preface
From the Qin King Yingzheng swept the six kingdoms to unify the six kingdoms, Yingzheng considered himself to be the third emperor of merit and the fifth emperor of virtue. Therefore, he called himself the first emperor, and from then on the emperor became the title of ruler of feudal society.
There were 397 emperors in the entire feudal dynasty of China, of which some emperors reigned for a long time and some had a short life.
If on average, the age of the emperor is only 39.2 years old. This is indeed a bit short lifespan, basically dying in middle age, while the life expectancy of ordinary people in ancient mainland China was 57 years.
But because the average life expectancy of wars and diseases, as well as natural disasters, is not so high, but it is more than ten years higher than that of the emperor, so why is the life expectancy of the emperor so short? Let's take a look at what exactly caused the emperor to live so short.
Lots of work and heavy pressure
Everyone is rich in the world, and the subjects of the world must obey him. In his position, he should seek his own office, unless the incumbent emperor is a emperor or a mediocre monarch, and he does not care about the government for a day. The other emperors had to review the submissions of various localities every day and govern the military affairs of various regions.
Get up early every day and sleep late so that the country can be rich and strong, and people can live and work in peace and contentment. Many emperors could not bear the pressure of so many affairs, so they began to evade or let others do the work.
Most of the emperors who worked hard and complained wholeheartedly ended up suffering from illness and died of exhaustion. During the Qing Dynasty, the Yongzheng Emperor exerted great efforts to govern every day, implemented the New Deal, and the officials and gentry were all on duty, and the grain was collected as one, and the fire consumption was returned to the public, and the land was divided into acres.
Every day, I read tens of thousands of words of folds, not greedy for wine, all night long correction folds, an average of two or three hours of sleep a day, and everything must be personal, the ministers are received one by one, and then the Yongzheng Emperor began to cough up blood, weak and eventually died of exhaustion.
Deaths of unnatural causes
Death from unnatural causes means that the emperor does not die of normal birth, old age, illness, and illness, but other causes, such as assassination, suicide, poisoning, and so on.
These causes are caused by the forces of enemy countries and the internal strife of their own countries. The change of dynasties is marked by the killing of the enemy emperor or forcing him to abdicate, a cause of death that accounts for forty-three percent of the emperor's death, and the proportion is particularly high.
Jing Ke stabbed the King of Qin, although he failed, and indeed dared to assassinate the emperor of another country. When the Sui Dynasty unified Jiangnan, it captured Chen Hou lord alive and finally killed him.
Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, had been terrified since he succeeded to the throne, and the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty made him have to submit to his subjects, and in the end, the Southern Tang was overthrown by the Northern Song Dynasty, and Zhao Kuangyin poisoned li Yu.
Internal and external troubles, fear and fear
A successor to the throne, who has been exceptionally cultivated since birth, when he becomes an emperor of a generation, must do everything he can to govern the country well.
However, the rebellion in the imperial court and the constant intrusion of other countries' forces will always be silently worried in their hearts, they must prevent party strife, they must use ministers, and they must consider themselves to prevent others.
How healthy will a normal person be so oppressed by all aspects every day, and his body will be uncomfortable? The Kangxi Emperor ascended the throne at the age of eight, and the affairs of the dprk and China were controlled by Aobai, and there were Wu Sangui and other San Franciscans outside who wanted to move, and later the Kangxi Emperor pro-government Zhi removed Aobai and pacified san francisco.
However, Wanli at the end of the Ming Dynasty was not so lucky, the Manchus in the north waited for an opportunity to enter the pass, the domestic king Li Zicheng's uprising was unstoppable, and the imperial court engaged in party strife, and finally Wanli had more than enough heart and insufficient strength, and hanged himself on the coal mountain.
Addicted to wine, insufficient flesh
We often say that wine hurts people, and we must pay attention to our bodies at all times in our daily lives. But in the harem of the ancient emperor, it was the opposite, and we all said that the emperor was the harem of three thousand beauties and seventy-two concubines.
In fact, it still depends on the emperor himself, most of the emperor's concubines are also many, the emperor has to flip the card every night to let the concubines serve themselves, and for a long time, people will lack of energy, so that all aspects of the human body's functions will be damaged.
The Xianfeng Emperor of the Qing Dynasty drank and drank all day and then let the concubines serve him, and when he was tired of staying in the palace, he went outside the palace to find flowers and ask for willows, all day long, and his body was not as good as before, his cheeks were deep, his eyes were masterless, and later he even contracted opium, and finally died at the age of 31.
The King of Lu, Yang Guang, etc. are all like this, the body can not withstand such indulgence, and finally they are insufficient in qi and blood, and the waist is loose and soft.
Hereditary spells
Nowadays, the social state stipulates that close relatives within three generations cannot marry, which is afraid that the hidden diseases of both parties will become dominant diseases in the next generation that is born.
However, in order to consider many aspects such as social status and dynasties, ancient emperors had close relatives to marry. Several major families intermarried with each other, and finally the emperor gave birth to an imperial heir who suffered from congenital diseases and eventually died at an early age.
The life span of ancient emperors was so short, the reasons for this were inevitable, but there were also their own control, especially the fourth, as long as they had self-control, they would not end up in such a fate, and the thought was speechless. This reminds us now that we should work and rest according to the rules of the day, live in moderation, and maintain a relaxed and happy mood.
Reference: The Lifespan of Ancient Emperors