When the Japanese emperor chooses an empress, he must not only look beautiful, but also have a strange rule that is difficult to accept
In China's five-thousand-year history, although there are many prosperous times, it has always been known as the "strong Han Sheng Tang", "Sheng Tang" refers to the rule of Zhenguan, during the reign of Tang Taizong Li Shimin, the implementation of the imperial examination system, agriculture flourished, and foreign exchanges were frequent. However, there are many countries with frequent foreign exchanges, and Japan is one of them.
However, as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, Japan had close ties. At this time, Japan was not yet called Japan, and according to the Sui Shu Dongyi Biography, they were called The Uighur Kingdom. The Japanese felt that the Uighur kingdom was indecent, so they changed it to Japan. But it was not until 669 that he entered the Tang Dynasty that he was officially recognized by the Tang Dynasty.
Japan was also heavily influenced by Chinese culture, especially Confucianism, which was the earliest contact. The title of Emperor of Japan originated from Emperor Gaozong of Tang. He once referred to "Emperor" and "Tianhou Wu Zetian" as two saints. Japan has also been affected by this. According to the Japanese National History Bulletin, the Japanese Emperor is a descendant of the creator god Amaterasu.
From the first Emperor Shinmu to Emperor Naruhito, the emperor experienced 126 generations of the emperor system, but the real beginning of the chronicle was that Prince Shengde borrowed the Taoist doctrine of Shin Younian to compile it, and the tenth generation of Emperor Seijin was the only emperor in Japanese history that could be verified.
The first nine emperors lived only in mythology. According to the calculations of the Shin younian, the total age of the nine emperors is about 1,000 years old, which is the evolution of the Japanese emperor from a god to an adult. In the process of inheritance, the Japanese emperor also believed that he had the "divine blood" as the supreme being.
Therefore, the Japanese emperor has become a major concern when he is a beauty queen, after all, the queen represents the face of a country, so there are certain requirements in appearance and etiquette, even if these requirements are passed, Japan also has a requirement, but this is difficult to accept.
The Japanese emperor can only marry the imperial woman, the so-called imperial woman, that is, the person who has the "blood of the emperor", that is, a close relative, because the Japanese emperor believes that he is a descendant of God, in order to maintain the "blood of the emperor", they cannot marry ordinary women.
But the emperor always fell in love with ordinary women. What if they were ordinary women? In ancient times, women's families were banished. If they give birth to offspring, both the child and the mother will be put to death. But if royal women fell in love with ordinary people, they wouldn't be so strict.
She will be exiled for three years, stripped of her royal status, and will not enjoy royal treatment for life. Her children and grandchildren could not be officers and soldiers for three generations, could not read books, but they could only do the lowest work. However, with the development of the times, these laws and regulations are also changing.
But the rule of the Japanese emperor marrying imperial women has continued. Although modern technology is so advanced, and the Japanese understand the consequences of close relatives, they still cannot prevent them from continuing the concept of "divine blood".