often starve to death.
When struggling on the brink of survival, humans often become the playthings of their own destiny. People who are dominated by hunger will become food for others in a trance. These fears and challenges are inevitable for all exiles, and for those of the female prisoners who are exiled, their plight is even more terrifying.
These female prisoners are often the dependents of high-ranking officials and nobles, and they have lived a life of fine clothes and food since childhood, ** fair-skinned and outstanding, these are their capital. However, once exiled, these advantages became the beginning of their nightmare.
The road to Ningguta was long and difficult, and they were bound by heavy shackles and had no freedom to speak of. The officials who escorted them had hidden thoughts in their hearts.
Faced with their relatives and violated by them, female prisoners can only bear in silence, because resistance will only bring more serious damage. Their fate is in the hands of officials, and no matter how they go, no one will take care of them.
If they are lucky enough to reach Ningguta, the rest of the day will not be easy. The people who will be assigned to the local stewards will not show mercy to the beautiful men, but will abuse them more cruelly.
In order to take possession of them as a matter of course, they will kill their family members because once they get angry, they will also be bitten. As more and more female prisoners were exiled to Ningguta, the magnates felt that they were worthless and sold them into prostitution, where even more brutal torture awaited them.
When the women were exiled to Ningguta, they had effectively been sentenced to death, but the time had not yet come. In the process of waiting, they will suffer unimaginable torment.
Since death was inevitable, they chose to end their lives sooner. Ninguta, without towers, only creepy horror ......References: "Ningguta Chronicles", "Qing Historical Manuscript", etc.