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Volume 3: The Tribulation of the Gods Chapter 260: The Five Emperors Rule the World (6)

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    Chapter 260 Five Emperors Rule the World (6)

    The human race, after this incident, became more united. Under the leadership of Dayu, they overcame obstacles and finally penetrated the mountains and forests.  The purpose of connecting water areas and draining floods and waterlogging has been achieved.  Then, under the leadership of Dayu, the human race even built water conservancy projects and built dams and embankments.

    Time flies, thirteen years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the floods that have ravaged the wilderness for more than fifty years have finally subsided. After Yu's management, two major river systems have been formed, with the Yellow River and the Yangtze River as the main source of the rivers, and most of the other rivers and ditches are here.  Related to connection.  During the floods, although the human race was severely affected, people's livelihood and production were greatly affected, and many people had to leave their hometowns. However, during the process of flood control, the affected tribes worked together regardless of each other and redistributed production to a certain extent.  Information further strengthened the exchange and integration of various tribes.

    Due to proper planning in advance, it was not just about quelling the floods. Yu took this opportunity to integrate the labor force of most of the human race, coordinate dispatching, and concentrate the labor to open up a dense water network and ditches.  From a happy point of view, although there are still some unsatisfactory things, this operation is of great historical significance. When the inheritance of the entire race is threatened, the human race has unleashed unimaginable power.  The first large-scale collective collaborative project in history.

    During this process, although the population base of the human race has dropped sharply, the overall productivity has been greatly improved, laying a solid foundation for the future development of farming and animal husbandry.  Thanks to the dense water network project, I believe that after a period of cultivation, the human race will soon regain its vitality and usher in a major population explosion. Perhaps only a hundred years later, or even a few decades, the human race will have an impact on the entire prehistoric era.  The influence will exceed any previous period.

    Because Dayu succeeded in controlling the floods, Emperor Shun specially gave a black jade gui to Dayu during the sacrificial ceremony to commend his achievements and to announce to the people of heaven and earth the success of the flood control and the great rule of the world.

    Soon after, Yu was granted the title of uncle and Xia was granted the title of feudal state.  Yu's prestige in the world reached its peak.

    All the people praised and said: "If it were not for Yu, we would have become fish and turtles long ago." Emperor Shun praised Yu and said: "Great Yu! You are my arms, thighs, ears and eyes. I want to benefit the people.  You help me. I want to observe the sky, know the sun, moon and stars, and embroider clothes. You advise me. I want to listen to the six rhythms, five tones and eight tones to control chaos and promote the five virtues. You help me. You never flatter me in front of my face.  You slandered me. You used your sincerity, virtue and example to make the court pure and innocent. You have carried forward my holy virtue, and you have done a great job!"

    However, even though Yu's contribution was so great, Emperor Shun never had any intention of passing on the throne of human emperor to him.  Shun's concubine Ehuang was infertile all her life.  The female maiden had nine sons in a row, eight of whom were talentless and mediocre, but Yi and all were smart, so they were granted the title of Shangjun, and Shangjun was the next emperor in Emperor Shun's mind.

    Considering that Dayu is now powerful, with the support of the powerful Dongyi clan outside, and many grateful people from the human race inside, plus the fact that Dayu gathered troops and concentrated power during the flood control period, Dayu has now established a system based on his own personal characteristics.  In the center, the system was outside the control of Emperor Shun. Emperor Shun was very worried about this. He was afraid that Dayu would launch a rebellion after he left, so he did not dare to act rashly. He just kept comforting him and let his son Shangjun gradually recover.  Get in touch with government affairs.

    Unfortunately, God forbids unforeseen circumstances. Emperor Shun reigned for thirty-nine years after the death of Emperor Yao. In that year, while patrolling in the south, he suddenly became disturbed and passed out while passing through the wilderness of Cangwu. The ministers rescued him for three days.  Ye Fang woke up, but now his eyes were blank and his face was weak.  Emperor Shun knew that his days were numbered, but now Shang Jun failed to convince the public.  So he summoned all the ministers and said to Dayu with trembling lips:

    "Dayu, I know that you have always been resentful that I killed your father Gun. In fact, how can I bear to kill him? If I don't kill Gun, how can I give an explanation to the people of the world?!"

    When Dayu heard this, he wanted to speak but stopped!

    Emperor Shun took Dayu's hands and shook his head and said: "You don't need to say more! I know that the time has come. From now on, I will hand over the human race to Shang Jun's hands. You must assist him well."

    Dayu’s face was filled with tears, but he still didn’t say a word!

    Emperor Shun had no choice but to say to the ministers: "No one is a saint, how can he be without faults? After a lifetime, flaws are inevitable. If you know your mistakes, you can correct them. There is no great virtue. The majesty of the emperor is obtained by the respect of the people. Today I wish to express my gratitude to you."  The people of the world issued edicts to rectify Gun's reputation and to demonstrate Yu's virtues."

    As soon as he finished speaking, Dayu finally came to his senses. He choked and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. I will lead our human race well and assist His Highness Shang Jun with all my heart. I will live up to the teachings of the Holy Father, Holy Mother, and Sanqing Tianzun!"

    Emperor Shun heard this and said, "I can go there with peace of mind!" After saying this, he smiled and passed away.  Upon seeing this, all the ministers knelt down and cried.  I saw a nine-clawed divine dragon suddenly flying out from Emperor Shun's body, circling nine times over the Cangwu Wilderness, and then roaredFly up to the nine heavens and fly towards the direction of Fire Cloud Cave!

