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Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three rings resounded through Zhongjing, which has a population of nearly one million, and the residents of Zhongjing who heard the three bells knew that it was already 12 o'clock at noon.

There is a huge bell tower in the central area of Zhongjing City, it is twenty-seven zhang high, the diameter of the bell is two and a half zhang, it weighs thirteen.5 tons, rings once every half hour, rings once at half an hour, rings twice at the hour, rings three at zero and twelve o'clock, and the residents in Zhongjing City can hear the bell. (The time system has changed)

However, there was a person standing on the top of this clock tower, a young man in a cyan robe who looked only about twenty years old, like a scholar, but if you looked at his eyes carefully, you could feel a different kind of vicissitudes, I don't know what this young scholar has experienced to make it seem so vicissitudes.

It didn't take long for a beautiful woman in purple to appear behind the scholar, she took a few steps forward, stopped when she was still more than two feet away from the scholar, and put her eyes on the scholar's back, motionless.

The scholar stood on the bell tower and looked at Zhongjing City, and the woman in purple stood behind the scholar and looked at the scholar stupidly, the time passed second by second, and there was no other sound around except for the sound of the clock and the mechanical rotation.

"Zi'er, what's the matter?" After a few minutes, a voice that seemed to have no emotion came out of the scholar's mouth.

The scholar's voice woke up the purple-clothed woman, she trembled, and hurriedly said: "Childe, there is news from the shadow guard that the rebellion/rebellion of the Marquis of Changping has been suppressed by the joint dispatch of troops from the surrounding counties. ”

Hearing the report of the woman in purple, the scholar shook his head slightly, did not speak again, nor did he make any other movements, but pictures flashed in his mind.

In the sixty-seventh year of the Xia calendar, Su Yan abdicated, and his eldest son Ping succeeded to the throne, the second son An established the Hua State in the south of the Xia State, and the other three sons also established the Yan State, the Qi State, and the Zhao State around the Xia State.

From then on, the Xia Kingdom entered the era of the feudal system, because the Xia Kingdom was the country established by the father of the five new kings, and the status was the highest, and the five new kings called their father "Huang", and the Xia State was the Xia Dynasty, and the other kingdoms were attached to the Xia Dynasty.

Later, when the rulers of the five states of Xia, Hua, Yan, Qi, and Zhao succeeded the old and the new, according to the Xia Emperor's feudal system for his sons, only one son of the ruler could inherit the throne, and the other sons had to be given a certain population to divide and go further away to establish a new state.

This was passed down from generation to generation, and in the 173rd year of the Xia calendar, on the planet named "Earth" by the Xia Emperor, except for the North Pole, the South Pole and other frozen lands, the rest of the places were established by large or small countries, and the rulers of each country were children of the Long family.

There are levels of countries, and the Xia Kingdom or Xia Dynasty is the first class, and it is the country of the planet, with a population of more than one billion; Huaguo, Yan, Qi, and Zhao are the second class, and they are called kingdoms, a country of continents, with a population of tens of millions to hundreds of millions; The third class is the principality, a state with a population of millions to tens of millions; The fourth class is the Hou State, a county country with a population of hundreds of thousands to millions; The fifth class is the country of Bo, a county with a population of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.

There are no towns and villages under the county state, and the level is too small to be a country on its own.

With the efforts of the children of the Long Clan, the Xia Dynasty has occupied the entire earth, there are no other human races on the earth except the Xia people, and those human races that have been enslaved have died of exhaustion and old age under the passage of time, the earth is already the earth of the Xia people, and perhaps only those places where the Xia people have not yet been to have few foreign races alive.

If the Xia Dynasty wants to occupy most of the earth, it naturally needs a large population, and by this year, that is, the 173rd year of the Xia calendar, the total population of the Xia Dynasty has reached 1.25 billion, which is a very terrifying number.

The Dragon Tribe has been in the Dragon Tribe for five years, with a population of more than 1,000 The dragon tribe has been in the tribe for thirteen years, with a population of more than 10,000; In the fifth year of the summer calendar, the population exceeded 100,000; In the twenty-sixth year of the summer calendar, the population exceeded one million; In the sixty-third year of the summer calendar, the population exceeded 10 million; In the one hundred and sixth year of the summer calendar, the population exceeded 100 million; In the 167th year of the summer calendar, the population exceeded one billion.

