In feudal society, the emperor was the protagonist of the world, which was synonymous with supremacy, and how many people squeezed their heads and wanted to sit in this position. In people's impressions, living as a heavenly son is very comfortable, basically what you want, of course, this does not mean happiness, everyone has their own troubles, the emperor is the same. People sitting in this position are thinking every day about how they can prolong their lives. However, the performance of history is not entirely the same, compared with ordinary people, the average life expectancy of the emperor seems to be shorter, what is the reason for this phenomenon.
Historians have counted a number, the average life expectancy of ancient emperors is only 39 years old, which is a surprising number, 39 years old, in fact, in ancient times, it is also a middle-aged person, why did the overworked emperor end early at the age of 39? There are some emperors whose physical condition is not very good, who have defects of one kind or another when they were just born, and the medical conditions at that time were not developed, and such diseases were accompanied by lifelong diseases, and there was a phenomenon of short life, but such a situation was only an individual case and could not be studied as the object of our discussion.
In fact, in addition to the emperor's physical health, there is a very important factor, that is, the ancient marriage system, for the emperor, their marriage is very exquisite, need to find some family magnates and their own status of the same people, but also need to look beautiful and gentle as jade can be the mother of the world, such people get up early to do things is not simple. At that time, there was no modern mode of communication and transportation, and generally the emperor would choose cousins, so that close relatives would marry, and some emperors were not intellectually sound since childhood, or had some physical disabilities, all because of this situation.
Or related to the medical level at that time, the average age of people now is more than 80 years old, but in ancient times this is a very mature number, the ancient medical level is too limited, even in the palace, there is no such good conditions as imagined, there is no so-called doctor who saves lives and helps the injured. Coupled with the fact that there was an emperor who believed in longevity, these people felt that the elixir refined by the Taoist priests could help them prolong their life, and they sniffed a large amount of heavy metal every day, and their bodies became worse than a day. At the same time, there were many noble emperor concubines, as few as five or six, as many as a few hundred, and such day and night work would definitely make their bodies worse and worse, and no one could withstand such a toss, let alone our true dragon tianzi.
The work pressure is really too great, the emperor is not so good, for the emperor himself, there are endless tasks to deal with every day. Somewhere suddenly there is a natural disaster, the pressure of the emperor will become very large, for the ancient emperor, the body is a little uncomfortable, will eat a variety of Chinese herbs, these herbs on the body is very harmful. The above is the reason why the emperor's life expectancy is relatively short, does it sound very surprising? The life of the emperor living in the imperial palace was not as comfortable as imagined, in fact, for the emperors of that era, most of them were conscientious and responsible for the country, and only a few arrogant and lascivious people.
The position of emperor is not simple, not only to deal with all kinds of things in the country, but also to consider whether the people around them will kill themselves and then replace them, in such a messy thing, every day the heart is blocked. Compared with the lives of ancient emperors, our lives are really not unfortunate. We can enjoy some materials that the emperor could not enjoy, and at the same time we could eat the delicacies that the emperor at that time could not eat. The current life is really very comfortable, if the ancient emperors see it, will they feel that they have lost their big teeth? There are indeed different limitations in different eras, and the reason why the emperor's age is short is that it has a lot to do with that era.