The "soul-calling case" in the Qing Dynasty affected tens of thousands of people. What caused the "soul-calling case"?

This incident can best be described as "the emperor is angry and lays down millions of corpses". During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, a movement to purge soul-calling people was launched within the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Qianlong ordered officials from all over the country to strictly investigate the matter of soul-calling among the people. However, most ancient people were superstitious. Tens of thousands of employers and civilians who had hired warlocks to call souls were all executed under the pressure of the imperial power. The development of the "soul-calling case" was also caused by a bridge.

According to rumors, a highly skilled stonemason was hired to build a bridge in a town. During the construction process, a local wealthy businessman with a little capital found him and gave him a written letter. He asked the mason to stick it on the newly repaired bridge pier and told the mason that the name written on the talisman was one of his nephews who saw that he was old and frail. , often abused him and tried to steal his family wealth, so the wealthy businessman asked a magician for a talisman. As long as a stonemason affixed it to the bridge pier, and then hit it with a hammer, he could knock out his nephew's soul and throw it away. life. Unexpectedly, after hearing what he said, the carpenter felt that this method was insidious and vicious, so he went to the government to report him. However, such a method of soul separation was leaked and attracted many people to imitate him.

As a result, out of interest, a craze for "soul-calling" has been set off across the country, and even the methods are all kinds of strange. For example, taking other people's personal belongings such as hair and the like to make a villain, secretly summoning the soul, and inserting silver needles into the villain's body to perform witchcraft. Therefore, we often see these in Qing Dynasty court dramas. A trick used by jealous concubines in the harem.

After Qianlong found out, he was frightened by these insidious and vicious methods. I even felt that if my body and skin were affected by my parents, it would be a small matter to disturb my soul, but it would be a big deal to cut my hair. Even remnants of the previous dynasty would cause trouble with slogans of "Anti-Qing and Fu-Ming". In a rage, he ordered that everyone involved in this matter be killed. Naturally, there were too many people involved, and countless people died.