"What did Your Majesty say by that?" Several people did not agree with Zhao Yu's statement, and Ying Jieyan looked at the others and did not speak, so he asked. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Alas, several of them are well-read historical books, and you should know that since the first emperor of Qin, there are a few people who can die well in ancient years, if I can live to the age of Mr., it will be enough!" Zhao Yu took a sip of tea and said.

Zhao Yu said that the emperor's life is short, of course, it is not nonsense, in his previous life, he read an article, a good person made a statistic on the life span of emperors in previous dynasties, and found that few emperors lived long. The data from which the exact date of birth and death of the emperor is known, there are a total of 209 emperors, and their average life expectancy is only more than 39 years. It has been pointed out that the average life expectancy of the ancient Chinese population was only 35 years, so the average life expectancy of emperors was not low. However, the average life expectancy of 35 years includes a large number of premature deaths, and in fact, the low life expectancy in ancient times was mainly due to the extremely high birth mortality rate. If this factor is taken out, demographers estimate that the average life expectancy of the population in ancient China was as high as 57 years.

It is well known that it is impossible for a person who is born to die to become an emperor. Thus, fifty-seven minus thirty-nine, the average life expectancy of a Chinese emperor is eighteen years lower than that of the average person. In addition to the factors of unnatural death, the low health level of the emperor is an important reason for the low overall life expectancy of the emperor. The political order of the Song and Ming dynasties was better, and most of the emperors died well, but the average life expectancy was still lower than the social average. The two Song Dynasty and eighteen emperors had an average life expectancy of more than forty-four years. The average age of the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty was more than forty-two years old, of which only five emperors lived longer than the average age, and the remaining eleven emperors were all below the average age.

Of course, the short life span is inseparable from the poor physical fitness, the five generations of the ancestors and grandchildren of the Ming Dynasty from Emperor Xuande to Emperor Zhengde were all in the world around the year of establishment, and Emperor Chenghua was only just over forty years old. Among them, Mingguangzong ascended the throne for only one month, and because he was lucky enough to have a few women, he died, and his physical weakness can be known. And Emperor Shenzong of this dynasty only failed to conquer Western Xia, and Wang Anshi's reform was opposed, so he had to terminate the reform, so he died in the prime of life, such a blow could not be beared, and obviously his body was not strong.

In addition, the emperor is also a very dangerous profession, the abnormal mortality rate is very high, the Chinese dynasties, including the great dynasty of the unification of the country and the small dynasty in the corner of the peace, a total of 611 emperors, of which, the normal death, that is, died of disease or old age 339 people; The one who died unhappily was the 272 people who died unnaturally, and he almost became the denominator. The abnormal mortality rate is 44 per cent, which is much higher than that of other professions in society. And the most dangerous profession in modern times is mining, but it has not reached such a terrible level, but it is similar to the statistics of unnatural deaths of the president of the stick country, and it is clear that they have not progressed.

"Your Majesty is in good health, so naturally he will live longer than his minister!" Ying Jieyan listened to the silence for a moment, thinking that what His Majesty said was really true, and he could only say it perfunctorily.

"Your Majesty is responsible for the great cause of restoring the country, and you have the protection of God, how can you die young." Wen Tianxiang also said with a smile, he had never thought of this festival, but the little emperor was like a mirror in his heart.

"Hehe, I know that the length of life is not in me, and it is useless to think about it, but who knows the daily hardship!" Zhao Yu waved his hand and said with a smile, he understood that no one can decide whether to live or die, not that you can not die if you want to, but he has a deep understanding of the hard work of being an emperor, and the root cause of this is different from other emperors, he is not for the supreme honor, but really just to save his life, but the way is no different.

Because Zhao Yu now understands that every emperor, whether it is for glory and wealth, or for his life, he must first firmly grasp this supreme power, and he cannot let go of the slightest. Because the focus of interests is necessarily the focus of power. How many elites in the world are coveting, weighing, spying on, and plotting day and night. He must love his power as much as he cares for his eyes, and he must not let up for a second. And the fear of being deprived of power made the emperors often highly nervous, and even rumored that they were all in the army, showing a certain psychopathy.

Zhu Yuanzhang wrote to his heir in "The Emperor's Ancestral Teachings", which clearly showed this kind of over-vigilance. It probably means that every day as if you were on the battlefield, pay attention to the words and actions of the people around you during the day, and closely inspect at night to ensure the safety of the palace. Even confidants who see each other day and night must be vigilant, and the so-called preparedness is also unexpected. If there is a confidential matter to discuss with the cronies, and it is necessary to retreat from others, then the guards should not be allowed to retreat too far. At most, ten zhang, not far! …… Weapons and armor should not be separated from the left and right, and a few good horses should be selected and placed at the palace gate and various city gates, and the saddles should be complete to prevent accidents......

