Not only these people, Xia Lian was also a little surprised. At least, he had not experienced systematic swordsmanship training in the past twenty years of his life and the eighteen years of his freshman life.

But all the movements are so natural, like a warrior who has experienced hundreds of battles.

But soon, he realized that Athena's gift gave him unparalleled martial arts and wisdom. The combination of the two allowed him to defeat enemies who were faster and more powerful than him to a certain extent.

There was only a moment of silence, and the leader seemed to realize something and shouted.

"He is a substitute! Retreat! This is a trap!! This is a trap!!"

After shouting, those people reacted quickly and quickly retreated towards the darkness, while the other guards did not pursue Xia Lian deeply because they were concerned about Xia Lian's safety.

"Heli...Os?"

Xia Lian pondered this name, and memories from the past gradually emerged in his mind.

Xialian Helios, this is his name in this life.

As that group of people said, he was the only son of Grand Duke Helios and belonged to the Kydor Empire, which exercised a monarchy.

The Kiddo Empire has more than 200,000 member stars in the galaxy and more than 300,000 planet colonies, protected territories and local governments. It is one of the main political powers of mankind in this era.

The Helios family is one of the founding heroes of this empire, but the surname of this family is not Helios, but Xia.

Helios is a title given to a family by the empire, like a kind of glory, a symbol of identity and status.

This should be a naming method that belongs to this era.

This is not surprising. The way of naming is different in each era. During the Qin Dynasty, the surname and family name were separated. Ying Zheng had the surname Zhao, as well as other names, but later they were simplified.

Helios is "?λιο?" in ancient Greek, which is the name of the sun god in ancient Greek mythology.

The original meaning is the sun, derived from the Proto-Indo-European *sóh?wl?, which is similar to Latin sol, Sanskrit ??????, Old English swegl, Germanic sunna, Welsh haul and other words

They all have the same origin and mean the sun.

Because of the cultural purge of omnics, this era is a cultural desert.

The more a person lacks something, the more he likes to express it, which is also the origin of this title.

This name was given in the hope that Xia Lian's family would be like the sun, shining on the empire and dispelling all darkness and injustice.

As Alaya said, Hera's gift did affect his reincarnation.

In Xia Lian's memory, the grand dukes of the empire had vast territories. Each grand duke's principality was autonomous and had extremely high autonomy. It was just a matter of political unity.

If Xia Lian inherits the title in the future, the territory he will acquire will be tens of thousands of times that of the most extensive country on earth.

Of course, this is under the condition that he can inherit the title normally.

The explosion just now and the people who wanted to kill him indicated that this was an abnormal situation.

Six months ago, the emperor of the Kiddo Empire ordered that the Helios family exchange a territory with the Bahram family, who is also a grand duke, on the grounds that the Helios family has better researchers.

Blue Star".

It was not a planet suitable for survival. Ninety-nine percent of the planet's surface was covered by sea water, but it had a very special mineral - Bach crystal.

Whether it is starship guns emitting particle beams, Helios force fields, or particle vibrating knives, this crystal is required, and it is a vital material in the military industry.

It brings an annual income of up to 400 billion to the Bahram family!

Although the planet that the Xia Lian family replaced is also a resource planet, it is obviously not as good as this planet.

The Helios family and the Bahram family already had a feud, and this incident became the key flame that lit the fuse.

Three hours ago, Cangxing was unexpectedly attacked by the fleet of the Bahram family.

Unfortunately, Xia Lian and his father are both on this planet. According to the agreed rules, as rulers, after acquiring a new territory, they must come to inspect it and give a speech in front of the people of this planet.

Half an hour ago, Xia Lian's father was assassinated by the traitorous guards.

The Blue Star is far away from the real main force of the Bahram family. Xia Lian's father obviously did not realize in advance that the other party would suddenly appear in the sky above this planet.

There is obviously the shadow of the empire behind this. They lent the Bahram family a wormhole that was exclusively controlled by the royal family and was capable of instantaneous teleportation over long distances.

It was easy for the emperor and the feudal nobles to be in a state of opposition, because the latter controlled resources and private soldiers and could easily influence the imperial power.

Obviously, this is a trick to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf.

[I can understand the emergence of aristocratic families, but why would a political system like monarchy appear after more than a hundred centuries?] Xia Lian couldn't help but complain in his heart, [Is it okay to see civil strife like cutting pan in the future?

Do you think Hera’s gift is so powerful?]

After thinking about it, a strange yet familiar memory suddenly appeared in his mind. He seemed to have asked similar questions in this life, and at that time, the person he asked gave him a very clear answer.

Those words seemed to still be echoing in his ears...

"There is no backward system, only the most appropriate system.

