The Mingyu of Prehistoric Times

star|moon|book|bar x|y s h u 8

Yao used Shun to straighten out the five ethics and morals and participate in the affairs of hundreds of officials. He did both very well. Yao thought that he was very smart and virtuous, so he called him and said: "For three years, you have done things carefully and can do what you say. I am old and frail, so you should stop my succession."

Shun Tui said that his virtue was not enough and he was unwilling to accept the throne. Emperor Yao said: "A capable person should not only think about himself, but should do more for others. Besides, I am old and can no longer manage the people. You are the most virtuous person I have ever seen. Don't you?" Who else can accept the position of Human Emperor?"

Shun still resolutely refused to accept the position of human emperor. Emperor Yao had no choice but to let Shun act as emperor's political affairs to observe whether he was in line with God's will as emperor.

Shun then observed the Big Dipper to see if there were any abnormalities in the movement of the sun, the moon and the five stars of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. He then held a temporary ceremony to offer sacrifices to God, and used the ritual of burning the sacrifices on the fire to worship the four heavens and the earth. At that time, remote sacrificial rituals were used to worship famous mountains and rivers, and various gods were generally worshiped.

He collected five types of jade talisman letters from Huan Gui, Xing Gui, Gong Gui, Gu Bi, and Pu Bi held by the fifth-ranking marquis, Bozi, the Duke and the Prince. He chose a good month and an auspicious day to summon the four mountains and the prefectural pastors of each state. and awarded to them.

In February, Shun went to the East for inspection. When he arrived at Mount Tai, he used the ceremony of burning firewood to worship Dongyue, and used the ceremony of distant sacrifice to worship the famous mountains and rivers in various places. Then, he summoned all the princes in the East to coordinate and correct the four seasons, the size of the moon, and the number of the sun. He unified the rhythm and the standards of length, capacity, and weight. He also established the five etiquettes of Ji, Ji, Bin, Jun, and Jia, and regulated the princes. Five kinds of Guibi and three kinds of colorful silk ribbons were used. The ministers used two kinds of animals, lambs and wild geese, and the scholars used dead pheasants as gifts for the court. The five kinds of Guibi were still returned to the princes after the court ceremony. In May, he went on a tour to the south; in August, he went to the west; in November, he went to the north: all the same as when he first went to the east. After returning, he went to the ancestral temple and father's temple and used a cow as a sacrifice.

From now on, inspections will be held every five years. During the four years, all princes and kings will come to the capital on time to pay homage. Shun generally explained the principles of governing the country to the princes, clearly inspected them according to their achievements, and gave chariots and horses clothes according to their merits.

Shun began to divide the world into twelve states and dredge the rivers. It stipulates that law enforcement shall be based on normal penalties, and the five penalties of tattooing, nose cutting, foot mutilation, castration, and beheading shall be reduced by the method of exile. Whips shall be used for punishment in government affairs, and rulers shall be used for education in schools. A fine of gold can be used as atonement. Those who are at fault due to disasters will be pardoned; those who persist in causing harm will be punished.

At this time, Sanmiao caused many rebellions in the Jiang and Huaihe River basins and Jingzhou area. At this time, Shun returned from his inspection and reported to Emperor Yao, requesting that Huandou be exiled to Chongshan Mountain in order to change the customs of the Southern Barbarians and that Sanmiao be moved to Sanwei Mountain in order to change the customs of Xirong.

During the reign of Emperor Yao, floods broke out in the wilderness and the people suffered terribly. Emperor Yao asked a group of ministers: "The floods are surging to the sky, the mountains are vast and the mausoleums are vast. The people are worried about it. Is there anyone who can rule it?"

All the ministers said that it was not Gun who could control the water. Emperor Yao said: "That Gun violated the destiny of heaven and destroyed his own people, so he cannot use it." The ministers said: "No one except Gun is proficient in the art of water control. Why not use it first? If he can If the flood cannot be controlled well, then someone else will be replaced." Emperor Yao nodded and asked Gun to control the flood.

