Silent footsteps echoed in the ancient stone castle. It passed through the long stone steps, pushed open the dusty stone door, entered the wide stone hall, and reached the vicissitudes of stone slabs.
Shulot stopped. He looked at the time-honored stone slabs, wood panel murals, and various gold, silver, and jade cultural relics in the temple, and said solemnly sideways.
"Sage Jatiri, we are here. This is the place where the classics are stored in the palace."
Jatiri nodded solemnly. He took two steps forward excitedly, stretched out his hand tremblingly, and carefully touched these precious ancient inheritances, just like touching delicate fragile pottery.
"The river turtles live under the pines and cypresses in the water. The river turtles are getting older, but the sacred trees are getting taller...Since I received the inheritance at the age of twenty-four, I have been with them for thirty-six years! Wang That night when they all fell, I fled the palace in a hurry, thinking I would never see them again..."
The knowledgeable elder rarely lost his composure, revealing his emotional ups and downs. He inspected it carefully for a while, then turned around, saluted His Highness with a wry smile and apologized.
"Your Highness, I made you laugh..."
Shulot shook his head slightly and returned the salute seriously.
"Seeing this scene, I can only stand in awe of you."
The two of them saluted each other, then looked at each other and smiled. Then, Jatiri straightened his expression. With a calm smile, he led Shulot to the oldest stone slab.
"Your Highness, please let us start from here! You must have heard the legend of the Five Sun Era. The world was born from nothingness, and the gods became the supreme sun in turn. The world was destroyed in the hands of the gods, the sun fell, and life withered. .After all these reincarnations, today is already the fifth solar era. This initial stone tablet talks about the past four eras."
Shulot looked at the huge stone slab. Four crude panel paintings are carved on it with simple brushstrokes. In the center of each panel is a radiating sun.
"Your Highness, the sun is located in the center of the stone slab and is the object of common reverence from all the people in the world. If you want to unite all the people of the world into one, which will never be easy, you need to start with the myth of the sun and tell a complete and credible story."
Hearing this, Shulot looked serious and nodded slowly.
"Things will never be easy for all peoples in the world... The sage knows my heart! The big things I want to do are in the feudal country, and only you, the sage, can help me!"
The myth of the five suns has been circulating all over the world for a long time, even among the Mayan tribes in the far east. However, different tribes have different expressions of the myth. For the various tribes in the world who are very different, this common mythological origin may be a rare place where they can form a consensus.
In the heart of the young king, he has always had the lofty ambition of the First Emperor. Not only did he want to shape a vast empire with his own hands and promote the changes of the times, he also wanted to knead all the barbaric parts of the world together and shape them into an indivisible national whole. This vast process is just like the different Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, Qi, and Qin people during the Warring States Period, who finally merged into the Han people.
In order to achieve this ambitious goal, Shulot has enough ambition, enough patience, and enough time. All tribes in the world look alike and share marriages with each other. The various ethnic groups have been barbaric for a long time, grammar has not been established, the concept of nation has not emerged, and even writing is still in its infancy. This is the last and best opportunity for integration to build a truly unified nation on this vast, isolated continent!
If we want to lay the foundation for great unification, in addition to having the same writings, the same track, unified religion, and the same laws, we must also start from the source of culture and weave a bond of connection.
The ties between the Xia are the descendants of Yan and Huang, the descendants of the dragon, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and the Zhou Rites and Historians. The various tribes conquered by the Mexican Alliance also need a tall sacred tree with connected roots and a myth and legend of common origin to form a strong cultural bond. This legend must be inclusive and credible enough to be accepted by various ministries. It must also fit the known history to the greatest extent and withstand the scrutiny of future generations.
It was with this vision in mind that the young king repeatedly searched the city of Qincongcan and invited the knowledgeable elders of the Prepecha people to come and tell the epic story passed down by the people in the lake. After some testing in the main hall, both parties became interested in each other and had a tacit understanding.
Shulot looked at the knowledgeable elder's calm smile, then looked at the stone slab carefully again, comparing the differences between the Aztec sun myth and the Prepecha sun myth.
Aztec mythology is inherited from the Toltecs. Each era has different symbols to symbolize civilization and different gods as the sun.
