Aztec Eternals Chapter 83

In the history of the Aztec Empire, if you want to choose a person who has made the greatest contribution, then he is neither the "Obsidian Snake" who created the empire, the first leader of the empire, the fourth generation of Mexica's predecessor, Iss Coatel, nor the "angry frowning king" of the expanding empire, Montezuma I, the second leader of the empire. The man who really gave the Aztec Empire its history was the immortal sun, the chief architect of the empire, Traka Eller.

In the process of following his father and grandfather to study, Shilot habitually brought the great figures of the empire into the familiar history of China, looking for the future of the history of Mexica in a Chinese era with similar economics and politics.

If Isco Atel, who raised troops as a vassal city-state, established the Aztec Tri-City Alliance, and overthrew the rule of the Tepanek suzerain, could be compared to King Wen of Zhou who fought against Zhou.

Then, Montezuma I, who inherits the throne of the alliance, stabilizes the alliance, fights the legacy of Tepanek, and expands the territory of the alliance, is the King Wu of Zhou who rules the world.

The younger brother of Montezuma I, who served as Vizily Vittel (the second generation of the first king), Chimar Popoka, Isco Atel, Montezuma I, Asaya Cartel, Tissok, A full six generations of Mexica kings and four generations of empire leaders, Traka Eller, was the original saint who laid the foundation of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Gongdan.

In Shilot's mind, most of the great people in the world have one thing in common, that is, they live long enough and have enough life to achieve their grand goals. In the Central American tribes, whose average age is less than 20 years old, Terraca Eller, who is 85 years old this year, obviously has the most important foundation for being a great man, immortal time.

Terraca Eller is the son of the second generation of the first king, Vizzili Vettel. He was born in 1397. That was the time when everything had not yet happened. The Panek Kingdom, the Aztecs were just a subsidiary city-state settled on a small island in a lake after wandering for hundreds of years.

Kingship in the world, from the Teotihuacan civilization in the first to the fifth century BC, to the Tura Toltec civilization from the sixth to the twelfth century AD, and then to the Toltec civilization in the thirteenth century AD. In the hands of the Ultec-Tepanek people, it is like the alternation of Xia and Shang.

The Aztecs' improved chinampa floating field technology became the basis for the budding empire. The astonishing food production brought huge population growth, and the lake city-state gradually became important. Thirty years after Terraka Eller was born, it was a long period of dormancy for the Aztecs to farm silently, accumulate strength, marry diplomacy, and obey Tepanek.

At this time, the kingdom of Tepanek was ruled by a generation of hero Tessomok, who fought from east to west and pacified the world. In 1418, he aggressively attacked the eastern part of Lake Texcoco, conquered the rising city-state of Texcoco, and dominated the valley ever since. Many city-states could only endure silently and offer gifts to the Kingdom of Tepanek on time.

When Texosomoc finally died in 1426, the twelfth Mayan year of the rabbit, the long-awaited city-state of MexicTenochtitlan quickly came together with the unwilling Texcoco city-state, followed by The city-state of Tracopan joined on the west bank of the lake.

In 1428, the Aztec Tri-State Alliance was proclaimed, and in the same year it besieged and captured the capital of the Tepanek Kingdom, Azgar Pozark. The Alliance fought for several years and inherited Tepanek's hegemony. The Tri-State Alliance united the Mexica Valley and became the Aztec Empire.

In this era, Traka Eller was a prominent general of the Union, and brother Montezuma I, the poet-king of Texcoco, Nessavar Coyot, and three of the Union's trakochicar cartels were called , the marshal.

In Shilot's eyes, although Terraka Eller had outstanding military exploits at this time, he was not yet great. His truly great cause was to establish the rule of law for the empire.

