Duobao Taoist

Chapter 48 Dayu's Flood Control
Taoist Duobao took his newly recruited disciple Lingming stone monkey Yuan Ling, and drove Lingyun all the way to Biyou Palace on Jinao Island, and ordered the boy to call several disciples to him.Observing secretly, he found that Yuan Ming, the six-eared macaque, and Yuan Hong, the arm-armed ape, had already practiced the nine-turn Xuangong to the fourth turn, and they both had true immortality. With help, he has already reached the peak of the second round of Xuan Gong, and he will be able to enter the third round in a few days.The nine levels of the Nine-Turn Xuan Gong correspond to the nine realms of Taoism. According to legend, one can prove the Tao and become a saint after practicing the ninth level of the highest level. However, no one has ever studied whether it is really possible to achieve it. , this technique is more difficult than that of cultivating the Tao. The further to the back, each breakthrough level requires a huge amount of mana.Mana is transformed by the spiritual energy of the heavens and the earth absorbed by the cultivators. If the spiritual energy is decreasing day by day, this road is doomed to fail.That Ling Xiao is even more blessed, and now he has the Taoism of Taiyi Xuanxian.

Taoist Duobao looked at the few disciples in front of him, and was really happy in his heart.Then he pulled Yuan Ling in front of him and said to everyone: "This is the new disciple of the teacher, the Lingming stone monkey among the four monkeys in the chaotic world, named Yuan Ling. In the future, you and others will practice Jiuzhuanxuan together. If you reach the fifth turn of Xuangong as soon as possible, I will teach you the formation of four people and four elephants to kill the immortals as soon as possible. Even if you encounter a Daluo Jinxian at that time, you will have the power to protect yourself." After saying that, imprint the cultivation method of the nine-turn Xuangong into In Yuan Ling's mind, he took out nine Chiyou flags and a mixed iron rod from his sleeve and gave them to Yuan Ling. On the iron rod was embedded the flame-extending bead from the Four Elephant Beads.In the future, the Chiyou Banner bestowed by Duobao Daoist will be able to unite the ancestor Wu Zhurong; the Chiyou Banner of the six-eared macaque can unite the ancestor Wu Tianwu; It can condense ancestors and witches to work together, which just corresponds to the land, water, fire, and wind. Of course, the demon gods they condense must not be able to condense with the Twelve Capitals Tianshen Formation of the Twelve Capitals Tianmingwang Banner Compared with the demon god, it is just a phantom.

He ordered the four of them to go down to cultivate, but they saw Ling Xiao looking at him eagerly, and Daoist Duobao understood what he was thinking with a flick of his heart.It turned out that Ling Xiao saw that the teacher gave magic weapons to his brothers and sisters several times, and besides the golden gun he got when he was apprenticed to the teacher, only one yin and yang cylinder was given by his father.Thinking of this, Daoist Duobao didn't feel a little guilty, but he was negligent.As soon as his heart moved, he took out a banana fan from his own space, which was transformed from the banana tree he got on Buzhou Mountain back then, and this fan was the fan that fanned the fire.In this way, Ling Xiao has a golden gun for close combat, a plantain fan for long-distance attack, and two cylinders of yin and yang for body protection, so there is nothing wrong with it.Passed the fan to Ling Xiao, passed on the usage, and saw that Ling Xiao happily went down to sacrifice.

After dealing with these matters, just when Taoist Duobao was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he saw a little girl with braids running in from the door. The golden bells on her ankles were jingling as she ran. It was a girl. .It's just that the girl's face is full of tears at this time, and the pear blossoms are raining.Daoist Duobao hurriedly stepped forward to pick her up and asked, "Who is bullying our little princess? Master Grandpa asked him to vent his anger on the girl."

The girl cried: "My Xiaobai is missing. I asked Ao Bing. He said that he might have been eaten by wild animals in the mountains." Taoist Duobao heard this, and his heart skipped a beat, thinking that he was really afraid of something.At the moment, he had to resort to all kinds of means, and told her interesting stories about the prehistoric era, and finally took advantage of the little girl's curiosity to make the little princess laugh through tears, and stop entangled in Xiaobai's affairs.At this moment, I felt a huge aura sweeping across the hall, and my heart moved, knowing that the teacher, Master Tongtian, had finally left the customs, and immediately went to the hall of Biyou Palace with the girl to meet.

However, at this time, the human race was in the early days of Tang Yao's administration, and the astronomy and calendar were still far from perfect, and the people often delayed the farming season.Therefore, Yao organized specialized personnel to summarize the experience of the predecessors, and let the Xi and He tribes master astronomy.According to the movement of the sun, the moon and the stars and other celestial phenomena and natural phenology to estimate the time and date, he sent Xizhong to live in a place called Yanggu on the east coast to observe the sunrise. Correction; Uncle Pai Xi lives in a place called Mingdu, observes the movement of the sun from north to south, takes the day with the longest daylight hours as the summer solstice, and refers to the position of Mars to correct; Pai and Zhong live in a place called Mobuya in the west place, observe the situation of the sunset, take the day of the equinox as the autumnal equinox, and refer to the position of the virtual star to correct; Pai and Shu live in a place called Youdu in the north, observe the sun moving from south to north, and use the shortest day That day was the winter solstice, and it was corrected with reference to the position of the Pleiades.After the two points and two solstices were determined, Yao decided to use 360 ​​five days as a year, and 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 annual farming time is correct without errors.

Tang Yao was afraid of burying talents, leaving behind sages.Therefore, he often went deep into the poor villages, went to the mountains and fields to search and interview carefully, asked for talents, investigated political gains and losses, and selected talents.

