In the eighth year of Shunzhi (165 1), the imperial court made a regulation: "Those who take the bus will be paid by the government." That is, the candidate's travel expenses are provided by the government envoy, and the amount of travel expenses varies according to the distance. Qiongzhou, Guangdong has the largest number of prefectures, with 320 prefectures each, and Shandong has the least, with only one or two prefectures each. Other places range from 32 to 22.
In addition, it is also stipulated that candidates from Yunnan, Guizhou and Xinjiang should be given not only three taels of silver, but also angry cards, and a post horse with a yellow flag inserted in it is attached to the card, so that "bus" has become synonymous with candidates.
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Modern historians believe that "writing on the bus" is two different concepts. First, there are 3 1 letters initiated by political high-level officials and organized by Beijing officials, and the number of signatories is as high as 1 555, and the letters have arrived at the headquarters; The other time was a petition organized by Kang Youwei in 18 province, which was a political event of abortion. Moreover, the petition of 18 organized by Kang Youwei was not rejected by Duchayuan, and Kang Youwei did not send it at all.
Ming Jiang, a historian, believes that the so-called "writing on the bus" initiated by Kang Youwei does not exist as a historical event, but can only be called "writing on the bus" or "writing on the bus" at most. Therefore, what was written on the bus had a great social impact at that time, forming a social atmosphere conducive to political reform and reform.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Writing on the Bus