Pawn Crossing the River

Paititi, the legendary city of gold.

Just like Kunlun, Kunlun in the narrow sense is naturally the vast mountain range west of the Kunlun Pass, and Kunlun in the broad sense also includes the Kunlun Cave.

The same is true for Paititi. In the broad sense, Paititi includes the legendary holy city, the forgotten city, and the golden city. In the narrow sense, Paititi is the new capital of Tawanting today. In order to distinguish the two, Xidaomen and Tawanting called the new capital city that replaced Cusco New Paititi, and the golden city was called Old Paititi.

Qi Xuansu once got a map from Wang Jiaohe and a key from the baron, both of which were related to the old Paititi.

The key is how to enter Old Paititi.

But we can put this matter aside for now, don’t worry, the key is the new Paititi.

The high-ranking traitor in Tawanting is in New Paititi.

New Paititi cannot be compared with the Imperial Capital, nor can it be compared with the Yujing, or even with Saint York. The situation here is the most complicated.

Yujing is a city of Taoist priests, the absolute central core of the Taoist sect. Although the three Taoists are jointly in charge and have a lineage of great masters, generally speaking, there are only Taoist sect forces in Yujing City.

The Imperial Capital is the absolute core of the Daxuan Court. Although there are Taoist forces here, the Imperial Palace ranks last among the many Daoxuan Palaces. In essence, the forces of the Daxuan Imperial Court are still the main force. In the last battle at Wuxing Mountain, not only the Imperial Capital The power of the Taoist government, but Jiang Dazhen personally came to take charge.

St. York is weaker than Teikyo, but there are two major forces, Steam Gospel and City Council. Steam Gospel is the main force and the City Council is supplementary. However, the power of City Council is stronger than Teikyo Prefecture and has greater independence. sex.

New Paititi has four forces: the royal family, the military, the priests, and the Xidaomen.

Some people may want to say that Yujing also has four forces, but they are actually completely different. In any case, the three Taoist sects all have a lot of consensus. For example, they recognize Taishang Daozu as the founder of the Taoist sect, and Xuansheng as the ancestor of the resurgence of the Taoist sect. However, it is difficult for several forces in Xinpaititi to gather even this consensus. , because Tawantin is essentially a synthesis of three empires.

All three empires failed in different ways.

Based on the principle of uniting all available forces, Xidaomen blends the three together. Driven by Xidaomen, Emperor Tawantin married Nahuatl's subjugated princess, gained the allegiance of most of Nahuatl's army, and converted to Kukulkan, the sun god of Nohpeten, and accepted Nohpeten. Teng's priestly power.

Generally speaking, the main god of Tawanting belief, Pachaka, is the image of a fish-man, while the main god of Nohpeten belief, Kukulkan, is the image of Quetzalcoatl. The two are obviously not from the same pantheon. It was only because Pachaca had fallen that the Tawanting royal family easily converted.

As for the main god of Nahuatl, it is also not Kukulkan, but Huizilo Botelli. However, among the gods of Nahuatl, there is also Quetzalcoatl, the Quetzalcoatl god, who is a human being. of gods. After careful "research" by Xidaomen, it is believed that Quecharcoatl, the Quetzalcoatl god, is Kukulcan, and Huizilo Botli has fallen, so most of the people in Nahuatl have also converted to Kukulkan Hom.

This is actually a deal reached between Xidaomen and Kukulkan. Xidaomen expands Kukulkan's faith, and the ancient gods headed by Kukulkan share the pressure for Xidaomen and are responsible for fighting against the apostles of the Holy Court. However, Xidaomen did not have no reservations. Most of the upper echelons of the royal family accepted Kukulkan's protection, but at the lower levels of the army, Xidaomen vigorously promoted the transformation of the Central Plains, and there were many people who followed the Taoism.

Among the three giants of Xidaomen, the Gongfu faction has the closest relationship with Nahuatl and has great influence in the army; the Tantai Zhenxiao faction has a close relationship with the priests of Nohpeten and interacts with the ancient god forces behind them. Good; the Huangfu family has close ties with the Tawanting royal family. Huangfu Zhao is the prince's teacher. The Tawanting royal family converted to Kukulkan and accepted the Taoist philosophy at the same time, believing that there is an invisible "Tao" in the world. And study the classic articles of Confucianism.

This is the complex situation of Tawanting, which is far more complicated than the three major traditions of Taoism. At least the three major traditions have no differences in belief. Everyone recognizes Taishang Daozu and Xuansheng, but there are differences in power. In other words, there is no doubt about who the ancestor is, and there is no doubt about the inheritance of the legal system. There are just some differences on who should be the Grand Master.

