Is “The disturbance of the Flower and Stone Tribute aroused popular resentment, and later he clashed with Wang Fu. | Throughout the ages, treacherous ministers have been punished in hell.” true?

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Historically, Zhu Mian indeed existed. His deeds are recorded in sources such as the History of Song. For instance, the Biography of Eunuchs records: 'At that time, Wu was troubled by Zhu Mian's Flower and Stone Tribute, causing resentment in every household. Fang La, unable to bear the people's suffering, secretly gathered the poor and idle. In the tenth month of the second year of Xuanhe, he rose in rebellion, calling himself Sheng Gong, establishing the reign name Yongle, setting up officials and generals, distinguishing by headdress, from red headdress upward in six grades. They had no bows, arrows, or armor, only used ghostly and mysterious affairs to incite and deceive, burning houses, looting gold, silk, and women, and enticing and coercing good people to become soldiers. The people were accustomed to peace and knew nothing of war; hearing the sound of drums and gongs, they immediately surrendered and obeyed. In less than ten days, they gathered tens of thousands, killed the general Cai Zun at Xikeng. In the eleventh month, they captured Qingxi; in the twelfth month, they captured Mu and She prefectures. To the south, they took Qu, killing the prefect Peng Ruzhi; to the north, they plundered Xincheng, Tonglu, Fuyang and other counties, advancing on Hangzhou. The prefect abandoned the city and fled, and the prefecture fell, killing the military commissioner Chen Jian and the surveillance commissioner Zhao Yue, setting fires for six days, with countless dead. Whenever they captured officials, they would cut off their limbs, extract their lungs and intestines, or boil them in oil, shoot them with arrows, inflicting all kinds of torture to vent their resentment.' In the novel The Complete Story of Yue Fei, chapter 73 records: 'They came to a small door and saw more than twenty men, all with disheveled hair and naked, their hands and feet nailed to iron beds with huge nails, wearing iron cangues, their bodies covered with wounds from knives and clubs, the stench of pus and blood unbearable. The green-clothed official pointed to one below and said to Hu Di: "This is Qin Hui, who has already been brought here. These Wan Qi Xie, Zhang Jun, and others, after receiving their retribution in the mortal world, will also come here to suffer this punishment." Then he pointed to several others and said: "These are Zhang Dun, Cai Jing and his son, Wang Fu, Zhu Mian, Geng Nanzhong, Wu Sheng, Mo Chou, Fan Jing and such, all wicked people, suffering here. Just now the King of Hell sent me to administer punishments, and let you observe." Then he called more than thirty ghost soldiers to drive Qin Hui and others to the 'Prison of Wind and Thunder', binding them to bronze pillars. A ghost soldier whipped the rings, and wind blades came in chaos, piercing their bodies, making them like sieves. In a moment, a thunderclap struck, shattering their bodies to powder, blood flowing all over the ground. Shortly after, a foul wind swirled, blowing their bones and flesh back into human form. The green-clothed official said to Hu Di: "This striking is the yin thunder; the blowing is the yin wind." Then he ordered the jailers to drive them to the 'Prison of Vajra', binding them to iron beds. The ox-headed demon whistled, and black wind rolled, flying spears gathered and pierced their bodies, causing extreme pain, blood flowing all over. The ox-headed demon whistled again, and the black wind stopped, and the wind and sand ceased. Then they were driven to the 'Prison of Fire Carts'. The yaksha used iron forks to drive Qin Hui and others onto carts, and with a huge fan, the carts spun like flying, flames blazed, and in an instant they were reduced to ashes. The jail cart sprinkled water on them, and they became human again. Then the jailers drove Qin Hui and others to the 'Prison of Cold Abyss'. They saw yakshas using long spears to pierce Qin Hui and others and sink them in cold water, then raising knives to hack them, their bones and flesh all broken. Shortly after, they were hooked out with iron hooks, and still driven back to the old place, with iron nails nailing their hands and feet to steel pillars, and boiling oil poured over them. When hungry, they were fed iron pills; when thirsty, they were given molten copper.'

Zhu Mian

Zhu Mian. The disturbance of the Flower and Stone Tribute aroused popular resentment, and later he clashed with Wang Fu. Throughout the ages, treacherous ministers have been punished in hell.

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