Chapter 68 Jiezhi

When Ma Yinchu was working in the Finance Department of Zhejiang Province, a stranger came to his house one day.Ma Yinchu was not at home. The man said to Lao Pan who was doing odd jobs in Ma's house: "Brother, I am from Deqing County. I have something to ask for your help. The 300 yuan of silver is for you to smoke, and the 2,000 yuan of silver is for you. Mr. Ma drank tea. My younger brother was nominated as the county magistrate. It has been more than a month since I reported to the province, but it has not yet been approved. Mr. Ma has high morals and is a close friend with the gentleman who approved the release of the county magistrate. I hope that my brother will be in front of Mr. Ma. A few kind words, please help me to remind me of a certain gentleman. If it works, I will thank you very much." As soon as he finished speaking, he left.When Ma Yinchu came back, Lao Pan reported the truth.Before he finished speaking, Ma Yinchu had already frowned, and cursed loudly: "It's really shameless! This is like a mosquito biting a Bodhisattva—it found the wrong person. This kind of person uses 1,300 silver dollars to open the joints today. The county magistrate must also be a corrupt official. Based on this alone, he is not qualified to be the county magistrate. Lao Pan, you must remember that you must never accept such stinky money in the future, and return the money immediately. Him." Lao Pan had no choice but to return the money in full.

Ma Yinchu especially despises Kong Xiangxi, who lives by his American boss, and always satirizes him when meeting him.One year, Kong Xiangxi celebrated his fiftieth birthday, and Ma Yinchu also received an invitation.When Ma Yinchu went there, he carried 3 catties of dried noodles and 2 catties of meat.This little gift is really too shabby for the dignified Minister of Finance of the Kuomintang.However, Kong Xiangxi didn't care about it.At the beginning of the birthday banquet, someone suggested boxing games to add to the fun.Some people say that it is not elegant to play games by guessing fists, and it is better to tell jokes, because Kong Xiangxi is very good at telling jokes, and this person is trying to curry favor with him.When they started telling jokes, everyone knew that Ma Yinchu was knowledgeable and eloquent, so they asked him to tell the joke first.Ma Yin refused, and said, "I don't know how to tell jokes, but only tell stories. Now tell a story to cheer everyone up." Everyone applauded.Ma Yinchu said: "Once upon a time there were three brothers. The eldest was called age, the second was called knowledge, and the third was called joke. One day, my father asked the three brothers to go up the mountain to cut firewood together. In the evening, when the three brothers came home, the father saw 'age' cut a handful of firewood. , There is no 'learning' at all, only a load of 'jokes'." This story is obviously a satire of Kong Xiangxi's "a young man, no knowledge, and a load of jokes".

Before liberation, Ma Yinchu questioned "Chairman Chiang"'s brother-in-law, Minister of Finance Kong Xiangxi's economic problems in a large audience, causing Minister Kong to stammer and say: "I am a descendant of 'Confucius,' and I will not embezzle!" Pass it on as a joke. In 1938, Ma Yinchu accused the Kong and Song families of making a lot of money for the country.So someone was ordered to persuade Ma Yinchu that he could live in a good house in the Beibei Legislative Yuan. If he wanted to buy gold, he could do so as long as he mentioned a number. .In this regard, Ma Yinchu issued a statement:

1. In the face of this national crisis, I will never leave Chongqing to visit the United States; 2. For the benefit of the country and the nation, I want to maintain the freedom of speech. The Legislative Yuan of the Kuomintang government is not very interesting. I will never live in Beibei, and I will gradually break away from the Legislative Yuan; 3. Do not engage in speculative business, do not buy a tael of gold or a dollar bill.Somebody wants to gag me and keep me from talking, it can't be done! Ma Yinchu witnessed the collusion between government and businessmen, corruption was prevalent, prices soared, and the people were in dire straits. He often criticized the authorities by name, which had a great influence in society and was tabooed by the Chiang Kai-shek government.One day, Chiang Kai-shek summoned Ye Yuanlong, the president of Chongqing University, and yelled at him: "I plan to accompany him (Ma Yinchu) to my place next Thursday, and I want to talk to him face to face. He is my elder and a fellow villager. Always focus on the overall situation!" After Ye returned to school, afraid of running into trouble, he asked his nephew to go to Ma Yinchu to convey the news.After hearing this, Ma Yinchu was furious: "Ask the principal to accompany me to see him, but I won't go! Let the military police come and accompany me!" Ma Yinchu said again: "The chairman is a military officer. Fang! Besides, I gave lectures to the chairman of the committee, and he is my student. It is unreasonable to ask the teacher to visit the students instead of the students! If you really have something to say, ask him to come to me!" When Chiang Kai-shek found out, he said: Very angry and helpless, he had no choice but to say to Ye: "I want to talk to him about economic issues. You go back and tell him that you can come to me anytime you have time in the future." But Ma Yinchu never went to see Jiang.

During the War of Resistance Against Japan, once Ma Yinchu gave a speech in the auditorium of the Business School of Chongqing University, and KMT secret agents were infiltrated in the audience, and the situation was very dangerous.Mr. Ma brought his daughter and the coffin to the stage.He said: "For the sake of the truth, I have to tell. I brought the coffin to eat the bullets of the secret agents; I brought my daughter so that she could see with her own eyes how the secret agents despicably shot at her father, so that she could stand firm. Inherit my will." Then, he changed the subject and made a detailed account of the various corruptions of the national government, the businesses and properties of the four major families, and so on.His speech won bursts of thunderous applause, which made the secret agents in the audience dare not act rashly.The Kuomintang authorities were shocked, and repeatedly sent people to use high-ranking officials and US dollars as bait to persuade him not to make such speeches again, but Ma Yinchu sternly refused one by one, and later forced Chiang Kai-shek to send someone to invite Mr. Ma himself, saying that he had something to talk about. Still refused.

Later, Chiang Kai-shek sent people to lobby Ma Yinchu: "The chairman said that you are his senior, a teacher, and a fellow from Zhejiang. The chairman is going to recommend you to be the Minister of Finance or the governor of the Central Bank." Ma Lao said with a smile : "You want to get an official position to shut my mouth, but you can't do it!" The visitor said: "Then, Mr. Ma, please buy some US dollar bills. The government will grant you a sum of foreign exchange. This is a very profitable business. !" Mr. Ma said angrily: "No, no! I don't do this kind of pig and dog business! I don't want to distribute this kind of national wealth!" Ma Lao's words of "not doing pig and dog business" were widely circulated among the people and won applause.Chiang Kai-shek became furious and ordered him to be imprisoned in Guizhou.After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Ma Lao regained his freedom, taught in Shanghai Business School, and bravely exposed the Kuomintang's conspiracy to launch a civil war.Regardless of the threats of the spies, he left a will to his family and went to Nanjing alone to give a speech.

In 1960, Ma Yinchu resigned as the president of Peking University.Full of knowledge and integrity, he is unemployed.After all, Ma Yinchu has experienced wind and rain, has seen the world, and can deal with it calmly. He likes these two sentences: "Don't be surprised by favor or disgrace, just watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court; go and stay unintentionally, and watch the clouds and clouds outside."