Where does the word relieve yourself come from?

The word "relief" comes from the great immigrants from northern China during the Ming Dynasty. To this day, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hebei, Henan, Shandong and other places generally still follow this saying when referring to going to the toilet. Since the Ming Dynasty government enforced immigration, in order to prevent the immigrants from escaping, the officers and soldiers tied them up and took them on the road. Binding two arms is called big binding, and tying one arm is called small binding. Not only that, to prevent them from escaping with their hands tied, the tied people were tied together with ropes before being escorted on the road. Many people are connected together, and they move and stop whenever they want. If one person wants to move, there are many things involved, and no one can escape. For the escorting officers and soldiers, it is naturally trouble-free, but it is painful for the bound immigrants. The most troublesome thing is defecation. In order to express the meaning clearly, the words are very long. For example, if a person wants to defecate or urinate, he must first report it and say: "Sir, please stop everyone and untie my hands. I want to urinate." The number of times the rope was tied was too many, and the officers and soldiers also found it troublesome, but this method could not be changed. In the end, it was simplified to just a few words: I want to relieve myself. The listener also understands. After settling down later, this expression became an idiom and became synonymous with urination and defecation. But now, there are still sayings of "jie big hands" and "jie small hands", which means defecation and urination. It is not clear where this comes from. The word "hands-off" refers to "hand in hand" when friends are happy to meet each other in ancient times, which is equivalent to the modern handshake. It is called "relieving oneself" when parting. There is a poem written by Guan Qin in the Song Dynasty: "I can't bear to relieve myself in the spring, so I even stop the boat for the guests." This means that when friends meet in spring, they are so happy that they can't bear to leave, so they stop the boat for their friends and never return. But in the Ming Dynasty, this word full of friendship took on another meaning. During the Hongwu and Yongle years of the Ming Dynasty, it was discovered that many provinces had vast areas with sparsely populated areas and narrow areas with densely populated areas. Therefore, Taizu and Chengzu issued orders many times to move people from densely populated areas to sparsely populated areas. But people have the habit of settling down and relocating, especially the ancients. No one wants to leave their hometown, move to a strange place, and start a new business. At that time, people from Hongdong, Linfen, Pujiang and other places in Shanxi Province had to move to Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Shaanxi and other places. Each migration involved tens of thousands of households, bringing their families and dependents with them in great embarrassment, so before they could gather on the road, some people often fled. As for the word convenience, Gu Mingsi means convenience. It has a general meaning and is not easy to give a single explanation. In addition to going to the toilet, many other things can also be called convenience. For example, we often hear people say "it is convenient for others." "It's convenient for you." This is a saying in our daily life. When I can't walk, I want to take a ride and ask the driver, "It's convenient, let me take a ride." The driver said, "Okay, okay, come on." This is also convenient. . Instant noodles can be eaten with just boiling water. They are also called convenience, emergency, and convenience when going to the toilet~~ It’s all the same!