At this time last year, the total population of Xia was just over 80,000, but this year, the total population has reached more than 93,000, and this year it will surely exceed the 100,000 mark, of which more than 13,600 are adult males and more than 23,100 are adult females.

At the early spring sacrifice just past, the cities of the Xia Kingdom held a coming-of-age ceremony for a total of 1,301 men and 1,363 female nationals, just these two numbers combined, they already belong to the strongest of the large tribes, you must know that this is two thousand six hundred adults, even the most powerful giant tribe, it is impossible to have so many adult tribesmen.

I still remember that when the snake tribe was in the snake tribe, the number of adult clansmen every year was only in the single digits, and now it has reached the thousands, this step is too far and too far, and many old people in the Xia Kingdom will cry with excitement every time they recall the past.

In the council hall, Su Yan promulgated various plans, and when the meeting was over, Su Yan left the tiger witch behind.

"Wang, when are we going to elect the new patriarch (of the Tiger Clan)." Tiger Witch asked.

Hu Biao died, the position of the patriarch of the Tiger clan was vacant, and now that the winter has passed, a new patriarch must be elected as soon as possible.

"Does the Tiger Clan still have to use force to elect a new patriarch?" Su Yan asked rhetorically.

"It should be so, it is the tradition of the Tiger Clan (tribe) to elect a new patriarch by force." Tiger Witch said with some hesitation.

Su Yan shook his head and said, "No, the tradition of 'winning by force' is outdated, we should ...... another way"

Before the Xia Kingdom and even the Dragon Tribe, the Snake Tribe, the Tiger Tribe, the Deer Tribe and many other tribes, the way to select the leader was to win by force, the highest force served as the leader of the tribe, and the leader was responsible for leading the tribe to survive.

Until the establishment of the Dragon Tribe, Su Yan was the king of the Dragon Tribe, and the position of the king was equivalent to the combination of the two positions of Wu and the leader, at that time Su Yan's "wisdom" was the highest of the Dragon Tribe, but the force was not the highest, and the tradition of winning by force changed to a certain extent when Su Yan became the king of the Dragon Tribe.

Hunting tribes are led by the most powerful people, but in farming tribes, traditions are slowly changing, such as fishing tribes, and the way fishing tribes select new leaders is to make the highest contribution to the tribe according to the contribution of the tribe to the tribe, and the highest contribution becomes the leader.

Xia is already a country, even if it is just to elect a new patriarch of a clan, it should not abide by the tradition and continue to elect the new patriarch by force, and it should be more important to pay more attention to the comprehensive ability of the patriarch than force.

In fact, after Hu Biao's death, Su Yan thought about the new patriarch of the Hu clan.

At the beginning, Su Yan thought that the new patriarch of the Hu clan should be Hu Biao's oldest son, anyway, there was no such thing as "three wives and four concubines" in the Xia Kingdom, so there was no distinction between concubines and concubines, just arrange them according to age.

The next patriarch of the Tiger clan is served by Hu Biao's "eldest son", and the next patriarch is served by Hu Biao's "eldest grandson", and from then on, the position of the patriarch of the Tiger clan will be replaced by Hu Biao's descendants, and the position of the patriarch will change from a decisive victory by force to a hereditary system.

The change in the position of the patriarch of the Tiger clan is also for all the people of the Xia Kingdom, and the new patriarchs of other clans will also be hereditary in the future, so the king of the Xia Kingdom is also hereditary, so as to determine the high status of the royal family, in fact, the country is also the beginning of the hereditary system.

However, Su Yan thought about it carefully, the position of the patriarch or the throne of the king needs to be hereditary, but it cannot only be inherited by the "eldest son", but also inherited by the best.

Of course, there is also a prerequisite for merit-based succession, that is, the predecessor does not designate an heir, and if the predecessor designates a successor, then there is no need to proceed to the next step.

“…… The patriarch of each clan will basically serve as the lord of a certain city or a certain minister in the end, does the city lord or minister need force? ”

"No, I don't."

"So the new patriarch of the Tiger Clan can't be selected by force, I think all the adult sons of Biao should be called over, and whoever has the idea of serving as the new patriarch of the Tiger Clan, then arrange an assessment for them, and the one with the highest score will be the new patriarch of the Tiger Clan."

Hearing Wang's words, Tiger Witch hesitated for a few moments, and the hesitation was that the person who ran for the new patriarch was only Hu Biao's adult son, not all the adult members of the Tiger Clan.

Hu Biao has served as the patriarch (chief) of the Tiger clan for more than thirty years, making him the longest-reigning person of the patriarch (chieftain) of the Tiger clan, much longer than the other chieftains.

And during the reign of Hu Biao, the Tiger Tribe and the Snake Tribe formed the Dragon Tribe, and the Dragon Tribe developed and grew into the Xia Kingdom, and the Tiger Clan people lived a happy life, and the status of Hu Biao in the hearts of the Tiger Clan was not ordinarily high, and Hu Biao was respected by the Tiger Clan, and Hu Biao's son was also respected by the Tiger Clan.

"The patriarch's son should be recognized by the clansmen." Thinking of this, the Tiger Witch said to the king seriously: "Wang, the Tiger Clan is willing to use your method to elect a new patriarch. ”

"Okay, let's get ready."

It just so happened that Hu Biao's children and grandchildren had not left Zhongjing City, and on the same day, Su Yan and Tiger Witch gathered all the adults of Hu Biao's sons, and the patriarchs and witches of other clans were very interested in the selection of the new patriarch of the Tiger Clan, and they also came to watch together.

There were twenty-three adult sons of Hu Biao, the oldest was about to be forty years old, the youngest was only sixteen years old, and twenty-three brothers stood together, and I don't know why Wang and Wu summoned them together.

Su Yan said to the twenty-three sons of Hu Biao in front of him: "Your father has passed away, and now the position of the patriarch of the Tiger Clan is vacant, I have discussed with the Tiger Witch and decided to elect the new patriarch of the Tiger Clan from among you......"

"What?" "Elect the new patriarch of the Tiger Clan from among us?" "I also want to use force to become the new patriarch of the Tiger Clan. ”

Hearing Wang's words, most of the twenty-three people had their minds flipped, some were surprised, and some were happy, naturally because the new patriarch of the Tiger Clan was not selected among all the adult members of the Tiger Clan, but because those who had the idea of running for election only needed to outperform their own brothers.

And the onlookers and the patriarchs and Wu were also very surprised by the king's words, in the past, their various clans (tribes) had chosen new leaders from among all adult male clansmen, why did the new patriarch of the Tiger clan only choose from the sons of the previous patriarch.

There are also patriarchs who quickly understood what the king meant, and his eyes lit up, the patriarch of his own clan has always been served by his own descendants, a good thing!