Chapter 72: The Age of the Five Emperors (2)

In the blink of an eye, decades have passed, at this time, the emperor has reigned for 70 years, such as today's great rule, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the emperor is also full of merits, and then he will live in seclusion in the holy land of the human race.

At the time of his departure, the heavens descended merit, Taiyi Zhenren got a share, and the cultivation was directly promoted to the middle stage of Daluo Jinxian, although the Five Emperors had merit, but it was far inferior to the Three Emperors, Taiyi Zhenren only got a merit, and the cultivation would naturally not improve much.

However, the emperor also has selfish intentions, he loves his fourth concubine Changyi's son Zhi, so after the abdication, he passed on to Zhizhi, Zhizhi is talented, and tyrannical, has governed the world for nine years, is not good at government, the people's grievances are boiling, and because there is no one behind him, the prestige is not enough to deter all the forces in the clan.

So, under pressure from all sides, after consulting with everyone, he abdicated and made way for Xian and Yao, the disciple of the Western Sect of Medicine Master.

And this Yao is also the younger brother of Zhi, Yao, surnamed Yiqi, named Fangxun, was named Tang Marquis at the age of fifteen, he shared weal and woe with the people in Tang Land, developed agriculture, properly handled all kinds of government affairs, and governed Tang Land in an orderly manner, not only supported by the people, but also praised by many tribal leaders.

Release Xun is the emperor's throne, the emperor's name Yao, because of the initial seal in the Tang Dynasty, that is, the Tang Dynasty Code, this is the first dynasty code name in the history of our country, the descendants call it Tang Yao, according to legend, Emperor Yao is as benevolent as the sky, wisdom is like God, close to him, like the sun warms people's hearts, look up to him, like clouds covering the earth.

He was rich but not proud, noble but not indulgent, he wore a yellow hat, he wore black clothes, and a scarlet chariot drove a white horse, and he was able to respect the virtuous people, so that nine generations of his kindred people loved each other, and the people of the same clan were already in harmony, and he went to inspect the hundred officials, and the hundred officials were well known, and all the princes and states could live in harmony.

After Tang Yao ascended the throne, he reinstated his brother Zhi in Tang as Tang Hou, and he learned from his brother's mistakes, and with the support of his teacher pharmacist, he quickly stabilized the human race.

Tang Yao often went deep into the poor countryside, went to the mountains and wilderness to investigate and visit, asked the talents, inspected the political gains and losses, selected the talents, lest the talents be buried, and there were nine heroes in the history of Zaiyao, or eleven people, which can be described as full of talents.

With the assistance of so many talents, the human race prospered under Yao's governance, and in the early days of Tang Yao's reign, the astronomical calendar was still very imperfect, and the people often delayed the agricultural time.

Therefore, Yao ordered the Xi clan and the He clan to follow the will of the heavens, according to the appearance of the sun and the moon and the position of the stars, to formulate a calendar, and carefully teach the people the festivals to engage in production.

The Xi and He tribes were in charge of astronomy, and according to the movement of the sun, moon and stars, and other celestial phenomena and natural phenology, the time and days were determined, and the four seasons were determined, and the cycle of the moon was one month, the cycle of the sun was one year, and the year was set as three hundred and sixty-six days.

This is the earliest recorded calendar in China, laying the foundation of the lunar calendar in China, there are 366 days in a year, and the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter are corrected by the method of placing leap months.

Di Yao also sincerely admonished the hundred officials to abide by their duties and handle everything properly, so under such governance, the human race once again ushered in a wave of high development, and at this time, Di Yao has been in power for more than 70 years, and he feels that his merits are complete, so he wants to find a great sage to take over the position of the co-master of the human race.

So, Di Yao summoned the ministers and asked them who could take over the position of the co-lord of the human race, and after listening to it, the ministers discussed with each other for a while before replying, "Dan Zhu, the son of the co-master, is familiar with affairs and can take over the position of the emperor of the people." ”

Di Yao said disdainfully, "Hmph! Dan Zhu, his people are stupid and vicious, and they are not properly used." ”

When everyone heard this, they were all silent, Dan Zhu was Di Yao's most beloved son, and now Di Yao was excluded, and everyone suddenly lost their recommendation.

