In the history of Chinese dynasties, there have been more than four hundred emperors. Among these hundreds of emperors, the longest-lived was the famous Qianlong Emperor during the Qing Dynasty, who reigned for nearly 60 years. He even lived to the age of 89, such an age, not to mention in ancient times, even now is also a long-lived person, in order to celebrate his own high life, and to establish his noble image of the king of the land, in his old age held a famous Chinese and foreign Thousand Sorrows Feast.
This banquet invited long-lived elderly people from all over the country, even some other countries and nationalities, to come to participate, but after the banquet, an unexpected thing happened, many elderly people who came to the banquet died mysteriously, and a good birthday banquet turned into a life-killing banquet.
Good rejoicing, a feast of a thousand monks was held
Speaking of the Qianlong Emperor, I believe many people have heard stories about him, as the last ruler of the Prosperous Era of Kangqian, sitting on the fruits of his father's construction, the Qing Dynasty also created an unprecedented brilliant situation in his hands, it is no exaggeration to say that this is the peak period since the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the social order is stable, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, it is said that in the most prosperous period of the economy, a bucket of rice is only five copper coins, such an era must have few dynasties in history to be able to do this.
Although it is true that the Qianlong Emperor had extraordinary merits in governing the country and continued to develop better on the basis of his predecessors, by the end of the Qianlong period, he began to become very happy, and perhaps he felt that the construction of the Qing Dynasty was already very perfect in his hands, and there was no major social turmoil or serious bureaucratic political problems, which made him feel deeply proud of his achievements.
Because of this, he often held some large-scale activities, most of which had no substantive significance, but Qianlong in order to publicize his own merits, establish his noble image as an emperor, hope to be loved and admired by the people, do not look at these activities to hurt the people and money, if you change to other dynasties can not afford to hold, but for Qianlong this is all small money, because at this time the Qing Dynasty treasury is full, he can naturally rely on rich capital to squander.
And one of the most grand activities held during this period must have this famous Chinese and foreign thousands of feasts, it is said that at that time the Qianlong Emperor in order to highlight the royal style, but also in order to express his love for the people like a son, respect for the elderly and love the spirit of the old, specially organized this banquet specially for the longevity of the elderly, if according to the tradition that has been left behind, the general can be 60 years old are considered to be longevity, can also participate in this banquet, you know, in ancient times, the average life expectancy of people, but only forty or fifty years old, There are only a few who can live to sixty or seventy, otherwise why do people call 70 years old as gu rarity, because it is really rare.
When he arrived in Qianlong, he was already eighty-six years old when he held this banquet, so naturally he would not play cards according to common sense, so he changed the conditions for attending the banquet, only those over 70 years old could participate, not only that, but also invited some long-lived elderly people from neighboring countries around him.
Since it was an event held by the emperor, officials from all over the world actively went to look for the elderly people with high life expectancy in the area under their jurisdiction, and for a time many elderly people were continuously sent to the palace, and it is said that there were nearly three thousand elderly people who were over 3,000 years old at that time, and even recorded that the longest-lived old man at that time actually lived to more than 140 years old, and the scene and scale were also unprecedented.
The mysterious death of the elderly
In this banquet, Qianlong did not hesitate to put on a banquet to entertain the elderly from all over the world, at the same time, he also showed the majesty and grandeur of the royal family in front of the eyes of the world, and could not help but let many foreign envoys at that time lament the strength of the Qing Dynasty, in this banquet, the Qianlong Emperor also gave imperial wine to the elderly, and after drinking, the crowd even talked about wine and chanted poems, which is undoubtedly a unique scene throughout ancient and modern times.
And in the crowd is lamenting the emperor's grace, a strange thing happened, it is said that after this banquet, many old people died on the way back or in the rest of the inn, the good end of the birthday banquet turned into a life-killing banquet, how can this not make people doubt, so there are a lot of rumors in the folk, although people dare not blatantly accuse the royal negligence, but in their hearts everyone will think that the death of these old people must be inseparable from the royal family.
But thinking about it for a moment, since Qianlong held this feast of a thousand monks to entertain the long-lived elderly people all over the country, it would be impossible to poison him in the wine and dishes, and if he did so, wouldn't he have lost his identity and image as an emperor, not to mention what are these old people worthy of his jealousy? There is absolutely no reason to harm them! There is a lot of talk about this, but no one knows what the specific reason is.
The food at the banquet is the murderer
In fact, the death of these old people was not deliberately done by the royal family, but it must be difficult to escape, why do you say so? First of all, the Qianlong Emperor issued an order to let local officials look for long-lived old people, these officials naturally could not disobey the order, so they all tried their best to find the local longevity people and send them to the palace, but in this process these old people were bound to trek through thousands of mountains and rivers, but also had to experience the labor of the journey, how could they who were old and sick suffer such a toss, even if they were strong and strong young people, they could not withstand the long journey of fatigue, let alone these old people.
Secondly, it is related to the emotions of these old people, many old people are ordinary people born in the folk, not to mention entering the palace to meet the current saints, that is, to meet local officials, they are trembling and kneeling and prostrating, waiting for this banquet, seeing such a grand scene must be excited, almost many people are shocked by this activity, emotional excitement they will inevitably affect their bodies.
The most important thing is that it has a direct relationship with the food of this wine banquet, since it is the wine banquet held by the emperor, it must be eaten and drunk with the most high-grade ingredients, what abalone lobster, chicken, duck and fish meat, all the mountain treasures and seafood are available, these ordinary people may not have seen these dishes in their lives, let alone eaten, so when they have the opportunity to eat with their stomachs open, they are naturally unreserved, one by one.
But as everyone knows, this is the cause of their death, because these people usually eat coarse tea and light rice, may only see a little meat during the New Year's Festival, there is no oil and water in the stomach, cold not to eat so many foods with high nutritional value will lead to indigestion, and even bloat and death is not impossible, so these foods are the real murderers of people.
epilogue
Generally speaking, the bizarre death of these long-lived old people was not ordered by the Qianlong Emperor, he just held a banquet on a whim out of kindness, but he ignored some of the subtle factors, and these factors did not expect to turn into a disaster.
Through this incident, we can also see from the side that in Qianlong's later years, the people in the whole society did not live that kind of rich, there were still many poor families, and the so-called glory was only his personal vanity of Qianlong, and did not fundamentally solve the problem of people's livelihood.
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