Aztec Eternals

"Ancestor! Uncle, how can you salute me? This is impossible, absolutely impossible!..."

"Yes! Uncle, please get up quickly! You are the chief minister of the alliance and one of the few remaining distinguished elders in the royal family... Not only did you preside over the wedding between me and Xiu Luote, you are also Xiao Xiu Hua's teacher!... Well, we are returning the favor to you!…”

High and low cactus flower pots are arranged in the reception hall, many of which are still blooming with bright flower bulbs. Surrounded by flowers and cacti, the elderly uncle Kakamazin bowed his head in salute. Shulot and his wife fell to the ground to return the salute, with a solemn and panic-stricken look on their faces.

"Xulot, you are the head of the royal family in the Holy City, and you control three-tenths of the world. And Avit is the head of the royal family in the main city, and you control half of the world... The royal family of the Mexica people, Mexico The world of the West-Canada Alliance cannot lead to division and civil war!..."

Kakamatsu, who is over seventy years old, lowered his head and begged, his voice old and sincere. Facing his uncle's request, Shulot leaned on the mat with his head against the warm surface, not knowing how to answer for a moment. He was silent for a long time, then raised his head and looked at his uncle who was waiting solemnly, and then at his wife who looked expectant. Under such a situation, he could only let out a long sigh and made a deep promise.

"Uncle, I understand! The ancestors and the Lord God have witnessed it. For the sake of you and the royal elders, I...I can forgive...Avit for what he did before!...Our Mexica royal family will never do this. In the hands of Avitt and me, this is the civil war that divides us... I am still young and have plenty of time. I will wait patiently until the sun goes down!..."

"Okay! Witness the Lord God! The elders of the Mexica royal family will be happy to hear your promise. And the dead ancestors will also feel happy on the sacred tree of the Kingdom of God!..."

After hearing this promise, Uncle Kakamatsu finally raised his head. His old face showed a happy smile, and he patted his chest heavily with his left hand, repeating his previous promise to his ancestors.

"The testimony of the ancestors on the sacred tree! Shulot, I still say the same thing! As long as my old bones are still alive, as long as the elders of the royal family are still alive... I will never let you meet in the royal capital. Any danger!…”

"And I told Avitt about this sentence first and got his promise! Under the witness of the ancestors and gods, he promised your safety and promised that as long as you stay in the royal capital, he will not do anything to you. Take action on your lake fiefdom in the Western Lake District!…After all, he swore an oath and promised you the west of the world!…”

"Ensure my safety? Protect my fiefdom in the Western Lake District?..."

Hearing such a royal promise, Shulot's expression was very complicated, and the various emotions in his chest were ups and downs, and even he couldn't distinguish them clearly. On the other hand, Alyssa hugged her husband's arm, her nervous expression suddenly relaxed, and she finally showed a sincere smile.

"O Lord God! May you protect my husband and my father! ... May they stand under the eaves of the same palace, looking at the condors in the sky and the cactus on the earth, recalling the vows they made Bar!…"

Under the constant conflict of political power, the two kings who once had great ambitions to join hands, trusted each other, and were close to each other now have a serious lack of mutual trust. And only at this moment, with the guarantee and mediation of the royal elders, did they indirectly and reluctantly reach a reliable commitment.

Yes, without a doubt. At this moment, the conversation between Shulot and Kakamazin seemed to be a promise between his granduncle and his uncle. In fact, it was between the royal family of Mexica, the branch of the royal family of the Holy City represented by him, and the royal family of the capital represented by Avitt. The main line, the mutual commitment guaranteed by the elders of the royal family, especially the elders of the elder line!

Through the guarantees of the royal elders, the two promised never to start a royal civil war and never to murder each other. The elders, as the middle force to support, balance and protect both sides, witnessed all this. And Kakamazin, who inherited part of the prestige of the elders, is the leader of many elders in the royal family and the first witness of the promise!

"The Lord God bless you! You have made sacred promises to the ancestors of the Mexica royal family! These sacred promises will not only be witnessed by the elders of the royal family, but will also be known to the nobles of the royal family very soon!..."

Kakamazin's expression was solemn, and his old voice was so loud, so energetic and confident.

The power of the royal elders comes from the traditional royal power. At least in the current lake capital, it is quite considerable! The Bronze Ax Guards left by the two thousand elders are only the superficial force of the clan elders, used to maintain the order of the royal family, and they cannot make Avitt afraid. But the influence of the elders of the royal family on the royal aristocracy and the royal army is invisible and difficult to eliminate!

