Feng Yuxiang, a general in cloth, is famous for advocating frugality and simplicity. 194 1 year, in the article "60th Anniversary of Mr. Shoufeng Zhang Huan", Comrade Zhou Enlai once praised the general in cloth "always used to frugality and simplicity. Some people think this is too much. I thought, if everyone can do this, why is officialdom so extravagant as it is today? "

Coincidentally, "Marshal Buyi" Peng was a shining example of hard work and plain living all his life. Not only did he often urge himself to be thrifty, abstain from extravagance and curb corruption, but he also always advocated hard work and thrift in building the country. In good times and bad times, he always sets an example and is consistent.

Historical and realistic facts prove that this spirit of diligence, thrift and hard struggle cannot be lost and should be carried forward. The TV series A Dream of Red Mansions, which I watched recently, described the wealth and luxury of four feudal bureaucratic families, which led to the disintegration of the two families. Extravagance and waste not only failed to bring Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu a truly happy life, but also failed to make Wang Xifeng, Xue Baochai and others come to a good end. After Chili died, Feng, who was domineering for a while, was swept out of the house with rags, and his only daughter sent food to grandma Liu's house. This is a typical artistic description, but it truly and profoundly reflects the historical lesson that luxury is enough to destroy the family and the country. In this regard, not only the sages of all ages know its importance, but also those wise men and ministers with clear heads understand its harm. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, learned a lesson from the demise of the Sui Dynasty: "Public security leads to arrogance, and arrogance leads to peril". Therefore, he can take the demise of the Sui Dynasty as a mirror and insist on frugality and abstinence in running the country and starting a business. The famous chastity rule has a lot to do with this move.

Diligence can make up for mistakes, and frugality can keep honesty. Diligence and thrift are the traditional virtues of our Chinese nation. Hard work is a family heirloom of our Party team. If we say that China is the United States, what kind of "welfare" and "high consumption" are now engaged in, such as building luxury buildings, building super hotels, repairing temples indiscriminately, and often hosting high-end banquets in China, blindly pursuing "resplendence" and "luxury food and luxury living", I think it will not only fail to achieve the expected purpose. Therefore, hard work, thrift and simplicity, as the important contents of socialist spiritual civilization construction, should run through all fields of self-cultivation, entrepreneurship and reform and opening up, which is a long-term plan to revitalize China, enrich the people and strengthen the country. It is by no means an expedient measure and should not be taken lightly.

"Look at the former sages and their families, they became thrifty and were defeated by luxury." This well-known remark by the poet Li Shangyin has been passed down to this day precisely because it reveals a cautionary truth that cannot be ignored or deviated.