World history is very interesting: Yuan Tengfei talks about Japanese history

Chapter 9 The royal family is really a bit messy (2)
Later, she passed the throne to her grandson and daughter, and even to her daughter-in-law.In that era, Japanese empresses came out in large numbers. In addition to Emperor Jitong, the No.40 third-generation Genmei Emperor and the No.40 fourth-generation Gensho Emperor were all empresses.

The reason why so many female emperors appeared at this time may be because Emperor Jitong believed that although the male lineage of his father, Emperor Tenchi, was cut off, as the daughter of Emperor Tenchi, his female lineage still existed.Therefore, she wanted to restore the blood of Emperor Tianzhi, which is why she did so many shocking and bloody things.

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There have been eight female emperors in ten generations in Japanese history.In particular, from the birth of the first female emperor, Emperor Tuigu, in 592 AD, to the emperor of Tokuro, Dragon Yubinten, in 770, Japan produced eight generations of six female emperors in 170 years, who ruled for 88 years, accounting for almost 170 Half of eight years.The six female emperors of the eight generations are Tuigu, Huangji, Qiming, Chitong, Yuanming, Yuanzheng, Xiaoqian, and Chengde in turn. Among them, Huangji and Qiming, Xiaoqian and Chengde are the same person, and they will continue after they abdicate. bit.

Later in the Edo period, two female emperors appeared in Japan, namely the 110th Emperor Meizheng and the [-]th Emperor Gosakuracho.But in the Edo period, the emperor had no power at all, so Emperor Meizheng and Emperor Gosakuracho were far less influential than the six female emperors in ancient times.

In ancient Japan before the shogunate era, the last empress to appear on stage was Xiaoqian, Empress Chengde.Emperor Koken's father was Emperor Shomu, and his mother was the daughter of Fujiwara Buichi, the son of the important minister Kamazu who launched the Taika reform, and the granddaughter of Nakatomi Kamazu, Empress Guangming.

Empress Guangming is the first empress of non-royal family background in Japanese history, which is the first time in the Japanese imperial family.In the past, Japanese empresses must have been born in the royal family, regardless of whether they were the emperor's aunt or sister.However, in the era of Emperor Shomu, Empress Fujiwara Mitsuko was the first empress who was not born in the royal family. From then on until the era of Emperor Taisho, a system was formed that Japanese empresses must come from the Fujiwara clan.

Emperor Koken was the first woman to be designated as the crown prince, and she was also the only female crown prince of the Japanese imperial family. When she was the crown prince, she was titled Prince Abenai.Does it mean that her father, Emperor Shomu, has no son?No, Emperor Shomu had a son, but Emperor Shomu's son was not born to the Fujiwara family.During the period of Emperor Jitong, the Fujiwara family was already powerful.In order to maintain long-term stability and maintain family interests, the Fujiwara family deliberately formulated a system that the queen must come from the Fujiwara family.In other words, the Fujiwara family has been the father-in-law of the current emperor and the grandfather of the next emperor for generations.Therefore, sons born to non-Fujiwara concubines were excluded from the heirs to the throne.

Emperor Shomu had a son, Prince Anji, who died of illness at the age of 17. Everyone believed that he was killed by the Fujiwara clan.However, before the death of Prince Anzu, Prince Abenai, who later became Emperor Koken, had been established as the crown prince.After she was established as the crown prince, she waited 14 years before her father abdicated and became the emperor herself.When her father gave up the throne to her, he became a monk and became the No. 1 emperor who became a monk. After him, dozens of emperors became monks one after another.

Why did Emperor Shomu appoint a woman as the crown prince?And why did you become a monk by yourself and give up the throne to this woman?It can be seen that the power of the Fujiwara family was strong at that time, and the power of the Tian Royal family had already fallen.

At the beginning of Emperor Xiaoqian's succession to the throne, he joined hands with his cousin Fujiwara Nakamaro to sweep away all opposing forces and secured the throne of the emperor.Fujiwara Nakamaro is 12 years older than Emperor Koken and is said to be her lover.Because Emperor Xiaoqian doted on his cousin and lover Fujiwara Nakamaro, he even allowed Nakamaro to engrave a seal - "Emi stamp", which has the same effect as the emperor's seal.Fujiwara Nakamaro could issue formal orders to the imperial court with his seal and became the de facto supreme leader of Japan at that time.

