In the second year of Kangxi (AD 1663), Cao, who was working as a doctor in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was appointed as Jiangning Weaving, responsible for weaving silks and satins used by court officials and temporary envoys of the emperor, and served as the eyes and ears of the emperor.
Because Cao was diligent and agile, Kangxi cherished him even more, and gave him an embroidered robe, a title as a minister of history, and a plaque inscribed "Cautious" by himself. In the 23rd year of Kangxi, Cao "broke down from overwork" and died in his post. During Kangxi's southern tour of Jiangning (now Nanjing), he personally went to the Weaving Department to express his condolences to Cao Yijia, and also sent ministers to pay homage.
The son of Cao, 17 years old, became the bodyguard of Kangxi, which won the appreciation of Kangxi.
In the twenty-ninth year of Kangxi, he became Suzhou Weaving, and two years later he was transferred to Jiangning Weaving. Since then, Cao Yin, his son Cao Qing and his successor Cao Fu have been re-elected as Jiangning Weaving for nearly 40 years.
Cao Yin has two daughters. Xiao Xuan wrote in "The Record of Immortals": "Yin, Zi" ... The mother is the nanny of the sage. Both women are princesses. In the 45th year of Kangxi (AD 1706), the eldest daughter married Pingjun Naersu; In the forty-eighth year of Kangxi (AD 1709), the second daughter married a Mongolian prince as a concubine.
When he was young, Cao Yin was knowledgeable and personable. In his twenties, he was promoted to the second-class bodyguard of the headquarters, and he was in full swing. In the early Qing dynasty, the imperial bodyguard and the deputy envoy were very glorious positions. Yellow flag, yellow flag and white flag are all the emperor's own troops, and Cao Yin's ability to hold important positions is obviously the result of Kangxi's special attention to this all-round class.
In June of the 23rd year of Kangxi (Jiazi Year 1684), Cao, his father and then Jiangning Weaving, died in office. "In winter, the son of heaven traveled east to Jiangning, offering a special sacrifice; He also ordered the eldest son to assist Jiangning weaving affairs. " In April of the 29th year of Kangxi (1690), Cao Yin was promoted to Suzhou Weaving by Kangxi. In November of the thirty-first year (1692 Ren Shennian), Jiangning weaving was transferred. His brother-in-law Xu Li (then general manager of Changchun Garden) inherited his Suzhou weaving career.
In the 42nd year of Kangxi (1703), Cao Yin and Xu Li were ordered to take charge of two Huai salt classes in turn for a period of ten years. In July of the following year, Cao Yin was ordered to inspect the Huaihe River, and in October, he was appointed as the salt inspector of Huaihe River.
Cao Yin had been a weaver twice in her life, and regarded Huaiyan as the fourth weaver. During his tenure, he hosted the driving ceremony of Kangxi's southern tour for five consecutive times (four in Nanjing and one in Yangzhou). His actual work scope far exceeds his job requirements, and his trust and respect also exceed that of the local governor. Cao Yin likes literature and art as well as collecting books. He is proficient in poetry, drama and calligraphy. His representative works are "Poem Notes of the Neem Pavilion" and "Poem Notes of the Neem Pavilion". The profound cultural background and extensive cultural activities have created the cultural and artistic atmosphere of the Cao Shi family. At this time, the Cao family showed unprecedented prosperity.
In May of the forty-fourth year of Kangxi, Cao Yin ordered Yangzhou Bookstore, the prime minister, to be responsible for the school publication "All Tang Poems", and completed the trial printing in September of the following year, so as to "present it to the court readers". Kangxi personally prefaced in April of forty-six years, and was officially published in March of fifty years. In March of 51, Cao Yin ordered the publication and engraving of Pei Yunwen Fu, and went to Tianning Temple in Yangzhou to cook and engrave it.
