Shi Chong, Shi Chong in the Western Jin Dynasty, was a township official in Anyang. Although he was not knighted, he was the most famous and flamboyant corrupt official in the history of China, and he was famous all over the world for his struggle with Wang Kai. Shi Chong is not only rich, but also talented. He is one of the "Twenty-four Friends of Golden Valley" in the Western Jin Dynasty. According to historical records, he studied under the small people's association and was brave and good at fighting. His father's name is Shi Bao, a handsome man named "charming and peerless" by the founding fathers of the Western Jin Dynasty. Shi Chong naturally inherited his father's fine genes. It is conceivable that Shi Chong, the son of a founding father and a handsome man, has such a proud capital, but Shi Chong used it for greed. In the process of being the satrap of Chengyang and punishing Wu, Shi Chong was both an official and a thief, and accumulated a lot of wealth.
Shi Chong is a collector, who collects gold, silver and jewels, exotic things and beautiful women's songs. How many things he collected is not listed in the history books, but it can be seen from the details of his struggle for luxury and wealth. Shi Chong's property, mountains and seas, is unparalleled. Li Hong's room and room are connected with each other. Hundreds of concubines in the back room are all dressed in beautifully embroidered brocade, and their bodies are decorated with dazzling pearls and jewels. All the wonderful music of silk and bamboo in the world entered his ears, and all the rare birds and animals of land and water entered his kitchen. Shi Chong collected so many treasures, but he didn't know how to cherish them at all. He always squandered them.
Shi Chong was once compared to Wang Kai, the uncle of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, because he lived in luxury. After dinner, Wang Kai washed the pot with sugar water, and Shi Chong used candles as firewood. Wang Kai made a four-mile purple silk barrier, and Shi Chong made a five-mile brocade barrier. Wang Kai painted the walls with halloysite, and Shi Chong used pepper. Emperor Wu of Jin gave Wang Kai a coral tree more than two feet high, which was collected in the palace. Shi Chong, with iron ruyi smashed it. Wang Kai was furious, and Shi Chong said, "I hate it if I am not satisfied, but I still want it now." I was ordered to collect six or seven coral trees three or four feet high, each of which was bigger than Wang Kai's. Shi Chong's profligacy ended in ruin.
Qin Gui, a native of Qin Gui in the Southern Song Dynasty, was a former official of the Ministry of Rites and two prime ministers. He is one of the top ten treacherous court officials in the history of China. He was notorious for executing Yue Fei on trumped-up charges. Although Qin Gui was a courtier, he wrote poems all over the world, and he was quite good at writing. Tao's Book History Society said: "I can seal, and I was quite impressed to see the words' Jade Rabbit Spring' engraved on the pillar of Jinling Confucian Temple." There is a book compiled as "Wind Book Sticker". As Qin Gui is a sinner through the ages, his achievements in calligraphy have been dim.
Qin Gui's literary talent is romantic, and his professional knowledge is extraordinary. He used to be a village teacher. After he won the Jinshi, his life remained difficult, but he married a rich girl. When his wife Wang married, the dowry reached 200,000 yuan. Qin Gui, who lives a healthy life and has a bright future, is not satisfied with this. While he is greedy for power, he also maintains great interest in antiques. While trying to collect antiques, Qin Gui built a "Tian Ge Pavilion" in Xiangfu's backyard to collect and classify them, and ordered his cronies to guard them day and night. There are two sources of these rare antiques: one is a gift from the emperor. Song Gaozong and Zhao Gou are incompetent, but they are also arty. They hide in the palace every day and enjoy themselves. North Korea's political affairs are handled by Qin Gui and other dignitaries, while Qin Gui is good at wooing, refusing loyalty and benevolence, and making a mess, but he is often praised by the emperor. According to the "History of Wood H", "Qin Gui presented Diwang Xianqiao with a new moon in April of the fifteenth year of Shaoxing, with 20,000 pieces of silver and silk in thousands of colors." "In the nineteenth year of Shaoxing, I gave 520 platinum, a pair of jade lions, 100 rolls of rice paper in the palace and 20 pens for royal lakes." The second source of Qin Gui antiques is the filial piety and donation from Beijing and local officials. In the fourth year of Shaoxing, Fang Wude, the commander-in-chief of Foshan, Nanhai, Guangzhou, was upset because he bluntly contradicted Qin Gui while on duty in Lin 'an, fearing retaliation. Later, he took 20 boxes of special products to the office of Premier Qin in Lin 'an. Among them, the other four boxes marked are keys: 40 ingots of red gold, 4 carved screens of fine ivory, 20-year-old Burmese jade, and famous calligraphy and painting of Tang Dynasty 10.
