"'Farming' and 'war'—the ever-expanding kingdom will bring the warriors and elites of every tribe vast room to rise! The bottom ranks of the kingdom can climb up, can advance step by step into the class that participates in rule... and joining the army to fight is their most important road upward!..."
"Therefore, the warriors who submit along the coast will, just like those on the plateau, occupy one of the most important poles in the kingdom's politics, and may even flourish more! As for the other pole of politics, that will be the Priests selected from commoners and elites, who will develop the city-states and villages in various places and balance the warriors. And beyond that, the newly established coastal government offices, the bureaucrats who control culture, and the existence of state-run artisans and merchant caravans will be a newly rising third pole transformed out of the checks and balances between the first two poles..."
Xolotl flexibly moved the stone knife, drawing three little figures in the dirt: a warrior holding a spear, a Priest holding an emblem, and an official holding an abacus. Among these three classes that participated in rule, the warriors' strength was the greatest, the Priests' status came next, while the officials had only just appeared.
"This political and economic system, this foundation for distributing and transferring interests, relies first on the kingdom's suppressive military force, and only second on winning over the elites of each tribe!... And the newly risen warrior class that has been allotted land and serfs, the new Main God Priests who have been allotted power, and the officials beginning to appear amid centralization are the ruling roots spreading and strengthening from the kingdom's Divine Tree..."
"'Farming' and 'war,' the maintenance of military force and the distribution of power... On such a