A macho man like Li Shimin died suddenly at the age of 5 1 for the following four reasons: First, he had an old illness. Li Shimin fought countless battles in his life, fought bloody battles many times, and narrowly escaped death. As an emperor who ascended the throne by force, he must be scarred. Once old, these old diseases will inevitably affect Li Shimin's health. Second, fatigue. As an accomplished emperor, Li Shimin was very tired all his life. When the Tang Dynasty was founded, in order to ascend to the throne, they took pains to fight with Prince Li. After he ascended the throne, there were Turks and Koguryo outside, and there were all kinds of intrigues inside. In his later years, even his own son will turn against him. Third, lust cannot last long. Fourth, Dan medicine poisoning. In his later years, Li Shimin embarked on the old path of emperors, began to pursue the art of immortality, and began to take a lot of Dan medicine. As we all know, taking these pills for a long time is harmful and useless, and in the end it will only accelerate your own death, because it is heavy metal poisoning.
Since ancient times, talented emperors and incompetent emperors all want to live forever, and Li Shimin is no exception. What is this? Elixir? ? In today's words, elixir is a mixture of various chemicals after high temperature treatment. After taking it, you can achieve the purpose of prolonging life, and even stand out as a fairy. But after modern scientific appraisal, the so-called Dan medicine is not only useless, but also leads to heavy metal poisoning and premature death.
As a result, it is conceivable that these pills were not only useless, but accelerated the death of Emperor Taizong. The side effects of Dan medicine will not be reflected at that time, but will gradually erode people's health. It can be seen that Emperor Taizong probably died of Dan medicine. Every military commander suffered from hidden diseases, such as Qin Qiong, but Qin Qiong's treatment was very mild, and he lived to be nearly 70 years old. If Emperor Taizong could pay attention to health preservation instead of the so-called Dan medicine, he might live longer!