First of all, I want to say that no matter what dynasty or generation, as long as you rebel, you are putting your head on your belt and half of your life has been handed over to the king of hell.

People who live with half their lives every day, if they don't have some strength in their hearts, they simply can't bear this kind of pressure.

The way to relieve this pressure is to create a pure belief. In today's war, this belief is the honor of the soldiers and the country.

But in ancient times there was no honor, their belief was religion.

When it comes to religion, many people today regard it as superstition and a crooked way.

I don't think it's entirely correct.

Regarding today's science, religion does have its false side. It has excessive propaganda, giving myths about monsters, and brainwashing mythical thoughts that make people sink, and make people who have not received systematic education be astray and convinced.

But for the politics and current situation at that time, this was a kind of spiritual reliance.

In that society ruled by imperial power, class rule was rampant. Under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, ordinary people were not allowed to hold knives alone, even kitchen knives used for chopping vegetables. The regulations of the Yuan Dynasty only allowed ten households.

Share a kitchen knife, let alone other knives.

To this day, I still can’t figure out how people cooked in that era. Only ten households could own a kitchen knife. It would take a whole day to sit down for that meal.

There is no need to do other things!

Even in this case, if the highest-ranking Mongolian kills the lowest-ranking Southerner, the only penalty is to lose a donkey. If he encounters a ruthless Yuan, even the donkey may be spared.

On the contrary, if a southerner kills a Mongolian (why is he killing a Mongolian), it will be like breaking the sky. Even if he does not kill the nine tribes, he will have to kill all three tribes!

I believe that many people’s understanding of Mingjiao comes from the TV series, and this is also the deepest one, which is what we are familiar with: "The Story of Heaven and the Dragon Sword". It was later remade into movies and adapted into games, which are all correct. But we

What should be more known is that its origin is: Jin Yong (formerly known as Cha Liangyong.)

Mr. Cha also based on historical facts and added some martial arts atmosphere. So I think everything that is divorced from the facts is fantasy and unrealistic. We should also understand and understand history correctly, because it can

It tells us a lot of truths and teaches us a lot of experiences and lessons. I think this is the fundamental reason why we need to record history.

Under such extreme circumstances, if you want to rebel, it is almost impossible to recruit tens of thousands of people to organize a team without some psychological support.

This is why religion spread in ancient times!

The reason why I want to tell the origin of Mingjiao is mainly because in my opinion, reading history is not just for interest, we should also understand it, so as to help us understand history and understand the characters.

The establishment of a dynasty must have its subjective factors, but it is more because of its objective reasons. Why it updated from an old dynasty to a new dynasty, why it destroyed the old dynasty and established a new dynasty. We should understand the reasons from a deep level.

understanding and understanding.

Although there is only one word difference between Ming Dynasty and Mingjiao, I think the reason why our starling is named after him is more because of the opportunities and good luck it brings to him.

Okay, this is a bit biased, let’s talk about Mingjiao next.

The original name of Mingjiao was not Mingjiao, but Manichaeism, also known as Muniism.

The original birthplace is the ancient Persian Sassanid Dynasty, which was founded by the Persian Mānī (216-277 AD) in the middle of the 3rd century AD. This is why our beautiful Xiaozhao beauties have a unique temperament that is not found in the beauties of the Central Plains.

The reason is that she is not from the Central Plains at all, and she is not even Chinese.

She is from Persia.

She is a true Persian saint!

In the eyes of many people, Mingjiao should be a simple sect, just like Buddhism, but with a different name.

In fact, the true Mingjiao is not as simple as we imagine.

In reality, it is like a hodgepodge of messy things mixed together, the most famous of which are Christianity, Buddhism, and a religion that is not very well-known to everyone. It is called Aojiao, which spreads the Mazda doctrine.

Nowadays, it still has great spread and influence in Iran and other regions.

The teachings of Mingjiao are "Two Sects and Three Realms". It is also called "Two Sects and Three Realms".

The so-called two sects are the two sects of light and darkness.

Ming represents the light of yes, justice, goodness, reason, and peace.

The so-called darkness is darkness, evil and desire.

The light and darkness mentioned here are of the same nature as the yin and yang in our thoughts.

These two forces are opposed to each other, exist in opposition to each other, and are constantly fighting.

The struggle needs to go through three processes, namely: the initial stage, the middle stage, and the final stage. These are the three stages.

In the initial stage here, there is no heaven and earth yet, it is a time of chaos (somewhat like our ancient chaos period), all matter no longer exists, but two forces of light and dark have gradually emerged in it, the light is wise, and the dark is dull.

, the two are already in a state of opposition at this time. (If you don’t understand, just think more about the environment when Pangu opened the sky, and you can roughly understand the reason.)

History often teaches us a truth, that is, justice often comes very late. If the dark side is not arrogant to a terrible level, justice will generally not appear. This is why it is said that the devil is taller than the preacher.

reasons.

At the intermediate stage, the power of darkness begins to expand, one-sidedly oppressing the power of light. The originally flat scale gradually begins to tilt towards the side of darkness, and at this time, the power of light begins to gradually weaken. This is the situation where one waxes and wanes and the other grows.

Under the circumstances, the power of darkness became more and more rampant. With no retreat, the power of light began to absorb energy and prepare for a counterattack. At this time, the "King of Ming" was born, leading the light to fight against the darkness, and finally driving away the darkness (remember, it is

Drive away rather than eliminate.)

Finally, light and darkness return to their original positions. This is the end of time, the restoration of light and darkness, and the near future.

Having said so much, what I mainly want to tell you is a process of evolution, which in some ways has many similarities with the demise of a dynasty and the establishment of a new dynasty.

In Mingjiao, there is no real god. I have searched a lot of information, but I have not been able to find his exact leader. If there is one, I think it is the "Mingwang" himself, which is Mani.

But Mani only called himself a prophet of God, a being who brought blessings to the people.

Under the "Ming King", there is the Ming Envoy, also called Ming Zun (everyone should know a person here, that is Yang Xiao, he is the Guangming Left Envoy).

His mission is to spread the teachings of Mingjiao.

Mingjiao first spread to my country's Xinjiang in the 6th and 7th centuries AD and became popular. Then it spread little by little to the Central Plains. It has been popular in China many times, but it has been suppressed many times because of its mass rebellions, which seriously threatened political rule. , so it is also called a cult.

Because the god they worship, Mani himself, does not look like a Central Plains person. He looks like a Westerner, with a high nose bridge, big eyes, white hair and other decorations. People who have never seen it in the market naturally think of the devil.
Chapter completed!