Why did Zhu Zhanji, who was both civil and military, die suddenly at the age of 38?

Zhu Zhanji's sudden death should be what is now called death by overwork, after all, the emperor is a very tiring profession, and it is never an exaggeration to say that he has every opportunity. In addition, his family generally does not live long, and it may be because of this reason that he died young.

Zhu Zhanji was the Ming monarch who created the rule of Renxuan, but he died young at the age of 38, and later generations speculated that it may be because Zhu Zhanji liked to play with crickets and Xuande furnace, which led to heavy metal poisoning and made Zhu Zhanji die early.

is so short-lived, it is better to give up the throne to the second uncle King Han

There is no answer in the official history, everyone generally agrees that he died in the Qianqing Palace, the palace where he lived, and the decoration materials were poisoned by mercury volatilization!

The reason for Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji's short life:

1. Preventing political opponents from spending too much energy and dying early.

Mingrenzong Zhu Gaochi and Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji are all Yan kings, that is to say, with the success of Ming Chengzu Zhu Dijing, these two princes and grandsons have the emperor's life. If he was just the prince of the domain, he might not have lived so shortly. But when Zhu Di raised troops against the sky and forcibly carried Emperor Jianwen with the vassal king, including Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi, the father and son, had no bottom in their hearts.

But if you don't fight, you can only wait for death, and to put it bluntly, you can also die. Fortunately, in the end, Zhu Di succeeded in ascending to the throne, but the fear, anxiety and even despair were inevitable, especially when Zhu Di led the troops to the expedition, and Beiping was besieged by a large army, all of which were supported and counterattacked by the prince Zhu Gaochi. How can Zhu Gaochi and a literati not be haggard in this situation for a long time, this is one of them.

Zhu Di said that although the emperor set up Zhu Gaochi as the crown prince for the sake of the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji, he had an ambiguous attitude towards Zhu Gaochu, the king of Han. This not only made the Han King Zhu Gaochu eyeing the throne, but also made the crown prince Zhu Gaochi uneasy. This situation lasted until the death of Gaozu and the passing of the throne to Zhu Gaochi of Mingrenzong, and he has always tensed his nerves for decades and did not dare to go out of line.

Zhu Zhanji, the crown grandson, is also in the same situation, and has been in an anxious and depressed life for a long time.

2. The political system is overworked.

Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's abolition of the prime minister and the seizure of power also put most of the government affairs on the emperor. Therefore, Mingrenzong Zhu Gaochi and Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji also faced heavy government affairs, and this pressure was far greater than that of the emperors in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

2. Poor health.

Zhu Gaochi is fat and weak, and even needs someone to support him when he is weak after being called the emperor.

The family has a hereditary disease, and over-taking pills. Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne at the age of 47 and died violently less than a year, and his eldest son Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne. But less than 10 years after being the emperor, Zhu Zhanji also hung up, although the history of the manuscript Hui said very clearly how Zhu Zhanji died, and died of illness in a short period of time.

However, the emperor's gossip is very attractive, so scholars have conducted a lot of research on "why Zhu Zhanji of Ming Xuanzong was so short-lived".

Character Experience:Politically, he attached importance to rectifying the governance and finances of officials, elevating the status of the cabinet, and appointing "Sanyang", Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji, etc.; Teach eunuchs to read and participate in politics. Economically, measures to recuperate and ease social contradictions have been implemented.

In terms of foreign relations, Zheng He's seventh trip to the West was carried out; Stop the use of soldiers; In the third year of Xuande (1428), he went out of the fortress and built Yongning and Longqing cities.

A series of measures taken by Emperor Ming Xuanzong led to unprecedented social and economic development, and the reign of his father Ming Renzong was collectively called "the rule of Ren Xuan". At the same time, Ming Xuanzong was very accomplished in calligraphy and painting, and his books were extremely exquisite. "Sketching with ink, and then competing with Xuanhe (Song Huizong)".

Calligraphy can be seen in addition to the roundness. Work in the painting, landscapes, people, animals, flowers, birds, grass and insects are good, Zeng Zhan "Treasure of Guangyun", "early respect to carry the treasure of Wuying Palace" and "Yongxi Shiren" and other seals.

