What other stories do you know about people delivering messages in the past?

The story of beacon fire.

After King Zhou Xuan died, his son Ji Gongni (sound niè) came to the throne and became King Zhou You. King Zhou You didn't care about any major national affairs. He only cared about eating, drinking and having fun, and sent people everywhere to find beautiful women. A minister named Baojue (pronounced bāoxiàng) persuaded King You, but King You not only refused to listen, but instead threw Baojue into prison.

Bao Jue was imprisoned for three years. The Bao family tried every possible means to rescue Bao Jue. They bought a pretty girl in the countryside, taught her to sing and dance, dressed her up, and presented her to King You to atone for Bao Jue's sins. This girl was regarded as a member of the Bao family and was called Bao Si. King You was so happy that he got Bao Si and released Bao Jue. He doted on Bao Si very much, but since Bao Si entered the palace, he was in a gloomy mood and never smiled once. King You tried his best to make her laugh, but she couldn't laugh.

King Zhou You offered a reward: whoever can make the princess smile will be rewarded with one thousand taels of gold.

There was a flatterer named Guo (sound guó) Shifu, who came up with a weird idea for King Zhou You. It turns out that in order to guard against the attack of the Quanrong, the Zhou Dynasty built more than 20 beacon towers in the Lishan area (southeast of Lintong, Shaanxi today, Liyin lì), one every few miles. If the Dog Rong attacks, the soldiers guarding the first pass will light up the beacon fire; the soldiers guarding the second pass will also light up the beacon fire when they see the fireworks. In this way, beacons are burning one after another. When the nearby princes see it, they will send troops to rescue them. Guo Shifu said to King You of Zhou: "Now that the world is at peace, the beacon tower has not been used for a long time. I would like to invite the king and his wife to go to Lishan Mountain to play for a few days. In the evening, we will light the beacon fire and let the nearby princes see it. Come on, be fooled. When the empress saw all these soldiers and horses rushing to nothing, King Zhou You clapped his hands and said, "Great, let's do it." < /p>

They went to Lishan Mountain and really lit the beacon on Lishan Mountain. The neighboring princes got the warning and thought that the dog soldiers were coming, so they quickly led their troops to rescue him. Unexpectedly, when we got there, there was not even a shadow of the dog soldiers. We only heard the sound of music and singing on the mountain, and everyone was stunned.

King You sent someone to tell them, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone, there is nothing going on here, it's just the king and the princess setting off fireworks for fun, you

go back!"

The princes knew they had been fooled and went back in anger.

Bao Si didn't know what they were making. When he saw several groups of soldiers and horses descending from the foot of Lishan Mountain in a commotion, he asked King You what was going on. King You told her everything. Bao Si really smiled.

When King You saw Bao Si smiling, he rewarded Guo Shi's father with a thousand taels of gold.

King You doted on Bao Si, and later he simply deposed the queen and the prince, made Bao Si the queen, and made Bao Si's son Bofu the prince. It turned out that the queen's father was a prince of Shen State. After getting this news, he united with Quanrong to attack Haojing.

When King You heard the news of the Quanrong attack, he panicked and quickly ordered the beacon fire at Lishan to be lit. The beacon fire was burning, but because the princes were fooled last time, no one paid attention to them.

Dense smoke billowed out from the beacon tower during the day, and flames lit up the sky at night, but no reinforcements arrived.

As soon as the dog soldiers arrived, Haojing had few soldiers and horses, so he barely resisted for a while, but was beaten to a pulp by the dog soldiers. The troops of Quanrong poured into the city like a tide and killed King Zhou You, Guo Shifu and Bao Sisheng's uncle Fu. The unsmiling Bao Si was also taken away.

By this time, the princes knew that Quanrong had really invaded Haojing, so they united and led a large team of troops to rescue them. When the leader of Quanrong saw the army of the princes arriving, he ordered his men to rob the treasures that the Zhou Dynasty had accumulated over the years, and set a fire before retreating.

The princes of the Central Plains defeated the Quanrong and established the original crown prince Ji Yijiu (sound jiù) as the emperor, who was King Ping of Zhou. The princes also returned to their respective fiefdoms.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the princes left, the Quan Rong attacked again, and most of the land in the west of the Zhou Dynasty was occupied by the Quan Rong. King Ping was afraid that Haojing could not be saved, so he made up his mind to move the capital to Luoyi.

In 770 BC, King Ping of Zhou moved his capital to Luoyi. Because Haojing is in the west and Luoyi is in the east, the period when the Zhou Dynasty made Haojing its capital was historically called the Western Zhou Dynasty; after the capital was moved to Luoyi, it was called the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

The Legend of Hongyan

2,500 years ago, our ancestors began to domesticate homing pigeons. During the war between Xixia and the Northern Song Dynasty, the Xixia army used carrier pigeons for military communications.

