Ding Tian's Ancient Life

No wonder this guy has such an arrogant temper and likes the taste of ordinary people. Maybe it's because of the lack of family care. Ding Tian feels that Wang Zuo is quite pitiful.

Even in modern society, if you have a stepmother, you will have a stepfather, let alone his father is dead.

In ancient times, the word "filial piety" was too big, even if the old Queen Ning married the continuation string, she was also King Ning's stepmother, not to mention there was a "brother".

Then the stepmother probably tried her best to get rid of her ex's son.

Ding Tian had never stayed in a rich mansion in ancient times, but because in modern times, his mother was obsessed with all kinds of TV dramas about palace fighting and house fighting... He was "forced" to watch a lot of them. At that time, he admired those screenwriters. , How do the melon seeds grow on the head?

Those scenes are just incredible.

All the brain holes flew to the sky.

I remember that when a certain harem TV series became popular, he told the truth: "The emperor spends a day not doing business, but only revolves around women."

Then he was educated by his mother, and he was forced to rewatch the TV series twice with his mother, watching life would be worse than death.

At that time, all the dreams belonged to the "mother" and "noble man"....

It's a little disgusting to think about it, not to mention Wang Zuo lives in it.

Thinking of it this way, he made allowances for Wang Zuo, it's poor...

The dinner was very rich.

According to the rules in Beijing, at this time, you have to eat "eight bowls" of noodles. This is a good dish that can only be prepared by the best restaurants in Beijing for 18 taels of silver.

Many of them will take a long time, and Mi Ying was quite surprised when she saw the eight bowls: "His Royal Highness Ning, did you know that our family is coming?"

He was notified when he was still two hours away from the post station. If he had changed someone, he would have notified him a day earlier.

Let them wait early in the morning.

But he didn't dare to talk to King Ning, this master who walks sideways in the palace, even beat the prince, the emperor sentenced him to be imprisoned together with the prince for three months.

If it were someone else, he would definitely be killed by a knife.

Even if you don't suffer from the knife, you will have to lose your official title, or even ransack your home and go into exile.

But this one was safe and sound, after he was released, he went to beat up the prince again...

Who dares to provoke him if he is acting like a domineering king?

Mi Ying is quite discerning.

"No, this was originally a meal for Ding Tian." Wang Zuo was blunt: "You came here just by the way. Anyway, there are enough meals, so I don't miss you."

Mi Ying giggled: "Did our family just make up for the co-author?"

"Eat your noodles!" Wang Zuo picked up a piece of braised pork with his serving chopsticks, as a way of showing him face.

Ding Tian had already started eating, he was hungry, he had consumed all the breakfast he ate in the morning, and in the afternoon he knelt down and drank tea again, he went to the latrine, and his stomach was even more empty.

Now eat, eat the biggest.

Wang Fugui served a bowl of egg noodles to each of them.

This is carefully made by the chef, using fresh eggs and noodles, cut as thin as hair, long, rich in soup, and there are two poached eggs inside.

When Wang Fugui saw the poached egg, his eyes changed obviously. Both Ding Tian and Wang Zuo understood that he must have remembered something... something unpleasant.

Ding Tian didn't care about this, he finished a bowl of noodles in a hurry, drank the soup, and handed the empty bowl to Wang Fu: "One more bowl!"

"One bowl for each person, why don't you order something?" Wang Fu said angrily, "These eight big bowls are famous dishes in Beijing, eat some."

The eight bowls of Zhengding mainly focus on the combination of meat and vegetables.

Four meat and four vegetables, mainly: square meat, Jesus meat, buckle elbow, meatballs, kelp, vermicelli and seasonal vegetables from the farm. Now that there are no vegetables, we use dried vegetables instead, and tofu.

The chef's cooking must be better than Ding Tian's cooking!

And it's even better than what Aunt Jin made. Ding Tian killed several meatballs by himself. The meatballs are fat and thin.

Alternate, glutinous but not greasy, the soup is delicious and thick, he especially wants to use this soup to make rice.

The dried vegetables are also quite delicious, and the tofu is even more tender....

