1, Feng Yuxiang praised Tong.
Feng Yuxiang, a native of Chao County, Anhui Province. Born in the military, he has served as the commander and commander of Beiyang Army, the overseer of southern Shaanxi, the commander-in-chief of the National Army, and the commander-in-chief of the Second Kuomintang Army. Although he is in a high position, he leads a simple life.
1932 to 10, from Taishan, Shandong to Zhangjiakou, to find his old subordinate (Tong was then the police chief of Chahar Province and the public security chief of Zhangjiakou) to discuss the organization of the anti-Japanese Coalition forces. Because of Feng's sudden arrival, Mrs Tong was unprepared and asked how to receive Feng Yuxiang. Tong Gelin said, "It's still the same as the old millet noodles. We'll treat him with more radishes and pickles." Feng Yuxiang eats very well. Green praised Tong and said, "You are really my good subordinate. The official is not lost.
2. Lenin's coat
Vladimir ilych Lenin, a Russian, is the mentor and leader of the world proletarian revolution. Simplicity accompanied his legendary life. He was often seen wearing a faded old coat at that time. There are three bullet holes in this coat.
19 18, Lenin wore this old coat to give a speech at the factory. He was assassinated by opposition forces, leaving three bullet holes in his coat. He refused to change his new coat after leaving the hospital, and patched up his old coat before wearing it until he died in June 1924+0.
His motto is: "Save every penny for the socialist revolution and construction."
Zhu Yuanzhang is very frugal.
In Fengyang, Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, there is also a song with four dishes and one soup: "The emperor treats you, four dishes and one soup, radish and leek are really sweet; Onion tofu, profound and clear, makes corrupt officials flustered. When Zhu Yuanzhang celebrated the queen's birthday, he only used two bowls of carrots, leeks, vegetables and spring onion tofu soup to entertain the officials. Moreover, there are three chapters in the Covenant: in the future, no matter who hosts a banquet, only four dishes and one soup are allowed, and anyone who violates it will go to hell to pay.
4. Xu Teli's "chalk poem"
Xu Teli, word teacher Tao, is from Changsha, Hunan. Proletarian revolutionist and educator. There is an anthology of Xu Teli's handed down education. He pays attention to moral cultivation and lives frugally. When he was the principal of Hunan No.1 Women's Normal School, he wrote a poem "Chalk Poetry", copied it on the blackboard and published it on campus:
Half chalk should be cherished, and public property should be cherished forever.
The students don't understand Yu Zhongqu, but they think Yu is a good man.
When he visits the whole school every day, he always picks up the discarded chalk heads and puts them in his pocket for his own class. In the years of Hunan No.1 Women's Normal School (also known as Paddy Field Normal School), he hardly used a new piece of chalk. Some students don't understand, but think he is too stingy. So Xu Teli wrote poems to educate students.
5. john rockefeller stays.
Once, John, a great American entrepreneur, went to a hotel in new york and asked for the cheapest room.
The manager of the hotel recognized Rockefeller and asked him, "Why did you choose such a cheap small room?" Your son always chooses the most expensive room when he comes here. "
"That's right," Rockefeller said. My son's father is a millionaire, but my father is not.