It can be seen from this that the total population of the Xia Dynasty has been making great strides, but the annual population growth rate of the Xia Dynasty is declining, from more than 10 percent at the beginning to 3.5 percent today, it can be said that the more population of the Xia Dynasty, the smaller the annual growth rate, if the Xia Dynasty still exists after hundreds of years and thousands of years, perhaps the population growth rate at that time will tend to be close to zero or even become negative.

There is no need to think about the future for the time being, the Xia Dynasty has a population of more than one billion, and it can already occupy all regions of the earth, and there will be no other changes, even if there is a war, it will be a civil war of the Xia people, and no foreigners can participate in the war of the Xia people, this is Su Yan's original idea, which has been completed with the efforts of his descendants.

Yes, the scholar on the bell tower is Su Yan, it is now one hundred and seventy-three years old in the summer calendar, Su Yan is two hundred and six years old, but he still maintains the appearance of a young man about twenty years old.

Once upon a time, Su Yan thought that he should be able to live to be more than a hundred years old through martial arts, yes, Su Yan has lived to this age, and even surpassed this age to live to two hundred years old, according to Su Yan's own feelings, he feels that he can live for hundreds of years or even longer.

Everyone wants to live forever, but when they are really immortal, it is a very painful experience for Su Yan, this is the only one who is immortal, the three wives and sons and daughters all follow Su Yan to practice martial arts, but the longest life expectancy among them has not broken through the limit of one hundred and fifty years old, and Yan Xiangxiang, who has the highest martial arts talent, will always stay at the year when she is one hundred and forty-eight years old.

Who can imagine the pain of a husband and a father sending his wife and children away one by one, anyway, Su Yan has experienced it, and Su Yan really doesn't want to experience the pain anymore, but he has to feel it again and again.

Three years ago, Su Yan's youngest son died, three years have passed, Su Yan is still difficult to get out of the pain of his son's death, maybe with the passage of time, all the sadness will fade, but it is impossible in a short time.

The last wife died, and Su Yan had the idea of leaving in his heart, but thinking of his children and descendants, thinking of the Xia Kingdom he had established single-handedly, Su Yan still gave up, as long as he was still alive, he would always guard the Xia Kingdom, and he didn't want the Xia Kingdom to be in chaos.

"There are only thousand-year-old families, and there are no thousand-year-old dynasties." Su Yan wants to break this myth that has been circulated in his previous life through his own efforts, of course, provided that Su Yan can live for a thousand years.

Su Yan didn't know why he was able to continue to live, maybe it was related to the martial arts entry, but Su Yan knew that Yan Xiangxiang's martial arts talent was higher than his own, with the same resources, why did Su Yan's own martial arts enter the realm higher?

Su Yan had a guess in his mind, maybe it had something to do with his two lives.

The issue of immortality is no longer important to Su Yan, "guarding the Xia Kingdom" has almost become the last motivation for Su Yan to live, even if he dies suddenly, Su Yan probably will not leave many regrets.

Zi'er's full name is Su Zi, she is an orphan, she has been living in the Salesian Institute before being picked up by Su Yan, and when she stumbled upon Su Zi, Su Yan "liked" this clever and lively little girl, Su Zi, who is only twenty-two years old this year, already has multiple identities, Su Yan's personal maid, housekeeper, assistant, etc.

That day, when Su Zi knew that Su Yan was the legendary Xia Huang who might have died, Su Zi decided to follow Xia Huang for the rest of his life.

"Childe, there is news from the shadow guard that the rebellion/rebellion of the Marquis of Changping has been suppressed by the joint dispatch of troops from the surrounding counties." There was a lot of information in what Su Zi said.

Childe, that is, Su Zi's name for Su Yan, "Childe" is an honorific title, the son of the princes is called Childe, the meaning of "Childe" in Xia Kingdom is slightly larger than this, in fact, it is not right for Su Yan to be called "Childe", but Su Yan has already abdicated, and even now he uses the identity of the name "Su Yan", and it doesn't matter if he uses an honorific title like "Childe".

The Shadow Guard is an organization established by Su Yan, with tens of thousands of internal members and more than 100,000 external members, with a certain amount of force, mainly to supervise various areas of the Xia Dynasty.

Su Yan didn't need absolute force, but Su Yan needed to quickly understand the changes in various regions of the Xia Dynasty so that he could make countermeasures.

Changping Marquis Riot/Rebellion, Changping Marquis is a county state, with a population of hundreds of thousands, Changping Marquis Riot/Chaos is civil unrest, because of the mediocrity of the rulers of Changping Marquis, the low people live in hardship, under the planning of a few people, a civil unrest broke out throughout one-third of the Changping Marquis, and the army of Changping Marquis could not suppress the civil unrest.