Wang Zuo's eating this is not as delicious as when he was eating at Ding Tian's house, because he is used to eating, but eats less. Eating noodles is like taking medicine... Mi Ying is similar to him.

The two of them don't talk when eating, and their posture is elegant. Only Ding Tian eats very bravely. There is no other way. After four years in college, he is used to grabbing food. Later, he joined the work and did not change. He has to hurry when eating, so the speed is very fast.

In the past, Wang Zuo was used to eating with him, but Mi Ying was not used to it. He saw that Ding Tian ate so deliciously and fiercely, so... he didn't understand.

It was the first time he had seen someone who dared to put so much effort in front of King Ning.

After dinner, Ding Tian rubbed his belly and was about to leave: "Today I stayed too late, and I have to go on business tomorrow, so I will leave now, Your Highness King Ning, Master Mi..."

"My name is Master Wang." Wang Zuo said unhappily, "I am the Governor of Northeast China now."

"Then... Your Excellency Governor? Governor Wang?" Ding Tian didn't know what to call Wang Zuo now. "Lord Wang." Wang Zuo felt even more uncomfortable: "Just call me Lord Wang."

Ding Tian is a hero who doesn't suffer from the immediate disadvantages: "Oh, Mr. Wang, Mr. Mi, I'm taking my leave."

Wang Zuo was even more unhappy, his handsome face stretched long, and his whole body was filled with black mist. Mi Ying looked at it for real, and then he found that this prisoner Ding was really King Ning's weakness.

Is it a weakness?

When Ding Tian left, Wang Zuo shook the grapefruit, and his normal appearance in front of Ding Tian disappeared. To Mi Ying, he was not polite at all: "Find a place to sleep by yourself."

Then leave.

Mi Ying thought for a while, then shouted: "Come here!"

Someone came over: "Elder-in-law, tell me..."

"Go, ask Wang Fuzhi to come over at night." Mi Ying knew that Wang Fugui was better than anyone else.

Ding Tian went through a lot of things today. When he went back at night, he washed up and lay down, but he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, my lord!

Growing up so big, the highest official he has ever seen is the deputy governor who came to inspect the work in the prison. Even their prison director came forward to receive him personally.

Of course, it doesn't count if you have seen the leader on TV. He knows the leader, but does the leader know him?

But now this King Ning knows him, and he also knows people...Suddenly, I feel that I am so tall!

The compulsion has been raised to a new height.

Rolling on the kang, he laughed for a long time before falling asleep.

On the second day of work, Ding Tian didn't delay his big business: "We probably have to be busy today, Old Uncle Zheng, please go to the street to find some barbers, the kind that can shave monks' scalps."

"Ah?" Uncle Zheng didn't understand: "What do you want the barber to do?"

These days, people don't cut their hair unless necessary... because they all pay attention to "the body, hair and skin, which are received by their parents and dare not damage them".

"I'll let you go as soon as you grow old, and I'll pay you five taels of silver for your hard work!" Ding Tian patted him five taels of silver, and gave him another one or two taels of silver: "You always use this to buy snacks!"

"Stop talking nonsense." Old Uncle Zheng made a gesture to slap Ding Tian.

Ding Tian laughed and avoided: "You always go out to find people, but we still have work to do."

After Old Uncle Zheng left, Ding Tian began to direct the guards: "Come on, get those women from the women's prison out first, shave off their hair, shave it clean, leave no hair, no lice..."

Everyone was stunned: "Huh?"

"The women's prison is all set up. Boil hot water and burn it in unlimited quantities. First, I will use it for the prisoners in the women's prison. I have a few packs of medicinal materials here. They are the kind that repel insects and dehumidify. The medicinal materials that are good for the skin are for them. Take a medicated bath, and then move to a new cell, the women's cell is spacious, one for each person."

"Yes!" The female prison guards happily agreed.

When it was the turn of the male jailers, they complained, "What kind of bath are you giving them?"

"You don't understand." Ding Tian said: "The sanitation is not good, and people live together, crowded together. After a long time, they still don't get sick? It's nothing for them to get sick, but usually this kind of Sometimes, all you get are epidemics...if it is severe...this kind of thing is not unheard of."