Yan Song, Yan Song in Ming Dynasty, was good at national politics for twenty years. He is a senior official of the official department, a college student, a young fu with the same surname as the prince, and a college student with the guild hall. He is one of the famous ministers in the history of China. Yan Song is good at flattering officials, stealing power without benefit, and vigorously rejecting dissidents. He also embezzled military salaries, abandoned border defense, accepted bribes and engaged in corruption, which intensified social contradictions at that time. Yan Song was born in a poor family. Learning temperament from childhood, young people are smart and aggressive. Ming History says that Yan Song "has no other talents, only obsequiousness, and stealing power is useless." This conclusion sums up quite a few facts, but not all of them. Yan Song is a person with unique talent. He has a wide range of knowledge, a strong memory, extensive reading and a unique talent.
When Yan Song was finally robbed of his property, it was not surprising that there were so many gold and silver among the four corrupt officials, even some of them were "shabby", but the antiques made people cry. Yan Song has a conceited literary talent, and collecting antiques is mostly carried out by his son Yan Shifan. Under the protection of Yan Song's big red umbrella, "One man gets the word, and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven", Yan Shifan was promoted to a higher position and became a left assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry, which was quite lucrative. He is "greedy for bribes and perverting the law." He is particularly good at ancient calligraphy and painting and spares no effort. " His favorite famous paintings often use the power of the governor, the governor and the provincial judges to threaten to persecute the owners of calligraphy and painting, and some people even go bankrupt. Ironically, after Yan Song was robbed of money, Yan Song's property register was actually preserved and named "Tianshui Icebergs Record", which spread all over the world. The printed version of this book is 140 pages thick, mostly rare. It is not difficult to imagine the breadth of Yan Song's collection. In Yan Song's property information, there are not only a large number of fields, treasures, silks and satins, Zhongding Yi wares, but also a large number of celebrity calligraphy and painting. "Hand-written paintings of ancient and modern times, * * * a roll of 320 1 axis" is really shocking. Among them, Wu Daozi's Nanyue Map in Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei's Yuanguang Xiaojing, Song Huizong's Autumn Eagle, Song Gaozong's Wang Zhongmei, Su Dongpo's Zhu Mo and Zhang Zeduan's Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival.
Yong Manqing is recognized as the greatest greed in ancient and modern times, so much so that how much money he embezzled is still debated. And | once held many positions, sealed the first-class loyalty to Xiang Gong, served as the chief college student, the foreman minister of military aircraft, and was in charge of the official department, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He also served as a bachelor of imperial academy, the director of Sikuquanshu, the minister in charge of the Guards, the head of infantry and so on. He won the favor of the emperor, with a high rank and a wide range of affairs. Historical records and | is also a handsome man, "frivolous, regardless of salty instruments, eloquent, humorous, naturally alert, can recite after reading." He is proficient in Manchu, Chinese, Mongolian and Tibetan, and has dabbled in ancient books and history books. His writing skills are outstanding and his martial arts riding and shooting foundation is quite good. In addition to his excellent knowledge, he has a wide range of amateur interests, and his piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are pervasive, especially in the name of poetry.
And | For the accumulation of gold and silver treasures and antiques, we can say that we have tried our best to open pawn shops and antique shops in Beijing. Every time there is a baby, you must see it. There are different opinions about the quantity of property and antique valuation in historical materials, and records vary from place to place. Unofficial history, notes, folk word of mouth and even "archives" hidden in archives are far from the relevant records in official books. For example, Yong 'an Notes, a historical note of the Qing Dynasty, said that all of He |' s property was divided into 109, of which No.26 was estimated to be worth 238.9 million yuan. Based on this calculation, the valuation of No.83 is above 800 million taels of silver. At that time, the annual revenue of the Qing Dynasty was 670 million taels of silver, and He Hong's personal property was enough to cover the entire revenue of the Qing Dynasty 15 years. Although it is impossible to find out the real situation, it can be seen from the bill of stolen property that He Hong's collection is all-encompassing: more than 65,438 handles of jade ruyi, 230 strings of pearl bracelets, longan pearls 10, rubies 10, 40 sapphires, 40 tables of silver bowls and more than one meter of coral. Although there are not many calligraphy and painting, there are many well-documented ones. China No.1 Historical Archives has "large and small calligraphy and painting 177". And | have a high cultural accomplishment, can write and draw. He collects these calligraphy and paintings, and it can be concluded that he is by no means idle.
Cultural relics collection is an elegant thing to cultivate sentiment, but it has not been able to get rid of the fate of becoming a fertile ground for corrupt officials since ancient times. It is really sad.