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"Come on! Press the criminal Kang Xiaoba !"
The serene Summer Palace , which was unusually lively today. With the shout of the captain of the guard, a torn man was slowly pushed into the garden by the prison car.
Facing the bright sword and spear of the Imperial Guard, the man named Kang Xiaoba was not afraid at all. Instead, he raised his head high, and his two pairs of lustful eyes wandered around the concubines in the harem.
After a moment of looking, Kang Xiaoba became more unscrupulous and even focused his eyes on the empress dowager sitting in the garden. Cixi , and smiled and said:
"This woman's face is too long, not like a human, more like a wolf!"
"Bold thief! Look at me not cutting your tongue!" The Imperial Army Captain scolded and was about to move forward, but Cixi stretched out her hand to stop. She asked:
"Tell the Ai family that if today is peaceful and prosperous, why do you want to do such a robbery? "
Cixi
"Still peaceful and prosperous era? Bah! I not only want to intercept the emperor, but also play with you empresses in the harem!"
After hearing Kang Xiaoba's words, Cixi's face changed drastically, and immediately ordered Kang Xiaoba to be executed with lingchi.
So why did this unrestrained Kang Xiaoba repeatedly anger Cixi? What kind of thing did he stole and was actually pushed to the Summer Palace for trial?
The reckless man robbed the emperor only for thousands of people to admire
In ancient times, "Emperor's sect" generally refers to the rare treasures presented to the emperor by ministers from all over the country, and also represents the financial waste silver paid by various places. Kang Xiaoba was attracted by the financial income of the Qing court, and was drunk in the restaurant and bragging to everyone, saying that he was determined to imitate Cheng Yaojin and You Junda , and to leave Kang Xiaoba's name in history by robbing the emperor.
After asking around, Kang Xiaoba learned that recently there were coupons of the canal silver transported from South to be sent to Forbidden City , called supplementary treasury, but in fact they all entered the bags of the old witch Cixi and her corrupt officials. Seeing the poor people around him, Kang Xiaoba became increasingly dissatisfied. After a brief plan, he took his weapons and prepared to ambush on the way to Beijing.
But on the way, Kang Xiaoba actually met a distant cousin. He ran and sweated heavily and said anxiously, "Brother, I've found you! Auntie, I haven't eaten or drunk these days. Go back and meet me!" Although Kang Xiaoba is usually a good guy, he is very filial to his mother. He has been out for a long time this time, and after hearing the news, he is even more anxious.
Kang Xiaoba asked about his mother's recent situation while following his cousin to return to Donghuangzhuang in a carriage, but his cousin's performance was a bit abnormal, and he couldn't explain his mother's health and why the illness occurred. But Kang Xiaoba didn't think much about it. Maybe his cousin was anxious for a moment. When I returned to my home in Donghuangzhuang, it was getting late and there was only a slight shaking sun in the sky. Kang Xiaoba hurriedly pushed open the door of the house, searching each room once but not finding his mother's whereabouts. At this time, my cousin came from behind and saw Kang Xiaoba anxiously saying: Maybe he was taken to my house to recuperate. Cousin, please rest, I'll come when I go.
Back at home, Kang Xiaoba gradually relaxed his vigilance, went to the bowl of water and sat down to drink, but after calming down, he suddenly felt something was wrong. It was so quiet that not only the neighbors around my home did not hear any sound. 's vague uneasiness made Kang Xiaoba touch his hand to his waist. It was a Japanese-made revolver , which gave him the most security.
But at this time, the outside was already brightly lit, and the dark officers and soldiers held up torches in their hands to surround Kang Xiaoba's family."The sinner Kang Xiaoba tried to rob Caoyin. I am the master of Xingyiquan , Shang Yunxiang . Now I am here to catch you under the order of the court!" Kang Xiaoba was shocked. He must have been targeted by someone while inquiring in the restaurant and the street.
checked the ammunition in the gun. Kang Xiaobayi gritted his teeth and wanted to fight out through the back door, but he didn't want to push the door directly opposite the door of the musket , which scared him into a cold sweat. I have never calculated that my cousin was stingy. Now that the robbery emperor is not able to make a decision, is it necessary to explain it here today?
But surrendering obediently is not Kang Xiaoba's style. He raised his hand and slowly placed the revolver under his feet, and at the same time he was asking for advice to the officers and soldiers. Kang Xiaoba thought to himself: It would be too ugly to be beaten to death, and the reputation of my Grandpa Kang Ba will not be revealed in the future. It would be better to defeat a few lackeys in the Qing Dynasty. Even if you are caught, you can become a hero who cannot stand the reputation of many people.
