The second place is Empress Cao: Cao Shi was born in a famous family, with noble status, good at books, understanding and good at calligraphy. But it has never been loved by Injong, and there are no children. After his death, Emperor Yingzong honored Cao as the Empress Dowager. Since then, she has tried her best to assist the new emperor and won the love and admiration of her subjects.
Many people question whether Queen Cao and Song Renzong Zhao Zhen have children.
It is safe to say that Queen Cao and Song Renzong have no children. Cao Bin, the grandfather of Empress Cao, was a founding hero in the early Song Dynasty. He is generous and virtuous. However, her relationship with Injong Zhao Zhen was lukewarm, so that Injong once had the idea of abolishing it. Due to the strong persuasion of Queen Yang, Injong gave up. Such a relationship between husband and wife, often not together, coupled with Injong's illness, naturally there will be no children.
Obviously, none of Song Renzong's 16 daughters was born to Queen Cao, which fully shows that Queen Cao has never had children with Zhao Zhen in Song Renzong in her life.
The descendants of the royal family in Song Dynasty were not prosperous, with low survival rate and short life span.
According to statistics, the average life expectancy of governors in Song Dynasty was 29 years. 44 years old, and the average life expectancy of princesses is only 17.6 years old.
The average social age in Song Dynasty was slightly lower than 56 years old. Seven years old. The average life expectancy of a scholar-bureaucrat is 64 years. 47 years. The average life expectancy of princes, nobles and princesses in the Song Dynasty was not only lower than that of the society in the Song Dynasty, but also far from the upper class of the ruling class in the Song Dynasty.
This makes people wonder, why?
It stands to reason that princes and princesses enjoy the best medical care and life, and it is normal to live longer than most people.
There are genetic and environmental reasons for the decline of the prince in Song Dynasty.
1. Genetic factors
According to textual research, among the 8 emperors in Song Dynasty/Kloc-0, 5 were diagnosed with mental illness and 1 suffered from mental illness. Moreover, among the lineal blood relatives of this family, there are more than 10 princes who are also mentally ill or mentally ill.
Most of the Song emperors who were not mentally ill or mentally ill were unhealthy and had a short life span. Almost all emperors (including most princes) died of sudden diseases and wind diseases? Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral thrombosis.
Some scholars believe that some genetic factor led to the hereditary pathological changes in the mental center of the Zhao family of the Song royal family, which took two forms: one was mental or psychological disease, and the other was cerebrovascular disease.