In ancient China, there is a saying that no queen is greater, which shows how important it is for them to raise the next generation, if a woman cannot have children, she will also be suspended by the husband's family for this reason, and a man will often marry several wives, in order to open branches and leaves for the family, reproduce heirs, and strengthen the strength of the family. China's neighbor, Japan, has the same customs as China.
In order to ensure the quality of the descendants of the Japanese imperial family, the japanese emperor must marry a woman with a noble status, a prominent family, a high level of education, and a strong ability to have children. But there is always a certain gap between reality and ideals, and the Japanese imperial family always has difficulties in cultivating the next generation, such as Emperor Meiji, who has given birth to a total of 15 children before and after, and unfortunately only five have grown up.
Emperor Hirohito had just ascended to the throne at the time of Japan's invasion of China, and even in such a busy political situation, he did not forget to pay attention to the issue of children. It was the problem of reproducing the next generation that made him anxious and stressed, because his empress did not give birth to a prince for him. Emperor Hirohito's empress at the time was Ryoko, and in 1925 she gave birth to a girl after her first pregnancy, and two years later, but she still gave birth to a girl, and she died at a young age. A few years later, when Empress Ryoko gave birth to a girl again, when she knew that the fourth child was still a princess, the emperor was a little desperate, and the people and ministers of the imperial family were talking about it, afraid that the emperor would not be able to give birth to a prince who would succeed to the throne, so the emperor came up with his special means.
It turned out that Emperor Hirohito was very fond of creatures, and knew that there was a way of artificial insemination in foreign countries that could give birth to the next generation, but at that time the technology was not very mature, and the huge pressure made him have to make efforts, so one day in 1931, he came to a room with his semen and gave it to a private doctor, asking the private doctor to inject it into the body of some women, and the result was of course good, a woman gave birth to a boy for the emperor, but this matter was kept secret to the empress and others.
Soon after, Empress Ryoko became pregnant again, and this time, in anticipation of everyone, she gave birth to a crown prince for the emperor, and Emperor Hirohito was very happy and deliberately changed the military uniform of the Grand Marshal to see the prince. With the prince of the orthodox bloodline, the emperor and the empress naturally did not have to be under great pressure, no longer had to listen to the gossip of officials and ministers, and the boy born of artificial insemination was naturally ignored, and could only toddler in the company of his mother, growing up day by day.