People have selfish intentions, no matter what era they are, it is just a matter of more or less.

Hunting tribes of hundreds of people, adult males dream of becoming the leader of the tribe because they will be able to eat more food and have more women.

However, the leader of the hunting tribe rarely has the idea of making his son the next leader, becoming the leader can get more food and have more women, and at the same time have to bear the responsibility of the survival of the tribe, hunting or fighting the enemy must charge forward, without strong force will only die faster.

In the Xia Kingdom, the patriarch of the clan does not need to charge ahead, and the patriarch is more of a manager or commander, and at this time force is not so important.

The strength of the Xia Kingdom and the development of medicine have significantly increased the average life expectancy of the Xia people, and the average life expectancy may have exceeded forty years old (mainly because there are no large-scale wars), while the patriarchs and witches enjoy better treatment, and there are not many problems in living to be over fifty years old.

Even if there is no selfishness at the beginning, after a long time, selfishness will be born unstoppably, when Su Yan decided that the next patriarch of the Tiger clan will be selected among the sons of Hu Biao, many clan patriarchs are selfish, and they are also thinking about letting their descendants take over the position of the patriarch of their clan, as long as they occupy the position of patriarch, their descendants will always occupy a relatively high position in the Xia Kingdom to ensure the inheritance of bloodline.

In fact, when Su Yan made the decision that "the next patriarch of the Hu clan will be selected among Hu Biao's sons", there were two considerations in his mind, on the one hand, the hereditary succession of the throne, and on the other hand, the care of the Hu Biao family.

Su Yan and Hu Biao's friendship is not a year or two, but nearly 30 years, the two of them have intersected with each other and formed a deep friendship, Hu Biao's descendants are Su Yan's descendants, Hu Biao died, Su Yan should take some care of Hu Biao's descendants, and let Hu Biao's descendants inherit the position of the patriarch of the Tiger Clan is the greatest care for him.

The position of the patriarch of a clan is not important to Su Yan, only the patriarch of the clan when he joins the Xia Kingdom will be reused without his own conditions, and the patriarch being reused can completely make the clan quickly integrate into the Xia Kingdom.

The first patriarch died, the second patriarch ascended to the throne, the second patriarch and the first patriarch were completely incomparable, at this time, the second patriarch wanted to gain a higher status in the Xia Kingdom, and he also needed to rely on his own talent and hard work, ordinary clansmen could also rely on their own talent and efforts to obtain a higher status in the Xia Kingdom, and the patriarch of the clan could get some preferential treatment because of his position.

It is only some preferential treatment, the leader is very different from the tribe and the patriarch is very different from the clan, the leader can decide the future path of his tribe, but the patriarch cannot decide the future path of his clan, and the Xia Kingdom is ruled by the king, not by the patriarch.

The most correct decision Su Yan made was to split each clan as a family unit and disperse it to various cities in the Xia Kingdom, in this way, no matter how many people in a clan were, it would not have much impact on the Xia Kingdom, and as time passed, the patriarch's influence on his own clan would become smaller and smaller, leaving only one name.

The words of the patriarch are not even as useful as the words of the city lord of a city, after all, the city lord is in charge, and eventually the clan will be replaced by the family.

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"If any of you don't want to be the next patriarch of the Tiger Clan, you can withdraw from the election......"

Before Su Yan's words were finished, several of the twenty-three people who were slightly thinner than the others showed disappointed expressions, and most of them dreamed of becoming the patriarch.

It's just that according to the way of winning by force, several of them are slightly weaker, their strength is not as good as others, and the possibility of becoming the patriarch is pitiful, so it is better not to participate in the patriarch election, but Su Yan's next sentence rekindled the hope of several people who showed disappointed expressions, and made several people who looked excited confused.

“…… One thing can tell you that the patriarch election is no longer based on force, and the patriarch may become the lord of a certain city in the future, or he may become the minister of a certain ministry, and more importantly, the management ability.

The patriarch is the high-level of our Xia Kingdom, and he can have a higher salary, and at the same time, he also has responsibilities that exceed those of ordinary citizens, so think about whether you want to participate in the election for the next patriarch of the Tiger Clan. ”

Hu Biao's twenty-three sons fell into thinking, and many patriarchs and witches who were watching also fell into thinking, the position of the patriarch is no longer based on force, which is definitely a huge change for each clan.

The leaders of the various clans of the Xia Kingdom and the vast majority of the tribes that the Xia Kingdom has come into contact with are the strongest among the tribes, and only the fishing tribe has changed, no longer based on force as the standard, but the clansmen with high contributions serve as the leaders.

Including Hu Biao's twenty-three sons, there were no fools among the people present, and those who thought quickly already understood what the king meant, and the person who served as the patriarch did not need much force, with the strong strength of the Xia Kingdom, there was no need for the patriarch to take the lead in the charge, but the management ability and command ability were more important.

"The king's vision is beyond my reach." Several clan patriarchs who had joined the Xia Kingdom later thought in their hearts.

"Okay, whoever wants to run for the next patriarch of the Tiger Clan, please take a step forward."

As soon as Su Yan's words fell, seven people immediately took a step forward, hesitated, and five more people took a step forward, a few breaths passed, only four people were left standing in place, they looked at the brothers around them a few times, and then made up their minds that the four of them took a step forward one after another, and the twenty-three sons of Hu Biao's adult were all involved in the election of the next patriarch of the Tiger clan.

"You are all participating in the election, very good, give you a period of time to prepare, the election will be put after the end of spring ploughing, in the form of an exam, the test questions will be issued by me and the Tiger Witch, rest assured, there will be no questions that you can't answer, I and the Tiger Witch will score your answers, and the one with the highest score will become the next patriarch of the Tiger Clan."

Of course, it doesn't matter if other people don't become patriarchs, our Xia Kingdom pays attention to the word 'fairness', as long as you have the ability, you can also become a city lord and minister. ”

Su Yan said that the examination is a combination of "modern civil service examination" and "ancient imperial examination", and there will be some simple arithmetic questions and cognition of the outside world, and the most important part is "management problems".

For example, "Which is more important, 'country', 'clan', or 'family'?" and give the reason", if the answer is that "clan" is more important than "state", then the person who answers in this way must not become the patriarch of the clan, and it is not very important whether "country" comes first or "family" comes first.