Since Di Yao's death, Di Shun planned to make a big political reform, and he boldly appointed some ministers during Di Yao's period. For example: Gaotao, Qi, Abandonment, Boyi, Kui, Long, Chui, Boyi and others, Di Shun reused them.

Emperor Shun saw that the minister who controlled the flood, Bo Kun, had been dead for many years, and no one could subdue the flood, and seeing that the flood could not be eliminated for a long time, he had been worried about this matter. So, Emperor Shun came to ask the ministers for their opinions.

Di Shun said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the current flood is serious, you see who can cure this flood." ”

The minister Gao Tao recommended Ji Yu and said: "Emperor Yao, I heard that Bo Kun left a son named Ji Yu after his death. Ji Yu is the son of Bo Kun, but he is much more virtuous and capable than his father. He is a very trustworthy person, who is humble, courteous, serious, and simple. ”

Di Shun said: "For a person like Ji Yu, we can't despise him because he is the son of Bo Kun. We want people who have the ability to control the flood as soon as possible, so I have decided to hand over the responsibility of controlling the flood to him. Gaotao, you can send someone to invite Ji Yu to the capital now. ”

Di Shun had already informed Ji Yu to come to the imperial capital to discuss matters, but he was not seen to arrive for a long time, not to mention that floods in various places occurred one after another, which inevitably made Di Shun anxious. On this day, Ji Yu finally rushed to the imperial capital to meet Di Shun, and Di Shun immediately convened the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to hold a grand celebration meeting.

At the meeting, Emperor Shun said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the current flood is rampant, and the people of the world are suffering deeply. Now, we have finally found the man who can control the flood, and his name is Ji Yu, the son of Bo Kun. I hope that Ji Yu can inherit his father's last wish and can control the floods in the world. May I ask you, do you have the ability and the means to manage the current flood disaster well? ”

Ji Yu said: "Emperor Shun, Ji Yu knows that my father only used hard work and resentment to control the flood, but he did not get the best way to control the water, so he will end in failure." However, Ji Yu realized the reason for his father's failure to control the water. Moreover, the minister also had the help of the gods, and got a strange book called "Hetuluo Book". This is the magic weapon for the minister to finally eliminate the water disaster, so the minister is full of confidence in completing the great cause of water control. ”

Di Shun said with satisfaction: "This is very good, but at least a few helpers must be used to control the water, who will help him?" ”

Boyi said: "Emperor Shun, let the ministers help him." ”

Di Shun thought for a while and said: "Since Boyi proposed to help Ji Yu, it means that everyone still hopes to clear the water disaster as soon as possible, which is very good." Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to take this opportunity to clarify your responsibilities. Because Emperor Yao did not have a clear division of responsibilities for everyone back then, now, I will reappoint everyone's positions. I hope that you can better serve the people of the world in your respective positions. ”

When the ministers heard this, they all waited intently for the appointment of Emperor Shun. In fact, Di Shun had been thinking about this matter for a long time in his heart, so he asked Wen Chenlong to bring the prepared documents.

Di Shun glanced at the document, and he asked Long to read the decree, and Long said: "Minister Ji Yu obeys the order, and your position is to serve as the secretary." Sikong, you have to take it as your responsibility to manage the water and soil in the world. Because your mission is to keep the water and soil free and the world at peace;

The minister gave up obeying orders, and your position is to serve as the queen. Houji, your mission is to take charge of agriculture. You are to develop agriculture so that everyone in the world will be fed, and if anyone goes hungry, it will be a rereliction of your duty.

The minister is obedient, and your position is to serve as Situ. Situ, your mission is to promote indoctrination. You have to educate the people to regulate their behavior with the five virtues of fatherhood, motherhood, brotherhood, brotherhood, and filial piety. In this way, our society will be able to be stable and peaceful.

The minister Gao Tao obeyed the order, and your position is to serve as a 'Leo'. Leoch, your mission is to administer criminal law. You will decide how to sentence the offender according to the severity of their crime. Leniency should be given to prisoners who have committed less serious crimes, and severe punishment should be imposed on prisoners who have committed more serious crimes.

The minister obeys the order, and your position is to serve as a 'co-worker'. Gonggong, your mission is to be in charge of hundreds of workers. You are responsible for widely promoting the fresh inventions and inherent techniques of various craftsmen, so that the people can widely apply advanced technologies as soon as possible.

Minister Boyi obeys orders, and your position is to serve as 'Yu'. Yu, your mission is to take charge of the mountains and forests. You have to control all the mountains, forests, land, mountains, rivers, lakes and seas in the world, so that we can fully control the resources of the world.

The minister Boyi obeyed the order, and your position is to serve as the 'rank sect' and preside over the ceremonies. Your mission is to make people not forget to worship their ancestors and gods, and to let everyone know the etiquette and etiquette that should be followed between the elder and the young.

