Shi Hu, the Emperor of the Later Zhao Dynasty, had the most concubines among the ancient emperors. If 40,000 ladies-in-waiting of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty can form an army, then the number of ladies-in-waiting of the late emperor is an army of 100,000 people. Because there are too many harems, they have to be scattered in several big cities such as Chang 'an, Luoyang and Yecheng.
The emperor was Shi Hu, a famous tyrant in the Sixteen Kingdoms period. When he became emperor, Shi Hu once gave an order that all women under the age of 20 and over 13, whether married or not, should be sent to his palace for him to choose. Officials all over the country are in awe of Shi Hu's cruelty. For their own safety and future, as long as they find a slightly more beautiful woman, they will immediately send it to Shi Hu's palace.
For a time, all over the country, hundreds of thousands of wives and daughters were seized by chickens and dogs to live a real harem life, and there were not a few people who were ruined. The record of 100,000 women in the harem is unprecedented, and it is difficult to break it later.
The emperor with the most wives and children in history
The emperor named Mulai Ismail is the second Sultan of Alawite Dynasty in the history of Morocco, a North African country, and the Sultan that can rival Ahmad al Mansur in the history of Morocco. During his reign, he contributed to Morocco's political stability and economic prosperity, recovered most of the coastal strongholds occupied by Europeans, and maintained his independence under the attack of European colonists and the Ottoman Empire, laying the foundation for the Alawite dynasty to rule Morocco for a long time.
Ismail's most talked about is his private life. The dissolute Ismail snatched many beautiful women into the harem during the siege. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 500 concubines in his harem, with almost all colors, races and nationalities. These concubines gave birth to at least 525 sons and 342 daughters for him, and many illegitimate children were not counted. This record is unprecedented and no one can break it so far.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shi Hu