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In the Qing Dynasty, Sun Jiagan wanted to go back to China in rags. Why did he bring some bricks home?

In fact, Sun Jiagan pulled a few bricks back because he didn't want to be laughed at by others because he didn't get a better reward in the court, and he didn't want to embarrass the court because of this. After all, Sun Jiagan is a very honest and good official. If he returns empty-handed, then the court will be too stingy. As a court official, Sun Jiagan's responsibility is to protect the court's face.

This Sun Jiagan had no chance to stand out when Kangxi came to power. Shortly after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he wrote directly to Yong Zhengdi and talked about his views on state governance. He bluntly remonstrated and hoped that Yongzheng would stop paying taxes and be kind to his brothers. Sun Jiagan's courage to speak out is really commendable, because he is just a mere seven-product academician courtyard judge. If he catches up with Yong Zhengdi and doesn't understand or get angry, he may be directly expelled from Yongzheng, or even directly executed on the spot.

But it turns out that Sun Jiagan's practice is still very useful, because Sun Jiagan was finally promoted. Although Yongzheng couldn't accept Sun Jiagan's rhetoric at first, it was still very valuable for Yongzheng to finally see that Sun Jiagan was a talented person and dared to speak for him as a monarch. Therefore, Yongzheng was promoted to the position of Sun Jiagan. Although many suggestions put forward by Sun Jiagan after his promotion were not adopted, things that he dared to say and make suggestions gradually spread, and finally he became a very famous official. Moreover, Yong Zhengdi is also very generous to Sun Jiagan, and his evaluation is particularly high: "Since I succeeded to the throne, Sun Jiagan is the only one who dares to say and do."

However, when Sun Jiagan later resigned and returned to his hometown to support the elderly, he suddenly got into trouble. Because he is a very honest official, although the court gave him face, he was not given money! This Sun Jiagan also knows how to repay kindness. He knew that if he returned empty-handed, the court would surely be criticized by the world that he could not afford to support an official in his later years. So he took out several big boxes full of bricks and let others think that they were treasures given to him by the court, so as not to hurt the court's face.

Therefore, the reason why Sun Jiagan pulled a few bricks home was because of the problem of face. Sun Jiagan is an honest official and has little money, but he doesn't want to go back to his hometown with such a loss of face, and he doesn't want the court's face to be damaged, so he came up with such a strategy.