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Recently, the historical drama "Qing Ping Le" about Song Renzong was on the air, and I found out the old drama "The Crown" produced by Netflix in 2016 to watch. The Crown is about the reign of the current Queen Elizabeth II. The first season focused on 1952-1955, the years when the Queen first ascended the throne.
The temperament of "The Crown" is very moving. It depicts big people, and then writes big people into small ones, and writes about the shortness of parents and the same love for children as we ordinary people. At the same time, it can write out the extraordinary spirit of the big man, and write the perseverance, perseverance and determination of the big man.
If it is said that history cannot give answers to reality, but history can give reality wisdom; then, historical dramas cannot bring history to the screen exactly as it is, but historical dramas can convey the charm of the times, national temperament and historical Wisdom embedded in it.
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Britain is a constitutional monarchy, which means the king has no real power. Jokingly, the King of England is just a mascot.
If that's the case, then why does Britain keep the king?
Ever since Qin Shihuang established the emperor system, countless Chinese emperors have been figuring out how to pass on the throne to the second, third, and even all generations. However, the emperor of China failed to realize this long-cherished wish.
First, the dynasties were changed one by one. Even the ancients who lived under the emperor's rule were commonplace. Even the Monkey King in "Journey to the West" knew that "the emperor takes turns and will come to my house next year". The emperor is not too mysterious, nor is it sacred. Later revolutions again and again swept the monarchy into the garbage heap of history.
Stories like this are played out all over the world. Crowns fell to the ground, and the monarchy overturned everywhere. On the contrary, the British king's throne has been passed down to this day. Why?
Watch The Crown and it will tell you.
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At first glance, members of the British royal family are very aggrieved, and every marriage is governed by the "Royal Marriage Law". In order to marry the future Elizabeth, Prince Philip of Greece must first give up his right to the Greek throne according to law. The queen's sister fell in love with her father's attendant, but because the man was divorced and his ex-wife was still alive, he could not marry him according to law.
In addition to being governed by the law, the king and his relatives need the approval of the cabinet and parliament for major and minor matters. For example, if the queen's husband wants to fly a plane, the prime minister must nod. Every move of the royal family members must comply with the permission of the church and teachings. In the case of marriage, marrying a divorcee is seen as a defilement of the Christian wedding.
Therefore, the king and his family should be role models of morality, and she should be the incarnation of social values. Just think, if a member of the royal family is no different from any ordinary person, why should he still be a king and not an ordinary person?
In modern society, the monarchy is quite fragile. Perhaps the moral flaws brought about by a few scandals and scandals can shatter the monarchy. As a result, the king and her relatives were very tired. Faced with the outside world every moment, you have to sit with a stubborn posture, and make dangerous words and deeds. To the king, being decent was far more important than being nice, or even being right.
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The King of England is also the head of state. She doesn't issue decrees, but she regularly browses almost all government documents. She could not argue with the Prime Minister, who reports to her every week. But what use are these formal powers?
No matter how powerful the system is, it cannot be drilled seamlessly. In fact, there are many forces influencing the Queen, hoping that the Queen will express and act.
- "You can tell the Prime Minister when you meet him, don't let him declare war on Egypt because of the Suez Canal". But the Queen did not, even if she did not support Britain's reckless use of force in her heart, but she only said to the Prime Minister, "The King is always on the Prime Minister's side."
——Even the personal secretary who has served four kings advised the Queen, "When the prime minister is too poor and affects the interests of the country, you can persuade him to resign, and he will resign." But the queen lingered for many times, but she still did not say such a word.
As a result, the king did nothing. But behind doing nothing, there is a thousand turns and a thousand times, and the battle between heaven and man. It is important that the king knows when to shut up because the prime minister is elected.
An elected prime minister may, of course, err, and an intervention by the king may be right. But if there is one, there will be two. When the king is wrong, it means that the king will also be wrong, and the king is also on the opposite side of public opinion. What does such a king want him to do?
There is a line in "The Crown", "The government is responsible for efficiency, and the king is responsible for solemnity".
Majesty, in many cases, does not mean seeing and speaking, but means learning to see but not speaking.
In this sense, the system is important, and the people are more important. It was the present Queen's shrewdness and thoughtfulness that kept the British monarchy from derailing.
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What is the use of a head of state without real power?
An incident in Austria last year made me roughly understand the reason. The elected Austrian president is also a virtual head of state, and the prime minister holds real power. Even a "mascot" needs an election?
In May 2019, Austrian Chancellor Kurz was ousted by parliament. Meanwhile, the parliament decided to hold general elections early in September. During the hiatus from May to September, the president negotiated with parliament to form an independent and non-partisan government of experts to exercise government functions.
This is the meaning of the head of state. When political parties are quarreling and the political opinions of the country's voters are divided, the head of state needs to build the greatest consensus and represent the broadest recognition. This is what the national symbol means.
Becoming a national symbol is also not easy. Courtesy schedules will also be packed. In a scene in "The Crown", the queen who tours the Commonwealth of Nations has a stiff face because she smiles at every event. Doctors persuaded her to cancel several events or not to smile during them.
These proposals were rejected by the Queen. Because a competent national symbol should face all citizens and convey positivity and belief. Without the slightest hesitation, the queen asked the doctor to inject a muscle-blocking needle into her face.
If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.
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What we are used to is the story of "pro-government". The emperor wants to dominate the power and make his own promises, and he must go deeper and deeper into everything.
But "The Crown" shows another attitude of kingship. That is "transcendence". Transcendence is not turning a blind eye, avoiding it. But I know everything, but I am beyond it, I can say as little as I can, and I can restrain myself when I can.
The King of England is the head of state, a religious leader, and a moral model... But what we see is the state's requirements for her, religion's constraints on her, and morality's norms for her.
Strong is short-lived, weak is long-lived. This may be the key to how to pass on the throne to all eternity.
The sage is impermanent, and takes the people's heart as his heart. People are like water, people move like smoke. As a result, the moral requirements of society are also changing. If the queen sticks to the same, she will be washed away by the big waves, and if she joins completely, she will be abandoned like a shoe. Which ones should be changed and which ones should be kept, this will test the queen's wisdom and mental strength.
In fact, our people's pursuit of costume dramas also reflects the mentality of some people. In "Yongzheng Dynasty", we expected the iron-fisted figures to radically eliminate the malpractice. In "Kangxi Dynasty", we longed for the heroic emperor Mingjun to make great achievements and make great achievements. But now, in "Qing Ping Le", we are looking at Song Renzong, who was framed by the family law of his ancestors and wished to "govern the world together with scholars and officials".
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