After Gun knew that Emperor Yao had ordered him to control the floods, he said to people: "If it takes a little effort to cure the floods, Yao is really overqualified for his talents and underutilized." Everyone laughed.

After taking office, Gun led the people to control the floods. However, Gun only knew how to block the floods, but he only knew how to block them. If there was water in the east, he would block the east side. One blockage and another overflowed. Gun was busy for nine years but still could not control the floods.

In the end, Shun killed Gun to punish him for failing to control the flood. After punishing these sinners, everyone in the world was pleased.

In the seventy years of Yao's reign, he got Shun, and after another twenty years he resigned due to old age, leaving Shun to take charge of the emperor's government affairs and recommend it to heaven. Yao died twenty-eight years after abdicating his throne. The people mourned and mourned as if their biological parents had died.

Within three years, no one played music anywhere in the world to mourn Emperor Yao. Yao knew that his son Danzhu was not worthy of being passed down to him, so he tentatively tried to give it to Shun. If it were passed on to Shun, everyone in the world would benefit and only Danzhu would be disadvantaged; if it were passed on to Danzhu, everyone in the world would suffer and only Danzhu would benefit.

Yao said: "After all, I cannot cause harm to all the people in the world and benefit only one person," so he finally passed the world to Shun.

After Yao's death, after three years of mourning, Shun abdicated the throne to Danzhu and hid on the south bank of the Nanhe River.

The princes who came for pilgrimage did not go to Danzhu but came to Shun; those who filed lawsuits did not go to Danzhu but came to Shun; those who praised merit did not go to Danzhu but came to praise Shun.

Shun said: "This is God's will." Then he arrived in Kyoto and ascended to the throne of emperor. This was Emperor Shun.

After Shun came to power, one of his strategies for governing the country was to "use images to punish people and punish them through exile." He drew the shapes of five types of punishments on utensils to serve as a warning; he used exile as a method of replacing corporal punishment to show leniency. But there are also flogging, beating and redemption. In particular, criminals who refuse to repent must be severely punished, so that the bad guys will be punished and the people of the world will be convinced.

After Shun succeeded to the throne and became the Human Emperor, he worked hard to govern the world and had no time to sleep every day. Since Gun was beheaded by Shun at Yushan, no one could be found to replace Gun to control floods. Floods in the wilderness became more and more severe. At this time, someone recommended Gun's son Yu, saying that Yu could control floods, and Shun had no one to control the floods. After hearing the news, he agreed and asked Yu to replace Gun to control the flood.

Xia Yu, also known as Dayu, was named Wenming and his surname was Si. He is 9 feet 2 inches tall and is the leader of the tribal alliance in the Yellow River Basin.

Yu's father was Gun, Gun's father was Emperor Zhuanxu, Zhuanxu's father was Changyi, and Changyi's father was Huangdi. Yu is the tenth generation descendant of the Yellow Emperor. His mother is the daughter of the Xin family, also known as the daughter of the Tushan family, named Nvzhi.

Yu's wife was the daughter of the Tushan clan in the northeast of Shouchun, Jiujiang, and the grandson of Emperor Zhuanxu. Neither Yu's great-grandfather Changyi nor his father Gun ascended to the throne, but served as ministers to the emperor.

When Yu was young, he was taught by the god Zhen and learned his skills. In order to cure the flood and wash away his father's shame, he immediately joined Yi and Houji. Summon people from all over the world to come and help. He inspected the river course and reviewed the reasons for Gun's failure. He decided to reform the water control method, changing from blocking to channeling. He personally climbed over the mountains and ridges, crossed the rivers and rivers, held tools, and measured the height of the terrain from west to east, set up benchmarks, and planned waterways. .

