[After the rewriting] The rise of the champion: In the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty raised people to Beijing to participate in the examination of the care measures Shunzhi eleven years, and Yan Wesi, a native of Zhejiang'an, went to the provincial city of Hangzhou to participate in the township examination. He came from a poor background, and his family could not raise enough money to travel to the exam. With the help of friends and family, he was able to scrape together five taels of silver. Yan Wesi took a dung boat to Hangzhou, and his mother only made him a bucket of white rice as dry food. The large number of people taking the examination in the rural examination stage also caused great trouble to the poor readers. However, in the examination stage, with the decrease in the number of people and the increase in the rank of merit, successive emperors successively introduced relevant measures to ensure that the provinces could successfully go to Beijing to take the exam. So, in the Qing Dynasty, when people went to Beijing to participate in the examination, what kind of care would the imperial court give? First of all, the imperial court will issue a travel fee for the exam. When the provinces participate in the examination, they receive an official fee, which is called the "pan fee".
The amount of bank fees varies from 30 taels per person in Qiongzhou Prefecture, Guangdong, to 1 tael in Shandong, the most. For poor people, the biggest expense of catching up for the exam is transportation. Therefore, in addition to receiving 3 taels of cash, candidates in Yunnan and Guizhou also provide them with stagecoach services at local government offices along the way. Although the amount of money given by the imperial court to the princes was not large, it could solve their difficulties. However, in the process of implementation, there were also some problems with the imperial court's policy of care. At first, the imperial court stipulated that the payment of bank fees needed to be collected from the governors of each province, which had little impact on the actions of neighboring provincial capitals. But for those in remote prefectures and counties, it is more difficult to collect the bank fee. In the eighth year of the Yongzheng Dynasty, the imperial court issued new regulations that allowed each province to collect the silver fee only at the local prefecture and county Yamen, and there was no longer a need to travel long distances.
However, there were also problems with the payment of bank fees by the prefecture and county authorities, and the officials often took advantage of the opportunity to make things difficult, or did not pay or deduct them, resulting in the children not receiving the full subsidy. In order to solve this problem, the Yongzheng Emperor ordered to warn the local government that if Xu Gongke withheld the silver fee, and the superintendent did not notice it, if he found it, he would be punished. The Yongzheng Emperor also stipulated that the money paid to the officials could not be handled by Xu officials, but must be paid by the prefecture and county magistrates, and must be paid on time without delay. According to the Qing Dynasty's write-off system, the silver two spent by local officials needed to be reimbursed to the household department. The imperial court stipulated that after participating in the examination, if they fell behind, they needed to go to Shuntianfu to obtain a road guide to prove that they had gone to Beijing to enter. After returning to your place of origin, you can use this guide to write off the bank fee. If there is no wayfinding, you need to return the bank fee. Those who have passed the examination do not need to provide any proof.
Secondly, the imperial court will also provide the return fee for the landing of the son. The cost of participating in the examination is very expensive, and the students have to stay in Beijing for at least more than a month. For a son from a poor background, the cost of returning to his hometown is unbearable. In the early Qing Dynasty, the imperial court only paid the children for the exam, and there was no corresponding measure for the cost of returning to their hometowns. However, Yongzheng felt sorry for the readers, and issued a special edict to give the fallen sons a travel fee to return home. Since the eight years of Yongzheng, the fallen sons of all provinces have been able to receive travel expenses to return home, which solves their worries. This system continued until the abolition of the imperial examination system. During the Qianlong period, the imperial court introduced a series of measures to co-opt and honor the elderly.
Those who are over seventy years old and fall behind will be given titles such as Guozi Superintendent and Xuezheng; Those who are over 90 years old will be rewarded with three more satin horses on top of the original reward; Those who are over 80 years old will be rewarded with two satin horses. According to the price level at that time, a satin horse was discounted to 1.4 taels of silver. Although the amount is not large, it represents the will of the imperial court. In general, the imperial court's money and travel expenses for the return of the emperor accounted for only a small part of the total cost of the examination, perhaps less than one-fifth, and most of the expenses came from donations from the gentry of origin. In the era of the imperial examination, it is already a blessing to be able to stand out in the rural examination and pass five levels and cut six. The title of lifting people already has a gold-absorbing effect. Although the situation in Fan Jinyi Middle School is somewhat exaggerated, most of the lifters can still get gifts and sponsorships from local squires after the middle lift.
A few exceptions among the readers do not rule out the possibility of poverty, but most of them do not even have to pay for the trip to Beijing to catch the exam. 【Conclusion】 In the Qing Dynasty, people went to Beijing to participate in the examination, and the imperial court formulated a series of measures to take care of poor readers. First of all, the imperial court issued a travel fee for the exam, which solved the trouble of transportation expenses for the children. Secondly, the imperial court provided the return fee for the landing of the son, so that they could return to their hometown smoothly. In addition, during the Qianlong period, the imperial court also provided certain rewards for the elderly movers. However, there were also some problems in the implementation of the imperial court's care policy, and local officials often withheld or did not pay bank fees, resulting in the full subsidy for the sons. Although the imperial court's policy of care had a certain effect on the financial difficulties of the sons, most of the expenses still needed to be donated by the gentry of origin.
The title of lifter already had a money-grabbing effect at the time, and after winning the promotion, the lifter was often able to get the support and sponsorship of the local squire. For the current education system, can we also learn from the care policy of the Qing Dynasty? Under the gaokao system, can more financial support be provided to candidates from poor families to ensure that they can take the exam smoothly? This will help achieve educational equity and improve educational opportunities for children from poor families. What is your opinion on this?