How did Li Shimin die? Why do some people say that the cause of his death was that he was mentally retarded and that historians were embarrassed to record it?

In his later years, Li Shimin was seriously ill and sought medical treatment. His illness could not be cured no matter how much medicine he took. He did not want to die, so he wanted to try the elixir. However, no one expected that Li Shimin only took more than 2 pills. Within months, he was poisoned and died suddenly. Natural historians did not dare to write down the cause of death for this eternal emperor. Is it recorded that Li Shimin himself died from poison? Too retarded.

Li Shimin did not believe in the elixir of immortality

When Li Shimin was young, he did not believe in the elixir of immortality at all, so someone told him that taking the elixir would make him immortal. Even if he is immortal, he will still laugh at them. For example, once, when Li Shimin went to court, he said to the ministers: "You must not believe that there are any medicines that can make you immortal. They are all fake. Everyone is destined to die. Don't bother so much... .."

"Zhenguan Politicians" also records that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty lamented that during the period of Emperor Liang Wu of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the country was ruined and the family was destroyed due to superstition in Buddhism. He said: "The ambitions of father and son in the Southern Dynasties were flashy. Only those who follow the teachings of Shi and Laozi have led to the destruction of the country and the destruction of the family, which is a lesson." Taizong always believed that human life is limited, and no one, no matter high or low, can escape the consequences of birth, old age, illness, and death. Although he has regained the power to turn the sun around, , the ambition of a wonderful and poor god will inevitably end in life.

Li Shimin was seriously ill and sought medical treatment

In his later years, Li Shimin's health became worse and worse. No medicine was working. In addition, his son was not living up to expectations. He was worried that no one would be able to take over after his death, so he wanted to live longer. He began to think of the pills that his younger self did not believe in, and he wanted to die. As a doctor, he was fooled and believed Wang Xuance's lies.

When Wang Xuance saw that Li Shimin believed what he said, he also wanted to show off a lot of medicine, so he took out a bunch of pills every day. They all asked Li Shimin to take the medicine on time. When Li Shimin asked why it still had no effect, Wang Xuance said that the medicine was slow to take effect and had to be taken slowly. Li Shimin was old and his judgment had declined.

It is a pity that Li Shimin will not be immortal until he waits. , but died suddenly and violently, because we all know that the elixir contains a lot of heavy metals, so Li Shimin's descendants are not allowed to record this incident. After all, for a generation of wise kings, such a death is too retarded. .