He entertained his guests with crab roe buns, and spent 1300 yuan for a meal, which was equivalent to the sum of the living expenses of 50 middle-class families at that time. In the Song Dynasty, there was a notebook novel "He Lin Yu Lu", which recorded that a scholar in the capital of song dynasty bought a concubine in Tokyo. This concubine used to work in the steamed stuffed bun group in Cai Fu kitchen, and was responsible for making steamed stuffed buns for Cai Jing. One day, the scholar had a whim and said to his concubine, "Show me, I want to try the steamed buns of Taifu." My concubine said she wouldn't. The reader was shocked and said, how could it not be? Isn't a teacher specialized in making steamed buns? My concubine said that there were dozens of people in the steamed stuffed bun group in the kitchen of Taishifu. At first, I was just there to cut green onions. It is conceivable that Cai Jing has more money than hiring a beautiful woman to cut onions! In the history of China, all thrifty emperors, Cai Jing, were denounced as "stingy". In modern translation, they are old-fashioned and worthless. Many emperors in ancient China paid great attention to thrift. For example, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, who initiated the "rule of cultural scene", once wanted to build terraces. He calculated the required funds, equivalent to the annual income of 100 families, and immediately decided not to build it. In the eyes of this greedy man who spends 50 middle-class families eating steamed buns a year, the emperor who can't even build a terrace is of course a rustic old hat. In the early years of Hui Zong, a beautiful woman was hired to cut onions, and Cai Jing was demoted to an empty post. Cai Jing is very unwilling, and often looks at Xi 'an without tears. What should I do? He seized an opportunity. Hui Zong likes calligraphy, painting, antiques and rare treasures, and set up a supply bureau in Hangzhou, presided over by eunuch Tong Guan, to collect these things for him. When Cai Jing was demoted to Hangzhou, he visited Tong Guan and gave him many gold, silver and jewels to bribe him. What's more, eunuchs have no political integrity. They stared at the white silver with their black eyes happily. Cai Jing also gave some of his calligraphy and paintings to Tong Guan. Tong Guan certainly knew that Cai Jing's handwriting was high, so he accepted his bribe. The two men shared the same interests and soon colluded with each other. Tong Guan instructed Cai Jing to tell him what words and paintings the emperor liked. If the emperor likes Li Bai's poems, how can you keep writing Du Fu's poems to him? They tricked and robbed Hui Zong, got an ancient painting he particularly wanted, and gave it to Hui Zong according to his preference. Cai Jing also bribed Hui Zong's favorite eunuchs and Taoist priests through Tong Guan's matchmaking, so that these people could put in a good word for him in front of the emperor. As a result, Cai Jing was quickly recalled to Beijing, and within half a year, he was promoted to the third level and became a formal prime minister. As soon as Cai Jing became prime minister, his true face of treachery was exposed. He refused to be loyal and upright, uprooted dissidents, dismissed them, exiled them and occupied their property. Cai Jing is not only a traitor, but also a greedy man. Compared with the small Shenyang in Qianlong period, he is extremely rich and extravagant. Cai Jing likes to eat two things, one is quail soup, and the other is crab yellow steamed stuffed bun. He killed 300 quails after eating quail soup, which can be said to be a super killer of wild animals. He entertained his guests with crab roe buns, and spent 1300 yuan for a meal, which was equivalent to the sum of the living expenses of 50 middle-class families at that time. In a notebook novel "He Lin Yu Lu", it is recorded that a scholar in the capital of Tokyo bought a concubine, who used to work in the steamed stuffed bun group in Cai Fu's kitchen and was responsible for making steamed buns for Cai Jing. One day, the scholar had a whim and said to his concubine, "Show me, I want to try the steamed buns of Taifu." My concubine said she wouldn't. The reader was shocked and said, how could it not be? Isn't a teacher specialized in making steamed buns? My concubine said that there were dozens of people in the steamed stuffed bun group in the kitchen of Taishifu. At first, I was just there to cut green onions. It is conceivable that Cai Jing has more money than hiring a beautiful woman to cut onions! All thrifty emperors in the history of China.
