The lights are swaying, the long scrolls are spread out, and it is like a painting of mountains and rivers, with so many beauties. The king picks up the pen and paints all over the world, splashing ink across the sky. In the north is the undulating plateau, with divine peaks that are difficult to grasp with one hand; in the south is the long river with a jade belt, long and slender, and can be drawn by anyone.
Exploring twists and turns. But at the end of the river, in the map, there are valleys surrounding it, with lotus flowers blooming and falling, reflecting the most beautiful scenery in the world!
"Roar! Hundreds of flowers are blooming, majestic and magnificent! This capital city in the lake, this feeling of conquest... is really beautiful!"
After a hard night's work, the lights were on and off, and he couldn't remember where he put his pen. He could only remember the roar of the tiger and the crow of the fox. It wasn't until the morning of the next day that Shulot woke up from a deep sleep. He looked at the table and saw that the scroll had long since disappeared. He recalled the painting he had done last night.
, the body burst into flames again.
"Power and beauty complement each other, which is the most sultry... Huh?! When I looked at the report from the kingdom, how could I have such a strong desire? Is this... longing for... the world?"
Thinking of this, Shulot frowned and was silent. He looked at the incense burner from last night. It had been burned out and even the ashes had been emptied. The king looked confused. After a long while, he took a long breath and knocked.
Knock yourself on the head.
"Phew! When you are on the throne, the temptation you face is ten times stronger than ordinary mortals! If you are carried away by desire..."
Shulot shook his head and stood up. He put on a robe to cover his well-defined upper body. Then, he searched with his eyes, but did not see the figure of the little fox, nor did he know where he was curled up to rest.
Last night was really tiring. The young king smiled, walked to the door, and shouted in a deep voice toward the outside of the palace.
"B... Eckart!"
Eckart, wearing leather armor, appeared outside the palace. He knelt on the ground and asked respectfully.
"Master?"
"Come! Practice swordsmanship with me!..."
The so-called sword practice is actually training with a wooden blade, just like an obsidian war stick, but the weapon is lighter. Eckard opens and closes widely, and cuts horizontally with the wooden blade. Compared with Bertard, he is less dexterous and meticulous.
, but more fierce and unyielding. In this kind of fierce battle, there is no time to think. Each person's fighting style is a direct reflection of his character. With a little knowledge, for this new captain of the guard,
Shulot also learned more about it.
A sparring session was completed, and the young king was enjoying himself. The distracting thoughts in his heart were finally cleared away. Only then did he calm down and look through the remaining kingdom reports. After the documents from the five county governors, the king then opened
The Chief Minister, Sage Jatiri's scribe, takes a look at the overview of the entire kingdom.
"Your Majesty, I bowed my head under the sacred tree in the lake and reported back to the condor in the sky... After four and a half years, the epochal epic describing the origin of the world has been initially compiled. In Shenwei University, ten...
There are many carved stone slabs several meters high, and they are engraved with pictures, graphics and square characters. From then on, all the kingdom priests who were studying and the foreign envoys who visited could look up and observe, and understand the origin of the myths of each tribe and the relationship between the five kingdoms.
The immortal divine will of an era!”
The first thing that the sage Jatiri mentioned was the epochal epic that he personally presided over and compiled. This was a huge and difficult work, and it took the sage a lot of effort to complete the preliminary compilation.
This epochal epic begins with the First Era, telling the story of the mythical age when the ancestors were born five thousand years ago, and the gods inspired everyone; and then proceeds to the Second Era, three thousand years ago, where the ancestors share the same origin and the Olmecs are also glue people.
Era; after that, there is the Third Age, 1,600 years ago, the Teotihuacan era when tribes were scattered and they built wonders; then, there is the Fourth Age, 600 years ago, a turbulent era with frequent floods and tribes fighting each other.
; Finally, in the fifth era, the Lord God selected the King of Mexica and promised the world, and all the ministries were reunited. This is the unification era that is currently underway!...
"The world has the same origin! The boards inherited by each tribe, the temples built by each tribe, the pyramids built by each tribe, the turquoise advocated by each tribe... For thousands of years, the civilization memories left by each tribe have similarities and commonalities.
I have spent several years tracing the origins one by one, and left pictures and texts to explain each other to confirm each other...so that future generations can know the truth of the five eras!"
Seeing this, Shulot nodded heavily, feeling sincere admiration in his heart.
