Chapter 93 Emperor Ku governs, Tang Yao succeeds to the throne

However, Gao Xin succeeded as the co-rule of the human race, and was the Emperor.

Legend has it that this Emperor Ku, that is, Gao Xin, was born with a very spiritual energy. He called out his name as soon as he was born. Gao Xun gave favors to everyone, but not himself. He was clear-headed, could understand the situation in the distance, and could see the subtle principles. He followed the will of heaven and understood the urgent needs of the people. He was kind and majestic, gentle and trustworthy, cultivated himself, and obeyed the world. He collected the property from the land and used it frugally; he caressed and educated the people, and taught them all kinds of beneficial things; he calculated the movement of the sun and the moon to determine the solar terms of the year, and respectfully welcomed the sun and the moon; he knew ghosts and gods, and served with caution. He was handsome and had noble morality. He acted in time and took like a scholar.

The emperor governed the people, as impartial as rainwater irrigated farmland, spreading all over the world. In places where the sun and the moon shine, no one disobeyed and returned to the place where the wind and rain came. Historical books praised it: "The ancestors came from Xuanyuan and Xuanxiao, and they were born with their name. The virtue of the wood ruled the world. Peace the world, the holy spiritual guest, and taught the world, and the bright sun and bright sun."

It is worth mentioning that the Emperor has several sons who are also very famous in Chinese history.

Legend has it that Emperor Ku had four concubines, the eldest concubine named Jiang Yuan, who was the daughter of the lord of Tai Guojun. According to legend, when Jiang Yuan was in his parents' home, he became pregnant because he went out to step on the footprints of a giant. Because he had no husband to give birth, he abandoned the child he gave birth to in the alley three times. He was protected by cattle, sheep, tiger, leopard, and hundreds of birds. Therefore, he was named "Qi". Later, he grew up and liked agronomical, taught people to grow grains, and was respected as Hou Ji, and became the ancestor of the Zhou people.

The second concubine Jian Di is the daughter of the King of Song. According to legend, Jian Di and his sister Jian Ni went to Xuanchi Hot Spring at the Spring Festival during the Spring Equinox. A swallow flew by, leaving an egg, which was swallowed by Jian Di. Later, she became pregnant and gave birth to a contract, and was the ancestor of the Shang clan.

The three concubines Qingdu are said to be the daughter of the emperor. She was born in the field of Douwei and was adopted by Chen Feng's wife. After Chen Feng's death, Chen Feng was adopted by Yin Changru. Hou Qingdu followed his adoptive father Yin Changru to Puyang. Because Qingdu's head always covered with a yellow cloud, it was considered a strange woman. Emperor Ku's mother heard about it and advised Emperor Ku to be a concubine and the queen gave birth to Yao.

The four concubines Chang Yi were smart and beautiful, with long hair and feet hanging down. One of the husbands and one of the daughters was called Emperor's daughter, and the younger one gave birth to a son named Zhi. Zhi and Yao inherited the throne and became emperors. From this we can see that the Xuanyuan lineage has grown and scattered. Since Xuanyuan passed through the Five Emperors, he has been his descendants of the bones and blood for the Shang and Zhou dynasties, so many people in later generations respected Xuanyuan as the ancestor of Yanhuang.

During the reign of Emperor Ku, he was deeply influenced by Yunxiao, and Yunxiao was gentle in nature. Therefore, when Emperor Ku governed the human race, he widely implemented benevolent policies, and was not like Xuanyuan, and Zhuanxu was like a large-scale conquest. If the greatest contribution of Emperor Huangdi and Zhuanxu was to unify the human race and establish a concept of a family and country for the human race, then Emperor Ku's greatest achievement was to restore a happy and healthy life without worries about food and clothing in the Shennong era. Emperor Ku stopped fighting internally and externally. Many wild barbarians were inspired by it to accept peace, and the human race entered an era of peace and prosperity.

In view of Guangchengzi's failure to assist the Human Emperor twice before, Emperor Ku stayed away from the immortals of the Chan Sect and did not have much affection for the Chan Sect itself. Moreover, he was a disciple of the Jie Sect. Although the Jie Sect and the two schools of the Zen are not incompatible with water and fire, they are not much better. Therefore, Emperor Ku had no good feelings for the Chan Sect.

Therefore, Emperor Ku vigorously promoted the doctrine of Jie Sect and suppressed the Aoka Sect to a certain extent. Although the Aoka Sect had been promoted by two generations of human emperors, its prestige in the human race was very small, and now it was suppressed by Emperor Ku. The prestige that the Aoka Sect had finally accumulated had disappeared in an instant.

After the Primitive Heavenly Lord learned about this, he was very angry, but now he has no choice but to endure it and wait for the opportunity.

When Yunxiao saw that Emperor Ku was kind and could handle many major matters by himself, he no longer cared about him and found a rare place to practice every day without mentioning it.

One day, Yunxiao received a message from Tongtian and ordered her to continue to assist the next Human Emperor. Yunxiao was stunned when he received the message from Tongtian. The position of the Five Emperors is so noble and has immeasurable merits. Now the teacher actually handed over two to him, which moved Yunxiao. Later, Yunxiao calmed down and began to look for the next Human Emperor again.

