Chapter 705: The Occupation with the Shortest Lifespan
"Okay, I have to think about this matter, and retreat from the dynasty, I'm tired." After Li Er finished speaking, he waved his hand and signaled that everyone could go.
From the moment he stood up, Zhang Nan had an illusion, that is, he felt that Li Er was really a little old, and it could be seen that Li You and Hou Junji's treason was still a big blow to Comrade Li Er.
When the courtiers heard Comrade Li Er say this, they didn't dare to say much, after all, how to judge and kill this kind of thing, it was all up to Comrade Li Er, especially now that there is a prince involved, even Wei Zheng, who has the most things to do on weekdays, also closed his mouth at this time.
accompanied by Liu Bing's "retreat". This very promising early dynasty is over.
When Zhang Nan got off the court and returned to the house, his butt was not yet hot, and Liu Bing came to Zhang Nan's house.
"Lord Zhang, the emperor invites you to go." Looking at Liu Bing's harmless face, Zhang Nan wanted to punch hard.
"I said Lao Liu, did you mean it, I just went back to the house, and I didn't even sit on a hot chair, and you let me enter the palace again? Why didn't you call me when I walked to the gate of the Taiji Palace just now? Zhang Nan looked helpless.
On this day, although he has nothing to do, he can't let him run errands like this, this is not a dog walk.
"Hey, Lord Zhang, it's not like you didn't see the emperor's appearance in the morning, there are some things here, you can't get it to the surface, and now the emperor has something to look for you, which shows that the emperor values you." Liu Bing also said with a smile.
"Alright, let's go." Hearing Liu Bing say this, Zhang Nan didn't want to say much, after all, Comrade Li Er's somewhat powerless posture in the morning was not like pretending.
followed Liu Bing into the palace again, and came to Comrade Li Er's Heart Cultivation Palace, at this time Li Er was lying on the warm bed of the Heart Cultivation Hall with his eyes closed, and next to him was the eldest grandson Queen who was rubbing his head for Li Er.
Zhang Nan didn't dare to speak much when he saw Comrade Li Er's appearance, who knows if Comrade Li Er's body is comfortable now?
"Qingquan, you say, why does everyone want to sit in this position of mine?" Comrade Li Er closed his eyes, then put his hand on the hand of Empress Changsun, who was rubbing his head for him, and patted it.
Empress Eldest Sun also stopped her work with interest.
"Your Majesty, do you want to hear the truth or do you want to hear lies?" After thinking for a while, Zhang Nan asked.
"How's the truth? What about falsehoods? Li Er asked rhetorically.
"Hehe, the emperor actually thinks too much, and what comes out of the minister's mouth is the truth." Zhang Nan also said with a smile.
"Oh? Then I want to hear how true your words are. Li Erdao.
"It's really better than pearls, but let's answer your question first, the emperor, you ask the minister if everyone in the world wants to sit in your place, and the minister can only say, it depends on who it is."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Back to the emperor, people who can have such thoughts, all of them are people who have tasted the taste of power, everyone has a greedy nature, but some people control it, some people can't control it, power is like a thing that tempts people all the time, people with strong willpower can resist, but most people can't, your emperor, as the most powerful person in the world, naturally those people in your position want to sit down, after all, the throne represents the supreme right, a thought of life, a thought of death." Zhang Nan said.
"You can see it thoroughly, but there are too few people in your mouth who can refuse power."
Li Er also deeply agreed with what Zhang Nan said, after all, he killed his brother and forced his father back then, wasn't it also this supreme right? It's just that he did it.
"So, your majesty, this question is a question with a clear answer, and the minister thinks that the emperor himself knows the answer."
"Then I ask you again, why am I not interested in my throne when I look at you like this?" Li Er asked with interest.
"Haha, the emperor said this, because the minister didn't want to die too early." Zhang Nan said with a smile.
"Died too soon?"
"Yes, even if you die too early, do you know, Your Majesty, which profession has the shortest lifespan in the world?" Zhang Nan asked.
Li Er shook his head suspiciously.
"It's the profession you're doing now, let's look at the emperor as a profession for the time being, it's obvious that this profession has a very short lifespan." Zhang Nan said.
In fact, what Zhang Nan said still has a certain scientific basis.
Someone has made a statistic that there are 209 emperors who have the exact date of birth and death. The average life expectancy of these 209 people is just over 39 years.
The average life expectancy of the ancient Chinese population was only 35 years, so the average life expectancy of the emperor 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 sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty had an average age of more than forty-two years.
Among the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, only five emperors lived longer than the average age, and the remaining eleven emperors were all below the average age: from Emperor Xuande to Emperor Zhengde, the five generations of ancestors and grandchildren all died in the world around the age of their 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.
There were a total of 611 emperors in the Chinese dynasties, including the great dynasties that unified the country and the small dynasties in a remote corner, of which 339 died of natural death, that is, from disease or old age; Those who did not die well, that is, the two hundred and seventy-two people who died unnaturally. The abnormal mortality rate is 44 percent, which is much higher than that of other social groups.
According to this data, if you don't know what this profession is, then a normal person will not choose such a profession.
So Zhang Nan doesn't have any feelings about the throne, it is the emperor's family, and Zhang Nan can avoid it.