With the advent of peace, Traka Eller stepped down from the position of marshal to serve as the chief architect of the country, i.e. chief advisor. The entire lake area was completely renovated under the command of the chief architect, important water channels were built, the high-yield floating field Chinampa was expanded to the top, a large number of bridges on the lake were built, and the spectacular stone capital city was gradually formed. There is no doubt that such large-scale infrastructure in the Stone Age must use the lives of laborers as fuel.

Terraka Eller's will is strong and firm. He used the corpses of countless Tepanek slaves in exchange for the agricultural core of the empire's hegemony, a Texcoco Lake District enough to support 1.5 million people. With the prosperous and prosperous Mexica Valley, the Aztec Empire truly laid the economic foundation for its hegemony.

In Shilot's view, this is equivalent to Duke Zhou's expansion and improvement of the well-field system. "Zhou Xing thoroughfare, peasant households grant 100 mu of land, and tithes are also collected", which laid the economic foundation of the Western Zhou Dynasty's hegemony.

With the achievements of agricultural construction, Trakael has enough prestige to carry out deeper religious and cultural reforms, so as to unify and unite the ideology of the Aztecs.

The first thing he did was to abolish the gods! He elevated the **** of war, the patron saint of Mexica, Huizilopochtli, to the main **** of the sun, and deposed the original sun **** Tezcatlipoca. Establish the status of the Mexica as a god-blessed nation.

The second thing he did was to revise history! Under his revision, the Aztecs were no longer descendants of a semi-nomadic dog breed from northwestern Aztlan, but the heirs of the ancient Teotihuacan civilization, the descendants of the glorious Toltec civilization. Successors, the God-Blessed Race with a glorious history!

And the new sun **** Huitzilopochtli also became the creator **** of the Toltecs, and conveyed the divine decree to let the Toltecs join the great Mexicans.

Afterwards, all the stone inscriptions that recorded another history of the Aztecs were completely erased. With the expansion of Montezuma I, all conquered city-states must hand over their heritage offerings and destroy all "slandered" books. The past history has become a taboo secret only circulated among the royal family and high priests.

For so many generations, today, the idea of God bless the race has penetrated deeply into the beliefs of the Mexicans, establishing a strong sense of national pride and centripetal force, as well as the impulse and determination to rule the known world.

In Shilot's view, this is equivalent to the concept of the world in the Book of Songs, coupled with Dong Zhongshu's induction of heaven and man, the divine authority of the monarch. In one sentence, I firmly believe that the destiny is in me, and I am destined to rule the world!

This is the fundamental belief that all powerful nations in the world must possess, and it is also the ideological core of the real rise of a country and civilization. Looking at history, any powerful civilization will have similar ideological reinforcement.

Huaxia will say, there is no king's land under the whole world, and there is no king's ministers on the coast of leading the land! We are heaven.

The ancient Egyptians would say that the pharaoh was the son of the gods and lived in the pyramids to reach the sky after death.

The Japanese would say, the Shinto Emperor is a lineage for all generations! The ancestor of the emperor was the sun god.

The Ottomans would say, the dream of the Ottomans, the lord of the world! He may be stronger than Ottoman.

The British would say, Rule, Britannia! God bless the queen.

Americans would say, "The destiny is clear!" Take and dominate the Americas that God has given me, with the liberties and federal self-government entrusted to me by great power.

In Scholot's view, the most ruthless means of Western colonists is to erase the ideological self-confidence of temporarily backward countries and nations in the name of different lifestyles and religious beliefs, thereby destroying the possibility of their future rise. Murder is nothing more than slaughter.

In the face of the Indians, the Spanish colonists burned all the classics and history, and trumpeted the white people's resistance to infectious diseases, which was God's preference, while the conquered who had no resistance were inferior and outcasts, and they took it out. The backbone of the Indian nation. However, in the face of black Africans with higher disease resistance, this statement has turned into ignorance and low intelligence of black Africans.

For thousands of years, similar methods have been continuously applied by colonists, from life, system, culture to belief, to better plunder, conquer and rule the world. And once a nation kneels down completely, it will be very difficult to stand up again.

