Chapter 294: Rouran Impression
In the early stage, there was a detailed introduction of Mu Yi, and I stayed in Rouran for more than a year, although I didn't have too much substantive contact, but I still had a lot of understanding, especially the folk customs here, which are quite different from the East.
The soft folk customs are open, daily life, and there are not as many rules as in the Eastern countries, but there are still respects and humilities, but it is not as serious as the Eastern countries, and the so-called relationship between the monarch and the father and son is not so effective in essence, but the power and ability determine your status more.
The most striking feature is that the status of women in Rouran is quite high, it can be said that they are in a semi-matriarchal society, and the middle and lower classes of the state society are basically held by men, but the highest position is the empress and the witch sect, religion determines the most critical part of social life, and religion is basically controlled by women.
For example, the emperor of Rouran is a woman, and she will only pass on the throne to her daughter, but there are not many girls in the dynasty who are officials, and each family is also in power by women, that is, the eldest daughter inheritance system, the eldest daughter is in charge, and the other daughters are married, which is a very interesting system.
There is this system, in fact, it is related to the religion of Rouran, the people of Rouran all believe in a religion, that is, the witch god religion, the leader of the witch god religion is a woman, the main members of the Holy See are also women, and the Rouran, who has a deep influence on religion, the wizard, the great wizard, and the witch sect are the closest people to God, and they are also the spokesmen of God.
In the social structure of Rouran, the empress is the secular representative of the witch god cult and exercises the will of the supreme witch god, the holy woman is the future empress, and the chiefs of the autonomous regions must also be female grand shamans, both the spokesperson of the local large family and the nominal supreme chief, but the actual local administration is in the hands of men.
As for those small and medium-sized families, it is also the elder women who are in power, representing the interests of their respective families, and also carrying out the religious affairs of the family, and some commoner families, naturally, are also the elders of the family, and the status of women is the highest.
In Rouran, there is no strict monogamy, marriage is very free, as long as you like and can afford it, you can have multiple wives, women can also have multiple husbands, and the relationship is quite chaotic.
In Rouran, the most surprising thing is that the eldest daughter of a big family does not marry, but to inherit and inherit the family's witchcraft, become the propagator and inheritor of witchcraft and witch doctors, and undertake the affairs of family religion and healing, but the eldest daughter can have a male partner, but it is not a marriage, and the eldest daughter born to it will inherit and inherit its mantle.
The sons born to the eldest who became the patriarch were sent back to their fathers or lived with their uncles, and the chief's daughters were taught witchcraft by their mothers, and finally the best one was chosen to become the heir, and the other daughters were married or married.
Theoretically, the non-eldest daughter of each family is to marry, and the son will also marry a wife, which is no different from the eastern country, but marriage is much freer, at least divorce is very free.
It has been more than a year since he came to Rouran, and Ye Xing also has a little understanding of the situation of the Rouran Empire, this is a powerful empire, extremely open, a country that dares to fight and can fight, and extremely advocates force.
This place, to the East, is the far west, and the people of the Rouran Empire believe that this place is the center of the whole land.
There are many strange institutions and customs in the Far West, which are completely different from those in the East, but they are also extremely normal here, because all the nearby countries have a similar structure.
The Rouran Empire is still a relatively enlightened country, the hierarchy is not strict, the whole country is composed of thousands of tribes of different sizes, it seems that each tribe is very independent, but the power of the central government is very great, and the whole country is also very strong due to the same nation, the same religion, national strength, and centripetal force.
There are thousands of tribes of various sizes within the Rouran, each with its own territory, which is equivalent to an autonomous region, with its own independent tax policy and governing laws, but the tribe has no army of its own, not even basic armament.
The chieftain of the tribe is the most powerful, but it is only equivalent to the administrative head of a region, and the chief is basically the highest cultivator in the tribe, and generally speaking, the chief is the religious leader of the region.