As time went by, Emperor Xiaoqian felt that he was the emperor after all, and it was still very uncomfortable to lose power.In particular, Emperor Xiaoqian believed in Buddhism, and at that time he was in Daxing Buddhist temples all over the country, and Fujiwara Nakamaro took advantage of the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, and wanted to go to the Korean Peninsula to avenge the great shame of the Baijiangkou fiasco.Therefore, Fujiwara Nakamaro refused to build a large-scale Buddhist temple for Emperor Koken, but wanted to build warships and recruit soldiers to prepare for an expedition to Silla.All this was carried out behind the back of Emperor Koken.

Emperor Koken had already ceded the throne to Emperor Junren at that time.It is very interesting that Emperor Junren's seniority is the grandfather of Emperor Xiaoqian.What a mess of Japanese royal family!
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When Emperor Xiaoqian learned that Emperor Junren and his cousin and lover Fujiwara Nakamaro were planning to go to Silla, he was taken aback and hurried back to Heijokyo from Hokka Temple where he lived.The emperor summoned the ministers and said: "I gave up my seat to the current emperor, but the emperor disrespected me and did things that shouldn't be done. I can't let the emperor make mistakes and subjugate the country. Rewards and punishments for major events are in my hands."

When the emperor came back and made such an announcement, the emperor was furious.In terms of seniority, Chunren is Xiaoqian's grandfather, he finally became the emperor, and Xiaoqian was humiliated in front of all his officials.Emperor Junren gathered all the officials to complain, saying that the emperor was rude, and even said that he would let me do small things and she would do big things.

Things have developed to this point, and the relationship between the emperor and the emperor is already tense.But even so, Emperor Junren and Fujiwara Nakamaro still went their own way and prepared to attack Silla.

At that time, Fujiwara Nakamaro appointed Kibi Mabi as the military commander of the expedition to Silla.This Kibi Mabe is said to be one of the founders of Japanese kana characters. He has studied in China for 17 years and is a talented student.Xiaoqian saw that Emperor Junren and Fujiwara Nakamaro showed no signs of terminating the plan to go to Silla, and decided to call Kibi Mabe back to Beijing to build Todaiji Temple.Aren't you going to fight Silla?I start by turning your military commanders into architects.Ji Bei Zhen Bei is really a compound talent, who understands military affairs and can also engage in construction.Xiaoqian then took back the imperial seal of Emperor Junren, which meant that Emperor Junren was deprived of imperial power.Under such circumstances, Fujiwara Nakamaro was desperate and launched a rebellion.

When Xiaoqian saw that his lover was so ungrateful, he felt sad and lamented at the same time. As a last resort, he transferred the high-level talent Ji Beizhenbei to leave the construction site and return to the military unit to lead the army to suppress the rebellion. Her cousin and lover were killed, and her great-uncle Emperor Junhito was exiled.

In this way, she had no choice but to come out again and become the emperor.When she first became emperor, her title was Xiaoqian, and after she succeeded to the throne again, her title was Chengde.

Although Chengde became the emperor again, Fujiwara Nakamaro's rebellion left her with a wound that was hard to heal physically and mentally. The man she trusted and loved betrayed her!In a fit of rage, the emperor fell ill and recuperated in the palace, with a monk chanting and praying for her by her bedside.Speaking of being in the palace, this is also a very normal thing, and Emperor Chengde didn't pay attention at first.However, this monk prayed for the emperor with the same posture and the same words for several days without sleep. Even people who are indifferent will be moved when they see this scene.

Only then did Emperor Shōtoku realize that there were still people in the palace who were so loyal to him.Emperor Saitoku was 47 years old this year. She fell madly in love with the monk who prayed for her. It is said that the emperor had committed himself to this monk.According to the Japanese tradition, the empress cannot lose her virginity, let alone get married. This is an unwritten rule that has been established since the Empress Yuanzheng.Empress Yuanzheng remained a virgin until her death, but Emperor Shōtoku broke this rule for this monk.This monk is the famous demon monk in Japanese history, Gongsha Daojing.

After the emperor had a relationship with Daojing, Daojing was quickly appointed as a minister Zen master.Obviously the Zen master is false, but the minister is true. It can be seen that Emperor Shōtoku loved Daojing very much.In the autumn of the second year, Dao Jing was promoted to Chan Master Taizheng Chancellor.

