Chapter 15 Emperor Yu exterminates the three seedlings

readx;? The place of the king is like the four hours of the year, the rulers are like the moon, all of them belong to the year, and the yin is like the sun, all of them belong to the month. If the relationship between the year, the month, the day, and the hour does not change www.biquge.info the hundred valleys will be mature, the politics will be clear, the outstanding talents will be revealed, and the country will be peaceful and tranquil.

If the relationship between the day, the month, the year, and the hour were all changed, the hundred grains would not be able to mature, the politics would be dark, the outstanding talents would not be reused, and the country would not be at peace. The people are like the stars, some of them like the wind, and some of the stars like the rain. The sun and moon have winter and summer. The moon obeys the stars, and she will moisten them with wind and rain.

"9. Five kinds of happiness: one is longevity, the second is wealth, the third is health and tranquility, the fourth is observance of virtue, and the fifth is longevity and good death. There are six kinds of unfortunate things: one is early death, the second is sickness, the third is sorrow, the fourth is poverty, the fifth is evil, and the sixth is not strong. ”

In BC2167, Yu considered that he was old, so he recommended Boyi to Tian. began to let Boyi act as the government. In fact, Yu was 101 years old at that time, Boyi was 99 years old, and Qi was 82 years old.

After two generations of management by Kun and Yu, the Xia Hou clan has formed a powerful force, laying the foundation for the establishment of the Xia Dynasty. With the emergence of royal power, the organs of the clan system have been partially reformed and partially abandoned, except for the form of the approval of the council for the selection of the successor leader.

And from Fu Shun to Ji Yu is in the era of great social development, all kinds of talents have come out in large numbers, and the first to be cited as Ji Yu's successor is Gao Tao, who was in charge of five punishments and was responsible for prison litigation at that time. Gao Tao died first. Yu sealed the descendants of Gaotao in Britain and Liu, and some sealed them in Xudi.

This reflects how prominent ******** in the democratic system of government, if you want to grasp the power, you must first live a long time, Gaotao was originally cultivated as the leader of Yu Yu, but he did not live as long as Yu.

The Council of the Tribal Consortium also elected Yi, that is, Boyi, is the son of Gaotao, also known as Da Fei, who has assisted Yu to level the water and soil, and has been valued by Fu Shun, and was appointed to be in charge of the mountains and rivers, and the "Yu" who tames birds and beasts.

Therefore, according to traditional customs, although Ji Qi, as the son of the leader, was given priority in the nomination of the successor in the council, his merits and prestige could not match Yi, and Yi naturally became the legal heir recognized by the council.

Yu wanted to pass on his son, but the tradition of thousands of years of matrilineal clan tribal rule forced him to Zen others. In the end, he chose the son of Gaotao, who had the grace of knowing him, and Boyi, who was also an important helper in his own water control. However, Yu himself was not reconciled, so he arranged for his son Qi to serve as the ruler for more than ten years before Yi, so that he had a deep foundation, and raised Boyi's status very high, and gave him a false position of respect but no real power in the name of high morality. Secretly provide conditions for Kai to increase his strength.

In 2164 BC, Sanmiao rebelled again, and Yu had to conquer Sanmiao again. At that time, there was a major earthquake in the Sanmiao area, and agricultural production was greatly reduced, and Yu took the opportunity to launch a large-scale attack. At the time of the pledge, he said: "The three seedlings do not respect ghosts and gods, abuse punishment, and cause chaos against the will of heaven, and God now orders us to crusade against it. ”

At the beginning of the battle, the battle was fierce, with each other winning and losing, and lasted for 70 days. Suddenly, the battlefield was thunder and lightning, and the leader of the three Miao was unfortunately shot by an arrow, and the Miao division was in chaos and collapsed.

"Mozi Fei Offensive" describes in detail the course of this war: "The three seedlings of the past were in turmoil, the destiny of heaven was destroyed, the sun was pregnant and the night was born, the rain and blood were three dynasties, the dragon was born in the temple, the dog cried in the city, the summer ice, the earth and the spring, the five grains changed, and the people were greatly revitalized." Gao Yang is the fate of the Xuan Palace, Yu Qin will be the heaven of the Rui order, in order to recruit Miao, four electric lures, there is a god face bird body, if Jin waits, there is Miao Zhixiang, Miao Shi chaos, after a few (micro). Yu has three seedlings, grinding for the mountains and rivers, other things up and down, the Qing system is extreme, and the gods and the people do not violate, the world is quiet. The reason why this Yu has three seedlings is also. ”

"Mozi and Love" also recorded Yu's oath before the expedition: "There are many people, and Xian listens to my words: not only the boy (according to the Yu), dare to act chaotically, stupid and have seedlings, use the punishment of heaven, if you give both the group of people (state) groups (Pi), in order to levy seedlings." ”

Judging from the oath, Yu at this time not only took over the position of Shun, but also was more authoritative than Shun, like a king. This is an important message for the replacement of clan society by class society. After this devastating blow, Sanmiao declined, that is, the so-called "Hou Naisui", and the land of Sanmiao was also under the direct control of the Xia Dynasty, and the area of the Suizao Corridor in the northern part of Sanmiao was naturally the first to bear the brunt.

This change is also reflected in the development sequence of primitive culture in the Jianghan region: at the beginning of summer, the influence of Xia culture reached the shore of the Yangtze River through the Nanyang Basin and along the Suizao Corridor. For example, in the sites of Xiawanggang (i.e., "Danshui Zhipu"), HB Yichang Baimiaozi, Suizhou West Garden and Huangpi Panlongcheng, some pottery that was earlier than Shang and later than Longshan culture and was the same or similar to Erlitou culture was found. For example, the more typical artifacts in the Erlitou culture, such as olive-shaped jars, (or cockscomb-shaped) jars with lace at the mouth, clear filters, three-legged plates, and four-legged square tripods, can also be seen in these sites. This is probably an archaeological reflection of Yu's occupation of the Sanmiao area.

After the defeat of Sanmiao at the hands of Dayu, Sanmiao was forced to disband, divided into two parts, part of the tribe migrated westward, forming the Qiang nationality surnamed Jiang in the **** period, and became the main body of civilization in Xirong during the Xia, Shang and Zhou periods; Therefore, Chiyou is the ancestor of the Qiang and Miao Yao peoples.

In previous wars, many Miao people were reduced to slavery, and "their descendants were subordinates, not the people", and they were forced to work hard. The descendants of these Miao people are also one of the ancestors who formed the Han nationality. Since then, the activities of Sanmiao are no longer seen in historical records. The modern Miao Yao is a descendant of Sanmiao.

"The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of Xiqiang" said: "Xiqiang originally came from Sanmiao, and the surname Qiang is also different. Its country is close to Nanyue. and the four evils of Shunliu, the three dangers of migration, and the Xiqiang land of Heguan is also. That is to say, the Qiang people are from Sanmiao, and they are descendants of Sanmiao, and they are other branches of the surname Jiang.

According to historical records, the surname Jiang is the original Jiang people in the northwest, (from the surname Jiang can be known to be the same as Chi You for the Yan Emperor's ethnicity, the Jiang people in the northwest are the descendants of the Yan Emperor during the Majiayao culture period, because they are unwilling to pay tribute to the Yellow Emperor and live in remote areas, gradually losing the advanced nature of civilization, and the modern Miao, Yao, and Tibetan ethnic groups are all related to the Jiang people.) The Jiang people did not have an advantage at first, and it was not until Shun and Yu defeated the three Miao successively and some of the three Miao people with the surname Jiang emigrated to the west, that the Jiang (Qiang) became stronger, and then gradually moved south and west.

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