In the Kangxi Dynasty, Yao Qisheng's ancestral grave was dug twice by villagers. Why did he kowtow to the villagers?

Mainly because Yao Qisheng wanted to recover Taiwan Province Province at that time, but the people didn't want to move away, so they took it out on Yao Qisheng's ancestral grave. As a Han Chinese, Yao Qisheng should not have entered the DPRK as an official, which violated his beliefs. Kowtowing to the villagers is to relieve their guilt, and the other is to play emotional cards to move the villagers away and recover Taiwan Province Province smoothly.

At first, Yao Qisheng had no way to be an official in the Qing Dynasty, because the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty did not allow Han Chinese to be an official in North Korea in order to manage state affairs. But Kangxi didn't care. He was very optimistic about Yao Qisheng, so he decided to let Yao Qisheng enter the DPRK as an official and sent Yao Qisheng to recover Taiwan Province Province. However, in order to recover Taiwan Province Province, it is necessary for coastal residents to move inward. In ancient times, people paid attention to the place where their ancestors lived, and they couldn't give up if they wanted to move away. Therefore, Yao Qisheng offended many villagers.

In order to let the people move away as much as possible, Yao Qisheng also applied for many benefits, such as tax reduction and exemption, court resettlement housing and so on. However, many people who were executed did not follow the regulations and took violent law enforcement actions when they met nail households. When the money from the court to buy houses and land did not arrive as promised, the people were even more angry. So he dug up the ancestral grave of Yao Qisheng's family, hoping that Yao Qisheng would take the blame, but Yao Qisheng didn't say anything, just buried the ancestral grave silently.

When the villagers dug Yao Qisheng's ancestral grave again, Yao Qisheng knelt down to the villagers. He knew it was cruel to let the villagers leave their homes, but Yao Qisheng thought it was worthwhile to kowtow in order to let the people in Taiwan Province Province live and work in peace and contentment. And after the successful recovery of Taiwan Province Province, we can live up to Kangxi's trust in ourselves.