Chapter 259: Five Emperors Reign (5)

Speaking of which, the demon clan planned to destroy the human race, and under the guidance of the Kunpeng poison plan, the demons planned to launch the Yellow River flood.

Now, Kunpeng, Shang Yang, Ji Meng, Jiuying and others are ahead and belong to the demon clan. The dragon clan of the Four Seas sits silently and turns a blind eye. The water level of the Yellow River is gradually increasing quietly. However, the human race does not pay attention to this point at this time. After all, there are floods every year, and after much experience, I don’t care.

The human race is most concerned about recently by the heir of the next human emperor.

Emperor Yao was in power in his later years and felt that his health was no longer good and could no longer manage the affairs of the human race. So he summoned his ministers and asked, "I have been in power for seventy years. Who can follow the will of heaven and take over my throne?"

The ministers replied, "Our virtue is very despicable and dare not defile the throne."

Yao said: "Then recommend it from all ministers from the same surname and different surnames and close relatives."

Among the ministers, Fang Qi said carefully: "Your son Danzhu Tongda is reasonable and can take over the position of the Human Emperor."

Yao said: "Dan Zhu? He is a foolish and vicious person, and he is inappropriate to use it."

Everyone then said to Yao all the words: "The Holy Emperor Xuanyuan has a grandson named Gun. He has a broad knowledge and extraordinary ability, and is praised by people in the world, which is enough to shoulder this important task."

When Yao heard this, his eyes turned inadvertently, and then he stroked his beard and said, "It's indeed good, but I'll recommend a few more, don't miss it."

Everyone also felt that this was the truth, and they all said to Yao: "There is a man named Yu Shun who lives among the people, and his virtue is very good."

Emperor Yao said: "Well, I have heard of him, how is he like? Let's talk about it in detail."

Siyue replied, "Shun lives in a family environment where "father is stubborn, mother is arrogant, and elephant is arrogant". His father, Weisou, is a blind man with a bad mind. His stepmother is two-faced, and his younger brother is unruly. A few people collude with each other and will try to kill Shun to death. However, Shun is very filial to his parents and is very friendly to his younger brother. He has been doing all these years without any slackness. When Shun is trying to harm him, he escapes in time. If there is a slight improvement, he will return to them immediately and give as much help as possible. His life is so unfortunate and the environment is so bad, Shun can live in harmony with his family, perform filial piety and brotherhood, and manage his family well so that they will not go to evil."

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

So Yao married his two daughters Ehuang and Niaoying to Shun, and observed his virtues from his two daughters to see if he could manage the housekeeping. Shun asked them to give up their noble heart and live in their homes by the Gui River, and abide by the way of being a wife. Both daughters were very fond of Shun and abide by the way of being a wife.

Shun made pottery, which could motivate people around him to work hard, strive for excellence, and eliminate shoddy manufacturing. Wherever he went, people were willing to follow him, so "in one year, he lived in a gathering (climbing villages), two years, and three years, he became a town (four counties were capitals). Yao was very happy to learn about these situations, and gave Shun a robe (small geese) and a zither, cattle and sheep, and also built a warehouse for him.

Jasou still wanted to kill him, so he asked Shun to climb up to repair the barn with soil, but Jasou set fire from below. Shun protected himself with two hats, jumped down like he had wings, and escaped, so he was able to survive. Later Jasou asked Shun to dig a well again. When Shun was digging a well, he dug a secret passage from the side wall to lead to the outside. Shun dug to the depths, Jasou and Xiang poured soil down to fill the well together. Shun went out of the secret passage next to him and escaped again.

The sau and Xiang were very happy and thought Shun was dead. Xiang said, "I was the one who came up with this idea at first." Xiang and his parents divided Shun's property and said, "I have to marry Yao's two daughters and the piano that Yao gave him. Let the cattle, sheep and barn belong to their parents." Xiang then lived in Shun's house, playing Shun's piano.

After Shun came back, he went to visit him. Xiang was very shocked, and then looked depressed and said, "I am missing you, I am so depressed!"

Shun said, "Yes, you are so brotherly!" Shun was still treating his parents as before, loving his brothers, and being more respectful.

In this way, after testing Shun's character, Yao began to let Shun get in touch with government affairs.

Yao asked Shun to take the post of Situ to be responsible for promoting moral education. Shun taught his subjects to guide his behavior with the five virtues of "Five Codexes" - namely, the righteousness of his father, kindness of his mother, kindness of his brother, respect of his brother, and filial piety of his son. The subjects were willing to obey his teachings and generally acted in accordance with the "Five Codexes".

Yao also asked Shun to take charge of all officials and handle government affairs. All officials obeyed Shun's command, and everything was revitalized, and it was completely organized and unconventional.

Yao also asked Shun to receive the princes who came to pay homage to the four gates of Mingtang. Shun got along well with the princes, and also made the princes harmonious and friendly. The princes and guests from afar respected him very much.

Finally, Yao asked Shun to go to the forest at the foot of the mountain alone and withstood the test of nature. Shun was able to avoid losing his direction and still walk on the road in the storm and thunderstorm, showing strong ability to live.

