The Emperor Shun Zhishi

Chapter 42
Three days later, Gun, Gonggong, and Huandou led their troops to Guirui, ready to attack Sanmiao.Emperor Yao told them that Sanmiao had signed a peace treaty with Huaxia and Dongyi, and they were not allowed to fight against Sanmiao in the future.Although Gun was very annoyed, Emperor Yao had already issued an order, and he could not complain, so he had to participate in the Guirui peace celebration held by Emperor Yao.

At the beginning of the celebration, Emperor Yao climbed to the highest observatory in Guirui City, overlooking the people in the city.

"In the three years since the city was built, Guirui has gathered 160 households, a total of 670 people. It has become the second largest metropolis in China after Pingyang. This is Yao Chonghua's first achievement. In the battle with Sanmiao , Yao Chonghua led the people to resist tenaciously, and found the Xuanyuan Sword, beheaded Wu Bo, sealed the Taotie, and made the world peaceful. Huayi Avenue coordinates the relationship between Huaxia and Dongyi, and promotes Huaxia and Dongyi to finally form an alliance. In order to commend Chonghua for establishing the Guirui, repelling the three seedlings, and promoting the Huayi alliance, the widow announced that Chonghua would be the joint water control officer of Huaxia and Dongyi, and let him continue to contribute his strength to benefit the people of one side. Moreover, the widow also wanted to put the two daughter, Ehuang and Nvying marry Chonghua together..."

When Emperor Yao said this, the people in the city shouted long live.Nvying and Ehuang looked at each other and smiled, thinking that they would marry the same Mr. Righteousness in the future, they couldn't help being a little shy and secretly happy.

"During the Great War of Guirui, Dan Zhu made great contributions in saving his family, and participated in the search for the Xuanyuan Sword, the beheading of Uncle Wu, and the sealing of Taotie. The widow ordered Dan Zhu to be the Great Sima of Huaxia, in charge of all wars in Huaxia, and guarding Danzhu with [-] soldiers and horses. Water. Because Huandou, Gonggong, and Gun did not serve the king in time, they missed the opportunity to fight. Therefore, Huandou was removed from the post of Sima, and as Danzhu's deputy, he guarded Danshui with him; I will assist Shun in controlling the waters; he will be dismissed from his post as Gonggong Baigong, and return to the northwest to guard the frontier. The three guilty officials should each settle down in their positions to see the aftermath."

Since the celebration is to commemorate Guirui's defeat of Sanmiao, and also to celebrate the marriage of Shun and Emperor Yao's daughters Ehuang and Nvying, the elderly over 60 years old in the city will give a leg of lamb, and the elderly over [-] will send two pieces of linen, three pieces of lamb leg strip.People who participated in the construction of Guirui City were exempted from tax for three years.The celebration lasted for three days and three nights, but Emperor Yao did not participate.On the first day of the celebration, he took Danzhu and others away from Guirui, not even attending the wedding of Shun and his two daughters.

Emperor Yao's actions could not help arousing suspicion and even dissatisfaction among some people.Dong Bushi was very surprised. When he chatted with Qin Bukong in private, he felt that Emperor Yao's behavior was very impolite.

"It seems that Emperor Yao didn't value Chonghua, but because Chonghua is from Dongyi, and he used his identity to win over us Dongyi. Otherwise, how could he not attend his daughter's wedding?"

Qin Bukong also nodded his approval for what Dong didn't understand, but when he mentioned Emperor Yao, he kept sighing.

"What a pity, what a pity!"

"What a pity?"

Dong asked in bewilderment.

"I thought Emperor Yao was an enlightened ruler. I didn't expect him to be in a daze. It seems that he still doesn't distinguish between public and private. Chonghua is more wise than Dan Zhu. This is obvious, but Emperor Yao did not attend Shun's wedding. Zhu left together, this is because he didn't take Chonghua seriously. From this point of view, Dan Zhu must be the one who will succeed Emperor Yao in the future."

