A joke about the bricks in the box.

Because Sun Jiagan is a well-known honest official, he retired in his later years. He was afraid that the villagers would think that he had been an official for so many years, so he specially installed more than a dozen boxes of bricks to avoid jokes. After learning about this, Qianlong was particularly moved and ordered a reward, so he replaced all the bricks in these dozens of boxes with real money. This incident tells us a truth, whether in the past or now, we still have to be an honest official, so that we can have a blessing.

He was a senior minister of the three dynasties and assisted the three kings in the prosperous time of Kanggan. Although he is very capable, he often offends the emperor by being too outspoken. However, because what he said was true, it was for the country and the people. Even if what he said was ugly, the emperors listened.

During his tenure, he did many things that benefited the country and the people. For example, the construction of water conservancy advocated by him solved the problems of draught and agricultural irrigation for many people at that time. Not only that, he is also a very charitable person. Every time he encounters natural or man-made disasters, he always tries his best to help the people tide over the difficulties.

During the Qianlong period, he felt that his health was getting worse and worse, and he didn't want to just get paid and not work, so he retired from his hometown. But for so many years, he has been an honest official. Because he is charitable, his family's savings are also distributed to the poor. However, he feels that he has been an official for at least so many years, and now he smells the same. If he goes back to his hometown like this, he will definitely lose face of himself and the court. So he thought of a way to put bricks in the box. Unexpectedly, the emperor was rewarded after he knew it. It was also a good man who was rewarded.