EMexico-Tenochtitlan, njengasemadolobheni angomakhelwane, ukuthula nokuzwana phakathi kwabakhileyo kufinyelelwe ngenxa yokusebenza kahle kohlelo lwezobulungiswa, obekuvimbela ngokuqinile, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukweba, ukuphinga nokudakwa esidlangalaleni.
Konke ukungafani kwemvelo yomphakathi noma komuntu okwavela kwaxazululwa ngabahluleli abakhulu ezinkantolo ezahlukahlukene ezazinakekela abantu ngokwesimo sabo senhlalo. Ngokwemibhalo kaBaba uSahagún, kwakukhona esigodlweni saseMoctezuma igumbi elibizwa ngeTlacxitlan, lapho kwakuhlala khona amajaji amakhulu, axazulula izikhalazo, ubugebengu, amacala kanye nezinkinga ezithile ezavela phakathi kwamalungu ezikhulu zaseTenochca. Kule “nkantolo”, uma kunesidingo, abahluleli bagweba izikhulu zobugebengu ukuba zijeziswe okuyisibonelo, kusukela ekuxoshweni kwabo esigodlweni noma ekudingisweni kwabo edolobheni, kuze kube yisigwebo sentambo, kube yisijeziso sabo sokulengiswa, bakhandwa ngamatshe noma bashaywa ngezinduku. Esinye sezijeziso ezingenanhlonipho ezazingatholwa ngumuntu ohloniphekile kwakumelwe zigundwe, ngaleyo ndlela kulahlekelwe uphawu lwekhanda elalimhlukanisa njengeqhawe elivelele, ngaleyo ndlela linciphise ukubukeka kwakhe komzimba kube sengathi kwe-macehual elula.
Kwakukhona futhi esigodlweni sikaMoctezuma elinye igumbi elibizwa ngeTecalli noma iTeccalco, lapho abadala ababelalela amacala nezikhalazo ze-macehualtin noma abantu bedolobha babekhona: okokuqala babukeza imibhalo yezithombe lapho kubhalwe khona ukungaboni ngaso linye; uma sekubuyekeziwe, ofakazi babizwa ukuthi banikeze umbono wabo wamaqiniso. Ekugcineni, abahluleli bakhipha inkululeko yecala noma baqhubeka nokusebenzisa ukulungisa. Amacala anzima impela alethwa phambi kwe-tlatoani ukuze yena, kanye nothishanhloko abathathu noma ama-tecuhtlatoque - abantu abahlakaniphile abaphothule eCalmécac - enze isinqumo esifanele. Wonke amacala kwakufanele axazululwe ngokungakhethi nangokufanele, futhi kulokhu abahluleli babeqaphela kakhulu, ngoba i-tlatoani ayizange ibekezelele ukuthi icala libambezeleke ngokungenasizathu, futhi bangajeziswa uma kukhona ukuswela ukwethembeka emsebenzini wabo okusolwa, noma noma yikuphi ukubumbana kwakho namaqembu aphikisanayo. Kwakunekamelo lesithathu elalibizwa ngeTecpilcalli, lapho kwakuqhutshwa khona imihlangano yamaqhawe; uma kule mihlangano kutholakala ukuthi kukhona umuntu owenze isenzo sobugebengu, njengokuphinga, ummangalelwa, noma ngabe wayenguthishanhloko, wagwetshwa ukuba akhishwe ngamatshe aze afe.
Umthombo: Izindima Zomlando No. 1 The Kingdom of Moctezuma / Agasti 2000
