Kangxi had a total of 35 children, and in the end only 9 were left, why did the Qing Dynasty princes all have short lives? The giant wheel of history is always spinning, and the stories related to the royal family have always been concerned by people, but in fact, although these royal children seem to be in a state of noble status and no worries about food and clothing, in fact, most of the royal children in the Qing Dynasty have a relatively short life span, so why is this?
Xiaobian also looked through many historical records before, and later found that the mortality rate of the prince in the Qing Dynasty was indeed very high, for example, the Kangxi Emperor had a total of thirty-five children, but only nine survived in the end, which is why the "nine sons and nine sons" occurred in the later period, because the emperor only had so many sons left! When Qianlong was alive, there were seventeen imperial heirs, but only seven survived, which shows that most of the sons of the emperors of this dynasty did not live long!
We all understand that in fact, the real Qing Dynasty history of the record of the affairs in the palace is very detailed, first of all, in ancient times, no one dared to murder the brothers, after all, the rules of the palace were relatively strict, for example, during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, all the concubines were treated equally, so under normal circumstances, if a little prince was born, the concubines would help take care of it, and it was impossible to be like the TV as the imperial descendants were killed, so this statement is obviously not established!
However, the most painful thing is Yongqi, the fifth son of the Qianlong Emperor's birth mother is not very tall Concubine Yue, but he is the son of the emperor in all aspects, not only knowledgeable but also very strong in riding and shooting, so he is very valued by Hongli, and at that time, Emperor Gaozong of Qing also made an exception to crown him as the Prince of Rong, but unfortunately he later died at the age of twenty-five due to bone gangrene.
Speaking of this, perhaps everyone is curious about the death rate of the prince or what, in fact, there are roughly the following three reasons! First, because the technology and conditions of the original Qing medical treatment were very poor, even the Tai Doctor of hongli generally only knew how to prescribe medicine, and if he encountered more difficult diseases, he was powerless, especially coupled with the phenomenon that the concubines gave birth to more or less difficult births, so many imperial heirs were likely to be stillborn before they were born!
There is also the fact that during the Qing Dynasty, it was more common for the royal family to intermarry between close relatives, so the blood relationship was too close, which also led to the cause of Brother's poor health and early death! You must know that there was no such situation in the previous dynasty, but in contrast, this kind of situation in the Qing Dynasty was very common, for example, when the Shunzhi Emperor married his nephew and daughter Borjigit as his wife, Xuan Ye was also related to his cousin Empress Xiaoyiren, and we are also very aware that the influence of relatives marrying on the descendants is still very large, so there is a certain reason for the short life of the imperial heirs, right?
In addition, there is a reason that the princes are too young to marry, generally speaking, the sons of the emperor basically marry their wives around the age of fifteen, and at this age, it is obvious that all aspects of physical development are not sound, and the sons born must have such and such problems.
In fact, there may be other more unknown reasons we do not know, after all, many brothers in film and television works will suddenly die of illness at a very young age, but about the specific reasons for the death of this royal heir, there are not too many records in the annals of history, maybe they are more tragic than everyone imagines, not necessarily, Xiaobian can't help but feel good heartache for the royal descendants!