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In the fourth year of Jiaqing, after He yan was killed by the Jiaqing Emperor, Ji Xiaolan wrote to the Jiaqing Emperor and requested that the late Yushi Cao Xibao be rehabilitated, which was approved by the Jiaqing Emperor.
Who is Cao Xibao? Why did Ji Xiaolan dare to offer to rehabilitate him after he fell?
Cao Xibao was the imperial history who impeached Liu Quan, a slave of the Qianlong family, and was framed and died with hatred.
Cao Xibao (曹西宝), courtesy name Hongshu ( 陳弘書), served as the governor of Shaanxi Province during the Qianlong dynasty , when he was deeply favored by the Qianlong Emperor and almost solely in charge of imperial power.
Liu Quan, a domestic slave of Heyan, by virtue of his master's power, was also soaring and invincible, not only making a fortune in the Chongwen Gate tax pass, but also getting all three of his sons in.
At the behest of He yan, Liu Quan's father and son worked together to turn the Chongwenmen tax pass, known as the "world's first tax pass", into a "ghost gate pass" that people smelled.
Liu Quan, who was extremely inflated, not only accumulated more than 200,000 taels of silver, but also exceeded his status as a slave in the house he lived in, the clothes he wore, and the specifications of the carriage he traveled in.
In feudal society, Liu Quan's behavior was called overreach, and if the circumstances were serious, he might be executed.
Liu Quan's self-esteemed protection from He yan often flaunted the market in broad daylight, and although many imperial court officials knew that Liu Quan was overstepping his system, they were forced by He yan's authority to pretend not to see it, and no one dared to report to the emperor.
Yushi Cao Xibao had long been dissatisfied with the authoritarian Hezhen and had been suffering from impeachment without evidence.
After Cao Xibao inadvertently discovered Liu Quan's overreach, he was overjoyed and wanted to use this incident as a breakthrough to crack down on Hezhen.
After a detailed and thorough investigation and evidence collection, Cao Xibao finally grasped the conclusive evidence, and in June of that year (Qianlong 51), he wrote a letter of impeachment and the yan family slave "Liu Quan was arrogant and engaged in personal gain, and his clothes, carriages, horses, and apartments were all over-regulated."
Although Yushi Cao Xibao is a righteous person, he is very good at doing things, and this impeachment and the enslavement of the family, the secrecy work can only play a surprising and victorious effect if it is not leaked.
Unfortunately, Cao Xibao was too careless and forgot to keep it secret, and even showed the written sonata to his friend Wu Shengqin, who was one of Hezhen's henchmen.
Wu Shengqin was Hezhen's teacher when he was studying at the Xian'an Palace Official School, and took good care of the Hezhen brothers. Qin Shi of Wu Province did not have a smooth journey, and participated in the imperial examination many times, all of which were named Luosun Mountain.
After he was appointed as the chief examiner by Qianlong, Wu Province Qin heard the news to meet the former students and ask for care, and with he Yan secretly helping, Wu Province Qin finally won the title of gold list.
Wu Province Qin was grateful to Hezhen and became one of he's most trusted henchmen.
After Wu Shengqin saw Cao Xibao's recital, he was shocked, did not move on the surface, casually coped with a few words, and then resigned and went home.
Back at home, Wu Shengqin immediately prepared his horse and rushed to the Chengde Mountain Resort, because Qianlong was in Chengde for the summer at that time, and He Yan naturally accompanied the emperor.
After receiving a secret report from Wu Shengqin, He Yan hurriedly sent his henchmen back to Beijing to urge Liu Quan to rectify the excesses.
After Cao Xibao's recital was delivered, Qianlong immediately ordered someone to return to the capital to investigate, and after investigation, Liu Quan naturally did not have any excesses.
The Qianlong Emperor was very unhappy and summoned Cao Xibao to rebuke him, but Cao Xibao had no choice but to admit against his will that it was his own hearsay and reckless writing, asking the emperor to punish him.
Finally, the Qianlong Emperor issued an edict "... Xi Bao did not perceive the truth, and took the bookish and pedantic view, and the recitation was a correct statement. Lenient punishment, reform post retention. ”
After being dismissed from his post, Cao Xibao remained sullen, and in the following years, he was repeatedly retaliated against by He yan and his henchmen, and the exhausted Cao Xibao died in the fifty-seventh year of Qianlong, and he could not see the day when He yan fell!
In the fourth year of Jiaqing, the Taishang Emperor Qianlong died, and the Jiaqing Emperor dismissed He yan from his post, went to prison, and raided his home, and Liu Quan, as a close confidant of Hezhen, was also among the family raiders.
The value of the real estate and treasures copied by the imperial court from Liu's family exceeded 200,000 taels of silver, and at this time, many people understood that Cao Xibao's impeachment of Liu Quan was not false.
Ji Xiaolan wrote a letter requesting that Cao Xibao be rehabilitated, and the Jiaqing Emperor issued an edict: "Therefore, The imperial history of Cao Xibao, tasted the impeachment and the slave Liu Quan relied on the power to engage in personal gain, and the family was rich. At that time, he was in a strong position, and no one in the dynasty dared to correct the impeachment, and Xi Bao was able to resist and play, and he was worthy of the courtiers. After the punishment of the crime, he was married to the whole family and gave birth to more than 200,000 yuan. It is Xi Bao's impeachment that is not vain, and it is advisable to add a good reward to speak bluntly. Xi Bao gave the vice capital Yushi, and his son Jiang Shi gave the official Yu Yin. ”
A few years after Cao Xibao's death, he finally washed away the injustice of injustice, but all this came a little late!