    Shang Jun and Dayu led a group of people to bow nine times to the place where the nine-clawed dragon disappeared. Then they took Emperor Shun's body back to the capital and declared that the whole country was in mourning!

    After the great funeral, in accordance with Emperor Shun's dying decree, Shang Jun ascended to the position of co-owner.  In order to avoid suspicion, Dayu fled to Yangcheng, but all the princes in the world left Shangjun to pay homage to Dayu.  With the support of the princes and repeated contests, Shang Jun abdicated the throne in favor of talents. The fifty-three-year-old Yu Zheng became the emperor and made Anyi (Xia County, Shanxi Province) his capital. The country was named Xia and his surname was Si.  , known as Xia Yu in history.  Danzhu was entrusted to the Tang Dynasty, and Shangjun was entrusted to Yu. The calendar was changed to the Xia calendar, and the month of Jianyin was the first month.

    After Xia Yu took over, various tribes in the Central Plains gradually formed a leadership group with the Xia tribe as the center.  Xia Yu's position in this group has begun to take on the nature of royal power.  He asked Gao Tao, who was in charge of punishment during flood control, to formulate some regulations. If anyone in the clans and tribes disobeyed orders, they would be punished with punishment.

    At that time, the Fangfeng clan, the leader of the Guyue tribe, always wanted to dominate one side and claimed to be the leader of each tribe of the Yue people, and did not obey Xia Yu's orders.  Xia Yu ordered him to be executed in public at the Miaoshan Assembly and his body was exposed for three days.  The princes and officials from all over the country knew the power of the Xia Dynasty and the sanctity of Xia Yu, and they no longer dared to offend King Yu.  When those clans and tribes that did not attend the court meeting with King Yu heard about this, they also paid tribute to the Xia Dynasty and became ministers.  From then on, Xia Yu's sphere of influence reached the Jianghuai River Basin, and his martial arts were so great that he shocked the world and was respected by everyone!  After that, "the four directions returned and the land was created as a king"

    In the process of controlling floods, Xia Yu once traveled all over the world and knew the topography, customs, and products of each place very well.

    Xia Yu reorganized the world into nine states (i.e. Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Liangzhou, and Yongzhou) for management, and formulated the types of tribute for each state.

    King Xia Yu also stipulated that the area five hundred miles away from the emperor's territory was called Dianfu, the area five hundred miles away was called Houfu, the area five hundred miles away was called Suifu, the area five hundred miles away was called Yaofun, and the area five hundred miles away was called Yaofun.  Baili is called Huangfu.  The three services of Dian, Hou and Sui are used to accept different items or bear different labor services.  To be obedient, you do not need to pay for your service, but you only need to accept discipline and abide by the laws and decrees.  Huangfu will be managed according to its customs and will not enforce Sino-Korean politics and religion.

    In the early days of Xia Yu's rise to power, the two religions of Chanjie returned.  Guangchengzi, the previous emperor's teacher, naturally spared no effort to install people from the Chanjiao in important affairs of the human race. Under the auspices of Chang'er Dingguangxian, the Jiejiao also began to compete with the Chanjiao for rights in order to develop and strengthen their own sect and inherit the Taoism.  The two sides were fighting to the death, and the atmosphere in the court was full of smoke, which made the civil and military officials in the court panic and couldn't fight.

    Xia Yu was unhappy as he watched the two sects of Chanjie and Chanjie quarreling with each other.  Of the two religions, the Chan religion has been rooted in the human race since the beginning of the Five Emperors. After hundreds of years of development, it has become huge and has a deep foundation; while the Jie religion has also taken root in the human race at the beginning of the Five Emperors, but its power is mostly at the bottom.  Although the common people are still not as good as the superiors of Chanjiao, they are prosperous because of their new power and strength.  Most of the people in the court were members of the two religions or believers of the two religions. They fought for each other and refused to give up. Xia Yu was powerless. He had only succeeded to the throne for a short period of time. He knew that his strength was shallow and he had no good strategies.

    Xia Yu was a statesman and great man with great talents and strategies in ancient times.  He conducted water control in conjunction with governing the country and nourishing the people.  While controlling flood damage, we also guide people to restore and develop agricultural production, develop water transportation, and rebuild their homes.  Every time he governs a place, he takes the initiative to unite the chiefs of clans and tribes to improve the political power construction so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment.  Secretary Shi, after the floods receded, patches of plains emerged from the water. He led people to build ditches in the fields, divert water for irrigation, plant millet, millet, beans, hemp and other crops, and also let people plant rice in low-lying areas.  Not only was flood control a huge success, but agricultural production also made progress.  Confucius once praised Yu's merits in water control and said: I can't find any shortcomings in him. His palace was simple and simple, but he did not think about improving it. Instead, he tried his best to control the water and soil, dig ditches, develop farming, and encourage people to work.

    At this point, due to the first large-scale collective collaboration and dense water network project of the human race, under the wise leadership of Xia Yu, the human race quickly came out of the shadow of the previous flood, and they also quickly broke through  A cage that hinders progress, the human race has entered an unprecedented period of glory!

    Xia Yu is a great historical figure who made great contributions to the historical development of the Chinese nation.  His major achievements lie not only in controlling floods, developing national production, and enabling the people to live and work in peace and contentment, but more importantly, in ending the social ideology of tribal alliances in China's primitive society and creating a new social and political form of the country.  Emperor Xia Yu completed the establishment of the country, replaced primitive society with primary society, replaced barbaric society with civilized society, and promoted the development of Chinese royal history.

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