After a moment of silence, everyone began to discuss the candidates again, and in the end, everyone finally reached a consensus, and everyone said, "His Majesty the Holy Emperor Xuanyuan has a grandson named Kun, this person has a wide range of knowledge, extraordinary skills, and is praised by everyone in the world, and is enough to take on this important responsibility." ”

When Di Yao heard this, he lowered his head and thought for a while, and was just about to agree, when his heart suddenly moved, only to see Di Yao's eyes roll, and then stroked his beard and said, "This person is indeed good, but you still recommend a few more, don't make mistakes." ”

As soon as everyone heard this, they felt the truth deeply, and they began to discuss it again, and suddenly, the minister Siyue said to Yao, "There is a person named Yu Shun who lives among the people, and his virtue is very good. I just don't know if he can be qualified for the position of co-master. ”

Hearing this, Di Yao said, "Well, I've also heard of this person, but I don't know how, you tell me carefully." ”

Siyue replied, "Shun lives in a family environment of 'stubborn father, arrogant mother, and arrogant', his father is blind and has a bad heart, his stepmother is two-faced and stabbed, and his younger brother is unruly.

However, Shun does not lose his son to his parents, is very filial, and his younger brother is very friendly, many years like a day, without the slightest slack, Shun when the family wants to harm him, timely escape, a little better, immediately return to them, as much as possible to help, such an unfortunate life, such a bad environment, but Shun can get along with his family, do his filial piety, and govern the family well, so that they will not go to evil. ”

Then, Yao said, "Then I'll try him first!"

So Emperor Yao married his two daughters, Empress E and Nuying, to Shun, and observed his virtues from the two daughters to see if he could take care of the housekeeping, and Shun asked them to live in their homes by the Fu River with dignity and abide by the way of women.

The two daughters are very devoted to Shun, abide by the women's way, Shun makes pottery, can drive the people around to engage seriously, keep improving, put an end to the phenomenon of shoddy manufacturing, where he goes, people are willing to follow, so one year and live in Chengju (gathering that is, the village), two years into Yi, three years Chengdu (four counties for the capital).

Yao was very happy to learn of these circumstances, and gave Shun a silk cloth (fine kudzu cloth clothes) and a qin, gave cattle and sheep, and built a barn for him, but he still wanted to kill him, conspired with his family, and murdered Shun many times, but Shun was always like God's blessing, and was able to miraculously come back to life, even so, Shun still treated his parents as before, loved his brothers, and was more respectful.

In this way, after trying Shun's conduct, Yao began to let Shun contact government affairs, Yao asked Shun to try out the position of Situ, responsible for the implementation of moral education, and Shun taught his subjects to the "Five Classics".

That is, the five virtues of fatherhood, mother's kindness, brotherhood, brotherhood, and filial piety guide their behavior, and their subjects are willing to listen to his teachings and generally act in accordance with the "Five Classics".

Yao also asked Shun to be in charge of hundreds of officials and handle government affairs, and all the officials obeyed Shun's command, and all of them were revitalized, none of them were deserted, and they appeared to be particularly orderly and disorderly.

Yao also let Shun in the four gates of the Ming Hall, responsible for receiving the princes who came to see the Quartet, Shun and the princes got along very well, but also made the princes are harmonious and friendly, and the princes and guests from afar respected him.

In the end, Yao asked Shun to go alone to the forest at the foot of the mountain and endure the test of nature. In the storm and thunderstorm, Shun can not lose his way and still walk, showing a strong ability to live.

After many tests, Yao saw Shun's extraordinary talent and noble character, and Shun was finally recognized by Yao, so Di Yao ordered people to prepare and pass on the position of co-owner to Shun.

During the reign of Emperor Yao, there was no less propaganda of Western religion, but the effect was not very good, long before the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, people had begun to preach the three religions in the human race, and Western religion was limited to the West.

Although there is Di Yao's propaganda, the Western religion is too remote compared to the human race, but fortunately, there are still some people who believe in the Western religion, which also makes the Western religion flourish in the East.