Shulot has always believed that it is not the gap in science and technology that determines the fate of a nation, but the deeper core. The impotent Central American countries in the future, as well as the impotent South American highlands, prove this with a long recession. They must find themselves first before they can embark on the path of rise.

In his view, the development of a small individual, a nation, a country, and even a civilization, is from the inside out. What he hopes to do, just as Terraca Eller did, is to unite the beliefs of a nation to build a strong native civilization in Central America.

In order to further enhance the drive for the expansion of the Aztec Empire, Trakaerel once again revised the myth. The gods are in his hands and are just tools to achieve his goals. This time, in mythology, the sun **** Huitzilopochtli asked the Mexicas to sacrifice "sacred blood" to him to keep the sun moving and prevent the end of the day.

With the establishment of this religious concept, the continuous expansion of wars became the natural attribute of the Aztec Empire. A new generation of Mexicans is warlike, honored by warriors, and saved by sacrifice. Hearing the war, he was happy, happy to die and forget his life. Xuanhe's force brought conquests again and again, with small battles every three years and major battles every five years. Driven by myth, the Mexicans have become the hegemons of the world in only fifty years.

This religious war reform, um, should be original. Xiulott recalled carefully, and estimated that Zhou Gong should not have done anything similar.

In order to pass on these new ideas, Terraka Eller expanded the bureaucracy and the number of priests, and also opened the channel for the bottom civilians to ascend to priests. In order to increase the ritual effect of sacrifice, Trakael began to expand the temple on a large scale and formulate a daily small-scale "war of glory and crown" system.

The revised religious power is also stronger, and it is a powerful threat to royal power and secular power. But for now, Terraka Eller's unparalleled prestige is enough to control everything. This kind of potential conflict between religion and the secular will not break out until Montezuma II, and then the priest-king Montezuma II took the initiative to take the "Quathered Serpent" colonists into the core of the empire to suppress the princes who opposed him, Great nobles and samurai.

In the face of Western colonizers, the Aztec Empire did not exert its real power. The 100,000 warriors were stunned, destroyed by long-term internal conflict, rebellious city-states, tragic smallpox infections, and sieges by colonists and rival tribes. As a result, Hernán Cortés' untimely deeds were achieved, and it also brought the confidence and ambition to conquer the world for the first time for the Westerners who had been suppressed by the Ottomans for a long time.

After the iron-blooded Terraca Eller injected the Mexica with the core of war, he began to adjust the structure of the Mexica society and established a real classical militaristic society to match the belief in war.

He established a strict military merit system, dividing the priests into five ranks, and the warriors into four ranks, ascending in order, and finally promoted to the military aristocrats. Different castes have strict dress codes, social status and land rights. No matter how rich they are, civilians are not allowed to wear clothes that take over their status.

Xiulote felt that this was somewhat similar to Duke Zhou's ritual and music system, and similar to the military merit award of the Qin Dynasty.

Similarly, Terraka Eller stipulates that all fifteen-year-olds must undergo five years of compulsory military education, so as to train them as warriors and war priests as much as possible. The remaining artisans, merchants and farmers were at the bottom of society. In the whole society, the only way for civilians to rise is to participate in wars, obtain military merit, and capture prisoners.

So, every Mexican that Shilot meets wants his children to become warriors. This is a military society with a state.

After the social reform of Terraca Eller, the nobility of Mexica and the succession to the throne were also determined by military merit, which was completely different from the succession of the eldest son of the Duke of Zhou. It infused the iron-blooded core, but made the Mexica transfer of power more brutal and bloody.

If the direct son of a nobleman cannot show heroism on the battlefield, then his inheritance will be handed over to the heroic concubine. And every king will launch a "coronation war" to prove his war ability. In the same way, once the war was lost, Tisok lost his heart immediately, and the throne was crumbling. The throne that Avit won through war was widely recognized by samurai and nobles.

