Nowadays we enjoy high-tech life, sweet and delicious meals and convenient transportation, compared to the ancients thousands of years ago, life is simply not much better, the environment of the ancient people is often not guaranteed, so the life expectancy is lower than modern, people who can live to sixty years old can be regarded as longevity. Liu Bei, the monarch of the Three Kingdoms of Shu, also said: "People are not called dead in fifty, and they are more than sixty years old", and there is a profession in ancient times, which is particularly high-risk, the average age of the practitioners is only 39 years old, less than forty, but many netizens think that even if they do it for a year, they are willing, what profession can have such a seductive force? I guess you can guess it. It is the emperor.
In the history of China's thousands of years of feudal dynasties, from the beginning of Qin Shi Huang in 221 BC to the abdication of the Qingxun Emperor Puyi in 1912, there were a total of 83 dynasties and 422 emperors, and if you add Cheng Sheng Wu Guang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Yuan Shikai, who have not maintained the regime for ten years, as well as people who have been posthumously, then there are a total of 559 emperors.
The number is not much, but they still do not live long, according to the reason, the emperor can often enjoy the best treatment, even in the backward ancient times, they also have sufficient medical protection, then the only thing that can determine their life expectancy is naturally the external force majeure factor.
The imperial power is high, it will definitely be coveted by many people in the shadows, and it is difficult to predict that it will be difficult to do something rebellious at that time. According to statistics, half of the monarchs in Chinese history did not have a good ending, and their methods of death were various, and the emperors who were poisoned alone occupied 20. The most famous of these include Liu Yan, the Hanping Emperor, who was drugged by Wang Mang, Sima Zheng, the Emperor hui of Jin, who once famously wrote "Why don't the people eat meat paste", and Li Xian, emperor Zhongzong of Tang, who ate Empress Wei's poisonous cake, all of whom were victims of poison.
In addition, some monarchs' death methods are also very unusual, during the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, Qin Wu Wang Yingdang (this name is very personal) because of the strength of the warriors, unfortunately smashed the leg and died of exhaustion, in 581 BC, Jin Jinggong on the way to the toilet, unfortunately fell into the dung pit and drowned, is also very unlucky.
Of course, more monarchs died because of dynastic changes, relatives seizing power, etc., some assassinated, some hanged, these emperors although the reign enjoyed a short period of glory and wealth, but fell into the power struggle. As the saying goes, "it is not cold in the high places", kings enjoy the golden clothes and food all day long, but they must always be afraid, worried that there are villains who are plotting against the dark. The food in the mouth is certainly not so tasteful.
Seeing this, will everyone still envy those emperors who are high up? There are only five recorded people over 80 years old in history, the longest-lived Qianlong (86), empress Wu Zetian (81), Emperor Xiaoyan of Liangwu (85), Zhao Zhao of Song Gaozong (80) and Qian Miao (80), the fifth generation of Wuyue king, and only 10 people over seventy years old, plus Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Longji of Tang Xuanzong and Sun Quan of the Three Kingdoms, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and the above people are basically kings who are very deep in the city government and proficient in the art of emperorship, which can stand in the chaotic world and be calm.
I believe that many people envy the emperor, just like their power above the ten thousand people, the current living conditions are still much better than in ancient times, if the ancient emperors knew, they might also envy us!