Introduction: Emperor Akihito Zhu Gaozhao ruled for less than a year and died at the age of 47; Emperor Mingxuanzong Zhu Zhanji ruled for ten years and died at the age of 38; Emperor Mingxiaozong Zhu Youfan ruled for eighteen years and died at the age of 36; Emperor Mingwuzong Zhu Houzhao ruled for sixteen years and died at the age of 31; Emperor Mingguangzong Zhu Changluo died at the age of 38 due to the Red Pill Case after less than a year in power. The general life expectancy of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty was relatively short, and if you exclude Zhu Yuanzhang (71 years old) and Zhu Di (65 years old), the other fourteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty were ordered to swing around the age of 40 on average. In the 296 years of the Qing Dynasty, only twelve of the Guozuo Emperors had an average age of more than 50 years old. As for the fact that these emperors cannot live long, there are roughly the following reasons.
In the 276th year of the Sixteenth Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the five emperors in the title were not strictly speaking. Although there are certain flaws, the flaws are not hidden. Zhu Gaozi and Zhu Zhanji's father and son pioneered the rule of Renxuan; Emperor Xiaozong of Ming reigned for eighteen years, known as Hongzhi Zhongxing; Emperor Mingwuzong Zhu Houzhao and Emperor Mingguangzong, although both greedy and lustful, made certain contributions to civil rule and the fight against the Tatars. The probable reasons why these emperors did not live long can be divided into three categories: 1. Busy government affairs, preventing political enemies from spending too much energy on early death, represented by Zhu Gaozi and Zhu Zhanji's father and son; 2. The body was relatively weak innately, coupled with the ambition of becoming a generation of Ming emperors, constantly worrying about state affairs, resulting in an untimely death. This situation is represented by Emperor Ming's Xiaozong Zhu Youfan and Emperor Akihito Zhu Gaozi; 3. In addition to state affairs, he was greedy and lustful, and superstitiously believed that the immortal swallowed the red pill elixir and eventually traveled west. Represented Emperor Mingwuzong Zhu Houzhao and MingguangZong Zhu Changluo.
Busy government affairs, to prevent political enemies from spending too much energy to die early, on behalf of Emperor Akihito Zhu Gaozi and Emperor Mingxuanzong Zhu Zhanji
Emperor Akihito Zhu Gaozi and Emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji were both of the Yan dynasty, which means that with the success of Emperor Mingcheng's ancestor Zhu Dijing, these two princes and grandsons had imperial orders. If he were only the son of the king of the clan, he might not have such a short life. However, when Zhu Di rebelled against the heavens and changed his command to carry Emperor Wen hard, including Zhu Di and Zhu Gaozi, both father and son, had no bottom in their hearts. But if you don't fight, you can only wait for death, and to put it bluntly, you are also dead. Fortunately, in the end, Zhu Di succeeded in taking the throne, but the fear, anxiety and even despair in it were inevitable, especially Zhu Di led the army to go out on the expedition, and Peiping was besieged by a large army, and it was Shizi Zhu Gaozi who was supporting and counterattacking. Long-term repressive life in this situation Zhu Gaozhi a literati how can not be haggard, this is one of them.
Second, Zhu Di claimed that although the empress dowager had made Zhu Gaoxu crown prince for the sake of emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji, she had an ambiguous attitude toward Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han. This not only made Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, look at the throne, but also made the crown prince Zhu Gaoxu uneasy. This situation lasted until the death of Emperor Gaozu and the succession to Emperor Akihito Zhu Gaozi, and for decades he was always tense and did not dare to have the slightest out of the ordinary. The Emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji was in the same situation, in a state of anxiety and depression for a long time. Although the Emperor's grandfather Zhu Di liked himself (in Zhu Di's view, the Emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji was most like himself), if the throne passed to his uncle Zhu Gaoxu, the King of Han, how could he take his turn?
Third, Zhu Gaozi was obese and weak, and even needed someone to support him when he said that the empress was weak (perhaps there were three highs and heart diseases common to obese people). And Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's abolition of the prime minister and the seizure of power also put most of the government affairs on the emperor. Therefore, Emperor Akihito Zhu Gaozi and Emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji also faced heavy administrative affairs, which was far greater than that of the emperors in the middle and late Ming Dynasty (the power in the middle and late Ming Dynasty was in the cabinet, so it was okay for the emperor not to go to the dynasty at any time). Therefore, long-term mental repression coupled with heavy government affairs caused the father and son to be ordered for a short time.
Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Xuanzong was under too much pressure on government affairs, which was only changed after the cabinet and the superintendent of ceremonies were drafted and the authority of Phi Hong was determined. Although it reduced the pressure on the emperor's work, it also opened the road of no return for eunuchs to abuse their powers.
His body was congenitally weak, and his ambition to become a generation of Ming Emperors continued to work on state affairs led to his untimely death. Representative figures Are Emperor Mingxiaozong Zhu Youfan, Emperor Akihito Zhu Gaozi
We said that Emperor Akihito was not the emperor of the horse like his father Zhu Di, and that he was obese and weak as a literati. The experience of Emperor Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youfan is even more legendary, and the tragic life of his childhood is not even comparable to that of children who do not have access to the family. Therefore, the body has not been strong, plus these two emperors have the idea of becoming a generation of Ming emperors, so it takes too much energy to be diligent in government affairs. Emperor Akihito wanted to show the people of the world that he was more suitable to be an emperor than Zhu Gaoxu, the King of Han. Zhu Youfan was generous and benevolent, thrifty, not close to the voice, diligent in political affairs, and founded Hongzhi Zhongxing. Even more than Zhu Gaozi should be called Renzong, Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youfan had almost no shortcomings as an emperor with only one wife.
Emperor Xiaozong of Ming was from a humble origin, and his mother, Ji Shi, was only a female official of the imperial palace. Kenjong occasionally favors Ji Shi. This annoyed the jealous Wan Guifei, who first sent someone to kill the Ji clan. Ji's popularity is good, and people come to report that it is a tumor in the abdomen that it is not pregnant. After Ji Shi secretly spied on the remaining Zhu Youfan, Wan Guifei once again sent the eunuch Zhang Min to kill the crown prince. Zhang Min secretly hid Xiao Youfan, and secretly raised him in the Cold Palace with the deposed Empress Wu until he was six years old. When Emperor Mingxian found out and made Zhu Youfan crown prince, the thin Zhu Youfan's hair was dragged to the ground without being cut. In this case, Zhu Youfan's growth environment is harsh (depressed, cold and poor), how can Zhu Youfan, who is growing a body, be physically strong? It was during this experience that Emperor Xiaozong of Ming only married one Empress Zhang without any concubines.
Ming Xiaozong's difficult childhood made his health worse, and it took eighteen years of hard work to create the situation of Hongzhi ZTE. Therefore, among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, later generations of Ming Xiaozong had a very high evaluation, believing that only Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Renzong of Song could be compared with Emperor Xiaozong of Ming.
Therefore, whether it is Akihito Zhu Gaozi or Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youfan, they are born with weak physical conditions. Coupled with the heavy government affairs (especially Ming Xiaozong had no other hobbies and spent almost all his experiences on political affairs), neither emperor could live long.
Greedy lust encountered the accidental death of Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao and superstitious immortals swallowed red pills and violently killed Ming Guangzong Zhu Changluo
Both emperors had characteristics: Emperor Mingwuzong Zhu Houzhao was the only son of Emperor Mingxiaozong Zhu Youfan, and on the one hand, he repeatedly excelled in major state affairs: during his reign, he suppressed the rebellion of King Ning of Ning and The rebellion of King Anhua, and reduced taxes and taxes; and pro-Tatar conquest of the outside world won a great victory in Yingzhou, which effectively guaranteed the stability of the state border. On the other hand, he is greedy and lustful, and often does not live in the leopard room.
Emperor Mingwu Zhu Houzhao often played around, driving his own small boat to fish in Zhengde for fifteen years. While dragging the net, the hull of the boat was unbalanced and fell into the water, and although it was rescued, it caused pneumonia. He vomited blood and died shortly after returning to the capital at the address of the sacrifice, at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve. Another emperor, Emperor Mingguangzong Zhu Changluo, was even more bizarre, and did not reign for more than a year to swallow the Red Pill and die violently. Therefore, the early death of these two emperors was due to accidents, and the death of Zhu Changluo, the Ming Guangzong, triggered the famous Red Pill Case of the Ming Dynasty.
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