台湾前领导人马英九
根据法律，马英九卸任后每个月有25万元卸任总统礼遇金；8至12名保镖，必要时可加派；助理秘书司机办公室等各项事物费用第一年800万元，第二年递减为700万元，第三年递减为600万元，第四年递减为500万元（新台币）。
马英九悉数放弃。他说：
做个普通老百姓，不需要这些待遇。
这让人想起华盛顿放弃连任的惊鸿之举............
叶永烈：寻访马英九家(20160526)
台湾前领导人马英九
那天，长媳驾车沿信义快速道路（亦即高速公路）从北向南行驶。当轿车穿过隧道之后，眼前的景象大变。原本是台北市中心繁华的商业区，到处是高楼大厦，一下子变成冷落的郊镇，山也多了起来。相对于台北市中心，这里是郊区。
GPS真灵，当轿车穿过满是小店小铺的一条小街，GPS就显示目的地到了。我透过右侧的车窗朝外一看，出现在眼前的一幢七层楼房好熟悉在电视里多次看到过。那幢楼房是很普通的公寓楼，看上去已经很陈旧。我们都惊呼起来：原来马英九住在这么个地方！
台湾前领导人马英九现在所居住的房子
我走近马英九家那幢楼房，看见大楼表面贴着长竖条白瓷砖，由于经过三十多年风雨的冲刷，白瓷砖已经近乎灰色。跟中国大陆的许多居民楼相似，这幢楼家家户户都把阳台用铝合金窗封闭起来，以求扩大居住面积。每家所安装的铝合金窗大小式样都不同，看得出是居民们入住之后自行安装的。
大楼的下面三层，也跟中国大陆的许多居民楼相似，在窗户以及阳台前安装了防盗铁栅栏。各家的铁栅栏也不相同，所以从外面看上去，有点杂乱。马英九家住在三楼，也安装了铁栅栏。比起下面两层用的是横条铁栅栏，马英九家的铁栅栏用拱形的钢条装饰，显得美观一些。
Yesterday cocoon, tomorrow tomorrow. Life is like a play, a joke is like life. Tomorrow is not what we expect. A movie is most afraid of no audience, the most helpless is a unicorn drama. Holding back is always behind the scenes. What people want is the drama at the stage. Still remember Mr. Zhou Xingchi's words about the chicken mother in the moonlight treasure box from Tang Monk and Monkey King at the beginning of his "Big Talk Journey to the West", "You want to? Monkey King, if you want, you can talk. You don't say how do I know what you want? Although you look at me sincerely, you still want to tell me what you want. Do you really want it? " Yes, you don't say how others know you want it. How can I feel your sincerity if you don't look at me? Moreover, it is not related to relatives. Those who have experienced baptism of time are all fond of naive things. It's like being happy and angry with children and wishful words on the surface, innocent and innocent as if it were the best praise in the world, making people happy. Since the people around you can be happy, and they will be satisfied, why do they still think of growing up and making gestures? If you want to say something, you will never say so. Do not blame yourself for what you want to do. If you want to show your talents, you will not be angry or angry. All expectations, in order to coexist with reality, can only be fostered in the heart, which becomes persistence. Once people have persistence, whether they are themselves or the people around them will be unhappy. Life is to be revealed on the surface. All you can see is your entire drama. Life is not meant to be what other people see as themselves. It's just that behind the scenes and in front of the stage coincide. It's as innocent as it is on the outside. It's supposed to be what you really are. It was very pleasant to have a story of Mr. Yang Jiang. "We were so eager for the waves of fate that we finally realized that the most beautiful scenery in life was inner calm and calm. We had hoped so much for recognition from the outside world, but in the end we knew that the world was our own and had nothing to do with others. The world meaning here refers to the spiritual world, which is divorced from the real life, so people can not live only in their own world, so