How many wives could an ancient monarch have?

When it comes to ancient men, especially princes, some people begin to envy them. Ancient princes not only lived a luxurious life every day, but also had wives and concubines. So, are all princes in history like this? How many legal wife years can an ancient monarch have? Let's take a look with Bian Xiao.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, the life of the prince was still very comfortable. At that time, although the state stipulated that ordinary people could not take concubinage, there was no restriction on the prince. The prince of Taiping dynasty had nothing to do at home, and his only job was to marry, take concubines and have children, which made great contributions to the country's population. The most famous is Liu Sheng, Wang Jing of Zhongshan, the ancestor of Liu Bei, who gave birth to more than 120 children in his life, which shows how many wives he needs.

In the Ming Dynasty, the number of royal masters reached its peak. Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that the title of the royal family could be hereditary, so hundreds of kings appeared in the country in the late Ming Dynasty. They could enjoy the support of the country without labor and occupied most of the country's land. These vassals were of course wives. Every child born means another captaincy in the Ming Dynasty, and finally the whole country was drained alive by the captaincy in the Ming Dynasty.

During the Qing dynasty, the rulers of the Qing dynasty learned the lesson of the demise of the Ming dynasty and never dared to establish a vassal king again. Except 12 iron hat king, the titles of other princes have been downgraded from generation to generation. From the prince to the county king, and finally to Baylor, the power of the prince will be weakened level by level, and the reduction of power also means the reduction of the number of wives.

In the Qing dynasty, a monarch could have 1 personal wealth, 2 side wealth, 4 ordinary wealth, and the rest were concubines with no status, so the monarch of the Qing dynasty could have at most 7 legal wives, which was the limit. If there are too many, it is inevitable that someone will gossip behind your back. After all, there were not many concubines of the Qing emperor.