Yunxiao knew nothing about the next emperor, so he could only slowly travel to various tribes to search. One day, Yunxiao traveled to the Tang Dynasty and learned that there was a great wise man here, which was deeply loved by the local people. Seeing this, Yunxiao calculated silently and found that Yao was the next emperor. At that moment, Yunxiao was very happy. After explaining his identity, he accepted Yao as his disciple and taught him carefully.

This has passed for several decades. At this time, Emperor Ku was already old and had been in power for seventy years. As for today, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, Emperor Ku also had a perfect merit, and then he lived in Huoyun Cave. When he left, the great merits from heaven were far beyond the last time, the last time the Emperor Zhuanxu made the Chan Sect even more embarrassed.

Although the greatest merit of the Human Emperor is Xuanyuan, and Xuanyuan is his disciple of the Chan Sect, if Xuanyuan had not been too difficult to achieve enlightenment, wouldn't the merit be so huge! Moreover, this huge merit is not unique to the Chan Sect. In this way, the Chan Sect is even more difficult to say.

However, Emperor Ku also had selfish thoughts. He loved his four concubines, Changyi's son Zhi, so he abdicated to Zhi after he abdicated.

Zhi was ambitious and talented, and was also violent. He had governed the world for nine years, and was in poor governance and the people were resentful. Because he had no one to assist him, his prestige was not enough to shock all forces in the clan. Therefore, under pressure from all sides, Zhi abdicated and discussed with everyone, he abdicated with the disciple Yao of Xian and Yunxiao, who was also Zhi's younger brother.

Yao, whose surname is Yi Qi, was named Fangxun. At the age of fifteen, he was named Tang Marquis. He shared the joys and sorrows with the people in the Tang land, developed agriculture, properly handled various government affairs, and governed the Tang land in an orderly manner. Not only was it supported by the people, but it was also praised by many tribal leaders. Fangxun ascended the throne and the emperor was named Yao. Because he was first granted to Tang, he used Tang as the code name. This was the first dynasty code name in my country's history, and later generations called him Tang Yao.

According to legend, Emperor Yao was as kind as the sky, and his wisdom as gods. He approached him and warmed people's hearts like the sun; looked up at him and covered the earth like clouds. He was rich but not proud, noble but not indulged. He wore a yellow hat, black clothes, and a vermilion car, and a white horse. He could respect people with good virtues and make nine generations of the same clan fall in love with each other. Since the people of the same clan were harmonious, they also went to inspect all officials. The political achievements of all officials were obvious, and all the princes and states could live in harmony.

After Tang Yao ascended the throne, he re-appointed his brother Zhi as the Tang Marquis in Tang. He learned from his brother Zhi's faults and quickly stabilized the human race with the support of his teacher Yunxiao.

Tang Yao often went deep into remote areas, searched and visited the mountains and fields, so he sought the talents, investigated the political gains and losses, and selected talents, for fear of burying talents, and there were sages left over from the wild. According to history, Yao's heroes, nine, or eleven, were full of talents. With the assistance of so many talents, the human race prospered under Yao's governance.

In the early days of Tang Yao's rule, the astronomical calendar was still very imperfect, and the people often delayed the farming season. Therefore, Yao ordered Xi and He to follow the will of heaven, formulate calendars based on the appearance of the sun and the moon and the ranking of stars, and carefully teach the people to engage in the seasons of production.

In addition, Xi Zhong was ordered to live in Yuyi, which was called Yanggu, to respectfully welcome the sunrise and arrange the cultivation of spring. On the vernal equinox, the day is as long as the night. The stars among the seven constellations of the Suzaku appeared in the south at the beginning of dusk, and the time of mid-spring was determined based on this. At this time, the people were scattered to work, and birds and beasts were fertile and mating.

He also ordered Uncle Xi to live in Nanjiao, and arrange the farm work in summer and do it carefully. On the summer solstice, the daytime is the longest, and the heart of the seven constellations of the Canglong (also known as the fire) appears in the south at the beginning of the dimness, so as to determine the time of midsummer. At this time, the people are in high places, with sparse feathers of birds and beasts.

He also ordered He Zhong to live in the western land, which was called the Meigu, respectfully sending the sun to set and arrange the autumn harvest step by step. On the autumnal equinox, the night is as long as the day. The Xu Su of the seven Xuanwu constellations appeared in the south at the beginning of the dimness, and accordingly, the time of mid-autum was determined. At this time, the people moved to the plains, and the birds and beasts grew new hairs.

He also ordered He Shu to live in the north, which was called Youdu, and carefully arrange the winter collection. On the winter solstice, the daytime is the shortest, and the Pleiades, among the seven constellations of the White Tiger, appeared in the south at the beginning of its dimness, so as to determine the time of mid-winter. At this time, the people entered the house to keep warm, and the birds and beasts were covered with fine hair.

Xi and the two tribes are in charge of astronomy, and the time and day are estimated based on the movement of sun, moon, stars and other astronomical phenomena and natural phenology. The four seasons are measured, and the moon cycle is one month, and the sun cycle is one year, which is set as 366 days. This is the earliest recorded calendar in my country, which laid the foundation for the Chinese lunar calendar;

There are 366 days a year, and the method of setting a leap month is used to correct the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Emperor Yao sincerely warned all officials to take charge of their duties and handle everything properly. Under such governance, the human race once again ushered in a wave of rapid development.
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