Tao Kan, a famous minister in Jin Dynasty, was a collector in Xunyang County when he was young. Once, he sent someone to send a can of fish with Chinese sauerkraut to his mother. After receiving it, his mother Zhan returned it to him intact and wrote to him, saying, "As a county official, giving me public goods is not only useless, but also increases my worries." Tao Kan was deeply educated in this matter.

Story 2 of ancient clean government: poverty is like this.

Zhang Jun, the minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, was exiled to Lingling, Hunan Province, to be an official because of his disagreement with the traitor Qin Gui. He took several boxes of books with him when he set out. Someone falsely accused him of having something to do with the disorderly party. As a result, Emperor Gaozong examined letters and worn-out clothes. Gaozong sighed: "I didn't expect Zhang Jun to be so poor!" I felt sorry for him, so I sent someone to catch up with Zhang Jun on a fast horse and gave him 320 gold.

Ancient incorruptible story 3: Yu Qian, remain uncorrupted.

The famous ministers of the Ming Dynasty were honest and clean. On one occasion, the court sent him to Henan to inspect. When he returned to Beijing, people bought some local specialties such as silk handkerchief, mushrooms and incense sticks, which were expensive to send back to Beijing, but he refused to accept them. At the same time, I also wrote a poem to show my mind: Spaghetti mushroom and thread incense harm the people. The wind blows the sleeves to the sky, so as not to talk short. "