Chapter 188: The Major Tribes
In the distant past, the Southern Jungles suffered a defeat at the Central Plains' hands and were forced to come under the latter's rule. A rebellion sparked years later, and it resulted in the disappearance of the Central Plains' previous dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty replaced the previous dynasty, and laws prohibiting the traditions and customs of the Southern Jungles were made. The Southern Jungles' books, civilization, and history were then eradicated.
The Ming Dynasty then distributed the Four Books and Five Classics to teach Confucianism as well as spread Buddhism and Daoism. However, these were nothing more than superficial orders.
The Southern Jungles were so barren and had nothing of merit except for manpower, meaning that the Ming Dynasty didn't actually pay much attention to them.
With the lack of supervision, the officials they had dispatched became obsessed with satisfying their own selfish desires, so the Southern Jungles eventually became a lawless land.
The law of the jungle reigned supreme over the lawless land, and barbarians ran rampant like the Cannibal Tribe[1].
However, there were still a few regions with morality and ethics; one of them was the Qinghua region.
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Somewhere in the Southern Jungles' Qinghua Region…