A few days ago, the history inn introduced Feng Anbang, a famous general of the War of Resistance, who was clean and honest all his life, and after the martyrdom, his family did not have money to bury him.
In fact, in the national army, there are several such clean and honest famous generals, such as Fu Zuoyi, who will be introduced today.
Fu Zuoyi's degree of incorruptibility is no less than that of the generals of our army, and he can be called the most "earthy" famous general of the national army.
Fu Zuoyi was awarded the second rank of general in the army in 1935, and had the officer's uniform of the corresponding rank, but he never wore it, saying that when he put on this thing, he would leave the soldier. When Fu Zuoyi gave soldiers uniforms, he always left a set for himself, tied leggings, and walked on the street like an ordinary soldier.
Once, Fu Zuoyi received an important guest, this guest met Fu Zuoyi, thought he was just an ordinary veteran, did not say hello, only after Fu Zuoyi's aide-de-camp introduced, only to know that the "veteran" in front of him was the famous General Fu Zuoyi, and said incredulously: "You are not mistaken, is this not a veteran?" Fu Zuoyi laughed and said, "Yes, I am a veteran!" ”
Fu Zuoyi's subordinate Lu Zhonglin once went to Nanjing for a meeting, and someone asked Fu Zuoyi what his usual style was, and Lu Zhonglin said, "What style?" It is the soil style, all the body is soil, and the soil has to fall off the slag. But it was because of his soil that the soldiers obeyed him! ”
Many senior officials in Nanjing privately ridiculed Fu Zuoyi, saying that such a large official was simply a bun general. In Nanjing, when mentioning "General Tu Baozi", we all know that it refers to Fu Zuoyi.
Fu Zuoyi himself "soil", but also let others "soil" with him. A group of graduates from the Whampoa Military Academy wanted to come to Fu Zuoyi's troops, and Fu Zuoyi welcomed them very well, and then pulled these graduates to the training regiment and trained with the soldiers.
Many people were not happy, saying that we were graduates of the tangtang military academy and did not come here to serve as soldiers. Fu Zuoyi said, "The official qi in your body is too heavy, and if you want to make a name for yourself here, you must first wash away the official qi and get a rustic atmosphere." ”
Many kuomintang members lived in mansions, and Fu Zuoyi also had a "Fu mansion" in this mansion, which was a small courtyard of seven tile rooms, four in the north, two for children and mothers-in-law, one for himself and his wife, and one for the toilet; three in the east, one for guards, one for nannies, and the last one for the kitchen.
At that time, many high-ranking officials had flush toilets and separate showers in their mansions, but the Fu family did not have them. So what about them taking a bath? Fu Zuoyi found a gasoline barrel, brushed it clean, filled it with water, dried it for a day, and washed it like this, no one can be an exception.
Fu Zuoyi not only has "soil" himself, but the whole family must have "soil", especially his children, and must not engage in specialization. The schools attended by the children of the Fu family are not aristocratic schools, but ordinary schools attended by the children of ordinary soldiers.
At that time, the children of the high officials were called young masters and young ladies, but the children of the Fu family had never been called so, because walking on the street, others did not know who they were, and they were really dressed too "earthy".
After Fu Zuoyi was founded, he served as minister of water resources, but he still did not change his "soil style" and usually went out to inspect the provinces. In 1951, he went to inspect the flood control of Jiang Dam in Hongze Lake of the Huai River, which is still 15 kilometers away from Jiang Dam, and the road is particularly difficult to walk, of course, you have to drive over, but it is very fuel-consuming and not good for cars. Someone suggested that everyone walk over and let Minister Fu take a car.
Fu Zuoyi narrowed his eyes and said, "You think I'm old and can't walk, don't you?" What does this road mean to me? Besides, if the car breaks down, it will cost money to repair it, and I don't want to spend that unjust money! In this way, the 15-kilometer dirt road, Fu Zuoyi led everyone step by step, and they all became clay people.
In fact, Fu Zuoyi's salary after the founding of the People's Republic of China was not low, and he also had a larger sum, that is, before liberation, Fu Zuoyi would deduct a part of the army's salary every year as a public fund, which was used for the enrollment of the children of soldiers, the establishment of companies, and the subsidies for soldiers, and by the time of Fu Zuoyi's uprising, this money had accumulated to several million.
The new government did not ask for the money, and Fu Zuoyi actually became the owner of this huge amount of money, but Fu Zuoyi had not touched a penny in ten years. Until 1959, when the country was in economic difficulties, Fu Zuoyi did not say a word, took out 400,000 yuan to buy state bonds, and donated the rest.
When the chairman heard about it, he said, "You can donate if you want, and after you donate, this money is nominally the state, but you can use it at will." But Fu Zuoyi didn't use a penny until his death in 1974.