In the historical records, the three emperors and five emperors are all very good characters, holding the power of life and death, and are respected by everyone. Yao and Shun are both among the Five Emperors, do you know why Yao started Zen Rang, and the people before Yao did not have Zen Rang?
Some people say that Yao is of noble character and thinks that the world is inhabited by virtuous people, so he chose a talented and virtuous Shun to inherit the position, and also began the precedent of Zen concession. The truth is that he really wants to Zen?
The Five Emperors refer to the five kings from the Yellow Emperor to Shun, namely the Emperor, Zhuan, Emperor Yu, Yao, and Shun. Speaking carefully, they are all a big family surnamed Ji.
The Yellow Emperor is the descendant of the Three Emperors, Zhuan is the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, Emperor Yu is the son of Emperor Yu, Yao is the second son of Emperor Yu, and Shun is the descendant of Yao's son-in-law Yellow Emperor. It was Yao's Zen Rang, and it was also passed on to his son-in-law.
Yao passed the position to his son-in-law, doesn't Yao have a son?In fact, Yao has a son, but in his eyes, his son's talent and virtue are incompetent, and if he passes it on to his son, he will be replaced in the end.
Why would Yao think that?It's because there are lessons from the past. Emperor Yu passed the position to his eldest son, but the leaders of the various tribes thought that he was not talented and prestigious, so they united to depose him and jointly elected Yao, who had a higher reputation for talent, as the leader. How did Yao become the leader, Yao knew better than anyone in his heart, he didn't have a second son, once he was deposed, it would be a loss of power.
Yao doesn't have a second son, but he still has two daughters. So he searched for people with both talents and virtues all over the world, and he wanted to pass on the position to him, and he also married his two daughters to him, and it was acceptable not to pass it on to his son, but to his son-in-law. What's more, it is elected by the whole world, and there is no need to worry about being opposed by various tribes because of talent and morality.
In this context, a young man with both talent and virtue was selected, and he was Shun, who had a good reputation among the masses. Shun is a civilian, of course, what Yao says is what, not to mention that he also gave two beautiful women as wives, so Shun worked harder to exercise his talents.
Passing the position to Shun, it's not that no one objected, Kun was the one who opposed the most, and it was hard to say whether it was out of public interest or self-interest. Kun's objection, Shun silently remembered it.
After Yao's death, Shun resolutely wanted to give up his position to Yao's son, which was the same as Shun expected, and most of the tribal leaders opposed it and resolutely supported Shun as the leader, so Shun sat on the highest position with everyone's support.
During Shun's reign, floods raged and the people suffered greatly. So Shun sent Kun to be responsible for controlling the water and returning peace to the people. After accepting the task, Kun only scratched his head, such a big water, how can it be done?No matter how difficult it was, they had to do it, so they organized people to build walls and dams to try to keep the flood water out of the living area.
Kun kept organizing people day and night to contain the floods, and gradually the dikes became higher and higher, and the floodwaters accumulated more and more. Finally, one day, the flood broke through the containment and caused even more damage. Shun saw that Kun failed to control the water and caused such a big loss, so he killed Kun.
Killing Kun calmed the people's anger, but the water still had to be treated, so he sent Yu, the son of Kun, who has a family history, to control the water. After Yu received the task, he was sad that his father died because of water control, but he was also so frightened that he didn't dare to go home to see it after thirteen years of water control. He learned a lesson and knew that blocking would not work, so he changed to a dredging method to control the water, but he did not expect it to be successful.
People are grateful for the merits of Yu to control the water, and they all respect Yu as Dayu, and his prestige among the people is rising. At this time, Shun was also old, and it was time to consider the matter of passing on the throne, he thought about it again and again, and decided to pass it on to Dayu.
Dayu also pushed and avoided other places. Shun's son Shang Jun declared himself the leader, and most of the tribal leaders were not satisfied, and started a war with Shang Jun, Shang Jun was outnumbered and finally defeated. The leaders of the tribes promoted Dayu as the head of everyone.
After Yu became the leader, he also worked hard. There is a person named Boyi, who followed Yu to control the water, and also accumulated a lot of prestige, and is recognized as the best person. On the one hand, Yu designated Boyi as the first person, and on the other hand, he asked his son Qi to assist him in handling affairs, and Qi had a lot of power in handling affairs.
After Yu's death, Boyi inherited the position, but Qi was not convinced, so he led someone to drive Boyi away and became the leader himself. It was also the end of the short-lived Zen concession system.
From the point of view of the process, the Zen system was just a beautiful speech that had to be said at that time, and it was actually a shocking **.
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