diymy Chapter 1872 1352: The Sage of Sages and the King's Ideal
Chapter 1872 1352: The Sage of Sages and the King's Ideal
"Heavenly Destiny Divine Bird, Unity of the Gummy People!"With Xiulote's resounding words, Avit fell into prolonged contemplation and silence. After experiencing so many incredible creations, prophecies, and validations, he no longer doubted the divinity of his student. However, what touched him most in this speech was Xiulote's final conclusion, an extension deriving from human heart...
"O Chief Divine! Governance is rooted in the human heart... The long-term stability of the Royal Family depends on how many groups can be regarded as 'people' by the Alliance, becoming part of the ruling class? It depends on how many tribes truly believe in the Divine Bird and see themselves as 'Gummy People'?"
Avit murmured softly, something only Xiulote would say to him or dare to advise him on. Xiulote himself also bowed and remained silent. At this moment, scenes of future history appeared in his mind like the illusions of bubbles but were undeniably real history!
"During the Yin Dynasty and two weeks, only nobility could participate in governance, only 'Meat Eaters' could strategize for a country, could be 'people'! Until the Qin legal reforms, where military achievements granted titles and fields, did the scope of 'people' first expand to the commoners, establishing a new unprecedented force! Then, Qin obliterated the Six States, northward against the Xiongnu, southward against the Bai Yue, military prowess resounded throughout the world..."
"Sui introduced the imperial examination, perfected by Tang and Song. Knowledge spread to the lower strata, the scope of 'scholars' also moved from superior quality to humble ranks, and then into the common folk... This was another expansion of the scope of 'people', accompanying cultural dissemination! This equally created another prosperous era and centuries of flourishing governance..."
"Next, the scope of 'people' at times increased, at times decreased, solidifying in the East. The next enormous change was initiated by the West. The modern Western parliament system regarded those with wealth as 'people', once again enlarging the scope of 'people' and proposed the idea of a nation-state! Subsequently, armoured with the Industrial Revolution, they took over the whole world..."
"And furthermore, the final expansion of the scope of 'people' was that era of lofty ideals 'where sacrifices are made with grand ambitions'! It was the ideal nation established by the pioneers, where 'everyone is as a dragon', where all people can be 'people', owning the rights and dignity of 'people'!"
Complex memories flashed through my mind like silent pantomimes, yet were sufficient to stir the king's voice. Many things, Xiulote thought he had long forgotten, yet suddenly remembered at this moment. Returning from the illusory future to the Fifteenth Century's present, he could only let out a long sigh.
"Chief Divine bears witness! The broader the scope of 'people', the more 'people' participate in governance, also implies greater mobilizable force. A country only belonging to more people will have more individuals willing to defend it, to give their lives for it! This is the source of prosperity and wealth, concurrently originating from the power of the system!... But then again, how far can I reach? In the future, how many will I allow to become 'people'? And will the bloodline I leave behind become a hindrance in history?"
Such unfinished questions inevitably go unanswered. And his sigh startled Avit, who was also in deep thought. Avit turned his head and gazed with deep-set eyes at Xiulote, filled with sincerity and selflessness, before earnestly exclaiming.
"Xiulote, your prophecy and description... indeed very much resembles chief... uh... resembles the High Priest!... I almost thought I was conversing with your grandfather... with your grandfather!"
"If it were your grandfather, these words would never be mere admonitions, there would surely be real actions and deeds! Do you have new ideas for the future of the Alliance? To allow more tribes to become 'people' of the Alliance, to become one unified 'Gummy People'?"
At these words, Xiulote was slightly startled, instinctively reached out his hand to press down the book hidden under the scroll. Yet he did not hastily take it out, only smiled and nodded to Avit, continuing to elaborate on other characteristics of the "Heavenly Destiny Divine Bird."
"Divine King Teacher! Regarding the Divine Revelation of the Southern Continent, it's not only the Andes Tribes, not solely the Inca in the mountains... However, 'the order of the Heavenly Destiny Divine Bird, the fusion of the Gummy People' as the ultimate political goal of the Alliance, should encompass both North and South, include the endless continents of North and South, even the bitter cold lands across the Western Sea!"
"Look! The raised feathers on the snake body of the Divine Bird stretch northward to the Northern Continent. Each blank feather awaits a Northern Gummy People Tribe! For instance, the few filled ones are the canine descendant tribes moving south, the Miwock tribes in the Golden Bay... And the drooping feathers correspond to the Southern Continent's jungle, answering the Amazon Tribes in those great rivers and dense forests!"
"And the mottled scales on the long legs of the Divine Bird, resembling gray-white stone salt... correspond to the Chibcha Tribes already identified by the Mayapan Royalty, representing the gem and salt-producing Muisca Alliance in the mountain forest! That too, is a powerful alliance, at least half the scale of the Mexican Plateau..."
"Further down, at the bottom of the tiger claws, there is the earth's anklet... that is from the Divine Revelation located in the southernmost tip of the Southern Continent, 'the Earth People,' the resilient Mapuche Tribes! Their tenacity is by no means lesser than the canine descendants of the wilderness, once they acquire four-legged horses, they'd suddenly be reborn!"
"As for the last, below the hummingbird's head in the tiger whiskers... it is reserved for the Western Sea Continent, presumably the extreme cold tribes. The Chief Divine did not provide enlightenment, I cannot discern clearly, nor can I know!"
Accompanied by Xiulote's narration, an unfathomably grand world rushed out before Divine King Avit's eyes once again! The endless Northern Continent, the expansive Southern Continent, the frigid Western Sea Continent, and the Northeast Continent where the Evil Demons departed were all lit up before the godly king of Central America's eyes with a Divine Revelator's words!
At this moment, those different tribes, those different kingdoms, even powerful empires he had never heard of, stirred evanescent waves within Divine King's heart, kindling infinite yearning! He was desperate to receive divine revelation, to be able to see firsthand those continents and countries, tribes and nations in his dreaming slumber!
"Ah! Such an infinite world! Just like the legendary four Eras, unfolding in the distant corners!... Xiulote, I truly envy you, to have obtained such divine revelation, to be capable of such lucid dreams! Without you, how would I grasp the sheer vastness of the world, not merely the known three-thousand-li plateau and jungle, with north and south each extending ten thousand li! I further cannot imagine, that east and west cross over the vast sea, have each over forty-thousand li distance!"
"O Chief Divine! However, this vast world, so many diverse tribes... I only have a few decades, I can't travel, to see with my own eyes!... How unfair, how truly unfair of the Chief Divine's bias!"
Avit sighed, even feeling somewhat melancholic. He had struggled half his life, believing he had conquered more than half the world and always proud! Yet within Xiulote's divine revelation, it's just a corner of the world, just a mere three-thousand-li hand span within the eighty-thousand-li of eastern and western mountains and seas!
Such a harsh reality is poignant, prompting all steel-hearted ambitions to feel fleeting sentimentality and resignation...
However, true kings are steadfastly resolved. The weak resignation must not linger on a king for long. Shortly thereafter, Avit composed himself. He gazed profoundly at the divine "Heavenly Destiny Divine Bird" for a while, then uncovered the scroll, reaching for the hidden booklets beneath, surprisingly four in total! And the names of these books made him slightly startled, surprised as he exclaimed.
"Xiulote, so many books!? Did you write all of these?"
"What are these?... 'Gummy Ren History'? 'Gummy People's Poetry'? 'Gummy People's Music Office'?!"
"O Chief Divine! And yet this last one, adorned with the Chief Divine's hummingbird emblem, seems to be the Chief Divine's scriptures?... 'Divine Human Heart Sutra'?!"