The Taizheng Minister is the highest rank of ministers in Japanese history, and the official residence is one. In the era when the imperial family served as the Taizheng Minister, the Taizheng Minister was generally the heir of the emperor.Now that Emperor Tokuro conferred this monk as Taizheng Minister, is he going to pass the throne to his beloved monk?Later, Dao Jing was conferred the title of Dharma King, only one step away from the Emperor.What's more, Dao Jing also built a palace in his hometown, as an attached palace of the imperial palace, which caused a lot of discussions in the court and fierce criticism from the officials.But Empress Chengde didn't care about that at all, and she simply showed her cards to the ministers. Her final idea was to let her favorite man Dao Jing be the next emperor, and she, as Dao Jing's queen, jointly managed the country.For a moment, everyone inside and outside the court was stunned.

At that time in Japan, the concept of maintaining the purity of the emperor's blood was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Faced with the unanimous voices against her from all over the court, Empress Shingtoku soon fell ill and was about to die.When the Empress was dying, two very strange things happened: the first thing was that visiting the Empress was forbidden, and even Daojing Dharma King could not see the Empress; , the military power was deprived.

In his later years, Emperor Shōtoku, after a vigorous love, lay on the hospital bed for four months, and finally passed away.At this time, the important Japanese ministers headed by the Fujiwara clan published a posthumous announcement in the name of Emperor Shōtoku, establishing King Shirabi as the prince and inheriting the Datong. This is Japan's No.40 Ninth Generation Mitsuhito Emperor.

After the death of Empress Chengde, Dao Jing prayed over and over in front of her tomb, hoping that the empress would come out of the tomb, continue to live with him like a fairy family, and make him the emperor.Daojing Shouling was arrested more than 20 days later, and then executed in secret.

Empress Chengde paid a huge price for herself and her lover's life for her love.

I can't afford to provoke me

After the death of Empress Chengde, the two passed on to Emperor Huanmu, who was the acting emperor of Japan.When Emperor Huanwu was in power, the first major thing he did was to move the capital.

Some people say that the history of Japan is driven by vengeful spirits. When people die unexpectedly, they will turn into vengeful spirits, and they will come out to make troubles and take revenge on the world.From our Chinese point of view, the vengeful spirits mentioned in Japan are clearly ghosts, and the Japanese are very afraid of the vengeance of the vengeful spirits.

At the same time that Emperor Kanmu succeeded to the throne, according to the will of Emperor Kohito, he established his brother Prince Saara as the crown prince.The relationship between Prince Zaoliang and Emperor Kanmu's minister Fujiwara Tanezui is very bad.At this time, the Fujiwara family has become the largest noble in Japan, even surpassing the earlier Soga and Monobe families, and has become the family that holds the real power in Japan.Most people dare not provoke the Fujiwara family at all, but Prince Saara often satirizes the emperor's favorite minister Fujiwara Tanezui, which leads to deep conflicts between the two.

Unexpectedly, with the power of the Fujiwara Clan, there was someone more courageous to assassinate Fujiwara Tanetsugu.After the emperor heard the news, he strictly ordered his subordinates to investigate, and the investigation involved the East Palace.The emperor was already furious about this matter, but at this moment, he didn't care about injustice, and regardless of brotherhood, he immediately ordered Prince Zaoliang to be imprisoned.Prince Zaoliang was wronged for no reason, and was very angry. He did not eat or drink for more than ten days, and died of hunger strike.

As soon as Prince Zaoliang died, Emperor Huanwu appointed his eldest son, Prince Andian, as the crown prince.But soon, strange things happened one after another. First, the empress died, then the beloved concubine died suddenly, and then the palace began to be haunted.When the onmyoji came and took a look, he concluded that it was the ghost of Prince Zaoliang who was causing the trouble. Emperor Huanwu was so frightened that he lost his soul, so he hurriedly sent people to burn incense and worship in front of Prince Zaoliang's spirit, but to no avail.The emperor arranged for the crown prince to personally heal the sickness and confess the crime, but not only was it useless, but the epidemics continued to occur around the capital, countless people died, and the Ise Shrine also caught fire and was burned.For a time, people in Nara City were panicked and haunted by ghosts, and it has become an out-and-out ghost city.

Emperor Huanwu saw that he couldn't stay in this place anymore, and it was the best policy to go 36 times, so let's go.So thousands of people were sent to build Heian-kyo day and night, which is today's Kyoto in Japan.Kyoto, Japan claims to have a history of more than 200 years, which began when Emperor Huanmu moved the capital.

Since then, except for a very short period of time, the emperor has settled in Kyoto until the Meiji Restoration.

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