In ancient times, the way to be an official was: to be the governor of the Qing Dynasty for three years and catch 100,000 snowflake silver. Ten years of hard reading in the cold window, and finally lost their way by the silver of white flowers. It would be difficult to grow a clear water hibiscus in a sewage pit. However, during Qianlong's reign, when corruption was prevalent from top to bottom, there was indeed a Qing official, and he was Sun Jiagan.
This person was a jinshi of the Kangxi Dynasty, his hometown of Xing county, Shanxi, who had been poor since childhood, and had entered the Hanlin Academy since 1713. After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, because of his temper, some ministers did not dare to consult, but Sun Jia, who was serving in the Guozi Prison at that time, was not like others, and when he saw the unevenness, he directly played it, regardless of whether the emperor liked to listen or not. When Yongzheng saw his performance, he was upset and wanted to kill him.
Lao Sun also knew that the emperor did not want to see him, so he made a self-judgment and handed Yongzheng a resignation. After a few days, what awaited them was not to go home from the dismissal of officials, but to serve in the household department and take charge of money and grain, which is the beauty that many people yearn for.
When people get old, there is always a time to retire. However, such a good official who is diligent in government and loves the people is extremely embarrassed when he returns to his hometown. Twenty years after Qianlong, Sun Jiagan, who was 64 years old at the time, was specially approved to return home for the elderly. A lifetime as an official should be regarded as a glorious return to his hometown, but how to make the old sun unhappy, he is a poor old man when he arrives, and there is nothing. In order not to make the villagers laugh, he asked the carriage to pull a few large boxes, filled with bricks, and jingled to pass off gold and silver.
Those officials who were usually dissatisfied with Lao SunTou's practices took the opportunity to participate in him, saying that he had embezzled huge sums of money and was dragging gold and silver back to his hometown. Qianlong immediately sent someone to track it down, intercepted the carriage and opened the box to see that it was full of rotten bricks. Qianlong was also touched by his incorruptibility, so he exchanged these bricks for silver and rewarded him as a settlement fee.