In the early Southern Song Dynasty, general Qu Duan’s army also used carrier pigeons to convey messages and summon troops. In ancient times, homing pigeons were called "flying slaves". Legend has it that when Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, was besieged by Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, he used carrier pigeons to deliver messages and attract reinforcements to escape the danger. Zhang Qian and Ban Chao envoys to the Western Regions also used pigeons to convey messages to the royal family. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, pigeon racing was held every May and June in Foshan, Guangdong, my country. Thousands of pigeons participated every year, and the racing distance was about 400 miles. At that time, there were similar pigeon racing clubs in Shanghai, Beijing and other places. The earliest written record of the use of carrier pigeons to deliver messages abroad can be found in 530 BC, when carrier pigeons were used to transmit the results of the Olympic Games.

Hongyan is the name for letters, and sometimes also the postman.

Why does "Hongyan" refer to letters and postmen? Tracing its origins, during the Han Dynasty, Su Wu was sent as an envoy to the Xiongnu, and was exiled to Beihai to herd sheep. Ten years later, the Han Dynasty made peace with the Xiongnu, but the Chanyu still refused to let Su Wu return to Han. Chang Hui, who was on an envoy to the Xiongnu with Su Wu, reported Su Wu's situation to the Han envoy, and planned to have the Han envoy tell Shan Yu: The emperor of the Han Dynasty shot a goose while hunting, and there was a letter tied to the goose's foot, saying that Su Wu was in a certain place. Shepherding sheep in swampland. After hearing this, Shan Yu had no choice but to let Su Wu return to Han. Later, people used swan geese as a metaphor for letters and the people who deliver them.

This is the legend of "Hongyan Chuan Shu".

Kite Communication

Legend has it that as early as the late Spring and Autumn Period, the craftsman Gongshupan (Luban) of the State of Lu imitated the shape of a bird, "cutting bamboo wood to make a magpie, and then it flew." The sun never sets. This flying "wooden magpie" made of bamboo is the predecessor of the kite. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Lun invented papermaking. People used bamboo strips to make frames and then papered them to become "paper kites". In the Five Dynasties, when people were making paper kites, they tied a bamboo whistle on them. When the wind blew the bamboo whistle, it sounded like a kite, and the word "kite" came from this.

The original kite was made for military needs. Its main purpose was for military reconnaissance or to convey information and military intelligence. After the Tang Dynasty, kites gradually became an entertainment toy and became popular among the people.

There are many examples of the military use of kites in history books. During the conflict between Chu and Han in the early Han Dynasty, Liu Bang besieged Xiang Yu in Gaixia. Han Xin suggested to Liu Bang, the king of Han Dynasty, to make a large kite out of silk and bamboo wood, put a bamboo whistle on it, and fly it over the Chu camp at night, making a whining sound. The Han army sang Chu songs on the ground, which aroused the Chu army's homesickness, thus disintegrating the Chu army's morale and winning the war

Bamboo tube message

In the history of our country Above, there is also the story of using bamboo tubes to pass letters. The story of the bamboo tube can be traced back to the eleventh year of the founding of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty (590). In November of that year, rebellions broke out in various parts of the south. In order to quell the rebellion and stabilize the country, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty issued an urgent edict and appointed Yang Su As the commander-in-chief of the march, he led the army to attack.

Yang Su led the navy to cross the river and enter the south of the Yangtze River. He fought several victorious battles and regained Jingkou, Wuxi and other places. His morale was very strong. So, Yang Su worked hard and led the main force to track the rebels all the way to the seaside. Facing the rolling mountains and the vast sea, Yang Su ordered the large troops to be stationed on the spot. At the same time, he assigned the marching commander Shi Wansui to lead an army of 2,000 people to cross the mountains and ridges to attack behind the rebels.

Shi Wansui led his troops to advance rapidly and fought among mountains, forests and streams. He fought many victorious battles and recovered large areas of lost territory. When he wanted to report the victory to his superiors, he was unable to get in touch with the large troops due to traffic obstruction and poor information. One day, he stood on the top of the mountain and looked into the wind. He saw the dense bamboo forest in front of him dancing in waves with the wind. After it's done, put it into the water and let it drift down. A few days later, a villager who carried water saw the bamboo tube, salvaged it, opened it, and found the report sealed by Shi Wansui inside. He followed the instructions in the report and delivered it to Yang Su. There was no news after Shi Wansui left, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead. For this reason, Yang Suzheng was anxious and uneasy. Suddenly he saw a report from the villagers. He was overjoyed and immediately reported the successive victories of Shi Wansui's troops to the court. When Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty heard the good news, Long Yan was overjoyed and immediately promoted Shi Wansui to the rank of general of the left army. Then, Yang Su led a large force and continued to pursue the anti-Sui stragglers in pursuit of the victory. It didn't take long to completely put down the rebellion. Answered by: An'an 555 Luck 123 | Level 4 | 2011-4-25 20:15

The story of Fenghuo.

