What is the background of the ancient tomb that made the railway have to detour?
This cemetery, called Caofen, is located between two small villages in Dongmaquan Town, wuqing district, Tianjin, covering an area of 1000 mu, and was built in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Cao Shi of Wuqing decided to move his ancestral grave because there was no spare place. Cao Han, who went south all the way, invited Kan Yujia to look for a treasure trove of geomantic omen all the way to a place in the north of Loa, between East and West Malaysia and south of Anjiabiao Village. "East Horse Circle, West Horse Circle, imperial academy built in the middle, lagging behind before the bid, and future generations will enjoy glory." Such a thousand mu of land was taken away by the Kanyu family. After choosing the site, Cao Jia started to build his own mausoleum, which lasted for one year and was finally restored.
First of all, the owner of this cemetery, Cao Jia, was still famous during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Cao Jia has been an official in the DPRK since the Ming Dynasty. His ancestors used to be a doctor in Rong Lu, served as the commander-in-chief of the army, was a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, and was reviewed by the Imperial Academy. But this is not a big official. Why did Guangxu dare not provoke the Cao family? I have to mention one person here, and that is Cao Chuan, the sixth ancestor of the Cao family. Cao Chuan had a very good relationship with Kangxi in private. Every time Kangxi went to Wuqing, he stayed at Cao Chuan's house, and Cao Chuan's son Cao Han also received a gift and was arranged to study in Prince's Prison. And Kangxi personally wrote a plaque for Cao's family and hung it in front of Cao's grave.
Later, during the Guangxu period, the imperial court began to build the Jingshan Railway, from Beijing to Shanhaiguan via Tianjin, but it was such a railway with a total length of 4 15 kilometers, but the route unfortunately passed through Cao's grave. If it is an ordinary family, this ancestral grave will have to be moved. After all, the railway construction was decided by the imperial court, and it was not to be taunted, but Cao Jia was not happy. It is unlucky to move one's ancestral graves. How can it move the territory of their ancestors? So they simply refused to move. I found the project leader with a generous gift, but the project decided by the court dared to change it at will. It was a loss to do it well, so the person in charge of the project told the Cao family that it was still necessary for the Cixi Lafayette to agree whether to let the railway go to Cao Jiazu's grave.
Later, the Cao family asked people to enter the palace to give gifts to Empress Dowager Cixi, and told her that the plaque given by Kangxi was hung in front of her own grave. Hearing this, Cixi immediately told Guangxu that the railway would still be diverted, and the Cao grave inscribed by Kangxi could not be moved.