"Danzhu has made outstanding military exploits, but he doesn't distinguish between right and wrong, and he doesn't have the mind to tolerate the world. I'm worried that Danzhu will become the co-lord of China in the future, and it will be bad for us Dongyi. I should tell the big leader earlier and let him be more careful."

Qin Bukong and Dongbushi told Gaotao their analysis of Emperor Yao, hoping that he would make preparations early.But Gao Tao twitched his beard and smiled, and didn't answer what Qin Bukong and Dong didn't know, but after the celebration ended, he led his soldiers back to Longshan, leaving only Qin Bukong to assist Shun.

It turns out that Emperor Yao didn't attend his daughter's wedding, not because he ignored Shun, nor because he wanted Danzhu to be his successor, but deliberately set up a smoke bomb to make everyone mistakenly think that Emperor Yao was going to pass the seat to Danzhu. Determine the public opinion, so as to check Shun's reaction.This is Emperor Yao's final inspection of Shun. If he passes, Shun will be his successor in the future.Qin Bukong and Dong Bushi couldn't see it, but Gao Tao could.In order not to fail Emperor Yao's investigation, Gao Tao took the initiative to cooperate with Emperor Yao and led the Dongyi officials back to Longshan.

The wedding was presided over by the empress, Cao Muzi organized it, and Que Li stayed to help, and it was held according to the unique marriage snatching ceremony of Guirui.When Gusou heard that Shun was going to hold a wedding, and he was marrying Emperor Yao's two daughters, he felt very complicated.Because he has been instigated by Ji Hao and Xiang all the year round, he has a very bad impression of Shun. Apart from blaming Shun for his own blindness, he thinks that Shun brought all the misfortunes in his life.However, when he heard that Shun became the joint water control officer and married Emperor Yao's two daughters, he still felt a little relieved.In fact, he also knew in his heart that Xiang was far inferior to Shun, but he never dared to express this kind of thought in front of Ji Hao.Regarding Shun's wedding, he felt somewhat guilty, so he shirked it on the grounds that he was blind.

Ji Hao is naturally jealous and hates Shun, she will publicize any bad things about Shun, and forcefully forget any good things about Shun.So, she didn't attend Shun's wedding this time, she was worried that she would get sick from anger.

Therefore, Gusou and Ji Hao had no choice but to ask Xiang to attend Shun's wedding on their behalf.However, Xiang has admired Ehuang and Nvying for a long time, seeing his two most beloved women marry the man he hates most, Xiang feels resentment from the bottom of his heart.

All these expressions of his were seen by Queli.As a thoughtful woman, Que Li immediately had an idea when she saw the resentment in Xiang's heart.

"What's good about him? Why do my two younger sisters like him?"

When Shun was visiting with Ehuang and Nvying, Queli went to Xiang's side, saw his jealous face, and quickly sat beside him, arousing his hostility towards Shun.

"Is there any way, he is the reincarnation of Emperor Ziwei, and he has a destiny."

"There is no destiny in this world, it's all a fool's self-deception. If it is really the reincarnation of Emperor Xing, then why did Gusou go blind as soon as he was born, and why did his mother die unexpectedly? In my opinion, he It’s not a lie to be a nemesis.”

Hearing what Queli said, Xiang's eyes lit up, and he immediately had a good impression of Queli.

"Is this true?"

"Don't take it seriously! I'm just talking casually. There is no such thing as fate in the world, and don't believe in fate. You have to fight for the benefits yourself. If you don't even have a little fighting spirit, what is the difference between humans and animals?"

Queli's words gave Xiang a glimmer of hope, but when he saw Shun, Ehuang, and Nvying praying to heaven and earth, Xiang sighed helplessly.

"Hey! What's the point of saying that? Didn't the two swans, Ehuang and Nvying, still fall into the mouth of this toad?"