Everyone is silent, so what happened?

Once all the plagues break out, the first place to suffer is the prison cell, and the second is the crowded and messy place

Poor shanty towns.

One is a place where prisoners are held, and the other is a place where beggars and tramps gather.

It's not a good place anyway.

"What's more, isn't it good to be clean? We also work here. On our own site, how good is it clean? Whether it's staying or patrolling, walking on the road paved with bluestone slabs is no better than stepping on it. Going down, is it much better to be able to splash two taels of dirty mud?" Ding Tian tried to tempt them: "Besides, if the Fu Zun also comes to inspect, and see how clean our cell is, the impression will be much better. Easy."

After hearing the last reason, everyone really became much more energetic.

Yup!

The Prison Ding reached out to the Fu Zun as soon as he arrived, and asked them for their wages back, and some "welfare" was given out, although it was not much, it was free anyway.

So one by one finally started to move. More people means easier work. In the kitchen, two cooks approached Ding Tian: "If everyone boils water, the firewood may cost a little more."

"It doesn't matter. If there is no firewood, I will allocate funds to buy it." Ding Tian said: "Be sure to let them all be washed. Of course, if our prison guards want to take a bath, we can also wash it. There is hot water."

Thus, the great business of bathing began, and Ding Tian had already prepared new bedding, pillows and clothes. Now that it has entered March, small grasses have sprouted.

Besides, the prisoners didn't go out in the cell, and wearing two single clothes was enough to keep them warm. There was a kang and a fire wall in the cell, so it wasn't too cold.

There is another reason, that is, once the prisoners escape, he will not be able to run very far in such single clothes.

In the Northeast, if you want to run outside without thick clothes, you are looking for death.

Unless it is summer, the hottest time, it is possible....

There are also medicines for repelling insects and killing fleas, which should also be soaked in water, put people into the lake to rinse, soak for a while... When Uncle Zheng came back, he brought eight barbers, two of them were women , just assigned to the women's prison...

When they left, they took a lot of hair with them, all of which were given to them for free, thirty copper coins per person, and ten catties of millet.

The main reason is that they would rather have grain than copper coins.

—I was busy until very late, and the jailers also took a bath. Ding Tian went out and bought [-] catties of pork belly in the afternoon and came back, and made a braised pork; and haggis, and made a soup.

I specially asked the people in the kitchen to make big white rice.

With the haggis soup, everyone is very full, which offsets the fatigue of the day.

Of course, what the prisoners eat is steamed corn bread with haggis soup, all made in one pot.

The reason is that they are afraid of catching cold after taking a bath, so each person has a bowl of haggis soup, one garlic eggplant, and two steamed buns.

Ding Tian returned home cheerfully, fell asleep after taking a shower, he also took a shower in prison today...

There was a lot of commotion in the prison, and everyone in the government office heard about it, but they didn't see it with their own eyes. Word of mouth spread, Ding Si prison is a ruthless person, he shaved off the prisoner's hair!

This is a kind of punishment in this era. After all, if you are not a monk, your head will be shaved... I heard that even the body hair has been shaved!

When Du Zhifu heard about this, he was drinking tea at that time, and immediately spat it out with a "poof".

Ancient Prison Description

The origin of prisons can be traced back to ancient times. Prisons are thresholds or caves where primitive people domesticated wild animals. After the clan society, they were used to detain captives and drive them to work.After the country came into being, as part of the state apparatus, prisons also came into being.

At first there was no such name as "prison". In the Xia Dynasty, it was called "Xiatai" (now in Yu County, Henan Province), which was the name of the central prison, and it was generally called "Wei (sound call) soil".The prison in the Shang Dynasty was called "Yu (Yin You) Li" (now northeast of Tangyin County, Henan), and it was also called "Yu" (Yin Yu), which is a word that appeared in oracle bone inscriptions, meaning "prison".In the Zhou Dynasty, it was also called "Yuan" or "Jail" (sound zero rain).

