What is cudgel? (an ancient criminal law)

Whipping is one of the five major punishments since Sui and Tang Dynasties. Whipping is a kind of punishment that tortures prisoners with thorns or bamboo boards. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, poles were used as a punishment. In the Southern Dynasties, a whip and a stick were fixed in Liang Wudi. The staff is made of Vitex negundo, which is divided into big staff, staves and small staff. The stick is generally "take clothes and stick", take off the clothes (underwear) in the middle and hit the buttocks directly with bamboo and wood.

In the Northern Qi Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, rod punishment was listed as one of the five punishments. This was the case until the late Qing Dynasty. Song, Ming and Qing dynasties stipulated that women must "strip off and receive a stick" when committing rape, which not only caused physical pain, but also achieved the effect of humiliation.

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Staff punishment skill:

There is no such line in the 360 lines, but it definitely depends on craftsmanship. The staff is in hand, and life and death are only in one thought. Therefore, how to hit people has become a science.

Li Boyuan's "Hell on Earth" mentioned this point in the ninth time: judging from the soap record of the county government punishment, this small board must have been practiced in advance. Some were beaten to pieces, but their flesh and blood were not hurt; Some of them were killed, but their skin was red and swollen, but they were seriously injured internally.

Some people say that anyone who records soap will practice this beating method in advance, that is, put a piece of tofu on the ground and beat it with a small board, only making a noise without breaking it; By the end of the fight, the tofu inside was rotten, and the outside was still square, motionless, and this side was the first master. Anyone who commits a crime, knowing that he is wrong, is bound to be beaten today. He will not hesitate to spend money to accept this punishment. ...

In this way, people who master this superb skill can not only successfully complete the task of smashing sticks, but also enforce the law and break the law and profit from it.

Shen Jiaben's "Examination of Criminal Law and Punishment in Past Dynasties" records that during training, the school soldiers who were responsible for carrying the palace staff in the Ming Dynasty first tied them into two figures with leather, one with bricks inside and the other with paper outside, and then dressed them and let them walk on the staff. A human figure made of bricks is used to practice the technique of "light outside and heavy inside"

Requirements can look light, clothes can't be broken, but the bricks inside should be broken. The shape of the wrapping paper is used to practice the "light inside and outside" method, which requires it to look heavy, but the paper wrapped inside will not be damaged. Only when the staff reaches this level can they accept it.

Fang Bao's Prison Record in Qing Dynasty recorded one thing he saw in a criminal prison: three prisoners were punished the same. In order to eat less, they bribed the staff in advance

A prisoner gave thirty taels of silver with a slight bone injury, which lasted for a month; The second prisoner doubled the money and only hurt a little meat, which was fine in less than a month; The third prisoner gave 182 pieces of silver, and the night after his sentence, he was as usual.

Obviously, when rich people make mistakes, as long as they are effective, they can usually avoid suffering. The most bitter thing is ordinary people. Old people can't see a few. If they make some mistakes and can't make money, a person can be smashed.

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