Aztec Eternals

The candlelight flickered with unpredictable shapes, and so did the shadows under the candlelight, only more elongated and darker. As long as there is a slight change in the upstream of religion and law, the future of the nation and society will be turbulent.

At this moment, Xiulot thought of a lot. For example, when the Pope gave an order, the 100,000 Holy Legion responded and marched eastward. For example, arresting cross missionaries and prohibiting the spread of alien gods. For example, priests monitor the alliance, and spies are everywhere. There are also devout believers who come to worship from all over the Americas, and the lights of thousands of families praying every day are accompanied by the common bell.

Furthermore, if someone becomes the king and pope in the future, he will have the supreme authority of the unity of political power and religious power. He even remembered the thousand-year confrontation between green and red, and the civil war between the crescent nobles and the priests.

But this is all far into the future. The religious reform cannot be achieved overnight, and it always takes several generations and decades to gradually succeed.

Xiulot pondered for a long time, but only gave a simple description: "Decades later, the Mexica will have a cohesive religious belief, and the unified world will form a multi-ethnic country with kneading beliefs. It is like kneading clay embryos. Firing at high temperature and condensing over time can finally take shape.

The world has a common text and laws, and society operates under the guidance of religious laws. After a long time of precipitation, repeated twists and turns, and changes in ethnic groups, a unified conceptual nation was formed and a true grand unification was completed. "

Xiulot sighed with emotion about the past. The great unification of China went through the bloody reforms of the Qin Dynasty and the construction of grammar in the Han Dynasty, which took hundreds of years to fully form. Among them, the first emperor contributed a lot. He has laid all the foundations, and he is worthy of being the ancestor dragon of China.

"In the future country, we need to carefully maintain the balance of power among all classes. The influence of the priest group will expand rapidly, but we must set a limit and maintain power constraints. This restriction mainly comes from the emerging warrior group, mainly military nobles Peaceful civilian warriors. Priests should also be divided into two factions that focus on faith and focus on administration.

The royal family should not only be the leader of priests and warriors, but also carefully maintain the balance between priests and warriors and suppress the influence of one party. At the same time, both priests and warrior groups must open up channels for the common people to be promoted and selected from among the common people, so as to maintain fresh blood within the ruling class. In particular, the generational inheritance of priests should be reduced.

Simply put, it is class balance and power constraints. Civilians are promoted and their bloodlines are weakened. Holding a sword in one hand and scriptures in the other. "

In Xiuluote's design, the development of the priesthood should be similar to that of the Chinese scholar-bureaucrats, separating the school of governance and the school of administration. While controlling the hearts of the people, it is also necessary to limit power. The samurai group represented the emerging commoner landlords and provided a solid guarantee of force. And when the economy develops enough, there will be a check and balance of citizens and businessmen. A certain class cannot be allowed to be too large and solidified, hindering the ever-emerging needs for reform.

Of course, in order to suppress the priest class, the king must have sufficient prestige and skills.

The elder who had been silent for a long time finally turned around. He looked at the boy again.

"My boy, you seem to have forgotten a group of people."

Shulot shook his head, gritted his teeth slightly, and announced solemnly.

"Princes are a hidden danger to the alliance. They are not loyal to the royal family at all, and must be eradicated! The nobles occupy too much wealth and manpower, and must be weakened and suppressed as much as possible! At least within ten days of the royal capital, we can Directly govern the cities rather than self-government."

Shulot thought of the rebellion of Prince Tracopan and Texcoco when the Spaniards arrived in history. They directly contained most of the alliance's forces. Foreign princes must not stay! Similarly, weakening the hereditary aristocrats and cultivating commoner landlords and commoner priests were also the core of the reform.

The elder was silent for a moment, shaking his head slightly. A skilled ruler would make a lot of preparations in advance, and then make the best use of the situation, inserting a sharp knife into the gaps in the bones, allowing the blade to slaughter the target flexibly.

The elder walked forward slowly while teaching lightly.

"My child, don't be in a hurry. You have to eat food bite by bite, and you have to walk step by step on the road. Naturally, you have to get rid of the mice in the field one by one. Tell me about your new priesthood."

Xiuluo nodded and followed slowly. He only knows the general direction of the reform, but he has no way to start it for the time being.

"The priest group needs to establish a strict hierarchy. The lowest level is the urban community priest and the village priest. They have the right to interpret scriptures and regulations, to judge daily disputes, to mobilize warriors and militia, and to collect religious taxes. They Responsible for the enlightenment of civilians and peasants, holding ten days of great ceremonies, is the root system of the towering sacred tree."