Prisoners held in Yuantu prisons in the Zhou Dynasty had to work under supervision. If they could reform themselves, they would be released after three years for serious crimes, two years for moderate crimes, and one year for misdemeanors.However, they cannot be treated as civilians for three years after release.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the scale of the prison has expanded a lot, and the name of the prison has also changed at this time, called "暴".In the Qin Dynasty, because the law was strict and the number of criminals increased, the number of prisons increased a lot compared to before, and basically all counties had prisons.At the same time, in order to meet the needs, Qin Law's "Prison Law" has detailed regulations on prison management.

Prisons have been called "prisons" since the Han Dynasty. There were more and more prisons in the Han Dynasty. In addition to the central prison, the Tingwei Prison, there were also prisons set up by various governments.There were many other names for the prison at this time, such as Inner Palace, Living Room, Baogong Palace, and Qingshi.Local counties also had their own prisons, and there were more than 2000 prisons nationwide at that time.The prison system in the Northern and Southern Dynasties basically inherited the system of the Han Dynasty, but in addition to the prisons in the Northern Dynasties, the ground was also dug into prisons, called dungeons.

Speaking of the prisons in the ancient Yamen, people may immediately think of the Hongdong County Prison in "Su San Qi Jie".This is one of the best preserved ancient prisons today.Hongdong County Prison is located at the right corner of the entrance of the county government lobby, mainly to facilitate interrogation of prisoners at any time.There is a screen wall inside the prison door, and the passage has only one side, in order to prevent prisoners from escaping.As soon as you enter the prison gate, there is a corridor with four right angles and five gates, followed by an "alley" about one meter wide. On both sides of the "alley" are two rows of low-rise prison cells, which detain ordinary miscellaneous criminals; at the southern end of the "alley", turning eastward at a right angle is the inner prison, which is dedicated to detaining heavy criminals on death row.The inner prison is in the shape of a courtyard, with ordinary prison cells on the east, west and south sides, and two windowless cave-style prison cells on the north side. This is a female prison for female prisoners awaiting release. It is said that Su San, a famous prostitute, was once imprisoned here.From Hongdong County Prison, we can learn about the general situation of the construction and setting of ancient prisons.

Prisons, called "jail" by the ancients, as the name suggests, are places where prisoners are specially imprisoned.As an important part of the yamen, in addition to the prisons set up by the central judiciary, local yamen at all levels, especially the state (including prefecture and county) county yamen also have prisons.

There were various names and types of prisons in the Han Dynasty.According to "Han Shu? Criminal Law Records" and other records, there were more than [-] prisons in the country in the Han Dynasty, and there were more than [-] kinds of prisons in Chang'an, the capital city alone: ​​Ruolu Prison, Left and Right Sikong Prison, and Living Room Prisons, etc.; Yeting Prison, where female prisoners were held;In addition, there is Jingzhao Prison in Beijing, and Chang'an Prison in Chang'an County, both of which belong to the local prisons in Beijing.When Yin Shang, a famous cruel official in the Han Dynasty, was the magistrate of Chang'an, he built a dungeon called "Tiger Cave" in the prison. He dug the ground several feet deep, built walls on all sides, and covered the exit with large stone slabs.He once ordered the local officials and neighbors in Chang'an County to report local bullies and scoundrels, and then arrested them all, in groups of a hundred, and put them in tiger dens one by one, covering them with big stone slabs.When I opened it a few days later, I saw that the people inside were all dead together, hundreds of people died one after another.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, in terms of form, the situation of various types of prisons has basically been changed. Prisons have been set up in local prefectures and counties, and Luoyang, the capital city, has only Tingwei Prison and Luoyang Prison.This prison system has also been inherited by later generations.In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Dali Temple was used as the central judicial organ and Dali Prison was set up; in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Ministry of Punishment was used as the central judicial organ and the Ministry of Punishment Prison was established.But in fact, the situation of prison form and management chaos is common.For example, the laws of the Song Dynasty made strict regulations on the prison management system, but most of the local yamen did their own thing.At that time, there used to be the practice of "retaining at the door" and "receiving", which were originally a measure of temporary detention, but the officials of the Yamen often detained innocent witnesses and related personnel, and took the opportunity to extort money from them. The demands of these officials were not released, so that the prisons were often overcrowded.There is also a measure of imprisonment called "detainment", which was originally a short-term imprisonment, but it has often become a means of arbitrary mutilation by local yamen.Yamen officials did not give rations to those who were detained, and let them starve to death; or tortured prisoners without authorization, and tortured them to death.In some places, the tyrants even colluded with government officials, charged them with crimes, detained innocent civilians, and then killed them.The cruelty of the means is outrageous.

