Chapter 49 Dayu controls the water

The Duobao Daoist took the newly accepted disciple Lingming Stone Monkey Yuan Ling, drove the Lingyun all the way to the Biyou Palace on Jinao Island, and ordered the boy to call a few disciples to him. Secretly observed it, and found that the six-eared macaque Yuan Ming and the gibbon monkey Yuan Hong had already cultivated the ninth turn of Xuangong to the fourth turn at this time, and they both had true immortal Taoism. The nine layers of these nine turns of Xuan Gong correspond to the nine realms of the Tao, and according to legend, if you practice to the ninth turn of the highest level, you can prove the Tao and become holy, but whether you can really reach it or not, but no one has ever studied it, this exercise is more difficult than the way of cultivation, and the more you go to the back, every time you break through one layer, you need a huge amount of mana. Mana is transformed by the cultivator's absorption of heaven and earth aura, such as the day when the aura is less than one day, this road is doomed to be impassable. That Ling Xiao is even more blessed, and now there is Taiyi Xuanxian Dao.

Duobao Daoist looked at the few disciples in front of him, and his heart was really happy. He pulled Yuan Ling to his front and said to everyone: "This is the new disciple of the teacher, the Lingming stone monkey in the four monkeys of the mixed world, named Yuan Ling, in the future, you will practice the nine turns of Xuangong together, and reach the five turns of Xuangong as soon as possible. After that, he imprinted the Nine Turns Xuangong cultivation method into Yuan Ling's brain, and took out the Nine Poles of Chiyou Qi and a mixed iron rod from his sleeve and gave them to Yuan Ling. And the Chiyou Banner given by the Duobao Dao people should be able to condense the ancestral witch Zhurong in the future, the Chiyou Banner of the six-eared macaque can condense the ancestral witch Tianwu, the Chiyou Banner of the gibbon monkey can condense the ancestral witch and the soil, and the Chiyou Banner of the Chijiri horse monkey can condense the ancestral witch to work together, which just corresponds to the land, water, fire, and wind, of course, the demon god they condensed out is absolutely impossible to compare with the demon god condensed by the twelve heavenly gods and gods condensed by the twelve heavenly Hades flag, it is just a phantom.

ordered the four of them to go down to cultivate for a good life, but when they saw the Ling Xiao looking at him from the side, Duobao Dao knew what he was thinking in his heart as soon as he moved. It turned out that Ling Xiao saw that the teacher had given the senior brother and junior the magic weapon several times, and in addition to the golden gun he got when he was apprenticed, there was only one yin and yang cylinder that was given by his father, so he didn't feel a little surprised. Thinking of this, Duobao Dao people don't feel a little guilty, but they are negligent. As soon as his heart moved, he took out a banana fan from his own space, which was transformed by the banana tree he had obtained on Buzhou Mountain back then, and this fan was the fan that fanned the fire. In this way, this Ling Xiao melee has a golden gun, a banana fan for long-range attack, and a Yin and Yang cylinder to protect the body, and it is not a problem. Hand the fan to Ling Xiao, pass it on the usage, and see that Ling Xiao happily went down to practice.

After dealing with these things, just when the people of Duobao Dao were about to breathe a sigh of relief, they saw a little girl with pigtails running in from outside the door, and the golden bell on her ankle ran and jingled, it was the girl. It's just that at this time, the girl's face is full of tears, and the pear blossoms bring rain. Duobao Daoren hurriedly stepped forward to pick her up and asked, "Who bullied our little princess, and the grandfather asked him to be angry for the girl." ”

The girl cried: "My Xiaobai is gone, and I asked Ao Bing, and he said that he might have been eaten by the beasts in the mountains." When Duobao Dao people heard this, they sighed in their hearts, and their hearts were really afraid of something. At that moment, I had to use all kinds of means, and told her interesting stories about the flood, and finally took advantage of the little girl's curiosity to make the little princess burst into tears and laugh, and no longer entangled in Xiaobai's affairs. At this moment, I felt a huge momentum sweeping across the hall, and my heart moved, knowing that the teacher Tongtian Sect Master was finally out of the customs, and went to the main hall of Biyou Palace with the girl to meet him.