Many emperors in ancient China paid great attention to thrift. For example, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, who initiated the "rule of cultural scene", once wanted to build terraces. He calculated the required funds, equivalent to the annual income of 100 families, and immediately decided not to build it. In the eyes of this greedy man who spends 50 middle-class families eating steamed buns a year, the emperor who can't even build a terrace is of course a rustic old hat. The theory of spending money is based on the fact that the emperors in the Northern Song Dynasty were more thrifty because Song Taizu was the son of heaven. The emperor pursued the tradition of cultivating literati. The happiest dynasty of ancient intellectuals in China was. In 320 years of Song Dynasty, soldiers were the most depressed and literati the happiest. The total income of prime ministers in Song Dynasty is about 3 million RMB today, which is equivalent to the total income of 24,000 mu of land at that time. The money for raising soldiers and officials in the Song Dynasty accounted for 70% to 80% of the country's total income. All the money in the country may be paid to officials or soldiers, so the emperor is very frugal. How frugal was the Emperor of the Song Dynasty? As we know, emperors in history generally began to repair tombs very early. For example, when Qin Shihuang became the king of Qin at the age of thirteen, he began to build his own tomb. Kangxi, too, succeeded to the throne at the age of eight, and soon after he succeeded to the throne, he began to build his own mausoleum. If the emperor dies, the mausoleum can't be finished, because once it's finished, it's hard to say. It's time to move in. Think about it. When Qin Shihuang ascended the throne, he began to repair the tomb at the age of thirteen. By the time he died, he had not finished it. How big is this scale and how much manpower and material resources it will cost! In the Northern Song Dynasty, it was stipulated that the emperor was not allowed to repair the mausoleum when he was alive, and the mausoleum was repaired only after the emperor took office, and it must be completed within seven months. Therefore, the imperial tombs in the Song Dynasty are relatively simple. The Imperial Tomb of the Northern Song Dynasty is located in Gongxian County, Henan Province today. You can go and see it sometime. Are relatively simple. Can't compare with Han and Tang Dynasties, the mountain is a tomb and the mountain is a cross. Song Huizong's taste is relatively high. He loves art and collection, and everything is a matter of spending money. Coupled with the assistance of a high-grade prime minister, this taste will go up and spend money like water. Why was Cai Jing favored by the emperor? Because of its advantages, it can find a theoretical basis for the extravagance of the emperor. Cai Jing took two sentences from the Book of Changes, one of the Four Books and Five Classics, and put forward a theory called "Prosperity in Prosperity". To put it bluntly, this theory is that in peacetime, the emperor dares to spend money, and the more he spends, the stronger the country becomes. Only in this way can he deter foreign countries, so he should dare to spend money and don't embarrass the country because he is petty. After this theory was put forward, Song Huizong was extremely happy. He thought, I spend money to show the country's prosperity and make the nation fear, not for my own enjoyment. With this high-sounding reason, Cai Jing began to instruct the emperor to build large-scale buildings, also in order to cast a dominant position. We know that the earliest Yu Xia and Wang Zhu in China are Jiuding, symbolizing Kyushu. As a symbol of Jiuding country, it spread from Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to the end of Qin dynasty. In fact, the Song Dynasty did not complete the unification of China. There are Liao established by Qidan in the north, Xixia established by Tangut in the northwest, Uighur department in the west of Xixia, Tubo department in Tibet and Dali kingdom in Yunnan and Guizhou. The territory of the Song Dynasty is actually the smallest of the central dynasties established by the Han nationality, only about 3 million square kilometers. However, Cai Jing instigated Song Huizong to cast Jiuding to symbolize the unification of Kyushu, and built a hall for Jiuding. Unexpectedly, after Jiuding was cast, when Song Huizong presented a gift to Jiuding, something happened that made him very disappointed. This Jiuding has a name, one in the center, one in the southeast, one in the northwest, one in the northeast, one in the northwest, one in the southeast and one in the southwest. The tripod in the north is called Baoding. Party meeting
