Zhu's fortune telling

The spanking of the minister is really a formality. The king must first inform the officials to beat the minister, then the officials draft the driving license, and then the officials stamp it after the ceremony, and finally give it to the Royal Guards. Royal Guards will go to the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment to complete the formalities of issuing the imperial aides, and finally the king can execute the minister.

At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Han Ming had a precedent of spanking courtiers. If the courtier made a big mistake, Emperor Han Ming would spank himself in court.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's group fight reached its peak. 1380, Zhu Liang, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, attempted rebellion. After being discovered by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang killed Zhu Liang and his son in court. From then on, ministers were often beaten in Zhu Yuanzhang's court.

In fact, at the beginning, being spanked by courtiers was a symbol of humiliation. Before the summit in Zhu Jianshen, Ming Xianzong, ministers were spanked without taking off their clothes, and covered their bottoms with thick cotton cloth to protect themselves from serious injuries. However, due to psychological pain, they still took a few months off.

However, after Liu Jin came to power, this situation changed. He was so angry that he just took off the thick cotton cloth and couldn't put on his clothes. So I hit him directly with a stick, and many ministers died. But he also got the punishment he deserved and was finally executed that year.

Unexpectedly, in the Ming Dynasty, ministers rushed to ask for spanking. It turns out that spanking in the Ming Dynasty went through a process. First of all, the king will inform the officials to spank the minister, then the officials will draw up a driver's license, which will be stamped by the officials and finally handed over to the Royal Guards.

After that, Jin Yiwei went to the yamen of the Ministry of Justice to complete the formalities of issuing court staff. Finally, the king can execute the minister. After such a series of complicated steps, he could really be spanked, so ministers scrambled to be beaten.