Sun Jiagan was an official during the Yongzheng period, and he has always been able to do it during the Qianlong period, he was poor all his life, he did not love money, he worked hard to exert his ability, he dared to speak out, and finally the two emperors he experienced were not emperors, so he admired his character and entrusted him with heavy responsibilities.
It is said that Sun Jiagan, because of his old age, told the emperor to return to his hometown, and the emperor was naturally kind, so he began to pack his bags.
However, in the society at that time, it was natural that he could not go back empty-handed, after all, although he did not care, it was not necessarily a good thing for his family.
I have been an official outside, I know that my official has done a great job, if I go back like this, I may not have to say any gossip, after all, I say that I have returned to my hometown, and I may be misunderstood.
So Sun Jiagan thought of a rut, he found someone to get a few mule carts, after all, he could not afford to buy horses, and then loaded some large boxes on the car, and then he filled each box with bricks.
After that, the bricks on the upper floor are painted with gold paint, silver paint, which looks like gold bricks and silver bricks, and looks like a lot of face.
Then Sun Jiagan drove these mule cars on the way back to his hometown.
Because they are all filled with bricks, so the mule car pulls hard, the rut print is very deep, in the eyes of outsiders, this car must have pulled a lot of good things, or it takes such a big thing to do.
Therefore, some people began to play a bad idea, after all, Sun Jiagan's outspoken way of being an official naturally did not lack the existence of political enemies.
Some of them went to the emperor and sued him, saying that he had a set in front of him and a set behind his back, saying that he did not love money, and as a result, he had just retired and got so much money, he must have been corrupt behind his back.
The emperor was also very angry when he heard this, and felt that Sun Jiagan had betrayed his trust, but he could not just be so partial to the trust, so he quickly sent someone to the front of Sun Jiagan's road in advance, intercepted him, and then found a reason to check it.
As soon as the actual situation arrived, the emperor was very satisfied, feeling that Sun Jiagan was indeed worthy of the name of a clean official, and felt that it was really bad for such a good official to be so miserable, so he ordered someone to replace those bricks with gold and silver from the official palace on the way, which was a reward for Sun Jiagan.
In this regard, Sun Jiagan exchanged a cart of fake gold and silver for a cart of real gold and silver, and made a fortune.
Therefore, we should know that good people will eventually have good rewards, do things without shame, do not make mistakes because of other selfish distractions, and eventually there will be rewards