"Dream of the Red Chamber", as one of the four classical masterpieces, was once known as a very high peak in literature, and in the history of literature, it has a pivotal position, so that throughout the ages, there have been many scholars who study the Dream of the Red Chamber, and the study of the Dream of the Red Chamber has also become a unique science - "Red Studies".
"Dream of the Red Chamber" is very realistic, depicting a rich and gentle township, the Rongguo Mansion in the book, for the Zhong Ming Ding Food Home, according to the "Fat Yan Zhai" commentary, Rong Guofu is called "everyone"
Some people also believe that a dream of the Red Chamber is actually Cao Xueqin's memoirs. Cao Xueqin has experienced a life of brocade and grandeur, so she can portray Rong Guofu as extremely real.
If you want to understand the Dream of the Red Chamber, you have to understand Cao Xueqin's life. Cao Xueqin's background is not simple, the Forbidden City once found a secret purpose of the Kangxi period, the special identity of Cao Xueqin's family was unveiled, netizens sighed: Hidden is really deep!
If you want to understand Cao Xueqin's family, you have to start from his grandfather Cao Xiyuan, when the Qing army entered the customs, Cao Xiyuan was the "Shenyang Zhongwei Commander" of the Ming Dynasty, in the face of the qing army's large-scale invasion, Cao Xiyuan surrendered and submitted, for this reason, Cao Xiyuan was considered to have made great contributions, and was classified as the Qing army's white flag wrapping, in fact, it was a slave of the white flag, and Cao Xi was two years old at the time.
The Zhengbai Banner has always been controlled by Dolgun, and in the Shunzhi Dynasty, the Shunzhi Emperor took back the command of the Zhengbai Banner from Dolgun, and since then, Cao Xi has also been wrapped from the Zhengbai Banner to the Interior Ministry, and later, Cao Xi helped quell the rebellion in Shanxi and began to be heavily valued.
By the time the Kangxi Emperor was born, Cao Xi had become a second-class bodyguard in the imperial palace, and Cao Xi's wife had also become the Kangxi Emperor's grandmother. Cao Yin, as the son of Cao Xi, also grew up with the Kangxi Emperor and became a companion of the Kangxi Emperor, and after Kangxi succeeded to the throne, Cao Yin was entrusted with a heavy responsibility and sent to "Jiangning Weaving"
Jiangning weaving is a fat errand, and the history of the Cao Xueqin family, starting from Cao Yin, has been marching all the way. From the area of Cao Yin, the Cao family began to complete the transformation from the house of military merit to the house of poetry and books.
The Kangxi Emperor was very fond of the old feelings, and he took good care of Cao Yin, and the Kangxi Emperor went down to Jiangnan, including four times, living in Cao Yin's house, and for the Cao family, the emperor's grace was vast, which can be imagined. For example, once the Kangxi Emperor went down to Jiangnan, Cao Yin embezzled 200,000 taels of silver from the national treasury, so Cao Yin was impeached by courtiers, and the Kangxi Emperor remained indifferent to this, opening one eye and closing one eye.
When Cao Yin was seriously ill, the Kangxi Emperor was very worried, and repeatedly instructed the Tai Doctor to deliver medicine, and after Cao Yin's death, he let Cao Yin's son Cao Yin, that is, Cao Xueqin's father, continue to recognize Jiangning weaving. After Cao Yin's death, he allowed Cao Yin's nephew Cao Fu to continue his post. It can be seen that the Kangxi Emperor really took good care of the Cao family.
This not only makes people wonder why the Kangxi Emperor valued the Cao family so much, but the answer was given in the secret instructions written by Cao Yin to Kangxi in the Forbidden City. According to the reason, only officials with more than four pins could write secret instructions, and Cao Yin's Jiangning Weaving was only a five-pin official, but he wrote secret instructions to Kangxi many times.
It can be seen that Cao Yin's identity is really special. Judging from the content of the secret will, Cao Yin mainly reported to the Kangxi Emperor the situation in the Jiangnan area from time to time, and everything was written on the secret will, from the huge to the business, the social and people's livelihood, the details to the Jiangnan area, and how thick the snow fell in winter. It seems that Cao Yin's secret identity is the "undercover" arranged by the Kangxi Emperor in Jiangnan!
Why did the Kangxi Emperor choose Cao Yin? In fact, the Qing army is a nomadic people, since the Qing army entered the customs, there is no great confidence in the control of the Jiangnan area. From the records of the "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty", the successive emperors of the Qing Dynasty were very concerned about the economy, industry and agriculture of Jiangnan, and in order to get accurate information and understand the real Jiangnan, they also traveled to Jiangnan many times.
Jiangnan is a rich land, and although the official position of Jiangning weaving is not high, it has a great role, and Cao Yin grew up with Kangxi from childhood, and is deeply trusted and trusted by Kangxi, and such an important position as Jiangning weaving is naturally undertaken by Cao Yin.
However, the operation of Jiangning Weaving is not as simple as imagined, and before Cao Yong died, there were already drawbacks, and Cao Hao sighed: "There is no money to compensate, no property to change, although he is dead, he is not blind." ”
By the time of the Yongzheng Emperor, the deficit of Jiangning weaving was completely unaffordable, but between the kangxi emperor's affection, Yongzheng did not immediately raid the Cao family, but gave the Cao family three years to make up for the deficit.
Until one day, when a courtier impeached the Cao family for transferring assets, the Yongzheng Emperor was furious and ordered an overnight raid on Cao's mansion, when Cao Xueqin was only thirteen years old.
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