Why did the executioner stop as soon as he heard "leaving people by the sword"?

In the court, the executioner executed the execution and started work at 3 noon, according to the supervisor's order. The official in charge of beheading is the biggest official in the court. Although the officials in charge of beheading are not small, there are many officials who are bigger than those in charge of beheading. The official rank is one level higher than that of the emperor, and the official position is ten levels worse than dozens. In the giving ceremony, people who can shout out the words "supporting people with swords" are famous, and famous people are worse than prison officials. The most powerful is the emperor. According to the imperial edict, the emperor came in person, unless he was asked to kill him, he could not kill him. Otherwise, the offender would kill the nine clans for deceiving the monarch. It is not easy for the supervisor to achieve this position, and the hat is not easy to fall off. He is guilty of handing in grain books, being an executioner, studying hard and chopping gourd, and having no other skills to support his family. He is afraid of death if he kills others. Not often, the executioner will be told by the beheading officer. When the executioner executes, there must be a great reason for hearing the cry "Hold the knife", so he must stop. Even though he had raised his knife and said stop, he was afraid of flashing his arms and waist. Even if he is afraid of changing the path of the knife and gets a knife on his foot, he should control it and not kill people with a knife. Otherwise, he will bring trouble to the officer, and you will have to reimburse yourself. When the executioner comes out, whether he kills or not, he will get a silver ocean. If one person is killed less, one karma will be remembered less in the underworld. People are not stupid, they are all wise men. If the law teaches us, we will do it and not discuss it. Why did the executioner stop as soon as he heard that "people are staying by the sword"? I can't stop. If I kill the wrong person, it won't be fun. I often kill people, maybe I don't do it right, and my head will fall to the ground in the end!

It's simple.

Don't say that. This is not right. You can continue to cut later.

If you let "people stay under the sword" go on, can he take it again after cutting it off?

First, the true story

The executioner's taboo:

The executioner can only behead 99 at most! The executioner can only cut off the prisoner's head with 99 knives!

That is to say, killing and beheading is not a hundred!

There is only one recorded executioner in China, and that is Deng Haishan who died in 1925.

Deng Haishan, the last executioner of the Qing Dynasty in China

Deng Haishan was born in a certain month of the Qing Dynasty, which is not recorded in detail. After all, as a profession, the executioner used to be a serious "dirty" profession.

Deng Haishan's parents died when he was a child, and he lived alone. He studied swordsmanship hard to get a job as an executioner to execute prisoners. Because the reputation of the "executioner" is not good after all, the executioner can't marry, never get married, and has no children.

Deng Haishan beheaded at least 200 or 300 prisoners in the late Qing Dynasty. Every time Deng Haishan beheaded a head, the county government sent 5 yuan silver dollars to Deng Haishan for beheading. At that time, an ordinary rural family could not earn 2 yuan silver dollars a year.

In this case, Deng Haishan made a lot of money by being an executioner! However, Deng Haishan was desolate at night. Because Deng Haishan ate, drank, gambled and gambled, all his money was spent. In addition, after the Qing government was overthrown, the career of executioner was cancelled, and Deng Haishan was completely unemployed.

When desperate, Deng Haishan wanted to go up the mountain and become a monk to survive, but the abbot saw that Deng Haishan had killed too many people and beheaded him, thinking that Deng Haishan was guilty and disobedient. Finally, the last executioner of the Qing Dynasty starved to death on a desolate mountain road. ...

Some people say that the executioner violated the taboo of killing hundreds of people, so Deng Haishan dumped the body in the wilderness.

Second, what is the inevitable connection between Deng Haishan's taboo of beheading prisoners and "the executioner hears the sword and keeps people"?

How apt!

In ancient times, there were few occupations that could make a living. Take the Song Dynasty for example. At that time, there were many royal coaches who got the position of martial arts coach through the relationship of civil servants, which was even more difficult for the executioner, a profession with little technical gold content.

Therefore, after taking care of the criminal department of the Song Dynasty, the executioner finally had a career to support his family, that is, to promote some criminal officers from the criminal supervision department.

It is not enough to do it alone. After all, this professional reputation of beheading is not good, so as long as the executioner hears the news that any prisoner does not need to be disposed of, the executioner will definitely obey the instructions of the beheading officer.

As long as the executioner hears the cry of "keeping people under the sword" from the execution ground, he will put down his ghost knife and stop pointing it at the prisoner.

The ancient executioner had a fixed salary every month whether he killed or not. Of course, didn't the executioner do better?

Siam (Thailand) Executor

In addition, this is the most important thing: the less prisoners the executioner kills, the farther away from the number of taboos. Therefore, the less criminals kill, the more money the executioner can get.

