Everyone has seen costume dramas, in ancient times, many people who committed crimes will be arrested, and many people will choose to escape in order to avoid arrest, which is what people often call fugitives. In ancient times, the system of arresting fugitives is actually similar to the present, all of which are to register the appearance characteristics of prisoners, and then write down the address of the prisoners, and then write out where the prisoners may escape, and finally call on everyone to provide clues, there is a difference, the ancient portraits are too abstract, basically can only draw a general appearance characteristics, the average person as long as a little dress up, may escape the arrest.
Ancient Wanted Warrants
We see a lot of costume dramas, fugitives stand in front of the people no one can recognize, is a bit of a deceptive taste of the audience, in fact, strictly speaking, the expression of costume dramas did not restore the ancient things, because in ancient times there is a strange phenomenon, as long as it is posted out of the notice, if not fleeing overseas, basically will be arrested back, just like Wu Zixu in the Warring States period, was made a portrait by the King of Chuping, wanted in the territory of the Chu Kingdom, In the end, Wu Zixu had no choice but to flee to other countries, which shows that we feel that the wanted order is useless at all, and it is not so useless, but it is repeatedly tried and tested.
So why did the ancient wanted list have such a powerful effect? Can painting so abstractly be able to catch people? The biggest reason is that thirteen words are often written on the top of the wanted order, and these thirteen words make it impossible for fugitives to escape from the palm of the hands of those in power.
First of all, we have to understand, but to the extent that the wanted person is arrested, it is enough to show the determination of the official, before the arrest warrant is issued, the ancestors including the prisoners will be found out very clearly, if you say that you run to your relatives, it is simply a self-surrender net, since you can't run to your relatives, you have to have a place to hide, but in ancient times, people entering the city must have an official road guide, this thing can prove the identity of this person, if not, it will be caught on the spot, so as long as the notice is posted, Basically, there is no need to run to the establishment.
In fact, even running into the village, is a very unsafe thing, in ancient times there was a severe punishment for those who did not report it, if someone felt that you could, but did not report it to the government, it is possible that the entire village will be implicated, of course, the thirteen words on the notice can be said to directly cut off your back road, these thirteen words are: there are people in the world who can tell the murderer, the reward is fifty thousand. Even if these fifty thousand yuan are put in today's terms, they are all a year's salary of a working class, and they have to eat or drink, so generally at this time, they are already embattled, and the feeling of being a soldier is really uncomfortable, which is the most important reason why the ancient wanted order can catch people.
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