The more than 70,000 legions directly under the royal family in Avitt's hands are called the royal legion precisely because among the upper echelons of the legion, more than 70% of the seventy-two thousand-man battalion commanders and nine legion commanders are all commanded by the royal family. The nobles came to serve.

In fact, among the nine legion commanders directly under the army, except for Avitt, who was promoted as an exception, Huadiao Qilto and the dead dog Qiqi Mickey, who were both civilians and minor noble warriors, the other seven legion commanders are all royal nobles. of origin. Stanley the Giant Bear, Marshal Casal, Iskali the Last Moon, Ocelot, Lord of Jaguar City, Mihoti, Chief of Yuyan Clan... are also nobles from various branches of the royal family, and are influenced by the royal elders or many others. or less impact.

In the noble battle group composed of Eagle and Jaguar warriors, the proportion of royal and noble officers is equally astonishing. Among the various legions, the only one that has not been affected by the royal family and nobles is the Broken Hair Guards, who was personally promoted and rebuilt by Avitt!

As for the twelve priests and elders in the capital, there are six elders who come from various royal families, including the war god elder Yazar, the sun god elder Tonatiu, and the priest elder Como. Below the high priest group, there are also a large number of royal chief priests and officiants.

After all, the Mexica royal family of all dynasties has adopted concubines, given birth to a large number of children, and married into various nobles. Whether the tribes married a princess or gave away a noble daughter, they would be recorded in the genealogy of the Mexica royal family in the next generation. This large-scale intermarriage and expansion of the royal family are the most important means for the rise and expansion of city-state and tribal alliances! Just like the early days of the rise of the Eight Tribes of Khitan, complex and powerful tribal royal families were also formed through the marriage of each tribe and the birth of children.

Among the two million Mexicans in the Lake District, there are at least 20,000 to 30,000 members of the royal family, divided into more than a dozen royal branches. The royal family of the Holy City is one of them. The line of Assar, the ancestor of Moctezuma II, is another branch. The Yuyan family in Sun City is also a branch. Even Prince Tlacapán, whose mother is from the Mexican royal family, can be counted as a member of the royal family...

In terms of its ruling composition, the Mexica Alliance itself is an aristocratic system of tribal alliances. There is no civil servant class selected from the bottom, and it is completely different from the tradition of the Celestial Dynasty. The so-called centralization of power in the alliance is to centralize the power of various ministries from the gods and nobles of the city-states in various places to the god-kings and royal nobles in the center of the alliance.

These nobles of the royal family are the foundation of the God King Avitt, the core of his rule, and the "people" he uses to convey his voice and carry out the God King's will.

The basis of power, no matter what name it is called, always comes from the "people" who exercise power. Under the current general trend, these royal nobles are naturally loyal to the God King. And if Shulot provokes a civil war, they will undoubtedly stand on the side of Avite, who has the legal principles and power of the alliance, and fight to the end for Avite.

But even the so-called "God King" Avitt cannot go against the hearts of the entire royal class and ignore the foundation of his rule. After all, Avitt has only been on the throne for ten years, and has only been on the throne for three and a half years, which is far from being compared with the "elder" who has influenced the alliance for half a century. With Shulot's loyalty and obedience, if Avitt rashly takes action and eradicates the entire Holy City, he will be destroying the foundation of his rule!

To give an inappropriate example, in the Mexican Alliance at this time, the way in which the royal elders guaranteed Xiulote was roughly equivalent to...well, the Mongolian Khan Mengge, who was born in the Tolei line, and his younger brother Hulot On the grounds of "foot pain", Bilie was deprived of his military power and ordered to meditate at home. The elders of the sects of Tuo Lei's family stood up and collectively acted as guarantees, trying to prevent the brotherly dispute from expanding and to avoid Kublai Khan's sudden "sudden death"...

"Ancestral Witness! Uncle Kakamazin, thank you, and thank you to the many elders of the royal family!..."

After the turbulent thoughts passed, Shulot looked solemn and saluted Uncle Kakamatsu again. And Kakamazin looked into Shulot's eyes, held the hand of this "good uncle", and showed a happy smile on his face. Then, he looked at the happy Alyssa next to him, pondered for a while, and suddenly said with a smile.

"Alyssa, little Xiuhua and little Didan, I wonder how the painting is going... Go to the studio and take a look at them!...I'll come and chat with Xiu Luote alone for a while..."