After King Zhou Xuan died, his son Ji Gongni (sound niè) came to the throne and became King Zhou You. King Zhou You didn't care about any major national affairs. He only cared about eating, drinking and having fun, and sent people everywhere to find beautiful women. A minister named Baojue (pronounced bāoxiàng) persuaded King You, but King You not only refused to listen, but instead threw Baojue into prison.

Bao Jue was imprisoned for three years. The Bao family tried every possible means to rescue Bao Jue. They bought a pretty girl in the countryside, taught her to sing and dance, dressed her up, and presented her to King You to atone for Bao Jue's sins. This girl was regarded as a member of the Bao family and was called Bao Si. King You was so happy that he got Bao Si and released Bao Jue. He doted on Bao Si very much, but since Bao Si entered the palace, he was in a gloomy mood and never smiled once. King You tried his best to make her laugh, but she couldn't laugh.

King Zhou You offered a reward: whoever can make the princess smile will be rewarded with one thousand taels of gold.

There was a flatterer named Guo (sound guó) Shifu, who came up with a weird idea for King Zhou You. It turns out that in order to guard against the attack of the Quanrong, the Zhou Dynasty built more than 20 beacon towers in the Lishan area (southeast of Lintong, Shaanxi today, Liyin lì), one every few miles. If the Dog Rong attacks, the soldiers guarding the first pass will light up the beacon fire; the soldiers guarding the second pass will also light up the beacon fire when they see the fireworks. In this way, beacons are burning one after another. When the nearby princes see it, they will send troops to rescue them. Guo Shifu said to King Zhou You: "Now the world is at peace, and the beacon tower has not been used for a long time. I would like to invite the king and his empress to go to Lishan Mountain to play for a few days."

At night, we light the beacon fire and let the nearby princes come to see us and be fooled. When the empress saw all these soldiers and horses rushing to nothing, the custodian would laugh.

King Zhou You clapped his hands and said, "Great, let's do it!" "

They went up to Lishan Mountain and really lit the beacon fire on Lishan Mountain. The neighboring princes got the warning and thought that the dog soldiers were coming, so they quickly led their troops to rescue them. Unexpectedly, they arrived. There was not even a shadow of a dog soldier there, only the sound of music and singing on the mountain was heard, and everyone was stunned.

King You sent someone to tell them, thank you for your hard work, everyone is here. It's nothing, it's just the king and the princess setting off fireworks for fun, you

go back!

The princes knew they had been fooled and went back in anger.

Bao Si didn’t know what they were up to. When she saw several soldiers and horses descending from the foot of Lishan Mountain, she asked King You what was going on. Bao Si really laughed.

When King You saw Bao Si smile, he rewarded Guo Shi's father with a thousand taels of gold.

Wang You doted on Bao Si and later dismissed the queen and the prince. , made Baosi the queen, and made Bao Si's son Bofu the prince. It turned out that the queen's father was a prince of Shen State. When he got the news, he united with Quan Rong to attack Haojing.

King You heard about Quan Rong. After hearing the news of Rong's attack, they were panicked and quickly ordered the beacon fire to be lit in Lishan. However, the princes paid no attention to them because they had been fooled last time.

The beacon tower was lit. There was thick smoke during the day, and the sky was lit by fire at night, but no reinforcements arrived.

As soon as the Dog Rong soldiers arrived, Haojing's soldiers and horses were few, and they managed to resist for a while, but were beaten by the Dog Rong soldiers. The troops of Quanrong rushed into the city like a tide and killed King Zhou You, Guo Shifu and Bao Sisheng's uncle. They also took away the unsmiling Bao Si.

At this time, the princes knew that Quan Rong had really invaded Haojing, so they united and led a large group of troops to rescue. When the leader of Quan Rong saw the army of the princes arriving, he ordered his men to capture Zhou. The princes of the Central Plains repulsed the Quanrong and established the original crown prince Ji Yijiu (sound jiù) as emperor. It was King Ping of Zhou. The princes also returned to their respective fiefs.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the princes left, the Quan Rong attacked again, and most of the land in the west of the Zhou Dynasty was occupied by the Quan Rong. Unable to keep it, he made up his mind to move the capital to Luoyi.

In 770 BC, King Ping of Zhou moved the capital to Luoyi. Because Haojing was in the west and Luoyi was in the east, the Zhou Dynasty was placed in history. The period when Haojing was the capital was called the Western Zhou Dynasty; after the capital was moved to Luoyi, it was called the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.