living is equivalent to death. Calm and calm is a height of life. It is perfect to keep a few hours of unhappiness every day. Because life is interlaced, others will intrude into your play, and you will live in others'play. Parents, friends, lovers, colleagues and strangers, they are the audience of your life, intertwined in your life, there will be joys and sorrows, there will be people, joys and sorrows, life. Just like how you deal with people, there will always be people who don't like you. Just like how hard you try to do something, there will still be no gains. Just like how you love someone sadly, he will still be away from your life. You must learn to believe all the misfortunes and learn to recognize all the regrets. Believe in your immaturity, in your bad luck, in your own possession, in all your failures, in someone who doesn't like you, in someone who doesn't care about your feelings at all. Every grief in you will be the reason for every happiness in the future. When you pass through all the unbearable things in the world, you will be able to understand all the nobleness. But don't be surprised, people come and go, some people never say goodbye, some people can't say goodbye, but life, you have your play, he has his play, do not need persistence. As Haruki Murakami said, "my life is mine, and your life is yours. As long as you know what you're looking for, you can live your life according to your own wishes, and no one else has anything to do with you." When all intentions are revealed in life, exposed in the daylight, no matter sad or happy, there is no regret in this life. When you walk with thorns, some people pity you; when you run with blood, some envy you; when you recover, others like you. Life goes into drama, and it rises and falls. Everything is just right. Just one day, when you walk in the crowd, your mind settles down for a moment and you find yourself alive. Live your life well, do not love happiness, do not retain sorrow. If you want to say something, you always say that you are strange to each other. You just want to leave a happy memory. When things are not perfect, you can find it in the song of the years.
我走向马英九家那幢楼房的大门，马上就引起注意。通常的居民小区，是由保安值班，这里与众不同的是，两名穿了蓝灰色警服的警察朝我走来。他们的帽子上印着一行黄色的字：台北市政府警察局。因为马英九住在这里，这幢大楼也就成了台湾国安局保护的对象，所以派了多名警察在这里值勤。经我说明来自上海，警察非常友善，跟我握手，表示欢迎。
这幢楼房的不锈钢大门，看上去也似曾相识，因为也在台湾电视中多次见过。马英九当选总统时，这里有好多台电视摄像机恭候，马英九进出时，记者们总要上前采访。大门的右侧是物业公司的办公室，左侧则是住户信箱。我在台湾电视中看到过，马英九早上穿一条短裤，走出大门，从信箱里取出当天的报纸。
台湾前领导人马英九
这一回，我细细观看信箱，发觉比中国大陆的居民信箱要大得多，因为台湾的报纸版面很多，每天一大叠，信箱不大就装不下。信箱的上方，有一空档，便于邮差（大陆叫邮递员）把报纸以及信件塞进去。下方安装了锁。最巧妙的是，信箱上有一半圆形金属片，往上一转，露出一长方形的孔，户主可以看清信箱里有无信件报纸。从信箱设计的种种细节可以看出，处处为方便居民着想。
台湾前领导人马英九
马英九在这幢楼里住了30多年。三楼的房子是马英九的父亲马鹤龄（马鹤凌）在1983年的时候买的，总共两套，门对门，一套朝南，一套朝北，每套都是33坪，即相当于109平方米。
马英九在1972年赴美国留学，1976年在纽约与周美青结婚。在获得美国哈佛大学法学博士之后不久，1981年马英九携妻回到台湾。由于马英九是父亲马鹤龄的唯一的儿子，按照台湾的习惯，马英九回台湾之后与父母住在一起。马英九毕竟已经成家，长女马唯中刚周岁，这三口之家跟父母住在一起，原先的房子显得局促。于是，马鹤龄决定买新房子。
马鹤龄乃公务员出身，并无太多积蓄。他早年曾任蒋介石侍卫官。1948年到台湾，曾任国民党中央委员会秘书处秘书，国民党知识青年党部书记长等职位。1981年5月至1986年4月任国民党台北市党部副主任委员。马鹤龄看中兴隆路的房子，因为这一带相当于台北市的郊区，房价不高，所以他买了这幢公寓楼的三楼两套房子，这样他和儿子马英九既近在咫尺，又各自有着独立的空间。