And Shun's master is the Holy Mother of Jin Ling, and the big disciple of the Interception Sect, Duobao Daoren, was arranged in the last master of the human emperor, after Shun ascended the position of the co-master of the human race, Our Lady of Jin Ling naturally accompanied him, solved problems for him, and taught him the method of cultivation.

First, by observing the Big Dipper, Emperor Shun investigated whether the movement of the sun, moon and the five stars of metal, wood, water, fire and earth was abnormal, and then held a temporary ritual to sacrifice to the saints, and used the ritual of putting the sacrifices on the fire to sacrifice the four times of heaven and earth, and used the ritual of remote sacrifice to worship the famous mountains and rivers, and generally sacrificed to the gods of all walks of life.

He collected the five kinds of jade talisman letters held by the fifth marquis of the male rank of the prince and the prince, Huan Gui, Xin Gui, Bow Gui, Gu Bi, and Pu Bi, selected a good month and auspicious day, summoned the four mountains and the state governors, and awarded them to them.

Shun went to the east to inspect, when he arrived at Mount Tai, he used the ritual of burning wood to worship Dongyue, and used the ritual of remote sacrifice to worship the famous mountains and rivers in various places.

Then he summoned the princes of the East to coordinate and correct the four solar terms, the size of the moon, and the first and second of the sun, and to unify the rhythm and the standards of length, volume, and weight.

The five rituals of cultivating Mingji, fierce, bin, jun, and jia stipulate that the princes use five kinds of guibi and three kinds of colored silk, the emperor uses two kinds of animals, lamb and wild goose, and the scholar uses a dead pheasant as a gift for the court, and the five kinds of guibi are still returned to the princes after the court meeting ceremony.

Shun generally stated to the princes how to govern the country, clearly examined it according to his achievements, and gave chariots and horses clothes according to merit, and Shun began to divide the world into twelve states and dredge rivers.

It stipulates that the law shall be enforced according to the normal punishment, and the five punishments of piercing, nose cutting, foot amputation, castration, and beheading shall be reduced by the method of exile, and the punishment shall be carried out with a whip in the administration of affairs in the government, and the punishment shall be punished by a ruler in school education.

Those who have caused negligence due to disasters shall be pardoned, and those who persist in doing evil shall be punished.

At this time, Shun inspected, and exiled the donkey to Chongshan in order to change the customs of the Nanban, and migrated Sanmiao to Sanwei Mountain in order to change the customs of Xirong.

However, there are unforeseen storms and clouds in the sky, Shun reigned in the late period, torrential rain and floods occurred in the flood, and the disaster is getting more and more serious, this time it is not the dragon clan in the wind and waves, but the real natural disaster, Shun is not very proficient in this way, as a last resort, he handed over the task of water control to another great sage of the human race, Kun.

The father of this Kun is Emperor Zhuan, and the father of Zhuan is Changyi, and Changyi's father is the Yellow Emperor. Kun was originally a famous Terran and a powerful candidate for the throne of the Human Emperor, but unfortunately they all became ministers to Zhi, and as a result, after Di Yao became the co-leader of the Terran Race, he was deposed.

Since receiving the task of controlling the water, he has worked hard and worked hard, but no matter how strong Kun is, how can he stop this unparalleled flood with the strength of one person, and even if the human race gathers together to work together, he can't withstand this terrible natural disaster.

However, Kun is still obligated to this matter, and after receiving the order of Emperor Shun, Kun packed up and went to control the water with everyone.

Kun adopted the method of blocking, using the soil left by Nuwa Niangniang after the creation of human beings, creating dikes and mountains to force the Yellow River to return to its place, and blocking the river to store water, so that the people's agriculture has a source of irrigation.

Ten years later, the flood broke out again, and it was even more ferocious than before.

After the death of Kun, a baby was born in the corpse, which was saved by the big disciple Duobao Daoren, Duobao handed Yu over to be raised by Kun's wife, and Yu knew about his father, determined to be ashamed of his father and pacify the flood, so he ran around to find a good way to control the water.

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