Just like Kunlun, Kunlun in the narrow sense is naturally the vast mountain range west of the Kunlun Pass, and Kunlun in the broad sense also includes the Kunlun Cave.
The same is true for Paititi. In the broad sense, Paititi includes the legendary holy city, the Forgotten City, and the Golden City. In the narrow sense, Paititi is the new capital of Tawanting. The West Gate and the Pagoda
In order to distinguish the two, Wanting called the new capital city that replaced Cusco New Paititi, and the golden city was called Old Paititi.
Qi Xuansu once got a map from Wang Jiaohe and a key from the baron, both of which were related to the old Paititi.
The key is how to enter Old Paititi.
But we can put this matter aside for now, don’t worry, the key is the new Paititi.
That high-level traitor from Tawanting is in New Paititi.
New Paititi cannot be compared with the Imperial Capital, nor can it be compared with the Yujing, or even with Saint York. The situation here is the most complicated.
Yujing is a city of Taoists, the absolute central core of the Taoist sect. Although the three Taoists are jointly in charge and there is a lineage of great leaders, generally speaking, there are only Taoist sect forces in Yujing City.
The Imperial Capital is the absolute core of the Daxuan Court. Although there are Taoist forces here, the Imperial Palace ranks last among the many Taoist palaces. In essence, the forces of the Daxuan Imperial Court are still the main force. In the last battle at Wuxing Mountain, not only the Imperial Capital
The power of the Taoist government, but Jiang Dazhen personally came to take charge.
St. York is weaker than Teikyo, but there are two major forces, Steam Gospel and City Council. Steam Gospel is the main force and the City Council is supplementary. However, the power of City Council is stronger than Teikyo Prefecture and has greater independence.
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New Paititi has four powerful forces: the royal family, the military, the priests, and the Xidaomen.
Some people may want to say that Yujing also has four forces, but they are actually completely different. In any case, the three Taoist sects all have a lot of consensus. For example, they recognize Taishang Taozu as the founder of the Taoist sect, recognize Xuan Sheng as the ancestor of the resurgence of the Taoist sect, and the new Taoist sect.
However, it is difficult for the several forces in Paititi to gather such a consensus, because Tawanting is essentially a synthesis of three empires.
All three empires failed in different ways.
The first empire, Nohpeten, was originally located in the Northern Continent and was the most completely wiped out. The army had all been wiped out, the royal family had also perished, and most of its people had been scalped. However, the god system of the New World mainly originated from
They, the ancient gods headed by Kukulkan, lost the divine war and were defeated by the apostles of the Holy Court, but they did not
perished, so under the protection of the ancient gods, the priest class survived and moved south to the southern continent, receiving help from the Xidaomen.
The second empire, Nahuatl, was located in the middle, at the junction of the north and the south. Its failure was very dramatic. In fact, they were perfectly executed by the Westerners. The Westerners met Nahuatl in the name of an audience.
The emperor, the powerful gods hidden in the team suddenly took action, directly killed the emperor and massacred the royal family. The entire empire fell into chaos and was soon fully occupied by the Holy Court. This resulted in Nahuatl not carrying out effective
Although they resisted, most of the troops remained and were later gradually incorporated by Xidaomen.
The third empire is Tawanting, located in the southern continent. Before the Holy Empire fully occupied the southern continent, it began to fight internally due to uneven distribution of spoils. Therefore, Tawanting was not directly destroyed like Nohpeten, but was simply destroyed by the Westerners.
Even after being crippled, the framework of an empire was still retained, and even the royal family was still very complete. The royal family claimed to be the descendants of gods and had the functions of the priestly class. It was somewhat similar to the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty, that is, the emperor also held divine power. However, the tower
Pachaka, the ancient god whom Wan Ting believed in, has fallen and can no longer protect his descendants.
In line with the principle of uniting all available forces, Xidaomen combined the three. Under Xidaomen's promotion, Emperor Tawantin married Nahuatl's subjugated princess, gained the allegiance of most of the Nahuatl army, and changed the
Kukulkan, the sun god who believed in Nohpeten, accepted the priestly power of Nohpeten.
Generally speaking, the main god of Tawanting belief, Pachaka, is the image of a fish-man, while the main god of Nohpeten belief, Kukulkan, is the image of Quetzalcoatl. The two are obviously not the same pantheon. Just because Pachaka
Already fallen, the Tawanting royal family easily converted.
As for the main god of Nahuatl, it is also not Kukulkan, but Huizilo Botli. However, among the gods of Nahuatl, there is also Quecharcoatl, the Quetzalcoatl god, who is a human being.
After careful "research" by Xidaomen, it is believed that Quetzalcoatl, the Quetzalcoatl god, is Kukulkan, and Huizilo Botli has fallen, so most people in Nahuatl have also converted.
Kukulkan.
This is actually a deal reached between Xidaomen and Kukulkan. Xidaomen expands Kukulkan's faith, and the ancient gods headed by Kukulkan share the pressure for Xidaomen and are responsible for fighting against the apostles of the Holy Court. However,
The Xidaomen did not have any reservations. Most of the upper echelons of the royal family accepted Kukulkan’s protection, but at the lower levels of the army, the Xidaomen vigorously promoted the
Yuanhua, there are not a few people who follow the Tao.