He led the migrant workers in flood control. Traveling all over the country, according to benchmarks, we dug mountains wherever we met and built embankments when we encountered depressions to dredge waterways and divert floodwaters into the sea. Yu worked hard to control the floods. He was not afraid of hard work and never dared to rest. Not long after his marriage to Nvjiao, a famous girl from the Tushan family, he left his wife and embarked on the road of flood control again. Later, when he passed by the door of his house and heard the sound of his wife giving birth and his son's birth, he gritted his teeth and did not enter the house. When they passed by for the third time, his son Qizheng was holding his mother's arms. He already knew how to call daddy and waved his little hands to say hello to Yu. Yu just waved to his wife and children to express that he saw them, but he still didn't stop. Come down.

Yu also cared about the sufferings of the people. Once, when he saw a man who was so poor that he sold his child, Yu redeemed the child. Seeing that some people had nothing to eat, he asked Hou Ji to distribute the only food to the people.

Yu wore tattered clothes, ate poor food, and lived in a simple tent. He personally held the hoe and took the lead in doing the hardest and dirtiest work every day. Over the past few years, all the hair on his legs and arms had fallen off, his palms and soles were covered with thick calluses, his body was dry, and his face was dark.

After thirteen years of hard work, they opened up countless mountains, dredged countless rivers, and built countless dams, so that all the rivers in the world flowed to the sea. Finally, the flood control was successful and the flood problem was eradicated. The land that had just receded from the flood was too wet, so Yu asked Yifa to seed the people and teach them how to grow rice.

When Yu was trying to control floods, he often encountered obstacles from mountains, so he organized people to dig up mountains. However, due to limited manpower, the effect was not very good, and Yu was very troubled. At this time, the great god Mrs. Yunhua lived in Wushan. When Yu heard that Mrs. Yunhua had great supernatural powers, he went to Mrs. Yunhua for help. Seeing that Yu was devoted to the people, Mrs. Yunhua asked her maid to give Yu the spell to summon ghosts and gods, and also let her His generals Kuangzhang, Yu Yu, Huang Mo, Dayi, Gengchen, Tong Lu, etc. helped Yu cut the rocks and dredge the waves, break the blockades and guide the waves, so as to follow its flow. He also gave Yu two treasures - a mountain-opening ax and a water-avoiding sword. The mountain-opening ax was used to open mountains and divert water, and the water-avoiding sword was used to kill monsters in the water.

Yu opened nine mountain roads: one starts from Qishan and Qishan and goes all the way to Jingshan and crosses the Yellow River; one goes from Hukou Mountain and Leishou Mountain to Taiyue Mountain; one goes from Dizhu Mountain and Xicheng Mountain to Wangwu Mountain; one line runs from Taihang Mountain and Changshan Mountain to Jieshi Mountain, and enters the sea and is connected to the waterway; one line runs from Xiqingshan, Zhuyu Mountain, and Niaoshu Mountain to Taihua Mountain; one line runs from Xiong'er Mountain, Waifang Mountain, and Tongbai Mountain. One drives to Fuwei Mountain; one drives from Jizhong Mountain to Jingshan; one drives from Neifang Mountain to Dabie Mountain; one drives from the south of Wenshan to Hengshan, crosses Jiujiang, and finally reaches Fuqianyuan Mountain.

Yu channeled nine large rivers: he channeled the weak water to Heli, and caused the downstream of the weak water to flow into quicksand. The black water was channeled, passed through Sanwei Mountain, and flowed into the South China Sea. Channel the Yellow River, starting from Jishi Mountain, to Longmen Mountain, south to Huayin, then turn east and pass through Diaizhu Mountain, continue east to Mengjin, then east through the Luoshui River estuary, until Dapi; turn and pass north The precipitation reaches Dalu Ze and then divides into nine rivers to the north. These nine rivers merge into one river downstream, called Nihe, and finally flows into the sea.

Starting from Jizhong Mountain, the Yangshui River is channeled. It flows eastward to become the Hanshui River, and then flows eastward to become the Canglangshui River. After passing through the Sanyangshui River, it reaches the Dabie Mountains, turns south and flows into the Yangtze River, and then flows eastward to meet the Penglize Water, and continues eastward. It is Beijiang, flowing into the sea. Starting from Wenshan, the Yangtze River is channeled, branching off to the east as the Tuoshui River, then heading east to reach the Li River, passing through Jiujiang, arriving at Dongling, then diagonally flowing eastward to meet the Penglize River, continuing eastwards to reach the Zhongjiang River, and finally into the sea. It diverts the Nun River and flows eastwards to become Jishui. It flows into the Yellow River. When the two waters meet, they overflow into Yingze. It passes eastward through the north of Taoqiu and continues eastward to Heze. It then joins the Wenshui River in the northeast and then flows northward into the sea.