In his heart, Shulot was sorting out the Duke Zhou's deeds, and in fact he was sorting out the foundation for the prosperity of the Aztec Empire.

Economically, build canals and floating fields, complete core agricultural areas, and increase population.

Culturally, it is clear that God blesses ethnic groups, builds national self-confidence, and condenses beliefs.

Religiously, carry out religious reform, provide internal driving force for war, and expand the country.

In society, a clear hierarchy is established, a militarized society is established, and classes are promoted.

It is clear at a glance that this is a whole set of adapted national systems, which is actually established by one person. To be able to build this kind of great cause, either a natural talent or an acquired traverser, and one who can live long enough.

It is because of Terraca Eller's reform of the Mexica that the Mexica civilization has the necessary conditions to truly become a powerful civilization. If there is no interruption from external forces, the Aztec Empire is destined to unify the world of Central America!

Then the system of this civilization will become more mature, and new ideas will be born in the internal conflict. Reconstructing the country under a new economic foundation, like the reforms of the Warring States and Qin and Han Dynasties.

Along with the change of thinking is the progress of science and technology, first enter the complete Bronze Age, and then enter the Iron Age with difficulty. With the help of metal tools, develop seafaring skills, turn the Caribbean Sea into a lagoon, then explore North and South America, encounter the Inca, obtain llamas for light transportation, tame the buffalo that can farm fields, until the population expands to the entire Americas.

Shilot shook his head and returned from his wandering thoughts. Hearing the news that Terraka Eller was still alive really shook his heart, as if seeing a mythical figure coming out of a book.

The little Avivit behind him didn't get a response, and continued to "tweet" in dissatisfaction. This was a call, it was hungry.

Avette stood up and looked at the little golden eagle poking his head, which was quite interesting.

He smiled lightly: "What is this? A little white turkey?"

"It's a small golden eagle, only three months old. I picked it up on the Avivit tree in the forest."

As he said, he took out the prepared tender meat and fed it to little Avivit, then took out a pottery gourd that Tarasco people like to use, and carefully fed the water inside to its beak. inside. The little golden eagle also obediently did not shake his head.

"Oh, it turned out to be the golden eagle. The eagle is the favorite of the samurai." Avit came over and tried to touch the little Avivit. As a result, the little golden eagle turned his head away in resistance, and kept pecking at his hand with his soft beak.

"This little guy... The golden eagle is really strong, and it's rare." Avette chuckled. "Remember that there is an old warrior who knows how to train chestnut-winged eagles in the capital. When you return to the capital, call one to train it."

Shulotte nodded. Eagles do need to be trained by special trainers before they can be used in hunting. If the eagle is smart enough and trained long enough, it can still recognize something special. Such as large-scale armies, or... ships at sea.

"Avette, what should I do now? Will the immortal Terraka Eller be bad for you?" Sherlot asked worriedly.

"I have already sent Gilliam to the ancestors to ask for instructions. We are temporarily garrisoning here and waiting for a reply. It is estimated that we will receive a reply in ten days. Since the capital has not interrupted the supply of food and grass to us, it does not seem to be a big problem."

Avette smiled lightly, a little sad, but more confident in the overall situation.

"Tisok's coronation war failed, and then I was defeated and replaced. This is within the scope of the inheritance rules set by the ancestors. Besides, Tisok is dead, and now except me, who else can really take over the throne of the alliance Is it rare to rely on my eldest brother's son, Montezuma II, who is only seven years old?"

Hearing the name of Montezuma II, Shilot was a little lost. His thoughts were tumbling, and he stopped slightly in his hand.

Avette snatched the piece of meat from Shirott's hand and continued to tease the little golden eagle. He has the foundation of a warrior, his wrist is flexible enough, and if he is a little serious, the little golden eagle can't peck at all. Little Avivet couldn't eat food, and couldn't peck the bad guys, so he called out to the boy in a hurry.

