Tracing China: Through history, dialogue between ancient and modern

Chapter 270 Western Han VS Eastern Han
Historically, the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty were generally very powerful. Although there was a scum like "the first generation of Haihunhou" Liu He, the wise emperors of the Western Han Dynasty still accounted for the majority.

Looking back at the 12 emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was another situation.

Except for Liu Xiu of the first generation and Liu Zhuang of the second generation, the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty began to be short-lived since the third generation of Han Zhangdi Liu Da. It is a miracle that they can live to 30 years old, and most of them died in their prime.

In terms of overall strength.

Western Han VS Eastern Han, the Western Han can easily crush the Eastern Han.

nowadays.

There is also an unsolved mystery - "Why are the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty so short-lived?"

of course.

Maybe many people don't understand the short life of the Eastern Han emperor.

In fact, as long as you open some history books, you can basically find that the average life expectancy of the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty seems to be extremely short.

According to records, the average life expectancy of the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty was only 26.71 years old, not only far lower than the 37.67 years old of the former Han emperors, but also the only one among all the unified dynasties to fall below 30 years old.

So what are the reasons for these ninety-five lords who held supreme power in the feudal era to die so early?
When the host Lin Feng asked this question to Liu Xiushi, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Liu Xiu was a little confused.

He asked back, "Mr. Lin, are you joking? I am the first emperor of the "Eastern Han" in your later generations, how could I know what happened?"

Lin Feng looked embarrassed and looked at the other person to ask.

That man was none other than Liu Xie, the last emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty organized the language for a long time, faltering and hawing, and finally couldn't tell why.

This is also normal!
When Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was young, his parents and grandparents passed away long ago.

Moreover, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had a bumpy life, and most of his life was rough, and he was "raised" by Cao Cao in the deep palace for the rest of his life, so how could he know that.

Liu Xiu couldn't help asking, "Mr. Lin, how are you recorded in your later generations' classics?"

Lin Feng pointed at the live broadcast camera and began to recite the information collected and memorized at home the day before.

Emperor Guangwu is 62 years old, which is not considered short among the emperors of previous dynasties, but long-lived.

The second Ming emperor was 48 years old, which was actually not short, almost the year when he knew his destiny.

The third generation of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, the cause of death is unknown, but it is relatively credible that it is a physical problem. In addition, Zhang He patrolled in August of the first year, returned to October in winter, and died in the first month of the second year. Considering the plague and emergencies, there will be no delay. For such a long time, if he died of a disease, he should also have contracted an illness after returning home, or became ill due to exhaustion, but this reason is only speculation, and the later generations in 2000 have also paid more attention to it.

According to mainstream historians.

Push the responsibility to the genetic problem of the Eastern Han emperor.

For example, Emperor Liuzhuang of the second generation of the Eastern Han Dynasty had nine sons, and Emperor Zhang was the fifth son.The eldest son, the fourth son, the seventh son, the eighth son, and the ninth son are all short-lived.

Therefore, it is believed that the premature death of the third generation Zhangdi is a physical problem, and it is related to genetics, but at the same time, it is more related to the lifestyle shared by the royal family:

"During the day, the bone marrow is drenched with alcohol, and at night, the blood is infused into the room." "The character is too early, or the child is good at qi, or the disease causes the essence, the essence is thin and evil, and the blood is not full."

Another thing that can prove the problem of physique is that from Emperor Guangwu to Emperor He, the life expectancy of his offspring was not as good as that of one generation.

Among the heirs of Emperor Guangwu, except the East China Sea Kings Liu Jiang and Liu Heng who died early, and Liu Ying and Liu Jing who committed suicide, the life expectancy of the other seven sons was more than 50 years old, and Liu Yan could even live to be 82 years old. Life expectancy has generally declined, and the number of children has also declined, indicating that there are generally physical problems in the family.

This physical problem should be attributed to the lifestyle of the royal family first, and then passed down from generation to generation, so that there are few long-lived people in future generations.

Hedi, the fourth generation of the Eastern Han Dynasty, died of illness at the age of 27, similar to Emperor Zhang.

One is heredity, and the other is fatigue.

Emperor Shang of the Han Dynasty, the death of infants and young children was very common in ancient times.

Emperor Han'an fell ill on his way south to Wancheng and died on the way.

Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty, the cause of death is unknown, because of a puppet, there may be some extraordinary reasons, but it may still be due to illness or hereditary weak constitution.

Emperor Chong of the Han Dynasty, the child died young.

Emperor Hanzhi was poisoned to death.

Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, in addition to family inheritance, the more important reason was the licentious lifestyle and the mental pressure in his early years.

Fortunately, Emperor Duo Nei had collected five to six thousand palace maids, as well as driving servants, which was twice as many as this.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the reason is basically the same as that of Emperor Huan.

Han Shaodi was forced to commit suicide.

In the last words of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he lived a total of 53 years. Although it is not short-lived, it is also related to his non-involvement in government affairs.

After listening to these words.

Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu looked around and looked at the many immature faces, and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

On the other hand, in the Western Han Dynasty, it is more spirited than a dragon and a tiger!

Liu Bang suddenly said, "Liu Xiu, there's no need to be persistent, your ability in the first three generations is not bad..."

Liu Xiu rolled her eyes, her face was a little ugly.

