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Chapter 19 Demolition of Hanlin Lane

"Brother Hao, this is unstoppable! How could you write the word "demolition" on the outer wall of the side room in the backyard of the Censor Zhongcheng Daguanren? Come and wipe it off with me!"

While taking out a black towel and wiping the big "demolition" written by Wang Hao, Zhang Sanmu urged Wang Hao, who was standing there and smug.

At this time, Zhang Sanmu's opinion seemed that he had offended the priest who had been less than one person before. Now, he offended the chief official of the Censor General and had just taken office as the chief secretary of the street. He may not only lose his official position in a few days, but even his life is not sure when he will be gone.

Faced with Zhang Sanmu's kindness, Wang Hao said disapprovingly: "Brother Sanmu, stop quickly. I have worked so hard to carry this small bucket of white paint from our street yamen, specifically to write this big word "demolition". If you wipe it off, then I won't write it in vain."

Having said this, Wang Hao quickly walked forward and pulled Zhang Sanmu who was wiping to the side. He then said loudly in an orderly tone: "Zhang Sanmu, I am now ordering you as the street chief, stop and not wipe. Otherwise, I will cure you."

What Zhang Sanmu never expected was that he hurriedly wanted to wipe off the word "demolition", which was entirely out of his kindness. Unexpectedly, Wang Hao not only did not appreciate it, but also put on the airs of the street Sicheng in front of him, which made him feel that the dog bites Lu Dongbin - he didn't know the good people's hearts.

On the contrary, Sun Youcai seemed extremely calm. Standing beside him, he seemed to be standing by, because in his opinion, the bigger the matter, the better, it would be better to be as storm as the city was.

Although Sun Youcai was removed from the position of the street chief because he was not good at doing things, he was dependent on Wang Hao. He was respectful to Wang Hao on the surface, but secretly held a grudge against Wang Hao and was always looking for opportunities to retaliate and attack.

Now, Sun Youcai reported to Wang Hao about the invasion of the street and occupying the street in the backyard of Wang Gongchen's family, who served as the chief censor, to cause conflicts between Wang Hao and Wang Gongchen, and then to use Wang Gongchen's hands to get rid of Wang Hao.

Now, Wang Hao wrote a big word "demolition" on the exterior wall of Wang Gongchen's backyard with white paint. It was indeed beyond his expectations. Naturally, he would not come forward to stop him, but would rather be happy to see it happen, and even think that this is far from enough.

So, Sun Youcai persuaded Zhang Sanmu, who wanted to continue wiping, and said, "Brothers Sanmu, Wang Sicheng's approach is very good in my personal opinion. Anyway, we have the oral orders of the official family and the official documents of Kaifeng Prefecture.

"Since the side house in the backyard of the Censor Zhongcheng's grand official's house was considered an illegal building, it should have been demolished immediately. In view of the fact that the Censor Zhongcheng's grand official was a minister in the court, it was already considered a one-day expiration of benevolence and righteousness.

"Now, Wang Sicheng wrote the word "demolition" in white paint on the exterior wall of the backyard house that was considered an illegal building. Anyway, it will be demolished before tomorrow. What's wrong with this?

"In my opinion, not only should the word "demolition" be written on the outer wall of the side room in the backyard of the Censor Zhongcheng Daguanren, but the word "demolition" should be written on the outer wall of other people's illegal buildings in the future to demonstrate the warning effect."

Originally, Sun Youcai said the above-mentioned high-sounding words to dissuade Zhang Sanmu from wiping the word "demolition". He never thought that Wang Hao's ears were in his mind and thought that Sun Youcai's proposal was very good and should be promoted in a big way.

Just now, because Zhang Sanmu wiped it for a while, the word "demolition" on the outer wall of the side room in Wang Gongchen's backyard was not clear enough. Wang Hao stirred it with a wooden stick in a small bucket filled with white paint for a few times, and re-traceed it along the word "demolition".

Not only that, after Wang Hao painted the word "demolition", he drew a circle and circled the word "demolition".

Next, accompanied by Zhang Sanmu and Sun Youcai, Wang Hao inspected the two Hanlin Lanes in the east and west, and suddenly found that except for Wang Gongchen, the home of the Censor Zhongcheng, who was invading the streets and occupying the roads, other families were even worse than those.

Wang Hao calculated silently in his heart that there were no less than 200 illegal buildings in the two Hanlin lanes, east and west, occupying roads, and belonging to more than 100 families.

Among the more than 100 families, almost all of them are from Hanlin bachelor's degree. Needless to say, they are all high school Jinshi, and they are officials stationed in Beijing, and they are divided into three provinces and six ministries.

Although Wang Hao was just a street official with only eighth rank official title, he knocked on the door of the house with illegal buildings one by one, first verbally notified it, and then wrote a big word "demolition" on the exterior wall of the illegal buildings, and then drew a circle.

After about two hours of work, Wang Hao, Zhang Sanmu and Sun Youcai walked around the two Hanlin alleys in the east and west. Almost every time they went, they would leave a big "demolition" written in white paint. As the saying goes: The geese leave a sound when passing by, and the people leave a name when passing by.

At this time, Wang Hao thought that the word "demolition" was regarded as the four words he had written in his heart when traveling to the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty: Go here.

For a moment, the two Hanlin Lanes, which are famous in the east and west in Tokyo, were filled with large "demolition" characters on the exterior walls of almost door-to-door houses, and invisibly became a "beautiful" landscape.

Wang Hao, Zhang Sanmu and Sun Youcai had just left. A group of Hanlin scholars whose words "demolition" were written on the outer wall of the house were gathered at the gate of the front yard of Wang Gongchen's mansion, and wanted to criticize Wang Gongchen, the censor, in person, the unreasonable behavior of the street.

"Master, Master, it's a big deal! At the front yard, hundreds of officials at all levels stationed in Beijing gathered at the gate of Hanlin Lane to ask for a meeting with you. The young man came to ask you, Master, please, should you open the door and let them in?" Deacon Liu rushed from the front yard to the back yard in a hurry and reported to Wang Gongchen, who was recuperating and drinking tea.

Wang Gongchen, who was sitting on the Grand Master's chair, listened to Deacon Liu's report, and the expression on his cheek did not stir up any slightest wave. He asked in a calm tone: "Why are they all here?"

Facing his master's inquiry, Deacon Liu immediately accused: "Master, it's not because of Wang Sicheng from the Street Department. This afternoon, he brought two officials from the Street Department.

"Not only is it required to take a one-day deadline, but before tomorrow, the side room in our backyard will be demolished, and the exterior wall of our backyard will be arrogantly written with white paint on the exterior wall of our backyard, which looks very eye-catching.

"That's not all. In about two hours, this kid was in the East and West Hanlin Lane, almost door-to-door noticed that there were illegal buildings that invaded the streets and occupied the roads. Just like our family, it would be demolished by itself within a deadline before tomorrow, otherwise the people from their street department would take action to demolish them.

"What's even more annoying is that any illegal buildings identified by their street office have the word "demolition" written on the exterior wall, which is really too much..."

Before Deacon Liu finished speaking, Wang Gongchen, who was sitting on the Grand Master's chair, was still as stable as Mount Tai. He interrupted Deacon Liu and in a tone of conversation, he ordered: "Okay, Deacon Liu, I know this matter, you don't have to continue talking.

"In this way, if you go out and tell them, I will not be able to meet guests today. If they want to seek justice, let them go home and write a letter and submit it to the Censorate before midnight tonight.
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