So every time the executioner cuts the brains of prisoners, the executioner always pricks up his ears, just waiting for the sound of "leaving people under the sword"!

Third, the executioner in ancient times had to put down the ghost knife when he heard that "people were left behind by knives", which is a legal requirement.

Song Ci, the procurator of the Song Dynasty, was the head of the judicial department. Under the auspices of Song Ci, a legal provision with only 13 words was specially added to the system of investigating the unjust, false and misjudged cases of death penalty prisoners in Song Dynasty: "Anyone who is on death penalty, please ask Chen Zou again"! ! !

What do you mean? That is to say, when the condemned man is taken to the execution ground and beheaded, the executioner must stop moving the knife when the condemned man suddenly shouts "Keep the knife"! !

This is because the condemned prisoners are crying their grievances in prison, and no one can hear them. At this time, he went to the execution ground to cry grievances, and there must be grievances. Of course the executioner can't do it!

Fourth, the emperor's second son and dignitaries rushed to the execution ground three quarters before noon, shouting "Keep people with swords". This executioner can't even do it!

In ancient times, prisoners were executed at noon 12 15, that is, before noon 12.

The guillotine invented by Louis XVI of France

According to the ancient calendar geomantic omen, it is impossible to kill prisoners at noon in the morning, that is, 12:00. Because at this time, people's shadows have merged into one on the ground, that is to say, people have been haunted, which is the unity of heaven and man. If you kill again at this time, you may be furious.

So, before 3: 30 noon, if the prisoner has not shouted "stay under the sword" for him, then the supervisor will throw the signature card signed by the prisoner underground. At this time, the condemned man is completely dead!

In ancient times, it was asked after autumn, and the time was chosen at three noon. It can be seen that astronomical calendars are highly valued.

In fact, it is impossible for a screenwriter to save a person who was sentenced by the emperor in a TV series in real history.

Of course, there is really a voice of "leaving people by the sword", and the executioner must stop the execution! This is a tradition and must not be destroyed!

Ancient Japanese executioner

Even if there is a robbery, the executioner will still follow this tradition! Otherwise, the executioner's life will be gone.

In fact, the ancient "keeping people under the sword" is synonymous with "major cases".

The executioner in ancient times hoped that someone would call someone to stay by the sword. Decapitation is a typical ultra-low frequency service. There are several businesses in a year, so executioners cherish business opportunities and establish corresponding rules of the game.

As long as you fight today, you have to pay all kinds of fighting fees, whether you cut your head or not.

So, if it's your turn, someone is calling for someone to stay under the sword. Sending money is very cost-effective. It used to be one enterprise, but now it has become two enterprises. Who will have a hard time with their own money?

In ancient times, executioners would cut off the heads of prisoners. As soon as they heard that someone was left behind by the sword, they would immediately stop the execution, because the executioner also knew that those who dared to shout that someone was left behind by the sword to stop the execution must not be ordinary people.

Therefore, those who dare to shout to kill people with knives and live, even the officers in charge of the ancient execution ground, dare not offend those who shout to kill people with knives and live, because the ancient yamen is hierarchical, and those who dare to shout to kill people with knives must be the poor people in the mouth of the big yamen.

If you dare to disobey the orders on duty, you will offend the big government. After that, there is basically no way out, and the official level is overwhelming.

If the executioner hears the cry of retaining people by the sword and dares to disobey the order and execute it rashly, then the executioner will fall to the ground.

Personally, the executioner also needs to adjust his mentality before execution. If I were the executioner, I think this wicked man deserved to die, and I won't have any worries in my heart. ) After you have adjusted your mentality, you will start working. Suddenly someone called someone to stay under the sword, and the executioner had to stop his action and wonder if this person would die. Did you cut the wrong person?

0 1 Of course, what we see on TV is not deliberately depicted, but about the history of our country. That's true. Although in feudal society. The legal system is not perfect. Therefore, at that time, few people shouted for someone to stay under the sword. Until the Song Dynasty. After the law is gradually improved, the government seems to have the ability to reverse this situation. Therefore, when the executioner is ready to swing a knife and behead, as long as he hears someone shouting loudly to leave people under the knife. Don't flick the knife at ordinary times. At this time, as long as you can prove your innocence. They will re-examine the prisoners. This is relatively more humane.

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The practice of keeping people with swords first began in the Song Dynasty, because ancient science and technology were not as developed as they are now. However, in order to avoid unjust cases, the court issued such a law that all prisoners on death row are called complainers and can ask Chen to fight again. In other words, if the condemned man complains before the executioner starts, he must hold another trial and wait until the truth comes out before continuing the execution. It is precisely because of these dozens of words that Song officials will seriously investigate and deal with every case. After all, as long as a prisoner complains, it has nothing to do with the person who pronounced the sentence. As an executioner, I don't want to kill anyone. After all, prisoners can be reborn, so why bother?