To integrate various tribes culturally, it is not only necessary to compile myths and epics, but also to have boards, wonders, and cultural relics to explain and support. How to interpret the inherited board pictures? How to prove that the pyramids built are of the same origin? Ancient
How can the cultural relics of the Jiao people be in the same line as the Jiao people? These practical evidences are the difficulty and key points.
"Integrate the eight-point reality into the two-point indistinguishable imagination; interpret the desired conclusion from the real evidence... turn false into true, turn virtual into real, true and false are mixed, and virtual and real arise...
To put it simply, we need to construct a mythical epic that is convincing enough and can stand the test of future generations to integrate the hearts of the world and spread it into the future!"
Thinking of this, Xiulote's expression flashed. This magnificent cultural project cannot be completed without sufficient accumulation of knowledge. And without enough strength to promote the world, it is meaningless to carry out such a cultural project. Unification
The culture must be integrated with the unified empire! At this moment when the various ministries are ignorant and writing has just sprouted, this is the last and best opportunity!...
"The empire's legions can conquer various states and rule millions of people. But if the empire wants to last for a long time and not be a flash in the pan, it must complete the integration of culture and establish a common identity! This work is somewhat similar to Sima Qian's compilation of historical records.
Similar. But the society we are facing is more primitive and complex, and we need to do more thoroughly... The First Emperor's burning of books and humiliation of Confucians, erasing the old inheritance, is also essential!..."
Shulot thought for a moment and became more determined. He pursed his lips and looked down again.
"The sacred tree with the same origin extends everywhere, from the endless continent in the north to the endless rainforest in the south... All tribes in the world have always come from the same ancestor and are different branches of the divine tree. And the root systems of each tribe are tightly connected together!
Whether it's Mexica, Prepecha, Tlaxcala, Tecos, Totonac, Huastec, Mixtec, Zapotec, Tepanic
, the Mayan corn people, the Taino people of the East Island, the northern hunters, the southern golden people...all are glue people! The various tribes were separated in the second era, and they will be reunited in the fifth era! This is the testimony of the ancestors and the gods.
The promise, the agreement of fate, and the journey of the great king!..."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Seeing this, the king lowered his eyes and smiled. This is his request, let the sage divide the North American ministries, the Caribbean ministries, and the South American ministries.
They all join the epic.
When, decades or hundreds of years later, the kingdom's colonial team expands and encounters the Iroquois tribe in North America or the Inca kingdom in South America, they can take out this epic and tell them about it.
"...We have a common ancestor! Look, in the epic of the ancestors, it is clearly written that you are the exiles at the end of the Second Era!...And now, the kingdom's warriors are here to make you
, reunite as one, recognize our ancestors and return to our clan!..."
Regardless of whether the nobles of the other party believe it or not, as long as the warriors and civilians of the kingdom believe it, it will bring about the basis for integration. Forced cultural integration requires the endorsement of force, the blessing of religion, and it also needs to be preceded by the rise of nationalism.
"Looking ahead hundreds of years, there is still a long way to go. In my lifetime, I am afraid that I will never see the unification of all the ministries. But I must plant the seeds. Even if we cannot unify into a vast American empire, we must become a mutually recognized Zhou Li
Zhu Xia!"
Shulot's expression flashed, and he thought about it for a long time, with a deep yearning on his face. Of course, the primary issue at the moment is to integrate the various departments in Central America. And to achieve this goal, he still has some unique advantages.
"Your Majesty, the epic of the era has been initially completed, and subsequent compilation and updates will continue. And there is still a lot to do to make this epic become the consensus of the world!...The kingdom has conquered the city of Cholula,
Inherited hundreds of inherited drawing boards and artifacts. The veteran will lead the priests to study and explain the inherited pictures, 'removing the false and retaining the true'... As for the priests and elders of various tribes who have gone astray, deceived the public with evil words, and refused to correct themselves,
I also implore Your Majesty to deal with it strictly and prevent it from spreading to the world..."
Seeing this, Shulot raised the corners of his mouth, shook his head and laughed. Sage Jatiri looked gentle, and would have killed him ruthlessly when encountering such a struggle for "orthodoxy". However, if he hadn't been so ruthless, he would have
It was impossible to accomplish the great task of unifying the culture... He continued to read and looked at the last paragraph of this report, his brows raised in surprise.
"Your Majesty, I have arranged manpower, half with pictures and half with text, to carve out the engravings of the epic of the era. The scale of the papermaking factory in the capital has been expanded again to ensure enough paper... and the first batch of printing is 10,000 copies.
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This chapter has been completed!