The first four ages are: The First Age, which is the age of the four Jaguars, represented by the original sun god Tezcatlippo. Second Age, the Age of the Four Winds, Quetzalcoatl, Quetzalcoatl. In the third era, the age of the four rains, Tlaloc, the rain god. In the fourth age, the age of the four waters, Chalchihetlicui, the goddess of rivers and lakes.
On the inheritance slate of the Prepecha people, in the first era, there is a jaguar, accompanied by a human holding a torch and a spear; in the second era, there is a sweeping wind, with a weeping rubber tree in the wind; The third era is a mighty rain, and in the rain are towering pyramids; the fourth era is a spreading flood, and in the flood are canoes traveling among the islands.
Around these panels, there are many complicated graphics and texts engraved, vaguely including the sun, moon, statues, masks, gold and jade, pottery, corn, turkeys, spears, shields, flames... and the dead.
Shulot looked at it carefully for a long time, but other than identifying the common jaguar, wind, rain, and water, he didn't gain much. He turned his head and sincerely asked Jatiri for advice.
"I also ask the sage to interpret it and tell me the true meaning."
Jatiri looked at the ancient paintings and smiled leisurely.
"Your Highness, the inheritance slate only has pictures, and the imagery is vague. The explanation is based on one intention, and it all depends on the current situation. With the inheritance, the priests and sages have the power to speak. Most of the ministries in the world are like this... Today Since Your Highness is asking, I would like to tell you the truth about the tribal inheritance, which is passed down from mouth to mouth but not to others."
"For the past four epochs, various tribes in the world have different explanations and different lengths of time. In these epochs, behind the gods and symbols, there are actually the lost ancestral country and the dusty ancient civilization. The more the epoch, Going forward, the mural epics in each part become more abstract and vague, and the symbols have more in common. It is difficult to verify the ancient times, so the common features of the epics can be used as evidence that the various parts have the same origin and unity."
The knowledgeable elder said these difficult words with profound meaning. Then, he stretched out his skinny palm and touched the graphics on the four eras.
"The first solar era was the process of the ancestors emerging from the jungle. They lit fires, made stone weapons, drove and tamed wild beasts, established settlements, and became kings of the jungle like jaguars. The specific process , no one knows now, and the place where the ancestors originated is also elusive. The first era is like the original sun god Tezcatlipo in the Mexica mythology. It is the impermanence of the world, and it is also the wind of the night, elusive Know.”
Shulot pondered for a long time. His eyes looked toward the far northwest, toward the end of the world. After a moment, he solemnly nodded.
"What the sages say is true. The first era is elusive and untestable, and it also includes all peoples."
Jati smiled inside. He moved his palms to rest on the rubber trees in the wind.
"The second solar era is the earliest ancestor that can be traced back to the Olmecs. Or means rubber, Mec is the ethnic group, and the Olmecs are the ethnic group of rubber people. Their era is as far back as today It has been two thousand years. The Olmecs are located in the middle of the world. They were the first to discover and use rubber, the first to build magnificent step pyramids, the first to build tall megalithic palaces, the first to carve sacred sacrificial jades, and also The first to worship the Jaguar and Quetzalcoatl.”
"At that time, there may have been many barbaric tribes, many small settlements, and many loose forces. But the most civilized and famous ones were the Olmecs. Today, all tribes in the world are related to the Olmecs. People have their origins. The god of the Second Age is Quetzalcoatl, the Quetzalcoatl god. Every place where the Quetzalcoatl belief exists has been influenced by the Olmecs.
Whether it is the Teotihuacans on the plateau, the ancient Zapotecs in the jungle, or the Mayans in the far east, they all originated from the Olmec civilization to a greater or lesser extent and received the knowledge of the Second Age. Brilliance! "
"Two or three thousand years ago, it was the era of ancient Greece and the Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou dynasties... The rubber civilization was a people who used rubber."
Shulot thought deeply and murmured. His grandfather once told him stories about the Olmecs. The Totonac people on the Eastern Seaside occupy the ruins of the Olmec civilization, and they also presented the ancient masks of the Olmecs during Avit's coronation ceremony.
