The story of the top ten misers in ancient China

The world is full of miracles. There have been many rich misers in history, and many of them still hold important positions in officialdom. Now, according to the records of ancient books, we take stock of them and choose the top ten most stingy ancient officials to show you.

Cao Hong. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Hong was the cousin of Cao Cao, and he laid down his life several times to save Cao Cao. With Cao Cao's voyage to the Western Ocean, he repeatedly made meritorious military service and was worshipped as a general of Wan Forbidden Guard. After xelloss proclaimed himself emperor, he appointed Cao Hong as General Wei, and later he was promoted to a title of generals in ancient times, and became a vassal of the wild, and later he was appointed as Duke Yang. When Cao Cao was a mediocrity, he personally took the lead in putting away the monthly transshipment in the county. Cao Hong's money was not as good as Cao Cao's. According to Wei Lue, Cao Hong is the richest man under Cao Cao. He was so mean and mean that he almost died for it.

The thing is this: When Cao Pi, the Emperor of Wei Wen, was a prince, he borrowed one hundred silks from Cao Hong. Cao Hong felt dreary exercise and refused to borrow it under various excuses, which annoyed xelloss. After Cao Pi, who had always held a grudge, acceded to the throne, he tried to put his uncle in prison and prepare to be executed. Later, due to the mediation of Empress Bian, Cao survived his death, but his official position and title were reduced.

Wang Rong. According to "frugality" in Shi Shuo Xin Yu, Wang Rong in the Western Jin Dynasty was stingy by nature, and one of his nephews got married. As an uncle, Wang Rong certainly wants to accompany him: "Give him a thin coat". However, Wang Rong, distressed, ran to someone else's house to get it back.

Even for his daughter, Wang Rong was never generous. Our daughter married Pei's son and borrowed tens of thousands of dollars from her father. When my daughter went back to her mother's house, she forgot to return the tens of thousands of dollars given by her father. As a result, her father was very unhappy, and her daughter quickly returned the money. In this case, Wang Rong felt "relieved".

Wang Rong is very rich. Shi Shuo Xin Yu said that he is "both expensive and rich, with a house and a pasture, and belongs to a field of water, which is unparalleled." But he is stingy by nature, has no interest in daily consumption, and only wants to lay eggs, Qian Shengqian. He sold the good plums planted at home at a high price, but he was afraid that others would use his plums as seeds to cultivate good plums, so he removed the seeds of plums in advance. Wang Rong's favorite thing to do every night is: "Every time my wife and I light candles, I make plans." .

3. Zhou za. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zhou Za, the right general, was a five-member Hou and held an important position. The development of Zhou's power was doubted by the powerful Wang Dun. So, Wang Dun quietly joined forces with Shen Shi and other Jiangnan cremation to crusade against Zhou. When Zhou got the news that the enemy was at the gate, he was ready to lead hundreds of his men out of the city to meet them in a hurry.

In Zhou za's warehouse, there were a number of well-made weapons, and his men advised him to take them out quickly to equip the soldiers. What makes people laugh and cry is that Zhou za was reluctant to give up and gave the inferior weapons to the soldiers. Seeing that Zhou is still so stingy at the critical moment of life and death, the foot soldiers have no determination to work for him. As a result, Zhou was defeated and killed by the enemy.

Zhou za, who died of meanness, was the father and the third son of Zhou Chu, a famous figure in history.

4. Xiao Ji. Xiao Ji, king of Wuling in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, was the eighth son of Liang Wudi. Historically, Xiao Ji once led an army to attack Jiangling. He melted gold into cakes, a basket of 100 gold cakes, and more than 100 baskets hung high, while silver was five or six times as much as gold, and there were countless kinds of silks and satins to encourage soldiers to kill the enemy bravely, while the miser just feasted everyone. The morale of the army is in chaos. Nine times out of ten, the defectors fell into 14 cities on both sides of the strait in a very short time. Xiao Ji was defeated, and he himself died in the disorderly army.

