Zhang Jun, a general in the Southern Song Dynasty, was born in the first year of Yuan You in the Northern Song Dynasty. In his early years, he was just a desperate bandit. Later, he joined the army, became an archer in Xuanhe, Song Huizong, and became a junior officer fighting Xixia. In the second year of Kang, Zhao Gou, King of Kang, ascended the throne in Yingtian. He appointed Zhang Jun as the former military commander of Song Gaozong, and from then on Zhang Jun fought bravely to kill the enemy. He, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong are also called "Four Generals of Zhongxing in Southern Song Dynasty".

Although Zhang Jun fought bravely, there were two things that made him famous all over the world. First, he became a treacherous court official who murdered Yue Fei, and second, his wealth. Today, this article will not talk about how Zhang Jun murdered Yue Fei, but only about his wealth.

Because Zhang Jun was born in a bandit family, he joined the army and followed Song Gaozong for many years. He was not only rewarded by the emperor, but also plundered the wealth of countless people. According to historical records, Zhang Jun let his "Flower Leg Army" run wild in the countryside, forcibly robbing commoners and plundering property. The folk evaluation of it is that "it is as cruel as a gold thief." After years of fighting, Zhang Jun exchanged a large amount of gold and silver for real estate and fields, and then rented them to the people for profit. The annual rent charged is as high as 73,000 yuan; Many places have millions of acres of land, and the annual rent of rice alone is as high as more than one million stones. Accordingly, it is no exaggeration to say that Zhang Jun was the richest man in the Southern Song Dynasty.

In the 21st year of Shaoxing, Zhao Gou and Song Gaozong led 500 followers to hold a banquet in Zhang Jun's home, and Zhang Jun held the "most luxurious banquet in history" for the emperor. Besides food, there are hundreds of kinds of drinks and fruits. After dinner, Zhang Jun gave Emperor Gaozong 3,200 pieces of gold wares, more than 69,000 beads, 30 agate bowls, more than 40 pieces of jade,/kloc-0.000 pieces of silk, and countless other precious antiques, calligraphy and painting. This banquet made Zhang Jun famous all over the world.

Zhang Jun, a rich country, has made great efforts to save this countless wealth. First of all, he wants to guard against theft. Gold and silver piled up in his house. In order not to be stolen by thieves, Zhang Jun ingeniously cast all the silver into a big silver ball, so that even if it was put in the yard, the thieves could not move. He also named the big silver ball "Helpless". As for gold, he cast all the gold bars he robbed or took bribes into giant buddhas and golden pots. It weighs 100 Jin. Later, he didn't even accept gold bars. Who wants to bribe him, just give him enough gold powder, because it is more convenient to cast a golden Buddha with gold powder.

Secondly, Zhang Jun dare not check. He used so many crooked brains to guard against theft that he gave the thief an opportunity. However, after the court checked, it was soon finished. In this regard, Zhang Jun racked his brains and painstakingly donated a lot to the court for many times. Not only did Zhang Jun donate a lot before his death, but his sons also donated many times after his death. There are three big ones. They donated 92,000 gold to the court for the first time. Donated 65438+ ten thousand tons of rice for the second time; Donated 37,000 mu of land for the third time. In this way, even if the court wanted to check, it was too embarrassed to do it, and the descendants of Zhang Jun therefore kept their prosperity.