Chapter 2927 New Territory
Katara didn't want to fight. She thought there were other ways. There must be. She couldn't fall into Duran's trap. She couldn't really choose one of the two just because Duran said that there was only one choice. There must be a way out without relying on force.
For his sister's sake, Sokka temporarily quieted down.
An also chose to remain silent. For a while, there was only the sound of Duran chewing popcorn, one mouthful after another, like a fascinated moviegoer. Everyone was wondering if he couldn't finish his bucket of popcorn? According to his bold way of eating, it would be gone in a few bites.
An and Sokka couldn't help but look at Duran, thinking that he was really annoying.
Duran said: "Don't fight anymore? Then listen to me. In fact, every generation of Avatars desires peace. In fact, they have brought everyone together to live, but they have not succeeded. Let's take a good look at the past of the Avatars, look at history, and see what efforts the Avatars have made for peace. Then you will know what to do."
In the past nearly 10,000 years, there have been hundreds of Avatars, and these Avatars have made various efforts for peace. The method chosen by An was actually tried by Shentong.
"Independent thinking is a good thing, but it is easy to encounter two problems. First, the answer to thinking may have already existed, and second, the answer to thinking may be wrong. So some people say that we should read more and fantasize less, which is still very reasonable. Now I will show you the efforts of Shentong of all generations."
Although An has seen his past lives through spiritualism, his energy is limited, and he mainly talked with the previous three generations of past lives.
Air, water, earth, fire, in this order, An received a lot of help from the previous three generations. But if we continue to move forward, there will be less time to chat one by one.
"It has been too long, and Shentong's experience is not helpful now." Soka believes that Shentong also adapts to local conditions and times.
"The times are indeed different, but Shentong's choices and thinking are actually similar, and there is no essential difference. Look at how Shentong chooses and you will roughly know what Shentong thinks. Without further ado, let's start the journey of Shentong." As soon as Duran opened his mouth, hundreds of Shentong's past lives all appeared, just like a folder waiting for everyone to watch.
It's like a movie marathon. The life of each supernatural power is a long movie. Watching hundreds of movies in a row is really nauseating.
The stories of supernatural powers are all very exciting. They not only fight for peace, but more often they actually cut wood to open roads. They dredge water conservancy, build water transportation, and expand territory.
The four major forces can understand each other, which is inseparable from the communication of supernatural powers. Supernatural powers are not only fighters for peace for a long time, but also defenders of trade. They are responsible for protecting the four major forces in transactions and ensuring that everyone will not expire and shortchange each other.
Although wars will not disappear, small-scale wars have always existed, but trade is the mainstream for more time. Even in troubled times, only some areas are in chaos, and some areas can trade with peace of mind.
Supernatural powers are the fair scale of trade. Of course, supernatural powers cannot be really selfless. There will be times when they are biased and out of control, so the White Lotus Sect was born.
So the model of supernatural powers and White Lotus Sect was formed later. At this time, even if there are no supernatural powers, the government affairs of the four directions can be handled only through the White Lotus Sect. It's just that the prestige of the White Lotus Sect is not as great as that of the Shentong Sect, and its military power is not as high as that of the Shentong Sect.
However, with the development of science and technology, the military power and prestige of the Shentong Sect have gradually decreased.
Needless to say, military power, after entering the electrical age, more weapons have been invented, and more new poisons have been invented. Prestige is also easy to understand. There are more and more scholars, and their thoughts are becoming more and more diverse. Everyone will definitely have various dissatisfactions with the Shentong Sect's opinions, and sooner or later they will put forward a set of theories against the Shentong Sect.
After the Shentong system weakened, a new system was naturally needed. If we follow the development of history, the parliamentary system will become the product of compromise among all parties.
By combing through the history of Shentong, we can summarize the main role of Shentong, which is to open up territory and protect trade.
But unknowingly, some Shentong Sect has begun to promote the "balance between man and nature".
Because the development work has been completed, the work of cutting wood channels, dredging water conservancy, and trade rules has been completed. Without Shentong, countries can also do business, and it is more efficient. But the development speed of various countries is too fast. As the representative of the gods, Shentong must promote "man and nature" and cannot disturb the habitat of the spirit beasts. This reduces the support for Shentong.
Another job of Shentong is to protect trade. In terms of trade rules, Shentong's role is becoming more and more counterproductive. Because the trade of all parties has basically been settled, there is no need for Shentong to intervene. Shentong's intervention makes everyone uncomfortable.
At the beginning, Shentong must be a hero in everyone's mind, especially in the era of pioneering, Shentong's existence is as great as Dayu in the Central Plains.
Dayu's greatness is not only about flood control, but also because he pacified the nine states, opened up channels and water transportation, laid the foundation for the tribute system, opened roads and rivers, and used tools such as carriages, boats, mud sleds, and shoulder poles to adapt to different terrains, plains, rivers, mud, and mountains. Finally, all the tributes from various places were transported to the tribe where Dayu was at that time.
At the beginning, Shentong's work was the same as Dayu. Shentong also opened mountains and split stones, cut wood channels, dredged water conservancy, and found vehicles. Help people from all over the country communicate and establish trade.
Everyone benefits from trade, so the gods are loved. If the gods really only know how to fight, then the people will fear the gods and will never love them.
Through the observation of the history of the gods from generation to generation, it can be found that the gods have always hoped to establish a system that can be maintained for a long time. However, after the death of the gods, the interests and hobbies of each generation of gods are different, and the level is also different, so the efforts of the previous generation of gods may be abandoned by the next generation.
The final result is the formation of four major forces, the Water Kind Clan, the Air and the Clan, the Fire Nation, and the Earth Power Nation, each of which protects its own interests.
The existence of the gods seems redundant, because now whether it is transportation or trade, the four major forces can solve it by themselves, and there is no need for the gods to intervene.
Let the four major forces take responsibility for themselves, then the Fire Nation can start a war, and the North Pole can annex the South Pole, which is in the interests of the invaders. The gods have no right to manage.
So for long-term peace and to avoid war, it is best to unify. But unification is not just about putting people together, but also about maintaining development and paying the cost of peace. You have to be rich and cultured, you have to build a new system covering the four major forces, and unify the distribution relationship. Instead of letting the four major forces operate according to the invisible hand, they can't play their own games.
After reading the history of Shentong, everyone can know that long-term peace is achieved through trade and development, and Shentong's work is to open up new areas.
"In the past, Shentong opened up new geographical areas that can be seen by the eyes, and now Shentong should open up new areas in the invisible system." Duran said that Shentong's goal should be new areas; "The experience of Shentong in the past is a clear guide."
After everyone finished reading, they just felt that Shentong was not easy. With great power, there are also great responsibilities. In terms of opening up new areas, it is indeed worthy of respect from all mankind.