Chapter 1856 Mysterious Maya (6)

However, some experts have put forward a more reasonable guess-infighting within the royal family!

The development of Mayan civilization was accompanied by the emergence of a hierarchical Mayan society. Royal members were considered to have divine blood, and the top of the privileged class was the king.

Therefore, by virtue of his power, the Maya king could get any woman he wanted, not only for pleasure, but also to consolidate political power, which was the so-called ZZ marriage 1,200 years ago.

Like other Maya rulers, Canmash's father, the previous generation of Cancun king Taji, also established alliances by marrying the daughters of other kings. For Taji, this was a means to gain power, but for him For future generations, this may be the beginning of the disaster, because while the royal marriage formed a long-term alliance, it also inevitably brought about a more long-term problem: the struggle for power among the descendants of the royal family.

Experts calculated: If a king has 4 children, each of these 4 children has 4 children, and each of these children has 4 children, then the king will have 64 great-grandchildren.

This is just the descendant of the king and one wife. If this number is multiplied by the number of the king's wives, then in just 200 years, there will be more than 500 people with royal blood in a Mayan city.

This may be the direct reason why the Royal Palace of Cancun has as many as 200 rooms. However, beneath this wealth and prosperity, there is a huge crisis hidden that can destroy everything.

The constant struggle for power between the nobility and the royal family was extremely important in the Mayan civilization. Kings raised their children in the palace and then had them crowned elsewhere.

Relatively weak nobles will work hard to improve their prestige among their subjects, because this is the main source of their power, which not only requires wars, religious ceremonies, and alliances, but also the construction of larger temples, only in this way can they have a more prominent status.

The competition between rulers must have consumed considerable resources, and the royal family and nobles rushed to build magnificent buildings in order to increase their prestige among their subjects, and they did not need to pay any price for this, including money, because These heavy burdens will fall on ordinary people in the form of taxes and corvees.

In order to satisfy the luxuries, comparisons and competitions of the upper class, people in the middle and lower classes of society bear an increasingly heavy social burden, which makes their lives very difficult.

If you look at it from this perspective, the bloody massacre in the Cancun rainforest seems not to be difficult to understand.

The fire of hatred that had been pent up in my heart for a long time was ignited between commoners and nobles, between nobles and nobles, and between kings and kings.

Meaningless comparisons and power struggles consume limited wealth and food,

Perhaps cities like Cancun are on the brink of crisis long before drought dries out crops.

From this, the simple tomb of Cancun King Canmarsh has been reasonably explained, and it is no longer a strange thing for the entire royal family to be massacred.

Archaeologists believe that only a strong Mayan king like Taji Chanak could hold the disintegrated dynasty of Cancun together, but after him, no one had this ability.

With so many nobles and such fierce conflicts, the entire society was destined to fall apart after Taji Chanak's death.

In fact, no amount of evidence can help people restore the real scene 1,200 years ago. History has changed over the years and is buried in the dense rainforests of Central America. Later generations can only rely on their own imagination and combine countless There are many clues for reverse reasoning.

It doesn't matter whether it is correct or not. What matters is what people today can discover and learn from the Mayan experience.

And this is also the meaning of professors like Dick Gill devoting all their energy to research.

Research also costs money, not to mention other things, including round-trip travel expenses, food, drinks, and toiletries, which are definitely not enough by yourself.

I remember when the Earl of Carnarvon funded Howard Carter's research on ancient Egypt. Today, Yang Cheng funds Dick Gill's research on the ancient Maya. Although there are hundreds of years between them, they have the same purpose.

Of course, funding is not free money, there must be profit in it. People like Yang Cheng and Earl Carnarvon are actually very transparent.

Although the possibility is unlikely, if Dick Gill really discovers the treasures of the ancient Mayans, or discovers some magical 'black technology', then the one who will gain the most benefit will definitely be Yang Cheng.

In addition, there is hope in Yang Cheng's heart. The scientists he raised in Beihai Manor have never made breakthrough progress in the study of memory metals. Thinking of the mysterious connection between the ancient Maya and ancient Egypt, once they are in the Did the Mayans find an opportunity here?

By then, the Yang family will be able to point to the memory metal and spread its wings.

Therefore, the word "funding" sounds a bit unreliable, but the word "potential investment" is much more reliable.

Dick Gill finally had some human touch and gave Yang Cheng a place where his butt could fall, "It seems you know a lot about Maya."

Yang Cheng shrugged, "I'm just interested in these magical legends. Human beings are full of adventurous genes, and I like it too, but I tend to cherish life, so instead of facing a life-and-death crisis myself, I might as well spend some money to let others take my place. , can also reveal the mystery without losing your life, why not do it?"

Anyone with a normal brain circuit would easily get angry when hearing these words. Does that mean he is the scapegoat?

However, people who can study Mayan culture have abnormal brain circuits. Dick Gill felt that Yang Cheng's idea was to his liking. Give him money, don't interfere with how to use it, just wait to see the results. Please give him a dozen of such donors. Thanks!

"Very good, now can you tell me how much money you can give? I am going to Guatemala to start a big project recently. It is the latest discovered Mayan ruins. It is said to be a sacrificial altar, which is of great research value.

I plan to form a team for this archeology, including everyone from assistants to security guards, so the budget is very high. "

Dick Gill was inoculating Yang Cheng, lest he open his mouth later and be rebuffed.

Hearing this, Yang Cheng waved his hand casually, "You don't have to worry about the budget. As long as you spend the money, there is no upper limit on the budget, but I will arrange someone to accompany the team to supervise your spending. Once I am If you are found to have misappropriated or spent money indiscriminately, the funding will be terminated immediately, and I will also hold you accountable."

Dick Gill concentrated on research and wished every penny would be spent to a practical use. How could it be wasted? "No problem, I'll do as you say~"

Then he finally smiled and said, "Would you like to come with us to see it?"

Yang Cheng thought to himself that he would have to pass through Guatemala on his way back anyway, so it would be good to go down and have a look. He had watched the documentary on the road before, but he had never seen a Mayan ruins in person.

"Okay, take my plane to Guatemala and take your team along with you."

"It couldn't be better~ we will leave in 3 days."

"Okay~"

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