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Chapter 95 Cruel Punishment 6
The appalling "C-section"

Caesarean section is an ancient form of torture, which refers to the act of cutting open the belly of a pregnant woman to check whether the fetus is male or female. This is a cruel and inhuman punishment.The first record of this punishment was in the period of King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty.

Prince Zhou's surname is Emperor Yi's youngest son, also known as Emperor Zhou. Since he was a child, he has been extremely intelligent and powerful, and he is deeply loved by Emperor Yi.But after King Zhou succeeded to the throne, he began to be extravagant and lustful, especially doting on the beautiful woman Daji.He even listened to his slander, used treacherous officials, and tortured innocent admonishers, causing the people to renounce, and finally lost to King Wu of Zhou in Muye, and died by self-immolation in the palace.

King Zhou of Shang loves beauty, loves wine and sex, and hangs out with his beloved concubine Daji.In order to be able to have fun with Daji, King Zhou of the Shang started construction and built countless luxurious palaces and guesthouses. During the day he and Daji had fun in the car, and at night they were drunk in the palace.

One day, it was winter and it was very cold. In the car, King Zhou saw several people who were going to cross the river. Among them, some old people were walking in the icy river with their trousers on their legs, and walked to the opposite bank. On the contrary, he was timid and afraid to go into the water.King Zhou asked Daji very strangely: "Why are the old people not afraid of the cold, but those young people who dare not go into the water? What's the matter?"

Daji replied: "When people are born, they get the blood essence of their parents. This is the key to conceiving them as adults. Some parents give birth to their children when they are strong. The marrow is full of the shin, so even in their old age, they are still very healthy. But some parents only have children after they are old and weak, and the child’s energy channels are weakened, the marrow is not full of the shin, and they cannot bear the cold.”

King Zhou didn't believe it, so Daji offered to have those people who crossed the river captured, cut off their legs, and look at the shin bones to find out. King Zhou ordered his men to capture those people who crossed the river. , Cut off both legs, it turns out that the old man's leg bones are full of marrow, while those of the young people's leg bones are empty.

King Zhou dotes on Daji even more, thinking that Daji predicts things like a god. Daji, who is proud of his favor, goes on to say that he can not only distinguish the strength of the old and the young, but also know whether the fetus in the pregnant woman's belly is male or female.King Zhou immediately became interested. He called several pregnant women and asked Daji to identify them one by one. After Daji told the sex of the fetuses in the pregnant women's womb, King Zhou ordered them to cut open the stomachs of these pregnant women to observe what Daji said. Whether it is correct or not, the result is all correct at first glance.

King Zhou hurriedly asked Daji the way to do this, and Daji told him that it was actually related to the blood essence of the parents. The female blood comes first to the male sperm, which belongs to the yang and yin, and the child born must be a female.

It was just to judge the sex of the fetus in the pregnant woman's womb, so he cut open the pregnant woman's belly cruelly to verify, resulting in one dead body and two lives. King Zhou didn't value human life so much, which was also an important reason why he was finally destroyed by Zhou Dynasty. reason.In the development of subsequent dynasties, there were also tyrants similar to Shang Zhou.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was an emperor named Liu Yu, who was comparable to King Zhou. He was violent and murderous. His greatest pleasure was to develop various tortures and kill people for fun. If he didn’t kill people one day, he would feel hard to fall asleep.It is said that every time he goes out, his entourage must carry the necessary killing tools, such as knives, guns, pliers, chisels, saws, etc.Always ready to wait for Liu Yu's order.

One day, when Liu Yu went out to play, his chariot drove across the street, and people ran away one after another. A pregnant woman was a little slow to dodge because of physical inconvenience. When Liu Yu saw it, he ordered his men to bring the pregnant woman to him. .

"Seeing that the emperor doesn't dodge, I want to see what kind of evildoer you are pregnant with." Liu Yu tied up the frightened pregnant woman, and then ordered someone to cut open the pregnant woman's stomach. He took out a bloody fetus, looked at it for a while, and said, "It really is an evildoer." The pregnant woman died of gas, and the baby couldn't breathe. Only then did he drive the convoy away satisfied.

The barbaric and inhumane act of caesarean section made Liu Yu and King Zhou forever nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

(End of this chapter)