Obey the Minister, your position is to be a music officer, and your mission is to be in charge of music and education. You have to encourage people to learn about music, teach people to recognize the rhythm of music, and instruct people to use song and dance to entertain their lives. ”

At this point, Di Yao preached: "Minister Long obeys orders, and your position is to serve as 'Nayan'. Your mission is to be responsible for issuing orders from the Son of Heaven and collecting the opinions and suggestions of the people, as well as different voices from different classes.

Ladies and gentlemen, the appointment is here, we must live up to the trust of the world and work together to govern the world well. I suggest that from this day forward, every minister here, under the supervision of the dragon, should examine the achievements of the government every three years. Then, we use the results of the three inspections as a reference to decide whether to promote or remove each minister. So, we'll have to wait and see what you achieve. ”

After Di Shun spoke, the ministers all sweated in the bottom of their hearts, and Ji Yu said in his heart: "Di Shun is still powerful, and he has smashed a large task on each of our heads, and the burden on our shoulders is not light?" This has to be assessed once in the end, and it seems that it can't be done well. ”

Just when everyone was whispering, Di Shun said again: "Everyone, during the period of Ji Yu's water control, I am afraid that we will only send Boyi alone." I think so, let the ministers of Houji, Qi, and Gaotao go to assist him. ”

When several ministers heard the roll call, they stood up one after another and expressed their willingness to obey Di Shun's orders. Then, Emperor Shun happily set up a feast in the palace to reward the ministers and let them serve the country well in the future.

Dayu got a few good helpers, it was really like a tiger with wings, and he was very happy in his heart.

So, Ji Yu asked everyone during the banquet: "Ladies and gentlemen, in the future, I will rely on you, we will trek through mountains and rivers together, cross mountains and mountains together, and be fearless of hardships together, so that we will have a vigorous journey of water control." ”

At the beginning of the flood control, Hou Ji asked Ji Yu: "Ji Yu, the current flood is so extensive, where do we start?" ”

Ji Yu said to everyone: "Everyone, our task now is to first investigate all the tributaries of the entire Yellow River and its basin, including the source of each major tributary, the distribution of the upper, middle and lower reaches of the river basin, the direction of the river channel, and the topography. We also pile up stones or cut down trees in important areas as markers to make it easier to use as a reference when it comes to flood control. ”

Bo Yi said: "It seems that Ji Yu means that we should take the Yellow River as the center and make a preliminary plan for flood control. ”

Ji Yu said: "Boyi, you are very right. In addition, I would like you to register what you have seen and heard during our visit and in the process of water control. You must record the famous mountains and rivers, the veins of mountains and rivers, gold and jade deposits, birds, beasts, insects and fisheries, folk customs in all directions, exotic countries, the length of land, overseas foreign objects, good and evil things, the eight desolate wonders, local customs, and peculiar products. ”

So, Boyi followed Ji Yu's advice and recorded all the species and what they saw and heard during their expedition. (Later, these records were compiled into a strange book by later generations, called "The Classic of Mountains and Seas".) ）

Under the leadership of Dayu, they went to all over the world, traveled all the mountains and rivers in the world, and had a detailed understanding of the geological structure of each region, so everything was under his control.

After this field investigation, Dayu took the Yellow River as the center, and took the tributaries along the Yellow River as the breakthrough point, and formulated nine paths and plans for flood control, as a macro plan for water control.

Dayu's investigation has indeed gone through hardships and is very difficult. Dayu They traveled all over the mountains and seas, found out the topography and the direction of the water flow, and decided to use the method of diverting the flood into the sea to eliminate the flood.

After formulating the water control plan, Dayu said to everyone: "Everyone, we must first veto and learn from my father's water control strategy. On the basis of his experience in water control, he turned the single flood enclosure and weir he carried out in those years into a river enclosure and weir construction while opening a waterway, so as to guide the water discharge according to the situation.

In my opinion, we should also drain water from highlands to low-lying lands, from low-lying areas to small rivers, from small rivers to large rivers, from large rivers to lakes, and then from lakes to oceans according to the inertia of water flows. Generally speaking, according to the topography of the mountains and rivers in the west and low in the east, the water is drained from west to east along the direction of the river. ”

The flood control project began. Dayu personally took a pickaxe and led thousands of people to dig ditches and open mountains and dredge rivers. At this time, the turtle Feng Yi also came to help transport the earth and stones, and the giant Zhuhai also used his big feet to draw a deep ditch in the ground to guide the flood.

In the process of water control, the most arduous project is the excavation of the gantry. Longmen is a large mountain that sits high in the middle of the Yellow River, blocking the way of the rushing river, which has to make a detour through a narrow channel at the foot of the mountain.

Whenever the volume of water increased, the river roared and overflowed in all directions. Dayu is not afraid of hard work, not afraid of hardships and dangers, he led people to dig the dragon gate little by little.

In summer, the scorching sun is in the sky, and the mountains and rocks are often hot, and Dayu they are sweating and still working non-stop. At night, they also have to deal with attacks from poisonous insects and beasts.

In winter, the north wind is howling, the weather is cold, Dayu and they are still digging the frozen hard ground with a pickaxe, and his hands are grinding out blood blisters, but he doesn't care, take a little rest, and dry up again.

