Emperor system refers to the national system centered on the emperor, and Japan is one of them. However, judging from the current constitution of Japan, the Emperor is only a symbolic head of state, a symbol of Japan and a symbol of national unity in Japan.

The emperor and his family were well treated: first, there was no pressure in school, employment and life, there were special police to protect their safety, and there were more than 1000 civil servants in the palace to take care of their daily lives; Secondly, it can be exempted from income tax. Japan's Tariff Law stipulates that "the articles of the emperor and the royal family are exempt from import tariffs"; Third, it costs the state money to repair the living palace, the detached palace and other palaces around the country. It can be said that the Emperor and his royal family are hereditary "national civil servants". As long as Japan exists, the emperor and his royal family exist.

In Japanese history, Fujiwara, Hirayama, Genji, Kitaji, Zuchuan, Oda, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa and others all had surnames, but only the Japanese emperor had no surnames. It turns out that the emperor does not belong to any clan. In this way, no matter what clan seized power, there was no need to confront the royal family.

Of course, the emperor has no surname, or his royal lineage is vague and will be divorced from human society. It is human and non-human, god and non-human, with humanity and divinity.

Then, why can the Japanese emperor hereditary system continue to this day?

First of all, the Japanese Mikado system experienced three stages.

Ancient emperor system. In Japan, the title of emperor has existed since ancient times. From the 7th century to 1868 Meiji Restoration, it experienced three stages: formation, rise and fall, and decline.

The formation of the ancient emperor system began with the political reform of Shoto Kutaishi, and initially formed in the new period of the political reform of Emperor Kotoku (645-654) and Emperor Tianzhi (668-67 1).

The prosperous period was from Renshen Rebellion (673) to yingtianmen Rebellion (866). Japan in this period imitated the Tang Dynasty in China and established the absolute authority of the emperor from the aspects of political system, ideology and law, making Japan a centralized feudal country with complete laws. The three emperors of Tianwu, Zhitong and Wu Wen further consolidated and perfected the unfinished business of Dahua's innovation. After that, Japan entered the feudal society, and the Japanese Mikado system also entered a brief heyday in history. This heyday ran through the Nara era until the middle of heian period.

The decline period began with the change of Yingtianmen in 866 and lasted for more than 1000 years. During this period, the royal family was decadent and Fujiwara took power. In order to regain the imperial power from the consorts, the court had to rely on the power of the samurai group, which led to the situation that the Ping samurai group controlled the royal family. The royal family, known as "a family under heaven", has since embarked on the road of decline and has been "held by others as a prince".

Modern emperor system. 1868, Emperor Meiji implemented the Meiji Restoration and created the modern emperor system. 1889, the Meiji government promulgated the Constitution of the Great Japanese Empire, which stipulated: "The Great Japanese Empire is ruled by emperors of all ages"; "The emperor is sacred and inviolable", "The emperor is the head of state and has the right to rule", and he has all the powers such as "Commander-in-Chief Lu Haijun", "Appointing and removing officials from the civil and military", "Convening the Imperial Parliament, convening a meeting, adjourning the meeting and dissolving the House of Representatives".

The representative of the emperor system and the supreme leader of the country are all held by the emperor, who controls all the supreme power of the country. Japan's Mikado system changed into absolutism, and the Emperor became the largest landlord, capitalist and military leader in China.

Emperor Taishō, who inherited the throne, inherited and strengthened the modern emperor system in an all-round way, while Hirohito further improved it and pushed it to the extreme. 1945 Japan was defeated, and the modern emperor system was transformed into a symbolic modern stage.

Postwar emperor system. 1945 Japan was defeated. Under the pressure of the United States, Japan abolished the old imperial political system and established a modern imperial system after the democratic reform. According to the Japanese Constitution, the emperor, as the head of state, belongs to "the symbol of Japan and the symbol of national unity in Japan" and "can only exercise the acts on state affairs stipulated in this Constitution and has no power over state affairs". And the emperor "all actions about state affairs must have the advice and approval of the cabinet, which is responsible for it."

