Torture!

It is one of the most brutal capital punishments recorded in the history of the country!

That is what the common people call a thousand cuts!

Strictly speaking, this kind of punishment first appeared at this time of the Five Dynasties. However, the actual frequency of its use originated in the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, there is a period of evolution for any kind of punishment to take shape. Now it seems that as for who really enjoyed it in the first place, this kind of perverted and cruel punishment is now difficult to verify.

However, later in the Song Dynasty, this punishment was written into the "Song Penal System" and used as a special punishment. Therefore, this kind of punishment should have been formed in the early Song Dynasty, or in the previous Five Dynasties period.

According to various historical records and folklore of the time, the most likely time when this punishment was actually used was the chaotic Five Dynasties period.

Because of the frequent change of five generations, and the fact that most of the common people did not know who the emperor was, the ruling class often resorted to torture to stabilize their position for the sake of authority. Therefore, no matter what level of ruler, they will take extreme situations against the weak.

This cruel punishment, which is said to be used in a regular way, is to tie a person to a stake. Then the executioner cut the flesh off the prisoner's body piece by piece. At first, there were only 120 dollars, but later it is said that it grew to 360 dollars.

Just hearing this kind of punishment is enough to make people feel horrible, not to mention that it is even more terrifying to see someone who has seen it executed. The people present here lived close to the Tang Dynasty in the previous dynasty, and naturally heard countless legends about torture.

So when they heard Liu Jixing say this at this time, although they felt that Liu Jixing might just be talking, but when they saw that the Manchu Dynasty was silent and silent, they faintly felt that it would not be so simple.

In particular, Meng Chang, the Duke of Anle, came to Xing's palace for a short time, but he heard a lot of legends about Emperor Liu Jixing. Seeing him looking at Zhang Wenbiao lightly, Meng Chang was a little surprised at first, and then a little frightened. Because he is just a defeated criminal minister, and the law that the winner is king has always been there, when he thought of this, Meng Chang was already shuddering.

Because the title of chopping was practiced in the Tang Dynasty, it really had not yet taken shape. However, after the Five Dynasties, similar punishments were carried out in all parts of the Central Plains.

Especially since the Liu family entered Lingnan, it has made great progress in development and implementation. According to Liu Jixing's own understanding and the thinking of Liu Gang recalled in his heart, he knew that this punishment had been carried out in depth in the hands of Liu Sheng's father, Liu Gang's grandfather, Gaozu Emperor Liu Yan, and it was even quite complete.

However, Liu Jixing speculated that the reason why Liu Yan was so cruel was completely related to the rule of the Lingnan barbarians. This is not Liu Jixing's excuse for the Liu family, because at that time, if the Liu family wanted to gain a foothold in the territory of the descendants of the Baiyue nation, if there was no torture, it would not be able to convince the public.

And Liu Yan, who laughs proudly in the world, was once the number one figure in the "Jianghu Celebrity Strange Art List". Because of the domineering and prestige at the beginning, the characters in the Central Plains did not dare to set foot in Lingnan.

Even now, Dong Jialuo does not dare to surpass Liu Yan's name, and his prestige and domineering towards Liu Yan can be seen. As for Liu Yan's own rule of Lingnan, although he was not able to invade the Central Plains, this is related to many historical factors at that time. And in order to govern the border people in Lingnan, he came up with some torture that originated in the Tang Dynasty.

Liu Jixing once saw some records that Liu Yan had read in the palace collection of Gaozu minutes, and later made some reviews, which mentioned a minister of the Tang Dynasty. This person's name is Heng Yanfan, it is said that he was the prime minister of the Wuhou Dynasty, and he was the supervisor of the imperial history and the imperial history, and later because of the anti-martial queen five kings incident, he was finally sentenced to death.

The book records the ending of this Heng Yanfan: order the left and right to be bound, put on top of the bamboo rub, the flesh is up to the bone, and then the cane is killed!

This practice of tying people to a bamboo washboard, cutting the flesh off their bodies, and then pulling them around, and the flesh being cut to reveal the bones, is simply unimaginable. Especially in the end, the practice of not losing his breath and killing with a cane is actually extremely cruel and inhumane.

When Liu Jixing saw this at that time, he felt a little cruel in his heart. However, through Wang Yu's explanation, Liu Jixing knew that this was the earliest prototype of torture.

Of course, another lucky person at this time was an almost contemporaneous Niu Xiantong.

At that time, Yang Sixuan, who helped Tang Xuanzong Li Longji seize power, was named the general of the left prison guard by the emperor. This Yang Siqiao is a great eunuch with an extremely cruel temperament. Receiving that the emperor wanted to punish Niu Xiantong for corruption and bribery, he adopted this kind of capital punishment to deter the courtiers and increase the emperor's prestige in the court.

Later, there was a more famous figure who was sentenced to this cruel capital punishment. But strictly speaking, it also happened during the Xuanzong Dynasty. That person was Yang Guozhong, who was in power at that time, because of the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, when he fled with the emperor, he was slaughtered by the rebels in the wilderness.

At that time, the records described as: the sergeant chased and killed him, slaughtered his limbs, and uncovered his head with a gun outside the post gate!

Yang Guozhong's deeds are recorded in the history books, just like the previous ones, so many literati should know these cruelties.

As for another more famous minister, who was also a very famous literati, it was embarrassing to be subjected to such torture. It also happened during the Xuanzong period, when Yan Gaoqing, who was loyal to the imperial court, was tortured to death by An Lushan.

Records of the time: Gao Qing scolded and was tortured, but he still scolded endlessly, his tongue was hooked, and he was still vaguely scolded until he was out of breath!

Of course, these are only recorded by the previous dynasty for high-ranking officials, and as for those who are not recorded, I don't know how many there are. At that time, the Anshi Rebellion led to a great chaos in the country, and people lamented that even the princes and princesses of the top class had no way of knowing their fate, let alone those ordinary people and petty officials.

Liu Jixing has always believed that the absence of records in historical books does not mean that it has not happened. Because this era is only a continuation of the Anshi Rebellion and the Huangchao Rebellion, people often say that torture is used in troubled times, and Liu Jixing gradually did not object to this matter.

Judging from the reputation left by the Liu family in Lingnan, the effect is actually excellent. Because at least in the territory of the descendants of the barbaric Lingnan Baiyue, the Liu family in the Central Plains could stand on their feet, and even ruled for half a century, this kind of torture that Liu Yan picked up again had a great effect.

Xiao Yuan, the commander of Ximen's right tooth, and Zhao Yuan, the newly built Bao'an County Lieutenant, actually ignored the laws and regulations of the imperial court, and the emperor's preferential treatment of the ministers who returned to the imperial court, and dared to extort, which was the most intolerable thing for the court law and the emperor Liu Jixing.