Silk mushrooms and incense, the local capital and civilian reaction. The two sleeves of the breeze went to the sky, so as not to make Yan Lu's speech short and long.
The word incorruptibility has been the greatest requirement for those who are officials since ancient times.
It is a pity that looking back at history, the people who can be called names in the past dynasties and dynasties are all ambitious and corrupt officials, and there are often only a few incorruptible ministers who really serve the country and the people and have a clean wind in their sleeves.
Of course, every dynasty had its own way of governing, and for the ancient monarchs, they thought of many ways to rectify the rule of officials and punish corrupt officials. However, corrupt officials cannot be eliminated, and in order to achieve complete incorruptibility, it is more necessary to rely on the consciousness of officials.
Although there are few self-conscious people, they are not non-existent, such as a minister in the Qing Dynasty, when he returned to his hometown, he had to pack more than a dozen boxes of bricks to fill his face because of the breeze in his sleeves.
The first and third generations of heavy ministers Sun Jiagan
Sun Jiagan, born during the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, loved to read from an early age, but unfortunately, due to his family's poverty, he had to study while farming.
Fortunately, Huang Tian did not live up to his hard work, and in the year when Sun Jiagan was thirty years old, he successfully passed the jinshi and began his career.
Sun Jiagan's career did not go well, and he was never reused during the Kangxi dynasty.
This situation continued until after Yongzheng came to power, when Yongzheng wanted to be able to speak widely, so he ordered the ministers to give him advice.
The ministers all knew that Yongzheng's temper was uncertain, and no one dared to open this mouth first, but Sun Jiagan was different, he was a speech official, and he spoke very bluntly, so he didn't think much about it at that time, and directly mentioned nine words to Yongzheng:
"Kiss the flesh and blood, stop donating, and strike the Western soldiers."
These few words can be said to have shocked the entire imperial court, and if you say that you put forward the "suspension of donations", it is enough, because after all, this move was made to raise military funds, and it is indeed not suitable for the current situation of the imperial court.
However, for Yongzheng, "flesh and blood" and "strike the Western Soldier" can be said to be where his reverse scales lie.
Who does not know that in the last year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Kowloon seized the throne, and Yongzheng's throne was obtained by fighting with his brothers, and after Yongzheng took the throne, he killed his own brothers and did not let go of any of them.
Sun Jiagan's proposal to put forward such a proposal at such a sensitive period can be said to have directly slapped Yongzheng, and the proposal of "striking the Western soldiers" is obviously even more inappropriate.
At that time, there were frequent wars on the frontier and the need for military support, so Sun Jiagan's suggestion at this time would even make people doubt his intentions.
Yongzheng was also extremely angry with Sun Jiagan, and he was eager to cut off his head directly, but his teacher stopped him and told Yongzheng,
It is not easy to have such a dare to speak in a dynasty, and Yongzheng must know how to be magnanimous, so as not to hurt the heart of loyal subjects.
Yongzheng agreed with the teacher's words, so not only did he not punish Sun Jiagan, but instead reused him and transferred Sun Jiagan from an unimportant post to the household department.
Second, tell the old home fashion more than a dozen boxes of bricks to fill the face
After becoming a major courtier in the imperial court, Sun Jiagan never forgot his original intention, and was diligent and sincere in his post, serving the people wholeheartedly.
When Sun Jiagan was transferred to the Punishment Department, there was a robbery in his place, and this gang of robbers was very arrogant.
After looting the house, they also raped the hostess inside.
The case caused panic among the local people and attracted the attention of their superiors, and the burden on the shoulders of local officials suddenly increased.
In order to give an explanation to the superiors as soon as possible, the magistrates, regardless of what the truth was, pointed out to themselves that the murderer was a familiar member of the family
People, in the end, many people were arrested and imprisoned for this trumped-up crime, and after severe torture, they were beaten into confession.
After Sun Jiagan learned of this matter, he rushed over at the first time, overturned all the previous trial results, and personally re-investigated the case.
In the end, the truth of this matter was revealed, saving many innocent people.
Sun Jiagan's image of serving the country and the people was already deeply rooted in the hearts of the people during the Yongzheng period, so after Qianlong succeeded to the throne, he was still an important minister of the imperial court, and he was highly valued by the emperor and deeply trusted by the people.
Unfortunately, even the most powerful officials will eventually have a day of hard work, and after decades of conscientious work, Sun Jiagan finally reached the age and had to resign and go home.
Because he was a clean and honest person during his tenure as an official, until the day he resigned, he had two sleeves of fresh wind, and he could not scrape much money in his pockets.
So in order to get by, he had to find more than a dozen large boxes and load them with stones, pretending to be the wealth accumulated over the years.
Unexpectedly, Sun Jiagan's move made people with hearts move their minds, and they ran to the Qianlong Emperor to accuse Sun Jiagan of being a corrupt official, carrying more than a dozen boxes of gold and silver treasures on the way back to his hometown.
Qianlong had great trust in Sun Jiagan, and he knew what kind of person Sun Jiagan was, and he would not engage in acts of corruption and bribery.
However, in order to find out the truth of the matter, he still sent someone to intercept Sun Jiagan and his party, and carefully searched his box.
When the reporter returned and told the Qianlong Emperor that it was not a treasure but a stone at all, the Qianlong Emperor's mood could be said to be very complicated.
On the one hand, he was very pleased, believing that Sun Jiagan had not betrayed his trust and that he had been a clean and honest official until the day he resigned, and on the other hand, he was very guilty that he had let an old minister who had made contributions to the imperial court go back empty-handed.
To this end, the Qianlong Emperor immediately ordered: All the stones should be replaced with real gold and silver.
I have to say that the Qianlong Emperor's decision was really clever, which not only showed his reward for the old minister, but also hit the faces of those who had accused Sun Jiagan before.
Third, the wind of incorruptibility
The Qing officials told the old man to return to his hometown, loaded more than a dozen boxes of bricks to fill his face, and when the emperor knew about it, he ordered: All of them were replaced by real gold.
As a clean and honest official, Sun Jiagan could not take out money to fill his face when he resigned from his official post and returned home, so he simply filled the box with bricks to pretend to be gold and silver.
After Qianlong knew, in order to reward Sun Jiagan, he directly exchanged the stone for real gold and silver jewelry.
It can be said that Ming Jun and Xianchen complement each other, Sun Jiagan did not live up to Qianlong's trust, and Qianlong did not hurt the old minister's heart.
As a third-generation veteran minister, Sun Jiagan's image of incorruptibility has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and his presence has also set off a wind of incorruptibility in the court, so that the loyal subjects have a physical image and can be a model for all the courtiers.