Why Cao Xueqin was copied by Yongzheng (why did Yongzheng Dynasty copy Cao Xueqin's home)

Generally speaking, writers who can write those classic works handed down from generation to generation,

Why Cao Xueqin was copied by Yongzheng (why did Yongzheng Dynasty copy Cao Xueqin's home)

Generally speaking, writers who can write those classic works handed down from generation to generation, whose works contain words that make people feel sad, or have the feeling of personal experience and imagination, are all people who have experienced many major changes that ordinary people have not experienced, such as Cao Xueqin. Cao Xueqin wrote A Dream of Red Mansions after his Cao family became the property of Yong Zhengdi, so why is Cao Xueqin's family the property of Yongzheng?

Cao Xueqin, the author of A Dream of Red Mansions, lived a miserable life in his later years, and finally died alive because he was ill and had no money to treat the disease. Cao Xueqin lived the most prosperous and romantic upper-class life in his early years, but his family changed, and the Cao family was robbed by Yongzheng. Fortunately, Cao Xueqin still saved his life, but his life was not as good as before. It was also during this period that Cao Xueqin wrote the classic Dream of Red Mansions. But what was the heinous crime of the Cao family earlier, and it was reduced to being robbed of property? Let's reveal this history for everyone. Let's have a look.

Cao Xueqin's great-grandfather was named Cao, and Cao's wife was the wet nurse of Emperor Kangxi. It is because of this relationship that Cao's son became the companion of Emperor Kangxi when he was young, and formed a special friendship with his classmates since he was a child.

When Kangxi became the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he immediately granted the wet nurse's son and his classmates the right to take charge of the salt industry in the south of the Yangtze River and the "weaving" position of the royal family's internal affairs office, and allowed his descendants to follow. These are all rich jobs, so Cao Jia used these public offices and, not surprisingly, became the "aristocrat" of the richest man in the Qing Dynasty.

Emperor Kangxi went to Jiangnan six times and lived in Cao's home four times. Where did the Cao family get such great financial resources to receive Kangxi? Must have used the official bank of the weaving department. In the long run, the Cao family had a huge deficit in the weaving department. In fact, this money belongs to the sheep and was spent on Emperor Kangxi. Kangxi also knew that Kangxi did not pursue this deficit, but only said that it could be made up later.

Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, and was unselfish with the Cao family, asking him to make up for the loss within a time limit. Cao Fu, who was in a hurry, told Yongzheng that "the service period will be completed in three years". Yongzheng also knew the reason for the deficit, so he didn't want to kill them all at once, so he was given three years. The three-year deadline is approaching, and Cao Fu, unable to make up for the deficit, wants to be clever and secretly transfer his family property.

Cao Jia was robbed in Yongzheng six years. But after all, Yongzheng still cared about the old feelings of Emperor Kangxi and didn't kill Cao Jia. At least Cao Jia saved his life. Compared with the Li family (historian) of the Cao family, the Cao family is very lucky. And this is why we have the opportunity to see A Dream of Red Mansions today.

For Cao Xueqin, the storm was a family tragedy, but for the Qing Dynasty, it was indeed the beginning of bloody life in the Qing Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, when Kangxi was struggling in his later years, he was completely transformed by Yong Zhengdi's big moves, and his national strength and political style became stronger again. Yong Zhengdi's "imitation" of the Cao Shi family not only saved the deficit of the national treasury for the Qing Dynasty, but also indirectly made outstanding contributions to the history of China literature, which gave birth to the immortal Dream of Red Mansions. Indeed, it can be called "unexpected contribution".