Why did most qing emperors die in winter? These two inconspicuous causes are the most deadly
The Qing Dynasty was the last ancient dynasty in China, so the history of the Qing Dynasty is clearer and more authentic than many dynasties, and it is well documented. The Qing Dynasty had a special official responsible for the emperor's bedroom and detailed records, the emperor from the moment he opened his eyes to dress and wash, the upper dynasty, the lower dynasty, the morning, middle and evening food and other leisure moments were written by the historian word by word, especially from the Shunzhi Emperor to the Xuantong Emperor, one by one written in detail.
Careful people will find that most of the deaths of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were in winter, and what obstacles could not be overcome between winter and the emperors of the Qing Dynasty? The Shunzhi Emperor died at the age of twenty-four, and people at this age were originally full of vitality, plus the children of the imperial family grew up in superior conditions, and their physical functions were better than many people.2
Shunzhi went to the Temple of Mercy a few days before his death to watch the ordination ceremony, and when he returned, he contracted smallpox disease, and the high fever gradually worsened, and finally died in the Yangxin Temple. Smallpox is one of the oldest and most mortally ill diseases, a potent bacterial viral infection. If the sick person is cured, they can be immunized for life. Shunzhi, Kangxi, Xianfeng, and Tongzhi all suffered from smallpox, and the two emperors, Shunzhi and Tongzhi, all died of this disease.
Winter is the season of high incidence and poor treatment of smallpox, so the mortality rate of patients is greatly improved. In winter, due to the severe cold weather, the body's antibacterial ability to resist diseases decreases, and blood circulation becomes slow. Smallpox virus reproduction speed can be spread through the air, when the human body resistance is low, once exposed, the virus can take advantage of the void, ancient medicine is not so developed, there is no drug that can be quickly treated to control the disease, so even the royal family is not spared.
On November 13, 1961, the Kangxi Emperor collapsed in the Qingxi Bookstore in Changchun Garden, Beijing, and the death of the Qianlong Emperor was not written in great detail, and he died in February of the fourth year of Jiaqing. The emperor's palace has good enough warm conditions and should not die of illness in winter. In fact, it was mainly the diet of the Qing emperors, and the rulers of the Qing Dynasty were Manchus. When formulating the imperial meal of three meals a day, it was mainly based on the historical eating habits of the Manchus.
The "Bottom Of Meals" records the set meals that the Emperors of the Qing Dynasty usually ate, for example, for example, the dinner of the Qianlong Emperor, the table was placed: hot pot of stewed duck, shredded chicken with bird's nest, mushrooms at the waist of the duck, roasted duck in the pot, fried chicken with winter shoots, spread eggs, steamed fat chicken and deer tail saving plate, hundred fruit duck saving plate, elephant eye small steamed bun, duck stuffing folded bun, chicken stuffed hot noodle dumplings. Ten hard dishes and a plate of small steamed buns, the hard dishes are the big meat dishes. If you eat it once in a while, you will feel delicious, if you eat it every day, even if you think it is delicious, can your stomach bear it?
Healthy diet pays attention to meat and vegetable combinations and fruits, their table vegetables and fruits are rare, even if there is no one likes to eat, weekdays are also pastries as a snack. However, the Daoguang Emperor was the famous frugal emperor, and he could eat a full meal with two cakes in a bowl of tea.
According to the "Manchu Old File" record dishes, generally hot pot with stewed meat, pork, beef and mutton with animal meat are very simple, of course, the Qing Dynasty is a dynasty on horseback, eat meat because they usually have a large amount of activity, horseback archery is quickly consumed, but the cold winter emperors and princes actually rarely go out, mainly some indoor activities, and there is no large physical exercise. The old man often said that it was unreasonable to be sad in the new year, but the emperor of the Qing Dynasty had a deep understanding. Therefore, the main reason for the death of the Qing Emperor in winter is that the perennial diet is not healthy, and the other is that smallpox is the high incidence of winter. These two factors are not very remarkable, but they accumulate to become the main cause of death.