The reason why monarchy...or centralized power existed in ancient times was because the means of communication and transportation at that time were limited. It might take several months or even half a year to send a message from the north to the south.

If democracy were exercised in that era, just collecting votes would take several years or even more than ten years, and the efficiency of executing decrees would be extremely low.

In ancient times, where a natural disaster could cause a famine due to productivity, this inefficiency was almost fatal.

Only an efficient government system such as centralized power was most suitable for that era.

In the interstellar age, once humans colonize hundreds or thousands of planets, the transportation and communication problems will be insurmountable at distances of thousands or even tens of thousands of light years.

Whether there is super-light speed, wormholes or ansible communication.

The gap in the flow of materials and information cannot be completely bridged. The connections between different human colonies will be more similar to the state before the industrial revolution in the 20th century, which we know little about, and whether a unified financial city can even be formed.

Hard to say.

In fact, it is precisely because of this that many human-colonized planets on the edge of the galaxy are still in an independent state.

Under such conditions, the efficiency of using the democratic system will be as inefficient as in ancient times. An empire with local autonomy and only political and military unity is a more feasible governance model.

For thousands of years, human science and technology have developed rapidly, but the rule of letting the smallest number of people lead the largest number of people has actually never changed.

The so-called democratic system seems to be democratically elected, but in the end it is still elite politics.

Elites control political, economic, military and other aspects of dominance, control state machinery, formulate rules and regulations, grasp the direction of public opinion, dominate commercial companies, and exercise various privileges.

In the context of party competition, elites have always limited mass political participation to a narrow range, and voters can only vote among those elected by these parties.

For ordinary voters, they come as soon as they are called during the election and leave immediately after the election. Most people are just "extras" in the electoral game.

"Government by the people" is difficult to be reflected in political practice.

The so-called advanced system left to us by our predecessors has made the entire human country extremely bloated.

The democratic process is decentralized, lengthy, and has a large number of veto points. Individual vetoes can affect system actions.

The so-called separation of powers, the assumption that "mutual checks and balances imply the ability to correct deviations" is becoming increasingly distorted in actual practice.

Politicians are ambitious, have no faith, and have no respect for the people. They have become sophisticated egoists, bent on pursuing political capital and opportunities for themselves.

Internal strife within the party has become a common occurrence, while no one cares about people's livelihood.

This phenomenon is especially obvious on the interstellar scale. Officials are selfish, cowardly, corrupt and incompetent. Once something goes wrong, they only want to suppress it instead of solving it.

Therefore, we simply tear away the pretense of people's rule and adopt a purely practical perspective, the Trinity, and centralization of power.

The advantage of this system is that those in power have unlimited responsibility.

They cannot have an escape route like ordinary politicians, or blame everyone's faults on another party, because the country is one with it, and failure means death, so they must go all out.

When the Empire was first founded, we were more unified than ever before; we were loyal to one man and had one goal in mind.

Our sector governor no longer only seeks the prosperity of the core world, but will improve the quality of life of the people in every sector and planetary system.

We ensure the safety of space routes, maintain smooth and convenient communications, and ensure that tax revenue is reasonably collected and distributed to improve infrastructure.

Likewise, the members who make up the Parliament will no longer seek only their own interests, but will seek the interests of the planet they represent."

In front of him, the figure of the man who answered his question seemed to appear. He was wearing a double-breasted slim-fitting dress, with a tall body and meticulously styled hair.

He was much smaller than him because he was only about eleven years old at that time. He followed up the man's words with a green voice and asked the second question.

"But, Father, although centralized power is indeed more suitable for humans in the interstellar era, it does not mean that an imperial system must be used, right?

We cannot guarantee that the hereditary prince will be excellent and able to lead the empire forward.

Once one or two foolish kings appear, the foundation created by the hard work of previous generations of wise kings will soon be ruined."

"Why hereditary?" the man asked.

Xia Lian was stunned for a moment, but then, he seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes suddenly opened wide.

"That position has never changed?"

The man turned around and looked into the distance through the floor-to-ceiling window in front of him. Deep in his eyes, there were some complex emotions hidden that were difficult to detect.

"Now, do you understand what we are facing?"

That was the first time he saw fear in his father's eyes, and it was also the first time he knew that the emperor of the empire had never changed from beginning to end and was an absolute dictator.

The advancement of science and technology has allowed people to live longer lives, but the longer people live, the harder it is to accept new things.

The empire grew older as the emperor's youth remained eternal, and the political arena became like a pool of stagnant water. Without the injection of fresh blood, it lost its upward momentum.

In order to maintain his rule and reunify mankind, the emperor has become increasingly violent in recent years.

Perhaps the reason why my father showed that expression is because this empire has completely deviated from the original intention of our ancestors when they created this country...


Chapter completed!