Chapter 328: Five Emperors Rule the World
After cutting the sky and building the wood, and after breaking the heavens, he returned to the human race.
At this time, the immortal channel has been broken, and the immortals and gods in the heavenly court cannot go to the lower realm, plus Haotian ascended to the throne and cleaned up the evil immortals, for a while, the human race was calm.
In the eighty-first year of his reign, he was punished by heaven for cutting down the wood, so in the last year, he was no longer able to manage the human race, so he wanted to follow the example of the three emperors and hand over the position of co-master to the virtuous people of the human race.
It is said that in the West Sea, in the land of poor mulberry, there is a son of the Monkey, and his uncle is the co-owner of the human race.
He gave birth to a son, named Gao Xin, that is, the emperor, the emperor was born with a lot of aura, as soon as he was born, he called out his name, and was accepted as a disciple by Taiyi Zhenren under the Yuqing Sect.
And Taiyi Zhenren also made a lot of hard work to study the affairs of the human race, not only teaching the emperor the method of cultivation, but also giving some opinions on the governance of human affairs.
After teaching, Emperor Yu gave full play to his strengths, and at a young age, he taught his tribe in an orderly manner, and became more and more famous among the human race.
Emperor Yu's behavior fell into the eyes of Zhen Xu, which made him overjoyed, and said that he had found the next co-master. He ordered him to be brought to the capital, and after some consideration, he granted the position of co-lord to the emperor.
Emperor Yu ruled the country with benevolence and lived a frugal life; he usually looked solemn and quiet, and his moral character was as lofty as a mountain. He was gracious, loving, and trustworthy. He is deaf and clear-sighted, can understand the situation in the distance, can perceive subtle matters, he conforms to the will of God, understands the needs of the people, is benevolent and majestic, gentle and trustworthy, cultivates himself, and the world submits.
He collects the goods of the land and uses them sparingly, he cares for and educates all the peoples, he teaches them all kinds of useful things, he calculates the movement of the sun and the moon to determine the solar terms of the year, and respectfully welcomes the coming and going of the sun and the moon, he knows the spirits and spirits, he serves them prudently, he is dignified and virtuous, he acts in accordance with the time, and he takes them like a scholar.
The emperor ruled the people, like the rain watering the farmland as impartiality, all over the world, where the sun and the moon shine, where the wind and rain go, no one is disobedient and submitted, and the future generations will praise it:
"The ancestor is from Xuanyuan, the descendant of Xuanhuan, and his name is spoken. Wood rule the world. Funing heaven and earth, the holy spiritual guest, teaching the four seas, tomorrow and the sun. ”
During the reign of Emperor Yu, he was deeply influenced by Taiyi Zhenren, and Taiyi Zhenren had a mild temperament, therefore, when Emperor Yu governed the human race, he was benevolent and benevolent, not like Xuanyuan and Xuanyuan in general, if Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor and Xuanyuan Huangdi's greatest contribution was to unify the human race and initially establish the concept of a family and country for the human race, then Emperor Yu's greatest achievement was to restore the happy and healthy life of the Shennong era without worrying about food and clothing.
Emperor Yu lived with the people internally, stopped fighting externally, many barbarian tribes were inspired by it to accept peace, and the human race entered a calm and vigorous era, so the emperor felt the great virtue of Taiyi Zhenren, and vigorously preached the teaching, so that the prestige of the teaching in the human race rose again for a time, and for a time, it was far more than the human religion.
After decades of this, the emperor has been in power for 70 years, such as today's great rule, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the emperor is also full of merits, so he wants to pass on the position of the co-master.
However, the emperor also has selfish intentions, he loves the son of the fourth concubine Changyi, so after the abdication, he passed on to Zhizhi, Zhizhi is talented, and tyrannical, he has governed the world for nine years, the government is not good, 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 had no choice but to abdicate and let Xian and Yao, the disciple of the Western Sect 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.
Fang Xun is the emperor's throne, the emperor's name Yao, because the first seal in the Tang Dynasty, that is, Tang as the dynasty code, later generations called it Tang Yao.
Emperor Yao is as virtuous as the sky, wisdom is like a god, close to him, like the sun warms people's hearts, he respects the virtuous people, so that the nine generations of the same clan love each other, the people of the same clan have been harmonious, and go to inspect the hundred officials, the hundred officials have made outstanding achievements, and all the princes and states can live in harmony.
After Tang Yao ascended the throne, he reinstated his brother Zhi in Tang as Tang Hou, he learned from his brother's mistakes, with the support of the teacher pharmacist, quickly stabilized the human race, Tang Yao often went deep into the poor countryside, to the mountains and wilderness to find a detailed visit, to ask for talents, to inspect political gains and losses, the selection of talents, lest the talents be buried, there are sages in the wild, Shi Zaiyao's heroes are nine, or eleven people, it can be said that there are many talents.
