Four thousand and five hundred years have passed since then. At this time, the world is under great rule and the people are living and working in peace and contentment. Emperor Ku feels that his merits are about to be completed, and like the previous human emperors, he visits the human race to find candidates for the human emperor.
His experience was the same as that of Xuanyuan and Zhuanxu, who failed to find a suitable candidate. At this time, Emperor Ku thought of the human emperor Xuanyuan and wanted to pass the throne to his descendants.
There was nothing that could be done about it. Emperor Ku also had a candidate he wanted. He loved his fourth concubine, Chang Yi's son Zhi, and wanted to pass the throne to Zhi after abdicating the throne, but he did not consider Zhi's temperament. Zhi was ambitious and talented, but also had
Due to his tyrannical nature, Emperor Ku once asked Zhi to rule the world for ten years, but Zhi's governance was poor, the people were filled with resentment, and his prestige was not enough to deter all forces in the clan.
Finally, under the pressure of the ministers and after everyone's discussion, Emperor Ku asked Zhi to put down the affairs of the human race. The result of the discussion was that Emperor Ku would give up his throne to Yao, the son of his third concubine.
And this Yao is Zhi's younger brother, Yao, whose surname is Yi Qi and whose given name is Fangxun. He was granted the title of Marquis of Tang when he was fifteen years old. He shared the joys and sorrows with the people in Tang Dynasty, developed agriculture, properly handled various government affairs, and governed Tang Dynasty well.
Being well organized, he is not only supported by the people, but also praised by many tribal leaders.
The most important thing is that now that Yao has been accepted as a disciple by the pharmacist and taught for many years, it is impossible for Emperor Ku to hand over the throne to him. Even Taiyi Zhenren does not support Emperor Ku's decision.
Now that the candidate for abdication has been decided, Emperor Ku devoted himself to teaching and helping Yao manage the human race. More importantly, he prepared an altar to worship the heaven and earth, and declared to the prehistoric era that it was a major event for the human race to abdicate.
Emperor Ku's abdication situation was similar to that of Zhuan Xu. The only saints who came were the original Tianzun and various saints from the human race. After Emperor Ku swore to abdicate, a portion of the merit that was slightly larger than Zhuan Xu's was reduced and divided into two. 80% was given to Emperor Ku
, 20% was given to Master Taiyi.
Because Emperor Ku focused on people's livelihood, his cultivation level at the time of abdication was only Golden Immortal. After receiving the merits, he was only promoted to the peak of the early stage of Quasi-Sage and not to the middle stage of Quasi-Sage. However, his reputation was higher than Zhuan Xu when he was in power!
With 20% of the merit, Taiyi Zhenren directly raised his cultivation level to the peak of the late Da Luo Jinxian. He received too little merit and was not able to advance to the peak of Da Luo Jinxian, but even so, he was very satisfied!
After everyone leaves, the only thing left is Emperor Yao's business.
Fangxun was the emperor, and the emperor's name was Yao. Because he was first granted the title in the Tang Dynasty, Tang was the dynasty code name. This was the first dynasty code name in the history of our country. Later generations called him Tang Yao. According to legend, Emperor Yao was as benevolent as heaven and as wise as god.
, being close to him warms the heart like the sun, looking up to him is like clouds covering the earth.
He is rich but not proud, noble but not indulgent. He wears a yellow hat, black clothes, a scarlet car and a white horse. He can respect virtuous people and make nine generations of the same race love each other.
Now that the people are in harmony, they go to inspect the officials. They have made outstanding achievements, and the princes and states from all sides can live in harmony.
After Tang Yao came to the throne, he restored the title of Tang Hou to his brother Zhi Yu in Tang. He learned from his brother Zhi's mistakes and, with the support of his teacher, the pharmacist, focused on stabilizing the human race. Tang Yao often went deep into remote areas and went to the mountains and fields to search.
