Chapter 30 Thirty, anecdotes

Miserly: From 1900 to 1950, the Khan, the monarch of Hyderabad, India, was the richest man in the world -- and the world's most miserly.His clothes are always stained, because he is not willing to spend money on laundry; he always takes a white suit when he goes to the public bathroom to take a shower, because it can make full use of the steam in the bathroom to iron it, thus saving a lot of money. Laundry fee.Once when meeting a guest, he took out a cigar for the first time and asked the other party to smoke.But when others were surprised by his generosity, he took out a pair of scissors and cut the cigar in half, only giving half to the guests.

Surveillance: Hugo, the author of the book, was forced to go into exile for 20 years because he criticized the government. As a result, he was monitored by the Paris police for a long time. The written records and reports were packed in three boxes.The secret police who monitored Hugo recorded Hugo's life in detail.It is recorded that Hugo was blackmailed by his mistress who discovered that Hugo was a famous writer and poet.Hugo was described as a "person who enriched himself in the name of democracy", and the secret police commented on Hugo as "a money worshiper who used democracy".

Management: Amateur fraud groups have emerged in Japan, using corporate management to recruit unemployed people to work fraudulently. Not only do they receive a monthly salary, they have to clock in and out of get off work, and they also use a three-shift system, and grant allowances and bonuses based on assessment results.The police said that this group is completely sophisticated company management, and the work content is so subdivided that it does not feel like a person who completes the fraud alone has a sense of guilt. Smoking addiction: Considering Einstein's health problems, doctors later strictly prohibited Einstein from smoking.However, Einstein had his own countermeasures. In order to satisfy his addiction to cigarettes, he even quietly picked up the cigarette butts thrown by others on the street, and smoked again when he went home.

Textual research: The latest research by Italian historical experts revealed that Da Vinci's father was an exquisite craftsman named Sir Pieno Da Vinci, and his mother was a woman named Caitrina from a Middle Eastern country. A slave girl who married Antonio Dwarca, a servant of Sir Pieno da Vinci, just a few months after giving birth to a baby named Leonardo. In the Gengzi year of the late Qing Dynasty, the Empress Dowager Cixi declared war on eleven powerful countries in the world, and the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded Beijing to carve up China.But how to divide up, this matter is handed over to the famous German general Waldsee.Wadsi first studied the quality of Chinese people, and sent 26 medical officers to 13 gates in Beijing to forcibly perform physical examinations on all men.It was found that out of every hundred Chinese, 95 fit the physique of a German soldier.Vadsi was horrified, knowing that China would not be conquered, and gave up the idea of ​​​​carving up China.

In the late Qing Dynasty, Yuan Shikai pioneered the police system, and a police station was established in Beijing, with Zhao Bingjun in charge.The policemen asked the prince if he would be arrested for breaking the law, and Zhao Bingjun said yes.So the police detained the illegal prince.The next day, Zhao Bingjun pretended to be shocked: Why is the prince locked up?Let it out.The princes yelled loudly, and Zhao Bingjun said: Shhh, the policeman who arrested you was mentally ill. He killed you, at most it was a criticism and education, you are miserable...The princes never dared to break the law.

When Li Hongzhang was a child, he stole two ducks from someone else's house, cooked them and ate them.Feeling guilty afterwards, I asked my friends what to do.Friends advised him to commit suicide by throwing himself into a well, immediately and immediately.Li Hongzhang hesitated, and asked his mother again.His mother told him that he must never commit suicide, and asked him to work hard to farm. After the harvest, he gave them two ducks, plus the interest of seven duck eggs... Be careful of those friends who have moral and cleanliness demands on you, and consult your mother if you have anything to do.

Chiang Kai-shek once took his second son Jiang Weiguo to listen to the military report of the top class.Reporter Liu Fei.After the report, Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied and asked Jiang Weiguo how he felt.Jiang Weiguo said: I’m telling the truth, don’t you don’t like to listen to it. This Liu Fei, when he was reporting, he kept looking at you from the corner of his eye. Seeing the smile on your face, he repeated and combined what you liked to hear. Speculation is not wisdom... In the end, Jiang Weiguo talked, and Liu Fei turned out to be a spy. In the late Qing Dynasty, Guangdong recruited thirteen powerful merchants to trade with foreign merchants, known as the Guangzhou Thirteen Banks.Wu Bingjian, the head of the thirteen lines, became the richest man.But the good times didn't last long. Lin Zexu sold cigarettes in Humen, arrested Wu Bingjian, and threatened the foreigners: If he didn't hand over the opium, he would be killed.Foreigners don't understand why, arresting Chinese and threatening foreigners, what is the reason?After the failure of the first Opium War, the Wu family was ordered to pay 1 million silver dollars for the government, and Wu Bingjian died of depression.

In 1939, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to entertain Hu Shi, Soong Meiling asked: What specifications should be used to entertain him?Chiang Kai-shek said: Just at home, let you cook, okay?Song Meiling agreed, and when Hu Shi came, she came out of the kitchen wearing an apron to greet Hu Shi, which surprised Hu Shi.Hu Shi was very moved by the president's wife cooking in person.After Hu Shi passed away, Chiang Kai-shek presented an elegiac couplet: a model of old morality in new culture, a teacher of new ideas in old ethics. Li Hongzhang, a disciple of Zeng Guofan, is super smart and likes to take advantage of his teacher the most.Zeng Guofan made a globe, which should be the first globe in China.While Zeng Guofan was out, Li Hongzhang ran to the teacher's house and forcibly removed the globe.Another time, when Zeng Guofan sent people to Europe to buy machines, Li Hongzhang immediately ran to say: Teacher, my machine bureau has no machines, why don’t you put the machines you bought in my place... So the master and apprentice jointly created Jiangnan Machine Manufacturing General Administration.

