Chapter 62 (2) Mysterious Family

It is said that as early as the sixth year of Tianming in Houjin, tomorrow is the first year of Qi, which is 1621 AD, and it was Aixinjueluo Nurhachi at that time.This guy was a great hero, showing off his power and conquering Shenyang City in one fell swoop. On the day of the city, many captives were caught, so everyone divided the captives into several teams, selected the right ones, and brought them to their homes for use.The first one to choose the captives was Tong Yangxing, the son-in-law.A pair of scholars, with a father and son holding a nursing baby in their arms, caught Tong Yangxing's attention: Hey, you two, what about you, it's you, what's your name?

who?I?talk about me?The scholar stepped forward and reported: Our name is Cao Shixuan, and the person holding the child next to him is my son Cao Zhenyan.The nursing doll in his arms is my little grandson Cao Xi, who is only two years old.For generations, our Cao family have been intellectuals who read books. Tong Yangxing was overjoyed when he heard it: Intellectuals are good, I like to enslave intellectuals the most, and you will be my dog ​​slaves from now on, hurry up and call me master! Cao Shixuan was furious: Don't think about it, our Cao family is strong and inflexible, and we have never been afraid of violence.

What the hell?Tong Yangxing was furious, rode his horse forward, and pointed at the two-year-old Cao Xi with the whip in his hand: "I'll listen to you again?"Believe it or not, I will beat your child into a dead child? Cao Shixuan was furious: We intellectuals would rather bend than bend, and we are not allowed to embarrass my children. If you have anything to say, speak it out, speak it out... Tong Yangxing: Don't talk about it, call me master quickly, otherwise your child's life will be in danger! Cao Shixuan burst into tears and said: We scholars, we set up our lives for the people, set up our hearts for the world, and for the sake of the children...I admit it for the sake of the children. Isn't it just calling you a master? What's so difficult about it!Master, chirp!

Tong Yangxing was overjoyed: Hahaha, I have caught a bunch of intellectuals who can read and write, and now I can make a lot of money. In this way, Cao Shixuan, Cao Zhenyan and Cao Xi, who was just two years old, all became Nurhachi's coated slaves. Speaking of the title "slave" now, it feels very tasteless, but at that time, a slave was a very high political honor, and not everyone was qualified to call themselves a slave.In the Manchu Qing Dynasty, those who were qualified to call themselves slaves in front of the emperor were close ministers who were inextricably related to the emperor, while the Han ministers were absolutely not qualified to call themselves like this, they could only call themselves ministers.

Therefore, in the Manchu Qing era, slaves were a higher-level title than ministers.As for the three generations of the Cao family, they were respected by Nurhachi because of their scholarly family status and their hard work in studying.Therefore, the social status of this family is much higher than that of the Han ministers, and they are all qualified to call themselves slaves in front of the Qing emperor. In the seventh year of Ming Chongzhen, that is, in 1634 AD, the three members of the Cao family had become domestic slaves of the Dorgon family.Dorgon trusted him so much that he even took Cao Zhenyan to fight.I don't know which battle it was, but Dorgon's luck was out of luck. Unfortunately, he was defeated, was seriously injured, and was exhausted among the chaos.At this time, Cao Zhenyan displayed the life-defying spirit of a scholar, rolled and crawled with Dorgon on his back, and even crawled out from the pile of dead people.The worst thing was that on the way to escape, there was no water to drink. Cao Zhenyan got half a leaf of dew and used it to feed the half-dead Dorgon, but he himself was so thirsty that he went crazy and simply drank horse urine to survive.

This story had a great influence on Xiao Cao Xueqin, so he was obliged to write this history in his masterpiece.But because the ancestor drank horse urine, it was too tasteless, so Cao Xueqin made a decisive decision, and put the difficult years of drinking horse urine on Jiao Da of Jia's mansion: Youshi sighed, "Don't you know this scorched one?"Even the master ignored him, and your elder brother Zhen ignored him.Because he had sent soldiers three or four times with the grandpa since he was a child, and carried the grandpa out from the pile of dead people. He died, but he was starving, but he stole something and gave it to his master. A bowl of water, give it to the master to drink, and he will drink it himself... (see Chapter 7)

Seeing that Cao Zhenyan was willing to drink horse urine in order to save himself, Dorgon was moved and said: Xiao Cao, you are very good, I am optimistic about you.Drink it, drink it, drink more horse urine, it will be a great tonic...invigorate the spleen and promote body fluid, appetizing and beautifying. After escaping with his life, the Qing court issued a notice: Morgan Daiqing (Dorgon's humble name, meaning super smart, super wise) under Belle Dorgon, the leader of the team, Zhangjing Cao Zhenyan, because of his meritorious service, he has added half of his future. This order has remained in the "Records of Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty".Cao Zhenyan, the second generation of the Cao family, with his fearless spirit of drinking horse urine, laid a good foundation for the later prosperity and wealth of the Cao family, ransacking the family and destroying the family, and also laid a good start for the publication of the shocking masterpiece.

The third generation of the Cao family is Cao Xi.When he grew up, he fought with Dorgon, but he didn't hear of any achievements, and he didn't have a chance to get horse urine.The young emperor of Shunzhi later moved all the Cao family to the palace. Cao Xi was transferred to the inner court as a second-class bodyguard, in charge of ceremonial affairs, and was promoted to the Ministry of Internal Works... His official position is roughly equivalent to the current squad leader of the national flag and the director of the Urban Construction Bureau. Soon after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Shunzhi moved to Beijing to be the emperor, and Cao Xi was too busy to repair the palace in Beijing.While I was busy, Shunzhi came over: Hey, who is that, Xiao Cao, it's you, come here, I want to ask you something, do you have a wife or not?

Cao Xi shook his head: No, I am a happy single young man. Xiao Shunzhi: Happy with your size.With so many beauties in the palace idle, it's outrageous that you still have the nerve to be happy and single.I will introduce you to a beautiful woman, the nanny of my second son Xuan Ye, who is sucked by my son every day, and her whole body is on fire.There is a saying that my Buddha is merciful, good and good, Amitabha, why don't you just do a good deed and marry her? Cao Xi shook his head: "Your Majesty, it's not that my buddy doesn't give you face, but about you... I really can't agree."

Xiao Shunzhi: Xiao Cao, you dare to resist the edict, why? Cao Xi: Your Majesty, isn't your second son, Xuan Ye, half-dead because of acne?So you threw him into the monk's temple, don't want this son anymore.It was Su Ma Lagu, an old lady in her sixties who saved him... You asked me to marry an old lady in her sixties?Your Majesty, you might as well kill me. Xiao Shunzhi: ... Xiao Cao, you have such a brain, thanks to the fact that you are still a scholar, how could I let you marry Aunt Su Mala, who is over 60 years old?I will introduce you to Xuanye's nurse in the palace, Mrs. Sun, who is only nineteen years old and has fair skin... Do you want to marry?

Cao Xi was overjoyed: I want to marry, I want to marry. So the third generation of the Cao family married Sun, the nurse of the future Emperor Kangxi, and gave birth to Cao Yin, the fourth generation of the Cao family the following year. Cao Yin and Kangxi are four years apart.Because Cao Yin was born in a scholarly family and a family of scholars, this child can recite the books backwards at a glance, and he is an inexhaustible reading genius.So since he was sensible, he sat side by side with Kangxi and read books together.