Careful investigation, seeking talents and asking questions, investigating political gains and losses, selecting talents, lest talents be buried, there are leftover talents in the wild, history records that there were nine or eleven heroes of Yao, it can be said that there are a lot of talents.
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 Tang Dynasty, even with the invention and improvement of Zhuan Xu and Emperor Ku, the astronomical calendar was still far from perfect. People often missed the farming season.
Therefore, Yao ordered the Xi family and the He family to follow the will of heaven, draw up a calendar based on the appearance and emergence of the sun and the moon, and the position of the stars, and carefully teach the people the seasons of production.
The Xi and He tribes were in charge of astronomy. They estimated the time 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 our country, laying 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.
In the early days of Emperor Yao's rule, there was no basic national system. The country was just a federation of tribes, which was very loose and not conducive to the unified management of the country. Therefore, after Yao accumulated a certain amount of governance experience, he began to establish a national political system, one of which was very important.
It was the appointment of officials according to various government affairs, the establishment of a relatively systematic political system for the first time in the history of our country, and laid the foundation for the emergence of a slave country.
Emperor Yao lived a very simple life after he came to power. When he visited the human race in the market, he lived in a thatched house, drank wild vegetable soup, and wore coarse clothes made of kudzu. He always listened to the opinions of the people and set up a "Want to Admonish" in front of the simple palace gate.
"Drum", whoever has any comments or suggestions for him or the country can beat this drum at any time.
When Emperor Yao heard the sound of drums, he immediately received them and listened carefully to the opinions of the visitors. In order to make it easier for the people to find the court, he also had people set up a "slander tree" on the main traffic road, that is, a wooden pillar was buried, and there were people guarding the wooden pillar.
If the people have opinions, they can state them to the guardian. If the Tathagata wants to go to the court, the guardian will give guidance. Because he can hear the opinions of the people in time, Yao has a very good understanding of the sufferings of the people.
Time gradually passed, and it was about to usher in the time when Emperor Yao's merits and deeds would be perfected. Emperor Yao followed the example of the previous five human emperors and visited the human race to find a candidate for human emperor. However, he also encountered difficulties and could not find a candidate he was very satisfied with.
So, Emperor Yao summoned his ministers and asked them who could take over the position of co-leader of the human race. After hearing this, the ministers hurriedly discussed among themselves. The choice of the human emperor was very important. You must know that the emperor's selection was so poor. They
I didn’t want to go through it again. After discussing it for a long time, the first minister said tentatively.
"The co-leader's son, Danzhu, is well versed in affairs and can take over the position of emperor."
"Hmph! Danzhu, he is stupid, vicious and inappropriate." Emperor Yao said disdainfully. Everyone was silent after hearing this, and they also breathed a sigh of relief. Danzhu was Emperor Yao's most beloved son.
They also had to consider Emperor Yao's ideas before recommending Danzhu. Now that Emperor Yao was excluded, everyone was ready to recommend whom they wanted to recommend.
When Emperor Yao first heard the ministers recommend his beloved son Danzhu, he understood the worries of the ministers. He himself had gone through that stage. He didn't want to let the human race go through it again. He also knew that even if he wanted Danzhu to
Zhu succeeded to the throne, but the ministers below did not allow it, so they severely rejected Danzhu's choice.
They all had their own candidates. The ministers were silent for a moment, and everyone began to discuss the candidates again. In the end, everyone reached a consensus and spoke with one voice.
"His Majesty the Holy Emperor Xuanyuan has a grandson named Gun. This man has extensive knowledge and extraordinary abilities. His conduct as a person is praised by all, and 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, his heart suddenly moved. Emperor Yao rolled his eyes, then stroked his beard and said.
"This person is indeed good, but you'd better recommend a few more and don't make any mistakes."
After everyone heard this, they realized the truth and started discussing again. Suddenly, the minister Siyue said to Yao.
"There was a man named Yu Shun who lived among the people. His virtues were very good. But I don't know whether he is qualified to be the co-leader."