Nankam was driven away, including other priests. Although Gudea asked the guards to ask them to leave, for the priests, being driven away by the soldiers instead of leaving by themselves was equivalent to being driven away. Only Only cattle and donkeys will be driven away...
How could a human master encounter this kind of treatment? This is simply ridiculous!
Nankam held the "book" given by Nuzai. He had returned to the Second Temple. He lit the brazier late at night and opened the "book". He was sure that the other party had written some boring words. To fool myself, of course, this idea is not firm. I can only tell myself over and over in my heart that the other party only has a "book" made of this material.
I will definitely be able to find the gaps in the other party's lies in this hypocritical book, and then seize the opportunity to expose them in one fell swoop...
Therefore, you need to start reading again instead of flipping through it just like before.
He sat on the stone bench in the temple and opened the first page of the book, which was the warning written in the preface of the book. Nankam was familiar with this type of writing because the local clay tablets also liked it. Add similar sentences and introductions before the text.
He looked at the characters, which didn't look difficult to decipher. Although they were very different from the local cuneiform characters, cuneiform characters also evolved from hieroglyphics. As a priest, he could deduce hieroglyphics from cuneiform characters. Then vaguely identify the meaning of these oriental texts.
First of all, the first character should be human. This character is not much different from the depiction in hieroglyphics. It is a bowed person. It should have evolved from farming. It is almost the same as the Sumerian human character.
But the second word after it gave him trouble. What is this, a person doing the splits?
The first sentence of this preface says:
In the beginning, human beings are inherently good. Similar in nature, but far apart in habits.
Nankam saw that there were notes below the preface, and each word had a corresponding number, which should be a number. He looked at the upper right corner of the book and saw various strange numbers-like symbols, so he started Turning the pages of the book, looking for the complete explanation corresponding to this sentence, he began to study.
However, as soon as he started studying, he became obsessed with searching for characters and their corresponding meanings. He forgot about time and the changes in the outside world. He stayed awake all night and even forgot to eat the food the next morning. When he came to his senses, , it was already noon of the next day.
Find another word.
Learn one more word and then go to bed.
.........
"I'm sorry that I had doubts about your identity."
Gudiya apologized to Yuzai and hoped that the other party could understand his suspicion. After all, the other party was a king with a broad mind, and the other party also needed his help to establish a city-state on this land.
Naturally, Yuzai would not take this matter seriously.
At least Gudiya's suspicion was not expressed openly. Anyone who meets a stranger will inevitably have suspicions in his heart, unless he knows the other person's identity, reputation and the area of arrival in advance.
If you don't doubt it, it will make people feel weird.
Proving one's identity is also something Yuzai has to do. In other words, this skeptical attitude is good.
Only when you have doubts and prove your identity can you be more impactful and gain a firmer foothold in this land. People who don't believe will always come to challenge you, and what you have to do is to let others know your identity. These porcelain touchers broke their heads and bled, so they were in awe of the big man.
An invisible force that only listens to fame will still be despised by others. Only a powerful and touchable civilization can have a foothold in a foreign land.
Yu Zai: "What you wanted to ask me before about the institutional issues in the East, if you want to hear it now, I can still tell you..."
Gudiya's eyes shone slightly.
"Of course. Although the systems are not the same, and some may even threaten my dominance, advanced reforms can exist..."
"Your ideas seem to be different from those of us here... You said that you are not a noble, so just like the example you gave, are you from farmland, canals, and vendors? "
"I believe that you will not mobilize my people here to overthrow my rule. I will talk to you openly about some things. I hope that we can be firm friends..."
Gudea wanted to learn from the strong points of the Eastern system and eliminate its dross. Of course, the definition of the essence and dross was naturally based on his national conditions in Lagash.
I, Lagash, have my own national conditions here.
Of course, Yu Zai promised with all his heart, saying that he would not threaten the king's rule here. Both sides are allies. People are recruited from the villages of Lagash for civil engineering projects. How could it threaten your rule?
It's just that in the later stages, the people will vote with their feet which city-state lives better.
The real threat is not something that comes from the mouth, it is implemented with actual actions.
Of course, Yu Zai wouldn't mind changing his thoughts for this ancient king.
"For example...the nobles are not your team, but the people are the ones who carry your rule. The center of gravity of the royal power can be moved up or down, and it does not need to be fixed at a certain class."
"You can choose to have them all, but your social structure will change a little bit."
"And it would be good for the Crown too."
"If the power of the nobles is too great, it will lead to a situation where the scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor rule the world. The nobles who commit crimes do not have to serve prison terms, just like if they have not committed any crimes. If you think about it carefully, this is not conducive to the rule of royal power. Even if you, the king, are a nobleman, then It’s the same thing.”
Yuanzai had a lot of institutional cards in his hand. When Gudiya talked with Yuanzai all night and became completely familiar with the communication mode of the two parties, the light in his eyes almost turned into sweet springs and flowed out, almost like Tears streaming down my face.
Because there were many systems that he had imagined, but in the end could not be realized, or did not know how to continue. At this time, there were complete social models here in Zanzai, and he learned that dozens of Eastern societies had been deduced When he saw the social form and institutional model, he was even more shocked.
A religious state with religious beliefs as the cornerstone, the peak power model of monarchy, the loose structure of clan alliances, the meritocracy of the abdication system is also risky, the golden words of the family world, the advisory council of the Senate, the collective election of citizen city-states, the military A military country that rules, a businessman country that puts interests above all else....
The Oriental's hand is full!
