In the feudal era, ministers would call the emperor "Long Live". Every time the ministers bowed to the emperor, they would shout "Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live", which means that the emperor can live long for thousands of years and rule for thousands of years. But in fact, the word "Long Live" is actually more like a satire of the emperor.
Starting from Qin Shihuang , until Yuan Shikai , which staged a farce of becoming an emperor, there were 409 emperors in China, of which 8 lived to be 70 years old, and more than 60 died at the age of 30, with an average life expectancy of 39 years old. It is said that the emperor can enjoy the whole world's offerings, so he should live a long life, but why does the majority of people have a short life?
The substance is too good, the medical treatment is too poor,
Nowadays, the material conditions in society are good, the food is abundant, and all kinds of meat, eggs, milk and food are not rare objects, but this also makes people today's people more and more obesity, and the symptoms of three highs and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases have also increased. In fact, these diseases are not uncommon in ancient emperors.
Ancient emperors ruled the world and enjoyed the best offerings in the world. Even if they were only half of the country, the material treatment they enjoyed was incomparable to ordinary people. They ate all kinds of delicacies every day, and they were mostly meat-eating. This nutritional combination was very unbalanced.
Ancient imperial physicians only treated diseases and did not know anything about nutrition . No one could control the emperor's ate no matter how much. There were not many emperors in ancient times who died of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases at all. , such as , Song Renzong, , died of a sudden brain disease in the middle of the night. After a long time of death, he had a crooked mouth and slanted eyes and was confused.
Mingrenzong was a famous fat man before ascending the throne. He was in his thirties and couldn't walk steadily and needed someone to support him. He ascended to heaven only ten months after ascending the throne.
The excessive material conditions increase the chances of the emperor getting sick, but the medical conditions in ancient times were very backward. Even the imperial physicians in the palace who were so picky about him may not be able to save the emperor's life at critical moments.
In ancient times, both medical science and medical devices were far inferior to modern times, and many modern imperial physicians who could not solve the problem were also helpless. There was no concept of bacteria in ancient times, and there was no preventive vaccine. If the emperor had a sudden illness, he could only leave it to the imperial physician for treatment.
But the imperial physician's level is not only limited, but sometimes he will deliberately delay the emperor's treatment. This is not because the imperial physician wants to murder the emperor, but simply because he is afraid that the emperor will be responsible if he kills it, because if something goes wrong, the nine clans will ascend to heaven. The emperor suffered from a minor illness and he survived it after taking several doses. If he had a serious illness suddenly, he could only leave it to a group of imperial physicians to cure it slowly. The group of imperial physicians bluntly and shivered away with fear and trepidation, dragging the emperor to death.
addicted to wine and color, alchemy and cultivation
The emperor ranks in the ninth five years, and his harem has three thousand beauties. When many emperors face groups of beautiful beauties, they can't control themselves. Even though they know how to empty their bodies, they still lie drunk every day and sing and sing every night.
Sometimes in order to make fun of it, the emperor would also find a group of strange people to refine pills that can increase the joy of men and women. has two peerless beauties of Feiyan Hede Han Chengdi was killed by taking aphrodisiacs and indulging in lust.
Even if you don’t take medicine, many emperors can’t stand the romantic and happy every night. in the Song Dynasty, Zong Zhezong was weak when he was young. After becoming emperor, he still did not pay attention to moderation. He had sexual physiological diseases at a young age and passed away at the age of 24. The Emperor Longqing of the Ming Dynasty was originally a talented person in governing the country, but he did not pay attention to restraint and died after he ascended the throne for only six years.
Some emperors are more self-disciplined and do not indulge in the gentle village of the harem all day long. , but they will be obsessed with another way of dying. This way of dying is more terrifying than indulging in lust, that is, addiction to elixirs.
The emperors hold the power of life and death in a country. If anyone is unhappy, they only need to frown and naturally come out to cook. The emperor who enjoys such a bliss naturally wants to live for generations. At this time, the so-called immortal pill appeared. Some speculative sorcerers used heavy metal substances to refine the so-called immortal pill, and many emperors were happy about it.
Among the 21 emperors of in the Tang Dynasty, 11 were addicted to the immortal pill. The extremely talented Tang Taizong was an elixir that died indirectly because of random refining. The famous workaholic emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng , was the one who took pills for many years and finally died of poison. Such a wise emperor is like this, and there are countless mediocre lords who died from elixirs.
exhausted all his energy and crises were everywhere
Although the emperor claimed to be the emperor, he was the son of destiny who came from heaven. But this statement can only deceive fools. In , I understand that the position of emperor has always been a capable person.
So there are always some ambitious smart people who covet the throne. In order to ascend to the throne of the emperor, they are constantly brewing conspiracies day and night, contributing various ways of death to the emperor. Some emperors died of poisoning, such as Emperor Zhi of Han, some emperors died of assassination, such as yuan Yingzong , and countless emperors died of conspiracy coups.
But these ways of death are still normal. Some emperors even starved to death, such as Emperor Wu of Liang . And there are countless short-lived emperors in troubled times. Among the 409 emperors in the past two thousand years, 145 people died abnormally, and the probability of abnormal death is as high as 44%, which can be said to be a very dangerous profession.
Even if you roll in the conspiracy, your life is not easy. In order to rule the huge empire, they had to work hard day and night to handle all matters of all sizes and sizes. 's constant fatigue will speed up their physical aging, and they must always pay attention to the power in their hands, for fear that a slight slackness will give the conspirators around them an opportunity to take advantage of.
Such a mental state of mind is always tense, and it lasts for decades. The emperor will inevitably suffer from physical and psychological illnesses, become moody, violent and irritable, and eventually die of hard work and mental disorders day and night.
Conclusion
The emperors have supreme power and enjoy supreme offerings and treatments, but they also have to pay the corresponding price, that is, they become a lonely person who no one dares to trust. In addition, they are addicted to alcohol, sex, dogs and horses and indulge in lust, so it will be difficult for them to live long.
In fact, emperors are also victims of feudal power structure. In feudal society, emperors have become slaves of power. They were corrupted by power, suspicious, and devoted themselves to using the sword of power to harm the people of the world, and finally were also injured by the power in their hands.
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