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(Actually, after we finished uploading, I forgot to send it on a regular basis...... Shhhh ）

This side is actually more like answering readers' questions, because many people have sent me private messages asking me questions about this before.

It's a bit of a lot of work to reply one by one, so it's better to open a single chapter to explain it in a concentrated way.

Let's talk about the pressure money that Zhong Yang got from the dead man.

The custom of pressing the mouth originated from the ancient funeral ceremony 'rice Han', which is contained in "Zhou Li, Diguan, Sheren": the Son of Heaven contains real pearls, the princes use jade, the doctor uses Ji (poor quality jade), the scholar takes the shell, and the Shuren takes the grain.

As the times have changed, so have the ingredients used in the rice.

As Sima Guang said in "Shuyi": "More money is not expensive enough, and it is not tolerated, and Zhuyu is more of a thief's trick, so it is only three coins."

Now the question is, whether it is a jewel or a grain and a mussel, why were the ancients so keen to stuff things into the mouths of the deceased?

This is mainly due to the ancient custom of stopping the spirit after death, that is, people are generally not buried immediately after death (except for infectious patients), but must be left in the coffin for a period of time before being buried in the ground.

Friends who have some knowledge of anatomy or physiology should know that after death, the muscles lose the restraint control of the nervous system and will gradually relax.

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At this time, the deceased's jaw will continue to droop under the action of natural gravity, causing the deceased to open his mouth wide and his eyes to be opened by the pull of his cheeks.

Open your mouth and stick out your tongue, and you don't close your eyes, this is the standard image of a hungry ghost.

Therefore, people should press the hyoid bone by stuffing the deceased's mouth in the form of 'rice shalf' to prevent the deceased from opening his mouth and staring...... This is the real intention of pressing money, and it is not at all related to bribery ghosts.

Another friend asked, since the deceased will open his mouth and stare after death, why not bury him quickly before he appears to open his mouth and stare at him? Why do you have to stop in the coffin?

That's a good question, because the custom of stopping the soul of the deceased is mainly to find out whether the deceased has been assassinated.

The answer to this point has to be found anatomically.

Between 10 minutes and 7 hours after death, the muscles begin to stiffen and stiffen, and the joints are relatively fixed, and this phenomenon is called 'rigidity'.

The deceased who has 'stiffness' cannot open and close his mouth and nose, his head and neck cannot bend, and his limbs cannot be stretched and flexed, and the phenomenon of 'stiffness' will gradually be relieved after 24-48 hours.

The phenomenon of 'mortis' can seriously interfere with the judgment of the cause of death of the deceased: did the person hang himself or was he first strangled from behind with a rope and then disguised as hanged?

It is important to know that the neck joint of the hanged person will be out of place or disconnected from the joint under the pull of the deceased's weight.

The deceased who was strangled to death did not have this characteristic, so this can be used as evidence of suicide or not.

However, after the phenomenon of 'mortis' occurs, the stiff neck muscles will hinder the examination of the deceased's neck joints.

At this time, out of consideration for the deceased's grievances, the Zuo Zuohui took the initiative to request that the deceased be suspended for a few days, and after the phenomenon of 'corpse stiffness' completely disappeared, the coffin would be opened again for autopsy.

At this point, let's take an example from "Water Margin".

It is said that Pan Jinlian and Wang Po, who killed Wu Dalang with arsenic, got up early in the morning, wiped Wu Da's corpse with warm water, and then went out to find He Tuantou, who was in charge of burning the corpse, to collect Wu Dalang's corpse.

Like these two goods, they don't know the knowledge of anatomy at all: at this time, it was only a few hours before Wu Dalang died of poison, and the phenomenon of 'corpse stiffness' did not spread to the whole body at all.

Therefore, the tiny wound under the skin that Wu Dalang broke when he struggled desperately after the poisoning attack was still oozing blood, how could he wipe it clean just by wiping it?

So, when He Tuantou rushed to Wu Dalang's house, what he saw was the tragic scene of the deceased's ears, nose and facial features oozing black blood!

How can a normal person die in such a way? It was clearly killed by the poisonous woman who wiped her tears and pretended to cry!

Therefore, when He Tuantou burned the corpse of Wu Dalang, he secretly hid a few bones as evidence.

I believe everyone knows the story that happened next...... Lack of knowledge kills people.

After talking about the pressure money, let's talk about the spending money that belongs to the same category of private coinage.

After reading it, some readers simply understand spending money as a coupon distributed by merchants when they are engaged in activities.

Anyway, this view is still not comprehensive.

In fact, the emergence of spending money is mainly a tool gradually evolved by the bustard mother in order to strengthen her personal control over the prostitutes under her hands.

'The Wuling boy is entangled in his head, and he doesn't know how to count the red silk'.

At any time, there are not a few rich sons who compete for wind and jealousy in the courtyard, and then spend their money for the sake of morale.

On the one hand, the bustard's mother longs for Kaizi from all over the city to come to her courtyard every day to have fun.

But on the other hand, the bustard's mother has a little resistance to these Kaizi: most of the money squandered by these rich sons goes into the hands of the top Oiran who is smiling and smiling at them.

Once these Oirans find someone who can be entrusted with their lives, they will follow Du Shi Niang's example at any time and redeem their happiness with the money in their hands.

At that time, the white silver in the hands of the girls was just a little white face that took over the plate cheaply.

It's absolutely not okay to stop the rich boy and not allow them to reward his girls again...... How can there be any reason to push guests out?

But if you want to search those girls' embroidery rooms, you can't rob gold and silver.

Then the girl under her hand will roll up her baggage and run away to join the other bustards...... What to do?