"The Olmecs are the ancient Greek city-states with splendid culture in Central America, or the Luoyi and Chengzhou who spread the patriarchal clan. Descendants of Yan and Huang...descendants of the Jiao people..."
The young king thought for a moment, and his eyes became brighter. He looked at Jatiri, and the knowledgeable elder also gave a meaningful smile.
"Your Highness, from the Great Lakes in the west, to the Maya in the east, to the rainforest in the south, and to the plateau in the north, all the world begins with the Jiaoren. This is the first taproot that unites all peoples!"
Jatiri said in a deep voice, with the joy of determining the future in his words. Then, he continued to move his finger and pointed at the pyramids of the Third Age.
"The Second Era is the origin of each tribe. All tribes in the world are originally one. But at the end of the era, after the fall of the Olmec country, they scattered everywhere and formed different branches. The similar but different pyramids in various parts of the world are the various pyramids. Witness to the branch’s development!”
"In the legends of various ethnic groups, differences began to exist in the third era. A thousand years ago, the Mayans in the far east built the Feathered Serpent Pyramid of Tikal; the Teotihuacan people on the northern plateau, They built the Pyramid of the Sun and the Moon; the ancient Zapotecs in the southern jungle built the Pyramid of Mount Alban; and the Loma Alta people in the western lake built the Pyramid by the Lake. These stacked pyramids with the same origin are Gather the second root system of all peoples!”
Hearing this, the young king's pupils suddenly contracted. He came from the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon, and was always in awe of these ancient ruins. In this era, both commoners and nobles alike revere and worship these ancient majestic wonders, and entrust their spiritual destination in the shocking spectacles.
"A very good statement! Same ancestor, different branches...The pyramid is a witness, uniting all people..."
Shulot thought for a long time and nodded solemnly. The third era was a thousand years ago, about the period of Rome and the Han Dynasty, and also the era of the spread of Hellenism and Sinicization... Then, he was slightly confused and looked at the knowledgeable elder.
"Ancient Zapotec? Loma Alta?"
"The ancient Zapotecs are the ancestors of the Mixtecs and Zapotecs. Their location is approximately in the central valley of Oaxaca in the far east. Mount Alban is the green mountain."
"As for the Loma Alta people..."
Jatiri smiled deeply again.
"They are actually the ancestors of the Prepecha people. They settled on the south side of Lake Quetseo and north of the Patzcuaro Lake area. Your Highness's legion must have passed there when they went south. Many of the fortresses by the lake are It’s an ancient pyramid reconstruction.”
Shulot clasped his hands behind his back, paced, and pondered.
"In this way, all tribes in the world can be attributed to different branches of civilization. The people of Teotihuacan worshiped Tlaloc, the rain god, which is indeed consistent with the gods of the Third Age in Mexica mythology. Then The northern tribes, the Mexica, Otomi, Tlaxcala, Huastec... all belong to the Teotihuacan lineage..."
Hearing this, Jatiri smiled softly. Shulot's face turned red. Since the other party was a knowledgeable elder, it was impossible to hide the origins of the Mexica and Tlaxcala people. He continued speaking calmly.
"The western tribes, Tecos, Trapanic, Prepecha... all belong to the Loma Alta lineage. The southern tribes, Mixtec, Zapotec... Guzapo Let the Turks, the central Totonac people, continue to be the direct descendants of the Olmecs.”
The knowledgeable elder nodded and answered with a smile.
"In this way, the world has the same origin and people, and then it is divided into four branches: east, south, west and north. Although the customs are different, all the people are one!"
Hearing this, Shulot nodded first and then shook his head.
"No, the world has the same ancestor, and then divided into seven branches. There is another group in the far north of the white disaster, living a life of migration; one group is driving a canoe back and forth on the island of the Great Lake in the East; and finally One branch passed through the jungles of the far south and established a golden kingdom."
"The White Disaster in the Far North...Your Highness, are you talking about the tribes of the Dogs?"
Hearing this, Shulot smiled and said nothing, and Jatiri continued to speculate.
