Chapter 196: Emperor Yu Yao

The words are divided into two ends, but it is said that the human race is prosperous, and under the leadership of Zhuan Xuan, it has been developed at a deeper level on the basis of the Three Emperors era and has entered prosperity. It can be described as an outstanding meritorious service, and he is an emperor who is honored by the United States and has great merit.

Although he did not make a thousand achievements like that Xuanyuan, he also obtained the position of the Five Emperors. Although the merits of the Five Emperors are not as much as those of the Three Emperors, they are not small.

When the merits of Zhuan Xuan are completed, he will give up the position of the co-master of the human race to his younger brother Gao Xin, who is the emperor. After the abdication, he went to the Huoyun Cave and devoted himself to cultivation.

Gao Xin was born with a great aura and called out his name as soon as he was born. He generally bestows grace to all people but not to himself. He is deaf and clear-sighted, can understand the situation in the distance, and can see into the subtle facts. He obeyed the will of Heaven and understood the needs of his people. Virtuous and majestic, gentle and trustworthy, self-cultivation, the world is submissive. He collects the goods of the land and uses them sparingly, he cares for and educates the peoples, and teaches them all kinds of useful things, he calculates the movement of the sun and the moon to determine the solar terms of the year, and respectfully welcomes the coming and going of the sun and the moon, and he knows the ghosts and spirits and serves them prudently. He was dignified and moral. He acted in due course and took it like a man. The emperor ruled the people, as impartial as rain watering farmland, all over the world, wherever the sun and moon shined, where the wind and rain went, no one was disobedient and submitted.

At this time, because the Three Emperors had been established, and the Five Emperors could not rely on the merits they had gained from governing the human race to achieve immortality, and their prestige among the human race was not as good as that of the Three Emperors.

In this way, without the means from the immortal road, the emperor can only rely on himself for most of the time, and compared with the various legends of the Three Emperors period, when the Five Emperors, all kinds of magical things are clearly much less, as if between heaven and earth, the immortal road disappeared overnight.

Emperor Yu was very fond of music, and asked the musician Xianhei to make songs such as nine strokes, six columns, and six English, and ordered music to make musical instruments such as drums, bells, and pans, so that sixty-four dancing girls, dressed in colorful clothes, danced with the songs. After the music started, the phoenix, Da Zhai and other precious fairy birds also gathered in the hall and danced. In ancient times, it was believed that only those with noble virtues could attract phoenixes.

But now the Daoist of No Return is in charge of the four spirits, and he knows how important it is to be in harmony with the auspicious fortune of the human race, so he specially ordered the phoenix to manifest the virtue of the co-master.

Emperor Yu abdicated in old age, and his son, Zhi, born to his wife, succeeded him as the co-ruler of the human race. However, Zhi died of illness within a few years of taking office, and everyone had to nominate the son born by Chen Feng, another wife of Emperor Yu, to take over. After Fang Xun took over as the co-leader of the human race, he changed his name to Yao.

During Yao's reign, he widely implemented benevolent governance, following the example of Zhuan Xuan to implement the Datong policy against the two people, and the human race and the Wu tribe ushered in another fusion after the Zhuan Xuan took power.

Later, Yao saw that although the current people's life and work were guided by the method of timekeeping formulated by Emperor Xuanyuan, it was still insufficient. Under his orders, the ministers formulated the first calendar according to the law of sunrise and sunrise and the distribution of the stars in the Zhou sky, and guided the production and migration of the people according to the solar terms. The length of the year was set at 366 days, and leap months were set to adjust the seasons.

On the day of the vernal equinox, the day is as long as the night, and the stars of the Seven Nakshatras appear due south at the beginning of dusk, so as to determine the time of mid-spring. At this time, the people scattered their work, and the birds and beasts gave birth. He also ordered Uncle Xi to live in Nanjiao, arrange the summer farm work step by step, and do it carefully. On the summer solstice, the day is the longest, and the heart of the seven nights of the dragon appears due south at dusk, so as to determine the time of midsummer. At this time, the people are on high places, and the birds and beasts are sparsely feathered. He also commanded Kazuna, to dwell in the western soil, which is called the valley, to respectfully send the sun down, and to arrange the autumn harvest in a step-by-step manner. On the day of the autumn equinox, the night is as long as the day, and the void of the seven nights of Xuanwu appears due south at the beginning of dusk, according to which the time of mid-autumn is determined. At this time, the people moved to the flat land, and the birds and beasts regenerated new hair. He also ordered Uncle He to live in the north, which is called Youdu, and carefully arrange the collection in winter. On the winter solstice, the day is the shortest, and the Pleiades of the Seven Houses of the White Tiger appear due south at the beginning of dusk, so as to determine the time of midwinter. At this time, the people went into the house to keep warm, and the birds and beasts were covered with fine hair.

There are 366 days in a year, and after the equinox and the 2 solstices are determined, Yao decided to take 366 days as a year, and place a leap month every three years, and use the leap month to adjust the relationship between the calendar and the four seasons, so that the agricultural hours of each year are correct and there are no mistakes. Di Yao sincerely admonished the hundred officials to abide by their duties, and all kinds of things were done.

Therefore, the ancients regarded the era of Di Yao as an era of rapid progress in agricultural culture.

There is a waterlogged river in the north of Pingyang, it originates from the northeast of Fushan under the Niushou Mountain, there are many black winds here, the mountains are black and the water is black, so the Niushou Mountain is also called Wuling or Black Mountain, and the waterlogged river is also called the black water.

After the confluence of Heishui and Chengxi River, the water flow of the canyon in the area of Guohang is turbulent, and in the flood season, the river water rises sharply, overflowing both banks, often causing disasters.

There was a black dragon on this black water, causing wind and waves, and the water rose wildly, flooding the nearby villages of Liangtian. When the black dragon walks, during the dry season, such as earthquakes, the earth shakes the mountains. The waterlogged river dried up, and no drip of water remained.

Di Yao in order to relieve the suffering of the people. Lead a group of people to control the water and eliminate the demon disaster. Yao and his entourage came to Guo Xing, and the black dragon had left. There was a drought everywhere, people were sleepy, and not even a drop of water could be found.

While everyone was worried about the lack of water, Yao's mount, a big white horse, was haunted by a ray of light falling from the clouds, and then he hissed on his back and slashed three times with his hooves on a square rock. Sparks splashed on the stone, and a horseshoe-shaped stone pit collapsed, and the horse lowered his head and snorted three times, and immediately a stream of clear water came out of the crack in the stone. Wow, wow, wow, it became a clear water spring for a while, and everyone was overjoyed when they saw it. Compete to taste this sweet and cool water. This is the origin of the scene of the Yaoling Tomb of Ma Shaoquan.

Di Yao and his entourage quenched their thirst and walked forward. Suddenly, a black wind blew, and the sand flew away, and the sky was dark. Heavy rain poured down, and landslides at the mouth of the river valley blocked the waterway. Guo Xingkou went up, the flood was overwhelming, and the village was flooded.

Yao immediately asked people to dig soil and dig rocks at the mouth of the valley, open a hole, and let the accumulated flood water flow away, so as to avoid a major flood for the people in the Guohang area.