Zhu Yuanzhang invented an instrument of torture, just an ordinary piece of paper. Why can't anyone resist it for a hundred years?

In order to punish corruption and rectify official management, Zhu Yuanzhang really invested a lot of money and made unremitting efforts. Once all corrupt officials are caught by Zhu, they must be dead, and the way to die is quite cruel. In order to urge officials to abide by the law and deter corrupt elements, Lao Zhu personally designed and invented several kinds of torture: stripping grass, gouging out intestines and gouging out hearts, beating in public, pasting officials and so on. The so-called sticking to the official is to cover the prisoner's face with mulberry paper and then spray a burning knife. Mulberry paper becomes soft when it is wet and immediately sticks to the face; Then cover the second one and do the same thing. Most people suffocate five. Sticking to the official makes it difficult for people to breathe slowly, which is very uncomfortable and scary. You can exhale, but you can't breathe, watching yourself suffocate.

Sticking an official is a cruel means of extorting a confession, but it is also a decent death penalty, because it will leave no trace. As long as you confess, you can get temporary freedom and leave no scars on your body. Sticking officials are generally used on officials or eunuchs, maids-in-waiting, concubines, etc. Extorting confessions from ordinary people by torture means beating boards, tiger benches, pepper water and soldering irons. Zhu Yuanzhang believed that interrogating people around him would harm the dignity of the royal family if it was carried out in a way that hurt the body; On the other hand, if it is an unjust, false and wrong case, there is still room for buffering in the implementation, which can be saved in time. For members of the royal family such as concubines, executing the death penalty in this way can preserve the dignity of the deceased. After all, there is a whole, and the death is not tragic, although the process is very painful.

As mentioned above, the attached official is a slow death sentence, which usually takes half an hour to kill the prisoner. Therefore, if Zhu wants to change his mind, he can save it in time; If beheading or hanging is carried out, the prisoner will die immediately or within a few minutes. If peeling or year-end is carried out, even if it is saved, the prisoner will be physically and mentally disabled, which will damage the wisdom of the emperor. Similarly, if you want prisoners to suffer more before they die, you can add more paper slowly, or add one every hour, so that prisoners can suffer enough before they die and vent their hatred for Lao Zhu. I have to say that the emperor Zhu is an expert in inventing torture. The torture he formulated is a kind of punishment that causes people to die naturally, and it is bound to suffer before death.

Lao Zhu's invention was continued by the Qing Dynasty in later generations, and this method was always used to execute concubines in court martial arts. Concubines will also use this method to execute unfaithful palace hearts or eunuchs. Without leaving a trace after the execution, the person can be declared dead.