Taiqing Asking the Dao

Chapter 134 The Era of the Five Emperors (4)

The human race, since Zhi took over the human race, the human race has entered a new era.

However, due to Zhi Zhi's great talent, lack of talent, and tyrannical nature, he once ruled the world for nine years. He was not good at governance, and the people were full of grievances. Because he had no one behind him, his prestige was not enough to deter all forces in the clan.

Therefore, under the pressure of all parties, after discussing with everyone, he abdicated and let Xian and Jiejiao's disciple Duobao Taoist's disciple Yao.

And this Yao is also Zhi's younger brother. Yao, surnamed Yiqi, named Fangxun, was named Marquis of Tang when he was 15 years old. Organized.

Not only is it supported by the common people, but it is also praised by many tribal leaders.

Fangxun is the emperor, and the emperor is named Yao. Because he was first conferred in Tang Dynasty, he took Tang as the dynasty name. This is also the first dynasty name in the history of the human race. Later generations call him Tang Yao.

According to legend, Emperor Yao is as benevolent as the sky and as wise as a god. Approaching him warms people's hearts like the sun, and looking up at him moistens the earth like clouds.

He is rich but not proud, honorable but not indulgent, he wears a yellow hat, black clothes, a scarlet chariot and a white horse.

He can respect people with good virtues, make the nine generations of the same clan love each other, and when the people of the same clan are in harmony, they go to inspect hundreds of officials.

After Tang Yao came to the throne, he reappointed his elder brother Zhi Yu Tang as the Marquis of Tang. He learned from his elder brother Zhi's mistakes, and with the support of his teacher, the pharmacist, he quickly stabilized the human race.

Tang Yao often went deep into the poor villages, went to the mountains and fields to search and interview carefully, asked for sages, investigated political gains and losses, and selected sages for fear of burying talents. , It can be said that there are a lot of talents.

With the help of so many talents, the human race prospered under Yao's rule. In the early days of Tang Yao's administration, the astronomy and calendar were still far from perfect, and the people often delayed the farming season.

Therefore, Yao ordered the Xi clan and the He clan to follow the will of heaven, formulate a calendar according to the appearance and disappearance of the sun and moon, and the order of the stars, and carefully teach the people the festivals for production.

The Xi and He clans were in charge of astronomy. They estimated the time and date based on the movement of the sun, the moon and the stars and natural phenology, and measured the four seasons. They also took the cycle of the moon as one month and the cycle of the sun as a year, and a year as three hundred and sixty-six sixteen days.

This is the earliest recorded calendar among the human race, which laid the foundation for the lunar calendar of the human race. There are 366 days in a year, and the method of setting intercalary months is used to correct the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Emperor Yao sincerely warned all officials to keep their duties and handle everything properly. Under such governance, the human race once again ushered in a wave of high development.

At this time, Emperor Yao had been in power for more than 370 years, and he felt that his merits and virtues were perfect, so he wanted to find a great sage to replace the co-lord of the human race.

Therefore, Emperor Yao summoned a group of ministers and asked them who could succeed the co-lord of the human race. After hearing this, the ministers discussed with each other for a while before replying, "Danzhu, the son of the co-lord, is well-versed in affairs and can take over the position of emperor." ..."

Emperor Yao said disdainfully, "Hmph! Danzhu, he is stupid, vicious, and improperly used..."

After hearing this, everyone was silent. Dan Zhu was Emperor Yao's most beloved son. Now that Emperor Yao was excluded, everyone suddenly lost the person to recommend.

After a moment of silence, everyone began to discuss the candidate again. In the end, they finally reached a consensus, and they all said in one word, "His Majesty the Holy Emperor Xuanyuan has a grandson named Gun. This person has extensive knowledge and extraordinary abilities. He is praised by everyone in the world. He is enough to take on this important task."

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

When everyone heard the truth, they began to discuss again. Suddenly, the minister Siyue said to Yao, "There is a man named Yu Shun who lives among the people. position..."

Hearing this, Emperor Yao said, "Well, I've heard of this person too,

I just don’t know exactly how, so let’s talk carefully…”

Siyue replied, "Shun lived in a family environment where his father was stubborn, his mother was arrogant, and Xiang was proud. His father, Gusou, was blind and had a wicked plan. His stepmother was double-faced and his younger brother Xiang was rebellious. They colluded and wanted to destroy Shun." Fast after death.

However, Shun treated his parents like a child, was very filial, and was very friendly with his younger brother. For many years, he never slacked off. When his family members wanted to harm him, Shun ran away in time.

If they get better, they will return to their side immediately and help them as much as possible. In such an unfortunate life and in such a bad environment, Shun can get along with his family in harmony, fulfill his filial piety, and manage the family well so that they will not go evil..."

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

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Among Chen Du, after Emperor Yao decided on Shun, he planned to try to see if this person was as rumored.

So Emperor Yao married his two daughters, Ehuang and Nvying, to Shun, and observed his virtues from the two daughters to see if he could manage the housekeeping well. Go, and obey the ways of a woman.

The two women are very fond of Shun and abide by women's morals. Shun's pottery making can motivate people around him to work hard, keep improving, and put an end to shoddy production.

Wherever he went, people were willing to follow him, so he lived in a gathering (a gathering is a village) in one year, a city in two years, and Chengdu in three years (four counties are the capital).

Yao was very happy when he heard about this. He gave Shun clothes (Xige cloth clothes) and a qin, cattle and sheep, and built a barn for him. Gusou still wanted to kill him, and conspired with his family to kill Shun many times.

But Shun was always miraculously able to survive as if he was blessed by God. Even so, Shun still treated his parents and loved his brothers as before, and was 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 try out the post of Situ, responsible for promoting moral education, and Shun taught his subjects the "Five Codes".

That is, the five virtues of fatherly righteousness, motherly kindness, brothers and friends, brotherly respect, and son's filial piety guide one's behavior. Subjects are willing to follow his teachings and generally act in accordance with the "five codes".

Yao also asked Shun to be in charge of all the officials and deal with government affairs. All the officials obeyed Shun's command, and all things were revived, and none of them was neglected.

And it looks very organized and not chaotic.

Yao also made Shun responsible for receiving the princes from all directions at the four gates of the Ming Hall. Shun got along well with the princes and made them all harmonious and friendly. The guests from the princes from afar respected him very much.

Finally, Yao let Shun go alone to the forest at the foot of the mountain to experience the test of nature. Shun was able to walk without losing his way in the storm, showing a strong ability to live.

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After many tests, Yao saw Shun's extraordinary talent and noble character, and Shun finally got Yao's approval, so Emperor Yao ordered people to make preparations, and after fifty years, he passed on the position of co-lord to Shun.

During this period of time, it would be good for him to teach Shun to take over everything in the human race.

And during the reign of Yao, the Jujiao prospered in the human race. After all, it was the teachers of the two emperors. Under such influence, it was impossible for the Jiejiao to prosper in the human race, and there was a lot of luck improvement. .

Tong Tian was quite satisfied with this, and he was also waiting for Yao's demonstration. At that time, the task of teaching would be considered complete.

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