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During the period of Emperor Taizong, there was a famous event in which a widow went to play drums to express her grievances. Said his stepson wanted to hurt himself. At this time, the people in the court listened to the widow's words and arrested her stepson for torture. Under torture, the stepson can only be beaten to confess. Finally, when he was ready to be sent to the execution ground, he was discovered by others that his stepson had been wronged. After retrial, the stepson was acquitted. This would have been wrong in other dynasties.

We often have such scenes in TV dramas. A condemned man knelt on the execution ground, and the supervisor took out the detention permit and shouted, "noon, execute." With the order, the executioner standing behind the condemned man will raise his hand before the knife falls. At this time, people usually rush to the execution ground and shout "Leave people under the sword". With this cry, the executioner's hand was really blocked by the sword.

Have you ever thought it's time to behead? Do you really listen to you when you shout to stay under the sword?

In fact, this kind of situation will happen in history, as early as the Song Dynasty. Song Taizu promulgated the first code of the Song Dynasty-Song Criminal Code. Among them, there is such a provision: "Anyone who is on death row, who has grievances, will ask Chen Zou."

That is to say, before beheading, as long as someone thinks that the case is slightly vague and wronged, they can't behead, and the county government must review the case.

Therefore, the executioner must stop when he hears "keep people with swords". Because that clause in the law is legally binding, how dare they abide by it? If they don't stop in time, then they may be beheaded next.

Of course, if you shout "Keep people with swords" and can't say one, two or three, you will be recognized as an accomplice to death row, disrupting the ceremony of awarding medals, and then your head will be cut off together.

In film and television works, especially in ancient court dramas, there is often such a scene: on the execution ground, prisoners wear prison clothes and wait for the arrival of three o'clock at noon. When the executioner announces the execution and the executioner holds the knife high, someone will come riding a fast horse, holding the imperial edict in his hand and shouting, "Put people under the knife!" "

Then the prisoner was saved. So will this really happen in history? Why did you suddenly stop? Did you do it without following orders?

After all, film and television dramas are just entertainment. In order to create an image, this exaggerated form is usually adopted. However, in real history, there are also cases of sudden pardon before execution, but it was rare before the Qing Dynasty.

Until the Qing dynasty, this situation became much more. Probably absorbed the experience and lessons of the previous dynasties, the emperors began to pardon the condemned prisoners repeatedly.

According to the Biography of Dourgen, in the 12th year of Shunzhi, when the emperor asked officials at home and abroad to tell the truth, Peng Changgeng, deputy director of the official department, and Xu Er 'an, a first-class elite rider, wrote a letter praising Dourgen's achievements, requesting to restore his title and repair the tomb. This is a big taboo. Emperor Shunzhi was furious and sentenced them to make a decision.

But soon the emperor regretted it. At the last minute of the execution, he spared the lives of the two men and went into exile. This often happened in the Qing dynasty, and some people said it was a means to win people's hearts.

On the other hand, it is also a deterrent to the emperor. According to the regulations of the Qing dynasty, anyone sentenced to death must be personally inspected by the emperor before execution. It can be seen that not many people were sentenced to death at that time, not as exaggerated as in film and television works, and it is even more impossible for any official to execute the death penalty at will as in some works. Moreover, every dynasty is very cautious about the death penalty, and there is no need to sentence a person to death easily.

For every condemned man, the emperor knows who he is and what crime he has committed. Some of these death row inmates made big mistakes and were sentenced to death, while others were executed unnecessarily or even wronged. For the latter, the emperor often asked ministers if it was possible to be lenient when re-approving. Of course, the ministers knew what was going on and said that they could be exempted from the death penalty, so the condemned man was pardoned.

For the emperor, those prisoners who have no great evil and pose little threat have achieved the purpose of deterrence after being sentenced to death, and it is not important whether they are executed or not. Therefore, temporary driving stickers issued by the emperor often appeared on the execution ground in the Qing Dynasty. As long as the car is stuck, the death penalty often becomes exile.

In this way, the prisoner will be grateful to the emperor for not killing and being loyal to him. On the other hand, it can also play a deterrent role, and others dare not make mistakes easily.

Of course, the emperor's driving sticker is still very useful, holding the imperial edict to ask the people to stay under the sword, and no executioner dares to disobey and execute it without authorization. Dare to disobey, is openly against the sacred will, commit the crime of beheading. So, no one dared to stop, not even Bao Zheng. In Bao Qingtian, Bao Zheng disobeyed the imperial edict and executed various dignitaries without permission, which was also a plot deliberately designed according to the needs of the characters, and did not exist in reality.

Because you can collect money, but you don't have to work.