According to the records of the previous generation, more than 30 of the 55 ethnic minorities in this area of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau occupy this area.

And even in today's Tang Dynasty, in terms of the land of the Six Edicts alone, in the continuous extension of the development of the Ji people with the development of history, in addition to the Six Edicts, there is also an ethnic group with more people: the Yi Nationality.

It's just that now the distinction is not so detailed, in daily life, or in the situation of group living, whether it is the six edicts classified by the Fu people, or some other weak ethnic groups, they are all summarized in the huge ethnic group of the Yi nationality.

Just as every nation has its own totem, in this nation derived from the ancient Qiang people, they also believe in animism, and believe that there is an underworld relationship between people, animals, and even plants, and even blood relations.

Lao Shelong's name means the worship of the tiger, if you continue to let Xinuluo and Sheng Luoyan develop and derive in this way, then the tiger will naturally become the totem of Mengshe's edict.

The Langqiong edict regards the plant golden bamboo as its own totem, as its ancestral god, or as other strange species such as gourds as totems.

But among all the totems, only the tiger represented by Lao Shelong has thrived in the long river of history and has become the real totem of the Yi people after the emergence of Yi Wen.

The sacrifices and elders called Bimo are the spiritual beliefs in the hearts of people in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau region, or places outside the Central Plains.

This is the most influential person for the common people, except for the king who has actual control over the land, the people, and the economy.

Even other edicts such as Xinuluo, Lao Shelong, or Langqiong Zhao, even when they ruled and governed their own land, before the birth of a specific text, while following and imitating the laws of the Tang Dynasty, they still needed to rely on sacrifices and elders to help them manage the people under their rule in a specific and detailed manner.

Therefore, the sacrifice or elder, in the area of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, in the hearts of the people, enjoys the supreme and revered status, just like the Tang Dynasty Hongxue Confucianism, the five surnames and the seven wangs in the Central Plains, the people of Li enjoy the same reputation and status in the hearts of the people.

In the mouths of the ordinary people of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, they still call the prosperous Tang Dynasty the Han Kingdom, and in their hearts, the prosperous and rich Central Plains, the developed and civilized Chang'an, and Luoyang are as far away as a dream.

In the same way, the binding force on them became no longer so effective, and naturally gave the priests, elders, and other spells to manifest their rights and reach the Mandate of Heaven, and gave them to convey the Mandate of Heaven composed of individual willpower to the ordinary people.

Witchcraft also plays an absolutely crucial role in this, and some areas of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau are dry in winter and wet in summer, and it has become the only way for the people to alleviate their suffering and receive spiritual comfort in the backward areas of civilization.

If you want to wage a civilized "war" in a primitive society and carry out a real revolution like Tibet, the Six Edicts are far more difficult than Tibet.

The existence of witchcraft, sacrifices, elders, gold magic vessels, and primary religion, as well as the historical accumulation engraved in the blood after being sung in scriptures, could never be banned and extinguished in a very short period of time, and it was absolutely impossible to rely on the Tang people alone.

Langqiong Zhao, Mengyun Zhao, and Shi Lang Zhao, as Xi Nuluo expected, followed in the footsteps of Mengyun Zhao, who died in the turmoil of Taihe City, and was sent to the deep mountains and old forests together with the soldiers under his Nanzhao who were instigated by Sheng Luoyan to rebel.

Three days later, the priestess with her hair reaching the floor and her naked body, the elders dressed in black robes painted with gold and colorful faces, and the mysterious and gloomy sorcerer, in the whimper of the horns, faced the entrance full of thorns into the deep mountains and old forests, and made a blessing ceremony for the four kings who entered the mountains to pray for the destiny of heaven for the people.

Under the black armor of the Tang Dynasty, Xinuluo, Lao Shelong, and Yue Xizhao slowly stepped into the solemn ceremony, praying for the four great edicts who were desperate to pray for the well-being of the people, and did their most devout prayers.

Li Hong stood in the distance, looking at a group of people with solemn and sacred expressions and making pious rituals to gourds, golden bamboos, and other tiger skins and bear skins stuffed with other fills.

Looking at the topless priestess, she took out a rusty iron knife and slashed her wrist, dripping dark red blood into the wine bowl on the table.

Looking at the black-robed and colorful-faced elder, he was reciting the scriptures with a reverent expression, and the golden crutches in his hand were waving slowly in the air without any strength.

The mysterious and strange wizard is like an epileptic patient in the previous life, dancing in a circle drawn by himself, doing all kinds of prayers to the gods of heaven, mountains, water, fire, wood, and so on.

But no matter which of the three, or the people gathered around these "messengers of the gods", they all danced in unison to the rhythm of horns and drums.

