At that time, a British customs official strongly advised that the Ching Dynasty open a postal administration, but many conservatives considered this to be a wrong-headed foreign idea.
當時英國人赫德以海關總稅務司的職位，積極建議清廷開辦新式郵政，發行郵票。但是一般守舊人士，認為這是洋玩藝兒，不足取。