Hui Zong felt very embarrassed, because Qin Shihuang paid great attention to thrift, and these jade articles were hidden in the palace, so he didn't dare to use them. Now he takes them out for his own use. What if he is impeached by the Speaker? At this time, Cai Jing came out to tell the emperor that I went to Liao to attend their state banquet, and the emperor of Liao used such a jade cup and bowl. They also proudly asked me, can you Central Plains emperors afford this? If you don't use this, wouldn't it be for all States to compete? Where did Liao's jade cup and bowl come from? It should be an old thing from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, which was destroyed by Liao. The things in the palace may have been taken away by the emperor of Liao Dynasty. Cai Jing also said to him, "Your Majesty has always been diligent and thrifty, but he dare not lead Chen. Now that you have this excellent system, consider it as a birthday present for you. Who dares to say that it is not appropriate? " It means that your majesty has always been frugal, and I can't stand it. It's really hard for me to be a courtier. Now that you have these things, you can use them casually, and compare them with Fan Bang. Who can say it shouldn't be used? However, Emperor Hui Zong hesitated. After all, the emperors of the Liao Dynasty used jade cups and bowls, which were never seen by ministers or officials. Cai Jing continued to persuade Hui Zong to say, "What do you think of Ren Wei?" It means, as long as things are done right, no matter what others say! He also said: "That's just a blessing, that's just strength, that's just jade food." In ancient Chinese, "Bi" refers to the son of heaven. For example, the place where the emperor gave lectures was called "Piyong". It is mentioned that "only the king can't", that is to say, the cost of the son of heaven is incalculable, so you should spend as much as you want, because the world belongs to him. Therefore, "your majesty is rich in the world, just like a jade food, just a wine vessel." Why do you care? "As soon as he said this, Hui Zong said, go ahead. So Jinbei Du Youyi Sina Weibo Jade Lantern came up, which became more and more extravagant and was no longer valued. Later, Song Huizong and Wang Fu, the traitor's home, saw that they were more luxurious than others, and the degree of luxury was completely beyond his imagination. Huizong thought that all my courtiers are like this, so I can't compare with the emperor. In fact, in other dynasties, these two traitors had already lost their heads. When we watched Emperor Jiaqing kill Xiao Shenyang, we listed many charges, the most important of which was that these two words were outside the system. To put it bluntly, Jiaqing is jealous of small Shenyang: you are richer than me. I don't have many things, but you do! In fact, both Cai Jing and Wang Fu are over-regulated. Song Huizong is not angry, but wants to compete with them, and he must do the same. In this way, Cai Jing instigated the emperor to build great buildings, completely deviating from the frugality of his predecessors. The fate of treacherous court official Cai Jing, Cai Jing, relying on the emperor's love for him, did whatever he wanted, often exceeding the system, which led to the impeachment of officials for many times. Considering the patriarchal clan system, Song Huizong had to recall Cai Jing four times. But after each time, Song Huizong will miss him very much and find an excuse to call him back. In his later years, Cai Jing lost his eyes and teeth. He once told his nephew that you should find someone with higher moral character and more profound knowledge to be a tutor in the government so as to teach my grandson. So Cai Jing's nephew found a new scholar named Zhang. After the first class, Zhang Jinshi said to Cai Jing's grandchildren, "Don't learn chess, calligraphy or astronomy. Forget it, just learn to run and see who will run faster in the future. " Cai Jing's grandchildren were very surprised and asked us why we had to learn to escape. Zhang Jinshi said that your grandfather is evil and will be punished sooner or later. When the court punishes them with clear laws, whoever runs fast will survive. The children cried when they heard this. They went back and told Cai Jing that our teacher said that you would be punished by law in the future and let us learn to escape. Cai Jing was very unhappy, of course, so he called Zhang Jinshi. When eating, Cai Jing sighed, in fact, you are right. Can you tell me how to avoid this situation? The same is true of Zhang Jinshi. He said it is inevitable, because you have done too many evils before, so you can only do less evil now and accumulate some blessings for your children and grandchildren, so that you can repair the afterlife. Say that finish
Cai Jing did many evil things, and in the end it hurt not only himself, but also future generations. Cai Jing is called the most corrupt power phase in the Northern Song Dynasty by history books. During his tenure, he used power for personal gain, and public resentment boiled. Student Chen Dong wrote that Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others were the six thieves, and Cai Jing was the "first of the six thieves". After Song Qinzong acceded to the throne, Cai Jing was demoted to Guangdong and died.