Yuan-dynasty Urgent Dispatch Posts

Timeline

1. 1361Post roads from Dadu to various places · North ChinaYuan regulations stipulated a post every fifteen li with fifteen runners, dedicated to relaying urgent official documents and military reports. In the 1360s, despite widespread upheaval, the Yuan court still relied on urgent dispatch posts to maintain communications of orders and battle reports between the center and the provinces.
2. 1368–1370Yingtian Prefecture · East ChinaAfter Ming forces captured the Yuan capital, Zhu Yuanzhang gradually took over Yuan relay post facilities in Jiangnan and newly occupied North China areas, cutting redundant staff and resetting post distances, transitioning toward the Ming postal system formally promulgated in the later Hongwu reign; the urgent dispatch posts, as a Yuan legacy, were gradually replaced by the diyunsuo system.