Speaking of the owner of this ancestral grave, it existed in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The owner of the tomb is Cao Chuan, a famous local family in Wuqing. The Cao family has been an official for generations since the Ming Dynasty. The first generation, the second generation, the third generation and the fourth generation were all doctors of Rong Lu in the Ming Dynasty, and the fifth generation, the sixth generation and the seventh generation were all examiners of imperial academy in the Qing Dynasty. This official is not big, but he can make Cixi polite, and Guangxu dare not provoke him. Mainly Cao Chuan, the ancestor of the six generations of Cao family, had a good relationship with Kangxi. Kangxi basically stayed in Cao Chuan's house for a few days every year, and Kangxi even let Cao Chuan's son go to school with the prince.
Cao Jiahe came so close that it should have been rejected by the rulers after the regime change, but in the Qing Dynasty, Cao Chuan, a flatterer, appeared in Cao Cao's family. He is the sixth ancestor of Cao Cao. Because he is good at flattery, he easily climbed the high branch of Emperor Kangxi. According to historical records, Emperor Kangxi lived in Cao Chuan's house every time he went out traveling incognito, and Cao Chuan was warmly received every time and went there more times.
At that time, there were many floods in Haihe River system in Tianjin. Emperor Kangxi used Wuqing to inspect the water situation many times. With his outstanding talent and excellent flattering skills, Cao Chuan won the favor of Kangxi when he took over the driving. Since then, every time Kangxi went on patrol, he had to be ordered by the Cao family. Over time, Kangxi had great confidence in the Cao family. He not only arranged for Cao's brother to accompany the princes in the palace, but also took great care of Cao's family in other aspects. So Kangxi simply wrote a few words to the Cao family, and Cao Chuan simply made a plaque and hung it in his yard. It is precisely because of this plaque that Cao Jiazu's grave has been stable for several years.
Then in the Guangxu period, the court understood the importance of science and technology and began to build railways. This railway was built from Beijing to Shanhaiguan, so it is also called Jingshan Railway. Unfortunately, however, this railway has a short route that passes through the ancestral grave of Cao's family. It stands to reason that the state expropriates land. Who dares to refuse? The first thing that most people think of is to find another piece of feng shui treasure, and then move to the grave. But when I got to the Cao family, I didn't think so. Their first thought was that the ancestral graves could not be moved. It is precisely because of the good feng shui of the ancestral graves that they have maintained the prosperity of the Cao family for hundreds of years. If they move, they are bound to suffer disaster.
After Cao's family returned to China, they went to the palace to welcome Cixi with a large amount of gold, silver and jewels, and told Cixi that the plaque engraved with Emperor Kangxi's imperial pen was hung in the cemetery and could not be moved. Hearing this, Cixi was right. Kangxi was the most successful emperor in the Qing Dynasty. How could his tablet move when it was hanging there? So Cixi quickly ordered Guangxu to bypass the railway, and Cao's grave was not allowed to move. Guangxu was afraid of Cixi, so he had to listen to Cixi's instructions and let the railway change lanes. It turns out that ancestral graves are not bad, but they are bad in one sentence.
This ancestral grave is as stable as the feudal period. Unfortunately, a group of young people dug it up completely and confiscated everything inside. The tombstone was regarded as the chopping board of fritters, and Cao Jia was bound to be angry in the spirit of heaven. It was these colleagues who dug the grave that Cixi Guangxu dared not move. A thousand acres of Cao Zu's grave, which no one dared to move during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, is gone now.