"Integrating the dog descendants is both difficult and easy. They do not establish culture, advocate force, and are elusive and hard to find. Only by completely defeating them and occupying the water sources and cultivated land in the northern desert can the dog descendants be brought under their command. And once they are conquered, , it’s quite quick to assimilate.”
"The canoe of the Great Lakes of the East... Your Highness is talking about the Tainos, the island people who eat cassava? The Tainos are wild and weak, and are rich in tobacco. The great lakes are unstable, and trying to find their islands is also a problem. Not easy.”
"As for the jungles in the far south, south of the Maya are mountains and forests rich in emeralds. Where is the golden country that His Highness mentioned?"
The young king smiled and didn't answer anything. He just looked at the fourth stone slab and asked softly.
"Sage, is this fourth era civilization the continuation of the branches of the third era?"
"Your Highness, we can tell it like this, and all the people are willing to believe it."
Jatiri's wrinkles stretched out in his smile, like a trembling fox.
"Actually, the Fourth Age is only a few hundred years old, and the records in various pictures are quite clear. It was an era of erratic rains, sometimes floods, sometimes droughts. It was also a turbulent era when people from the north moved south. There are many theories. The dog descendants of the Wa language moved south one after another and poured into the Mexica Plateau. They collided fiercely with the native tribes, and then quickly merged with each other to form new alliances and kingdoms!"
"The canine descendants migrated south, and the Nahua-speaking tribes..."
Shulot's eyes moved slightly. The Fourth Era was approximately during the Five Dynasties and Song Dynasties, which was accompanied by the cooling of the global climate and abnormalities in the astronomical climate. This was the era when nomadic peoples were moving southward in an all-round way, it was the era when the Vikings were invading southward on a large scale, and it was also the era when Chichimec descendants were constantly migrating southward.
All tribes around the world that speak the Nahua language actually come from the descendants of dogs who have migrated southward for hundreds of years and merged with the local native ethnic groups. The Tepanecs, the former overlords of the Mexica Valley, the Tlaxcalas at the headwaters of the Balsas River, the Totonacs on the eastern coast, and even the Prepechas of the Land of the Lakes all spoke of Na. Wa-speaking tribe. The Mexica people are the last Nahua tribe to move south to the Mexica Plateau. The Nahua tribes have similar languages and similar appearances. They are actually brothers by blood, and their ethnic groups have always been good at fighting.
Correspondingly, the Otomi, Huastec, Mixtec, Zapotec... use another similar language and inherit more of the heritage of ancient civilizations. Of course, with the endless wars and exchanges between various ministries, the languages of various ministries are also interpenetrating each other.
"Your Highness, the fourth era is an era full of turmoil, and the symbolic god is the god of rivers and lakes. Unpredictable precipitation, disordered agriculture, and the canine descendants migrating south have had a severe impact on the north of the world. All ministries are working hard Continuous wars and migrations. If the canine descendants are also included in the same branch, then the fourth era is the era of reintegration of all peoples! And the integration of all peoples is destined to be completed by the hands of His Highness in the current fifth era. !”
"All peoples come from the same origin, develop through separation, and then merge with each other until they are reunited as one clan. The story is perfect and self-consistent, destined by the gods to inspire. This is the destiny of the five eras, to truly dominate the world, connect all peoples, and unify all tribes myths and legends!”
Speaking of this, a hint of excitement appeared on Jatiri's old face. He stared at Shulot with burning eyes, and the young king also stared at him firmly. Both of them have huge flames burning in their eyes, which will burn the entire world for hundreds of years!
The knowledgeable elder looked at it for a long time before calming down and spoke solemnly again.
"Your Highness, the Fourth Age left behind many accurate epics. In the Mexica Valley, the Toltec kingdom rose and fell, and was finally passed on to the Mexica through the hands of the Tepanec. And in the land in the lake, there are two kingdoms of Urishi before and after them. They perished, revived, and perished again during the southward migration of the canine descendants, and then the Kingdom of Tarasco was established and prospered!"
"The reason why these once powerful kingdoms perished was not only due to the impact of the canine descendants going south, but also internal reasons. And the crucial factor is right here!"
With that said, Jatiri took a few steps. He stretched out his hand forcefully, pressed hard on the second adjacent stone slab.