The tribe is controlled by one or more large families, generally a main family, thousands or tens of thousands of branch families of the same family, this kind of family formed by blood, the tribe has great cohesion.
Rouran is still a country where all people practice, of course, the main thing is that the whole people practice Jiu-Jitsu since childhood, and the practice of martial arts in the East is also similar, and the cultivation is successful, and its combat effectiveness is extremely strong, especially the physical fitness is excellent.
In addition to jiu-jitsu, martial arts, and witch cultivation, it depends on everyone's qualifications, and the cultivation of the East is the same, basically it is the cultivation of spiritual consciousness, and it is also very rare people can cultivate successfully, it is said that Wuzong is also extremely terrifying, can kill people for thousands of miles, and can destroy a city with his hands.
Each tribe and family has its own jiu-jitsu, witchcraft, and witch doctor that have been passed down from generation to generation, although they believe in the same system of witch god religion, but their own detailed practice inheritance is not the same, so the schools of jiu-jitsu, witchcraft, and witch doctor are also innumerable.
In this place, all those who have achieved cultivation are called monks, and in daily life, low-level monks must be respectful to monks who are higher than themselves, which is the basic etiquette, but everyone must obey the orders of the Pope of the Witch God Sect, in short, obey the orders of the empress.
Rouran's national strength is strong, and because there are many sects here, but the sect is not strict, as long as the other party agrees, you can join another sect at any time, and there is no strict sect in the eastern country, of course, the behavior of bullying teachers and destroying ancestors is also unacceptable, and the character is considered low, and it is basically impossible to gain a foothold.
Here, there is no master is the idea of superiority, only the master is the teacher, only the respect can be, and it is because of this that Rouran has always advocated a free, open, and enterprising attitude, everyone is proud of surpassing the master, and the master is also proud of cultivating disciples who surpass themselves, which is very different from the Eastern countries.
Rouran is essentially a matriarchal society, not because of the legal system, but because of tradition, for thousands of years it has been the empress in power, and women are particularly good at jiu-jitsu, among the general martial arts practitioners, there are many more masters of women at the same level, and women's status is naturally higher than that of men.
In fact, the population of Rouran is not as large as that of Eastern countries, mainly because women do not have many children, and women are the masters of the family, so it is conceivable that the population growth is not very fast.
In fact, Rouran has been in foreign wars for a long time, and women have also been on the battlefield, but there are fewer women, who are generally engaged in religious and medical work, and a very small number of them will also go directly to the battlefield, female generals, female officials, but very few.
The only advantage of Rouran is that both men and women go to the battlefield, and there is never a shortage of soldiers, and because of the high status of women, the children of large families generally follow their mother's surname.
Taking Muyi's Ariel family as an example, all the women of these big clans generally do not marry outside, but have to recruit sons-in-law to come back, and of course the men will not marry outside, but marry women from small families as wives.
It is also because of this way that the population of the big family is getting bigger and bigger, and it is getting stronger and stronger, which has caused the hereditary rule of the Rouran valve, which is actually controlled by the hands of the fifty super large families, and the Ariel family is the last one among the fifty families.
In addition to their own territories, the big families also have their own industries in various places, and it is said that the royal family is the largest family in Rouran, owning nearly one-fifth of the land, and only the royal family has an army.
Of course, such a huge empire is not only the royal family, the royal family and dozens of families are married to each other, the big families are married to each other, and the big families are married to countless small families, forming an extremely complex relationship network.
Rouran founded the country with religion, and the royal family is a natural family of imperial succession, with an incomparable status, and has an extremely lofty position in the hearts of the people at the top and in the middle and lower classes, so the rule of the royal family is extremely stable.
After all, Rouran is a superpower formed by a combination of religion and kinship, and it is considered to be the most powerful empire in the middle of the earth.
Among the peers within the family, the status of women is also higher, for example, although Mu Yi is also the direct descendant of the patriarch of the family, his status is still relatively low, far less than the sisters of the same generation, and not as good as the older brothers, belonging to the marginal children.