父亲马鹤龄和母亲秦厚修一定把朝南的那套房子让给儿子儿媳住，自己住在朝北的那套房子里。在当时，马英九小夫妻和女儿一起住一百多平方米的房子，算是不错的了。
后来，马英九的状况有了很大的变化，1985年次女马元中降生，马英九从三口之家变为四口之家。马英九又不断升官，从蒋经国的英文秘书国民党的副秘书长到法务部长台北市市长，直至2008年当选台湾的总统。马英九官大了，房子没有大，一直住在这幢普通的居民楼里。
台湾前领导人马英九
1993年，当马英九升任法务部部长时，他可以享有公家提供宿舍的待遇，，但是马英九没有迁往新居。1998年12月，马英九当选台北市市长，他没有迁往公家提供的市长官邸。在2002年12月，马英九连任台北市市长，依然住在这幢旧楼里，直到他2006年12月卸任，在整整八年市长生涯之中，他没有挪过窝。
2008年3月22日，马英九在大选中胜出，当选台湾的新总统。然而，他在5月20日宣誓就任之后，仍住在这幢旧楼里。许多人劝他要搬进总统官邸。确实，再偏居一隅，住在这远离市中心的旧楼，已经很不方便。马英九终于答应迁往总统府的玉山官邸。这玉山官邸的名字，是陈水扁取的。那里原本是李登辉当总统的时候住的，叫做大安官邸。
台湾前领导人马英九
陈水扁搬进去的时候，改名为玉山官邸。玉山山脉的主峰海拔3952米，是台湾第一高山，陈水扁以玉山命名自己的官邸，自诩为台湾第一人。陈水扁搬进去的时候，花重金重新装修。
当马英九成了那里的新主人时，把玉山官邸改名为中兴寓所。马英九特别交代，能省则省，就连陈水扁过去使用的洗衣机烘碗机及部分家具，马英九并不介意继续用。不过，陈水扁睡觉用的12万元天使梦幻床垫，马英九不敢睡了，叫人悄悄搬走了！
马英九迁往中兴寓所时，曾经打算把母亲秦厚修接来一起住，因为86岁的父亲马鹤龄因心脏病在2005年11月1日病逝。然而，秦厚修仍住惯老房子，那里地熟人熟，不愿迁往中兴寓所。大抵因为那幢旧楼里还住着马英九的母亲，所以警察在大门口保持警戒。
对于马英九能够30多年如一日住在兴隆路的普通公寓里，跟平民百姓一样生活着，大多数台湾老百姓都赞许不已，称他很平民。不过，也有个别人讽刺说，马英九在做秀。人们纷纷反诘：难道做秀，有这么一做30多年的？
Yesterday cocoon, tomorrow tomorrow. Life is like a play, a joke is like life. Tomorrow is not what we expect. A movie is most afraid of no audience, the most helpless is a unicorn drama. Holding back is always behind the scenes. What people want is the drama at the stage. Still remember Mr. Zhou Xingchi's words about the chicken mother in the moonlight treasure box from Tang Monk and Monkey King at the beginning of his "Big Talk Journey to the West", "You want to? Monkey King, if you want, you can talk. You don't say how do I know what you want? Although you look at me sincerely, you still want to tell me what you want. Do you really want it? " Yes, you don't say how others know you want it. How can I feel your sincerity if you don't look at me? Moreover, it is not related to relatives. Those who have experienced baptism of time are all fond of naive things. It's like being happy and angry with children and wishful words on the surface, innocent and innocent as if it were the best praise in the world, making people happy. Since the people around you can be happy, and they will be satisfied, why do they still think of growing up and making gestures? If you want to say something, you will never say so. Do not blame yourself for what you want to do. If you want to show your talents, you will not be angry or angry. All expectations, in order to coexist with reality, can only be fostered in the heart, which becomes persistence. Once people have persistence, whether they are themselves or the people around them will be unhappy. Life is to be revealed on the surface. All you can see is your entire drama. Life is not meant to be what other people see as themselves. It's just that behind the scenes and in front of the stage coincide. It's as innocent as it is on the outside. It's supposed to be what you really are. It was very pleasant to have a story of Mr. Yang Jiang. "We were so eager for the waves of fate that we finally realized that the most beautiful scenery in life was inner calm