2. People's Communications.
The non-governmental communication system is not as advanced as the official post station and other support, and the non-governmental communication has not formed a business system at all, and it is still in a primitive state of communication between the people, carrying letters and other information transmission.
In ancient times, people in societies with relatively low agricultural productivity were generally confined to land farming or animal husbandry production, and had less interaction with the outside society.
However, there are also many cases of the common people going out to serve in the army, do business and travel, entertain the rivers and lakes, and take the imperial examination
a) Dedicated messengers.
Sending a messenger and a fast horse is a quick and convenient way to do so, and it is also a matter of urgency and importance, and it is also a quick and convenient method that can be used if the family's financial resources can support it.
For example, the "Six Feet Lane" in Tongcheng, Anhui Province, which was widely praised by later generations, sent people to Beijing to ask Ren ** Zhang Ying for help because of the dispute with the neighbors over the land boundary of the house, Zhang Ying not only did not use the power of the court official to help his family, but replied to the book "A paper book is only for the wall, so why not let him be three feet, the Great Wall is still there, and I don't see Qin Shi Huang back then", rationally carry out moral guidance and persuasion.
The letter came back, and the family took the initiative to give up the boundary three feet, and the other party was also moved, and also gave up three feet, forming a "six-foot alley", turning hostility into jade silk, the two sides shook hands and made peace, resolved the neighborhood conflict, and left a "six-foot alley" A fine folk story of the Chinese nation.
2) Guild Hall. The guild hall is the only very important place for the people to transmit information and letters.
In order to facilitate the development of commerce, the convenience of life, and the coordinated development of the industry, the relevant personnel have been united to build local halls or trade halls to receive and serve people in their hometowns and industries, and the flow of personnel between their hometowns and industries is large, which is very conducive to transmitting information about their hometowns and industriesTherefore, the clan hall has become a very important place for people to transmit information.
3) Commercial and trade exchanges.
Business and trade exchanges, with oral messages and letters, are also a major channel for non-governmental communication and information transmission.
In ancient times, those who often went out were merchants, or the servants of merchants who handled business, the needs of production and life, and the goods from the south were sold to the north, and the goods from the north were transported to the south, and the east and west converged, and it was the one who used the largest amount of communication letters in ancient times.
The great poet Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty "Pipa Xing", when the magistrate was feasting and drinking by the riverside, he heard the merchant girl playing the piano and complaining about the singing, and poured out the merchant's husband who was running around all the year round and could not be gentle in the township.
4) Other travelers.
Tourist travelers, although the volume is not large, is also a messenger route;
There are also wandering monks, Taoist priests, as well as Jianghu artists, traveling Fang Langzhong, east, west, north and south, crossing provinces and counties, and going to the city and countryside, which is also a channel that cannot be ignored to transmit messengers.
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