In Mexica villages and communities, meetings of four are generally governed. One of them is a priest, one is a representative of local nobles, one is a warrior, and one is the head of the village self-government. At present, the alliance center does not have reasonable jurisdiction over non-directly governed city-states, and can only be controlled by the power of religious priests.

The civil service system is far away, and the cultural monopoly is in the hands of high priests and nobles, and there is only one choice between the theocratic system and the aristocratic system. It takes a long period of administrative reform and cultural accumulation before there is a basis for cultivating administrators and replacing local nobles.

The elder pondered slightly. Tax manpower, laws and regulations education. These local priests need to compete with the big nobles who own the village for the control of the grassroots.

"Further up is the city priest, who is in charge of a city and nearby villages. The parish priest is in charge of a complete area, including multiple cities and villages. The establishment of a parish requires the consent of the center. The parish priest can be called the priest, corresponding to the specific The eleven states of Mexica can have eleven priests.

Several dioceses are united into an archdiocese, and the archdiocese priest is the chief priest. If there is a large and important city, it can also be set aside to establish a separate dean of the capital at the same level to prevent the power of the chief dean from being too large. At present, the eleven states of Mexica can establish an archdiocese archpriest.

And further up the archdiocese is the highest regional unit, the province. The leader of the province is the suzerain, who fully controls the religious authority in a certain area. In the future, after conquering the Tarasco people, a higher Mexica province can be established on top of the Archdiocese of Mexico and the Archdiocese of Tarasco. "

Village and communal priests, city priests, diocesan priests, chief and metropolitan priests, suzerains. The five-level executive agencies in the region basically come from the cross structure in Xiulot's memory, which has withstood the test of thousands of years of history.

The elder nodded slightly, and the regional division of religion will also be the future national division. Although the alliance has not yet established a country with distinct upper and lower levels, similar plans have already been thought about in his mind many times. This child's plan is even more magnificent and bold.

"Starting from the priest of the diocese, the right to appoint and remove will be determined by the central church. Therefore, a three-level central priesthood group is set up in the central church, corresponding to the candidates for the priest, chief priest and suzerain priest. Excellent city priests will be selected into the lowest level of the central church The group of priests is trained by the central center and then sent out to take charge of the parish.

The highest level of the central priesthood corresponds to the current chief priesthood and high priesthood, that is, the twelve elder priests, equal to the suzerain. "In Christianity, cardinals and patriarchs are candidates for Pope.

Shulot thought for a moment, but did not mention the Pope at a higher level. There is no doubt that the highest religious power is now in the hands of the elders. He just re-emphasized the promotion mechanism.

"God's eyes treat everyone equally. The five levels of priesthood should be promoted in turn, and all priests must have pastoral experience in villages and communities. The priesthood is open to outstanding common people, and try to maintain a balance in promotion."

Facing the common people is the most important means to maintain the vitality of the priesthood. In the Middle Ages in Europe, the church was almost the only place where common people could get ahead and change their class. Now, of course, there are more adventures of great sailing.

"According to the Mexica priesthood, priests should fully dedicate themselves to God. Official marriages are prohibited at all levels of priesthood. The descendants of priests do not have the right to inherit religious status."

Shulot knew that no matter what religion in the world, for the high priests who really held power, the laws prohibiting marriage and status inheritance were usually useless. Ten years later, Alexander VI would succeed him as Pope in Rome. The Borgia family will completely destroy the reputation of the church and ignite the fuse of the religious reform movement.

However, such provisions still need to be written into the priestly regulations to try to restrain the corruption of the priesthood and leave a basis for further reforms to future generations.

The elder fell into long thought. The present and the future are constantly deducing and converging in his mind.

"After I die, there will be a pope who will lead the religion."

Thinking of this, the elder looked at Shulot with deep eyes. After a while, he spoke calmly.

"Son, everything you say requires a written code. I want to hear you say the code again."

Facing the faint murderous intent, Xiu Luote felt awe-inspiring. He pondered for a long time before replying carefully.

"Mexican society needs a religious code. The source of the code is divine revelation, not accumulated jurisprudence. The code is characterized by the integration of moral requirements and regulations for the lives of believers."

"The content of the religious code is three aspects: the order between man and God, the order between man and society and nature, and the order between man and himself.

Humans and gods are the etiquette of worshiping the gods, the worship and dedication to the gods. This needs to modify the current religious rituals that are too bloody and violent, and retain the beautiful parts of them.

