From the Shunzhi emperor counted up until the demise of the Qing dynasty, the Qing dynasty total **** have ten emperors. These ten emperors, the first few really not bad, Kangxi, Yongzheng Qianlong are good emperors, but in the late Qing Dynasty, from the beginning of the Jiaqing, this emperor is not as good as a, Guangxu and Tongzhi even have no children and grandchildren. Today, not to mention the other, on the physical quality and fertility, what is the result of a generation is not as good as a generation?
The following are some of the evidence-based statistics.
The ten emperors total **** birth 146 children, during which Kang Xi alone contributed 55. But the premature death of the total ***74 people, the premature death rate of up to 50%, it is reasonable to say that the medical conditions of the Qing Dynasty should be much more than those dynasties before ah, after all, close to modern times, but such a high rate of premature death ah a bit surprising.
Shunzhi only lived to the age of 24, was killed by smallpox, although early, but people also had 8 men and 6 women it.
Kang Xi was 14 years old, was called father, always to his 65-year-old avalanche stop, so many years he total **** made 35 men and 20 women, indeed many. But it is still difficult to escape the high rate of premature death, his children's death rate of about 51%.
Yongzheng owes good female color, harem total **** only 7 consorts, contributed 10 men and 4 women.
Qianlong in the Qing emperor the longest life expectancy, reign time is also very long, but his fertility is no better than Kang Xi, or even far worse. 17 men and 10 women.
These next ones are not as good as one another. Jiaqing 5 men and 9 women, not much, but that's a 57% abortion rate. Daoguang, with 9 men and 10 women, was a bit better than Jiaqing, with an abortive death rate of 37%, but Daoguang's reign was now in the 19th century, and medical facilities were now very good.
Reigns of Xianfeng flirtation, women can not be counted, but only made 2 sons and 1 daughter, and all three went before the age of 20, one of which is Tongzhi. Qing final Tongzhi, Guangxu, Xuantong three emperors, are no queen and end, the body is not as good as one.
These ten emperors of the Qing dynasty had all been married to close relatives of their mothers. In the Qing dynasty, several Manchu-Mongolian surnames, including Fucha, Ulanara, Yehnala and Borjigit, monopolized the succession to the throne, and our Empress Dowager Cixi is a case in point.
But because consanguineous marriages are bad luck for children and grandchildren, several emperors in the late Qing Dynasty were not as physically fit as one another, and many of their children even died young. The princes, on the other hand, were in relatively much better health.
The second reason is the mercury effect. In order to make the artifacts look more glorious and beautiful, thus the artifacts in the ancient palace were treated by the gilding process. However, this kind of appearance of the material contains a lot of mercury, those emperors because of the influence of mercury and make the body worse. And the gilding skill was widely used from the late Ming Dynasty.
Of course, this is only the speculation of later generations, the real reason should be determined separately. I heard that Tongzhi Guangxu Xuantong three emperors in the wedding were due to the queen to aunt and failed to round, which is really the descendants feel surprised.