Nankam said this and tried to break the telescope, but was stopped by Zuzai's glare. He was frightened and could not move. Zuzai shook his head and said to Gudiya, your men are not obedient.
, damaging other people's property is a crime in the East.
"This damn aristocracy, don't you have to pay for breaking other people's things? This is the telescope I use to measure mountains and rivers and observe astronomical changes. How can I measure geological and astronomical conditions if it breaks?"
Yu Zai was very unhappy. This group of priests seemed to think that they had robbed them of their jobs, so there was actually no activity tonight. Instead, these people came to the palace simply to make trouble and curse?
Damn it, it’s true. If you stay up late at night and come to the palace to curse, you don’t have to go to work tomorrow?
Nan Kam was glared at by Concubine, and the binoculars were taken back. He looked very ugly, and it was really uncomfortable for him to be slapped in the face in public, and for someone in such strange clothes.
He is a noble of Lagash, and priests are nobles among nobles. People who serve gods are second only to the king in status. Even though there is no god now, the king is the new god they created, so their status
Likewise unshakable.
The divine right of kings and the transfer of royal power have been this way since ancient times, including the carving of clay tablets, the writing and dissemination of poetry, the recording of knowledge, and the origins of many officials were selected from the priests in the temple.
"He's not happy."
Ruzai pointed at Nankamu and asked Gudiya.
Gudea smiled: "He is the priest of Lagash. Although he is not the highest high priest, he is also the one who works longer among the priests. He is both a servant serving God and a servant serving the king. They are Lagash
The noble ones are naturally superior."
"They don't know you. Maybe you can tell them about your noble origin, the King of the East?"
Gudiya's words also hinted at letting Yuzai reveal his identity, but Yuzai laughed: "My current status is indeed noble, but my origin is not noble."
"In our land, the king is appointed by the sage. The sage will appear in the cultivated land, on the coast, at the construction site of civil engineering, or in the booth where pigs are butchered and sold, and more likely...
Slaves, or uncivilized primitives."
"Recruit the virtuous and appoint them as kings. People in the world will come to recommend him and evaluate him based on his behavior. When everyone in the world says he can become a king, he should become a king."
Gudiya was very surprised: "The king's power descended from the sky and elected a new king. This is not much different from what we have here. After all, without the recommendation and restriction of others, the king's power will be monopolized by some people."
"etc!"
He suddenly realized something. After raising this question, Gudiya immediately continued:
"Well, the Eastern system makes me feel strange, but for this matter, we should talk alone in the palace. This is not the place to talk, it is too noisy."
Since Yuzai and Gudiya communicated in the form of divine metaphors, others could not know the conversation between Yuzai and Gudiya, and could only hear Gudiya talking to himself.
What Gudiya realized was the so-called meritocracy system. This system is not only a way to verify the identity of the other party, but also a window into Eastern society. Of course, there is another important point, that
It is this that threatens his own rule.
All these changes in the political system and internal class struggle of Sudian'er city-state were established on the ruins of the past clan system. In the process of its growth, due to the differences in their respective historical conditions, the political systems they represented varied.
, that is, the political forms are also different, some are aristocratic republics, some are hereditary systems, and some are democratic republics or monarchies.
But one thing is the same, that is, the Sumerian region, although similar to the later Greek city-states in ancient politics, they advocated heroism more, that is, most of the power was concentrated in the city-state leaders and nobles.
, in the hands of the priests and the royal family. The people have the right to make suggestions about the decisions made by the city-state, but they do not have the right to make decisions. Moreover, this matter happened in the era of Gilgamesh.
Most of the city-state's councils were composed of nobles and priests.
At this time, the abdication system in the East made Gudiya feel a bit of a crisis, because he was keenly aware of the key point in Yu Zai's "divine metaphor". The key point was not whether the sage should inherit the position of the previous king, but the key point was Yu Zai.
The so-called "wise men are in the cultivated fields, on the coast, among the slaves, butchering pigs and selling wine, and among the dust collectors of civil engineering projects." The key point is the message expressed in this sentence.
That's where you come from.
The people of the East select talents regardless of their origins!
This is not allowed. If the Sumerian region also followed this example, then the various systems of the city-state would collapse, and in the end it would even threaten the rule of the aristocratic status.
In other words, you can come from a humble background, or at worst, rebel, and then become a king, just like Sargon, the first king of the Akkadians, but you cannot destroy some of the old local systems. In fact, these
The system has always been conducive to the king's rule.
The people are important because they are the cultivators of food and the source of soldiers for war, but they are not important either. At least under the pressure of the two classes of nobles and soldiers, they seem too ordinary and have no sense of existence.
The nobles must always be nobles. Even if the city is destroyed, the nobles are still nobles. At most, they just changed a group of nobles. This class has not disappeared. The social situation in the entire Sumer area is still slavery, and the nobles and priests are still the same.
, soldiers and workers, farmers and fishermen, and then slaves.
Ruanzai looked at Gudiya and seemed to understand what he was thinking, but Gudiya could only take a few steps back and explain in a low voice to Ruanzai:
"I am very interested in the Eastern system, but now I cannot say these words in public, otherwise I will be besieged by the priests. Even if I am not worried about my own status being deprived, I am also worried about whether someone will rebel because of this.
To me."
"How can the nobles be compared with ordinary people? Even if they choose talents, they must be in charge among the nobles and priests. If those common people control a lot of power, Lagash will be finished. They can't do anything, and they can't do anything."
It will make the priests and nobles who have lost their power rise up to kill me and overthrow me."
"There was a king in the past who tried to break this boundary. When he was in power, what he did was called the Ulukakina Reform. But he was finally overthrown. He tried to give those 'Sublukars' (
The powerless class)' certain rights and knowledge, he even almost abolished the existence of slaves, but this is not what the nobles want to see."
"To be honest, part of my reforms have been based on this king, but as for the fundamental system, I have no intention of changing it. King Ulukakina actually betrayed his own aristocratic status."