Emperor Xianfeng has reigned for many years, why does he only have one son?
It stands to reason that for the emperor, there should be no fewer beauties and children in the harem, but Xianfeng has only one woman and two sons in his life, which is obviously a low output among the emperors, and the reason why it is not comparable to it, I think this is caused by many reasons, there are subjective reasons, and there are other objective reasons.
Subjective initiative.
This may be the main reason why Raines has fewer sons, but there are several reasons:
1. Genetic problems: Throughout the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, it can be said that the emperors are the same, the emperor's harem has many concubines and few descendants, which should have a greater relationship with the marriage customs of the Qing Dynasty emperors.
2. Physical reasons: According to legend, after Emperor Xianfeng's mother Xiaozhuang became the queen, in order to compete for favor in the harem at that time, in order to compete for the position of the eldest son, she was forced to persuade the eunuch to prescribe medicine for her premature son. Due to premature birth, Emperor Xianfeng was not in good health since he was a child. Emperor Xianfeng was frail and sickly all his life, although it was a rumor, it was an indisputable fact, which had a far-reaching impact on his descendants.
3. There are too many bad habits: Emperor Xianfeng has a lot of bad habits, one is greedy for wine, the second is greedy for sex, and the third is greedy for opium. For Xianfeng's body, these three things are simply poison, and it is said that these three things caused his body to be crushed in the end and die young, and the reason is very important.
Due to these three reasons, Emperor Xianfeng's physical condition was not ideal, and the concubines in the harem were inevitably jealous of themselves.
Other objective reasons.
This is perhaps another important reason why the Raina family has fewer sons.
1. Few concubines in the early days: carefully check all the concubines of Emperor Xianfeng, Empress Dexian, except for Xiaozhuang, is the son of Emperor Xianfeng's concubine, and the rest of the concubines, that is, in the second year of Xianfeng (1852) to ** palace or after the seal. Therefore, before 1852, that is, before the twenty-first year of Xianfeng, Emperor Xianfeng's reign was not only due to his own reasons, but also had a certain relationship with a few concubines, and perhaps Empress Xiaoxian's health may also have problems.
2. Flawless inside and outside: Regarding Emperor Xianfeng's life, he still made a difference in the early days of his reign, so he also worked hard, and Emperor Xianfeng should not be intoxicated with women during this period. After the outbreak of the Taiping Rebellion, the Qing court broke out in a situation of internal and external troubles, until Emperor Xianfeng lost in the foreign war, Emperor Xianfeng must have been a little disappointed, and then began to indulge in the sound of dogs and horses. This is also the reason why Emperor Xianfeng's three children were born between 1855 and 1858.
In short, for these reasons, the Wrens have fewer and fewer children.