I believe that many people have heard the saying of the eight-hundred-mile urgent military order, which was often used on the ancient battlefield, in the ancient times when intelligence transmission was very underdeveloped, which became the only way to pass on military orders, so how efficient is this method? What level is it put at now? Expert analysis has concluded that today's express delivery speed is not as fast as the eight hundred miles of urgent military orders at that time.
Nowadays, we understand that the eight-hundred-mile urgent military order often appears in TV dramas, and it is often related to the victory or defeat of a country or a large war. Therefore, the general issued an eight-hundred-mile urgent military order, and his cronies must obey it, and at the maximum speed of the horse galloping, the news was transmitted to the emperor at the first time.
In most people's impression, the speed of express delivery is now very fast, and it only takes more than two days for the things they buy on the Internet to be delivered to their homes. But now the experts are interpreting the eight-hundred-mile urgent military order far faster than the express delivery, which is hard to believe.
We all know that the ancient means of transportation were mainly with the help of horses, but even if it is a horse that is fast, it is presumably impossible to chase the vehicle for a long time, so how did the eight-hundred-mile urgent military order chase the super express? Let's take a look at how the Eight Hundred Mile Express works.
Like ordinary military orders, this requires soldiers to ride horses to pass on news, but the distance is far away, and it is absolutely impossible for a horse to reach the end. Therefore, every eight hundred miles of military orders, there will always be many horses dying of fatigue along the way. In order to pass on military orders, neither the horses nor the people could rest.
So, how do you replace the horses? This is thanks to the ancient caravanserai. Post stations were often used to feed passing officials and pedestrians to rest. In the event of a war emergency, the post can highlight its military value. In ancient China, there were probably thousands of caravanserais. There are definitely many stations on the way from the battlefield to the capital.
Therefore, when it was necessary to pass on the eight-hundred-mile urgent military order, the national post stations had to operate, changing horses and assisting soldiers as quickly as possible. Therefore, in addition to horses and soldiers, the biggest contributors are these stations that are densely packed throughout the country.
The mainland station was first established in the Tang Dynasty, and the mainland was also the first country in the world to establish a platform for transmitting information. Postal counting is part of the history of the mainland. In the Tang Dynasty, when information became particularly important, the post stations spread all over the country, reaching more than a thousand.
In ancient times, there were more than 30,000 civilians and soldiers serving the caravanserai, and there was such a huge group of people in the country who were struggling to pass on information on the front line, which was probably much more perfect than today's express delivery. However, the service staff of the station did not enjoy the treatment they deserved.
These station attendants are called postmasters, a name that does not sound glorious just, and in fact the professionals who do this work have done a great deal of work without being treated well.
These stations need to work non-stop every day, and when there is an urgent letter, they have to work overtime overnight to help deliver the letter. If there is bad weather such as heavy rain, the stationery still cannot stop, and the letter cannot be damaged halfway, and if the letter is wet, the stationer will even be imprisoned.
Therefore, under the severe punishment of the law, the eunuch could only do his best to convey information, so as to maintain the transmission of the eight-hundred-mile urgent letter. In ancient times, the speed of such letters was roughly three hundred miles per day, and even eight hundred miles depending on the emergency. In this comparison, modern express delivery is indeed incomparable.
After all, for modern couriers, if the courier is delayed, at most it is to deduct money or seek customer forgiveness, but for the ancient eunuchs, once delayed, it will even be a prison disaster, not to mention the urgent eight hundred miles of urgent military orders. So, in everyone's opinion, if the ancient and modern delivery is all in full swing, who will be the first to arrive?
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