"Yes, he is a toad, but he will try his best to fight for it, but you are complaining about yourself here. I think you are not as good as a toad."

Hearing that Queli had something to say, Xiang couldn't help getting closer to Queli.

"May I ask what you mean?"

"Just listen to me, let alone Ehuang and Nvying, the whole world may be yours in the future."

Hearing Que Li's words, Xiang couldn't help being overjoyed.

"The world dare not expect extravagantly. If the two beauties can fall into my arms, I can be your cow or horse for the rest of my life."

"Okay, then it's a deal, as long as you do this..."

The two whispered at Shun's wedding banquet, looked at each other and let out a wicked smile.Listening to Que Li's plan, Xiang couldn't help but feel like seeing each other later.

After the wedding, Guirui celebrated for three more days, and Queli and the Queen left Guirui.Before leaving, Que Li left the Sanmiao wizard to help Xiang deal with Shun, and asked him to follow the plan.Although Gun stayed to help Shun control the water, he was unwilling.Not long after, he called his wife Xiuji and son Yu, escorted by more than 100 Yushan soldiers.Gun said he was missing his relatives, but in fact he was sending people from Yushan to Guirui.

Shun saw Yu for the first time on the observatory in Guirui City, when Yu was only ten years old. When he saw Shun, Yu couldn't help being full of admiration for Shun.

"I heard that the city lord pulled out Xuanyuan Sword and killed Taotie. How big was that Taotie? Were you afraid at that time? Where did Taotie come from, and where is he going?"

Yu asked Shun a lot of questions, some of which Shun could answer, but most of which Shun could not answer, especially about Taotie, whom Shun didn't know much about.He likes Yu very much, especially Little Xingxing. When he saw ten-year-old Yu with a childlike innocence, he was very happy in his heart.At this moment, Little Xingxing loves him more than he hates him.Since Dayu was a famous statesman in Chinese history and became king because of his meritorious service in water control, Little Xing Xing asked some questions about water control on purpose.

"Emperor Yao asked me to manage the water, and now your father asked you to help me, can you ask, how can I control the water?"

Yu scratched his head and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't seem to come up with any good idea. Suddenly he had an idea.

"City Master, have you ever played with the sand dam at the beach?"

"I haven't been to the beach yet, but I will go sooner or later." Shun replied.

Shun was very honest. He had never been to the seaside, so he couldn't answer this question.

"When playing with a sand dam, the sand dam will be raised when the water is high, but eventually the sand dam will collapse. It is better to open a small opening in the sand dam and let the water flow out, so that the sand dam will not collapse."

Shun felt that what Yu said was reasonable, but there was still a problem to be solved.

"You mean to change the blockage to the dredging, but have you ever thought about it? If you let the dam open and the flood is released, won't you still drown others?"

"We can open an artificial canal to divert the water to other rivers, and finally to the East China Sea, so that the water will not flood other people."

Although Yu was still a child, Shun listened to his words very seriously, because what Yu said was completely different from the previous methods of water control.In the past, water control has been unsuccessful, perhaps because no good method has been found, and it is not known whether Yu's method can solve the problem of water control.

Seeing Yu talking big in front of Shun, Gun immediately gave Yu a wink and told him to go away.

"The city lord doesn't need to care about the child's wanton words."

"I don't think it's debauchery. I see you as a child with a bright future."

Gun was very happy to hear Shun praise his son.But Little Xingxing had mixed feelings in her heart.Because at this moment, two important figures in ancient times: Shun was 30 years old and Yu was [-] years old.They don't know what impact their future actions will have on Chinese history, but Little Xingxing knows it well.Little Xingxing suddenly felt guilty for Shun, because it was precisely because of Shun's support and reuse in the future that Yu's "family world" restraint thought was brought into full play, and finally Yu's son Qi took over the master and created the "family world" precedent. The Xia Dynasty reduced the god-based society in ancient times to a human-based society.

(End of this chapter)