Kang Xiaoba never expected that the person he was against was Master Shang Yunxiang, the contemporary successor of Xingyiquan. Although he was thin, flexible in his movements, and more familiar with the environment at home, he could avoid damage by moving around, but as his physical energy was consumed, he finally slowed down and was captured by Shang Yunxiang with Xingyiquan.
Everyone thought that after pressing Kang Xiaoba to prison, they would be killed soon by Qiuhou, but they did not expect that the prostitutes from the three great alleys would take the initiative to go to prison to accompany Kang Xiaoba. Every few days, someone would send wine and meat to visit. This news was spread to ten times and hundreds of times, and was finally transmitted to Emperor Guangxu's queen Longyu , and after several times of adding fuel to the fire.
Queen Longyu , who has been in the deep palace for a long time, hasn't heard such a exciting story? Kang Xiaoba's robbery of the rich to help the poor and dared to act and fascinated her. She couldn't help but feel curious: Is this Kang Xiaoba not Cheng Yaojin's rebirth? That's really my Qing 's blessing. Thinking of this, Empress Longyu sent an edict: "A good person entertains Kang Xiaoba, and the Empress Dowager will be judged by the Empress."
After receiving the queen's order, Kang Xiaoba's deeds spread even more and more incest in various teahouses and restaurants. Some storytellers even gave explanations on Kang Xiaoba's topic...
Riddle the wealth and do not help the poor, and become famous for doing evil
Everything has to start with Cixi's dictatorship and the corruption of the Qing court. From the perspective of the feudal ruler class led by Cixi, a rich life should be prosperous and the people should be safe, but for ordinary people, the harsh taxes and the oppression of corrupt officials are all suffocating. At this time, Tianjin Wei released a "heroine", which is said to be a special person who does all kinds of evil.
In fact, this Kang Ba is Kang Xiaoba. His real name is Wu Tuzi. When he was a child, he was adopted by the Kang family in Donghuangzhuang, Beijing because his family was poor, so he changed his surname to Kang. At first, Kang Xiaoba was a farmer and had 3 donkeys at home and could go out to help with workers and earn money. But he has been a person who likes to show off since childhood. He doesn't like studying and doesn't like farming, causing trouble everywhere.
After dating like this for a long time, Kang Xiaoba gained fame by showing off his strength and fighting. At this time, a nearby landlord took a fancy to Kang Xiaoba's ability and thought that he was not only brave but also agile, so he spent real money to take Kang Xiaoba as his personal bodyguard, and he would take him with him every time he went out far.
After a while, Kang Xiaoba fulfilled his wish and no longer had to farm and farm and still get money; secondly, the landlords also saw Kang Xiaoba's ability, and he could solve the problem in time every time he encountered something, and his trust in his heart gradually increased. So he asked someone to buy a revolver from Japan. He was originally for his own safety, but he didn't expect Kang Xiaoba to show off his power with the gun.
At this time, people around you began to remind the landlords: Kang Xiaoba was very brave enough to fight hard and often beat people up to death. If he had a gun, he might do something. When he asked if the gun was the landlord, his conviction would be unrelated to him. Hearing this, the landlord was shocked and quickly found Kang Xiaoba to find a reason to get the gun back.
Such a clumsy excuse was naturally seen through Kang Xiaoba. He sneered at the landlord and said: Don’t worry, old man, I won’t cause trouble for you. As long as someone causes trouble for you, I will use a gun to trouble him!
Hearing such an answer, looking at Kang Xiaoba's expression, the landlord could only leave with a sensible feeling. But he didn't expect that Kang Xiaoba felt distrustful and caused a crisis to the landlord.
Since the last time I asked for a gun, the landlord didn't dare to contact Kang Xiaoba for a while. Until there was a big order from another place that he had to ask Kang Xiaoba out of the mountain.
But the landlord's polite words and smiles all the way did not work. Instead, Kang Xiaoba felt more and more that his fake behavior was full of scheming, and on the way back, he deliberately passed by a large area of one-person-high farmland under his leadership.
Seeing that there was no one around, the landlord and his servants died after a few shots. This time, all the property was also plundered by Kang Xiaoba.
After killing and robbing people, the cautious Kang Xiaoba first lived in the surrounding villages for a while, constantly inquiring about the news in the city. It was not until he learned that no one wanted him that he returned to the capital with a swagger.
