What is the historical significance of Meiji Restoration? What are the positive effects?

/kloc-In the mid-9th century, Japan was still in a feudal society with a small-scale peasant economy. The emperor had no authority, and the power was in the hands of the Tokugawa shogunate, the third feudal military regime. The Tokugawa shogunate carried out the "closed door" policy in Japan, which closed Japan's door to the world. Among foreigners, only businessmen from China and the Netherlands can engage in business activities in Nagasaki, the only open port, and citizens have no freedom of belief. Social productivity is low and people live in poverty, but the shogunate rulers are still increasing exploitation and oppression. With the successive invasions of European and American invaders, Japan has fallen into a deeper national crisis.

Contradictions at home and abroad are intensifying day by day, and Japan, facing many crises, urgently needs a revolution to get rid of this dilemma. The people of Qiang Bing, who couldn't stand the oppression of the Tokugawa era and foreign invaders, demanded a "rich country". They took up arms and launched a vigorous "anti-curtain" movement.

2. After the Meiji Restoration.

187 1 year, the Meiji government sent a large-scale envoy headed by right minister Iwakura Tomomi to visit Europe and the United States to inspect the capitalist country system. Under the slogan of making Qiang Bing a rich country, achieving prosperity through industrialization and moving towards civilization, the government actively introduced western science and technology, carried out large-scale primitive accumulation in the form of high land tax, and established a number of state-owned enterprises focusing on military industry, mines, railways and shipping. At the same time, introduce modern equipment such as silk reeling and textile, establish demonstration factories and popularize advanced technology; Hire foreign experts, send overseas students abroad and train senior scientific and technological talents. Due to the heavy financial burden, the financial crisis was once triggered. In the early 1980s, the government sold a number of state-owned enterprises and mines to privileged capitalists (so-called political businessmen) who colluded with the government, and encouraged Chinese, landlords, businessmen and upper-class gentry to invest in banks, railways and other enterprises with generous protection policies. Since the mid-1980s, the climax of the industrial revolution began to appear, centering on the textile industry.

/kloc-During the Meiji Restoration in Japan in the 0/9th century, the four forces of Sasakawa, Tufei and Fanjun joined forces. Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last general, was forced to return to Meiji after defeating the shogunate army in the Battle of Bird Feather in Fujian. Since then, Japan has officially entered the capitalist society.

Meiji Restoration deprived the feudal warrior class of its privileges. The middle samurai was transformed into a new parasitic class because the government redeemed its land, while the lower samurai had only one way and went bankrupt. 1877, the gentry in the southwest revolted under the leadership of Saigō Takamori-the southwest war was the aftermath of the Chen Wu war. Meiji Restoration destroyed the old feudal order and opened a new era, which had a far-reaching impact on Japanese history and world history. The protagonist of the reform is not the four princes, but the vast number of middle and lower class warriors and civilians. Meiji Restoration is a political revolution and an important turning point in Japanese history. It overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate, returned the main government to the emperor, carried out great political, economic and social reforms, and promoted Japan's modernization and westernization. The main leaders of Meiji Restoration were some young warriors who tried to build a country that could keep pace with the West under the slogan of "Rich Qiang Bing".

The Meiji government first adopted the measures of "returning official titles" and "abolishing vassals and establishing counties", which ended the long-term feudal separatist situation in Japan and laid the foundation for establishing a centralized country and developing the capitalist economy. Since then, the Meiji government has implemented three policies, namely, enriching Qiang Bing, developing industry through reproduction and civilization. Qiang Bing, a rich country, is to reform the military and police system, establish an arms industry, implement the conscription system and establish a new military and police system, which is the foundation of the country. Industrialization is the introduction of advanced technology, equipment and management methods from the West, which strongly supports the development of capitalism. Civilization means learning from western civilization, developing modern education, improving national knowledge and cultivating modern talents.

3. Historical influence

Meiji Restoration made Japan rise rapidly. By learning from the west, "leaving Asia and entering Europe", we reformed the backward feudal system and embarked on the road of developing capitalism. With the growing national strength, it gradually abolished the unequal treaties signed with western powers, restored national sovereignty, got rid of the crisis of becoming a colony, and became the only country in Asia that could maintain national independence. Then, with the rapid improvement of economic strength, its military strength has also been rapidly strengthened. Moreover, in 1895 and 1904 ~ 1905, two great powers-the Qing Empire (1644 ~1) and Russia (1) were defeated respectively. However, the Meiji Restoration was not complete, and a large number of feudal remnants of the old Japanese era were retained in all aspects, such as the excessive power of the emperor and serious land annexation, which interacted with a series of social problems that Japan could not solve in the future, making Japan embark on the road of aggression and expansion.