Cao Xueqin, the author of A Dream of Red Mansions, is not an ordinary person. He was born in Cao family and was the richest man in Nanjing at that time. His family background is prominent, his power is prominent, and he is rich and expensive. Many people think that Cao Xueqin himself is the prototype of Jia Baoyu in the novel, but Cao Fu in reality, like Jia Fu in the novel, was eventually robbed of his property. So, what crime did the Cao family commit in history and was confiscated by Yong Zhengdi? It may not be as simple as you think.

The history of the Cao family in history began with a woman in the Cao family. This woman in the Cao family is Cao Xueqin's great-grandmother. This woman is very famous. She is the wet nurse of Emperor Kangxi. It is because of this relationship that Cao Xueqin's grandfather Cao Yin became the class governor and the bodyguard of Emperor Kangxi. Later, he served as Jiangning Weaving, and concurrently served as the censor of salt inspection and supervision of Huaihe River, and was extremely sacred by Emperor Kangxi. Kangxi went to Jiangnan six times, and Cao Yin took over the driving four times. During the Kang Yong period, Sun San and Cao Jiazu, representing four people, took charge of Jiangning weaving for 58 years, becoming the first tycoon in Nanjing at that time.

However, the weather is unpredictable. In the fifth year of Yongzheng, Cao Xueqin was only 13 years old. Cao Cao was robbed by Yong Zhengdi, and Cao Xueqin's family moved back to Beijing. From then on, the Cao family was devastated and went into decline. There are three main reasons for the Cao family being robbed: First, it is very serious to stand in the wrong team. The Cao family made a fortune because of Emperor Kangxi's favor, so the Cao family stood on the side of Emperor Kangxi, which can be said to keep up with the pace of leadership. However, in the battle of seizing the office in Kowloon, the Cao family did not value Mei, but flirted with the Eight Ye Party, which Yong Zhengdi would never tolerate after he took office.

Second, once every emperor is a courtier. Cao Cao's family rose because of Emperor Kangxi, but they were not Yong Zhengdi's cronies. How could Yong Zhengdi hand over such an important position of Jiangning weaving to outsiders? Therefore, with the departure of Emperor Kangxi, the Cao family was doomed to come to an end.

Third, the Cao family itself is a big black hole, and it is bound to die if it encounters severe punishment. Cao's house is not clean. He has been weaving in Jiangning for 58 years, and corruption has caused huge losses. When Emperor Kangxi was alive, the deficit had already appeared, but because of the protection of Emperor Kangxi, nothing happened. After Kangxi's death, Yong Zhengdi was in urgent need of war money, taking stock of money and grain to make up for the deficit. In such a strike-hard environment, Yong Zhengdi easily found out the big hole in Cao Jia's fiscal deficit, so he was furious and dismissed Cao Jia from his post and put him in prison on charges of harassing the post office, weaving a deficit and transferring property.

Because the Cao family had no money to fill the hole, Yong Zhengdi took away the Cao family's property and moved the Cao family back to Beijing. In order to make up for the deficit, the Cao family had to continue to sell their property in Beijing, but they were deceived by domestic servants and thieves broke into the house. Finally, the Cao family lived as a pawn. In the first year of Qianlong (1736), Cao Xueqin was twenty-two years old, and Emperor Qianlong issued a letter to forgive the Cao family's deficit. Later, Cao Xueqin held some humble positions in the government to support his family. I worked in my spare time and finally wrote the famous work A Dream of Red Mansions. I didn't waste my dream life!