Zhu Zhanji was the fifth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and during his reign he created a prosperous and stable situation, so the period of time he talked with his father in history was known as the rule of Renxuan, which was a period of high development in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Zhan basically lived for a short time, lived for thirty-eight years, and only ascended the throne when he was twenty-six years old to become emperor, his performance in the position of emperor was relatively outstanding, and he made achievements in economic, political, and cultural aspects, but in the later period, he began to indulge in cricket fighting and no longer had his original ambitions. The reason why he died relatively early has a great relationship with his own living habits and the environment at that time, the emperors in the early Ming Dynasty were very diligent, dealing with a large number of court affairs every day, often sitting all day, rarely had the opportunity to move, and ate better every day, big fish and meat, resulting in body fat, this can be seen very clearly from Zhu Zhanji's portrait, so during this period he has a great probability of suffering from chronic diseases such as hypertension. At that time, although there was a hospital in the imperial palace, but limited to technical problems, these chronic genetic diseases were difficult to cure through traditional Chinese medicine. In addition, many emperors of the Ming Dynasty advocated Buddhism and Taoism, and Zhu Zhanji was one of them, and he also had a name called Changchun Zhenren. Therefore, after he ascended the throne, he was still enthusiastic about Taoist things, and he was more cultivating the elixir of immortality, and at that time, most of these elixirs were refined by mercury plus some herbs, which had the effect of chronic poison, and Zhu Zhanji also often took it, which caused chronic diseases in the body. I'll talk about a few things:
Portrait of Zhu Zhanji
Zhu Zhanji's situation
The famous Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji was born in 1399 AD, he called himself Changchun Zhenren, was the grandson of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, the eldest son of Emperor MingrenZong Zhu Gaozi, and also the fifth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he received a good education from an early age, his father was very strict with him, paid special attention to his studies, and arranged scholars to give him lectures to solve his problems.
Zhu Zhanji was born in the Palace of The Yan Dynasty in Beiping at that time, and he was intelligent since childhood, and was deeply loved by his grandfather Zhu Di from an early age. In 1411, he had already been made the emperor's grandson, and he had followed his grandfather Zhu Di on many occasions to conquer the Northern Nomads such as Mongolia. He ascended the throne in 1425 and faced civil war after he succeeded to the throne, but soon sent men to quell the rebellion of his uncle Zhu Gaoxu, the King of Han.
After ascending the throne, he attached great importance to rectifying the ming court's bureaucracy and finances, and at the same time promoted the status of the cabinet, appointing capable ministers such as "Sanyang", Jianyi, and Xia Yuanji as the first assistant leaders and hundreds of officials, and also taught eunuchs to study and participate in politics; in the national economic policy, he mainly implemented measures to recuperate and alleviate social contradictions; in the external aspect, he stopped Zheng He's activities in the West and stopped using troops to fight with each other.
His series of measures have made great progress in social economy, so later people call the reign of Zhu Zhanji and his father Akihito as the "rule of Renxuan", during which time the society of the Ming Dynasty has developed steadily, and the living standards of the people have improved. On the other hand, he himself has a very high attainment in calligraphy and painting, and his ink books are extremely exquisite. His calligraphy can be seen in addition to the maturity, and it is a school of its own. And in painting, it is mainly engaged in painting, landscapes, figures, animals, flowers and birds, grass insects and other images. In 1435, Zhu Zhanji died at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve 8, and was buried in Jingling under the temple name Xuanzong. He himself wrote a volume of the Ming Xuanzong Imperial Music House, which has now been lost, and two poems are stored.
Zhu Zhanji walked in Letu
Conditions of illness that Zhu Zhanji may have suffered from
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a strict imperial court system, even the emperor was not spared, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty had a lot of things to do every day, such as a long time to approve the recital every day, so it was easy to sit for a long time, resulting in a great increase in the incidence of prostatitis. And every day the emperor has to start preparing for the early dynasty at about 5 o'clock, it can be said that the work pressure is very large.
Zhu Zhanji after ascending the throne is still more advocating Taoism, but also called himself Changchun Zhenren, in the palace there are a large number of Taoists, these people in the palace to help the emperor refine the elixir, most of these elixirs are mercury plus cinnabar and some herbs refining, often eat will cause chronic poisoning, he himself has long taken these elixirs, so the body has long been chronic metal poisoning.
In addition, it also has a lot to do with the family's genetics, most of the children in the Ming Dynasty Taizu lineage have a relatively long life span, and Zhu Di's line does not know what hidden diseases there are, and the life expectancy can be said to be generally not long, such as Zhu Zhanji's father only lived forty-eight years, not counting the longevity of the monarch.
The last is that he likes to play with crickets has a certain relationship, because the ancient crickets are caught in the wild, and then raised in small jars, generally such insects carry unknown germs in its body, and Zhu Zhanji likes fighting crickets in the later period, so it is carried every day, it is very likely to be contaminated with germs.
Zhu Zhanji stills
To sum up, the reason why Zhu Zhanji, who was famous in the Ming Dynasty, lived for a long time had a lot to do with his own habits and the environment at that time.
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