Everyone may not be impressed when it comes to Sun Jiagan, but when it comes to Sun Jiacheng in "Yongzheng Dynasty", who was killed by Nian Qianyao in the same way as Yongzheng, everyone is not unfamiliar. And this Sun Jiacheng is based on Sun Jiagan as the prototype. During Sun Jiagan's tenure as an official, he was known in the imperial court for daring to speak out and not to love money. He served for 40 years and experienced three dynasties of Qianlong, Yongzheng and Kangxi. Especially during the Yongzheng period, it was even more blunt. At that time, the storm of the Ninth Son's seizure of the wife had just passed, and Yongzheng had always been moody and suspicious. Sun Jiagan came up and advised him to be closer to his brother, stop collecting donations, and collect troops from the northwest. Yongzheng thought that this was a mockery of his words to the throne, and wanted to give him death. Unexpectedly, the next day, Yongzheng suddenly wanted to open up, thinking that there were very few ministers who dared to tell the truth, so he was appointed as the superintendent of the State Son.
During the third year of Qianlong, Sun Jiagan served as the governor of Zhili, and during his reign he had the people in mind, devoted himself to the development of production, and the construction of water conservancy. At that time, this was a big fat difference, and many officials used it to rub oil, and their lives were colorful. However, Sun Jiagan, on the other hand, because he was honest and honest as an official, had a clean wind in his sleeves, and often took out his own savings to support the people, and his life was very miserable, and he had no savings for many years for the officials.
In the twelfth year of Qianlong, Sun Jiagan told the old man to return to his hometown, and after receiving the approval of the emperor, he began to prepare for the return to his hometown. But after half a day of preparation, he still had that kind of thing. The entire carriage appeared empty. But at that time, there was an unwritten custom in the officialdom, that is, every official had to return to his hometown with sufficient entanglement when he returned to his hometown. On the one hand, he showed that he had been an official for many years, fought for the breath of the neighbors in the township, made a big difference, and accumulated a lot of wealth over the years. On the other hand, it is also to maintain the face of the current emperor, showing that his governance is good, the treasury is abundant, and the people are rich. And what if Sun Jiagan didn't have anything?
So he ordered his men to rush to make more than a dozen large boxes overnight, all of which were filled with stones, but in the eyes of outsiders, this is a dozen boxes of gold and silver jewelry.
Therefore, some people with hearts reported to Qianlong, saying that during Sun Jiagan's tenure, he snatched the people's fat and people's ointment, and when he returned to his hometown, he actually brought more than a dozen boxes of jewelry! Qianlong was furious and ordered someone to go and check it out, and if the situation was true, then he would have to punish this Qing official who had been disguised for many years, and it would not be too much to take his head! As a result, where there is any gold and silver jewelry, all of them are stones. When Qianlong found out, he was greatly moved, and said that this Sun Jiagan was a clean and honest official, and after returning to his hometown, he would still have to maintain the face of the imperial court, so he ordered that Sun Jiagan be given a box of gold so that he could have a decent old age.