In ancient times, most people's life expectancy was not long, the reason is that ancient medical facilities are limited, in such a situation, people must have been interested in the life expectancy of the ancients. According to the calculations of later generations, even the average life expectancy of the emperor was less than forty years old. Such data is a big surprise.
In addition, there were also many long-lived emperors in ancient times, such as the familiar Kangxi and Qianlong, these long-lived emperors were only a minority, and most of the emperors were very short-lived. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, the various princely states competed with each other, and at this time, each princely state had a monarch, but these monarchs also had short lives.
As one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, the State of Qin was undoubtedly very powerful, and the monarch of the State of Qin had a short-lived person, he was King Xiaowen of Qin, and most people were unfamiliar with King Xiaowen of Qin. It should be known that King Xiaowen of Qin died after only three days on the throne, and his son died after only three years on the throne. In short, these two grandfathers did not have a long life.
In comparison, King Zhaoxiang of Qin reigned for a very long time, reigning from 306 BC to his death in 251 BC, and King Zhaoxiang of Qin reigned for a total of 56 years. This was much longer than the reign of King Xiaowen of Qin. Incredibly, when King Zhaoxiang of Qin died, he was already 75 years old, and he was completely old in that era.
As the monarch of the Qin State, the longevity of King Zhaoxiang of Qin undoubtedly allowed the Qin State to develop well. During the reign of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, the famous Battle of Changping occurred in history, but the problem was that because of the longevity of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, he suffered from his two crown princes. First of all, the eldest son of King Zhaoxiang of Qin was Prince Mo, and now his name is not available.
As the eldest son, Prince Mo was made crown prince and sent to wei as a hostage. However, Prince Mo died in the State of Wei before he could take the throne. The history of when Prince Mo was born is not clearly recorded, only that he died in 267 BC. According to the historical records, King Zhaoxiang of Qin was born in 325 BC, when Prince Mo was already more than forty years old.
The second son of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Yingzhu (嬴柱), was given the title of Prince of An Guojun (安国君) because he was not a concubine. This status is equivalent to the prince of the Qing Dynasty. After the death of Prince Mo, King Zhaoxiang of Qin made his second son, Emperor An Guojun (安国君嬴柱), the new crown prince. In 265 BC, Yingzhu was made crown prince. The year he became the crown prince, Yingzhu was 37 years old, and at this time, King Zhaoxiang of Qin was already nearly sixty.
After the death of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, King Xiaowen of Qin ascended the throne, which was the second son of King Zhaoxiang of Qin. However, after winning the throne, he died after only three days on the throne, becoming the shortest-reigning monarch in history. As the second son of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, King Xiaowen of Qin finally became the monarch of the Qin state after struggling for half a century.
However, it was impossible to imagine that in just three days, King Xiaowen of Qin would die. After the death of King Xiaowen of Qin, his son Zi Chu took the throne as King Xiang of Qinzhuang. King Xiang of Qinzhuang here has made some contributions to the unification of the world by his son, and when it comes to this, people must have guessed who the son of King Xiang of Qinzhuang is, which is Qin Shi Huang.
King Xiang of Qin zhuang was the father of Qin Shi Huang, whose real name was Yiren and studied under Lü Buwei. In contrast, King Xiang of Qinzhuang reigned longer than King Xiaowen of Qin, who reigned for only three days, but King Xiang of Qinzhuang reigned for three years. Compared with each other, the two were inferior to their descendants, the Qin King Yingzheng.
It was only the reigns of King Xiaowen of Qin and King Xiang of Qin zhuang who laid the foundation for Yingzheng to unify the world. Nowadays, it seems that if it were not for the fact that King Zhaoxiang of Qin had done his own sins and could not have lived, I am afraid that he would have ruled the world as early as the time of King Zhaoxiang of Qin. That is to say, King Zhaoxiang of Qin was very powerful, but he misjudged the situation, causing the Qin state to miss the opportunity to unify the world.
After the death of King Xiang of Qinzhuang, king Yingzheng of Qin took the throne, that is, the ascension of Yingzheng, which unified the Warring States period. As the son of King Xiang of Qin zhuang and the grandson of King Xiaowen of Qin, the emperor took ten years to complete the great cause of unification. Thus established the first feudal dynasty in history, followed by the unification of weights and measures and writing, as well as the construction of the Great Wall, the defense of the Xiongnu and so on. Nowadays, it seems that Qin Shi Huang is a well-deserved emperor for thousands of years!