The change of dynasties, accompanied by the rise and decline of the country, is a normal thing in history, especially in modern times, people's ideologies have risen, various modern systems have been established, and the sense of existence of the royal family is getting lower and lower.
However, even on the world stage, there is still one country that has maintained a dynasty for 2,680 years, and he is the Chrysanthemum Dynasty of Japan, which has been passed down for 126 generations in more than 2,000 years of history.
How did the Chrysanthemum Dynasty maintain its history for more than 2,000 years without being overthrown? What efforts did the Chrysanthemum Dynasty make behind this? Today, let's come to Japan and learn the secrets of the Chrysanthemum Dynasty to this day.
The dynasties we understand are all linked to politics, which is related to our history and culture, the country and the family are connected, and the rise and fall of the country is closely related to the rise and fall of the royal family.
Looking at the dynasties in Chinese history, which is not Emperor Taizu, who overthrew the original political system, formed his own uprising team, established his own dynasty, and then failed to do so in the later period, and slowly declined.
And the Japanese dynasty is not a dynasty in a sense, and you have to have actual power in the royal family. Able to control their own huge country.
However, the Japanese royal family, in more than 2,000 years of history, has mostly played a soy sauce role, acting as its own mascot, which is rare in history.
The famous British royal family, playing the role of mascot, also began in modern times, and although it acts as a mascot, the necessary documents still need to be signed by the queen.
The Japanese imperial family has directly skipped this process, and there are only a handful of times in Japanese history that can be counted, why overthrow a royal family with or without it?
If you want to change the regime, you can skip the royal family and let the royal family be a puppet, which is also conducive to subduing the surrounding forces and maintaining your orthodox status, so why not?
It's a bit like Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven in ancient China, which made the princes feel that way, but Japan has been doing this for thousands of years, and it has never been broken in between.
The big guy in front does this, and the big guy in Japan in the back, one counts as one, and they all learn like this, and one child leads a whole class.
Everyone is not interested in being the emperor, they all want to be the princes of the imperial family, in the history of Japan, the most chaotic Japanese Warring States Period, a group of island countries in the news is divided into dozens of forces, and they do not want to be the emperor themselves.
This unique political system is also known as the "Shogunate Era", and the emperor has no desire to get rid of control, and he thinks it's good to be a mascot honestly, at least he doesn't have to worry about food and clothing.
The mascot has been a mascot for a long time, and the Japanese people are used to it, and they have arranged a lot of myths to make the status of the royal mascot more stable, what is the story?
The fact that the imperial power moved closer to superstition was not unique to the Japanese, and it was practiced in almost every country in the past, when scientific ideology had not yet germinated.
For example, China, the divine power of the emperor, and the West also have their own papal rule, but the main one, he is still a human being, and he is given the task of ruling the mortal world by the gods of heaven.
Later generations also explained that he was not benevolent and incapable, and later God gave me the task of overthrowing him, replacing him, and I led everyone to prosperity.
But the Japanese don't think so, Japanese myths and stories are very explosive in the whole world, the mythological system is very chaotic, and almost every place has its own mountain gods.
The whole belongs to yes, the place is not big, there are many immortals, there are a lot of absurd and strange stories, sometimes you may not be able to tell which one is a fairy or a demon.
But no matter what the story is, in front of the ancestors of the royal family, that is, the famous "Anamesu", all kinds of demons and immortals are very face-saving.
The Japanese Imperial Family did not follow the path of imperial power, but "I am God", and even their task was not to govern Japan, but to protect Japan in a certain sense as a kind of mythology.
It looks ridiculous, but it works very well, and it fully implements the core concept of being a "mascot", the secular government has nothing to do with me, I only care about the heavenly affairs.
The key is that the common people also eat this set, and all kinds of holy relics of Amaterasu are used to ward off evil spirits and act as good luck for themselves.
Do ordinary people believe it, and do the politicians who actually rule Japan believe it? Not necessarily! However, if such a royal family is killed, it will cause chaos in the rule, but it will be left to be able to consolidate its position, so why not?
This kind of imperial family has been preserved for thousands of years, and it has been a tradition until modern times, when the Japanese imperial family had a demon and almost dragged the Japanese imperial family off the stage of history.
To be honest, the Japanese imperial family was able to hold on to power, thanks to the dawn of modern science, and like our Qing Dynasty, Japan's political rule in the later period also fell into chaos.
A group of people of insight overthrew the shogunate in order to change the political pattern of the time, and then set their sights on the emperor at that time, the famous "Meiji Emperor" ascended to the throne and led Japan to modernization.
As a result, the Japanese people worshiped the emperor even more, and the emperor was no longer the emperor, that is, a "miracle", but the good times did not last long, because the Japanese fascist forces were too fierce in modern times, and finally the United States beat him honestly, and the problem of the Japanese emperor also became a difficult problem.
When the United States did this, it also fully drew on the valuable experience of Japanese history, and did not kill the emperor, but deliberately avoided the Japanese imperial palace during the war. The common people at that time thought that Amaterasu had appeared again, and even the cannonballs avoided the Japanese Imperial Palace.
The Americans really feel that it is really because it is unnecessary, because of such a small thing, and arouse the hatred of the entire people, if the Japanese emperor is accidentally killed by bombardment, who can end up? Sure enough, the emperor played an important role in Japan's aftermath work.
As soon as the emperor gave an order, the Japanese soldiers scattered in various battlefields around the world surrendered one after another, and even those who did not surrender committed suicide so as not to cause the emperor a little trouble.
The American general who took over Japan at that time, MacArthur was shocked! He knew that the Japanese emperor's card was easy to use, but he didn't expect it to be so easy to use, so he tried his best to protect the Japanese imperial family.
And the Japanese imperial family is also quite sensible, the big brother of the United States won, what do you say, let's do what, you say to amend the constitution, let's amend the constitution, and dismiss Japan only for ** will remove Japan**.
It is not surprising to know that the Japanese Imperial Family continues to remain and go further and further on the road of playing the role of mascot, and occasionally attend some diplomatic events.