In his works, Zhu pointed out that all kinds of historical documents confirmed that Cao Yin's lingering poetic feelings with adherents of the Ming Dynasty and upper-class intellectuals in the south of the Yangtze River should never be treated only by literati's habits, nor can they be covered up by his personal courtesy corporal. This was a political decision made by Emperor Kangxi to win over the southern scholars and obliterate their anti-Qing consciousness, while Cao Yin and others were the servants of concrete implementation. In the first month of the seventeenth year of Kangxi, the sage issued a letter, and in the spring of the following year, he held an examination for learned scholars. At that time, Cao Yin was 23 years old and was appointed as a health care official in Beijing. He has participated in the reception of imperial examinations for many times, and has established deep feelings and friendship with famous scholars from various provinces, such as Fu Shan, Gu Jingxing, Shao, Li Yindu, Wang Wan, Shi, Yan Ruoqu, You Dong, Zhu Yizun, Jiang, Mao Qiling and Mao, most of whom have worked in Cao Yin. In May of the 23rd year of Kangxi, Cao died of illness, went south to attend his funeral, stayed in Jiangning for one year, and had close contacts with some adherents. Cao Yin was admired by the north and the south because of his romantic elegance and outstanding literary talent. He was also the nephew of Gu Jingxing, a Ming adherent, and was quickly recognized by Han adherents and upper-class intellectuals. After weaving by Cao Yinren, he made more friends with Jiangnan people. According to statistics, there are about 200 people who have poetic contacts with Cao Yin, including many influential celebrities at that time. Because Cao Yin has earnestly implemented the established policies of Emperor Kangxi in Jiangnan for more than 20 years, Cao Yin has become an elegant and popular figure in southeast China and enjoys a high reputation in Jiangnan. In February of the fifty-first year of Kangxi, Cao Yin went to Beijing to report on his work and returned to the south with his eldest son, Cao Qing. In June, ordered by Kangxi, he went to Yangzhou from Jiangning to preside over the opening ceremony of Peifu. In July, she suffered from wind-cold disease and then turned to malaria. Xu Li told Kangxi about Cao Yin's illness. Kangxi attached great importance to Cao Yin's illness and immediately replied, "You played very well. I have to give malaria medicine today, and I gave a horse at night. " Below Kangxi also wrote Manchu, which is the Manchu transliteration of Cinchona Cream, and explained it very carefully: "It specializes in malaria, and the last two dollars are mixed with wine. If it's lighter, you take another set, and you have to stay. After surviving, a dollar and eighty cents, even with two clothes, can take root and sprout. This medicine is not allowed if it is not malaria. Need to be serious, never, never, never, never! " But Cao Yin was unlucky. He died in Yangzhou before the medicine was delivered.
On my deathbed, Xu Li said in the memorial, I found that there was a deficit of 232,000 treasury bonds, and Cao Yin had no assets to make up for it. "Although I am dead, my eyes are gone."
After Cao Yin's death, Kangxi appointed his son to succeed Jiangning Weaving in order to preserve Cao's property in Jiangnan and avoid damage due to relocation. Two years later, Cao Qing died, and Kangxi personally presided over the adoption of Cao Yin's fourth nephew, Cao Fu, and took over the post of Jiangning Weaving. At the same time, Kangxi let Cao Yin's brother-in-law Suzhou Weaving Xu Li take charge of the salt affairs in two Huai provinces for one year, and used the money to make up for the deficit in Cao Yin. Due to Cao Yin's daily ostentation, entertainment and gifts, especially Kangxi's five southern tours, Cao Yin suffered a huge economic deficit. It can even be said that Cao Yin laid the bane of Cao Cao's decline.
In the forty-eighth year of Kangxi (A.D. 1709), on the sixth day of December, the Governor of Liangjiang participated in a performance in Cao Yin. The tip-off Kangxi said that Cao Yin and Xu Li owed Huaiyan Banyin three hundred and twenty yuan and requested public impeachment. Kangxi regarded Cao Yin as a "family member", and Kerry demanded the public impeachment of Cao Yin, but Kangxi did not approve it. However, this is very important. Kangxi had to seriously warn Cao Yin and his brother-in-law Xu Li privately that they must try to make up the deficit. However, in the face of a sea of debts, Cao Yin has been unable to make up for it, nor is it able to save the situation.