In the end, it was the counties around the Marquis of Changping who sent troops to suppress the civil unrest, executed the mastermind and coercion, and punished most of the people who participated in the civil unrest, only one year to ten years of hard labor.

Xia has been in the country for more than 170 years, with Su Yan's abdication, Su Yan has become a legend, some people say that Xia Huang is dead, some people say that Xia Huang is still alive, and even saw Xia Huang and his three wives with their own eyes, but with the passage of time, Xia Huang's prestige has been decreasing, and because most of the earth is occupied by the Xia Dynasty, the people think more about their lives.

Because of the incompetence of a small number of rulers, the policies of the countries they rule are very harsh or the lowly officials act recklessly, which makes the lives of the people difficult, and eventually civil unrest occurs, which mainly occurs in the county state, a small number of them occur in the county state, rarely in the state state, and it is even more difficult to appear in the kingdom.

The main thing is Su Yan's education of his children and grandchildren, the rulers of the five kingdoms were all Su Yan's five sons at the beginning, and they were taught by Su Yan himself, even if someone has ordinary ability, but he will not be mediocre.

After that, from the kingdom to the principality, from the principality to the county and then to the Boguo, level by level, the problem gradually appeared, there were many descendants of the Long family, and there would always be a few mediocre people, which Su Yan could not change.

Fortunately, the time of the Xia Dynasty is not long, the descendants of the Long family are still relatively united, and if there is an accident in one place, the neighboring regions will support, but this is not enough, Su Yan needs to carry out new reforms to the Xia Dynasty, so that the Xia Dynasty can develop steadily, and this time the object of reform is the descendants of the Long family.

The reform of the descendants of the Long family is not only because of civil unrest, there is no extra territory on the earth, and it is also a key point to divide the children of the Long family, and all things considered, Su Yan spent more than two years to formulate a system called "The assessment of the children of the Long family".

The children of the Long family are all rulers, and the assessment of the children of the Long family is also an assessment of the rulers, and Su Yan's standard is that the capable are on the top and the incompetent are down.

The establishment of the Zongren Mansion, the Zongren Mansion is served by the middle-aged elders of the Long family, and the Zongren Mansion sends personnel to assess the children of the Long family located in various parts of the Xia Dynasty, and the direction of the assessment is the country or territory ruled by the children of the Long family, mainly to score the economy, population, people's livelihood and other aspects of the area under its rule.

The ruler of the male country (one village) is assessed once every six months, the ruler of the sub-country (one town) is assessed once a year, the ruler of the Bo country is assessed once a year and a half, the ruler of the Hou country is assessed every two years, and the ruler of the principality is assessed once every three years.

In fact, there is no male country and a sub-country, and it is impossible to set up a separate country with such a small village and a town, mainly because there is not much surplus land on the earth to divide the children of the Long family, and at this time, it can only be divided with its own land, but it will not be independent/established into a new country.

Dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons, each with their own fiefs, they manage their own fiefs, and the Zongren Mansion regularly assesses the fiefs of the children of the Long family, and those who fail to pass for three consecutive times will directly cancel the title and become an ordinary citizen in the Xia Dynasty, but the identity of the children of the Long family is still there, and he can become a rich man without being a powerful man.

The prince is not under the jurisdiction of the Zongren Mansion, if even the prince is under the jurisdiction of the Zongren Mansion, it is very likely that the children of the Long clan will unite to attack and kill their ancestor Su Yan, as the ruler of a country, they definitely don't want to have someone on their heads to watch.

If there is really a certain prince who is mediocre, Su Yan will think of other ways to abolish this prince, Su Yan definitely has the ability to do this, although Su Yan has long disappeared in front of the world, but many of the children of the Long family and some big families know that Su Yan is still alive.

Not only the assessment of the children of the Long family, but also the various countries within the Xia Dynasty also had to conduct routine assessments of officials at all levels, or once a quarter, or once every six months, or once a year, all officials who failed twice were to be warned, and those who failed three times were to be directly removed or demoted.

Rulers and officials have a certain ability, at least not to be mediocre, so that the people's lives will not be unbearable, even if there is a natural disaster, the people will try to live, and there will be no civil unrest.

Most of the time, civil unrest is caused by rulers and officials, this is a positive sentence.

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