First, riding and shooting is the foundation of the Qing dynasty, which is actually a backward military thought, but it really played a very good role in the personal maintenance of the emperor. For example, the founding emperor Huang Taiji was a king who walked out of the battlefield. "A Record of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty" said that the bow that Huang Taiji used in those days could not be pulled open by a strong man-this may of course be exaggerated, but at least it shows that he has good physical strength. Later, his successor the emperor shunzhi issued a warning: "Although the world is unified, we will not forget to arm ourselves with peace." According to records, Shunzhi was also good at riding and shooting and archery since he was a child.
In the third generation of Kangxi, Mulan paddock was established, and Manchu and Mongolian nobles were summoned to shoot together. "Records of the Holy Father of Qing Dynasty" said that Kangxi was an outstanding marksman and encountered high mountains during his travels. When others "can't get off, the emperor bows, walks or rides a horse, and goes up and down like a flat ground." It seems that this Wei Xiaobao master is absolutely possible in terms of personal physical quality.
Not to mention the four generations of Yongzheng, it is not necessarily true that the Jianghu rumors that he is a master, but his physical strength and force value are high. And his son, the fifth generation of Gan Long, according to Xiao Ting Zalu, every autumn, when the weather is cool, he shoots arrows evenly at the gate of Changchun Garden. "Twenty arrows are sent, and the winner is nineteen, and all the ministers are served." In line hunting, "shoot wild boar and elk, and the arrow is not empty."
There were few pictures of the emperor riding a horse like this in the Ming Dynasty. )
After that, the emperors Jiaqing, Daoguang and Xianfeng were in good health, although the national situation was getting worse day by day. Really become a basket case, until Tongzhi, Guangxu, Xuan Tong these generations.
On the one hand, it is persistent in physical fitness, on the other hand, it is relatively diligent in government affairs, and somehow more restrained in the harem. We all know that the Qing emperor favored concubines and had a set of rules set by his ancestors. No matter how much you like a concubine, the eunuch must take the woman away, leaving you alone. This is not melodramatic, but a real guarantee that the emperor has it. Therefore, in the whole Qing Dynasty, especially in the early and middle period, there was no concubine who could cause trouble because of pets.
Relatively speaking, the Ming dynasty did not have a thoughtful management system in this regard. In the early stage, Zhu Yuanzhang and Judy were relatively self-made, but in the middle and late stage, they were quite out of control. The third student is actually Emperor Jiajing who lives on elixir of life. In the middle and late period, such as Zhengde, Jingtai, Apocalypse and Chongzhen, their life expectancy is below 35, which is abnormal. Except for Chongzhen, in fact, several emperors were excessively dissolute. Emperor Zheng De was addicted to the beauty of the leopard room, while Emperor Apocalypse was more harmonious. After being rescued, he ate another kind of "fairy medicine" and eventually became swollen all over. At the age of 23, he ruined his life.
Therefore, it can be said that the life of the Ming emperor was short and that of the Qing emperor was long. The key reason is that the Qing dynasty implemented an effective life management system for the emperor, and the emperor had to follow it even if he didn't like it (the last three emperors had the worst compliance, and all of them had problems and died of smallpox during the Tongzhi period. Guangxu was confined for a long time, and Xuan Tong basically didn't have that ability).