Chapter 3400

While Li Qiufeng was thinking, he heard Murong Danyan continue to say: "After I heard about the legend of the Nine Surnames, I was just confused and didn't know it clearly. Later I asked my father, but he didn't elaborate.

Just tell me that the so-called low status is the punishment imposed by the court on some serious criminals, such as the remnants of Tatars, traitors, court rebels, corrupt officials, gangsters, etc. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Emperor Taizu advocated severe punishment and law, and many people were convicted

He was severely punished. At that time, the Ming Dynasty had just established the country. There were threats from the Tatars outside, harassment from Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang's remaining troops inside, and the barbarians in the south were also ready to take action. It was understandable that Emperor Taizu used harsh punishments to deal with the rebels. In order to deter those rebels and bandits, the generals

His wife and children were classified as lowly, and his descendants could only be beggars, prostitutes, degenerates, happy households and other lowly common people. In this way, those who were dissatisfied with the imperial court must have some scruples and dare not raise troops to cause rebellion.

"I remember that my father looked very unhappy when he said this. He was lost in thought for a long time, and then he continued. Later, the world was at peace and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Logically speaking, we should no longer use severe punishments to deter officials and people. The people who were previously listed as untouchables should also

Restoring civilian status is the only way to do it. It's just that Emperor Taizu established the rules, and later emperors did not dare to change them easily, so that the common people passed down the status from generation to generation. Forced by the power of the court, these people did not dare to openly rebel, but the resentment in their hearts became more and more serious.

If more and more come, sooner or later there will be a big disaster."

When Murong Danyan said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "Although my father told me about being a commoner, he didn't say anything about people with nine surnames. Later, when I wandered around Hangzhou, I heard that

Mentioning the past events of the Nine Surnames. It is said that after Chen Youliang's son surrendered, although Emperor Taizu hated the Chen family and his sons and the soldiers loyal to the Chen family, in order to appease the people, he did not immediately kill Chen Youliang's generals. Later.

The Tatars were driven out of the Central Plains, and the general situation of the world was decided. Emperor Taizu freed up his hands and sent people to secretly investigate the words and deeds of the generals under Chen Youliang's account. Among them, nine of Chen Youliang's generals had complaints about the new dynasty, namely Chen Youliang,

There are nine generals named Qian, Lin, Li, Yuan, Sun, Ye, and He. After receiving the secret report, Emperor Taizu ordered the Jin Yiwei to arrest these nine generals into the sky prison, torture them, and force them to confess that they had the intention to rebel against the Ming Dynasty. These nine generals

Although the generals cherished their old master and were dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty, they knew that the general trend of the world had been settled and had no intention of rebellion. Moreover, they knew that Emperor Taizu was ruthless. If they were beaten to death, they would not only be cut into pieces with a thousand knives, but also cut into pieces on five horses.

, the lives of his parents, wife, and children will also be at risk. Although he gritted his teeth and refused to confess, he was afraid that he would die in the end, but without his own confession, the court could not openly massacre his wife and children. Therefore, these nine

Although the general was tortured in the sky prison, he would rather die than confess. In the end, all nine people died in the sky prison, and their bodies were not known where they were dumped.

"Although the nine generals met with misfortune and died in the heavenly prison, the Jinyiwei did not obtain their confessions and confessions. If they were blatantly false, they would not be able to convince the public, so they had to report the matter to Emperor Taizu. Emperor Taizu

Although he was cruel and ruthless, as an emperor, he had to behave like an emperor, and he could not accuse someone without a confession. However, this anger did not come out, and he was unhappy. He became furious in the palace and became restless. Later, a treacherous villain found out about this.

, he gave him an idea to classify the parents, wives and clan members of the nine generals into humble status. From then on, they could only live in humble jobs and could not farm, do business or serve as officials, so that their children and grandchildren would be

Swearing at them and being tortured can exhale more evil than killing them with a knife.

"Emperor Taizu was overjoyed when he heard this and rewarded the traitor who gave him this bad idea. Then he called officials from the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Rites and told everyone that the traitor Chen Youliang was originally a water bandit, and most of his soldiers were also water bandits.

Origin. Although this group of traitors was defeated, their wives and children are still in the world. As the saying goes, death penalty can be spared, but living crime is unavoidable. Thieves named Chen, Qian, Lin, Li, Yuan, Sun, Ye, and He will conspire to rebel, and the crime will not be avoided.

Forgiveness. It’s just that God has the virtue of good life. I uphold the will of the Emperor of Heaven to govern all directions and cannot kill people arbitrarily. Therefore, I want to put these people of the Nine Surnames into a lowly status as a punishment. Since the Thief of the Nine Surnames will follow Chen Youliang

They are bringing trouble to the world and are water bandits. After their descendants are classified as lowly, they can only make a living as fish households. After the people of the Nine Surnames become fish households, they can only eat and live on the boat. They are not allowed to settle ashore or interact with the people on the shore.

In intermarriage, long robes and shoes are not allowed. If there is any violation, it will be a serious crime of treason and the nine clans will be punished.

"Officials from the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Rites, on the orders of Emperor Taizu, sent people to arrest all the parents, wives, children, and clan members of the nine generals, and escorted them to Fuchun River in eastern Zhejiang and other places, asking them to hand over their belongings, and then put them on wooden boats.

From then on, I made a living by fishing.”

When Murong Danyan said this, his expression was quite sad. He paused for a moment and then continued: "It is said that Emperor Taizu also wrote twenty-four words in his hand, which is called 'There is no land on the shore, but the home is on the boat. The man

As a boat owner, a woman as a prostitute, if there is any offense, the nine tribes will be punished." These twenty-four characters were engraved on the iron plate and erected on the Diaoyutai of Fuchun River as a warning. Logically speaking, the families of the nine generals suffered

Emperor Taizu should be happy with such abuse. It's just that he hated Chen Youliang so much that even though he forced the families of his generals into such an embarrassing situation, he refused to give up. The treacherous ministers in the court were the best at figuring out the intentions of their superiors.

Knowing the intentions of Emperor Taizu, they gave Emperor Taizu a bad idea. It is said that these treacherous ministers said to Emperor Taizu that although the people of the nine thieves generals had been classified as lowly, they could only make a living as fish households.

The daughters-in-law of men with the same surname also married chickens and followed the chickens, and married dogs and followed the dogs, and they were all included in the lowly status. However, the daughters of the ninth surname married other people and were counted as the daughters-in-law of other families, but they were not included in the lowly status.

These women must be dissatisfied with their natal families being classified as untouchables. They are prone to trouble and have many hidden dangers. In order to avoid future troubles, the women who married into the ninth surname family must be classified into the ninth surname family together with their husbands, and they are all included in the list.

Only by having low status can we eliminate the roots and avoid future troubles.

"After Emperor Taizu heard the slanders of several treacherous officials, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered to act according to the ideas of several treacherous officials. Poor married women from the nine surnames, who originally thought that they were not implicated and could be under the protection of their husbands' families.

They were lucky enough to survive, but unexpectedly a disaster struck, and they were caught and worked as fish farmers in eastern Zhejiang. The most unlucky thing was that the husbands of these women, who had not done anything bad, were implicated in this major case, even though they were innocent.

The children of the aristocratic family were also taken away indiscriminately. From then on, they could only live on the boat and were not allowed to set foot on the shore for the rest of their lives. Many people were sad and depressed because of this. Some committed suicide by jumping into the water, and some went crazy and died. Some people did not dare to resist and just wanted to

They managed to survive by swallowing their anger, but living on a ship had many inconveniences, and most of them ended up not having a good ending."
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