A civil tragedy that shocked the Yongzheng court, and a vivid record that opened up the darkness of officialdom in the late Qing Dynasty. This program in-depth dismantles one of the four most mysterious cases of the Qing Dynasty, the "Nine Lives Strange Injustice." It uses real history as the background, and through a massacre caused by feng shui, fully exposes the hidden corruption in the officialdom of the late Qing Dynasty.
During the Yongzheng period, Ling Guixing, a wealthy family in Panyu, Guangdong, was superstitious about Feng Shui and believed that his cousin Liang Tianlai's ancestral home was hindering his family's fortune. After repeatedly forcing the house to be demolished to no avail, he had evil thoughts and deliberately retaliated. He gathered a group of ruffians and set fire to the house, resulting in the tragic death of seven people in the Liang family overnight, resulting in a tragic massacre of seven corpses and eight lives.
After the tragedy, Ling Guixing, who had wealth and connections, spent a lot of money to get through local government offices at all levels, colluded with the top and bottom, bent the law for personal gain, and confounded right and wrong to cover up the crime. The innocent victim Liang Tianlai complained repeatedly but was framed. The witnesses who came forward for justice were also tortured to death. An ordinary murder case finally superimposed into "Nine Lives Strange Injustice", and the people at the bottom had no way to appeal and it was difficult to redress their grievances.
In a desperate situation, Liang Tianlai was not afraid of power and traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to file a petition. After a narrow escape, he finally gained the attention of the court. Under the thorough investigation by the imperial envoy, the corruption and chaos in the officialdom of the late Qing Dynasty was completely exposed: from local petty officials to provincial officials, the chaos of accepting bribes, practicing favoritism, and disregarding human life was shocking. In the end, the main culprit was executed by Ling Chi, and dozens of corrupt officials involved in the case were all held accountable.
The program breaks away from the narrative of a single case, analyzes the official rules of the late Qing Dynasty from a small perspective, and restores the truth of the era when the powerful were rampant and the judiciary collapsed. Using ups and downs of the case and hard-core historical facts, it will help you see through the collapse of officialdom in the late feudal dynasty and the decadent background under the cloak of prosperity.
