Live streaming life: The ancients begged not to stop

Chapter 288

Throughout history, there were many Empress Dowagers or Grand Empress Dowagers who helped the emperor handle state affairs from behind the scenes, and some of them handled the affairs quite well.

[For example, Ma and Deng during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang during the Qing Dynasty. But did you know that some of these empress dowagers were not actually Han Chinese?]

[Of course, this refers to the Han court.]

The people outside the tent were a little surprised. When did this happen? The empress dowager was not Han Chinese, which meant that the emperor favored a woman from a foreign race.

And gave birth to a son to inherit the throne.

This doesn't feel right. Is it difficult for the emperor to have children? Otherwise, those ministers would not agree. They all attach great importance to one's family background.

Or it might be something from some small dynasty.

The first person I want to talk about is Zhu Youtang of the Ming Dynasty. His mother, Concubine Ji, was a Yao from Guangxi Province. She was the daughter of a native official who was captured during the Battle of Datongxia.

After being sent to the palace, she was accidentally favored by Emperor Chenghua and became pregnant with Zhu Youzhe.

As mentioned before, Emperor Chenghua also had a favorite concubine, Consort Wan Guifei, who was the emperor's favorite.

After Concubine Ji died in the palace, many people said it was Concubine Wan's fault. However, after Zhu Youtang ascended the throne, he did not pursue the matter.

[As for his mother, she was posthumously named Empress Dowager.]

Ming Dynasty

Zhu Yuanzhang's face looked unhappy, but he comforted himself in his heart that fortunately they were not those from the north, otherwise he would have to slap himself twice.

However, he was not very satisfied with this. Tianmu had said that although this emperor had a good reputation, his performance was actually quite mediocre. He wondered if it was related to his maternal side.

And I don’t know whether any official position was conferred on his maternal side.

Zhu Di took a sip of tea and felt that Emperor Chenghua was a bit like himself, but he favored women from the south, while he favored beauties sent as tribute from Korea.

But his queen has a son.

"Issue an order: Have Korea send a few more beauties as tribute. No mistakes."

Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin didn't think it was a big problem. He had just gone through the Southern and Northern Dynasties, when intermarriage among all ethnic groups was common. Even his queen had some Hu blood.

You can tell from the name.

However, he didn't know what to say about Emperor Zhu Youtang. After all, there were not many emperors like him who could wear the dragon robe and act like nothing happened.

And there is only one queen.

Apart from him, there was no other emperor like him. He had a good relationship with Empress Changsun, and there were also Concubine Yang and others in the harem.

……

[The above-mentioned Concubine Ji was still considered to be from my country. A man from the Eastern Jin Dynasty married a Kunlun female slave from outside China named Li Lingrong.]

[This person is Sima Yu, the Jianwen Emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.]

Emperor Jianwen himself is quite interesting. He was originally the Prince of Kuaiji, but was later crowned emperor. He lived to be over fifty years old, but only served as emperor for a year.

It is said that Emperor Jianwen originally had four sons, but three died young and one was deposed. He was unable to have a son after that. Later, a fortune teller came to the palace and, after examining all the women, recommended Li Lingrong, who was originally just a servant in the palace.

[He has long curly hair, protruding lips, a tall figure, and a dark complexion.]

Judging from their appearance, they are not from my country. We do have some white people, but no black ethnic minorities.

[However, there is still debate about her exact origin. Some say she was a Kunlun slave, probably from the southern island nations.]

[But now it seems that those people in the south are not tall, otherwise they wouldn't be nicknamed monkeys. Judging from her appearance, she looks a bit like someone from Africa.]

[But that was the Eastern Jin Dynasty. If someone could sail to Africa, it would be a remarkable achievement, enough to be immortalized in history.]

This is indeed a mystery. If we can find out, we might even be able to crack the mystery of human migration and find out whether all people came out of Africa.

Daqin

Qin Shihuang was shocked. What did the last sentence on the sky curtain mean? What did they mean by coming out of Africa? Which expert in later generations studied this? They are obviously descendants of Yan and Huang.

You can tell the difference from the looks.

You can't talk nonsense!

big man

Liu Che was certainly not interested in these Kunlun slaves, but it was not impossible for him to marry a few women of other nationalities. He had also heard that the appearance of women in the Western Regions was very different from that in the Central Plains.

very interested.

"Send envoys to the Western Regions and have them present beautiful women to you!"

Several ministers did not say anything. The Liu family was quite open-minded in this regard. Emperor Hui of Han even married his own niece. Marrying a beauty from the Western Regions was no big deal.

Small things, small things.

Jin Dynasty

Sima Yan's face had turned dark. He knew that mentioning the Jin Dynasty would definitely not be a good thing. Although the Eastern Jin Dynasty was far away from him, it was still his descendants.

How can you marry a Kunlun slave?

Moreover, this Kunlun slave became the queen mother. I wonder who her son looks like, and whether he will inherit some of her characteristics.

I am from the Sima family of Hedong, and we cannot have black-skinned descendants.

Song Dynasty

Zhao Kuangyin knew before that the Song Emperor did not have many offspring. Although Tianmu told him the reason, he was still a little worried, so he specially called the prince over.

Even if he has no children in the future, he cannot marry a woman like Li Lingrong.

……

After watching the video, Qi Cheng didn't think much of it. my country has such a long history, and marrying a few women from other ethnic groups is not a big deal.

According to what I learned as a child, the farther the distance between parents, the more likely they are to give birth to smart children. On the contrary, close relationships are not good and are more likely to have genetic diseases.

When it comes to maintaining bloodlines, the Qing Dynasty royal family was quite strong. From the beginning to the end, the queens were all Manchus, and although there were some Han concubines in the harem, they did not have much power.

It is also because of this that there were many cases of close relatives marrying in the Qing Dynasty, and the last three emperors all died without an heir.

……

Qi Cheng stretched and was about to turn off the lights and go to sleep when the phone suddenly rang. Zhou Lu had done what he had said last time.

Invite him to visit his place in a few days and try this new delicacy.

"You're really quick, kid. You've already mastered the essentials in just a few days. You're really smart, almost half as smart as me."

"Haha, are you as smart as me? I learned it in one try, and I'm even better than I was. Not only can I cook pork, beef, and mutton, but I can also make delicious vegetarian dishes."

The people outside the sky were very curious about what delicious food they had made and they wanted to learn how to make it.