"Divine Destiny Bird, rubber people as one!..."
As Xolotl's words rang out with the weight of iron striking the ground, Avet sank into long thought and silence. After experiencing so many inconceivable creations, prophecies, and verifications, he no longer doubted his student's divinity. And in this speech, what touched him most was Xolotl's final conclusion, the judgment drawn outward from the hearts of men...
"Main God... Rule lies in the hearts of men... The long and stable rule of a royal family depends on how many groups can be regarded by the Alliance as 'people,' becoming members of the ruling class? It depends on how many tribes are willing to truly believe in the divine bird and see themselves as 'rubber people'?..."
Avet murmured softly. This was advice that no one except Xolotl could, or would dare to, give him. And Xolotl himself likewise lowered his eyes and said nothing. At this moment, scenes from later ages rose in his mind like phantom bubbles, yet they were also history so real it could not be denied!
"In the Yin Shang and the two Zhou, only nobles could take part in rule. Only 'those who ate meat' could plan for the state, could be 'people'! It was not until Qin's legal reforms, when titles and fields were granted for military merit, that the category of 'people' was extended for the first time to the commoners at the bottom, opening a path between high and low and gathering a power never seen before!... Then Qin destroyed the six states, campaigned north against the Xiongnu and south against the Baiyue, its martial might overawing all under heaven..."
"Sui opened the imperial examinations, and Tang and Song perfected them. Knowledge spread down to the bottom, and the category of 'scholars' also moved from the