These are only from the inner fear and suffering of each emperor, and they cannot be humane to outsiders, but they also have to bear excessive labor physically. Zhao Yu is now like his predecessors, in order to ensure that his will is absolutely unimpeded, in order to ensure his monopoly on power, and to smash any threats and challenges to the imperial power, he also has to turn himself into a cow and a horse and shoulder a heavy workload.

Those emperors who were eloquent and eloquent had to become workaholics. Qin Shi Huang stipulated that he had to read 120 catties of bamboo slips every day before he could rest. According to historical records, within eight days of September in the 18th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang read 1,660 pieces of pieces and handled 3,391 pieces of state affairs, an average of more than 200 pieces of pieces of books and more than 400 pieces of state affairs every day!

Emperor Kangxi had a good summary of the short life of the emperors of the past dynasties, and he said with deep feelings about the emperor's hard work in his edict: "Since ancient times, emperors have lived for many years, and scholars have always ridiculed them. How did they know that the troubles faced by the emperor in government affairs were overwhelming. If you are a minister, you can be an official if you want to be an official, and if you don't want to do it, you won't do it, go home and hug your grandson, and live a good life. The emperors were not so happy. The heavy responsibility of the emperor cannot be entrusted to others, so Emperor Shun did not enjoy a peaceful life until he died in Cangwu, and Emperor Yu did not enjoy a peaceful life until the day he died in Huiji. When you become an emperor, there is no way out, how dare you think of comfort! ”

Zhao Yujue's Kangxi said what was in his heart, but the Kangxi Emperor filmed by later generations sang "Let Me Live for Another 500 Years", then he must not have delved into history, it is estimated that Kangxi in his later years is tired and does not want to live, and hopes to end this life as soon as possible. And Emperor Yongzheng obviously did not listen to his father's words, during his reign, he boasted of "being diligent in the world", not patrolling, not hunting, and managing political affairs all year round. During his thirteen-year reign, Zhu Pi wrote more than 10 million words, and finally died of exhaustion on the bookcase.

Zhao Yu is just eight years old this year, which is about the same age as Kangxi's succession to the throne, but it is much harder than before his pro-government, not only must he deal with a large number of military and political affairs every day, but even such a dangerous thing as going on an expedition has to be done himself, so as to prevent others from pretending to have military power. If he continues like this, he feels that it is difficult for him to live to Kangxi's age, and if he is lucky not to be slaughtered by the Mongols, he may not escape the fate of early death.

"Your Majesty's hard work, everyone knows it, but you can't share your worries, it's really ashamed!" Gao Yingsong sighed, he also followed the little emperor after evacuating Jiazi Town, and watched His Majesty take two or three thousand stragglers and a group of old and weak women and children to open the mansion, and then to the barren Qiongzhou, it is simply a self-made step by step to build a strong army, gain a firm foothold in Qiongzhou, solve the problem of survival, and then defeat the Yuan army to ascend the throne, but only stayed in Qiongzhou for more than a month, and led the army to attack Quanzhou, it can be said that there is no half a moment of leisure, often making people forget that it is just a child.

"Alas, it is said that the emperor is the lord of the world, but in fact he is the slave of the people of the world!" Zhao Yu also sighed and said. He kind of knows how 'serving the people' came about. However, being an emperor is self-inflicted, because the root of their misfortune is the huge power, and the emperor is the freest person in the world, because his power is not limited. The emperor is also the most unfree person in the world, also because his power has no boundaries. In order to make the people of the world his slaves, the emperor himself could only become a slave of power first.

"Your Majesty said this, it really makes the ministers ashamed, how dare you be!" Wen Tianxiang jumped, and hurriedly saluted and pleaded guilty.

"Think about it, every day when I am ugly, I have to get up and practice martial arts; When the time comes, he will go to the court to listen to the government, even if it is not a court meeting, he must convene the people to deserve the matter; After the next court, I have to review the recitals and listen to the lectures of several gentlemen. Anyway, as long as I get out of the dormitory, I have to obey the rules of what I eat, what I wear, where I sit, and which foot I walk, it's just too tiring! Zhao Hao couldn't help but complain. When he was the prince, although there were some rules, he was generally free. But when he becomes the emperor, he is like a robot that has set up a program and must do it according to the prescribed actions, otherwise it will attract forced modifications from the 'programmers'.