5. Yuan Zong lost money. According to Xie Tiao's Five Miscellanies in the Ming Dynasty, there was a Yuan Zong in the Tang Dynasty, and the official was Zhou Sima. One of his handmaids died, so he ordered the housekeeper on duty to say, "My old handmaid is dead. She has lived in my house for several years, so she should find a coffin for her funeral. I'm new here, and my family is too poor to buy a new coffin, as long as I can buy something that can be used. You don't have to say that my family wants to buy it, just say that your family wants to buy it. " The housekeeper went out to tell everyone about Yuan Zongkui's remarks. People in one state laughed at this Sima for being too stingy and took his words as a joke after dinner.

Zheng. The Tang Dynasty's "Ruling in and Out" recorded that Zheng, as the secretariat of Mizhou, regarded money as his life, which was very funny. A page in his family begged him to buy a pair of shoes. Zheng said, "It's easy. I'll find you a pair of shoes. " Soon, the doorman came in wearing shoes. Zheng deliberately ordered the doorman to climb the tree to dig the bird's nest. When the doorman took off his shoes and climbed up the tree, Zheng secretly let the page put on the doorman's shoes. The janitor got off the tree and looked for shoes everywhere, so he had to walk barefoot. Zheng is very proud of this.

Wei Zhuang. Wei Zhuang, a great poet in the Five Dynasties, is famous all over the world. And his meanness is as famous as his words. Every time Wei Zhuang cooks, how many meters he loses has a fixed weight; The firewood for cooking should also be weighed in advance; If he eats barbecue, he will know even if one piece is missing. Wei Zhuang had a son who died at the age of eight. When the child was buried, his wife put on the clothes before his death, but Wei Zhuang stripped them off and wrapped them in the old straw mat where the child slept, and sent them to be buried. And after the burial, Wei Zhuang also brought the straw mat back. ...

⒏ Zhang Yun. Zhang Yun, assistant minister of the official department, was also notoriously stingy in the Five Dynasties. Even his wife, Zhang Yun, won't give her an extra penny. He was afraid that his wife would steal his money, so he pinned all kinds of keys to his waist and began to jingle. At first glance, he sounds like a woman with many earrings and jewels hanging on her body. After the mutiny in Guo Wei, Zhang Yun barely saved his life by hiding in a ruined temple, but the soldiers took all his keys. When he got home, he had been robbed and Zhang Yun was heartbroken. Wow, blood gushed out, and he died in less than half a day.

Li Yue. In Song Dynasty, Chen's Records of Shilin Guangji belonged to Ming Dynasty and was appointed as the magistrate of Shangcai County in Cai Zhou. Li Yue is so stingy that it is difficult to understand how to do things. Their family seldom eats meat all the year round. Every time they worship their ancestors on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, they send purchasing personnel to the butcher shop to borrow a catty of cooked meat and put it in a basin, and then use several plates to hold money and count items to worship their ancestors. And prayed: "I bought the wine with the money of the official, pure and lovely;" I borrowed the meat from the butcher shop, and it was delicious. Because things are too busy to buy fruit, I use money as fruit. "After the sacrifice, he greeted the purchasing staff with meat and said," Go back to the butcher shop quickly. "People laughed at him for being too stingy.

10. Tang Bin. Tang Bin, the governor of Jiangning, was honored as a "famous official of Neo-Confucianism" and was a representative of Zhu Cheng School at that time. Tang Bin is famous for his hard life, and his meanness is also famous. According to the literature, the old man had a whim one day, looked at the account books at home and found that there was an egg in his expenses. He suddenly flew into a rage: "I haven't eaten an egg since I came to Suzhou." Who bought it? " The servant replied that it was a son. He summoned his son and knelt in court and scolded, "Do you think the price of eggs in Suzhou is the same as that in Henan? If you want to eat eggs, go back to your hometown in Henan ... "

Ten misers in ancient China