Looking at the life of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, it can be said that it is quite legendary. As the king of the clan, he became the emperor and became the only king of the clan who successfully rebelled in the great unified dynasty. After succeeding to the throne, he created the Yongle Prosperous Era internally, and externally it was the Five Expeditions to Mongolia, the Southern Ping'an South, and Zheng He's Voyage to the West.
To sum up, this second-generation emperor loved to toss, but instead of tossing the country to the point of ruin like the Sui Emperor, he made it quite successful.
Today, Song Anzhi talked about the private life of Zhu Di, the ancestor of Ming Cheng, that is, this heroic emperor gave birth to four sons and five daughters in the era of King Yan, why did he not give birth to another son and a half daughter during the 22 years of being emperor, why is this?
Why didn't Zhu Di give birth to a son and a half daughter during the 22 years of his reign as emperor, first of all, Song Anzhi reasoned with the method of elimination, and first analyzed the different views to find out what was unreasonable.
First, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di was too busy, so he didn't have time
This statement seems to make some sense, but it is not true.
Although Ming Chengzu Zhu Di Zhu Di was either fighting or on the road to fighting in this life, he could be called a fighting maniac. Therefore, during his 22-year reign, twelve birthdays were spent on a tour or a royal conquest.
And in the capital life, it is also very busy, busy with government affairs every day. The history books record that the emperor also had the habit of reading at night, either reading or handling government affairs in the dead of night.
But Zhu Di is busy, in 22 years, there will definitely be time to go to the harem to talk about life and life. Therefore, Zhu Di did not give birth to a son and a half daughter, which cannot be explained by the reason of being too busy.
Second, the Battle of Jingnan had an impact on Zhu Di's fertility
During the four years of the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Di must have had tremendous mental and physical pressure, so it was not impossible to affect his fertility.
However, Zhu Di's last child was born in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, and by the first year of Jianwen in the Battle of Jingnan, it had already lasted for eight years.
In these eight years, Zhu Di did not rebel, there was no pressure, but he also did not give birth to children, so the statement about the Battle of Jingnan was naturally self-defeating.
After talking about the irrationality of the above two views, Song Anzhi will explain what the situation of Chengzu Zhu Di is, and then talk about the two reasons that are close to reality.
According to the Records of King Sejong of the Joseon Dynasty, many palace women were executed in the case of Lü and Yu, the harem of Zhu Di during his reign. A palace maid broke the jar before dying and scolded: "My own family is in decline, so the private young temple people, and blame it"?
The yang here is, in today's terms, the impotent.
Judging from this historical data, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di should belong to the yang decline situation, so he reigned for 22 years without giving birth to a son and a half daughter.
Next, Song Anzhi will explain the two reasons why Chengzu Zhu Di will decline, of course, this is only a reasoning close to reality, not a definite thing, so it is only for everyone's reference, in order to give everyone a new perspective to look at this matter.
First, when Ming Chengzu was young, he was sick and delicious with raw parsley
In the nineteenth year of Hongwu, that is, when Zhu Di was 27 years old, he had a serious illness and searched for famous doctors without success. After his father Zhu Yuanzhang learned of this, he specially sent the imperial doctor Dai Sigong to treat Zhu Di's illness.
After Dai Sigong took the pulse for Zhu Di, he asked him what he usually liked to eat, and Zhu Di's answer was "raw parsley". After Dai Sigong thoroughly understood the situation, he prescribed medicine for Zhu Di, and Zhu Di recovered after taking it.
But since then, Zhu Di has begun to get sick, although not seriously ill or anything, but also often sick. Therefore, when the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao cut the domain later, Zhu Di initially claimed that he was not ill in the palace in order to protect himself, and later pretended that he was seriously ill, so that the imperial court released the three sons who remained in the capital division.
No matter what the imperial court thought at that time, but how to say that it also believed in the excuse that Zhu Biao was seriously ill, which showed that Zhu Di had often been ill before, so it was natural to use this excuse to ask the imperial court to release his son, which could make people believe him to a certain extent.
After saying this, let's talk about what is the role of "raw parsley", according to medical scientists, raw parsley has a role in killing sperm.
Therefore, Zhu Di is likely to be because after a serious illness in his youth, his health was not as good as before. In addition, he was fond of eating "raw parsley", so it affected fertility in combination, so he did not give birth to a son and a half daughter in the 22 years after becoming emperor.
Second, during the era of King Zhu Di, he often went north and fell ill
Zhu Di was born in Nanjing in the 20th year of the late Yuan Dynasty and lived in Fengyang for a period of time, and can be said to be an authentic southerner.
In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Di, who was 20 years old at the time, took the domain of Beiping (Beijing).
As we all know, the Ming Dynasty overthrew the Yuan Dynasty and founded the country, and after the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty returned to their hometown in mobei, they posed a great threat to the Ming Dynasty, so the Ming Dynasty often used troops against them.
After Zhu Di took the throne of Beiping, he naturally participated in many military operations in the north, that is, during this period, Zhu Di came to prominence by relying on his outstanding military achievements and won the favor of his father Zhu Yuanzhang. The history books record: "Taizu Daxi was a general who repeatedly commanded the generals to go out on expeditions, and ordered the king to restrain the horses along the border."
But behind the glory, there is a price of good health. Zhu Di often went out on expeditions, in the cold environment of the north, as a southerner, he must not be able to stand it, so he got a disease such as rheumatism, fell to the root of the disease, and his body was naturally greatly affected.
Zhu Di also understood this very well, so he said: "I went out of the plug on the northern expedition, moved until the years, and was invaded by the cold."
So in the end, in the end, why did Ming Chengzu Zhu Di not give birth to a son and a half daughter during his 22-year reign, according to the records of Li Chao's records, it was because he "declined".
As for the reason, the history books will certainly not record it. Therefore, according to the life of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, it should be the above two reasons, the body is sick, and it is in the cold place in the north, and often goes out on expeditions, plus it is delicious raw parsley, so it is yang decline.
Of course, this is just reasoning, and the focus is to provide you with a different perspective on this issue, not just right, and I hope that the reader will understand.
Finally, seriously speaking, whether the historical Ming Chengzu Zhu Di is yang or not, this is just the private life of others. As far as the positioning of the emperor is concerned, this Yongle Emperor is still a master of great talent and strategy, and it can be said that since the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the most pioneering monarch of the Ming Dynasty, expanded the territory of the Ming Dynasty to the peak, leaving a strong mark in the history books, but unfortunately, future generations did not inherit his pioneering spirit, and it has to be said that it is also a pity.
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