Among all types of prison names, the most familiar to future generations is probably the "squad room".Until now, people still use "sit in prison" as a synonym for going to prison.In fact, the class room is not a prison, it is the place where the three classes of yamen servants in the yamen work.In the beginning, in order to prevent delays in the trial, the prefectural and county yamen often put the parties involved in some civil cases, petty criminals, and correlative evidence into the waiting room for trial, and sent officers to guard them so that they could arrive at any time.Once locked in the class and in the hands of the yamen servants, he becomes the target of abuse and extortion by the yamen servants. In the words of the yamen servants, when he

In their hands, a layer of skin has to be peeled off.

In the classroom, no matter they were witnesses or "prisoners", they were crowded together noisy and crowded together, sleeping and defecating together.Of course, there are also "levels" of classrooms. Rich people spend [-] dong to enter a large room with beds; another [-] dong to remove the iron chain; Thirty hangs.You can also eat opium, you can turn on the lights for five slings, and the rest of the meals and vegetables are also priced.Anyway, as long as you have money, you can get what you want; once a prisoner without money enters the prison, it is really like entering hell, where he is tortured and tortured, and the sky is dark.

Prisons of all kinds

In the novel "Water Margin", Yang Zhi, the blue-faced beast, lives in Tokyo, sells knives at Tianhanzhou Bridge, and is forced by the rogue Niu Erling. In a rage, he kills Niu Erling, surrenders himself to Kaifeng Mansion, and is imprisoned. On death row.There is a poem dedicated to all kinds of prison equipment in this prison:

Push into the prison and rush into the prison door.At the yellow beard section level, the hemp rope is ready to be hung and stretched;When the killing power stick is broken, the jailer suffers from back pain when it is broken; the prisoner is frightened when he sees it.Don't say that you will see the king of Hades when you die, and it will be like a real hell. .

The hemp ropes, wooden boxes, locks, shackles, etc. in this poem are all instruments of torture used in prisons to restrict the freedom of movement of prisoners. They are called "prison instruments" or "discipline instruments".According to the literature records and the excavation of underground objects, it can be confirmed that there were relatively complete prison equipment as early as the Shang Dynasty.In the oracle bone inscriptions, there are? ,?and so on. ?like a prison, ?In human form,?It is the prison device that binds the prisoner's hands. This kind of prison device is called "?".Apart from?In addition, there are shackles and shackles.The shackle is a foot weapon worn on the feet, and the shackle is a prison device worn on the neck, similar to the later yoke.It is said that when King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty, in order to establish his own power, he specially built thousands of shackles and shackles to deal with those princes who refused to obey him.King Wen of Zhou was imprisoned in shackles?Here, they were locked up for seven full years.because? Shackles, shackles, and shackles are all made of wood, so later generations collectively called them "three woods" and became the synonym for prison equipment.

Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the law has made clear regulations on the specifications and use of various prison equipment.Among them, the most commonly used prison implements mainly include the following types.

The flail is not only a tool of torture, but also the most commonly used prison tool.It is square in shape with a round hole in it, and the two halves are put together on the prisoner's head, restricting the prisoner's freedom of movement, and specifying different weights of the yoke according to the severity of the prisoner's crime.The shackles for death crimes weigh 25 jin, the shackles for exile crimes weigh [-] jin, and the shackles used for crimes below the staff and torture weigh [-] jin.All the flails are made of dry wood, and the size, weight and weight are engraved on the flails.In addition to general flails, there are flails and pan flails.The flail is to extend the length of the prison, and there are two holes in the front and back, so that two prisoners can be flailed together one after the other.Pan flails were mainly used for escorting prisoners. In "Shuiyou Zhuan", the "seven catties and a half iron leaf protective yoke" used when escorting prisoners is described is this kind of yoke.

