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Chapter 29: Going out of the palace again

"It seems that Kaifeng Prefecture and the Street Department are coming this time. I heard that two days ago, there were more than 200 illegal buildings in Hanlin Lane. Now, we have to demolish illegal buildings that invade and occupy roads in our city of Tokyo. This is a big deal!"
"No, look, don't the notices posted in Kaifeng Mansion clearly state that any illegal buildings marked as "demolition" will be demolished within three days. If they are not demolished within the deadline, the street department will be responsible for the forced demolition from noon after three days."
"The people from this street office are really good! I heard that in the second half of the night, they took advantage of the people in the city to sleep and smear the streets and alleys in the city. On the exterior walls of illegal buildings that invade the streets and occupy roads, they used white paint to write the word "demolition". From the middle of the night to the hour of Mao, they worked for four hours. During this period, they did not stop for a while."
"Who said no? I also heard that the new Si Cheng of the Street Department is a young man named Wang Hao. He is a newborn calf and is not afraid of tigers. He even dared to move the two stone lions who invaded the streets and occupied the road in front of the Xia Zhizhe Mansion. He alarmed the Zhao Guan family for this, mobilized a battalion of imperial guards, and subdued the domineering deacons and servants in the Xia Zhizhe Mansion who refused to execute."
"Brother, what you said is all old news! Just two days ago, the street Sisicheng named Wang Hao, he and his people also marked more than 200 illegal buildings in Hanlin Lane. The officials stationed in Beijing who lived in Hanlin Lane within a specified period of time were demolished by themselves within one day, and those officials stationed in Beijing really demolished themselves!"
"All the illegal buildings in Hanlin Lane have been demolished, and it is probably difficult to maintain illegal buildings in other parts of the city! Anyway, only rich families will stamp illegal buildings, and they will not be affected by us ordinary people."
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At about noon that day, a notice from Kaifeng Prefecture was posted on a wall on the north side of the intersection of Panlou East Cross Street. In a short while, hundreds of passers-by gathered in front of the notice to stop and watch.
In fact, at hundreds of intersections in the streets and alleys in Tokyo, the Kaifeng government yamen runners almost posted a notice of "demolishing within a deadline".
The idea of ​​posting a notice of "demolishing within a time limit" was proposed by Wang Hao personally to Kaifeng Prefecture Bao Zheng in the backyard of the street official yamen at around the same time today.
Although Bao Zheng, the prefect of Kaifeng, was reluctant to do this proposal, Bao Zheng made a military order with Song Renzong Zhao Zhen in the court that day, not only bet on his black hat, but also on his wealth and life, he had to adopt Wang Hao's proposal and personally draft the content of the notice.
After printing thousands of notices, Bao Zheng sent more than 200 yamen runners to the intersection of streets and alleys in Tokyo to post them. Before noon today, all of these thousand notices had been posted.
Not long after noon, the street company's toll officers began to patrol the streets in Tokyo after taking a nap in the morning. This time, the street company's toll officers not only patrol the streets, but also went to people with white paint on the exterior walls of the building, and made oral notifications from door to door to carry out demolition within three days.
Given that the street department successfully demolished more than 200 illegal buildings in Hanlin Lane two days ago, these families who opened the gate to receive the street company's manpower, whether they were the owners of the house, officials, deacons or servants, were very cooperative in their attitude towards the street company's manpower.
At first, Bao Zheng was still skeptical about Wang Hao's idea, because as far as he knew, before the official Zhao Zhen, including Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi (renamed Zhao Jing after ascending the throne), Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng, these three late emperors since the founding of the Song Dynasty also issued edicts to manage the streets and alleys of Tokyo City, but the result was very little.
The reason why Bao Zheng dared to make a military order with his black hat and his wealth and life in front of Song Renzong Zhao Zhen was because he was forced by the situation in the court at that time.
In addition, after You Zhengyan Ouyang Xiu's incisive analysis, he made this decision after a fever. Now, it made Bao Zheng a little scared and realized that he was a little excited at that time.
Not to mention that Bao Zheng was doubting Wang Hao's bold words of slapping his chest to assure him that all illegal buildings marked in the streets and alleys in Tokyo were demolished within three days. Even after the morning court, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen was deeply doubting that Bao Zheng had made a military order to demolish the illegal buildings in the Tokyo city within ten days in front of a group of civil and military officials in front of a group of civil and military officials.
Next, for two consecutive days, no one mentioned the demolition of illegal buildings in Tokyo by the street department. Although Song Renzong Zhao Zhen was very concerned about this, he did not ask about the progress.
First, it is not like adding pressure to Kaifeng Prefecture Bao Zheng, and second, if the progress is not smooth, it does not want to make Bao Zheng lose face in front of the ministers. Even after the morning court, he did not leave Bao Zheng alone to ask questions, but he could not hide his anxiety.
Just now, when eating with Empress Cao and Concubine Miao, Zhao Guanjia, who was anxious about this matter, accidentally revealed a few words to Empress Cao and Concubine Miao, which could be regarded as relieving the depression and unhappiness in his heart.
By chance, Princess Fukang, who was having a meal at the same table, heard it. She immediately patted her slightly raised chest and volunteered to Zhao Zhen, the worried face of Song Renzong, Zhao Zhen, and said, "Dad, don't be worried and anxious about this matter. Ruoer is willing to leave the palace for her father to find out the progress of this matter and solve your problems for you."
Seeing his eldest daughter so understanding, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen was very moved. Although he agreed in his heart, it was difficult to open the golden mouth in front of Empress Cao and Concubine Miao.
Empress Cao and Concubine Miao on the side were treated by Zhao Hui, who was just 28 years old, strictly disciplined Zhao Hui, not to mention leaving the palace, even if his daily activities were limited to the harem.
A few days ago, Zhao Huiruo followed Zhao Guanjia out of the palace together, and later Zhao Huiruo and Zhang Maoze out of the palace together, Empress Cao and Concubine Miao later learned that Zhao Huiruo had left the palace for the first time to check with Zhao Guanjia whether the two stone lions that had invaded the streets and occupied the road were removed in front of Xia Shu's house. The second time was to check the demolition progress of the illegal buildings in Hanlin Lane for Zhao Guanjia, so he did not punish Zhao Huiruo.
Now, Empress Cao and Concubine Miao were very worried when they saw that Zhao's family was very worried, so they had changed their image as a "shin" and agreed that Zhao Hui could leave the palace to do things for the family.
Chapter completed!
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