Among the three giants of Xidaomen, the Gongfu faction has the closest relationship with Nahuatl and has great influence in the army; the Tantai Zhenxiao faction has a close relationship with the priests of Nohpeten and interacts with the ancient god forces behind them.
Good; the Huangfu family has close ties with the Tawanting royal family. Huangfu Zhao is the prince's teacher. The Tawanting royal family converted to Kukulkan and accepted the Taoist philosophy at the same time, believing that there is an invisible "Tao" in the world.
And study the classic articles of Confucianism.
This is the complex situation of Tawanting, which is far more complicated than the three major traditions of Taoism. At least the three major traditions have no differences in belief. Everyone recognizes Taishang Daozu and Xuansheng, but there are differences in power. In other words,
There is no doubt about who the ancestor is, and there is no doubt about the inheritance of the legal system. There are just some differences on the issue of who should be the Grand Master.
On the other hand, in Tawanting, the ancestors are not the same ancestors, and the inheritance of the legal system is all forcibly stitched together by the Xidaomen, which is a mess. It would be better to tear them all down and start over, and simply convert them all to the Daomen, which would be cleaner.
This is also the opinion of three generations of the Li family. The Xidaomen will replace Kukulkan and other ancient gods, and the Xidaomen will return to the Daomen, and Tawanting will be included in the Daomen system, just like the Weiyuan Kingdom and the Dayu Kingdom. Even
Considering the size and geographical location of Tawanting, it is not necessary to enter the tribute system of the Daxuan court.
But in this way, the Taoist sect will lose its reputation of morality and justice. It has not done anything for the Holy Court, but it has the reality of the Holy Court. It is just that eating is more beautiful than the Holy Court. Therefore, many people within the Taoist sect are opposed and believe that they should only cooperate.
It is necessary to develop harmoniously and not to conquer, which will lay the foundation for future disasters.
The reasons for this faction are also very realistic. The key is that Tawanting is too far away, separated by thousands of miles of ocean, and the difficulty of governance has skyrocketed. Even if they submit to the Taoist sect, it will not matter when the Taoist sect is at its peak, but once the Taoist sect declines, they cannot share the hardships.
If the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, he will inevitably break away from the Taoist system and establish his own school. Instead, he will become an example for Borneo and Fenglin Island and set a bad start. This is a disaster.
Regarding this point, the two groups clashed many times.
The faction headed by the Li family believes that the vast territory of the Central Plains was not born, but was expanded bit by bit by our ancestors. We are just repeating the work of our ancestors. If God does not take it, we will suffer the consequences. If we
If we can capture the Southern Continent, then in another two hundred years, the Taoist Sect will be at its peak. Two hundred years is enough time to establish a sense of belonging and identity. We are not just barbarians from the Holy Court who can only kill people. We should educate them, guide them, and internalize them.
The Holy and External King.
Opposing factions believe that Xinjiang
Domain size is closely related to governance capabilities and traffic levels, and there is an upper limit.
At the beginning of the Qingming Dynasty, there was nothing the officials did not care about, and no one did not work hard, because it was difficult and difficult at that time, and they could only find a life from ten thousand deaths. As it gradually got better, it gradually became lazy, and the minority became the majority, and then became lazy.
Although it has become a trend, it cannot be reversed and it is difficult to remedy it. Driven by the desire for achievement, the party is united and opposed. When the talents gradually become exhausted and it is difficult to cope with it, the situation becomes complicated.
This is an objective fact. If you just blindly build a pie and ignore internal problems, a bigger pie will only accelerate corruption and degeneration. So what about the Golden Horde? Didn't it fall apart in the end? This is
Lessons from the past. The two-hundred-year-old Taoist sect was still unable to fully and completely assimilate into Fenglinzhou, which had been learning from the Central Plains since the Daqi era. How can we dare to say what the Taoist sect will be like two hundred years later?
In the end, no one could convince anyone, and because the enemy was on the side and the lessons of the Holy Court's internal strife were not far away, it was not easy for the family to fight internally first, so the issue was shelved. The consensus within the Taoist sect was that until the Holy Court was driven away, or
Xidaomen has truly returned to Daomen, and it is not too late to discuss this issue again.
Of course, if Tawanting takes the initiative to request to enter the Taoist system, it will not harm the moral integrity and leave no hidden dangers in the future. The Taoist school will not refuse. He can make Kukulkan a true king, enjoy incense, and be a Taoist god. Everyone is fine.
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However, the attitude within the Taoist sect towards Tawanting has further aggravated the complex situation within Tawanting.
Because of the attitude of Daomen, two factions of views emerged within Tawanting and Xidaomen.
One faction advocates fully embracing Taoism and becoming a member of the Taoist system, while Xidaomen is willing to return to Taoism. The other faction advocates maintaining independence and is only a friend with Taoism. Xidaomen is unwilling to completely return to Taoism and maintain the status quo.
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The composition of these two factions cannot be distinguished simply by the empire or family they belong to. Take the Gong family and the Tantai family for example. The two parties have a clear division of power, but in some opinions and ideas, there may be no family boundaries.
, some members of the Gong family and some members of the Tantai family believe that they should return to Taoism, while other members of the Gong family and another part of the Tantai family believe that the status quo should be maintained.
This is the true sense of me in you and you in me.
There is still no clear stance on the key door.
Faced with such a complicated situation, it was difficult for Qi Xuansu to find a way to mediate the situation.