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Chapter 92 Cruel Punishment 3
brutal skinning technique

As a cruel punishment, skinning can be compared to Ling Chi in terms of cruelty.But as to the starting point of skinning, it is impossible to find out clearly. Some people say it started with Shang Zhou, and others say it started with Sun Hao, king of Wu at the end of the Three Kingdoms period. He was the grandson of Sun Quan and liked to skin people very much. Because he lied to him and was discovered by him, he peeled off Meng Chuo's entire face in a rage.

Later, when the state of Wu was destroyed, when the Jin army rushed into the harem, they found dozens of intact skins. Jia Chong, the Taiwei of the Jin Dynasty, asked him why he wanted to peel off the human skin. He replied Dao said: "Some people have a flattering smile, a thick and tough face, so they peeled it off as a warning."

Even if there is a fault, there is no need to be so vicious in peeling people's skin. Sun Hao's actions are really insane and devoid of humanity.However, compared to Sun Hao, Zhu Yuanzhang is even worse in this respect.

In the "Nancun Stop Farming Record" written by Tao Zongyi, a native of the Yuan Dynasty, it is said: "The army of the world is the Yin, and the army of the Huaiyou is addicted to cannibalism, and the children are the most important. ...... Or make them sit between two tanks and force them with fire; Or burn them on an iron frame; or bind their hands and feet, pour boiling soup first, and then brush off the bitter skin with a bamboo broom; or put them in a bag and boil them alive in a huge pot; Then go out his two breasts. It is so cruel and poisonous that it cannot be described."

The "Huaiyou Army" mentioned here is Zhu Yuanzhang's army. Human flesh is used as a common food, and it is fried and cooked in a pot. To be able to lead such an army that is addicted to cannibalism, it is natural to be a cruel and cold-blooded leader.After Zhu Yuanzhang wiped out the great heroes Dingding Jinling, in order to establish his prestige and clear up the law and order, he chose to use severe punishments to rectify the administration of officials.

Corruption was prevalent at that time. In order to deal with corruption matters seriously, Zhu Yuanzhang made a rule, that is, no matter how big or small officials are, anyone who accepts bribes of more than 6000 taels will not only show his head to the public, but also peel off the prisoner's whole body, and then use straw to kill him. The leather was stuffed and hung on both sides of the courtroom of the government office to scare off corrupt ink.

Beginning with skinning, the punishment of the Ming Dynasty created the most tricks of punishment in the ancient dynasties, with cruel methods and a variety of types that make one's hair stand on end.The skinning penalty pioneered by Zhu Yuanzhang continued in the Ming Dynasty, and the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian carried it forward.

A Ming Dynasty astrologer's notebook once recorded Wei Zhongxian's brutal skinning techniques: During Ming Xizong's time, this astrologer wandered around Beijing and lived in Cao Laogong's Temple, where there were mixed people, all kinds of sects and nine streams.

At one of the wine tables, someone counted Wei Zhongxian's major crimes, and the other people at the same table were frightened and advised him to shut up quickly, but the person said indifferently: "Even though he is overbearing, he can hear me Are you talking in the house, are you still coming to peel my skin?" Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, Jin Yiwei actually took the man to the East Factory, stripped the man's clothes, covered his body with asphalt oil, and painted it as he went. Hit with a mallet, and soon the whole human skin came off.

It can be seen that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, skinning had already paid great attention to technology and overall artistic sense. Zhang Xianzhong in the late Ming Dynasty was also a well-known murderous monster.His experience in skinning is rich and sophisticated. He invented a skinning technique. During the execution, a knife is cut from the back of the head to the tailbone, and the whole human skin is peeled off when it is torn left and right.

Zhang Xianzhong also had some arguments about skinning. He believed that skinny people have only bones but no flesh, thin tendons and fat, so it is easiest to peel the skin, while fat people have too much fat and it is difficult to separate the skin from the flesh. Whole human skin does not break, that is the skinning master.

In the eyes of the rulers, the cruel torture of skinning has become an artistic technical work, which shows the cruelty of ancient torture.

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