Why did the maids strangle Emperor Jiajing?

Mao Qiling, a beginner and writer in Qing Dynasty, recorded the reasons in Notes on General History. Tong's family is the female official name in the ancient court. There is a sentence recorded in it: in October of the twenty-first year, I was worried about sex and afraid of imperial palace people.

The meaning of this sentence is that Emperor Jiajing was impatient, and many ladies-in-waiting met with accidents inexplicably. These maids were so scared that they were forced to move their hands under such circumstances.

It is said that it is because Jiajing practiced the law of immortality. He thought manna could live forever, so he ordered maids to collect dew in the imperial garden in the early hours of the morning, which led to a large number of maids falling ill and even dying.

There is also a saying that in order to refine the elixir, a large number of maids aged 13 and 14 were recruited to supplement their virgin menstrual blood for refining. In order to keep the ladies clean, they are not allowed to eat during menstruation, only eating mulberry leaves and drinking dew. Finally, the ladies-in-waiting couldn't stand it anymore, and they had the heart to kill the emperor.

Either way, it is estimated that the ladies-in-waiting are not only tired, but their lives are threatened and in jeopardy.

This is the spontaneous resistance of maids who simply can't stand Jiajing's oppression, and there is no political conspiracy.

In Ming Dynasty, Wan Li Ye Ji written by Shen Defu recorded the detailed process:

participant

Site organizer: Yang

Information provider: Zhang Jinlian.

Participants: Yang Lianxiang, Su Chuanyao, Yao, Xing Cuilian, Liu Miaolian, Guan, Huang, Yin, Wang, Xu Qiuhua, Deng Jinxiang and Chen Juhua.

As can be seen from the names of these ladies-in-waiting, most of them should come from the poor, because these names were still frequently used in the 1950s and 1960s.

process

First, tell Yang that Jiajing was with Cao at night. Cao is the beloved daughter of Cao Cha, the magistrate of Sanming, Fujian. She is beautiful and Jiajing likes her very much.

The ladies-in-waiting began to act under the leadership of Yang. In details, Wan Ye Li Supplement is different from A General History.

During the Jiajing period, the ladies-in-waiting tied knots, tied their throats with ropes, stuffed cloth in their mouths, and twisted with several people in the upper abdomen, dead. -"Wan Li Ye Bei Bian"

Tie his neck, then put a piece of cloth in his mouth and put a person on his stomach.

Stick a ball in the neck and a hairpin in the crotch. -"Notes on Children's History"

Here, it means to stab with a hairpin.

It is estimated that this is a secret of the imperial court, and it is difficult to have a real answer.

But what follows is the same.

There are three main reasons why Emperor Jiajing didn't die.

1. Queen Fang arrived in time to prevent the imperial secretary from hurting him. In fact, Emperor Jiajing was unconscious at this time.

2. Fortunately, a famous doctor, Xu Shen, used strong medicine on Jiajing, who was already in suspended animation. This "Ming History" records that this life was recovered.

The gentry quickly adjusted the medicine and prescribed it at the right time. Before the time, they suddenly made a sound, cleared a few liters of purple blood, and after a few doses, they could speak again. -"Ming History, Volume 187"

Yang and others are so flustered that the rope is tied tightly that they can't tighten it.

result

The assassination of the emperor is the biggest thing for Daming, and the result of handling it is naturally very serious. A spontaneous rebellion has now turned into a political conspiracy.

Because Jiajing can't talk at this time, everything is decided by Fang Niangniang. Fang Niangniang said that Wang Ningjin was the mastermind, and then Fang Niangniang said that Cao knew.

He also said: Cao knows how to plan, although she disagrees with him. When the emperor is ill, he can't speak. Later, the emperor ordered Duan Fei, Ning Ai and Jin Ying to collect gravel from the city. -"Ming History, Volume II"

Queen Fang successfully killed her opponent Cao. The authors of Wan Bu Bian and General History Yi Ji both think that this is a personal grudge of the Queen above the communique.

Ming History also records that when Jiajing was fully awake, he also knew that Cao had been wronged, but at this time, people had been executed. What can we do?

However, the princess really doesn't know. After a long time, the emperor knew his mistake.

/kloc-in 0/6, the maid-in-waiting was sentenced to death, and the body was filed for public display. Ling Chi's execution method: the prisoner will be chopped into ten thousand pieces, so that he will die in great pain, and there will be no explanation for filing the body. These criminal laws are few, but they all apply to this 16 person. These 16 ladies-in-waiting finally died miserably.