With the assistance of so many talented people, the human race prospered under Yao's rule. In the early days of Yao's reign in the Tang Dynasty, the astronomical calendar was still imperfect, and the people often missed the farming season. Therefore, Yao ordered the Xi family and the He family to follow the will of God. , according to the appearance and appearance of the sun and the moon, and the position of the stars, he formulated a calendar and carefully taught the people the seasons of production.
The Xi and He tribes mastered astronomy and estimated the time and date based on the movement of the sun, moon, stars and other celestial phenomena and natural phenology, and determined the four seasons. They also used one cycle of the moon as one month, one cycle of the sun as one year, and one year was defined as three hundred and six months. Sixteen days, this is the earliest recorded calendar in China and laid the foundation of our country’s lunar calendar.
There are 366 days in a year, and leap moons are used to correct the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Emperor Yao also sincerely warned all officials to abide by their duties and handle everything properly. Under such governance, the human race once again ushered in a wave of rapid development. At this time, Emperor Yao had been in power for more than seventy years. , felt that his merits were complete, so he wanted to find a great sage to take over the position of the co-leader of the human race.
So Emperor Yao summoned his ministers and asked them who could take over the position of the co-leader of the human race. After hearing this, the ministers discussed among themselves for a while before replying: "The son of the co-master, Dan Zhu Tongda Shili, can take over the position of the human emperor." .”
Emperor Yao said disdainfully: "Huh! Danzhu, he is stupid, vicious, and inappropriate." Everyone was silent after hearing this. Danzhu was Emperor Yao's most beloved son. Now that Emperor Yao is excluded, everyone Suddenly I lost my recommendation.
After a moment of silence, everyone began to discuss the candidate again. In the end, everyone reached a consensus and said with one voice: "His Majesty the Holy Emperor Xuanyuan has a grandson named Gun. This man has extensive knowledge, extraordinary abilities, and is praised by everyone for his conduct. He is qualified to take on this important task."
When Emperor Yao heard this, he lowered his head and thought for a while. Just when he was about to agree, something suddenly moved in his heart. Emperor Yao rolled his eyes, then stroked his beard and said, "This person is indeed good, but you should recommend a few more. Don't make any mistakes."
When everyone heard this, they realized the truth and began to discuss again. Suddenly, the minister Siyue said to Yao: "There is a man named Yu Shun who lives among the people. His virtues are very good. But I don't know whether he is qualified to be the leader of the common people." position."
Emperor Yao said, "Well, I've heard of this man too, but I don't know who he is. Please tell me carefully." Siyue replied, "Shun lived in a family environment where his father was stubborn, his mother was loud, and his elephant was arrogant. His father, Gusou, was blind and had evil intentions, his stepmother was double-dealing, and his younger brother was unruly. All of them conspired to kill Shun.
However, Shun was very filial to his parents and very friendly with his younger brother. He did not slack off for many years. When his family wanted to harm him, he escaped in time. When he got better, he immediately returned to them. Although he may have given help, despite his unfortunate life experience and harsh environment, Shun was able to live in harmony with his family, fulfill the principle of filial piety, and manage the family well to prevent them from going evil. "
Yao said: "Then let me try him first!" So Emperor Yao married his two daughters Ehuang and Nvying to Shun, and observed his virtues from his two daughters to see if he could manage the housekeeping well. Shun asked them to lower their noble hearts and live in their homes by the Gui River, observing the ways of being wives.
Both women were very devoted to Shun and abided by women's ethics. When Shun made pottery, he could drive people around him to work hard, strive for excellence, and avoid shoddy work. Wherever he went, people were willing to follow him, so he lived in Ju (Ju) every year. village), Chengdu was established in two years, and Chengdu was established in three years (four counties were the capital).
Yao was very happy to learn about this situation and gave Shun Zhenyi (Xige cloth clothes) and Qin, cattle and sheep, and built a warehouse for him. Gusou still wanted to kill him, and conspired with his family to kill Shun many times, but Shun But it was always as if God had blessed him and he could miraculously survive. Even so, Shun still served his parents and loved his brothers as before, and he was even more respectful.
In this way, after testing Shun's character, Yao began to let Shun get involved in government affairs. Yao asked Shun to try out the post of Situ and be responsible for promoting moral education. Shun then taught his subjects the "Five Codes", namely father's righteousness, mother's kindness, brother's kindness. The five virtues of friend, brother respect, and son filial piety guide his behavior, and his subjects are willing to listen to his teachings and generally act in accordance with the "Five Codes."
Yao also asked Shun to be in charge of all officials and handle government affairs. All officials obeyed Shun's command. Everything was revived and nothing was left in ruins. It was extremely orderly and without any disorder.