Under the leadership of Dayu, everyone worked together day and night to fight on the water control front. From winter to spring, it took them five years to split a big hole in the huge Longmen Mountain, and the river finally flowed smoothly to the sea.

Watching the water of the Yellow River rolling eastward, people were excited one by one, and they cheered around Dayu. Dayu's face finally showed a happy smile.

That time, when Dayu was inspecting a river north of Taiyue, the wind suddenly blew violently, the dark clouds rolled, and the lightning thundered. Then the heavy rain poured down, and the flash flood broke out in an instant, and the flash flood swept away many people at once.

Dayu They saw with their own eyes that some people were struggling in the roaring flood, and some people disappeared in the blink of an eye in the rushing flood. Dayu's disciples were frightened because of this, so some people later called this river "Tuxiao River".

Another time, Dayu and they inspected the southern suburbs of Luoshui. Originally, there was a large mountain range here, and this mountain range stretched all the way to Nakadake Song Mountain. This vein is stacked with peaks and peaks, majestic and majestic, like a natural barrier running east-west.

However, there is a natural gap in the middle of this mountain, and there is always a trickle of water flowing out of the gap in the rocks. However, when a major flood occurs, the river is blocked by mountains, so a large vortex forms in the gap.

Such a whirlpool, accompanied by the rushing river, instantly rushed out of the embankment and rushed down the mountain stream, directly endangering the lives of the surrounding people. After investigation, Dayu decided to concentrate all the manpower and material resources and focus on governance here.

Hard work tempers everyone's will, but under the leadership of Dayu, they are not afraid of difficulties and know the difficulties. Although there were always accidents during this period, some people were injured by rocks, and they were slightly injured and could not get out of the line of fire.

In the course of labor, some people accidentally fell from the mountains and died, and some people were swept away by the rushing floods. However, the people who remained still insisted on controlling the water unswervingly, and their lives continued to split the mountains.

A long time ago, the Hukou place of the Yellow River was originally impassable. Therefore, every time the Yellow River floods, a large amount of sediment brought by the boiling river water is silted up there, forming a siltation plateau.

Whenever there is a flash flood, the flood water really can't flow out, and it starts to overflow the embankment. This is followed by flooding of the tidal flats, then the surrounding fields and villages, and sometimes even small hills.

When Dayu saw this situation, he immediately found the crux of the flood. He immediately led the masses of people to excavate and widen this section of silted water, and cleared the silt at the bottom of the river, opening a large opening, which was enough to allow the Yellow River flood peak to pass smoothly.

Driven by Dayu, the progress of water control is rapid, many mountains are finally suddenly opened, the flood has poured thousands of miles, and the Yellow River has been unimpeded since then. In this way, under the leadership of Dayu, the broad masses of the people are united, they have overcome one danger after another, and the progress of flood control is very fast.

Dayu They came and went in the wind and rain, crossed the mountains and mountains, eliminated all difficulties, fought the scorching heat and cold, measured the terrain day and night, excavated the river, and twisted into a rope with the masses. Among them, when measuring the lot, the erection of the sea is indispensable, and the big turtle also contributes to the view of the terrain.

Whenever a section of the river is governed, Dayu will let Houji, who manages agriculture, plant rice in some low-lying and damp places. Hou Ji is very good at planting crops, he not only taught the local people the techniques of rice planting, but also taught the people to raise fish, raise geese and ducks, and grow cattails in the lake, so that the original water disaster has become a water conservancy for the benefit of the people. Houji's achievements in agricultural management have directly promoted agricultural development.

Dayu not only took the lead in water control, but he also always cared about the suffering of the people. Once, Dayu came to a place to control the water, and he found a very poor family. There was an old man in that family, and the old man was paralyzed on the kang and couldn't take care of himself.

The old man's son is working on Dayu's water control site, and the old man is still with a very young child. The child was yellow and thin, and the old man was skinny and skinny.

Dayu found that whenever the young man finished a day's work, he hurried home to get some food, and he was reluctant to eat that food, but first fed the old father a few bites, and then fed the child a few bites. Eventually, the young people had nothing to eat and had to drink water to satisfy their hunger, or go outside to dig up some wild vegetables to eat.

Someone asked the young man if he was hungry like this, and the young man always said to others: "In fact, no one can eat enough food, especially if everyone is hungry, it is better to sell the child and exchange some money for the old father to eat." ”

Later, they did find a buyer, and the young man sold the child. The old father knew that his grandson had been sold, and he cried and shouted for his grandson to come back. Dayu knew about this, he couldn't bear to see the father and son separated, so he went to redeem the child.

Dayu also asked Houji to send some food to the young man, so that he could take good care of his father and children. The young man was moved and overwhelmed, he didn't thank Dayu, so he had to kowtow vigorously to thank him.

In fact, wherever Dayu goes to control the water, he will bring warmth wherever he goes. As long as he saw that the people had nothing to eat, he would ask Houji to distribute the only grain to everyone. Many people were saved because of this, and they were moved to call Dayu's name and praise him as the great savior of the world.