杻, fetters are the prison implements that bind the hands and feet of prisoners.杻, also known as Zitui, commonly known as hand pound and hand rest, is a rectangular prison tool with two round holes in it, which is used to cuff the hands of prisoners.It is often used together with shackles and shackles, and is mainly used for felons who have been sentenced to death, but only for male prisoners.Although female criminals are not required to commit capital crimes, this is mainly because it is inconvenient for women to entrust others with food and defecation.Shackles, also known as shackles, are in the shape of two iron rings, which are respectively worn on the feet of the prisoner and connected with chains in the middle to restrict the freedom of movement of the prisoner.

The lock is a prison device that is put on the neck of the prisoner to restrict the freedom of movement of the prisoner. It is also called reeling, iron chain, or Langdang.As the saying goes, "silver chains go to jail", so it can be seen that this is also a commonly used prison tool, especially when the guards arrest people, they often "flick the iron chain, put it on the neck, pull it and go away", the main function is to prevent The prisoner escapes.It can be used together with prison implements such as shackles, and is mainly used for felons; when used alone, it is mainly used for petty criminals.

The casket bed is a kind of prison equipment that appeared after the Song Dynasty.Originally it was just a foot weapon used with the Gaja to prevent prisoners from escaping, called a "box".In "Shuiyou Zhuan", Wu Song was framed by Zhang Dujian and imprisoned. The jailer bound his feet day and night, and he was not allowed to relax.In the Yuan Dynasty, it was developed into the shape of a bed, called a box bed, and also called a prison bed.The prisoner lies on the box bed, with a head ring on his head, a collar lock on his neck, a chest iron chain on his chest, a wooden beam on his abdomen, a double-ring iron twister on his hands, short chain iron shackles on his shins, and iron shackles on his feet. The gate is on the box fence, and another numbered ceiling plate is nailed with three-inch long nails, which are as dense as thorns and as sharp as wolf teeth, and cover the prisoner's body.The box bed is surrounded by wooden rails, shaped like a birdcage.The whole body of the prisoner is fixed on the box bed, and the four limbs are stiff.The prisoner was locked in a box bed, not to mention being bitten by mosquitoes or insects, even if he was stung by a poisonous scorpion, his head was wrapped around his head by a big snake, and his feet were bitten by a hungry mouse, he could not move at all, just like a living dead.In the Ming Dynasty, a foreigner named Ali Akbar recorded in his book "Journey to China" the tragic situation of the prisoners in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment when they went to the bed: the prisoner was tied to a wooden board, and they brought Shackles and chains, fastened to iron bars, and hair fastened to iron nails; even this did not leave them at ease, their feet were clamped with boards, and a hundred yards of chains and instruments of torture were wrapped around their backs and breasts, I'm afraid they're going to break their ribs, they wailed. . . . . .

jailer

From the perspective of the national administrative system, except for the size of the prison official who is still a "palace", the rest of the prison guards are regarded as the lowest and most despicable "cheap slaves".However, precisely because of these "cheap slaves"

Manage every move of the prisoners in the prison, and the fate of the prisoners can be said to be directly controlled by them.If prisons are compared to hell, then they are veritable "death judges".

In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, there was a hero named Zhou Bo.Zhou Bo not only fought bloody battles during the establishment of the Han Dynasty and made great contributions, but also at the critical moment when the Lu family attempted to usurp the Liu family after Liu Bang's death, he turned the tide, mobilized the army to quell the rebellion, and welcomed Emperor Wen of Han.Because of his outstanding achievements, Zhou Bo was successively appointed Taiwei, Prime Minister, and named Jianghou, with ten thousand households in the city. The eldest son Zhou Shengzhi also married the daughter of Emperor Wen. He can be said to be an extremely human minister.However, because someone accused him of treason, he was interrogated by Jiao Tingwei and imprisoned in Chang'an Prison.After being imprisoned, Zhou Bo was terrified and at a loss for what to do.The jailers in the prison did not give him preferential treatment because he was a prince. On the contrary, they insulted and abused him in every possible way like ordinary prisoners.Zhou Bo had no choice but to bribe the jailer with a thousand pieces of gold.The jailer immediately changed his attitude when he got the money, and even taught Zhou Bo to ask his daughter-in-law to intercede with Emperor Wen.Originally, Emperor Wen of Han had no real evidence for Zhou Bo's rebellion, but he just wanted to frustrate the power of these old officials. Now seeing his daughter interceding, his mother, Empress Dowager Bo, also said that Zhou Bo could not rebel, so he went along with the situation and not only released him. Zhou Bo was killed, and his title of title was restored.After Zhou Bo was released from prison, he sighed and said: I used to command an army of millions, and I thought I was extremely honorable and an extremely human minister. How could I know that a small jailer is so honorable!

