Later, the title of slave seemed to be self-deprecating, but it was actually an honor. Claiming to be a slave in front of the emperor, the emperor will not look down on you, but will feel that he is raising the status of the emperor and the emperor will feel more comfortable. Later, the word slave was no longer a status symbol and had nothing to do with culture.
It is said that many ministers in the Qing Dynasty called themselves slaves, and no one deliberately corrected them during several emperors, so they have always been called habits. But when I arrived in Yong Zhengdi, I was very particular. He doesn't like the minister calling himself a slave and repeatedly stressing to the minister that he should call himself? Minister? .
There was a minister named Dong Yuxiang who claimed to be "? Slave? . For this matter, Yongzheng also specially rewritten it when approving the memorial, saying that he should not write a slave in the future, but a minister. Dong Yuxiang is very happy. He said Yongzheng was a good emperor! But I used to say I was used to it, but I couldn't change it at once.
Later, he wrote the memorial several times, and Dong Yuxiang was used to writing slaves. Yongzheng also deliberately crossed out the word slave on the memorial and wrote it beside it? Minister? .
Does this look like a teacher correcting students' homework? Cross out the wrong word and write a new word. Later, Dong Yuxiang felt that Yongzheng valued him very much and that the honor given by Yongzheng was too high. Only by working hard can he repay Yongzheng.