"Your Majesty is the teacher of all the people, a model in the world, you must be righteous in order to be upright in the world!" Ying Jieyan frowned and said.

"I know that, so I've been trying to do it, but there are too many rules, and I'm too tired. I am exhausted by the mundane things of the day, and I have to keep those rules all the time, it is really better to live than to die! Zhao Yu said with a sad face. In addition to fatigue, the emperor's life also has a prominent feature: rigidity. Originally, the secular power was huge, and the emperors who had been tossed were physically and mentally exhausted, but the requirements of traditional culture for the emperor did not stop there.

China is a society governed by etiquette, since the emperor is a natural saint, then every move should be more aware of the way of heaven, abide by etiquette, have rules and laws, and be flawless, so as to set an example for everyone in the world. Therefore, the accumulation of successive dynasties has established a complete set of imperial codes based on "etiquette and law", so that every minute of the emperor's life is regulated. Therefore, Zhao Yu sometimes feels that it is much better to fight outside the palace than in the palace, at least he has a chance to relax, and it is no wonder that Qianlong, Kangxi and Emperor Huizong all love to sneak out of the palace, thinking that they can't stand these ubiquitous rules, and they want to go out and breathe the free air.

"Your Majesty, only by self-denial and public service can a monarch become a king, don't be disturbed by the world, this kind of thing must not be said again!" Ying Jieyan saw that His Majesty was talking more and more unlikely, so he hurriedly stopped him.

"Faint Monarch, Ming Monarch? Can you tell me that there is a wise man in the world? Zhao Hao asked with a wry smile.

"The three emperors of Yao, Shun, and Yu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Taizong of the Tang Dynasty are all Ming monarchs who are loved by the people; Xia Wei Shangxuan, and Gao Wei, the queen of the Northern Qi Dynasty, was a beggar, and Xiao Bao, the emperor of the Eastern Emperor of Qi, caught mice, slept lazy, and drove the people away. Wen Tianxiang replied immediately.

"No, Shun imprisoned Yao Chan in order to keep him in his place; Yu exiled Shun in order to gain the throne, and broke the Zen system to pass on the throne; Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty exhausted his army and exhausted the national wealth through several expeditions, and the people were exhausted, making the Han state weak. There is also a witch curse that slaughters important ministers and kills the prince; Tang Taizong killed his brother and killed his brother in order to seize the throne, forcing his father to take the throne, how can he be called a Ming Jun? Zhao Hao smiled and said, "Gao Wei, the queen of the Northern Qi Dynasty, was a beggar, and Xiao Bao, the emperor of Qi, caught mice, slept lazy, and drove the people away, although his behavior was absurd, he did not do such a rebellious thing, but it was in response to the Taoist inaction!" Zhao Yu waved his hand and retorted.

"This ...... They do have a moral deficit, but they do not hide their flaws, and they are also called Shangmingjun! Everyone was speechless when asked by His Majesty, Wen Tianxiang muttered for a while, but he also seemed to lack confidence.

"Hehe, Wen Xiang said this, but there is a suspicion of prevarication, if as you said, I just killed a few traitors, ate a few more pieces of meat, and chatted with close soldiers for a few days, how did I become a faint king? Compared to them, these things are not even trivial! Zhao Yu said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, there is no reason for good to be small, there is no evil for small, and thousands of miles of embankments collapse in the anthill, even if these are small sections, they must be controlled!" Wen Tianxiang was energetic, and immediately straightened his waist and said.

"Alas, the reason is in your mouths, you can say whatever you want." Zhao Yu shook his head and sighed when he heard this. In terms of Confucian moral norms to evaluate the emperors of the past dynasties, the 'holy monarch' is already rare, and the successful emperors of the past dynasties who have been commemorated and admired by later generations add up to only a dozen, and the mediocre lord, faint monarch, and tyrant abound, accounting for more than 90 percent.

"Your Majesty......"

"You don't need to say it anymore, I just want to do the duty of a king, and I don't want to go down in history, that's too tiring!" Zhao Yu saw that they were about to raise their hands to speak, and immediately interrupted. He knows that the emperor's profession is too challenging, and it is the most difficult to experience the sense of success in the work, but the most frustration is experienced, no matter how good you do, they will not praise you, and you have to find some fault with it...... (To be continued.) )