He must have thought to himself, Emperor Gaozu, you don't feel pain in your back when you stand and talk, right?
You, the fifth generation of the Western Han Dynasty, a macho man from heaven, has produced a Hanwu Emperor who can rival Qin Shihuang!

Even the great-grandson of your great-grandson came out with Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty who turned the tide and realized the rule of ZTE.

Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty also comforted, "Liu Xiu, I have made some calculations. In the Eastern Han Dynasty that you established later, there are only two people, and they can be regarded as Mingjun."

Emperor Han Jing also comforted, "Liu Xiu, your son and grandson are very capable, almost comparable to me and my father."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, "In fact, it is fortunate that none of the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty is like Hu Hai II."

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Listening to this, Liu Xiu's face became darker and darker, her eyes turned red, and she looked like she wanted to pounce on someone and bite someone.

Lin Feng was also speechless.

These Western Han emperors seem to be consoling on the surface, but in fact, they are obviously teasing and insinuating!

The same family.

He is also the emperor of the old Liu family.

Why bother to hurt each other?
Lin Feng couldn't stand it anymore, and bluntly said that according to his guess, there should be three reasons why the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty were generally short-lived.

The first reason is that the emperors ascended the throne too early, and began to have sex before their bodies were fully developed, resulting in a lack of health.
Because Emperor Hanzhang died early, Prince Han and Emperor Liu Zhao succeeded to the throne at a young age, that is, the emperor was only nine years old when he took the throne, and the Queen Mother Dou, who was called by the court, was not his biological mother, so he was not cared enough for him.

Therefore, the Han and Emperors were left alone, and they carried out the affairs of men and women prematurely.After that, Hedi killed his relatives and completely controlled the government, and no one could restrict him.Hedi was only 13 years old at the time, and he started having sex at the age of 13, which must be very harmful to the body.

It is the emperor again, with power in hand and no one to control it, so excessive indulgence is also common. In addition to the state affairs, the body itself is deficient, and it takes a lot of energy to deal with state affairs, and the body collapses early.This was the case with Emperor Hanhe, which caused his body to collapse early and died at a young age. He was only 27 years old when he died.

The emperor gave birth to a son at a very early age, and his body was not fully mature, which would lead to congenital deficiencies and genetic defects. This was also a factor in the Eastern Han emperor's short life.

The second reason is that the emperor was young, and his relatives exercised power and killed the king.

The emperor's short life will also lead to another reason, because the emperor died early, and the new emperor who ascended the throne was young, so generally at this time, the queen dowager will be called by the court, and the queen mother must rely on her own mother clan, that is, Foreign relatives come to control the government.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the conflict between the emperor and his relatives was extremely fierce. Two emperors were killed by their relatives, both of whom were killed when they were young and before they took power.

When the emperor was young and not in power, powerful ministers and relatives were very threatening to them. Unfortunately, there were so many young emperors in the Eastern Han Dynasty, so it was often the queen mother who was in power. If the emperor was his own child It's okay to say, but if the emperor is not his own son, then the queen mother is likely to favor her mother's family, causing the powerful officials to kill the king.This is also an important reason for the emperor's short life.

The third reason is that the medical level of the Han Dynasty was too poor.

2000 years ago, although medicine has developed for a period of time, it is still far behind compared with later generations.

The congenital deficiencies of the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the long-term physical and mental depression caused by the powerful officials after they succeeded to the throne in childhood, so the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty were in poorer health than the emperors of other dynasties. .

When the medical level is insufficient, it is easy to cause the emperor to die due to illness.

"Eh!"

"Live for a long time is also a skill!"

Emperor Gao Zu, when he spoke meaningfully, he did not forget to stroke his beautiful beard and long beard, "Zhen, I lived to be 62 years old."

Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty looked ashamed, "I, as Mr. Lin said, am only 24 years old."

Emperor Wen of Han, "I am 46 years old."

Emperor Han Jing said, "I am 48 years old."

The voice of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was like thunder, and the accent of each word echoed in this ancient hall, "I reigned for 55 years and lived to be 70 years old."

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Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, "I reigned for 26 years and lived to be 43 years old,"

Emperor Han Yuan, "reigned for 16 years and lived 44 years old."

Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, "reigned for 27 years and lived for 45 years."

The emperors of the Western Han Dynasty reported their age one by one, and their smiles were brilliant and proud!
In the end, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made calculations with his hands, and after a lot of chanting, he shamelessly made a conclusion:

"On average, the average life expectancy of our Western Han emperors exceeds 40, it's really amazing..."

2000 years ago, the average life expectancy was only in the early twenties, and the average emperor was over 40, which is already very impressive.

No way, we can't use today's perspective to look at the ancient times with low productivity.

要知道，最古老的夏朝平均寿命仅仅为18岁；秦汉时期平均寿命也只是区区的20岁；哪怕是号称天朝上国的唐朝平均寿命只是27岁；就算经济最繁荣的宋朝平均寿命也只是30岁；清朝平均寿命撑死还只是33岁…

"I'm not convinced!"

Liu Xiu jumped up against the crime, with an expression of whether he could bear it or not, and he had the momentum to fight it out.

"I want to compete with my ancestors in the six arts."

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar.

Lin Feng was refreshed, the wonderful moment has come!

Western Han VS Eastern Han.

Competition six arts.

No matter who wins or loses.

Just thinking about it is a series of wonderful and famous scenes.

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(End of this chapter)