So, what is this case that actually shocked the emperor? The thing is this: In Deqing County, Jiangxi Province, overnight, it was rumored that someone wrote the name of his enemy on paper and then stepped on his shoes. After 998 1 year, he was buried underground and the enemy would die.
What's more, let the hand sew a puppet skillfully, then write the name of the enemy, nail the puppet to the wall and tie it with 64 big steel needles.
Others say that some vagrants secretly cut off other people's hair tips or skirts, and then hide at home, burning incense and worshipping Buddha every day, cursing. These rumors caused panic among the villagers, so people exposed and suspected each other, and the suspects were either handed over to the government or killed.
Soul-stirring panic is like a stone on people's minds, as if you don't know where the enemy is coming from, as if someone pointed a gun at your head and wanted to kill you at any time.
The power of summoning souls stirred Emperor Qianlong like a prairie fire. He insisted that there were political risks behind witchcraft and set off a nationwide exorcism movement from top to bottom.
Qianlong's attention to the case of evocation undoubtedly comes from his suspicion, because the land obtained by the Qing Dynasty was not aboveboard, and foreigners took away the land of the Han people.
The Qing dynasty had a natural vigilance against the Han people, which was always both useful and preventive. Qianlong also knows that the political pressure of shaving and changing clothes is undoubtedly an insult and injury to the Han people. Coupled with the anti-Qing activities, let Qianlong suspect that there must be a black hand behind it.
When the emperor sneezes, the officials below will catch a cold. In the past three months, the county magistrate has moved quickly from military affairs ministers to seven sesame officials. When these officials were exhausted, they caught what they needed and hit what they needed. It can be said that witchcraft has been completely eliminated.
When these people took stock of their achievements, they were dismayed to find that there were only some muddled perjury, trivial details with no clue, and many prisoners who were killed for unknown reasons.
Officials began to doubt the existence of the demon party Finally, the court punishments finally understood that the case of evocation was just a ghost and fear lurking in the hearts of the people. It is an illusion under the long-term political pressure of the imperial court and a concrete manifestation of everyone's fear of themselves.
When the truth of the evocation case that shocked the imperial court came out, Emperor Qianlong breathed a sigh of relief and finally stopped it.