Although Zhou Bo's words contained some complaints, they were telling the truth.No matter how big your official is or how high you are, as long as you are in prison, you will be the fish and meat of the prison guards, and your fate is in their hands and at their mercy.Regarding this point, Han Anguo in the Western Han Dynasty had a very interesting conversation with the prison guards, which is the familiar allusion of "resurrecting from the ashes".Han Anguo was originally an attendant of Lord Liang Xiao. He was imprisoned for a crime and was abused by the jailers in every possible way.Han Anguo said to him, aren't you afraid of resurgence?The jailer replied that if it ignited, it would be extinguished with piss.Here, Han Anguo used "resurrection" to warn the jailer that he may still gain power one day, and asked the jailer not to abuse himself too much and to do things to death; In the hands of this group of jailers, you have to be at their mercy, and you will not be given a chance to recover from the ashes.What's interesting is that Han Anguo really "resurrected" later. Not only was he released from prison, but he was also appointed as the internal history of Liang Guo's administrative affairs.Han Anguo found the jailer who had abused him, but instead of punishing him, he praised him and reused him.

Since the ancient prisons practiced the intimidation of insulting and destroying prisoners, although the feudal law strictly prohibited the behavior of prison officials to insult and abuse prisoners in form, in fact, these regulations were often a dead letter. A prison guard in "Water Margin" publicly declared, "You (referring to the prisoner) have fallen into my hands anyway, and I will teach you to shatter your bones." What a "judge" tone!

Prison guards abused prisoners with the sole purpose of extorting money from them.During the Five Dynasties, there was a governor of Meizhou named Shen Gui who pointed to the gate of the prison openly and said, This is my family's money den.Prison officials in the Song Dynasty also openly accepted bribes and extorted bribes, using prison as a market.If the prisoners don't pay, they are made to sleep in damp places and they are not given food.When encountering those prisoners who have no money, simply treat them like pigs and dogs.Prisoners do not seek medical treatment or report their illnesses, and do not report to their superiors until they become seriously ill or even die.In "The Law of the Ming Dynasty? Theory of Punishment", it also revealed the dark reality that the wardens in the prisons of the Ming Dynasty ran amok, abused prisoners, and demanded bribes harshly.

The only way for prisoners to avoid being abused by warders is to "spend money and eliminate disasters".Zhou Bo was honored and responsible, but he had no choice but to obediently give him a thousand taels of gold in front of the prison guards' bullying.When the jailers don't get the money, they can throw the prisoner into hell; once they get the money, they immediately change their faces.In this respect, Chaba in the prison city of Cangzhou in "Water Margin" can be regarded as a typical example.After Lin Chongfa was dispatched to the Cangzhou Prison City, when he didn't see him handing over the money, Chaba yelled at him, saying, "A stubborn prisoner who joins the army with starvation lines all over his face. He scolded Lin Chong like a Buddha; after Lin Chong sent the silver taels, he immediately changed his tone and complimented Lin Chong as "a good man who will make a fortune after a long time" and "he must not be an idle person, and he will become a grand palace after a long time." .As the head of the 80 Imperial Army, Lin Chong has a bit of status and fame, but if he doesn't offer money to bribe, he will still be scolded by the prison guards; those ordinary people who have no money and no power will fall into their hands, and their situation can be imagined. And know.

