The four famous works in China are well known, and the authors of the four famous works in China are also well known, and today we are going to discuss the content of Cao Xueqin, the author of "Dream of the Red Chamber" among the four famous works, how his family fell from a prosperous family to the point of being robbed.
The Cao family clan was devastated by being raided, and many people believe that this was caused by Yongzheng's hand, but they do not know that there must be a cause and an effect, and the reason why Yongzheng did this is because of the many practices of the Cao family.
Before the Kangxi Emperor, the Cao family had always been at a low ebb, so let's take a look at how the Cao family became a famous and prestigious family. In fact, it was an unexpected thing that the Cao family could have a relationship with the Kangxi Emperor: Cao Xueqin's grandfather, that is, Cao Xi, his wife Sun Shi coincidentally became Kangxi's wet nurse, and Cao Xueqin's grandfather Cao Yin also had the opportunity to become the kangxi emperor's companion, accompanying Kangxi from an early age until he grew up; in addition, Cao Xueqin's grandfather Cao Yin also served as the kangxi emperor's imperial bodyguard and companion.
Such a relationship must have played a key role in the Kangxi Emperor's succession to the throne— the Cao family had changed from a slave family to a magnate family.
Let's take a look at the reason why the Cao family was raided in the sixth year of Yongzheng:
The first, and most important, was that cao fu used the money that was originally intended for weaving, resulting in a deficit.
After Kangxi succeeded to the throne, Cao Xueqin's grandfather Cao Yin was named a weaver, and the three generations of the Cao family did weaving for more than fifty years, and the prosperity of the Cao family also came from here. Moreover, when the Kangxi Emperor came to Jiangnan, he lived in the Cao family many times, which shows the status of the Cao family in his heart. However, there must be advantages and disadvantages, no matter how rich the Cao family is, they can't withstand many times to take over the car, the Cao family is superficially beautiful, but in fact, it has long exhausted the family property, and has also used millions of weaving funds. This directly led to the situation in which the Cao family was slandered after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne.
The second point, and the most direct reason, is that the Cao family defendant transferred family property.
After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, the Cao family had lost the unique favor of the royal family, and in order not to be punished, they could only sell their family property to fill the deficit in weaving money. However, in order to curry favor with the Yongzheng Emperor, the newly appointed Yan official reported to Yongzheng that the Cao family was transferring their family property and enriching themselves. When Yongzheng learned of this, he immediately ordered that the governor of Jiangnan, Fan Shixuan, keep the cao family's finances under guard, and the Cao family was raided, and from then on, it fell and fell into ruin.
The third point is also the fundamental reason why the Cao family was raided - the Cao family took the wrong side when the Yongzheng emperor was fighting.
I believe that people who know the history of the Qing Dynasty know that the "Nine Sons Seize the Concubine", the ultimate winner of this war between brothers is our Yongzheng Emperor, but when he competed with other princes for the throne, the Cao family, as the favorite of the Kangxi Emperor, did not choose to side with Yongzheng, and Yongzheng has always held a grudge against this matter. After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, in order to consolidate his own power, it was natural to clean up those ministers who did not accompany him, and the Cao family bore the brunt of it. This is why some people want to gain Yongzheng's trust and choose to slander the Cao family.
When the Cao family was copied, Cao Xueqin was still very young, so he witnessed how his family went to the end step by step, witnessed the rise and fall of the world, and because of this, he was able to write "Dream of the Red Chamber", which is the pinnacle of the world's recognized classical Chinese novel, which is also the epitome of the true human feelings that Cao Xueqin wants to express.
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The Biography of Cao Xueqin