What anecdotes and allusions did Cai Jing and Cai Jing have in the Northern Song Dynasty?

Cai Jing (1047 February 14-1 126 August 1 1), a calligrapher, was one of the influential figures in the Northern Song Dynasty. A native of Chiling in Cixiao, a native of Xianyou County, a native of Xinghua Army in the Northern Song Dynasty (now Dongzhai Village, Fengting Town, Xianyou County, Putian City, Fujian Province), he was a scholar in Xining for three years, first as a local official, then as a Chinese scholar, and changed the system of Longtuge to know how to open a government. In the first year of Chongning (1 102), he was the right assistant minister (right phase) and later became an official. Cai Jing four prime ministers, * * * seventeen years, the first person in ancient and modern times. Cai Jingxing's Battle of Huashigang; Change the salt method and tea method, and cast ten big money. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Imperial College Chen Dong wrote that Cai Jing was the "head of six thieves". After Song Qinzong ascended the throne, Cai Jing was banished to Lingnan and died in Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan) on the way. "A Brief Introduction to the East" 1 1 and "History of the Song Dynasty" (volume 472) have been handed down to this day.

What anecdotes and allusions are there in Cai Jing?

The prime minister's talent

Wang Anshi often said to the young Cai Bian (Cai Jing's younger brother): There is no such thing as an unusable talent! I wonder who will succeed me in charge of this country in the future. Then I snapped my fingers and said to myself, my son Wang is one! Turning to Cai Bian, he said, Where's my good brother (referring to Cai Jing)? Break another finger; He thought for a long time and said, What about Jisuke (referring to Lv Huiqing)? Let's count one. Then self-effacing way, go!

Starve to death on the street

After Cai Jing was exiled, he also wrote a poem: Eighty-one years ago, I was homeless, alone and looked at China with tears in my eyes. Five visits to the Golden Hall and ten visits to the Jade Hall reminisce about the prosperity of the past and turn it into a dream talk here. I recall the glory of my life, full of sentimental feelings. When Cai Jing went to Danzhou to be demoted, he brought a lot of money with him, but his evil deeds aroused people's disgust, and he couldn't buy anything with money on the road. He couldn't help feeling: Beijing has lost the hearts of the people, so why not? Finally, 80-year-old Cai Jing starved to death at Chongjiao Temple in Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan) on July 2 1.