In the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi (A.D. 17 15), it was found that the weaving warehouse in Cao Yin had a deficit of 373,200 silver. Kangxi had to make arrangements again. Li, Li and Li made up for it. It was not until the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi that this account was finally made up.
Because of the mutual affection between Cao and Cao, Kangxi took care of Cao's family. In Cao Fu's generation, he became distant and indifferent. Kangxi once explicitly said to Cao Fu: "Nianer's father has made a long-term contribution, so stern is here." In the sixty-first year of Kangxi, because Xu Li and Cao Fu were in arrears in selling ginseng money, the Ministry of Internal Affairs summoned Kangxi and ordered Xu Li and Cao Fu to pay off the money in arrears before the end of the year, otherwise hell to pay and Kangxi immediately approved it. Obviously, this is completely different from Kangxi's previous attitude towards Cao Yin.
After Yongzheng came to power, he issued imperial edicts one after another and began to conduct a nationwide inventory of money and grain to make up for the deficit. He repeatedly said: I can't be as tolerant as my father. Any official who is short of money and food will be dismissed as soon as he is exposed. In the first year of Yongzheng alone, dozens of officials at all levels were dismissed and property seized. Suzhou Zhinv, who is related to the Cao family, suffered from * * * and was also sentenced to a deficit and deprived of property.
But at first Yongzheng did not punish Cao Jia and Xu Li together, but allowed him to repay the deficit within three years. Cao Fu's own deficit has not been filled, but it has increased the deficit left by Cao Yin, so we must seek help from many aspects. In order to prevent someone from scaring and blackmailing Cao Fu, Yongzheng gave Cao Fu special instructions: running around and making friends with others can only drag himself down and waste energy to buy trouble; Make up your mind, behave yourself, and don't mess around, or my reputation will be damaged, and I will be severely punished, and Prince Yi can't save you! Yong Zhengdi's Zhu Pi letter shows that he is "still kind" to Cao Fu.
In the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), Cao Fu, the heir of Cao Yin, was finally dismissed and property was transferred on charges of economic deficit, harassing a post station and so on, and moved back to his former residence in Beijing empty-handed. Since then, the family has declined rapidly. During the Qianlong period, the Cao family's children and grandchildren were scattered. Cao Yin is a typical representative of special people in a special historical period, and he is full of contradictions. He is a Han nationality and a standard bearer; A slave and an official. Even among officials, his identity is difficult to determine. Manchu officials admitted that he was a Han Chinese, and Han officials admitted that he was a Manchu. Although his position is the most profitable, it is despised by Han officials who come from the right path. If he is like a large number of people in the interior office, he has no education and can only make money, but he is also a well-educated figure, poet, playwright, bibliophile and publisher. He can't help worrying about the uncertainty of his identity and the lack of his soul. When Cao Yin goes out in a sedan chair, he always looks down at books and never looks up. On the surface, he said that it was to avoid the government and the people saluting him, but it was actually related to this contradictory mentality. In a poem he wrote to his rich brother Cao Zhi, he said, "Jujube and pear blossoms are full of snow, and life is sad." People tend to avoid friends, they are only interested in going upstairs. "Very vividly wrote his this kind of anguish. He leads a miserable, decent and humble life. He is a marginal man living in the cracks of history. He sings in the cracks of history, and his poems are always full of looming and lingering sadness in the thick and simple. If you ask what is the greatest feature of Cao Yin's poetry, you want to talk about its sadness. In the old literature, this is a unique voice from a unique character, a voice of instant prosperity and impermanence, so Cao Yin himself has become a unique typical figure.