What did the emperors of the feudal dynasty value most? They are not descendants. This colorful country can only be ruled by generations of descendants so that outsiders will not take advantage of it!
In fact, having many heirs is not just a selfish idea of one family. Looking back at history, countless dynasties have been in crisis because of the loss of heirs!
If an emperor does not have a son who can inherit the great treasure, then the throne will definitely lead to fights or even civil wars a hundred years later!
In order to stabilize the country, the imperial power must also ensure the safety of the heirs!
But how can we be safe? During the two hundred years of the Qing Dynasty, the mortality rate of princes has remained high. Don't think that people will die if they are well-dressed and well-fed. Assassination is a crisis that cannot be avoided!
What's so great about the son born to the queen? A piece of clothing worn by a smallpox child can kill him!
Four or five concubines have sons. Do you know which one will accidentally fall into the well?
Not to mention misleading the public with lies and using superstitious ideas to deliberately harm children!
If you can get through these hurdles, then you still have to survive the disease hurdle, such as smallpox, plague, typhoid fever, bruises... too many dangers can kill the prince!
Being a prince in the Qing Dynasty was basically a high-risk adventure game. You had to avoid plots, illnesses, and even accidental injuries.
If he can survive until his coming-of-age ceremony at the age of seventeen or eighteen, does that mean he is safe? Absolutely not, the prince is an adult and there are still things that can kill him!
Caught in a palace struggle with great risks, and tortured by drunkenness, sex, and wealth. Not to mention the fact that just a drunken woman would destroy many princes.
In the Qing Dynasty, many Baylors had not even waited to be crowned kings. In their twenties, their bodies were drained by alcohol and sex, and they finally died. There are too many such examples!
Precisely because there are many dangers, and there was no way to solve these problems in ancient times, there was only one way...give more births to increase the chance of survival!
In the eyes of many people, Zai Chun is the emperor with the purest and most unobjectionable inheritance rights in the two hundred years of the Qing Dynasty!
This was his luck, but in fact it was also his misfortune. Fortunately, no one took over his position as emperor, but unfortunately, he also put himself in a very dangerous position.
The royal family will consider what to do if Zai Chun dies? In the past ten years or so, except for the few years when Zai Chun was away from home with Xiao Letian, he had been holding it in his mouth for fear of melting, and holding it in the palm of his hand for fear of falling.
He has become a little chick in the greenhouse! What's even worse is that he also has to relieve himself of the important task of expanding the number of descendants of the royal family!
Emperor Xianfeng gave birth to Zaichun, so Zaichun himself could no longer just give birth to one child. He had to expand his heirs to make the successor crisis smaller.
Cixi and Ci'an took this matter very seriously. It was a major matter related to the security of the country!
Carrying on the family line is even more important than governing the country, so during this period, the palace maids around Zaichun changed batch after batch, and the turnover of personnel was particularly large.
why is that? Just let Zai Chun see new tricks every day, pick the ones you like and try them out first!
It doesn't matter if the baby is pregnant in advance, as long as he is given the status of a concubine, having a child is the most important thing, and everything else has to be put aside!
What a coincidence today, the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces met the Chinese miracle doctor in the Yangxin Palace, and heard the perfunctory words of the evil doctor Huang Zaichun.
There is actually a doctor in the world who can detect this, and both queens were shocked!
Doctor Huang was kneeling on the ground and didn't know how to answer, but looking at him like this, it was definitely impossible not to explain clearly. In the end, he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet and could only say something!
"Queen Mother Qi, in fact, all the foreign minister can do is to measure... the quality of... the man's... semen..."
"How should I put it? Let's talk about the bacteriology field studied by foreign ministers! After the Dutchman Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope, humans were able to get a glimpse of the microscopic world!"
"In fact, many of our diseases are caused by problems in the invisible microscopic world. Bacteria invisible to the naked eye are the source of diseases such as inflammation, typhoid fever, influenza and even smallpox plague!"
"In the process of Leeuwenhoek's research on bacteria... he discovered the secret of the essence of men... In fact, through a series of observations and data analysis, he discovered the amount of that thing in men..."
"If there is more...well...it will be easier to conceive naturally...if it is less, the probability will be lower..."
"There is even a kind of man in this world who suffers from a disease called azoospermia. He just doesn't have that essence at all... So if you give this kind of man a hundred wives, he won't be able to give birth!"
"Really! Are you telling the truth?" Cixi's eyes widened, and she searched the knowledge reserves in her head. She had never heard of such a fantasy!
Doctor Huang nodded, "This is really hard to believe. It is a bit inconsistent with our usual thinking, but after countless trials of clinical diagnosis and treatment, this theory is mature and correct!"
Ci'an waved his bowl of tea and said in a low voice, "Then according to your point of view... the inability to have children is not necessarily a woman's problem!"
"Half of the blame also falls on men?"
"That's right! Not just half, but more than half are in men!" Doctor Huang said firmly.
Hahaha... Ci'an let out a bitter smile, which was full of her helpless ridicule of her own fate!
Emperor Xianfeng had only one heir. Cixi was showing off her power, but what about the other women? Does she, the queen, have other concubines? They were all scolded as hens that couldn’t lay eggs!
Even if no one dares to scold you openly, there will definitely be someone stabbing you in the back!
She finally figured it out today, and Doctor Huang's words have entered her heart. "Doctor Huang... do you dare to do an experiment on His Majesty?"
"Also...your experiment is so good, have you ever done it for your head of state?"
Doctor Huang scratched his head, "Well... the foreign ministers are responsible for the head of state's regular physical health care, but this test has never been done!"
"However, many high-ranking officials from the Chinese ethnic group have secretly approached foreign ministers to do it. As for the names of the people, I can't tell the ministers..."
Cixi nodded, "In that case, you can stay in the Imperial Hospital for the time being. You can leave when you finish helping His Majesty with the experiments!"
"Leave?" Ci'an smiled, "As long as you have merit, then don't call yourself foreign minister in the future. Take away that foreign character. The Ai family will let you take charge of the Qing Tai Hospital..."
"Ah?" Doctor Huang exclaimed, "This is not good! Foreign ministers are officials of the Chinese ethnic group. They cannot serve outside without orders from the head of state. Please atone for your sins!"
"Hmph! Don't bargain with the Yi family... He, Xiao Letian, has taken advantage of the Qing Dynasty so much, is he even reluctant to part with an imperial doctor?"
