Cao Zhenyong Explained

Cao Zhenyong
Office:Chief Grand Councillor
Term Start:1824
Term End:1835
Predecessor:Changling
Successor:Wenfu
Term Start1:1820
Term End1:1823
Predecessor1:Tojin
Successor1:Changling
Office2:Grand Secretary of the Wuying Hall
Term Start2:1821
Term End2:1835
Office3:Grand Secretary of the Tiren Library
Term Start3:1813
Term End3:1821
Office4:Assistant Grand Secretary
Term Start4:1813
Term End4:1813
Office5:Minister of Personnel
Term Start5:10 October 1813
Term End5:14 October 1813
Alongside5:Songyun
Predecessor5:Zou Bingtai
Successor5:Zhang Xu
Office6:Minister of Revenue
Term Start6:19 August 1809
Term End6:10 October 1813
Alongside6:Lukang (until 1810), Tojin (since 1810)
Predecessor6:Dai Quheng
Successor6:Pan Shi'en
Office7:Minister of Works
Term Start7:20 November 1806
Term End7:19 August 1809
Alongside7:Yunbu
Predecessor7:Wang Zhiyi
Successor7:Dai Quheng
Birth Date:1755
Birth Place:She County, Anhui, China
Death Place:Beijing, China
Father:Cao Wenzhi

Cao Zhenyong (; 1755 - 1835) was a Chinese statesman of the Qing dynasty. He served in a leading position in the Grand Council under the Daoguang Emperor. He is widely believed to be responsible for the formalized style of government, which was promoted under the Daoguang Emperor's reign and contributed to the emperor's failure to reform the increasingly corrupt administration of the Qing Empire.

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