Starting from Tongbai Mountain, the Huai River is channeled eastward to join the Sishui River and Yishui River, and then flows eastward into the sea. The channel of the Wei River starts from Niaoshu Tongxing Mountain, goes east to join the Feng River, then east to join the Jing River, then east through Qishui and Ju River, and flows into the Yellow River. The Luoshui River is diverted from Xiong'er Mountain to the northeast to join the Jianshui River and the Xishui River, and then to the east to join the Yishui River, and then to the northeast to flow into the Yellow River.

In the process of controlling floods, Yu traveled all over the world and knew the topography, customs, and products of each place very well. Yu reorganized the world into nine states and formulated the types of tribute for each state.

Yu also stipulated that the area five hundred miles outside the Emperor's territory was called Dianfu, the area five hundred miles further away was called Houfu, the area five hundred miles further outside was called Suifu, the area five hundred miles further outside was called Yaofu, and the outermost five hundred miles was called Yaofu. 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.

All the mountains, rivers and rivers have been managed. From then on, the nine states were unified and everyone within the four borders can live. Roads were opened in the nine mountains, the water sources were dredged in the nine rivers, embankments were built in the nine lakes, and all the princes in the four seas could live. Come to the capital for alliance and pilgrimage.

Because Yu succeeded in controlling the floods, Emperor Shun gave Yu a black jade gui in a grand sacrificial ceremony to commend his achievements and to announce success and great rule of the world to all the people of the world.

Soon, Emperor Shun made Yu his uncle and made Xia his country. Yu's prestige in the world reached its peak. All the people praised him and said, "If it hadn't been for Yu, we would have turned into fish and turtles long ago."

Emperor Shun often praised Yu and said: "Yu, Yu! You are my arms, thighs, ears and eyes. I want to benefit the people, and you assist me. I want to observe the sky, know the sun, moon and stars, compose and embroider clothes, you Advise me. I want to listen to the six tones and eight tones to control chaos and promote the five virtues. You never flatter me in front of me or slander me behind my back. You keep the court pure and innocent with your sincerity, virtue and example. . You have done a great job in promoting my virtue!”

Emperor Shun recommended Yu to heaven as the heir to the throne. In the fifty-third year of Emperor Shun's reign, he abdicated the throne of emperor to Yu. Seventeen years later, Shun died during his southern tour. After three years of mourning, Yu fled to Yangcheng and gave up the throne to Shun's son Shangjun.

At that time, all the princes in the world left Shangjun to go to court with Yu. With the support of the princes, Yu officially ascended the throne as emperor, with Anyi as his capital, and his country was named Xia. He also entrusted Danzhu to Tang Dynasty and Shangjun to Yu Dynasty.

So the calendar was changed and the month of Jianyin was the first month.

Not long after Yu succeeded to the throne, he elected Gao Tao as his successor and gave him full power to handle government affairs. After Gaotao died unfortunately, Boyi was elected as his successor and responsible for government affairs.

In the tenth year of his reign, Emperor Yu visited the south. While crossing the river, a yellow dragon swam up and raised the boat. The people on the boat were very frightened.

Dayu looked up to the sky and sighed: "I am ordered by heaven. Sasuke, who relies on heaven to live, will return to heaven when he dies. Why do you have to worry about this dragon?"

When the dragon heard this, he wagged his tail, lowered his head and disappeared. (!) More ‘small’ says, ‘full’ in ‘stars’ ‘book’, ‘! Chapter 30 of the latest chapter of "The Mingyu of the Great Desolation" is compiled and uploaded by Xingyue Book Bar ()