At this time, a huge flood suddenly occurred on the earth.Due to the flood, the life of the people on the ground was extremely difficult. At this time, Emperor Yao heard the recommendation of several ministers named Siyue that Gun could control the flood. He was very happy, so Yao used Gun.Since Gun arrived in office, he led the people to control the floods. Gun had obtained a rare treasure in his early years, but it was the Xi Soil, which grows when the wind sees it. Because of the Xi Soil, Gun relied on him to block it several times. Smaller floods, this is where he got his name of being good at water control.It's just because he only knows how to control the water, but not how to drain it. If there is water in the east, he will block the east, and when the water flows from east to west, he will go to the west to block it.In this way, the embankment made by Xiyang can bear it, but he doesn't have so much Xiyang to completely transform the dam. Once there was a big flood, Gun had been busy for nine years, but he still could not control the flood.

At this time, Emperor Yao was getting old, and he discussed with his courtiers about the successor, and someone came forward to recommend Yu Shun.Shun's family background was very humble. Although he was a descendant of Emperor Zhuanxu, the fifth generation was a commoner and was in the lower class of society.What happened to Shun was even more unfortunate. His father, Gusou, was blind, and his mother died very young.Gusou continued to marry, and his stepmother gave birth to a younger brother named Xiang.Shun lived in a family environment where his father was stubborn, his mother was arrogant, and his image was arrogant. His father was wicked, his stepmother was duplicitous, and his younger brother was unruly. The few of them colluded and wanted to put Shun to death and make quick work of it; however, Shun never lost his son to his parents. Dao, very filial, and very friendly with his younger brother, has been like a day for many years, without any slack.When Shun's family members wanted to harm him, he ran away in time; when he got better, he immediately returned to them and gave him as much help as possible. Such a bad situation, but Shun can show extraordinary moral character and handle family relations well.

Shun's family was poor, so he was engaged in various manual labor and experienced ups and downs.At the age of 20, the fame is very big, and he is famous for his filial piety.Because of his filial piety to his parents who abused and persecuted him, he is praised in the human race.

So Emperor Yao ordered Yu Shun to be recruited, and let Shun participate in political affairs, manage officials, receive guests, and undergo various trials.He also married his two daughters, Ehuang and Nvying, to Shun, and studied Shun's character from the daughters.Shun not only handled political affairs in an orderly manner, but also improved in employing people.After many tests, Shun finally got Yao's approval.An auspicious day was chosen, and a grand ceremony was held. Yao Chan was located in Shun, but Shun felt that his reputation and virtue were not enough, and he was unwilling to accept it. Yao had to let him temporarily act as the lord.

Shun revised the calendar after acting as the master of the pedestrians, and held a grand ceremony to worship God, the four seasons of heaven and earth, and the gods of mountains and rivers; At the ceremony, Xingui was reissued.In the year when he came to the throne, he went to various places to patrol, sacrifice famous mountains, summoned the princes, and inspected the people's conditions; he also stipulated that he would patrol once every five years to inspect the princes' improvements, and clearly set rewards and punishments. rule.

Shun saw that the members of Yao's council included Gun, Gaotao, Qi, Houji, Boyi, Kui, Long, Ke, Yi, Pengzu, etc., and there was no specific division of labor among them.Shun assigned different positions to each of them according to their strengths: Gun served as Sikong, in charge of leveling water and soil; Houji took charge of agriculture and sowed a hundred grains; Gong is in charge of handicrafts; Yi is Yu Guan, who is in charge of the vegetation, birds and animals in the mountains and forests; Boyi is Zhizong, in charge of sacrificial ceremonies; Kui is Quyue, responsible for educating noble children; Love.Shun also stipulated that the performance of officials should be assessed every three years, and those with achievements would be promoted, while those who were incompetent would be replaced.Shun established the division of duties among officials, so that the duties of officials were clearly defined, the efficiency of work was improved, and all industries prospered.

Shun personally went to inspect the place where Gun controlled the flood.He discovered that the cause of the flood was the disturbance of the water monster, and even he knew that in order to completely eradicate the flood, the disturbance of the water monster must be put down first.But Gun only knew about blocking and nothing else, so he thought that Gun was ineffective, so he exiled Gun to Mount Yu.

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

Yu was the son of Gun, surnamed Si, also known as Wenming, and his courtesy name was Gaomi.Born in Xiqiang, he moved to Chong with his father. He was named Xia Bo in Yao Dynasty, so he was also called Xia Yu or Bo.

When Yu received the appointment, he had only been married for four days, and he had no 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 did not enter.For the first time, his wife was sick and did not come in to visit her.The second time, my wife was pregnant and didn't come in to visit.The third time, his wife Tu Shanshi gave birth to her son Qi. The baby was crying. Yu passed by outside the door.

Yu changed his father's approach. He led the crowd to dig open the Dragon Gate, dig through nine rivers, and divert the flood water into the sea.He worked with the people, wearing a hat, holding a shovel, and took the lead in digging and picking soil. Yu's feet were soaked in water for many years and his heels were rotten, so he could only walk with a stick.However, due to the limited manpower, the effect was not very good, and Yu was very troubled.

Moreover, the surrounding mountains and dams were mostly transformed by Nasi soil when my father Gun controlled the water, and they were extremely hard. Therefore, even after years of treatment, the effect is still not good.Shun saw that his method of water control was reasonable but limited by conditions and did not achieve results, so he did not blame him, but stepped up to recruit capable people from all sides in order to calm the flood as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)