Prison Bully

As mentioned earlier, the wardens in the prison are "responsible judges", while the bully in the prison is a brat with a bull's head and a horse's face.Although prison bullies themselves are also prisoners, they have been held in prison for a long time and are familiar with the conditions in the prison. With their "qualifications", they naturally become the "leaders" of the prisoners; They are closely related and live with the prisoners at the same time, and the jailers also use them to manage the prisoners.Therefore, although they are prisoners, they have privileges, freedom and "prestige" that ordinary prisoners do not have, and they seem to be the overlords in the prison.In addition to bribing prison officials, new prisoners must also "respect" these prison bullies and obey their orders.Prison bullies take advantage of their special relationship with prison guards to collude with each other, abuse and oppress prisoners, and run amok

When a prisoner enters the cell, if he does not respect the prison bully, he will be "dismissed".Novel "Living Hell"

In ", Huang Sheng, the housekeeper of the rich man Huang Yuanwai, and Wang Xiaosan, who is a family member, are lured into the prison by the guards because of an ordinary lawsuit.Because they didn't bring any money, and because they didn't understand the rules here, the prisoners in the same class beat them severely, and the two were beaten all over.But those prisoners were still angry, they were not allowed to sleep, and they were punished to stand on the ground.Wang Xiaosan was so sleepy that he accidentally fell on a prisoner's lap, and was beaten again, making him scream like a pig being killed.The prisoner felt that this was not enough, so he tied Wang Xiaosan's thumb and big toe with ropes, hung them up high, and beat him with fists underneath; Burn his meat there.But the guard in charge of the class came over after hearing the news, and said to them: Since there is no money, this hardship must be suffered.This kind of abuse of prisoners without money often does not ease until new prisoners come in.

Prison tyrants are able to run amok, mainly relying on the support of prison guards.So if they have any benefits, they will never forget to give a copy; and the jailers have gained the benefits of the prison bully, so naturally they will protect the prison bully everywhere.Therefore, they are in collusion with each other.Zhang Jixin of the Qing Dynasty recorded the misdeeds of a prison bully named Zhou Mingtong in Zizhou Prison in his self-written chronicle.

Zhou Mingtong was sentenced to permanent imprisonment for pushing his father to death.After Zhou Mingtong had been in prison for a long time, he was assigned as the head of the cell.He opened a pawn shop in the prison and exploited the prisoners.When a prisoner enters the prison, he must honor him with money and things, otherwise he will be subjected to various abuses and even torture.Jiang Chun, the official in charge of the prison, not only ignored his illegal behavior because he got benefits from him, but instead shielded and condoned him in every possible way.He can enter and exit the prison without restriction.When a newcomer enters the prison, he will take other deferred prisoners to hang him on a pillar, hang a bucket full of water on his back, and use bamboo sticks to torture and steal. tortured and made prisoners blow their urinals with their mouths.At first they hanged and handcuffed the prisoners in the prison, and later the prisoners who passed by the sent prison also hanged and tortured the prisoners, and later even the guards who escorted the prisoners to the sent prison were also hanged and beaten by them.Every time I get money, I naturally have a share of the official Jiang Chun.Jiang Chun received a total of more than 200 taels of silver, and his family also received more than [-] taels of silver.When Jiang Chun got the money, he even let Zhou Mingtong do whatever he wanted.Zhou Mingtong also became more unscrupulous, and even raped female prisoners in prison.After Jiang Chun learned about it, he felt that he was too daring, but Zhou Mingtong immediately sent [-] taels of silver to cover up the matter.Later, an officer from Jingyan County escorted a prisoner into the province and passed through Zizhou.In a fit of rage, the guard went to the Zizhou Yamen to appeal for injustice.After Zhizhou Shu Yi asked the reason, he referred Zhou Mingtong to the state government office for punishment, and ordered him to be shackled in the prison. As a result, Zhou Mingtong even gathered his fellow prisoners to beat gongs and drums, and set fire to the prison. Fortunately, he was extinguished in time.After Zhizhou Shuyi learned about it, he was afraid that the matter would become serious, so he didn't dare to investigate further, so he released Zhou Mingtong.But the guards in Jingyan County were not convinced, and went to the province to sue.The province sent officers to investigate and brought Zhou Ming and others to the province for interrogation.Knot