In the early days of Tang Yao's reign, the astronomical calendar was still very imperfect, and the people often delayed the agricultural time, so Yao followed the will of the heavenly court, according to the appearance of the sun and the moon, and the position of the stars, the calendar was formulated, and the people were cautiously taught to engage in the production season.
According to the movement of the sun, moon and stars and natural phenology, the four seasons were determined, and the moon cycle was used as a month and the sun as a year, with 366 days in a year, and the method of placing leap months to correct the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
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. ”
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, 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, so they began to discuss it again, and suddenly, they only heard the minister Siyue say 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. ”
"Well, I've heard of this person, but I don't know how, you tell me carefully. Yao said.
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 I'll try him first!" Yao thought about it and decided to investigate a Shun 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 production, where he goes, people are willing to follow, so one year and live in Chengju, two years into Yi, three years in Chengdu.
Yao was very happy to learn of these circumstances, and gave Shun a silk coat and a piano, gave cattle and sheep, and built a barn for him, but Su still wanted to kill him, conspired with his family, and murdered Yu Shun many times, but Shun was always like a blessing from God, 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 come into contact with government affairs, Yao asked Shun to try out the position of Situ, responsible for the implementation of moral education, Shun taught his subjects to use the "five codes", that is, father's righteousness, mother's kindness, brother and friend, brother Gong, and son filial piety These five virtues guide their behavior, and the subjects are willing to listen to his teachings and generally act in accordance with the "Five Codes".
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 seemed 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. Shun in the storm and thunderstorm, can not lose his way, still walking, showing a strong ability to live, after many tests, Yao saw Shun's extraordinary talent and noble character, Shun finally got Yao's recognition, so Di Yao ordered people to prepare, the position of the co-owner to Shun.
During the reign of Di 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 in the human race, and Western religion was limited to the West, although there was Di Yao's propaganda, but the Western religion was too remote compared to the human race, but fortunately, there were still some people who believed in Western religion, which also made Western religion flourish in the East.
And Shun's master is the Holy Mother of Jin Ling, after Shun ascended the throne 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 marquis of the fifth rank of the prince and the male marquis, Huan Gui, Xin Gui, Bow Gui, Gu Bi, and Pu Bi, chose a good month and auspicious day, summoned the four mountains and the state pastors, and awarded them, Shun went to the east to inspect, when he arrived at Mount Tai, he sacrificed Dongyue with the ritual of burning firewood, and sacrificed the famous mountains and rivers in various places with the ritual of remote sacrifice.
Then, he summoned the princes of the East, coordinated and corrected the four solar terms, the size of the moon, and the A and B of the sun, unified the music and the standards of length, capacity, and weight, and cultivated the five kinds of etiquette of Mingji, fierce, bin, army, and jia, and stipulated that the princes should use five kinds of guibi and three kinds of colored silk, and the emperor should use two kinds of animals, lamb and wild goose, and the scholars should use dead pheasants as gifts for the court, and the five kinds of guibi should still be returned to the princes after the court meeting ceremony is completed.
Shun generally stated to the princes the way of governing the country, clearly examined according to the merits, and gave chariots and horses clothes according to merit, Shun began to divide the world into twelve states, dredged rivers, prescribed that the law should be enforced according to normal punishments, and the five punishments of piercing, cutting off noses, cutting off feet, castration, and killing heads were reduced by the method of exile, and the punishment was inflicted with whips in government affairs, and punishments were punished with precepts in school education.
Those who have caused negligence due to disasters shall be pardoned; those who persist in doing evil and persist in harming must be punished; at this time, Sanmiao has repeatedly made trouble in the Jiangjiang and Huai valleys and in the Jingzhou area, and at this time Shun has made an inspection, so he exiled the donkey to Chongshan in order to change the customs of the Nanban, and Sanmiao was relocated to Sanwei Mountain in order to change the customs of Xirong, and Shun's actions were accepted by the world.
However, there are unforeseen circumstances, Shun in the late reign, torrential rain and floods 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, it is still incumbent on this matter, after getting the order of Emperor Shun, Kun packed up his bags and went to control the water with everyone, and Kun adopted the method of blocking, using Nuwa Niangniang to stay in the rest of the human race after creating people, making 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, and the human race suffered heavy losses for a while, and Kun was also beheaded by Emperor Shun.
After the death of Kun, a baby was born in his body, which was rescued by the big disciple of the sect Duobao Daoren, Duobao handed Yu over to Kun's wife to raise, and Yu knew about his father, determined to be ashamed of his father and calm the flood, so he ran around to find a good way to control the water.