Mainland China was a feudal dynasty in ancient times, and the supreme ruler of the dynasty was the emperor. As the emperor, above ten thousand people, he will naturally receive a lot of preferential treatment. In ancient times, most emperors would have many concubines, that is, what everyone called the three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines, there were more women, and of course there would be many children.
And the emperors of all dynasties and generations are also blessed with more children, and the first thing to become an emperor is to pass on the generations and give birth to several capable children to inherit their own country. And the Ming Dynasty had an emperor, Zhu Di, who had not given birth to a single child in the 22 years after he ascended to the throne.
1. Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang
Speaking of Zhu Yuanzhang, almost everyone knows, everyone knows, he is the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. At this point, many people will think that he must have a good family background. In fact, he was from a peasant background, and his family had reached the point where he could not eat, so that Zhu Yuanzhang's family starved to death, died of illness, and only Zhu Yuanzhang was left alone.
When Zhu Yuanzhang was young, even eating a full meal became a luxury, not to mention reading and studying. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang can also be regarded as a grassroots emperor. It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang's counterattack from a peasant to a generation of emperors is very incredible. This is not only the help of others, but Zhu Yuanzhang's own efforts cannot be ignored.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang finally unified the Central Plains and established the Ming Dynasty after hard work. Zhu Yuanzhang himself has not had the opportunity to learn cultural knowledge since he was a child, so he is particularly afraid that others will look down on him. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, with certain economic conditions, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted his son to learn more knowledge, rather than missing the opportunity to learn like himself.
Among Zhu Yuanzhang's many sons, his favorite is the eldest son Zhu Biao, Zhu Biao is a very knowledgeable and very Sven person. And the most important thing is that Zhu Biao knows how to tolerate others, not only Zhu Yuanzhang, but even the imperial court ministers are full of praise for Zhu Biao.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang liked the eldest son Zhu Biao the most, for other sons, Zhu Yuanzhang was also carefully cultivated. Zhu Yuanzhang did not favor one over the other because of his own preferences. Zhu Yuanzhang has experienced a lot of bloody storms in his life, so after peace, he especially likes the character of the eldest son. He believed that if the eldest son inherited the throne, he would be able to govern the country well.
Zhu Biao did not disappoint Zhu Yuanzhang, and even his relationship with his brothers was very harmonious. There is little true affection between the brothers of the Imperial Family, but Zhu Biao has been recognized and respected by all the brothers. There was no opinion on Zhu Biao's other people as the crown prince. If things had developed in this way, the Ming Dynasty would not have had anything to do with Zhu Di.
However, Zhu Biao's health was not good, and he died not only in front of Zhu Di, but also in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. After the death of the eldest son, several sons died in succession, and the eldest of the living sons was Zhu Di. Moreover, Zhu Di is also the person who most resembles Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang has a crush on Zhu Yunjiao, that is, Zhu Biao's son. He made Zhu Yunjiao the eldest grandson of the emperor and wanted to pass the throne to Zhu Yunjiao.
There are sons who are not passed on directly to their grandsons, and Zhu Yuanzhang is really a strange thing among the ancient emperors. If the grandson can sit firmly on the emperor's throne, it is a pity that Zhu Yunjiao has the kindness of his father but not the ability of his father. In order to enable Sun Tzu to do a good job as emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang killed many people who did not listen to Zhu Yunjiao's management when he was alive, including many military generals.
Second, Zhu Di ascended to the throne
Although he did not obey, because it was his father's order, Zhu Di also had to obey. Zhu Di is the most similar person to Zhu Yuanzhang, he is very good at leading the army to fight, and he also has a good prestige in the army. It can be said that Zhu Di has Zhu Yuanzhang's bravery and good fighting, and also has profound knowledge that Zhu Yuanzhang does not have.
If Zhu Yunjiao did not endanger Zhu Di's interests after he took the throne, perhaps Zhu Di would not be so quick to oppose. However, Zhu Yunjiao made a stupid decision when he did not have so much ability, that is, to cut the domain. In this way, Zhu Di was not willing. Originally, he did not quite obey Zhu Yunjiao as emperor, and Zhu Yuanzhang had to obey
Now that Zhu Yuanzhang was no longer there, Zhu Yunjiao was still following the advice of others and wanted to take back the rights of the king of the domain. Under the influence of his subordinates, Zhu Di did not do anything twice, and simply reversed under the guise of the Qing Jun's side. Zhu Yuanzhang killed many generals during his reign, so when Zhu Di rebelled, Zhu Yunjiao had no one to use. Not long after, Zhu Di occupied the capital and declared himself emperor.
Third, why is there not a man and a half woman
After Zhu Di ascended to the position of emperor, it was reasonable to say that there was nothing else to do, and there should be more heirs than before. But what makes people wonder is that after Zhu Di ascended to the throne, he reigned for 22 years, and in 22 years, he did not have a single child. Why? Is It that Zhu Di does not love women? Or does Zhu Di have some hidden disease?
In fact, Zhu Di also had children before he ascended to the emperor, which means that Zhu Di's body is no problem. But why don't you have children anymore? Is it true that Zhu Di does not love women? This is not the case.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he also accepted many concubines, including many Korean beauties. I heard that later, he also especially favored the Korean beauty Kwon clan. Everywhere you go, you have to take the Quan clan with you, and even let the Quan clan follow in the war. Unfortunately, the Kwon clan later died prematurely. Shortly after Kwon's death, it was found out that her death was actually involved in the participation of other people, not simply a death of illness.
Moreover, it is said that at that time, it was also found that there were concubines cheating, and in order to find out the truth of the matter, Zhu Di killed many people. Later, some palace women who knew about it said that the concubine cheated because the emperor's body could not satisfy the concubines of the three palaces and six courtyards.
It can be seen from this that perhaps after the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Di's body will not work, and if nothing else, at least the ability to reproduce will definitely be affected, otherwise it will not be 22 years without a child. After all, the Battle of Jingnan gambled on Zhu Di's life, and if he succeeded in more than ten thousand people, he might die without a place to die if he failed.
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All in all, there are many opinions about the reasons why Zhu Di has not had children for 22 years after he ascended the throne. Some say that because of the death of Empress Xu, Zhu Di was too sad to be interested in other women. But some people say that Zhu Di damaged his body during the war and affected his reproductive function.