and calm. We had hoped so much for recognition from the outside world, but in the end we knew that the world was our own and had nothing to do with others. The world meaning here refers to the spiritual world, which is divorced from the real life, so people can not live only in their own world, so living is equivalent to death. Calm and calm is a height of life. It is perfect to keep a few hours of unhappiness every day. Because life is interlaced, others will intrude into your play, and you will live in others'play. Parents, friends, lovers, colleagues and strangers, they are the audience of your life, intertwined in your life, there will be joys and sorrows, there will be people, joys and sorrows, life. Just like how you deal with people, there will always be people who don't like you. Just like how hard you try to do something, there will still be no gains. Just like how you love someone sadly, he will still be away from your life. You must learn to believe all the misfortunes and learn to recognize all the regrets. Believe in your immaturity, in your bad luck, in your own possession, in all your failures, in someone who doesn't like you, in someone who doesn't care about your feelings at all. Every grief in you will be the reason for every happiness in the future. When you pass through all the unbearable things in the world, you will be able to understand all the nobleness. But don't be surprised, people come and go, some people never say goodbye, some people can't say goodbye, but life, you have your play, he has his play, do not need persistence. As Haruki Murakami said, "my life is mine, and your life is yours. As long as you know what you're looking for, you can live your life according to your own wishes, and no one else has anything to do with you." When all intentions are revealed in life, exposed in the daylight, no matter sad or happy, there is no regret in this life. When you walk with thorns, some people pity you; when you run with blood, some envy you; when you recover, others like you. Life goes into drama, and it rises and falls. Everything is just right. Just one day, when you walk in the crowd, your mind settles down for a moment and you find yourself alive. Live your life well, do not love happiness, do not retain sorrow. If you want to say something, you always say that you are strange to each other. You just want to leave a happy memory. When things are not perfect, you can find it in the song of the years.
马英九住户平民化，其实是跟他作风向来清廉生活向来朴素完全一致的。
台湾前领导人马英九
离马英九家只一箭之遥的兴隆市场里，有个叫赵焜荣的鞋匠。他说，马妈妈拿一双穿了多年的球鞋来修过几次，他一问才知道是马英九穿的。市场里的裁缝师傅从来没有修补过游泳裤，因为一条游泳裤才多少钱，而马妈妈却拿了游泳裤来请师傅修补，一问方知是马英九的。
市场里的谢普庆是卤味摊的老板，马家是他的老顾客。谢普庆说，马英九吃东西从来不讲究，喜欢吃卤味，也喜欢吃市场里的韭菜水饺山东馒头扬州狮子头，尤爱吃猪的大肠。
台湾前领导人马英九
马英九的夫人周美青跟马英九一样节俭。不论马英九的官有多大，她总是乘公共汽车上下班。直到她成为总统夫人，成为媒体追拍的对象，不得已才改乘出租车。
马英九再三说，他喜欢兴隆路这老房子，因为屋前就是一个小公园，屋后有小山，是他每天早上跑步的好地方。他的皮鞋不大修理，而球鞋因天天晨跑磨损厉害。他也喜欢游泳，骑自行车。
马英九平民化的作风，在台湾传为佳话。如今，他的住了30多年的老房子，也成了文山区的一个景点。难怪，我从上海到台北，也加入了参观的行列。
马英九生活平民化，除了他本身的教养之外，还在于他担任过蒋经国的英文秘书，深受蒋经国的影响。在台湾历任的总统之中，蒋经国是生活最朴的。