Aztec Eternals

"Ah? Teacher, you want me to be the Minister of Political Affairs and participate in political meetings?..."

"That's right! Shulot, with your identity and status in the alliance, you are almost the most powerful royal prince. As a representative of the royal family and the royal minister, you will join the political meeting that decides on major issues in the alliance!... Well, The female snake Gillim is the chief minister of the Council, responsible for the internal affairs of the alliance... Then you can be the second minister, above the giant bear Stanley who is responsible for the military... As for the work you are responsible for, let me think for a moment... Someone come! Come on! People! Get my herbalist!"

The thunderous storm in the hall finally disappeared after brewing for a long time and erupting sharply. The teacher Avitt held the student Shulot's hair, his face showed a rare gentleness, and his voice softened. The contrast between before and after is as great as thunder and rain, both are the king's favor.

"Xulot, you have to know that I trust you and have always placed high hopes on you! It's just that the alliance is getting stronger and stronger. I stand on a towering pyramid. There are some things that I can't control. I have to consider the balance of power... "

"Ah! Yes, I understand, I understand your difficulties...Teacher, I have always trusted you!..."

"Well, if you are willing to return to the capital, I know that you are still the good boy... The ministers are here, just endure the pain and act calmly!..."

Avitt, as a teacher, comforted the students with a few words of affection, then turned around and returned to the throne above. And when the personal guards and trusted ministers filed in, the gentleness on his face instantly faded, and he turned into the cold and majestic God King again.

"Give him some ointment! Use the best ointment!..."

"Yes, His Majesty the God King!..."

The guard bowed his head and promised, and left in a hurry. Soon, two royal herbal priests came with wooden boxes filled with herbs. The two of them lowered their heads, not daring to look at the situation in the palace. They just opened the wooden box and took out a bottle of the smallest medicine jar for treating trauma from the large and small clay pots. And when the ointment was applied on his back and the bruises and bleeding wounds, Shulot instantly felt a cool and hot touch. He sniffed his nose and smelled a strange scent of yucca flowers. It turned out to be yucca ointment with spicy grass added.

"Witness the Lord God! I have already punished Shulot in front of my ancestors. He also knew his mistake and made up his mind to change it... Well, from today on, Shulot will join the royal family as a minister of political affairs. Go to the alliance’s meeting of ministers!…”

God King Avit looked around the hall and looked at everyone's reactions. The female snake Gillim was startled and hesitated to speak. Shadow Dagger Chiwami was also a little surprised, but immediately lowered his head. Stanley the giant bear nodded slightly, seeming to take it for granted. As for the remaining ministers, they looked at each other and bowed their heads respectfully. In this matter of the Mexica royal family, they did not have any inclination, but only obeyed the orders of the God King.

In essence, the meeting of ministers at the center of the alliance is a central decision-making organization in the style of a tribal alliance. This loose political system is more like the Qing Dynasty's meeting of kings and ministers to discuss government rather than the three provinces and six ministries of the Ming Dynasty.

Outside the center of the alliance, the various local aristocratic fiefdoms and states, large and small, ranged between the Jisi Prefecture and County in the Tang Dynasty and the Touxiajun Prefecture in the Liao Dynasty, based on the degree of autonomy. As for the directly-affiliated city-states and communities established by the alliance in the Texcoco Lake area, as well as the directly-affiliated counties, directly-affiliated military and civilian villages established by the kingdom in various places, they are more like the Zhechong military mansion of the Sui and Tang Dynasties and the Meng'an Mouke of the Jin Dynasty. , or the Eight Banners Assistant Leader of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

In fact, the main systems of the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, whether it was the mature county system at the local level or the civil service system with checks and balances at the central level, all required a large number of civil servants and a long tradition of centralization to maintain them. Such a complex and delicate political system with balanced power is by no means something that the Mexica Federation and the Kingdom of the Lake in the tribal-feudal era can easily imitate. The most that the Alliance can imitate is the Mongolian, Yuan, Liao, Jin and Manchu Dynasties in the early tribal era...

"Gillim, take a look, what are the affairs in the Alliance Center that can be handed over to Shulot?"

"Your Majesty, the affairs of the Alliance Central Committee... Well, Princess Alyssa once established a medical institute in the name of Her Highness Shulot, responsible for the research of trauma, disease, medicine and treatment..."

Looking at Shulot who was applying the wound medicine, the female snake Gillim pondered for a moment and then replied respectfully.

"Right now, there are about two hundred herbal priests, doctors and apprentices in the Medical Institute. Three years after its establishment, the Medical Institute not only drew anatomical diagrams of the human body to help the high priests perform sacrifices, but also prepared many novel animals and plants. Potions. In fact, the Institute of Medicine even compiled a mysterious "Plagueology Manual", which explained several ways of the spread of epidemics. With the blessing of the Lord God, the most praiseworthy achievement of the Institute of Medicine is the promotion of the divinely inspired forceps. , reduced the number of women’s deaths during childbirth in the Union Lake District by more than 80%!…”

"It can be seen that the Alliance's Medical Institute is vital to the people of the Alliance, and it needs long-term divine inspiration and guidance! In fact, the establishment of the Alliance Medical Institute came from the divine inspiration and suggestions of His Highness Shulot. And His Highness has always attached great importance to medicine. He must be on guard against the prophesied white-skinned evil spirits from the East China Sea and the death plagues from overseas... Since this is a divine revelation from the Lord God, he must not slack off at all and regard it as one of the alliance's top priorities. One!... Why not, let His Highness Shulot, who is divinely inspired, serve as the director of the Medical Institute and be responsible for the alliance's medicine!..."

