Cao Xueqin's great-grandmother Sun Shi once worked as the wet nurse of Emperor Kangxi (that is, the "nanny" specially appointed by the royal family), and her grandfather Cao Yin was Kangxi's "milk brother" since childhood, and was also Kangxi's closest little bodyguard and Bandu. They are "brothers in the open, brothers in the dark", and Cao Yin also helped Kangxi eradicate the powerful minister Ao Bai and made great contributions. Emperor Kangxi was not only talented, but also attached great importance to human relations. In order to repay the kindness of the nanny, Mrs. Sun, he specially sent her husband Cao to Nanjing to be the weaving supervisor in Jiangnan. Three generations and four people in Cao family all occupy this profitable position. Cao Yin, the driver of Kangxi's four southern tours, has a beautiful scenery. In the words of Zhao DOG in A Dream of Red Mansions, it is really "once in a blue moon". "Don't say that silver has become dirt, because everything in the world is blocked by mountains and seas. The word' sinful' is too desperate!" Especially in the thirty-eighth year of Kangxi (1699), this time is even more commendable. This year, Emperor Kangxi made another southern tour, and the nanny's granddaughter was 68 years old. According to the rules, national gifts (monarch, minister, servant) are introduced first, and then family gifts (mother and son respect the elderly) are introduced. Kangxi was very happy to see Mrs. Sun. He grabbed her and said to the people around him, "This is the old man in our family!" " At that time, Xuan Hua was in full bloom in the court-this kind of flower is a symbol of loving mother in China. At that time, Kangxi was puzzled. He personally wrote a huge plaque for Mrs. Sun, and wrote "Xuanruitang" in three big characters to express his gratitude to the young nanny, which he will never forget. The emperor personally gave the book, which showed that Cao Jiarong was extremely favored and was once a great story in Jiangnan.
Kangxi's kindness to the old nanny's family increased: not only was he promoted to be the general political envoy-the minister of the three products, ranking among the "nine nobles", but he also specially assigned his eldest daughter, Wang Naisu, to the royal imperial clan and married her as a princess, which actually raised Cao's status as a "slave" to an equal position with the nobles (in the Qing Dynasty, he was a flag officer), and the Cao family owed a lot to the emperor, and the good times did not last long. With the prosperity of the Kangxi dynasty for 60 years, they enjoyed the prosperity of the world.
However, wealth and splendor can't stay; Your kindness is hard to rely on, and it will rise and fall. Kangxi died and Yongzheng succeeded to the throne. One of the most severe emperors in China's history, immediately after he ascended the throne, he issued numerous urgent imperial edicts, and launched an appalling and cruel purge against all his brothers and their henchmen who had fought for power and profit. Because he stood on the wrong side and followed the wrong person in the battle for the position of prince, Cao Jia was severely hit by Yongzheng and was handed over to the righteous prince Huang Tianjun for the crime of "deficit". This is the Zhu Pi memorial written by Yongzheng: I am safe. Instruct you to tell your story to Prince Yi, and do everything according to the instructions of the Prince. If you do nothing wrong, the prince will take care of you; If you are illegal, who can't be blessed with you? Don't run around and waste your energy buying trouble. You can't ask another person to support (drag down) yourself except wangyi. Why not choose what is convenient and beneficial and do what is troublesome and harmful? Because you're used to the damn custom ... make up your mind and be less chaotic. If I have a bad reputation, I will be severely punished, and the prince will not save you. Special instructions.