The mystery of Qianlong's banquet changed from a feast to a life-threatening one, and the old man talked about ups and downs
In the dynastic history of China, there were more than 400 emperors. Of these hundreds of emperors, the longest-lived was the famous Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, who reigned for almost 60 years. He lived to be 89 years old, which is a long life in modern times, let alone in ancient times. In order to celebrate his longevity, and in order to create his noble image of dominating the world, he held the famous Qiansu banquet in the tenth year of the last century.
He invited longevity old people from all over the country and even other countries and nationalities to attend this banquet, but after the banquet, something unexpected happened, many old people who came to the banquet passed away abnormally, and a good birthday banquet became a longevity banquet, what is going on?
Speaking of Emperor Qianlong, I believe many people have heard his story, as the last ruler of the prosperous Kangqian era, enjoying the achievements of the construction of his fathers, the Qing Dynasty also created unprecedented glory in his hands, it is no exaggeration to say that this is the peak period of social order stability since the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, is the peak period of national peace and security, it is said that in the period of economic prosperity, a bucket of rice is only five copper coins, so this must be the heyday of history. Historical period!It is said that in the most prosperous period of the economy, a bucket of rice only costs five copper coins.
While it is true that Emperor Qianlong made remarkable achievements during his reign and continued to build on the foundation laid by his predecessors, he began to take great pride in his achievements in the latter part of his reign, perhaps believing that the construction of the Qing dynasty had been perfected in his hands and that there would be no major social upheavals or serious bureaucratic or political problems.
Therefore, he often organizes some large-scale activities, most of these activities have no great significance, Qianlong in order to publicize his own merits, establish his noble image as an emperor, hoping to win the love and respect of the people, if other dynasties can not afford to organize, they will not see these activities as difficult, costly activities, but for Qianlong, this is a small amount of money, because at this time the Qing Dynasty and the Manchu Dynasty are treasures, of course, you can spend the money you have capital to spend.
At that time, in order to show the royal demeanor of Emperor Qianlong, and also to express his spiritual concept of loving the people like a son, loving the old and respecting the elderly, he specially organized this longevity banquet for the elderly, if according to the tradition that has been handed down, generally speaking, over sixty years old, even if it is a long-lived old man, he must participate in the banquet!The banquet was held for the elderly. At this banquet, everyone must remember that in the old era, the average life expectancy was only forty or fifty years old, and very few people could survive at the age of sixty or seventy, otherwise why would people be considered real rare guests until they were seventy years old, because in the old times there were only rare guests named rare guests.
Qianlong was already eighty-six years old when he held this banquet here, and of course he could not play his cards according to common sense, so he changed the conditions for participating in the banquet, and only people over seventy years old could participate, and not only that, but he also invited some long-lived old people from neighboring countries.
Since Emperor Qianlong organized this activity, the relevant departments in various localities have actively tried to find ways to find long-lived old people within their jurisdiction, and many old people have been sent to the palace in a steady stream, and it is said that there are nearly 3,000 old people who are more than 1,000 years old, and even the oldest old man recorded is said to have lived for more than 140 years, the scene is huge, and the scale is unprecedented.
At this banquet, Qianlong spared no effort to welcome the old people from all over the world, as well as the glory and brilliance of the royal family in the eyes of the world, and could not help but make many foreign envoys at that time sigh the strength of the Qing Dynasty.
It is said that after the banquet, most of the old people stayed on the way back or died in the old man's inn, and a good life became a birthday banquet, how can this not arouse people's suspicions, so there are many rumors, but people dare not openly accuse the emperor of dereliction of duty, but in their hearts everyone will think that the death of these old people must be related to the emperor. The deaths of these old men should have nothing to do with the royal family.
But think about it carefully, since Qianlong organized this Qiansu banquet and invited long-lived old people from all over the country, it is impossible to poison the wine and food, if he really did this, then his identity and image as emperor will not be lost, not to mention these old people, what does he have to worry about?He has no reason to hurt them!There is a lot of discussion about this issue, but no one knows what the specific reason is.
In fact, the death of these old people was not deliberately caused by the royal family, but it is certainly impossible to escape the blame, why do you say that?First of all, Emperor Qianlong ordered to investigate the life expectancy of the elderly, of course, these ** could not disobey the order, so he tried every means to investigate the life expectancy of the local people and sent them to the palace, but in this process, these old people had to walk thousands of miles, but also had to go through the toil, so tormented, how to live, even the old, weak, sick, disabled, and strong young people could not withstand the long journey. Even the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, even the able-bodied young people cannot withstand the long journey. No matter how strong a young man is, he can't afford to travel a long distance, let alone these old people
Secondly, this is related to the emotions of the elderly, many old people are from the people, not to mention entering the palace to see the current emperor, that is, to see the local **, but also trembling, kneeling and bowing, and at this banquet, they will definitely be shocked by such a spectacular scene, almost many old people's emotions have been affected by this event, and it is inevitable that they will be affected.
The most important thing is that this is also directly related to the food at this banquet, because this is a banquet held by the emperor, these things to eat and drink are absolutely made of the best quality ingredients, what abalone, lobster, chicken, duck, fish, all kinds of flavors, these people may not have seen these dishes in their lives, let alone eat, so of course they took the opportunity to act, and ate without restraint with open stomachs, one after another, all to their heart's content.
But they don't know that this is the reason for their death, because these people usually eat light food, only during the Chinese New Year will they see some meat, there is no fat and water in the stomach, cold and suddenly eat too much food without nutritional value, the food will be difficult to digest, and even flatulence, the possibility of death is not great, so these foods are the real killers of people.
In short, the bizarre death of this long-lived old man was not caused by Emperor Qianlong, he just organized the banquet in good faith and on a whim, but ignored some subtle factors, and did not expect it to develop into a disaster at all.
On this basis, we can also see that in Qianlong's later years, the people in the whole society were not very rich, and there were still many poor people, and the so-called magnificence was only Qianlong's personal arrogance, and did not fundamentally solve the problems of people's livelihood.