However, it is said that at this time, 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 organized special personnel to summarize the experience of his predecessors, and let the Xi and He clans take charge of astronomy. According to the movement of the sun, moon and stars and other celestial phenomena and natural phenology to calculate the time and day, he sent Xi Zhong to live in a place called Yanggu on the eastern seashore to observe the situation of the sunrise, and took the day of the equinox of day and night as the vernal equinox, and referred to the position of the bird star to correct; sent Uncle Xi to live in a place called Mingdu to observe the movement of the sun from north to south, and took the day with the longest day as the summer solstice, and referred to the position of Mars to make corrections; Pai Hezhong lived in a place called Yanggu in the west and observed the situation of the sunset, and took the day of the equinox of day and night as the autumn equinox, and referred to the position of the imaginary star to make corrections; Pai and Shu lived in a place called Youdu in the north and observed the movement of the sun from south to north, taking the day with the shortest day as the winter solstice, the well is corrected with reference to the position of the Pleiades. After the equinox and the two solstices were determined, Yao decided to take 365 days as a year, set a leap month every three years, and use the leap month to adjust the relationship between the calendar and the four seasons, so that the agricultural hours of each year are correct and there are no mistakes.

Tang Yao is afraid of burying talents, and there are relics in the wild. Therefore, he often went deep into the poor countryside, went to the mountains and wilderness to search for details, asked for talents, inspected political gains and losses, and selected talents.

At this time, there was a sudden huge flood on the earth. Due to the flooding, the life of the people on the ground was extremely difficult, and at this time, Di Yao heard the recommendation of several ministers named Siyue that Kun could control the water, and his heart was overjoyed, so Yao started to use Kun. Since his arrival, he led everyone to start to control the floods, and the Kun had a strange treasure in his early years, but it was the resting soil, and the resting soil grew when he saw the wind, because there was resting soil, and the cangs relied on him to block several small floods, and the name of his good at controlling the water also came from this. It's just that he only knows how to block the water, but he doesn't know how to dredge it, and if there is water in the east, he will block the east, and the water will flow from the east to the west and then go to the west to block it. In this way, the embankment built by the silang can withstand it, but he did not have so much sirong to renovate all the dikes, and the water often rushed out from the embankment that was not made by the silan, and after savings, it was washed out more and more every time, and the flood was not cured well after nine years.

At this time, Di Yao was getting old, so he discussed with his courtiers the choice of successor, and someone stepped forward to recommend Yu Shun. Shun's family background is very modest, although he is a descendant of Emperor Zhuanxiang, but the fifth generation is a concubine and is in the lower echelons of society. Shun's experience was even more unfortunate, his father was blind, and his mother died very early. He remarried, and his stepmother's biological brother was named Xiang. Shun lives in a family environment of "stubborn father, arrogant mother, and proud", the father is not right-minded, the stepmother is two-faced, the younger brother is unruly, several people collude, and they will want to put Shun to death and then hurry; When Shun's family wants to harm him, he escapes in time; when he gets better, he immediately returns to them and helps them as much as possible, so he is "want to kill, but he can't get it; he asks for it, and tastes it on the side" His life experience is so unfortunate and the environment is so bad, but Shun can show extraordinary character and handle family relations well.

Shun's family was poor, so he engaged in various manual labor and experienced ups and downs. At the age of twenty, he became famous, and he was known for his filial piety. Because he can adhere to filial piety to his parents who abused and persecuted him, he is praised among the human race.

