readx;? Yu led Boyi and Houji to plan the waterways of the Yellow River basin according to the principle of channeling. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After perfecting the waterway plan, they began to mobilize the people, according to the benchmark, to open mountains and build embankments in the mountains and depressions, so as to dredge the waterways and divert floodwaters into the sea.

Whenever Yu found a place that needed to be governed, he went to various tribes to mobilize the masses to construct, whenever the water conservancy project began, he tried his brains, was not afraid of hard work, did not dare to rest, worked with the people, dug mountains and stones, slept in the open air, lived in a very low thatched hut, and ate worse than the ordinary people.

He distributed rice seeds to the people, which could be planted on low-lying and moist land. He also let Houji help the people who are struggling to eat food. When food is scarce, some areas are asked to transfer surplus grain to the areas where there is a shortage of food, so that all the vassal states can have food to eat. While marching, Yu inspected the property situation in various places, stipulated the tribute that should be paid to the Son of Heaven, and inspected the terrain of mountains and rivers in various places in order to find out whether the transportation was convenient when the princes paid tribute.

He controlled the water three times and did not enter the house: Legend has it that soon after Yu and Tushan Nujiao got married, they left their wives and embarked on the road of water control. Later, he passed by the door of the house, heard the sound of his wife giving birth and his son croaking to the ground, that was his wife Tu Shanshi had just given birth to a son to him, how he wanted to go back and see his wife and children with his own eyes, but he thought of the urgency of opening the mountain and diversion, so he didn't care about going home, so he had to make a big gift to the thatched hut at home, with tears in his eyes, he rode away on horseback and walked on the front line of water control. When he passed through his hometown for the third time, his son Qizheng was held in his mother's arms, he already knew how to call his father, waved his little hand, and greeted Yu, Yu just waved to his wife and children, indicating that he saw them, and still did not stop.

During Yu's water control, Nujiao died of illness.

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Classic of the Sea": The flood is monstrous, and the emperor's breath is flooded, and the emperor does not wait for his life. The emperor ordered Zhu Rong to kill Kun in the suburbs of Yu. Kun resurrected Yu, and the emperor ordered Yu to spread the soil to determine Kyushu Island. Yu married the daughter of the Tushan clan, did not harm the public with his own interests, and went back to control the water for four days from Xin to Jia. Yu ruled the flood, passed through the mountain, and turned into a bear. Tu Shan said: "If you want to pay, you will come to hear the sound of drums." "Yu jumped the stone, hit the drum by mistake, Tu Shan went, saw Yu Fang sitting on the bear, and went away in shame. To the foot of the high mountain of Song, turned into stone, Fang Shengqi. Yu said: "To my son!" The stone broke through the north and was born.

"Shangshu, Yushu, Yiji" chapter cloud: "When Yu Chuangruo, he married Tu Shan, Xin Ren Jia, and wept and wept. Give the Fuzi, but the wasteland is the earth. ”

"Historical Records: Xia Benji" "to marry Tu Shan", "Yu injured his ancestors' father Kungong's failure to be punished, but he worked hard and thought about it, lived outside for thirteen years, and did not dare to enter the house"

"Mencius: Knee Wen Gong Shang": "Yu was outside for eight years, and he passed through his door three times without entering. ”

"Lü's Spring and Autumn Period" said: "Yu married the daughter of the Tushan clan, did not harm the public with his own interests, and went back and forth to control the water for four days from Xin to Jia. ”

"Huayang Guozhi Ba Zhi": "Yu married Tu, Xin, Ren, Gui, Jia and went, gave birth to a son Qi croaking and crying in time, three through its door and did not enter the room, in order to save the time, now Jiangzhou Tu Shan is also, the temple of Emperor Yu is inscribed. ”

"Zhuangzi Tianxia Chapter": "In the past, Yu's annihilation flood, the river and the four Yi Kyushu also, three hundred famous mountains, "Shangshu" said, Yu married the daughter of the Tushan clan as his wife, only three or four days after the marriage, he set off to control the water, his son Xia Qi fell to the ground, he did not see one. Mencius said, "Yu was outside for eight years, and he passed through his door three times without entering." ”

According to the "Historical Records", it is "living outside for thirteen years, and I dare not enter the house". All show Dayu's arduous style of water control, and occasionally control the water outside, and have no time to take care of the family and take care of the private feelings of the children.

According to the geographical situation of mountains and rivers, Dayu divided China into nine states, namely: Jizhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Yangzhou, Liangzhou, Yuzhou, Yongzhou, Jingzhou. His method of water control is to treat the mountains and rivers of the whole of China as a whole, and he first governs the land of Kyushu, which should be dredged and leveled, so that a large number of places have become fertile land.

Yu's water control and investigation began from the imperial capital Jizhou. In Jizhou, the project of Hukou was completed first, and Liangshan and its branches were treated. Govern the Taiyuan area all the way to the south of Taiyue Mountain. After repairing Qin Huai, he continued to repair Hengshui and Zhangshui. The soil of Jizhou is white and soft, and the taxes here belong to the upper class, that is, the first class, sometimes mixed with the second class, and the fields belong to the middle class, that is, the fifth class. Changshui and Weishui have been dredged, and the mainland has also been repaired. The tribute of the Tohoku Toyi tribe is leather clothing. Its tribute route was to detour west through Jieshi Mountain and enter the Yellow River.

Between Jishui and the Yellow River is the state of Yanzhou: all nine rivers in this area have been dredged, and Leixia has accumulated into a large lake. Yongshui and Fushui converged and flowed into the river, and mulberry was planted on the land, and silkworms were raised, so that the people could move down from the mountains and settle on the flat land. The soil is black and fat, the grass grows luxuriantly, and the trees are tall. The fields here belong to the lower middle class, that is, the sixth class, and the taxes are under the lower class, that is, the ninth class, and after thirteen years of rectification, they can be the same as those of the other states. The tributes from this area are lacquer, silk, and patterned brocade in bamboo baskets. During the tribute, the water route was taken, from Jishui to Luo (tà, tà) water, and then into the Yellow River.

Between the sea and Mount Tai is Qingzhou: after the razing of Pingzhi in this area, Huaishui and Zishui have also been dredged. The soil here is white and fertile, the seashore is wide and alkaline, and the fields are mostly saline-alkali. The fields belong to the upper and lower classes, that is, the third class, and the taxes belong to the middle and upper classes, that is, the fourth class. The tribute was salt and fine arrowroot, and sometimes some seafood, as well as silk, tin, pine, and exotic stones produced in the valley of the Tai Valley, which could be grazed in the Lai Yi region, so there was a tribute of animal husbandry products, and there were also baskets of silk that were used as strings. When paying tribute, take the waterway and transfer from Wenshui to Jishui.

Between the sea, Mount Tai and Huaishui is Xuzhou: Huaishui and Yishui are governed in this area, and crops can also be planted in the areas of Mengshan and Yushan. Ohno became a reservoir lake, and the waters of Higashihara receded. The soil here is red, sticky and fat, and the vegetation is growing and gradually flourishing. The fields belong to the upper middle, that is, the second class, and the taxes belong to the middle class, that is, the fifth class. The items to be paid tribute were the five-colored clay used by the Son of Heaven to build an altar to worship the heavens, the wild jelly in the Feather Valley, the solitary paulownia produced in the south of the Yishan Mountain that can be used to make the qin, the stone chime made of pumice on the shore of Surabaya, the pearls and fish of Huaiyi, and the delicate and clean black and white silk held in bamboo baskets. When paying tribute, take the waterway through Huaishui and Surabaya, and then turn into the Yellow River.