Zhu Zhanji died suddenly at the age of 38, and in my personal opinion, there are several possible causes of his death. There was some kind of recessive genetic disease in the first family, which killed Zhu Zhanji; second, too much work pressure, overwork and sudden death; The third died of pill poisoning, and most of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were superstitious about pills.

The Ming Dynasty is a very interesting dynasty, and the emperor, as a member of the family, behaved unbelievably in later generations. Of course, the Ming Dynasty is also a bloody dynasty, and it has truly achieved the "death of the king". There were many short-lived emperors in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Zhanji's life span of thirty-eight years was not very short among many emperors.

Zhu Zhanji's sudden death has been speculated by later generations, wanting to know the real reason for his death. There are also many theories about the reasons for his death, the most representative of which are the following two.

Zhu Yuanzhang, as the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was a long-lived emperor, and among his descendants, there were also many long-lived people. On the other hand, there are many short-lived emperors in Zhu Di's lineage.

Zhu Zhanji's father lived to be 48 years old, he himself only lived 38 years old, and the life span of his two sons "did not dare" to surpass himself, living 30 years and 38 years old respectively. Among the descendants of later generations, there is Zhu Houzhao, who only lived to be 31 years old, and Ming Xizong died at the age of 23.

From the point of view of the short-lived emperors, Zhu Zhanji's lineage is likely to have recessive genetic diseases. It was this disease that limited the age of the emperors.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not an easy job, and the ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang was a veritable workaholic. Since he abolished the prime minister system, he has increased the workload of the emperor. If the emperor works diligently, he will have a lot of time in the day to deal with government affairs.

Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji was a hard-working emperor, and during his reign, he created a prosperous situation of "the rule of benevolence". Behind this prosperous era, the emperor worked day and night, and it is very likely that because of this, he will become ill from hard work and eventually die young.

In addition to the above reasons, the Ming Dynasty emperor also had a habit, which was superstitious elixir. In ancient times, there was no modern science developed, and the multiple metal content of the pill exceeded the standard, and taking it for a long time was tantamount to suicide by taking poison.

It may be that he is poisoned by drugs, and he is usually very tired, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has a record of taking pills, and these pills are likely to be some poisons, so that his body deteriorated and died slowly.

Zhu Zhanji was a very well-known monarch in the history of the Ming Dynasty. But at the age of 38, he fell ill and died. His body wasn't very good at first.

He died of a sudden illness caused by overwork.

There is some truth in this statement, since Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty.

The prime minister was abolished, and the burden of handling government affairs was all on the emperor, to Zhu Zhanji.

After ascending the throne, although he creatively invented the "vote" and "red" systems, the final burden was still on him.

In addition, the genetics of the old Zhu family may have some defects, and it is completely possible to get sick due to labor in the next ten years.

Since Zhu Gaochi, they have had hidden genetic diseases, which actually makes sense. After all, ancient medical skills were not developed, and it was normal that no hidden diseases were discovered, and even if they knew, they might not dare to mention it.

There is also a saying that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was too tired, and the reason why he lived so short was entirely because there were too many things, which was the disadvantage of centralization. This is also possible, but it is not very likely, because Zhu Yuanzhang should be the most tired one.

Like Zhu Zhanji, who died at the age of 38, historical records record that he died of illness, but he did not say what illness he had. Under his rule, the Ming Dynasty was politically clear, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the society developed steadily, and the reason for Zhu Zhanji's short life should be related to his overwork when he was emperor.

It is because he is overworked, usually diligent in government affairs, after work, often go to the harem for a turn, excessive sex life leads to physical fitness is getting weaker and weaker, many times to the hospital to ask for traditional Chinese medicine, but the staff refused to give, and finally the body was overwhelmed and died.

Because he had cancer. At that time, the medical technology did not detect it, so the best time for ** was delayed. Later, he died of a seizure.

He was actually drugged and died, and he was killed by the most important slave around him, which can be said to be very tragic.