So Di Yao asked Yu Shun to be found, and let Shun participate in political affairs, manage hundreds of officials, receive guests, and undergo various trials. He also married his two daughters, Empress E and Nuying, to Shun, and knocked on the side from her daughter to investigate Shun's character. Shun not only handled political affairs in an orderly manner, but also made some improvements in employing people. After many tests, Shun was finally recognized by Yao. Choosing an auspicious day and holding a ceremony, Yao Chan was located in Shun, but Shun felt that his prestige was not enough, his virtue was insufficient, and he was unwilling to accept it, so Yao had to let him temporarily take the duties of the master.

Shun re-revised the calendar after the duties of the principal, and held a ceremony to worship God, the four seasons of heaven and earth, and the gods of mountains and rivers; he also collected the letters of the princes, and then selected an auspicious day, summoned the princes and rulers of various places, held a solemn ceremony, and reissued the letters. In the year of his accession to the throne, he went to various places to patrol and worship famous mountains, summoned princes, and inspected the people's conditions; he also stipulated that he would patrol once every five years to inspect the achievements of the princes and clearly stipulate rewards and punishments.

The members of the Shunjianyao Council include Kun, Gaotao, Qi, Houji, Boyi, Kui, Long, Qi, Yi, Pengzu, etc., and there is no specific division of labor among them. According to each person's strengths, Shun was appointed with different positions: Kun was the Sikong, the main level of water and soil, Houji was in charge of agriculture and sowed a hundred grains, Qi was the secretary of migration, in charge of education, Gao Tao was the magistrate and was in charge of punishment, Qi was a co-worker, in charge of handicrafts, Yi was an official of Yu, in charge of the grass, trees, birds and beasts of the mountains, forests, and plains, Boyi was the rank of the sect, in charge of the sacrificial ceremony, Kui was the music of the nobles, and was responsible for educating the children of the nobles, and Long was the Nayan, who specially conveyed Shun's orders and conveyed the situation. Shun also stipulated that the performance of officials should be evaluated every three years, and those who had achieved good results should be promoted, and those who were incompetent should be dismissed. Shun set up officials to divide duties, so that the duties of officials are clear, the efficiency of work is improved, and all industries are prosperous.

Shun personally went to the place where the water was controlled. He found that the cause of the flood was the rebellion of the water monsters, and even he knew that in order to completely eradicate the floods, he must first calm the water monsters. But Kun only knew how to block, and didn't know anything else, so he thought that Kun was ineffective, so he exiled Kun to Yushan.

On the one hand, Shun sent people from all over the world to inquire about the talents who could control the water, and on the other hand, he sent people from all over the world to ask the monks and masters to quell the rebellion of the water monsters. Later, he heard that Kun's son Yu had a lot of experience in water control, so he ordered Yu to succeed him in water control.

Yu is the son of Kun, surnamed Ji, also known as Wenming, and the word is high. Born in Xiqiang, he migrated to Chong with his father, and was named Xia Bo when he was named Xia Bo, so he was also called Xia Yu or Bo.

When Yu received the appointment, he was newly married for only four days, and he didn't have time to take care of his wife, so he ran around in order to control the water, and passed by his house three times, but he didn't go in. The first time, my wife was sick and did not come into the house to visit. The second time, my wife was pregnant and did not go into the house to visit. The third time, his wife Tu Shan gave birth to a son Qi, the baby was crying, Yu passed by the door, heard the cry, and endured that he really didn't go in to visit.

Yu changed his father's approach by leading the masses to dig through nine rivers and divert the flood water into the sea. He worked with the people, wearing a hat and a shovel, taking the lead in digging and picking up soil. But because of the limited manpower, the effect is not very good, and Yu is very troubled.

Moreover, the surrounding mountains and dams were mostly melted by the soil when my father was controlling the water, and it was extremely hard, so although after many years of treatment, the effect was still not good. Shun saw that his method of water control was reasonable, but it was limited to the constraints of conditions and did not achieve results, so he did not blame him, but stepped up his efforts to recruit capable people from all walks of life, so as to stabilize the flood level as soon as possible.