Why didn t the late Qing Dynasty transform like the Meiji Restoration in Japan?

Because the political system of the country at that time was very corrupt, and many people did not consider the long-term opportunities of the country for their own interests, so that everyone was against it.

The Meiji Restoration was a top-down reform, but the ** of the late Qing Dynasty could not be awakened, and the reform was also bottom-up, and because the diehards were too strong, the reform encountered too much resistance, resulting in the final failure of the reform.

In fact, he also studied the Western system, but in the end it failed, that is, Liang Qichao and Kang Youwei's bus book.

Because during the Meiji Restoration, Japan, from the emperor to the common people, was particularly thrifty, they learned from the relatively good systems of the West, and they were always innovating, which also liberated the productive forces of the common people at that time, and vigorously developed education, so the development was very fast.

This reform promoted feudal rule, stimulated the vitality of the market, laid the foundations of capitalism, and vigorously developed industry and commerce.

This is because the system after the Meiji Restoration was conducive to the development of the economy, culture, and other aspects.

1. Abolish the feudal county, unify the domestic market, and integrate the best resources;

2. Constitution: It made Japan the first constitutional country in Asia and established the political system of Japan's modern emperor system. In the form of a constitutional monarchy (dualism). It has opened the modern road of governing the country according to law.

3. Colonization and development: Begin the process of rapid industrialization, quickly transform from an agricultural country to an industrial country, and establish supporting financial, educational and other systems;

4. Strong army: Combined with the characteristics of the country's bushido, the first modern army in an Asian country was set up.

In short, the Meiji Restoration was a major turning point in Japan's history as Japan gradually transformed from a closed feudal country into a capitalist country, freeing itself from the fate of becoming a semi-colonial country.

The Meiji Restoration refers to a series of major reconstruction initiatives in Japan at the beginning of the Meiji era. On the eve of the Meiji Restoration, under the impact of the strong ships and cannons of the West, a new regime established by a group of knowledgeable people formed by the "Sacho Tohi" feudal clan eliminated the Tokugawa shogunate and rebels in the Boshin War, implemented the return of the copyrights, and ended the samurai feudal system that had lasted for more than 600 years, and replaced the rule of the samurai class with feudal lords and capitalists. In the Meiji Restoration, Japan established a new style of separation of powers by promoting the "royal government retro" to achieve the dislike of the emperor's pro-government and parliamentary politics (collegial).

Economically, it promoted fiscal unification and stabilized the national finances, which were heavily indebted in the later period of the shogunate; In addition, we will promote the development of agricultural production, master new technologies, realize the industrialization of the country, and greatly increase the productive forces. Education has also undergone large-scale reforms, data show that in 1860 the enrollment rate of elementary school-age children in Japan was 100%, in 1930 the enrollment rate of junior high school was 100%, the enrollment rate of high school was 100%, the university was 100%, free meals, books were borne by the state, and all schools in Japan from kindergarten to university had swimming pools, tennis courts, baseball fields and other sports venues.

Even if China's economic development has improved at present, many factors have led to the fact that the education gap between China and Japan is not narrowing, but is widening, at least 150 years behind.

The westernization of values, especially the development of education, laid the groundwork for future political and economic changes. It was an important turning point in Japan's modern history as a result of the diplomatic tradition of abrogating unequal treaties with foreign countries, continuing the development of Ezo land since the Edo period, extending the Ryukyus, actively realizing the integration of Japan and South Korea, and expanding overseas colonies in the future. Japan's Meiji Restoration was significant because it was one of the few countries in Asia that succeeded in implementing reforms.

From the perspective of world history, for the development of a country, if it sticks to the old rules for a long time, then over time the country will lose its ability and eventually become a backward country. Reform is seen as the key to a country's continued progress and development. Therefore, in the world, many countries have become strong because of reforms, especially in modern times.

The most typical modern belief is that the strength of modern Japan is actually brought about by the Meiji Restoration, so many people are very sure and worship Japan's Meiji Restoration. But in fact, Japan's Meiji Restoration reform was very unsuccessful, why do you say that? There are two main reasons for this.

First of all, before asking this question, it needs to be understood, how can a reform be considered successful? In fact, it mainly depends on two points: first, whether the reform has continuously improved the people's lives; Second, whether the reform has allowed the country to develop healthily and steadily.

So based on these two basic conditions, we can see that both the reform in Britain and the United States has actually been successful. And for China's reform and opening up, it was also very successful, because these two conditions were met.

Although Japan's Meiji Restoration made Japan stronger, allowing Japan to defeat the Qing Dynasty and become one of the great powers. But what can be seen is that Japan's Meiji Restoration was actually a very failure. On the one hand, although the Meiji Restoration allowed the country to develop, the benefits of development were taken away by the army, and the people did not profit and did not become rich.

On the contrary, in the later period of the Meiji Restoration, the people became increasingly impoverished under the war, especially during World War II, when the people's livelihood in Japan withered, the domestic development lagged behind, and the life of the entire people was extremely difficult. Therefore, the Meiji Restoration in Japan did not improve the lives of the people.

On the other hand, Japan's Meiji Restoration led the country astray and prevented the country from entering the normal track of development. Instead, it embarked on a militaristic path, and the army became an uncontrolled beast. In the later period, the Japanese army did not even listen to the emperor and the emperor, so that this kind of reform was kidnapped by militarism and put Japan's development in a desperate situation.

If it weren't for the help of the United States, Japan would have completely destroyed its future.

Therefore, from the current point of view, although Japan's Meiji Restoration brought Japan to modernization, especially the idea of ideological emancipation and democracy, and freedom was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it actually did not bring more basic benefits to Japan in essence. In particular, the common people have suffered, and the country's development has moved towards militarism, which has led to the failure of Japan, and now it is not even a normal country.

Therefore, many people say that if Japan's Meiji Restoration had been successful, Japan would probably have been a superpower long ago. Because of the industriousness and creativity of the Japanese nation, it is also attracting worldwide attention. The Meiji Restoration led Japan through decades of detours and led Japan's development astray, so there is no need for us to worship.

Nor can it be said to be a failure. At that time, Japan was forced to open its doors and become a colony of the Western powers, and it was also a last resort to carry out the Meiji Restoration reform and complete westernization under the condition of exterminating its own culture.

Because Japan's Meiji Restoration put Japan on the road of imperialism, Japan's international status declined.

During the Meiji Restoration, the people's livelihood in Japan did not improve greatly, and almost all of the country's finances were spent on military expansion, and the people's lives became even poorer.