After this, Kang Xiaoba's style of conduct became more and more arrogant. With the blessing of imported pistols, no one on the road dared to oppose him. There was even one time when Kang Xiaoba passed by, the gangsters on both sides had to lower their heads and give in respect, and they had to shout in unison, "The Eighth Master is mighty." Such treatment also made Kang Xiaoba gradually float up.
As the reputation rose, Kang Xiaoba also gathered many extramarital madmen, and since then, it has officially made a business of robbing the family. The reason why people say that Kang Xiaoba only robbed the rich is because Kang Xiaoba looked down on the broken iron of the poor family. He was arrogant and wanted to grab the big ones if he wanted to grab it.
But this does not mean that Kang Xiaoba is very tolerant of ordinary people. Once Kang Xiaoba went to a shop in a nearby city to shave his head, but he heard a barber chatting with a customer about himself.
Have you heard of Grandpa Kang Ba? I know, that kid is not a thing. The two of them started discussing it in words and words. After the two of them finished speaking, Kang Xiaoba stood up and asked:
"Do you two know Mr. Kang Ba?" The two shook their heads and said they didn't know each other. Looking at Kang Xiaoba's gloomy expression, the barber suddenly felt bad in their hearts.
"Look clearly, your Grandpa Kang Ba looks like this!" Kang Xiaoba roared and took out his revolver. The barber and the gossiping customer fell to the ground, leaving only another customer on the side trembling with fright. At this time, Kang Xiaoba had already killed someone without blinking. He came to another customer and said: Today, you keep your destiny and I will spare your life. If someone dares to do this after it is reported, this is the end!
From then on, no one in the world dared to criticize Kang Xiaoba, but Kang Xiaoba's sense of distrust was increasing day by day. The brothers under him were originally gangsters and people who committed evil deeds, which made him even less afraid to reuse them. He even shot several younger brothers because of his doubts.
This group of mobs gradually understood Kang Xiaoba’s idea and left quietly one by one. From then on, only Kang Xiaoba and his other people continued to do evil, and their ambitions became greater and greater and even reached the level of robbing the emperor. And this move did bring him more popularity, but it also led to his own destruction.
The thief turned into a black rat. Cixi was sentenced to death with anger.
. In the streets and alleys of Beijing city, Kang Xiaoba was constantly talking about Kang Xiaobashi. On the other side, the empress dowager Cixi in the harem also heard Empress Longyu tell her the story of the "thief". Of course, she also added fuel to the fire. It just so happened that the southern canal silver has arrived at the national treasury recently. She was very happy recently and immediately decided to audit Kang Xiaoba in the Summer Palace.
When the news reached the prison, even the prison guards began to congratulate Kang Xiaoba, which made Kang Xiaoba a little confused. After the prison guards' explanation, he realized: It turns out that although Cixi, the old witch, was absurd, she believed in Buddhism and regarded herself as a saver of suffering Guanyin Bodhisattva . This time, as long as Kang Xiaoba could say something good and follow Cixi's words, she would not only be pardoned, but she might also be rewarded.
Cixi
Seeing Kang Xiaoba doesn't believe it, the prison guard began to give him an example: Look at Yang Naiwu and Xiao Baicai were framed for adultery and murdering their husbands. Such a big case has been in trouble for so many years, and it was a dead end, but it was not released by the Lord Lafayette with a pardon. Think about it, more than 150 sixth-rank officials were dismissed, and the people were grateful and almost offered up the Lafayette.
As long as Kang Xiaoba can follow this path, it will definitely be of great benefit, so the prisoners all curled up in advance. But when Kang Xiaoba heard this news, he seemed depressed. He fought with the master of Xingyiquan and often brought good wine and meat to eat. As long as he was asked to kill him as scheduled, he could successfully leave his reputation.
But I didn't want to suddenly kill the Queen Mother, and I was still the old witch whom Kang Xiaoba hated the most. Thinking of the flattering look the prisoners said, Kang Xiaoba felt disgusted. If he wanted to nod and bow to Cixi against his conscience, it would be better to let him die! Kang Xiaobayi thought of this and started to curse. It was all because of the witch Cixi, the witch, who made her famous.
You should know that Kang Xiaoba likes to show off since he was a child, from fighting with others, to gathering scattered soldiers and robbing, and even threatening to rob the emperor's robbery in the end, all for his famous reputation as "Master Kang Ba".
jailer was very puzzled when he saw this, but he did not dare to let Kang Xiaoba continue to scold him like this. He hurriedly asked the prison chief what to do now. You should know that if Kang Xiaoba was still talking nonsense before the imperial trial, Lao Fu might be too unstoppable to blame him.
