Chapter 22: All Out
"Brother Hao, you finally woke up. Can I ask you for something?"
When Zhang Sanmu saw Wang Hao living in the same dormitory with him, he finally woke up in Chen Shi. He had been awake for more than an hour and hurried to Wang Hao's bed and asked in a slight anxious tone.
Facing Zhang Sanmu's inquiry, Wang Hao almost didn't even think about it, and replied without hesitation: "Brother Sanmu, we two had a life-long friendship on the battlefield before. I have no father or mother in this world, and I don't even have brothers and sisters. I am an orphan. You are my current relative of Wang Hao. Don't ask for it, you'll be more disgusting. If you have anything, just talk."
Seeing Wang Hao agreeing so happily, Zhang Sanmu said with concern: "Brother Hao, I beg you to mobilize the brothers of our street department to wipe off the "demolition" on the exterior walls of more than 200 illegal buildings that went to Hanlin Lane yesterday. Don't investigate and deal with illegal buildings that invade the streets and occupy the roads. Can you first take Hanlin Lane?
"Anyway, there are more than 20 days left. Can't we go and investigate illegal buildings in other places in Tokyo first? There is no old saying, "It's easy to know how difficult it is to do it." Yesterday, I heard from the old boy Sun Youcai that among the officials stationed in Beijing living in Hanlin Lane, many of them are ministers in the court, and there are not less than a hundred officials stationed in Beijing of the fifth rank and above. At first, I was a little suspicious.
"But after I asked several brothers from our street Si family in Tokyo, everything Sun Youcai said was true. Brother Hao, our street department is just a small clear water yamen. Even though you are the Sicheng of the street department, you are just an eighth-rank official. Compared with the officials of the fifth-rank or above in Beijing who live in Hanlin Lane, we can't afford to offend them.
"There are so many illegal buildings in Hanlin Lane, and they have been in operation for a long time. No one in the street department has ever asked about this before. Brother Hao, why do you have to take care of this matter? I also heard that last night, hundreds of officials living in Hanlin Lane wrote the complaint and handed it to the Censorate. Where did you complain to Zhao Guan’s house to sue you? If Zhao Guan’s family is under pressure from these officials, our street department will eventually take the blame, especially Brother Hao, who has just taken office, will definitely be the first to be the brunt of this time and will become the scapegoat for investigating illegal buildings invading the streets and occupying the roads."
When Zhang Sanmu finished the above words worriedly, Wang Hao not only did not look panicked, but seemed extremely calm. He shrugged, spread his hands, and comforted Zhang Sanmu in an indifferent tone, saying, "Brother Sanmu, you don't have to worry too much about this matter. If it is really time to hold our street department accountable and punish us, I will have my own solution at that time."
Speaking of this, Wang Hao paused for a moment, then sighed, and said sincerely: "Oh, Brother Sanmu, what you said just now is quite reasonable. But Brother Sanmu, you don't know anything. I, Wang Hao, have a very difficult principle to change when doing things, that is, I will never pinch a soft persimmon. As long as I make up my mind to do it, I have to chew the hardest bones.
"Imagine that if we don't demolish all the illegal buildings in Hanlin Lane, it can be foreseen that it will become more difficult to demolish illegal buildings in other places in Tokyo in the next twenty days.
Now, I can only have a bet. If these officials stationed in Beijing successfully sue the imperial court and the officials issued an edict to not demolish the illegal buildings in Hanlin Lane, then I will not be the official of the street chief. As long as the officials did not issue an edict before today, there would be no movement in Kaifeng Prefecture, then all the illegal buildings in Hanlin Lane must be demolished without falling to the ground."
Seeing that Wang Hao's attitude was so resolute that he could not turn back, Zhang Sanmu felt that even if he was worn out, it would be useless, so he stopped persuading him. Since he was a brother who shared life and death, he had to follow Wang Hao to the point of being in a dark way.
After all, when I was in a bloody sworn life, I said the words "I don't ask for birth in the same year and the same month, but I ask for death in the same year and the same month, and I have the same blessings and difficulties as the same person." It is not a casual statement. As the saying goes: I will do what I do and do what I do.
Look, Wang Hao asked Zhang Sanmu to inform all the soldiers of the street department to gather in the front yard at 3 noon this day. Zhang Sanmu went there happily without saying a word.
Soon, two or three hours passed, and it was noon three. The soldiers of the street soldiers who had already had lunch at noon all gathered in the front yard, waiting for the instructions of the street soldiers.
Wang Hao ordered nearly 500 soldiers from the street department standing in front of him to bring the tools of work and go to Hanlin Lane to demolish the illegal buildings with the word "demolition" written on the exterior wall. Each of them held hoes, sickles, shovels, shovels, picks, forks, baskets, dustpans, baskets, baskets, turbans, baskets, turbans, axes, shoulder poles, hemp ropes, tile knives and other tools, which were all available.
After Wang Hao's order, all the five hundred soldiers from the street office went out to leave the front yard of the yamen, walked majestic on Liangmen Street, heading towards the direction where Hanlin Lane was.
However, what made Wang Hao overjoyed was that he originally thought that when he stood with the soldiers of the street department, he said that he wanted to go to Hanlin Lane to demolish illegal buildings, many soldiers of the street department would feel timid and discouraged.
The result never expected that when the soldiers of the street department heard Wang Hao saying that he wanted to go to Hanlin Lane to demolish illegal buildings, they not only received their positive response, but also many people rushed to express their intentions that they would be the first to rush to the front. The enthusiasm was quite high, and almost everyone was eager to try.
As for why the soldiers of the Street Department actively responded to Wang Hao's call, it was probably because in the early Northern Song Dynasty, the court began to implement the policy of "focusing on culture and neglecting military forces". In the eyes of these soldiers, it was really satisfying that they could personally demolish the illegal buildings in the houses of these officials stationed in Beijing!
On this side, Wang Hao, who had just become the Secretary of the Streets, led about 500 soldiers of the Streets, walked proudly on the streets of Tokyo City, and rushed to the destination of their trip, Hanlin Lane.
On the other side, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, who had just had lunch, stayed in his bedroom, Funing Palace, but he was a little restless and wandered for a long time. He was still worried about the illegal buildings in Hanlin Lane that the street officials had not yet demolished today. Some were worried about the conflict between the two sides at the demolition site, and even causing deaths. He didn't know what to do.
At this time, Princess Fukang Zhao Huiruo broke into Funing Palace. Zhang Maoze, the deputy chief of the squad who was waiting for the order outside the hall, could not stop him at all, and had to follow Zhao Huiruo into the hall.
Chapter completed!