In the case of the Qing Dynasty's evocation in 1768, Gan Long was frightened. What is the cause and effect?

This happened in 1768, 33 years after Qianlong. At that time, it happened to be the most prosperous period of Kanggan, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. So, in a village in Deqing, Zhejiang, people wanted to build a small stone bridge, so they invited a stonemason to repair it.

While the stonemason was working hard, a farmer came running. He quietly called the stonemason aside, took out a sign with his name on it and handed it to the stonemason. And let him stick this symbol on the bridge pile, and later when he hits the bridge pile in the middle of the river with a hammer, he will hit it with a hammer.

This was one of the witchcraft at that time. Everyone thinks that every time a hammer hits this symbol with a name, that person's soul will shake, and if it hits too much, it will be shattered. The stonemason was surprised. What's the hatred between this farmer and this man? How could he hate this man so much? He wants to use such a poisonous way.

The farmer told him that the owner of the name on the paper was his nephew. Farmers have no children and daughters, and they need to be taken care of when they are old. But his nephew often abused him, and the farmer held a grudge, so he came up with the idea. But the farmer didn't expect that the stonemason not only didn't help him, but ran to the government to report to the official. The Deqing government didn't take this matter seriously, so it just hit dozens of boards of farmers and let him go. But then things suddenly got out of control, which surprised everyone

Second, the seriousness of the situation.

The Deqing government reported the case to the court, and since then, officials from all over the country have reported all kinds of cases about evocation. From Zhejiang to Jiangsu, Hubei, Shandong, Henan, and finally to Hebei until Beijing. Just a thought-provoking case swept across most of China.

The identities of suspects are also varied, from monks and magicians engaged in these things to ordinary people such as farmers and beggars. The methods of committing crimes are also varied, such as asking strangers' names, secretly cutting other people's clothes and hair, and so on. Senior officials in various provinces were also troubled by these cases and finally had no choice but to report to the Beijing court.

At first, Qianlong didn't take this small case seriously, thinking that it was just a feudal superstition activity between ordinary people, but later the case of evocation involved secretly cutting other people's hair, which immediately made Qianlong feel that something was wrong. Qianlong was as sensitive to politics as any previous emperor, even more so than any previous emperor.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was a conspiracy, a big conspiracy against the Qing court. After all, the "Seven Days in Yangzhou" and "Three Slaughters in Jiading" held when the Qing Dynasty entered the customs were only a hundred years old. At that time, the political slogan of "leaving hair without head, leaving head without hair" led to tens of millions of Han people dying from regime change.

There was a painful history in the past. Therefore, although the evocation case is essentially a public security case, once the evocation case involves a haircut, it may lead to the painful memories of the Han people, which may affect the rule of the Manchu regime over China, lead to ethnic conflicts and even lose the throne. Thinking of this, Qianlong couldn't sleep, and immediately ordered the whole country to thoroughly investigate the case, and those who violated the order were beheaded.

People are so nervous that they dare not even say their names to strangers. If someone behaves slightly abnormally, it may be regarded as casting necromancy witchcraft, and then report it to the government or even retaliate by force. Many people extort money and even express personal grievances.

Third, the cause of the incident

In the end, this case is no longer a case called by the soul, let alone a large-scale case organized by Han Chinese who are worried about the revival of anti-Qing consciousness. The emergence of such cases is mainly due to the fact that the Qing dynasty itself imprisoned the people's minds and promoted the literary inquisition. As long as the court thinks that what you wrote is related to anti-Qing dynasty and regaining sight, whether you really think so or not, you will be convicted.

Therefore, most people are illiterate, ignorant, ignorant of science and culture, and easily deceived into believing in feudal superstitions. So some people use the so-called evocation case to cheat food and drink, and even extort money, and this kind of case will get worse.

Then there is the problem of corruption of Qing officials. At first, local officials were muddled through the case of evocation. After all, it is a public security case, so we don't need to invest so much manpower and material resources to investigate, so let's roll with the punches and roll with the punches. However, when they learned that the emperor attached great importance to this case, they began to abuse the punishment, created a large number of unjust, false and wrong cases, and showed their kindness to the court in order to get promoted. Therefore, this matter is being investigated and dealt with more and more under the corruption of officials. The people are getting more and more worried and they are in trouble.