How cruel was the ancient "human pig"? Who invented this punishment? Interested readers can follow the editor to take a look.
The cruel torture of "man pig" was invented by Empress Lu of of the Western Han Dynasty to deal with the favored Concubine Qi at that time. There are related records in " Records of the Grand Historian Empress Dowager Lu's Chronicle ", "The "human pig" was cut off his eyes, cut his tongue, removes his ears, and limbs. The person who was executed could only be slowly tortured to death, which was extremely cruel, which shows how much Empress Lu hated Concubine Qi at that time.
Historical rumors, Mrs. Qi was deeply loved by Liu Bang, and his biological son, King Zhao Yin, Liu Ruyi, is most similar to Liu Bang , so he is also highly recognized by Liu Bang. Because of her old age, Empress Lu was favored and could still follow Liu Bang to Guandong often, but she could only stay alone in the empty room every night, secretly hurting herself. However, what made her hate her most was not to take away her husband's love, but to Liu Bang feel that the Liu Ying born to Empress Lu was mediocre and was completely different from her own general style. Concubine Qi often asked Liu Bang to replace the prince and make their child Liu Ruyi the crown prince.
Empress Lü was furious when she learned about it, feeling that Concubine Qi not only snatched her husband, but also wanted to snatch her son's throne, so she hated Concubine Qi to the core. In order to stabilize his son's status, Empress Lü used all means, first used the ministers to suppress Liu Bang, pointing out that Liu Bang's behavior was "relief for love", and then asked Shangshan Four Haos to assist the crown prince Liu Ying. The Four Haos of Shangshan were four highly respected doctors who believed in Huang-Lao's studies in the late Qin Dynasty. They were Tang Bing, Tang Bing, Xia Huang Gong Cui Guang, Wu Shi, and Mr. Lu (lù) Li Zhou Shu. When Liu Bang was seriously ill, he still had the idea of deposing the prince, but he was too ill. In addition, the prince was helped by the four elders and was full of wings. He might be difficult for him to carry out the easy-to-can-eat things.
After Liu Bang's death, Empress Lu, who was already the Empress Dowager, immediately attacked Concubine Qi and her son Liu Ruyi. Yongxiang Chongge is written by Concubine Qi, which describes the scene of her being brutally persecuted by Lu Zhi. Empress Lu first imprisoned Concubine Qi in Yongxiang and imprisoned with death row prisoners. She was a slave-like corvee. Concubine Qi's hair was shaved and her feet were covered with heavy anklets. She had to pound rice in a dark and damp cell all day long. If the rice pounded was not enough that day, she would not give her food. "Minding Song": "The son is the king, and the mother is the enemy. He pounds all day long and often joins the death. He is separated by three thousand miles apart. Who should I tell you?" Yongxiang Minding Song is obviously just a prelude to Empress Lu's warm-up to deal with Concubine Qi. Soon Empress Lu recalled Concubine Qi's son King Zhao Liu Ruyi in the name of feudalism. At that time, the person who assisted Liu Ruyi around Liu Ruyi was actually wanted to recall King Zhao Liu Ruyi many times, but was blocked by this person. Therefore, she used a trick to transfer Zhou Chang away first and then recall King Zhao. The King of Zhao, who was only twelve or thirteen years old, had to obey the order. After being recalled, Empress Lu quickly poisoned the young King Zhao.
With the tragic death of King Zhao, Concubine Qi was completely helpless, and Empress Lü even more unscrupulously opened the prelude to the most inhumane "human" torture in history. Lu Zhi first ordered people to cut off all the hands and feet of Concubine Qi, pierced his eardrum, then dig off his eyes, locking his poison in the pigpen, and even the wailing sound could not be made. The two big holes with shaved hair, no limbs, and bloody face are quite terrifying, so "human pig" is also called pigs. But the real situation is really terrible, even the pig is worse than the pig. What is even more outrageous is that Empress Lu even asked Liu Ying to watch with pride. Empress Lu's behavior of killing her brother and damaging Mrs. Qi greatly aroused Liu Ying's disgust. She disagreed with her mother's cruelty, but she could not escape. Therefore, she was depressed and drank alcohol and enjoyed all day long to abandon the government. According to historical records, in August 188 BC (the seventh year of Xiaohui), Liu Ying died of depression. During the mourning period, Lu Zhi cried dryly, but she could not shed tears.