On the other hand, at Tawanting, the ancestors are not the same ancestors, and the inheritance of the legal system is all forcibly stitched together by the Xidaomen, which is simply a mess. It would be better to tear them all down and start over, or simply change them all to the Dao Gate, which would be cleaner.

This is also the opinion of the three generations of the Li family. The Xidaomen will replace Kukulkan and other ancient gods, and the Xidaomen will return to the Daomen and incorporate Tawanting into the Daomen system, just like the Weiyuan Kingdom and the Dayu Kingdom. Even considering the size and geographical location of Tawanting, it is not necessary to enter the tribute system of the Daxuan court.

But in this way, the Taoist sect will lose its reputation of morality and righteousness. It does not do the things of the Holy Court, but it has the reality of the Holy Court. It is just that eating is more beautiful than the Holy Court. Therefore, there are many people within the Taoist sect who oppose it, believing that they should only cooperate and develop harmoniously, and should not conduct conquests, which will pave the way for future disasters.

The reasons for this faction are also very realistic. The key is that Tawanting is too far away, separated by thousands of miles of ocean, and the difficulty of governance has skyrocketed. Even if they submit to the Taoist sect, it will not matter when the Taoist sect is at its peak, but once the Taoist sect declines, they cannot share the hardships. If the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, he will inevitably break away from the Taoist system and establish his own school. Instead, he will become a role model for Borneo and Fenglin Island and set a bad start. This is a disaster.

On this point, the two groups clashed many times.

The faction headed by the Li family believes that the vast territory of the Central Plains was not born, but was expanded bit by bit by our ancestors. We are just repeating the work of our ancestors. If God does not take it, we will suffer the consequences. If we can capture the Southern Continent, then in another two hundred years, the Dao Sect will be at its peak. Two hundred years is enough time to establish a sense of belonging and identity. We are not barbarians from the Holy Court who only know how to kill people. We should educate and guide them, becoming saints on the inside and kings on the outside.

Opposition factions believe that the size of territory is closely related to governance capabilities and transportation levels, and there is an upper limit.

At the beginning of the dynasty, when the officials governed the Qingming Dynasty, there was nothing they did without care and no one who did not work hard, just because it was difficult and difficult at that time, and they could only find a life out of ten thousand deaths. Now that it has gradually improved, it has gradually become lazier. The minority has become the majority, and then laziness has become a common trend. Even with great efforts, it cannot be reversed and it is difficult to remedy. Driven by the desire for success, the party is united and opposed. When the talents are gradually exhausted and it is difficult to cope, the situation becomes complicated.

This is an objective fact. If we just blindly build a pie and ignore internal problems, a bigger pie will only accelerate corruption and degradation. What about the Golden Horde back then? Didn't it fall apart in the end? This is a lesson learned from the past. The two-hundred-year-old Taoist sect, at the beginning of the Qingming Dynasty, was still unable to fully and completely assimilate Fenglinzhou, which had been learning from the Central Plains since the Daqi era. How can we dare to say how the Taoist sect will be two hundred years later?

In the end, no one could convince anyone, and because the enemy was on the side, the Holy Court was not far away from the lessons learned from the internal strife, and it was not easy for the family to fight among themselves first, so the issue was shelved. The consensus within the Dao Sect is that it will not be too late to discuss this issue until the Holy Court is driven away, or the West Dao Sect truly returns to the Dao Sect.

Of course, if Tawanting takes the initiative to request to enter the Taoist system, it will not harm moral principles and will not leave hidden dangers in the future. The Taoist sect will not refuse. You can make Kukulkan a true king, enjoy the incense, and be the god of the Taoist sect. Everyone is good.

However, the attitude within the Taoist sect towards Tawanting has further aggravated the complex situation within Tawanting.

Because of the attitude of Daomen, two factions of views emerged within Tawanting and Xidaomen.

One group advocates fully embracing Taoism and becoming a member of the Taoism system. The West Daoism side shows its willingness to return to Taoism. The other faction advocates maintaining independence and is only friends with Daomen. Xidaomen is unwilling to completely return to Daomen and maintain the status quo.

The composition of these two factions cannot be distinguished simply by the empire or family they belong to. Take the Gong family and the Tantai family as an example. The division of power between the two parties is very clear. However, in terms of some opinions and ideas, there may be no family boundaries. Some members of the Gong family and some members of the Tantai family think that they should return to Taoism, while others think that they should return to Taoism. Members of the Gong family and other members of the Tantai family believed that the status quo should be maintained.

This is the real me among you and you among me.

There is still no clear attitude from the key door.

Faced with such a complicated situation, it was difficult for Qi Xuansu to mediate.