Shulot came back to his senses from the call, and gave Avette a blank look. Then he took out a new piece of meat from his arms and carefully fed it to the little golden eagle.

Avette smiled lightly and continued to analyze the situation in the capital.

"The old ancestor was very old, and he lived in seclusion for many years and ignored the world's affairs for many years. He only told the expansion of the Great Temple. When Tisok ascended the throne, he did not appear. This time it seems that Kechar is in a hurry. The temple, so I appear more often in front of the ancestors, and I can say something. It seems that this time back, I still can't move the position of the high priest in a short time."

The young man pondered for a moment: "What if the immortal Terraka Eller really does attack you? Shall we raise our troops to the south?"

Avit shook his head: "No. After all, our ancestors are the ancestors of the Tenochtitlan lineage. If we really want to deal with us, we can only cheapen the sideline Texcoco and Tracopan.

It was because of the repression of the ancestors over the years that the 50,000 directly subordinate samurai in the Sanchenghu District of the capital were all in the hands of the Tenochtitlan family. The two princes of Texcoco and Tracopan are now mere decorations.

Raising troops is the last option. Facing the ancestors, the great nobles couldn't believe it at all, and the heads of the city-states were also shaken abnormally, not to mention the direct samurai of the royal family. After all, it is the immortal sun! "

Shulot was taken aback. When the Three Cities Alliance was founded, the leaders of the three cities were all called Tratoani, the king. But then, Montezuma I deliberately strengthened the connection of the three cities, allowing them to marry each other and integrate the ruling class.

Then with the death of the poet-king Nessavar Coyote, Traca Eller became the only founding patriarch. His prestige is unparalleled! Under his repression, Tratoani of Tenochtitlan became the only true king, and the lord of Texcoco and Tracopan became Teguccitri, the prince .

The Princes of Texcoco and Tracopan are above the third rank of honorable nobles. Of the 50,000 warriors directly under the control of Tenochtitlan, 30,000 were directly controlled, the remaining 14,000 were from Texcoco, and 6,000 were from Tracopan.

These two princes are doing nothing now, but they are all hidden dangers of centralization in the future. Historically, they will also oppose Montezuma II in the future, splitting the power of the alliance.

Shiloh sighed, and it seemed that he could only wait for Gilliam to come back and see how the ancestor's divine tree handled the newborn eagles. He continued to feed the little golden eagle. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

After eating the last piece of meat, little Avivit finally called out a satisfied "yoyo", and then began to comb his feathers. Its wings are growing, and new feathers, slightly blackened, are just emerging, and they are as light as goose down.

Taking advantage of little Aviette's relaxation of defenses, Aviette finally touched the little golden eagle's head as quickly as lightning, and was very satisfied with the soft feel.

He smiled and said to Xiuluot: "You found this little eagle. Why don't we call it Xiuluotou! It also describes that it will fly in the air like lightning in the future."

The young man looked at his friend with some embarrassment: "This... um... I have already named Xiao Jindiao."

"Oh? What's it called?" Avit looked at the boy with a smile.

"That...because I picked it up on Avivit's tree, so...I call it Avivit."

The smile on Avit's face froze.

Then, he reached out and grabbed the boy's cheek.

The young man had been prepared for a long time, and the training of the samurai had an effect. After a jump, he dodged and dodged.

"Avit, listen to me, the name is negotiable!"

Shulot kept dodging and moving, and Avet also showed the strength of an elite warrior, and the two swiftly advanced and retreated on offense and defense. After a while, Avit was still stronger in martial arts. He forced the boy to the corner of the house and used his hands vigorously.

"Pain, pain, pain, my face..." The familiar scream sounded again.

The boy's screams startled the little Avivet, who was combing his feathers. He stuck his head out and looked at the two people who had temporarily cast aside their worries and removed their masks, who were relaxed and real.

"Haw?" Little Avivet was a little confused.

Young eagles couldn't understand the divine tree, because the world in their eyes was different.

Chapter end

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