Ku Mexico-Tenochtitlan, monga m'mizinda yoyandikana nayo, mtendere ndi mgwirizano pakati pa nzikazo zidatheka chifukwa chakuyendetsa bwino kwamilandu, yomwe idaletsa, mwazina, kuba, chigololo ndi kuledzera pagulu.
Kusiyana konse kwachikhalidwe kapena chamunthu komwe kudabuka kudathetsedwa ndi oweruza akulu m'makhothi osiyanasiyana omwe amasamalira anthu malingana ndi malo awo. Malinga ndi zomwe bambo Sahagún adalemba, panali nyumba yachifumu ya Moctezuma chipinda chotchedwa Tlacxitlan, pomwe oweruza akulu angapo amakhala, omwe adathetsa zopempha, milandu, milandu ndi mavuto ena omwe adachitika pakati pa akuluakulu a Tenochca. Mu "bwalo lamilandu" ili, ngati kuli kofunikira, oweruza adaweruza olemekezeka kuti azilandira zopereka zabwino, kuyambira kuchotsedwa kwawo kunyumba yachifumu kapena kuthamangitsidwa kwawo mzindawu, kufikira chilango chonyongedwa, pokhala chilango chawo kupachikidwa kuponyedwa miyala kapena kumenyedwa ndi ndodo. Chimodzi mwazinthu zopanda ulemu zomwe munthu wolemekezeka amalandila ndikumucheka, potero adataya mawonekedwe amakongoletsedwe omwe amamusonyeza kuti ndi wankhondo wamphamvu, potero adachepetsa mawonekedwe ake kukhala a macehual wamba.
Munalinso m'nyumba yachifumu ya Moctezuma chipinda china chotchedwa Tecalli kapena Teccalco, pomwe akulu akulu omwe amamvera milandu ndi zopempha za macehualtin kapena anthu amtawuniyi anali: choyamba adawunikiranso zikalata zosonyeza momwe kusamvana kunalembedwera; atawunikiranso, mbonizo zinaitanidwa kuti zizipereka malingaliro awo pazowona. Pomaliza, oweruzawo anali ndi ufulu wolakwa kapena anayamba kuwongolera. Milandu yovuta kwambiri idabweretsedwa pamaso pa tlatoani kuti iye, pamodzi ndi atsogoleri atatu kapena tecuhtlatoque - anthu anzeru omaliza maphunziro awo ku Calmécac - apange chisankho choyenera. Milandu yonse idayenera kuthetsedwa mopanda tsankho komanso moyenera, ndipo potero oweruza anali osamala kwambiri, chifukwa a tlatoani sanalekerere kuti kuzengedwa mlandu kunachedwetsedwa popanda chifukwa, ndipo amatha kulangidwa ngati kusakhulupirika konse pantchito yawo kukayikiridwa, kapena zovuta zilizonse zanu ndi maphwando omwe akutsutsana. Panali chipinda chachitatu chotchedwa Tecpilcalli, momwe misonkhano yamkhondo imachitikira pafupipafupi; ngati pamisonkhanoyi zidadziwika kuti wina wachita chigololo, monga chigololo, woimbidwa mlanduyo, ngakhale anali mphunzitsi wamkulu, amaweruzidwa kuti aponyedwe miyala mpaka kufa.
Gwero Ndime za Mbiri No. 1 The Kingdom of Moctezuma / August 2000