Hearing such prophetic and pertinent advice, Shulot was surprised, and his heart suddenly fluctuated. He opened his eyes wide and carefully looked at the serious-looking female snake Gillim, but for a moment he couldn't figure out what she was thinking. On the other hand, God King Avit frowned, glanced at Gillim dissatisfied, and asked in a deep voice.

"Let Shulot serve as the director of medicine, manage two hundred priests, doctors and apprentices, and be responsible for the medical research of what alliance?... Gillim, there is nothing in the alliance. Can Shulot be responsible for other more important matters? ?…”

"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions!..."

Hearing this, Gillim didn't say much, he just bowed to the ground respectfully, waiting for the God King's order. Avitt glanced at the submissive Shulot, thought for a moment, and then made a decision.

"Gillim, is the hereditary noble Kuaud in charge of the craftsman camp in the royal capital?"

"Exactly, Your Majesty!"

"Well, the number of craftsmen's camp in the royal capital, including craftsmen, apprentices, and civilians, has exceeded the 8,000-strong Hikipili Army. And the Southern Expedition after Autumn is about to begin, and the craftsmen's camp must prepare six armies for the southern expedition. The legion’s arrows and crossbows, weapons and armor, gunpowder and artillery, the affairs are also very complicated!…Kouod is old and a senior craftsman. Although he has no problem managing technical matters, he can’t control so many hands. The nobles... Then let Shulot come, as the minister of political affairs, to be responsible for the military supply of the craftsman camp!..."

"Ah? Let His Highness Shulot be responsible for the military supply of the six southern expeditionary legions? This?...Yes! Follow the king's will!..."

Gilliam hesitated for a moment before he understood the meaning. His heart trembled, and he immediately bowed to the ground respectfully and saluted. Avitt nodded slightly, then turned his majestic gaze to Xilot next to him, and gave careful instructions.

"Xulot, a lot of the armament of the Craftsman Camp comes from your divine inspiration. And with your status and ability, I feel relieved to leave this matter to you!..."

"The forest in the royal capital is huge, and there are all kinds of birds. The armaments production in the craftsman camp consumes mountains and seas of materials and manpower every day. And the armament materials produced are also piled up in warehouses, making it difficult to sort out... This Among them, there are naturally some anteaters that secretly stick out their tongues and lick greedily!..."

"Especially the bronze armor, bronze axes and crossbows of the Alliance are famous among all the tribes in the world! Both inside and outside the Alliance, all the states and tribes in the world are in urgent need of the Alliance's armaments. Every piece of this armament is valuable when it goes to foreign countries. It's not cheap, and can be exchanged for a lot of food, cotton, gold, silver, gems, spices and cocoa from the hands of nobles!..."

Speaking of this, Avitt's eyes sharpened, revealing the cold murderous intention of the God King. He looked at Shulot, who was in charge of the feudal kingdom, and issued the king's order sternly, even his voice was filled with cold solemnity.

"Xulot, you are my most trusted student. You have been in charge of the affairs of the feudal country. Naturally, you know the secrets of it best! More than three years ago, when we attacked our old enemy Tlaxcala, They all found bronze armor, battle axes, and crossbows smuggled from the Alliance from the hostile Tlaxcala nobles!…”

"At the beginning of the previous year, the craftsmen's camp was purged, and more than a hundred craftsmen, dozens of responsible officials, a dozen minor nobles, three hereditary nobles, and even a royal noble were killed in one breath! ... A full two Hundreds of heads were hung all over the capital, which made those anteaters calm down for a while, and they didn't dare to be so bold... But this kind of thing is like weeds in the ground, it cannot be cut off at all, someone must always come. , just pull weeds from time to time!…”

"Now that the Alliance is about to conquer the Yunzhong tribes in the south, no bronze armor or crossbows, let alone any bronze cannon, will be allowed to flow into the Yunzhong tribes! This request cannot be fulfilled by Kuod with his background. , and can't do it... So, Xiulote, now I leave all the military supplies of the craftsman camp to you! In these months before the autumn harvest, you must take my place and show no mercy. , suppress the weeds and anteaters in the camp, and clean them up!..."

"Witness the Lord God! Shulot, I give you the power to judge the nobles of the alliance! You have to let go and rectify the craftsman camp in the royal capital for me! ... As long as a corrupt noble is found, no matter whether it is military merit Nobles, hereditary nobles, even the highest honorable nobles... No matter they are foreign nobles or nobles in the royal family... As long as the evidence is conclusive, they will be arrested and used as sacrifices before Qiu Hou goes to war, dedicated to the gods. !…”