It is like the Tibetan people in the white-walled and gold-tiled Potala Palace, turning the chanting with one hand and chanting blessings at the same time, and the flexible beating of their feet.

"Is that right or wrong?" Li Hong felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart, standing between Yang Sijian and Lin Shiling, and muttered.

He did not feel ridiculous because of the "ignorant rituals" produced by these people's reverence for nature, but in their pious, sacred, and solemn rituals, he saw whether this kind of culture, which was different from the Central Plains, would completely disappear in the rolling dust of history because of himself, or would be completely banned by Han culture many years later.

After the advent of unification, will the demise and singleness of culture make the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty die faster? Or is it that with the establishment of the Greater China Circle, can the Chinese nation really go to another peak?

The choice of history is in his hands, and his every move will represent the disappearance of a multiculturalism and the expansion of the Chinese national culture.

"It's not difficult to find common ground while reserving differences." Lin Shiling was very able to comprehend Li Hong's thoughts, looked at Li Hong, who looked a little gloomy, and said in a low voice: "Tibet is not without this kind of sacrifice now, but this does not mean that the Chinese culture promoted by the old antiques has lost its role in Tibet. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Yang Sijian looked at Lin Shiling and asked.

He paid more attention to Lin Shiling's words than Li Hong, after all, after a few days after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince left, he would start to really govern this side of the water and soil, and seize the opportunity at this time, if he didn't ask Lin Shiling for advice, he would really become a pedantic Confucian mallet.

Lin Shiling glanced at the sacrificial ceremony that was still going on, and then saw that Li Hong did not mean to stop him, so he continued to whisper: "The inheritance of culture and the entry of the Central Plains culture do not conflict, nor contradictory, Dai Zhide is against the Tibetan script, but he uses his own writing to record and praise their ancestral gods, on the basis of such a premise, the Tibetan people have nothing but gratitude. In some ceremonies, Dai Zhide gave up the strategy of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince to completely overthrow it, and instead gradually passed on the rites and conferred virtues. ”

When he said this, Lin Shiling didn't forget to glance at Li Hong in awe, because he accidentally poked out the matter of Dai Zhide's yin and yang.

However, looking at Li Hong, he didn't have any expression, licked his lips and continued: "The following officials have known about Tibet and the Six Edicts in the past two years, and what they value most is the etiquette after the death of their relatives. Because they believe that there is a soul after death, and of course, I also believe in the existence of a soul. ”

Lin Shiling glanced at Li Hong in awe again, what's wrong today, what he said is always against His Royal Highness the Prince, after all, the prince has never believed in the existence of souls.

"Go on." Li Hong looked at Lin Shiling, who was silent, and Yang Sijian, who was listening with great interest and unfinished, and motioned for Lin Shiling to continue.

"Yes, Your Highness." Lin Shiling's little heart throbbed several times, and then continued: "They believe that people whose souls can live after death bring blessings, so they should worship more solemnly after death, and in the ceremonies of peace and soul, carry out more complex and solemn prayer ceremonies, and even spend a lot of money, and the whole family will have to raise debts, and among them, it is a large number of sacrifices such as cattle, sheep, pigs, wine, etc. ”

But how do you find common ground while reserving differences? How can we incorporate our rituals and virtues into them, so that they can allow us to enter these foreign rituals from their traditional rituals? "The more Yang Sijian listened, the more inexplicable he felt, you talked about it for a long time, and only talked about people's traditional sacrifices.

And listening to what you said is so lively, the people of Tibet and the Six Edicts are so pious, how can this integrate the culture of the Chinese nation?

"This is the power of Dai Zhide's old antique, at first he lobbied in person, often running into walls everywhere, and then I don't know if it was his head that opened his mind, or Quan Yi told him something. In short...... God is to be honored ....... ”

"What tricks did you use to make them believe that with our written records and our rituals to be compatible with their traditions, they could get the real soul reduction, for example?" A sneer tugged at the corner of Li Hong's mouth, and his heart suddenly became much more cheerful.

Han culture can accept foreign culture at the same time, at the same time, to integrate useful things, naturally these ignorant and backward people, while accepting advanced culture, must also be able to integrate a new set of traditional culture with the passage of time.

Just like in the previous life, a solemn funeral is also considered to be the best time to remember an ancestor, but in the changes of the times, with the introduction of some more and more concise funeral forms, complicated forms have been reduced, and in the end, cumbersome etiquette and so on have been simplified.

Burials can be changed to cremation, even with so many different voices, hasn't it become a trend and become people's mainstream consciousness?

But then again, it is much more useful to be kind to the elders and ancestors before death than to use a grand funeral that the deceased cannot perceive after death to express filial piety.