They do the following kinds of work:
1, subject to military service. To put it bluntly, be a soldier to defend Xinjiang. This is mainly in the Great Wall area. Because it is at the junction of nomadic people and farming people, wars are frequent and more people are needed to be stationed. Then some criminals in China just become the source of these soldiers. However, this is extremely dangerous, and of course it has great benefits. Maybe you can get rid of the charges and be lucky to become an officer. But most of them left and never came back.
2. Some officials were demoted. Some talented people can sometimes be small officials, such as Yao Qisheng and Yu Chenglong. After a few years, it is possible that the emperor will think of you and decide to use you. It is also possible, but the most important thing is that you have a backer in North Korea to speak for you.
3, staying in a prison in the frontier, no strength and no potential will be like this. Of course, if there is a happy event in the royal family, a prince is born, or an emperor is changed, and the world is forgiven, you can go home.
6. Reclamation. Most of the time in the Qing dynasty, it was sent to the birthplace of the Qing dynasty, the northeast region, which was the hometown of the Qing royal family. Criminals came here not only to reclaim land, build bridges and roads, and change the face of the hometown of the Qing royal family, but also to starve and become slaves of local officials and Manchu to show the glory of their ancestors.
Usually, some people can't get to the exile, and many exiles die before they get to the exile, because of the long journey and psychological anxiety. Even at the destination, it was a narrow escape, and it was difficult to adapt to the local climate, diet and so on.
Extended data
Exile is a punishment of banishing criminals to remote areas for punishment. Its main function is to punish criminals by escorting sentenced people to remote or remote places, so as to maintain social and ruling order. Exile, as a punishment, is an important part of ancient Chinese legal system. Exile punishment has a long history in China. It took thousands of years from the appearance of ancient exile punishment to its abolition in the late Qing Dynasty.
Although the origin of exile punishment is very early, it has mostly appeared sporadically since ancient times, and it was not until the Qin and Han Dynasties that it gradually formed a system. It was not until the late Northern and Southern Dynasties that the punishment of exile began to enter the five-punishment system and occupied the position of the first-class heavy punishment of death penalty. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the system of five punishments centered on imprisonment and exile was formally established. Since then, exile has appeared in the history of punishment in China with a brand-new attitude, and has been affecting the late Qing Dynasty.
China in ancient times was a prosperous agricultural civilization country, and most people were bound to the land and moved. People generally emphasize familism, and many children are blessed. Four generations of children and grandchildren living under one roof has become the dream of most people in China. Under such circumstances, no matter who is punished by exile, it must be considered a very unfortunate thing.
In the traditional society of China, exile is a very unique political phenomenon, which is regarded by the rulers as a kind of punishment. The so-called "I can't bear to be killed, but I am far away" (the law of the Qing Dynasty and the law of famous cases) embodies the benevolent politics and cautious punishment advocated by Confucianism. However, in order to reduce the death penalty, the rulers of past dynasties have painstakingly changed the way of exile and created new forms of exile. and
At the same time, the rulers of past dynasties also made great efforts to choose exile places in the vast territory of China. The secluded areas in the northwest, the smoke-growing areas in the southwest, the bitter cold areas in the northeast and some islands have all become exile places, forming different exile standards in the past dynasties and creating many famous exile places.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia: exile