Throughout all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, except Ming Taizu (7 1 year old), Ming Chengzu (65 years old) and Ming Shizong (60 years old), none of the other emperors lived past 50 years old, and most of them lived in their thirties and forties. During this period, Emperor Apocalypse, who died young, only lived to be 23 years old, which directly reduced the average life expectancy of Ming emperors.
We checked the official history of unofficial history and found that the average life expectancy of monarchs in several dynasties next to the Ming Dynasty was higher than that of the Zhu family. For example, the average life expectancy of emperors in Tang Dynasty was 46.4 years, that of emperors in Song Dynasty was 46.5 years, and that of emperors in Qing Dynasty was 43.2 years. This situation is very confusing. Many people may think that the living standard was too low at that time, which led to the short life span of Ming people. But this is not the case. Take the minister as an example. Their lives are far inferior to those of emperors. However, there are countless ministers over 60 years old in the Ming Dynasty, and some even lived to be around 90 years old.
After all, was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty so weak? What the hell happened to them? The mystery may have been solved, so it is no wonder that history books dare not record it.
First of all, I found that genetic problems may be the main reason for the early death of the emperor. In fact, the Ming emperor was not weak from the beginning. When Zhu Chongba was in office, he gave birth to many children. Except Judy, who became emperor, all other descendants became prisoners. Most of these prisoners are very rich and healthy. For example, the number of descendants of Wang Su is even smaller.
However, Judy's descendants are all weak chickens. For example, when Vantage turned 30, he felt that his body was rotten as rotten wood. Filial piety has been weak since childhood, and when he became an emperor, he was terminally ill. The emperor who ascended the throne later was in poor health. Therefore, it is safe to guess that Judy herself has some kind of genetic disease, which is why his descendants are so declining. History books dare not record it like this. After all, the emperor is the head of a country, and the officials responsible for writing history books still want to live. The content written cannot contain any clues to discredit the emperor, so if there is such a reason, the history books dare not record it.
Secondly, diligence is also the focus of the early death of the emperor. After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he abolished the prime minister system that existed for thousands of years in ancient China. This system makes the power more concentrated in the hands of the emperor, but it also leads to all the work originally attributed to the prime minister being carried on the emperor, which increases the workload of the emperor. Under the heavy state affairs day after day, the emperors' bodies collapsed because of overwork, which eventually led to their early death.
However, not every emperor is so busy. There were also many idle emperors in the Ming Dynasty, such as Emperor Injong, Emperor Zhengde and Emperor Apocalypse. They never think of the people, only care about their own sufferings, indulge in debauchery all day long, and finally die of excessive indulgence.
In recent years, when experts visited the Forbidden City, they found that the paint and other decorative materials on the walls of the palace may also be one of the reasons for the early death of the emperor. After Judy ascended the throne, she moved the capital to Yanjing and built the world-famous Forbidden City. In fact, a large amount of cinnabar is used as a coating for palace walls and floor tiles. We all know that cinnabar contains a lot of mercury, which is a kind of heavy metal that is toxic to human body. If it is newly built, staying in such an environment for a long time will have an impact on the health, especially on the seedlings.
To sum up:
Or analyze Ming Taizu, such as Zhu Yuanzhang and Judy, the great emperors of Ming Dynasty. They never worked in Beijing in their whole lives, while Shizong of Ming Dynasty lived to be 60 years old. Before he ascended the throne, they all grew up in the south and never lived in the imperial court. On the other hand, those emperors who lived in the palace since childhood lived in the red wall since childhood, and their bodies were slowly affected by heavy metals, which was likely to lead to chronic poisoning and eventually died young.
Seeing this, many people may question and ask why the Manchu emperor who was in the Forbidden City on the same day lived a long life. One reason is that the toxic substances in these paints have a certain release time, similar to formaldehyde in new houses. There is also the fact that the emperors of the Qing Dynasty didn't actually live in the Forbidden City. Most of them stayed in Yuanmingyuan to deal with political affairs, and they also went to the summer resort for a period of time every summer, so they were relatively unaffected.
All the above are speculations based on historical facts. I always feel that the prehistoric truth is far more complicated than we thought. Do you have any other ideas? Let's express our opinions in the discussion area.