Xiao Hei is talking about the situation in the past. Although the Great Xia Dynasty ruled by inaction in the past, and the princes and city lords in various places were basically hereditary, everyone would consciously uphold a rule, that is, the successor must be a person with both ability and political integrity.
.At the same time, in cities at the state capital level, the heirs of the city lord must be recognized by the royal capital in order to obtain legal inheritance qualifications.
Take Yunmen City as an example. Although City Lord Zhuo is still in his prime, he should have already submitted the name of his successor to the royal capital. Of course, he would usually choose one of his sons to submit, but if the royal capital thinks he chooses
If the successor of the Zhuo family is not worthy of replacement, then he must be replaced. If there is no one in the direct line to replace, he must be replaced by a collateral line. If there is no one in the entire Zhuo family to replace, then the position of the city lord of the Zhuo family must be given up.
The so-called "virtue" is relatively easy to understand. The heir must at least be kind. As for "talent", it can be a force that can protect the country and the people, or it can be a quick mind that can govern the people.
This evaluation method is sometimes easy to manipulate. Under normal circumstances, the king will not reject the candidates submitted by the local government. However, there are exceptions. A person with a good reputation on the surface may have a bad reputation in private.
In the royal capital thousands of miles away, the king will reject the person's application for succession at this time, and will list the person's shortcomings and make them public.
No matter who it is, once the inheritance application is rejected by the king, it means that the person lacks moral integrity and talent. It is like a certainty that not only will he not be able to inherit the position of his father, but he will also be unable to move forward in the officialdom or in the world in the future. This
I'm afraid I can only stay at home and be a rich man for the rest of my life.
At the same time, it will be difficult to take off the label of the father who submitted this person as the successor. He has no knowledge of people, no distinction between right and wrong, and is ignorant and incompetent. Such conclusive comments will be a shame that will accompany him throughout his life.
.In this case, it is still prudent to submit successor selection locally.
And if Zhuo Gang suddenly fell into a coma and the successor was not determined, the Palace of the Lord of Yunmen City would take the initiative to request the royal capital to appoint a successor, and there would not be a fight between two brothers in the Zhuo family.
But after that earth-shaking chaos, the Great Xia Dynasty suddenly collapsed. The princes and city lords of all sizes were in charge of their own affairs. The king's capital was in name only. The successors were decided by the people below. There were even plans to capture the city themselves.
Things like this happen when you lead a city lord.
Xiao Hei sighed for a while, and then couldn't help but said: "Little weakling, the world is getting more and more chaotic, and the future depends entirely on you!"
Xia Yu rolled his eyes secretly, "Let's forget it. My dad may be planning major events in the world somewhere. I'd better improve my strength and find a wife!"
"Fuck! Xia Wenhan gave you all your family's inheritance tokens, and obviously asked you to shoulder this burden, so don't shirk your responsibility!"
"What kind of inheritance token?"
"It's that jade pendant!"
"Isn't that because you are in there? My father left the jade pendant to me so that you could recover well by my side."
"Bah! He was obviously afraid that your kid would die, so he asked Mr. Long and me to stay with you as a nanny!"
"Anyway, it was because you were inside that my father kept the jade pendant with me, not that he passed it on to me..."
Xiao Hei was stunned for a moment, flicked his tail, and said impatiently, "No matter what the reason is, the jade pendant belongs to you anyway, and the responsibility also belongs to you. This is the tradition of your family!"
Xia Yu secretly felt something was wrong. He seemed to have been cheated by his father without knowing it. He couldn't help but feel bitter in his mouth, "My father is the serious crown prince. He cares about these things."
That’s the right thing, right?”
"Stop making excuses!" Xiao Hei said scornfully, "Your father is the prince, aren't you the grandson? You are also famous for cleaning up the mess and bringing order to chaos. It is only natural! If you don't want to do it, tell me.
It's useless, wait until you see Xia Wenhan and then argue with him! But based on my understanding of him, he will never take back the hot potato he throws out..."
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about those vain things..." Xia Yu interrupted Xiao Hei depressedly, "Let me ask you, did you just say that the city lord was poisoned? What kind of poison was it?"
"Well... it's a special kind of chronic poison called Taiyin Damaging Yangxiang. The poisoned person will be unconscious and the body will become weaker and weaker, much like being sick. I have seen this kind of poison before. It is said that
It ranks among the top fifty poisons in the world." Xiao Hei said, "Haven't you read the Poison Sutra? You should have seen this, right?"
"Yes!" Xia Yu said, "And there is a way to detoxify it!"
"What a coincidence..." Little Black Dragon smacked his lips, "Then do you want to detoxify the city lord?"
"Do I have that much free time?" Xia Yu asked angrily, "The city lord is poisoned and he cares about me? Why should I detoxify him?"
"Although it's none of your business, if the city lord's palace knows that you can detoxify, it will definitely come up with a lot of good things." Xiao Hei twisted the dragon's beard and said with a smile, "Aren't you the best at doing business? Help me with this.
Zhuo's detoxification, you can make a lot of money from him!"
"Earn?" Xia Yu secretly smiled, "Let me tell you, to cure his kind of poison, we need the Yimu Ling rhinoceros horn in our warehouse. That is a ninth-grade elixir of the earth, are you willing to give it up?"
"Damn it! How about saving someone?" Xiao Hei immediately changed his expression and shouted, "And this guy named Zhuo is not a good person either! Didn't that damn fat guy say that? He has a self-reliance! He treats your family like this
What are you doing to save a disloyal person? Let’s go, let’s go back!”
He was afraid that Xia Yu had changed his mind again, so he hurriedly urged Xia Yu to leave the vicinity of the City Lord's Mansion. Xia Yu did not expose his little thoughts and wandered around the street before returning to the inn.
…
Unexpectedly, in the evening, Zhuo Zicheng, who had been rejected by Xue Caiyi, actually came to the inn where Xia Yu and the two were staying.
Knowing that Zhuo Zicheng came with a heavy gift, Xia Yu couldn't help but smile and said to Xiaopang Qiao: "This Mr. Zhuo is really persistent. He actually came to see us two."
"Stop pretending!" Qiao Xiaopang said scornfully, "I don't believe you didn't think he would come to you!"
Xia Yu shrugged, "Looking for me is in vain. I'm not the boss of the Southwest Chamber of Commerce."
Qiao Xiaopang smiled and said: "But you can be Xue Caiyi's boss!"
"Stop talking nonsense, let's go and listen to what Mr. Zhuo has to say!"