During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Chinese history and culture experienced the first great prosperity, and many schools of thought emerged one after another, colliding with each other in order to win the favor of the rulers. Among them, the four main schools of thought of Confucianism, Moism, Taoism and Law have their own characteristics.
Although Legalism appeared later than the other three, it became the most influential thought at that time with its strong vitality. This is because during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were frequent wars, and the Confucian moral concept, the Mohist idea of both love and non-aggression, and the Taoist idea of natural inaction are far from the actual situation.
In an era of princely strife, only a country that has the courage to change can become stronger. Wei, Korea, Chu and other countries all carried out reforms to varying degrees, but their reforms were not thorough enough, and they did not always adhere to the concept of governing the country according to law, and were finally defeated by the Qin state, which thoroughly implemented the rule of law.
As a result, the state of Qin was called the "country of tigers and wolves", which made the princes of Shandong afraid. All this was because of Shang Ying's reforms, and although he was eventually executed, his reforms had taken root and thrived in the Qin state.
Although the Qin law was severe, it exerted a strong fighting power in the war years, closely united the power of the people, and finally shook the princes of Liu Fang in Shandong. However, the harshness of Qin's laws also made people live in fear every day, and if they made mistakes, they could face danger to their lives.
Some people may say that as long as they abide by the law, the strictness of the Qin law has nothing to do with it. In fact, this idea is incorrect, because Qin Law has a rule of joint sitting, and sometimes the neighbor commits a crime, and he must also bear the responsibility.
Feudal rulers often used Lian Sitting as a means of controlling the people, and this practice gradually evolved into Zhulian, and eventually developed to Zhulian Nine Clans as the ultimate punishment. However, in the Ming Dynasty, a man was sentenced to ten tribes, and he watched more than 800 people die, and finally was killed by Ling Chi.
This person's name is Fang Xiaoru, and he is a loyal minister of Emperor Jianwen. Zhu Di launched the Battle of Jingjing, and after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne and became emperor, he has been thinking about how to let the Zhu family enjoy eternal generations.
In order to achieve this purpose, he arranged for his own son and son to be the vassal king, with the vassal king as a barrier, and the emperor to sit **. However, the stability of this plan requires that the ** emperor has enough ability to make the vassal king obedient, otherwise it will cause war.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang is a master of strategy, he seems to ignore this point.
Zhu Yuanzhang chose Zhu Biao as his heir, but unfortunately Zhu Biao died young. So, Zhu Yuanzhang supported Zhu Biao's son Zhu Yunwen as the emperor's grandson, and according to Zhu Yuanzhang's wishes, Zhu Yunwen became the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
However, Joo had a strained relationship with his uncles, especially resentful of what they did in their fiefdoms. After all, these uncles are Zhu Yuanzhang's biological sons, and Zhu Yunwen's status is difficult to compete with them.
Zhu Yunwen regarded his uncles as an obstacle to the throne and slashed their lives with a knife, and finally Zhu Di staged a coup d'état to ascend the throne in the name of appeasement. Although he is a vassal king, Zhu Di is not the same as Emperor Zhu Yunwen in terms of political and economic strength, but he is not a straw bag.
And Zhu Yunwen really couldn't lead the troops to fight, and he had no competent generals under his command. After many battles, Zhu Di successfully entered Nanjing, but Zhu Yunwen disappeared without a trace. The new emperor and new ministers, Zhu Di's era has arrived, but the courtiers loyal to Zhu Yunwen have been baptized in blood.
Fang Xiaoru revealed Zhu Di's true face. After Zhu Di invaded Nanjing, he showed the same cruelty as Zhu Yuanzhang. Among the many Zhu Yunwen courtiers, Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Tie Xuan, and Fang Xiaoru were the most loyal, and Zhu Di did not want to win over the first three.
Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were the promoters of the idea of cutting the feudal domain, and Tie Xuan defeated Zhu Di many times, resisting Zhu Di for the longest time.
Zhu Di's punishment for them was a clan punishment, and Tie Xuan was even cut off his facial features and thrown into the oil pot, which was miserable. But what happened to the three of them is still a small thing compared to Fang Xiaoru's.
Fang Xiaoru was a celebrity at that time, and he was also the object of Zhu Di's active struggle, after all, if Fang Xiaoru surrendered, it meant that his Jingnan teacher was famous. But Fang Xiaoru's backbone was too hard, and he resolutely refused to write an edict for Zhu Di to ascend the throne.
Under Zhu Di's compulsion, Fang Xiaoru finally wrote only four words: King Yan usurped the throne. These four words made Zhu Di angry, and he angrily scolded Fang Xiaoru and threatened to cut him with a thousand knives.
Fang Xiaoru is unyielding, and in the face of Zhu Di's threat, he is indifferent, believing that faith is higher than life. He said firmly: "Even if you kill me, I will not be in the same boat with you, a swallow thief is a swallow thief, and the name is not right." ”
Zhu Di ordered him to be punished by the ten clans, but Fang Xiaoru still did not change his face, he said: "What if you punish my ten clans? "His firmness and courage deeply shook everyone.
In ancient times,"Nine Clans"It refers to counting four generations from the person concerned to the ancestors, four generations down to the great-great-grandson, plus his own generation, a total of nine generations. If the executioner chooses to carry it out"The nine clans sat together", which means that the entire family of the person concerned will be almost killed.
When Zhu Di wanted to execute Fang Xiaoru, he decided to list his friend as the tenth clan. On the eighth day of Zhu Di's proclamation as emperor, he set up an execution ground in Jubaomen, Nanjing, and began the ** of the other party's filial piety and ten clans, with a total of more than 800 people.
In these seven days of inhumane **, Fang Xiaoru was forced to watch these people die one by one.