Since the historical records of China, there have been more than 80 dynasties and divided regimes, and 559 recorded emperors have been produced, of which 397 have called emperors and 162 have claimed to be kings. However, the combined life expectancy of these emperors is only 39.2 years, which is less than 40 years.
The position of emperor is what everyone wants, but the emperor is indeed the most dangerous profession in ancient times, although there is no worry about eating and drinking, there are three palaces and six courtyards, but many times, especially in the chaotic world, to be honest, the first day to sleep, the next day may not be able to get up. The food to eat needs to be selected again and again, in order to prevent being poisoned, not only need silver needles to test poison, but also need to be tasted by the "waiter eunuchs" one by one, before they dare to eat with the emperor, trembling, like the prisoners on the dragon chair, do not dare to eat randomly, nor dare to run out of the palace to shop and play, like our modern people, they can't move to skewers, sit on the side of the road to eat meat and drink, the emperor is a luxury, they have the territory of the four seas, they hold the power of life and death, and there are concubines of the six palaces who are vain and vicious, extremely flattering, but only without himself. Without freedom, what is the point of all this?
Since ancient times, no less than 20 emperors have been poisoned by food, and the emperors who have made future generations tremble and tremble, not only replacing the utensils with silverware, but also stipulating that "no more than three spoons of food", why? That is, even if the emperor especially likes to eat things, he can only eat "three spoons" at most, so as not to let others notice what the emperor likes to eat, and it will be convenient to poison later.
According to statistics, among these 559 emperors, the number of unnatural deaths reached 272, accounting for 43% of the total number, this number does not know how you feel after seeing it, and the emperor must not dare to think about it.
The food poisoning we just talked about is only one of the ways to die, it is inevitable that Zhao Kuangyin died after eating with Zhao Guangyi, people doubted, but could not find evidence, this matter has become one of the historical doubts.
The second method of death that modern people also need to pay attention to, that is, death by overwork.
The emperors who started the prosperous era were generally very diligent. They were all focused on work, and Qin Shi Huang stipulated that he should read 120 pounds of bamboo documents every day, "The stars exist and come out, and the sun enters and rests... He is not ill, and he does not dare to slacken off, so that he can hold on to himself, and he is afraid that he will not be able to do so." Yongzheng's diligence is even more famous- "no patrols, no hunting, daily administration, day and night." "So these emperors often did not die, but were exhausted alive."
The third kind of wine color wealth has hollowed out the body, and this modern person also needs to pay attention to the fact that wine hurts the body, and everyone understands this truth. There are many harem women, it is not easy to do rain and dew, harem women will inevitably hurt the dragon body, and in order to prolong their heirs and for political interests, the emperor has to be with the women he does not love, and can not be too close to the women he really likes, and in the long run, it is also extremely detrimental to physical and mental health.
The fourth is Dan yao poisoning, there are many emperors who are obsessed with Taoism in ancient times, they fantasize that they can live forever and enjoy the supreme position of others forever, so they tirelessly seek the Immortal Family Dao Fa, in fact, where is there any elixir, if there is, why don't Daoists eat it themselves? The Jiajing Emperor was a Dan medicine controller, once for the sake of alchemy, he made the girls in the palace hate him, the palace ladies discussed strangling him with a rope, the result was a dead knot in the rope, the Jiajing Emperor luckily escaped a disaster, otherwise he would have died of murder, this matter shocked the government and the public at that time, known as "Nongyin Palace Change".
The emperors of the Tang Dynasty who died by taking Dan medicine were: Tang Taizong Li Shimin, Tang Xianzong Li Chun, Tang Muzong Li Heng, Tang Wuzong Li Yan, and Tang Xuanzong Li Chen.
The emperors who took Dan medicine poisoning have been in all dynasties, which shows how serious the emperor's pursuit of immortality is, much like the modern people's pursuit of skin care products.