It is driven by this special need that spending money comes into being.

In this way, the rich boy who came to the courtyard to seek pleasure no longer had to go upstairs with a heavy amount of gold and silver to drink and have fun with the Oiran, but only exchanged the silver for a few pennies to spend money.

The Oiran who has been rewarded with money can use the money to buy head jewelry, clothes, silk and other items directly with the bustard according to the exchange rate agreed in advance.

In addition to being able to borrow money to come and go, take advantage of other girls' girls twice inside and out, and prevent her subordinates from accumulating their own money to the greatest extent, so that these hard-working people have to continue to rely on the bustard mother to live.

(The son spent five taels of silver to buy one piece, but the bustard's mother was only willing to count three taels and one for her girls, and the price of the silk rouge in the bustard's hand was twice as expensive as in the shop outside)

The advent of spending money minimizes the possibility of accumulating a large amount of cash and property in the hands of the women in the courtyard: all the money rewarded by the rich boy has become a few pieces, except for a little value in the bustard's mother, and it is worthless to spend money without leaving this courtyard.

Once the bustard's mother turns her face and refuses to admit it afterwards, then these hard-working women will be miserable.

I don't know if you have noticed, in "Three Words and Two Beats" and other descriptions of the life of the Ming Dynasty, the Oiran in the book can take out thousands of taels of silver to redeem himself at every turn.

Even among the eight Yans of Qin Huai at the end of the Ming Dynasty (Gu Hengbo, Dong Xiaowan, Bian Yujing, Li Xiangjun, Kou Baimen, Ma Xianglan, Liu Rushi, Chen Yuanyuan), Dong Xiaowan, Li Xiangjun, Ma Xianglan, and Liu Rushi were all self-redeemed.

And Bian Yujing and Kou Baimen have never been able to meet someone worthy of being entrusted for life, so they can only drift around and grow old, in fact, they also have the capital to redeem themselves......

Gu Hengbo and Chen Yuanyuan were ransomed by the dignitaries early, but I believe that they should also have a lot of money.

In the Qing Dynasty, self-redemption became a very rare thing, and the reason for this was that it was a lot of trouble.

Now it's finally time for the Lu family's public case.

In fact, I originally refused to write this paragraph, because this public case is really bad enough, and Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers Film Company alone has filmed two "Lu Siniang" before and after.

However, in view of everyone's strong voice, then I will write a little bit of gossip that no one else cares about too much.

You know what?

At that time, most of the people in the capital, and even among the banner people, had a sympathetic attitude towards the Lu family, and many people felt that Emperor Yongzheng's treatment of the Lu family was unfair.

So where is the Lu family's injustice? This has to start with a scholar named Zeng Jing.

According to folklore, Zeng Jing studied with Mr. Lu Liuliang for several years.

But according to the history books, it is almost impossible for these two men to have anything to do with each other.

(Lü Liuliang 1629~1683, Zeng Jing 1679-1735)

When Zeng Jing was four years old, Lu Liuliang had already passed away......

Therefore, it is usually believed that Zeng Jing felt that Mr. Lu Liuliang was famous, and deliberately pretended to be Mr. Lu's student in front of outsiders.

In today's eyes, Zeng Jing's brain circuit is a little surprising.

Because in order to practice the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, this duke personally lobbied Yue Zhongqi, who was the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi at the time (according to the genealogy, Yue Fei's great-great-grandson) to raise troops against the Qing Dynasty.

What kind of logic is this?

Just because the ancestor of the family is Yue Fei, who resisted Jin, this Yue Zhongqi has to rise up against the Qing Dynasty, otherwise he will rebel against his ancestors?

Besides, since the Qing court dared to put Yue Zhongqi in the position of governor, it naturally knew the loyalty of this person.

After all, the position of governor of the Qing Dynasty was already a very popular minister for Han Chen.

This Yue Zhongqi can be knighted as a descendant of Enyin as a rule, you Zeng Jing just relied on a fluttering mouth, what do you say to move people to rebel?

Sure enough, after listening to Zeng Jing's intentions, Yue Zhongqi immediately clapped his hands and laughed: "Well said, well said...... Come on, grab it and send it to the capital to ask for guilt! ”

As a result, Emperor Yongzheng, who had been struggling to find a reason to make a big move, finally got the coveted excuse, and immediately ordered Yousi to strictly investigate the case of 'Zeng Rebellion', and must wipe out the chaotic party!

However, after a check, I found out that this Zeng Jing did not have a few comrades at all.

But this is also normal, just because this person can do the 'feat' of inciting the current governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi to rebel, everyone knows that this crazy student is bound to be defeated and killed, who dares to associate with him often?

But the problem is, this case of 'Zeng Rebellion' is an important case that Emperor Yongzheng ordered to handle strictly, how can he deal with the emperor if he can't catch the same party?

At this time, there was a little official in the criminal department who had an idea, didn't they all say, 'If the teaching is not strict, the teacher is lazy'?

Zeng Jing can do such a rebellious act, his teacher is absolutely inseparable, why don't we arrest his teacher?

In this way, Lu Liuliang, who had been buried for almost forty years at that time, was finally involved, and finally the entire Lu family was beheaded by the imperial court.

If this is not an unjust case, then there is no unjust case!

There is a saying that 'right and wrong are free in the hearts of the people', so it is not difficult to understand that Ma Laoke, as a banner man from a Manchurian surname, would complain about the innocent Lu family in front of Yang Congxun.

However, the affairs of the Lu family and the legend of the torture knife Qingxuan are not over...... Predicting what will happen later, when you look at the later text to break down.