In ancient times, the environment of "exile" was bad. Why is Fangling (now Fangxian) livable?

Exile? This word has a long history, and there has been exile since the ruling class was divided. Exile is mainly for some? Make a mistake? The way people punish people, but there were so many punishments in ancient times. Why is the punishment of exile always popular? Due to the influence of Confucian benevolent policies, in most cases, rulers will still choose exile as punishment.

Since it's punishment, exile? The environment of this land should be very bad, and it is true. Except Fangling, all the exile places in China have always been barren places with poor environment or poor land and backward production. For example, Danzhou (now Hainan), where Su Shi was exiled, is a barren land; Moreover, Cangzhou, where 800,000 imperial coach Lin Chong was stabbed in Water Margin, is also one of the famous exile places. From the film and television dramas, it can be clearly seen that Cangzhou (now Hebei) has a bad geographical environment and bad weather. In addition, there are people in exile in the northeast. There was no heating and air conditioning in ancient times, and they were exiled to the northeast. It pains me to think of that situation.

Then, since exile is a punishment, why is Fangling (now Fangxian) still so livable? And the local economy is also very good.

This has to start with the local history of Fangling. To say that Fangling is also the birthplace of civilization, it has been recorded since the Yao, Shun and Yu dynasties. The birthplace of Chu in the Warring States period is Fangling, which shows that besides its own good conditions, Fangling is also a civilized place where ancestors live, and the respect and worship for ancestors is ancient. Why did it become a place to punish exiles?

Of course, it is precisely for this reason that the punishment of the ancients was to make the prisoners atone, and the place where the ancestors lived was of great significance to education, so it would be one of the exile places.

Moreover, in the history of Fangling, most of the exiles were nobles, or royalty or dignitaries, and even Prince Xu was exiled here. It can be seen that the people who are eligible to be exiled here are not ordinary people. Due to the complicated family relationship of the feudal dynasty, the ruling class would not kill some dignitaries who made minor mistakes, or let them go to barren and barren places, and the age of the house met the needs of exiles and ensured the most basic living conditions.