A special Warring States bronze seal was unearthed in the Fuyang area of Anhui Province, and its excavation not only recreates a special period of history, but also reveals an unknown secret in the history of Fuyang. What's going on here? If you want to know, let Xiaobian reveal the secret for you:
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During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the world was full of smoke, and various princely states rushed to the Central Plains in an attempt to dominate among the princely states. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there were five overlords successively, namely the Duke of Qi Huan, the Duke of Song Xiang, the Duke of Jin Wen, the Duke of Qin Mu, and the King of Chu Zhuang, however, the most legendary and regrettable overlord was none other than the Duke of Song Xiang. According to the Zuo Biography, "In the spring of the twenty-first year (639 BC) of the reign of Duke Lu, the Song, Qi, and Chu allies were on the deer. "One of the most important events in Song Xianggong's life was the successful holding of the Lushang Hui Alliance, which established his position as the overlord of the princes.
In the Lushanghui Alliance, Song Xianggong made a request to make the Chu state recognize its position as the overlord of the princes, and the prince of the Chu state was forced to pretend to agree, but immediately sent an army to attack the Song when he returned to the country. In 638 BC, the Song and Chu dynasties fought a war on the Hongshui River for supremacy in the Central Plains. Before that, the Song army had already lined up, and the Chu army had not yet fully crossed the river. Militarily, it was believed that the success rate of "attacking with half a crossing" was the highest, and the generals of the Song army also advised Song Xianggong to immediately send troops to attack the Chu army, but at this time Song Xianggong talked about "benevolence and righteousness", saying, "We are known as the division of benevolence and righteousness, how can we take advantage of the fact that others cross the river to attack?" "I had to wait until the Chu soldiers crossed the river to line up before fighting, but they were defeated and injured because of the missed opportunity, and they died of their wounds the following year."
Let's not talk about the end of Song Xianggong's hegemony for the time being, but talk about the land of deer. Lushang is now Fuyang, Anhui, Fuyang is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Anhui Province, referred to as Fu, ancient known as Ruyin, Shunchang, Yingzhou, Lushang, located in the Yangtze River Delta region, and northwest of Anhui Province, the southern end of the North China Plain. In 1965, in the ruins of Ruancheng In Fuyang Nan County, the former Lu Ancient City, local farmers found a special copper seal, which was handed over to cultural relics experts for in-depth study. On the bronze seal handed over by the peasants, four special traditional characters were engraved, and experts cracked it into the "Seal of the Special Room". From the appearance point of view, the "Seal of the Special Room" Warring States official seal, the whole is bronze, round nose button-shaped, through the height of 0.8, the diameter of the seal seat is 1.9, the thickness of 0.2 cm.
At this time, a question arises, what exactly does the "special room" on the copper seal mean? To this end, archaeologists conducted in-depth research, and after repeated discussions and references, they finally determined that the "special room" should be the ancient transmission room. To this end, archaeologists have also made a detailed explanation, believing that in ancient times, the car transmission was called "transmission", the horse transmission was called "post", and the step delivery was called "mail", as the most important intelligence information, how to quickly pass it out is indeed an important problem. The "Chuan Room" is also the official seal of the ancient chief responsible for transmitting military and political documents. But the question also lies in this, why is the official seal of the chief who transmits the military and political documents unearthed here?
Archaeologists have given a reasonable explanation for this problem, which is undoubtedly related to the geography of this place. Fuyang has a special topographical and topographical conditions, outside the city of Fuyang, not only the Huai River, Honghe River, Valley River, Runhe River and other rivers flowing through, but also the land traffic is also in all directions, once there is an urgent need to transmit information, it can be quickly spread outward from here, and there are many paths selected, including water and land and so on. Because of this, Lushang may also be the central city specially set up by the Song Dynasty to transmit military and political documents.
In this way, we can also explain the fact that Song Xianggong wanted to hold a meeting on the deer, and it turned out that the reason why Song Xianggong wanted to hold a meeting on the deer was precisely because of the convenience of the rapid transmission of information here. Although the Huimeng was ostensibly an oath-taking meeting, it was actually a meeting with the color of using force as a threat, and once the princes dared to disobey, Song Xianggong could quickly pass on the news, inform the domestic army to take corresponding measures, and then improve its deterrence.
The ancient way of transmitting information was not developed, and the distance of a thousand miles, even if you ride a fast horse and run day and night, it will take at least three days or more. But in contrast, today's information transmission is very rapid, whether it is telegraph, telephone or fax, basically can be sent and received, and even with the development of science and technology, remote visual technology is also rapidly rising, people in different places and different countries can sit at home and talk freely, truly realizing a sentence that Wang Bo chanted - confidant in the sea, if the end of the world is nearby, such a fast way of communication in modern times will really make the ancients stunned.
Reference: "Spring and Autumn Five Powers" by Huang Wei published by Heilongjiang Publishing House
Wen xiucai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, written by: Special history writer: Changshan Zhao Zi worm