In 1842, Robert Owen bought a piece of land in Indiana, USA, and named it New Harmony Commune.The commune stipulates that members of the commune, regardless of age, gender, or status, share property.Hearing the good news, the crowd swarmed and began to eat hard. Four years later, Owen was bankrupt... Some theorists called Owen a utopian because he let everyone eat him. The real practice is to bring Everyone eats others.We are no strangers to the latter kind of people. Jiang Menglin said: During the Anti-Japanese War, I told him (Zhou Zuoren) that you don't want to leave. You have a deep relationship with the Japanese and you can keep the school's books and equipment.So he didn't leave, and was later arrested for cooperating with the Japanese during the Anti-Japanese War.He asked a friend to bring a letter, saying that the court wanted my evidence.He told the court that he did not want to be a traitor when he stayed in Peiping, but that the principal entrusted him to take care of the school.The court asked me if there was such a thing?I wrote back to prove that it was true.

Web article: More than 100 years ago, the Japanese commented on Li Hongzhang: He knew the general trend of the West, understood foreign civilizations, wanted to emulate himself, had excellent vision and agile skills... The article commented: More than 100 years ago, Li Hongzhang knew the general trend of the West, Now many people don't know it.Furthermore, Li Hongzhang wanted to follow the example of self-improvement back then, but now some people insist on arguing instead.In addition, Li Hongzhang has excellent eyesight and agile wrist, these two things are not seen now. "Memoirs of Gao Zongwu": In 1934, Canamoto, a staff member of the Japanese Consulate General in Nanjing, disappeared. The Japanese were furious and threatened war.It turned out that Tibetan's boss bullied him, and his wife didn't love him, so he didn't want to live anymore, so he took off his clothes and went up to the mountain to feed the leopard.But there is only one wolf on the mountain, because the wolf did not eat the Tibetan book, and the war was avoided, so it was hailed as a patriotic wolf by the Chinese.

In 1860, the British and French allied forces invaded Beijing and burned the Old Summer Palace.Why are the Anglo-French coalition forces so shameless?According to Guo Songtao's records, the cause was that Emperor Xianfeng secretly ordered Prince Yi to leave the palace, ordered Seng Gelinqin's artillery to disguise themselves as people who did not know the truth, and suddenly fired at the British and French fleets that came to exchange contracts, killing and wounding 430 British troops. , sank four British and French gunboats.Then at the negotiating table, he captured the British negotiating envoy and tortured and killed twenty of his entourage, so... Said to be the warlords of the past, he loves to be cute.For example, Cao Kun of Beiyang, when he was in charge of the third town, someone informed a certain battalion officer of fraud. Cao Kun was furious and immediately ordered the battalion officer to be tied up and beaten violently.After a search, it turned out to be a false accusation, so Cao Kun said to him: I believe in people's words, I spank your butt, I am very sorry, does your butt still hurt now?As the old saying goes, the more you fight, the more you get promoted... Those careless warlords, they admit their mistakes... There was a warlord observation post earlier, and let’s talk about the Battle of Qilu in 1924. It is said that Qi Xieyuan and Lu Yongxiang fought in Shanghai.Every morning, the artillerymen of the two sides began to fire each other's artillery, which lasted until lunch, and then stopped the artillery, cooked, dried clothes, and ate.After dark there was another exchange of fire, and then both parties undressed and went to bed.The two sides tacitly agreed, and did not take the risk of stealing camp. Charlie Wilson was born in the United States in 1933. When he was 13 years old, a neighbor congressman killed his dog, so he vowed revenge, and he sent voters who opposed the congressman to vote for free, and finally let the congressman lose the election.Then he said to the congressman: Remember, you are not allowed to kill other people's dogs in the future.When he grew up, he spoofed the Soviet army who was occupying Afghanistan, which made the Soviets suffer.Americans made his story into a movie called "Charlie's War". Chiang Kai-shek traded stocks in Shanghai when he was young.Checking his operating records, all of them are receiving goods at high positions. No matter how good the stock market is, as long as Chiang Kai-shek builds a position, it will immediately go downhill. When Chiang Kai-shek bites his teeth, the stock will rise again.Fortunately, Sun Wen called Chiang Kai-shek at this time, so Chiang Kai-shek borrowed money from everyone, but everyone refused to borrow, saying that Chiang Kai-shek had ruined the exchange... Later everyone agreed to give money, but they had to pay when Chiang Kai-shek left. Historian Huang Renyu joined the army as a young man and led the troops to the front line. The soldiers were weak.Huang Renyu urged and scolded, but the soldier burst into tears.The adjutant said to Huang Renyu: These soldiers are all recruited. Only 4 soldiers in this company have been trained and can aim. They are considered elites.It is impossible for Huang Renyu to give up the idea of ​​transforming ordinary people into soldiers.Huang Renyu was immediately discouraged, only to realize that there was a huge gap between reality and imagination. Anecdote: Jiang Weiguo was trained in a military academy. The judge asked him what to do when charging. Jiang Weiguo replied: Order the trumpeter to blow the charge.Magistrate: The situation is urgent, the trumpeter has been killed.Jiang Weiguo: Killed in battle... In desperation, he grabbed the bugle and blew the charge. The magistrate was dumbfounded.After the training, Chiang Kai-shek quietly asked the magistrate about Jiang Weiguo's performance, and the magistrate replied: "Your son can not only play, but also blow."Chiang Kai-shek was dizzy at the time...