After many tests, Yao saw Shun's extraordinary talent and noble character. Shun finally got Yao's recognition, but a big thing happened at this time.

The water level of the Yellow River suddenly blew, shattering the reservoir, crossing the embankment, and attacking the human race like a beast. This time the water level was so huge that in history, I am afraid that only the time when Mount Buzhou collapsed can be compared.

The flood passed by the vast ocean, crops were flooded, houses collapsed, people helped the elderly and young, and fled to the mountains or big trees. Although some people fled to the mountains or trees, they could not withstand the blowing of wind and rain, especially unable to find food, and soon they froze to death. Although some people escaped to a larger mountain, they could live in caves, or use branches and leaves to build shacks to hide from the wind and rain, search for tree bark, wild vegetables to fill their hunger, and temporarily maintain their lives, but there are many people and few trees, and various poisonous snakes and beasts also drowned, starved to death, freeze to death, and died of being invaded by wild beasts and poisonous snakes.

Emperor Yao hurriedly summoned the ministers to inquire: "Now the flood is flooding, and the people are suffering heavy casualties. As far as I know, such a big flood is something that the Three Emperors have never had before. What should I do?"

For a moment, the ministers were unable to do so, so they had to remain silent! In the end, Emperor Yao fell ill and grew older for decades overnight. It seemed that his life was coming soon. At this time, the human race had a crisis of trust in him due to the flood. The storm was in turmoil and the building was about to collapse. The best description of him at this moment.

So under this situation, Emperor Yao temporarily passed on to Shun to take charge of the emperor's policies instead of him.

When Shun ascended the throne, he felt that his hands were a mess, and it would not work without treatment! So he summoned his ministers and asked, "Now no one cares about our human race. What should I do if I have such a flood?"

The ministers were timid, and then someone finally stood up, but it was the minister Taishan. He said boldly to Emperor Yao: "Your Majesty, I heard that Li's son Yu has a lot of experience in controlling the flood, so why don't you send him to try it out!"

Shun followed the advice and asked Yu to go to control the water.

After Yu went forward, he found that his father Li used divine soil to block the waves, but the waves were getting more and more, so he naturally could not effectively control the flood. However, the divine soil had been cast, like a high wall, but it could not be effectively removed. At this time, a boy flew in the East China Sea, saying that this thing was the Nine Heavens Xilan, and was given by the Holy Father of the East China Sea. He could refine the Nine Heavens Divine Axe and split the mountains. Otherwise, it would be difficult to achieve. Dayu asked for advice and the boy told him the method.

Dayu used Maitreya to refine the magic axe. The magic axe was born. There was a burst of thunder in the world. There was a moment of ghosts crying and howling. Dayu named it "Ghosts and Gods". After using this axe to break the mountains, Dayu began to study the technique of controlling water. After several months of his eyes, his subordinates advised him. Dayu refused to listen and said, "He should repay the crime of father Li, and he will not control the water and cannot sleep." A fox Qingyao heard it and was very moved, so he helped Dayu with the immortal method. Although Dayu didn't know how many immortals and gods were, he also knew that there was a strange person to help him. After thanking him, he continued to think about it.

When he was sleeping, he saw Fuxi, the human race's holy emperor, and Fuxi smiled and asked, "Are you willing to deal with the difficulties of floods?" Dayu immediately kowtowed and asked for advice. Fuxi waved his hand, and a book appeared in front of him, with circles on it, all with mystery. Dayu was obsessed with it for a while and could not extricate himself. When Dayu woke up from his dream, he saw a scroll of pictures in front of him, which was somewhat similar to the pictures seen in his dream, but when he looked at the handwriting, he wrote it himself. Dayu knew that this was the Holy Emperor's appearance and helped him, so he burned incense and thanked him in front of Fuxi, and began to understand the wonders of the scroll.

Dayu controlled the flood for three years, but it had no results. Some people resented Dayu, so they went to Shun to ask him to be punished, but Shun disagreed. This matter reached Dayu's ears. Dayu controlled the flood more diligently. Finally, three years later, Dayu thought of "It's better to be diluted than blockage", so he went to various places to draw mountain and river maps and recorded them around him. He returned two years later. After comparing the various maps, Dayu planned and began to regulate the waterway. After another year, the waterway was basically conditioned. Dayu began to hold the magic axe and went forward to open the way.

He split the mountains with his magic axe, and the waterway was unobstructed, so there was no difficulty in flooding. Shun heard that he praised Dayu, but Dayu said that this was atonement for his father and refused to receive his fortune. After Dayu split the waterway, he also had to measure the depth of the water to avoid causing trouble and was difficult to control. At this time, the divine earth flew over, and Dayu thanked him. This divine earth refines this divine earth to formulate the sea magic needle, which was very effective in controlling the water. Later, because the Dragon King had already taken over the rivers, lakes and seas, Dayu discussed with the Dragon King, and sacrificed the Dragon King every year, hoping that the Dragon King could coordinate the water waves and ensure the good weather of the human race. The Dragon King agreed, and stone platforms and temples were built everywhere to worship the Dragon God.

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