But when the prison head was brought over by the jailer, he found that Kang Xiaoba was so quiet at this time, and that scary black face seemed docile. It turned out that Kang Xiaoba, who had scolded for a while, calmed down. He suddenly realized that this was a good opportunity. If he could have fun in person, then he would not have to record his name "Master Kang Ba" in the history of heroes.
So, just as Kang Xiaoba said, "The emperor's grace is vast, the old Buddha is Guanyin Bodhisattva reincarnated, come to the world to save suffering...", the day of imperial trial was settled.
In order to ensure that Kang Xiaoba really regrets and for his black hat , the Ministry of Justice even gave him a palace etiquette class, but was in the prison. He taught Kang Xiaoba where to look at his eyes and how to say honorific words when answering questions, but all of these were treated by Kang Xiaoba as wind in his ears, and his left ear came out as soon as he entered his right ear.
When I arrived at the imperial hearing, I set the location in the Summer Palace. Cixi and the concubines in the harem watched quietly behind the curtain. With the announcement of "Press up the suspect!", Kang Xiaoba was slowly pushed out in the wooden prison car. On the other side of the curtain, Cixi and Empress Longyu were stunned when they saw the real person, with a very ugly face.
The thief in their imagination should not be as heroic as Qin Shubao , at least as brave as Cheng Yaojin. But unexpectedly, Kang Xiaoba, who was already black and thin, looked even more sloppy after these days of prison, and was as vulgar as a black rat.
Moreover, his scathing eyes kept looking behind the curtain, boldly looking at the figures of the concubines in the harem, accompanied by a vulgar smile from time to time, which made Cixi even more disappointed. She suppressed her anger and looked at Queen Longyu coldly. At this time, Longyu knew that she had made a mistake, so he lowered his head and did not dare to look at Cixi.
Kang Xiaoba on the other side could not help but look down and looked down in prison. He laughed arrogantly and said, "Don't the queen mother come to the imperial examination? Why did I come here and I dare not interrogate? I turned my head over because I was afraid that your grandfather would become a ghost and recognize you?!"
heard this, and Cixi could no longer suppress the anger in her heart. The eunuch , who had the eyes, quickly pulled the curtain open. Cixi cursed angrily, "You unlucky person are not grateful for the emperor's grace and let the emperor say this. She dares to learn from Cheng Yaojin and rob the emperor?!"
At this time, Cixi, who was angry, didn't care about her image. She just wanted to scold the black rat in front of her, but she didn't expect to hit Kang Xiaoba's thoughts.
"I see, your witch looks like a wolf. Grandpa, I not only want to rob the emperor, but also sleep with the empress in your harem!" As soon as he finished speaking, the imperial guard's gun tail hit Kang Xiaoba hard in the face. Although his nose was bleeding, Kang Xiaoba still laughed arrogantly.
"Put down and execute Lingchi!" Cixi's voice was as cold as ice, proclaiming Kang Xiaoba's death sentence.
A few days later, when Kang Xiaoba was Lingchi, nearly 10,000 people were crowded on the streets. Everyone wanted to see what this man who dared to challenge Cixi in the rumor looked like. Kang Xiaoba, who was soon taken off his clothes, was pressed in front of the stage, and was cut off with one knife after another. He always gritted his teeth and said nothing, and just pushed for more than 3,700 yuan.
After Kang Xiaoba died of his anger, it rained heavily in the capital, which had been drought for many days. The people were talking about it: Some said that Kang Xiaoba’s death was a grievance, and some said that it was God’s tears when God did a good deed. All of this was recorded by foreign journalists, and in the end, under pressure, the Qing government abolished the execution of Lingchi.
Although Kang Xiaoba has long been hidden in the dust of history, the story about him has never stopped. Not only has the story become more and more amazing, but it is reported that he once went to the palace to pick flowers at night with his light skills, and was adapted into the Henan Opera track "Donghuangzhuang"; also asked the famous writer Lao She to write a book "The Eighth Master" specifically for him.
What exactly is Kang Xiaoba? We are not very good at judging in such a dark era. However, the courage to oppose the feudal dictatorship led by Cixi, refuse to bow his head in the face of pardon, and bear more than 3,700 knife cuts, is enough to let the world see his arrogance and arrogance.
What do you think of this bandit in the late Qing Dynasty? Welcome to leave your thoughts in the comment section.