Secondly, the Japanese emperor was "unified and dead" most of the time.

From the 7th century to the Meiji Restoration in 1868, most of the time, the emperor died of unification. The earliest detailed record of Japanese royal lineage in China is the Biography of Song History in Japan, which is also the first time to record the information of Japanese emperor's surname inheritance. As for the reasons for the different imperial systems between China and Japan, Huang Zunxian thinks in the book "The History of Japan": Because those who actually hold power, such as the shogunate, "hide their eyes and ears and do not compete for fame ... the extension of the royal family is left behind."

In fact, the ruling authority of the Japanese Emperor Shiwan series is nothing more than a unified and hopeless political tool. Imperial clan leaders, ministers, royalty, consorts, the emperor's father, generals, warriors, elders, etiquette and warlords all use their powers to "rule" Japan. At that time, there was no China's idea of supporting power with "heaven" or "fate", which transcended the abstraction of human beings. Japanese society is basically formed by the relationship between ancestors and descendants, monarch and lieutenant. Historically, whether Fujiwara or Tokugawa shogunate, the authorities in each era were the emperor or his retainers.

Third, theocracy "protects" secular power.

Japan's primitive religious consciousness also experienced animism, ancestor belief and supreme god belief, but it was not until the fifth and sixth centuries that a deity system with gods as the main gods was formed. The reason why the Japanese emperor can be deified is mainly related to the ancestor belief, the core of Japanese gods.

After the reform of Dahua, according to the myth of Zhaoguo in Japan's Historical Records, it is emphasized that the family gods and ancestors of the emperor's family are celestial gods, and emperors of all dynasties are descendants and successors of celestial gods.

When the new emperor ascended the throne, in addition to secular ceremonies, in order to deify the emperor, a "big tasting ceremony" for the spiritual world was held in private. The peak of deifying the emperor was Emperor Tianwu in the second half of the seventh century, which was the heyday of the construction of a country ruled by law.

In the second half of the eighth century, during the reign of Kejsarinnan Koken, monks and Taoists were favored and came to power. Filial piety has no children, so in order to decide the funeral, monk Ma Lu of Qing Dynasty was sent as a special envoy to listen to the "Oracle" inherited by the throne in the Jade Palace. Taoist mirror implies that Qing Ma Lu, the so-called "Oracle" is to let him succeed. However, Qing Ma Lu was unmoved. After listening to the Oracle, he replied that the Oracle is "since the opening of the port in China, the monarch and his subjects have been decided, and there is no such thing as taking the minister as the monarch." When this day comes, the heirs will be established and those who have no way should be removed as soon as possible. "

The following year, with the support of the aristocratic group, Ren Guang, the grandson of Emperor Tianzhi, succeeded to the throne.

It can be seen from the "Oracle" conveyed in Qing Ma Lu that only the descendants of Apollo and members of the royal family with sacred blood are eligible to become emperors. "This belief that the sun god is the ancestor god actually means that theocracy guarantees the legitimacy of public rights. The theocracy of the unity of sacrifice and politics began to sprout in the early regional countries of Japan, and finally formed when Yamato unified the political power. Since then, it has been affecting the development of Japanese society and history. " (Wang Jian's Analysis of the Spiritual Application of Confucianism: the Cultural Fate of Confucianism in Japanese History)

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Mozi's creation of Shang Tang Sakyamuni and the myth of cutting Zhou reached its peak. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, "royal lineage and its orders are the central content of Chen Wei's thought, and its essence is to demonstrate the legal and orthodox status of the Han regime. Everything else revolves around this central idea. This ideological content inherits and invents Confucianism and Confucian classics. Together, they constitute the ideological process of seeking political legitimacy in China's early historical civilization, and its influence is still endless. " (Zeng Dexiong's Imperial Lineage and Order in Divination)

In fact, the continuation of the emperor system is also related to various factors and forms. The Japanese people now regard the emperor as the center of national unity because of their tradition and authority since ancient times.

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