Yao also asked Shun to be responsible for receiving the princes from all over the world at the four gates of the Mingtang. Shun got along well with the princes and made the princes harmonious and friendly. The guests from distant princes all respected him.
Finally, Yao asked Shun to go alone to the forest at the foot of the mountain to withstand the test of nature. Shun was able to keep walking in the storm and thunderstorm without losing his way, which showed his strong ability to survive. After many tests, Yao saw Shun's extraordinary talent and noble moral character. Shun finally got Yao's recognition, so Emperor Yao ordered People prepared to pass on the position of co-master to Shun.
During Emperor Yao's reign, he promoted Western religion a lot, but the effect was not very good. Long before the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Three Religions of Human Interpretation had begun to preach in the human race, and Western religion was limited to the West, despite Emperor Yao's propaganda. , but Western religion is too remote compared to the human race, but fortunately there are still some people who believe in Western religion, which has also allowed Western religion to flourish in the East.
Shun's master was the Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit of the Jie Sect. As for the great disciple of the Jie Sect, Taoist Duobao, he was placed in the last division of the Human Emperor. After Shun ascended the throne as the co-leader of the human race, the Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit naturally accompanied him. Next to him, he solved his problems and taught him how to practice.
With the support of Jie Jiao, Emperor Shun began to take action. First, Emperor Shun observed the Big Dipper to check whether there were any abnormalities in the movements of the sun, moon, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. Then he held a temporary ceremony. The saints were informed of the sacrifices, and the four seasons of heaven and earth were worshiped with the ritual of burning the sacrifices on the fire. The famous mountains and rivers were worshiped with the remote sacrifice ceremony, and all kinds of gods were worshiped generally.
He collected five kinds of jade talisman letters, Huan Gui, Xin Gui, Gong Gui, Gu Bi and Pu Bi, held by the fifth-ranking marquis, Bozi and Male. He chose a good month and an auspicious day, summoned the four mountains and the prefectural pastors of each state, and awarded them to them. Shun went on an inspection tour to the East. 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.
Shun generally explained the principles of governing the country to the princes, made clear inspections based on performance, and gave horses and chariots clothes based on merit. Shun began to divide the world into twelve states, dredge rivers, and stipulate that law enforcement should be based on normal punishments and exile. The method was to reduce the five punishments of tattooing, cutting off the nose, mutilating the feet, castration, and beheading. In the government, whips were used for punishment, and for education in schools, rulers were used for punishment.
Those who were at fault due to disasters would be pardoned; those who persisted in causing harm would be punished. At this time, Sanmiao caused many rebellions in the Jiang and Huaihe River basins and Jingzhou. At this time, Shun was inspecting and exiled Huandou. He worshiped the mountains in order to change the customs of the southern barbarians, and moved the Sanmiao to Sanwei Mountain in order to change the customs of the Xirong. Shun's actions made the world happy.
However, unforeseen circumstances occurred. In the later years of Shun's reign, heavy rains occurred in the wilderness, and the disasters became more and more serious. This time it was not the dragon clan making trouble, but a real natural disaster. Shun was not very proficient in this, so he had no choice but to Then, the important task of flood control was handed over to another great sage of the human race, Gun.
This Gun's father is Emperor Zhuanxu, Zhuanxu's father is Changyi, and Changyi's father is Huangdi. Gun was originally from the Manchu clan and was a strong candidate to compete for the position of human emperor. Unfortunately, they all became ministers to Zhi. As a result, Emperor Yao was deposed after he became the co-leader of the human clan.
When Gun was young, he was taught by a god and learned his skills. Ever since he received the task of controlling floods, he has been working hard and diligently. However, no matter how strong Gun is, how can one person stop this unparalleled flood, even if the human race gathers together? Even if we work together, we cannot withstand this terrible natural disaster.
However, Gun was still obligated to deal with the matter. After receiving the order from Emperor Shun, Gun packed his bags and went to control the water with everyone. Gun adopted a blocking method and used Nuwa Empress to create humans and leave them in the soil of the human race. They built dykes and mountains to force the floods of the Yellow River to flow back, and blocked the river to store water, giving the people a source of irrigation for agriculture.
Although the floods were temporarily suppressed, it was not permanent after all. Ten years later, the floods broke out again, and they were more ferocious than before. The human race suffered heavy losses for a while, and Gun was beheaded by Emperor Shun in public.
After Gun's death, a baby was born in the corpse. He was rescued by Taoist Duobao, the great disciple of Jie Sect. Duobao handed Yu over to Gun's wife to raise him. After Yu learned about his father, he was determined to avenge his father's shame and bring peace to the world. There was a flood, so he ran around looking for good ways to control the water.
The Five Emperors' Rule of the World is a bit awkward, but I have no choice but to let me finish writing the plot of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. You can just read it. The three chapters of the Five Emperors' Rule of the World are over.
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