Zhu Zhanji was the fifth emperor of the Ming Dynasty (including Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen), and although he enjoyed the literary arts (calligraphy and painting) and ** (playing the banjo qin), he was considered a very capable emperor. Although he reigned for only ten years, he managed to create"The rule of Renxuan", can be used with"The rule of Wenjing"Comparable. Although he reigned for only ten years, he created a creation that could be associated with"The rule of Wenjing"On a par"The rule of Renxuan"。However, the emperor, who had reigned for only ten years, died suddenly at the age of thirty-six. Why is Zhu Zhanji so short-lived?
Regarding the death of Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, there is such an account in the "History of the Ming Dynasty - Xuanzong Benji":"In the first month of the spring of the tenth year, he did not see the court, and ordered the ministers to pay tribute to the prince Wenhua Palace. Xu, big building. Sentence pile, table envoy. Yi Chou, collapsed in the Ganqing Palace, eight to thirty years"Clause.
According to this account, Ming Xuanzong died only three days after the onset of his illness. According to the record of "Ming Shilu - Xuanzong Shilu", it was only more than ten days from the onset of illness to his death. If Xuanzong really died of illness, then his illness was also extremely rapid.
Ming Xuanzong died young, the cause of death is not recorded in historical records, and the current speculation about the death of Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji is mainly as follows:
Hypothesis 1: Long-term use of panacea leads to poisoning.
Indeed, there were many emperors in ancient times who were obsessed with prolonging life and even immortality, and many of them took it for a long time"Panacea"He who. But the so-called of antiquity"Panacea"Most of them contain excessive amounts of lead or mercury, and long-term consumption can indeed cause harm to the body. Long-term use will indeed cause harm to the body, which is also the reason why many emperors take it for a long time"Panacea"And the cause of death. Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Aixin Jueluo-Yinzhen, Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, are typical examples.
Although Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji is a real person in Changchun, although he seems to strive for immortality, "Ming Shilu - Xuanzong Shilu" was written on the holy decree after his death, but"I am sick day by day, death common sense, and I shorten a certain number of words", it can be seen that Zhu Zhanji still has a relatively easy understanding of life and death. In addition, according to records, Emperor Qin, Han Wu, and Tang Zong all took pills, but there is no record of Ming Xuanzong taking pills.
Hypothesis 2: Lead and cadmium boxes cause chronic lead poisoning.
Zhu Zhanji does like to play with crickets, even to the point of obsession, but he is mainly seen in wild history and literary works such as "Liao Zhai Zhi Wei - Ming Dynasty Promoting Weaving", so there is"The crown prince Taibao, the Ming Dynasty Emperor of the Ming Dynasty"called. Therefore, it was found that the bones of Ming Xuanzong contained"White lead"utensils, thus leading to the conclusion that Ming Xuanzong died of chronic lead poisoning due to long-term exposure to lead substances.
However, according to the record of "Xuande Ding Yi Spectrum", at that time"White lead source"It is mainly used in smelting and other smelting bureaus, and is not used as a raw material for utensils. Besides, even if the emperor likes to play with crickets, there is no reason to guard a corpse box all day long, after all, there is no shortage of eunuchs around the emperor.
Hypothesis 3: Overconsumption leads to physical weakness.
In ancient times, due to the long-term practice"Monogamy, groups of wives and concubines"The emperor is the supreme ruler of the country, so there is never a shortage of women in the harem, which is also an important reason for the short life span of the emperors of previous dynasties. According to historical records, Zhu Zhanji of Ming Xuanzong liked the art of cohabitation very much.
According to legend, Zhu Zhanji once asked a doctor in the Tai Hospital for a book on the art of internal affairs, but the doctor told him that he was a doctor and that the Tai Hospital had sent medical books, but there were no books on it, so Zhu Zhanji was imprisoned for a long time before he was released.
Although Zhu Zhanji does not have many children, there are more than ten concubines in the harem, if Zhu Zhanji really loves the house, it is not impossible for him to be weak due to excessive indulgence.
Guess 4: Genetic problems, extreme obesity.
One of the characteristics of the old Zhu family is:"It's round"。If we look at the portraits of all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, including some of the emperor's sons, we will find that most of the emperors were, except for a few emperors who were more slender"Circle"Target. In addition, the life expectancy of members of the Ming royal family was generally shorter, which seems to have started with Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty (Note: all figures below are calculated by year old).
Seven of Zhu Yuanzhang's twenty-six sons died before him, and Zhu Xiongying, the eldest son of the chronicler Zhu Biao, lived only eight years old.
Among the four sons of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, in addition to Zhu Gaochu's unnatural death, Zhu Gaochi died at the age of 1, Zhu Gaochi died at the age of 47, and Zhu Gaochu died at the age of 48.
Seven of the ten sons of Ming Taizu Zhu Gaochi died before the age of 40: Zhu Zhanji of Xuanzong was 36 years old, Zhu Zhanhong of Yue was 34 years old, Zhu Zhan Feng of Yingxian was 15 years old, Zhu Zhan of Huai Wang was 37 years old, Zhu Zhankai of Teng was 16 years old, Zhu Zhanjun of Liangzhuang was 30 years old, and Zhu Zhanjun of Wei Gong Wang was 22 years old.
Looking at the descendants of Ming Xuanzong, among his six children, the birth and death dates of four of them are clearly recorded: Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen is 36 years old, Ming Dynasty Zong Zhu Qiyu is 28 years old, Princess Shunde is 23 years old, and Princess Changde is 46 years old.
After the Ming emperors after Xuanzong, after the unnatural death of the Chongqing Emperor Zhu Youzhen and the longevity of Ming Shizong Zhu Houzhao (59 years old) and Mingshenzong Zhu Yijun (56 years old), the remaining emperors only lived to be in their forties.
From this point of view, it cannot be said that the ancient Zhu family did not have genetic problems. According to the records of "History of the Ming Dynasty" and "Ming Shilu", the cause of death of Ming Xuanzong is likely to be a genetic problem of the Gu Zhu family. In addition, judging from the portrait, Ming Xuanzong was fatter than his father, who was known for his obesity.
These are the four kinds of ** for the early death of Ming Xuanzong. I think the first three, while they seem to be more reliable, are not very credible, while the last one is relatively more credible.