The Qing emperor held a banquet and invited hundreds of officials to attend. Why are officials afraid of getting food?

This is because there were too many red tape in the Qing Dynasty, the emperor gave a banquet, and officials had to wear dresses. The dresses were heavy, which was not conducive to action. The rulers of the Qing Dynasty and the ministers of the Han Dynasty had different tastes. I don't know if it was only in the Qing Dynasty that the emperor was particularly keen on delivering meals to ministers. There are not only large banquets like "Thousand Banquets" or other large banquets, but also other forms of giving meals.

Let's start with the big party. Ministers should attend large banquets, and they should not wear ordinary official clothes at ordinary times, but must wear heavy dresses. This kind of clothes is not only troublesome to wear, but also heavy and breathless. Moreover, at this banquet, it is said that if the emperor suddenly mentions your name, you should immediately stand up and thank him because it is under the emperor's nose, regardless of complicated etiquette such as three worships and nine knocks. So you can't eat anything good after dinner, but you will be too tired to have half a life.

Besides, ordinary food is more interesting. Sometimes, the emperor will give his leftovers to ministers. Although the ancient monarch was the greatest, some people still had bad feelings about the leftovers left by others, but the emperor still couldn't help eating them. Another is that Manchu nobles like to eat fat pork. In addition, Manchu sacrifices usually boil a lot of white water, and cook the meat does not add any seasoning, which is really difficult for these officials to swallow.

But how can the emperor refuse? First, he can't refuse, second, he can't throw it away, and third, he can't give it away. So even if it's not to your taste, you should eat it with tears in your eyes. This leads people to be afraid of being given food, because no matter whether they attend a banquet or this kind of food, they are terrified because of the insurmountable gap between the emperor and the ministers, for fear of accidentally annoying the emperor and losing their lives.