People and society are the laws and regulations that guide society. Criminal law revenge, prisoners of war, diet, loan interest, marriage relationship, property inheritance, and the prevailing social moral norms.

There are too many death sentences in Mexica society, and perhaps the sentence can be commuted appropriately. The jurisdiction of the market is also taken back from the hands of merchants, especially the autonomy of foreign merchants. Property laws can be further refined by integrating existing regulations.

Man and nature are the rules for fishing, hunting and gathering, gardens and zoos, holy mountains and holy lakes.

People and themselves are self-cultivation and precepts, which is similar to our Mexica tradition of indifference and asceticism. But bloody gambling should be banned. "

In Xiulot's view, the folk customs of Mexica society are simple, they value gods over life, and the precepts are extremely strict, and the people are always shrouded in the shadow of death. There are innumerable laws and customs of death: adulterer, stealer, dress usurper, second public drunk, judge accepting bribes, merchant cheater, slave rebel, saboteur of religious ceremonies, The death of those who entered the holy mountain and the holy lake is very similar to the severe punishment of the Qin Dynasty.

Gambling under the supervision of judges is both orderly and unrestrained. Whether it is a game of ball or dice made of beans, once the two parties start a bet, they often gamble their entire property and life, and regard death as a game. All this shows the splendor and cruelty of the emerging civilization.

On the contrary, slaves in Mexica have sufficient personal and property rights, and have the opportunity to rely on their masters to prosper. Similar to servants, they are not completely consumables.

"Generally speaking, religious laws and regulations are characterized by sanctity, universality, and flexibility. Its status is supreme, it regulates all aspects of life, and it is constantly adjusted and changed with regional customs and the development of the times."

The elder groaned slightly, chewing on the three concepts of sacredness, broadness, and flexibility, thinking about God, society, nature, and people. After a while, he nodded slowly.

"My child, we need a book of fundamental teachings, both as a guide for religion and as a basis for law."

Xiulot nodded seriously, but this was obviously beyond his ability. He could only add.

"The fundamental teaching is divine revelation, which can be used as a principled overview. It is a towering tree trunk pointing to the sky. It does not need to be too detailed, leaving room for development.

In addition to the fundamentals, three specific sources of law can be added: the teachings of the saints, the derivations of the scholars, and the resolutions of the priesthood. These are the large and flexible branches and leaves that guide the details of law enforcement. "

The elder pondered the religious laws that Schlott had mentioned. He needs a specific executive compiler. The two figures kept rising and falling on the balance in his mind. Eventually, the two figures became three. The elder finally made a decision.

In front of him is the stone house deep underground. The sculptural guard captain exerted his strength easily, and after a bang, the heavy stone door opened, and a small blue snake ran into the corner of the wall as if frightened, and dropped a frog in its mouth.

"My child, you are here." The elder said with a blank expression.

Shulot silently walked into the snake house and touched the frog on the ground with his foot. The frog moved slightly, but it was obvious that it was not far from death.

With a bang, the heavy stone door closed again, and the snake house was pitch black. After a while, the little green snake walked up to the boy. It hissed softly, expressing its dissatisfaction with the door. Well, judging from the performance of the little green snake, the elder has gone far.

Shulot leaned against the wall in thought. The slippery and soft touch came from the wrist again, shaking, entangled, slowly along the arm, into his warm chest, and then comfortably motionless. The boy sighed, and fell asleep together with the little green snake.

When the elder returned to the top floor of the palace, the sun had already set in the west. The setting sun is like blood, dyeing the distant sky and the palace of the gods. Looking at the sunset, the elder felt a slight ups and downs in his heart. He sat on the stone seat of the gods, quietly waiting for the darkness. Behind him, the sculptural captain of the guard holds the pot of fate.

On the Great Temple, the priest's chanting that lasted for a day finally came to an end. Stepping on the solidified bright red, the chief priests calmly walked down the stone steps. The priests and elders said goodbye to each other and went back to rest. A day of sacrifice is enough to make a man tired and his arms sore. Ugel saluted Kechar slightly, then left shaking.

Kechar smiled, admiring the sunset in the sky, longing for tomorrow's east rise. He waits a moment. Soon, a loyal priest came from the north, holding a bloody wooden box in his hands.

Kechar opened it and saw a big head with a majestic and unwilling face and a lifelike expression. Seeing the old man, the chief priest's smile became more cordial. He closed the wooden box casually, and headed eastward surrounded by the war priests.

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