My father is Jiajing

Chapter 383: Ming Dynasty Nail House

After a night of tension, both Shuntian Prefecture in the inner city of the capital and the Beijing Special District Yamen in the outer city breathed a sigh of relief at the moment of dawn.

Less than twenty houses were destroyed by the earthquake in the inner city of the capital, and less than a hundred people were affected. Therefore, before the second half of the night, Hu Zongxian had already made arrangements for these affected people and placed them in temporary relief sites set up by the government.

The situation in the outer city of the capital was more complicated. Due to Hai Rui's previous strict supervision requirements, there were no dangerous situations in the projects under construction and they were relatively safe.

But some places are not so good, such as some places where people gather and the place has haphazardly built buildings, and these places have caused many problems.

Some poorly built houses not only collapsed in this earthquake, but also caused certain difficulties for the rescue work.

Fortunately, the SAR government responded quickly and did not wait until dawn to deal with these matters.

Therefore, these houses collapsed by the earthquake were quickly rescued and cleared by the special zone government, so that the affected people living in them also received corresponding assistance.

Therefore, after a night of hard work by the Special District government, no major disaster occurred in the Beijing Special District. Except for a few unlucky guys whose legs were broken by poor quality houses and some scratches, most people were relatively safe.

The number of collapsed houses counted afterwards was relatively reassuring. It was not as many as imagined, only more than 200 houses, and no more than 1,000 people were affected.

Zhu Zaigui waved his hand and asked Hai Rui to arrange these more than a thousand people to live in the work shed dormitories that had vacant rooms, so that they could temporarily spend this difficult period here.

At the same time, Zhu Zaigui said to Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and others who had been busy all night: "The danger in the Special Zone has been temporarily lifted. I have seen everyone's hard work and I am very moved. But the next thing is the real focus!"

"The community renovation project that I mentioned before can now be carried out on a large scale. At this time, I think the people's resistance will not be as strong as it was at the beginning."

"After all, this earthquake has made them realize that the quality of their houses is not as solid as they imagined. Therefore, the focus of the special zone government's work in the future should still be on continuing to promote the renovation of the old outer city district."

"However, we must also pay attention to the methods and approaches during this process. For those who like to take advantage of bargains, push for more, and ask for exorbitant prices, the SAR government must be patient enough and should not use violence easily. We must persuade them repeatedly with emotion and reason."

"If they still refuse to listen, the planning department of the Special District Office can post a notice in the alley where they live to suspend the planning of the area and cancel all compensation. Anyway, there are a lot of vacant land in the outer city, and there is no need to waste time on a piece of land. When the time comes, we don't need to take action against people like this who use their own selfish interests to harm the interests of everyone. Naturally, the righteous people will take action to educate them."

Zhu Zaigui said this in a very calm manner, but in fact, behind this calmness, he was also in a lot of pain.

Zhu Zaigui never expected that there would be such a thing as "nail households" in a feudal dynasty like the Ming Dynasty.

However, after understanding the cause and effect of the incident, Zhu Zaigui did not ask the special zone government to take compulsory measures.

After all, the laws of the Ming Dynasty still have to be obeyed, and the Ming Dynasty laws also clearly protect private property. Since the place belongs to someone else and they are unwilling to give it up, then as a local government, they certainly cannot seize it by force.

Otherwise, what is the difference between this and banditry?
Moreover, the outer cities of the capital are vast and sparsely populated. Since it is difficult to carry out work in some places due to the large number of tasks, we can just move to other places. In the end, it will not affect the development of the special zone anyway.

Because at the beginning, Zhu Zaigui focused on the development of open areas, and did not focus on those densely populated areas. It was only because Zhu Zaigui was kind-hearted and thought that these people might need some help, so he asked Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng to allocate some construction resources to these people to carry out some "old city reconstruction".

As a result, some individuals actually believed that their places had become Feng Shui treasure lands, and they even started to raise the price, asking the special zone government for an exorbitant price for such a small piece of land. Did they really think that the development of the special zone was all due to that little piece of land?
So after learning about these situations, Zhu Zaigui hardened his heart. He thought that the worst that could happen was that he would just build a high wall to separate them.

However, for those places that were willing to cooperate with the special zone government in the transformation of new communities, Zhu Zaigui also asked Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng to continue working on it. After all, these people were still the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they still had to be given the care they deserved.

Otherwise, the government will just be high and mighty, and sooner or later it will become alienated from the people.

Therefore, in the current work of the Special District Government, communicating with the people living in these complicated old alleys has become a key focus of the Special District Government.

So over the past year or so, most of the people living in the old alleys with complex populations and extremely poor living experiences have seen the rapid changes in other parts of the Special Administrative Region.

They still extremely hope that the SAR government can demarcate new communities in their area so that they can move out and enjoy the good life that they have never enjoyed before.

Now that Zhu Zaigui brought up the matter again, Gao Gong naturally took the initiative to respond to Zhu Zaigui's questions.

Gao Gong replied, "Your Highness, don't worry about this. During the past year or so of work, Zhang Juzheng and I have gotten to know the people of the Special Zone. Whenever we have plans to transform the alleys where they currently live into new communities, these people are all overjoyed. After all, this is all the grace of the court, and it is not always available."

When Zhu Zaigui heard Gao Gong say this, he couldn't help but feel curious.

After all, Zhu Zaigui knew best what this job was like at the beginning.

Otherwise, because he had read a lot over the years, had a good temper, and was proud of his status, Zhu Zaigui sometimes really wanted to send someone to solve the problem violently.

However, when he thought that some of these people were indeed in trouble, and some were indeed ignorant people who were used as guns by others, Zhu Zaigui gradually suppressed the evil in his heart and did not use violence to solve the problem.

After all, even if these people are selfish and short-sighted, they are also citizens of the Ming Dynasty. If we habitually use violence in treating them, then when we encounter normal complaints from good people, wouldn't we sometimes do the same just to save trouble?
Therefore, when Zhu Zaigui thought clearly and understood that the world is difficult, his mentality became peaceful.

He never tired of telling Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng to actively recognize the complexity of mass work, to be more patient and use more methods, not to make the relationship between the government and the people rigid, and to use the masses to deal with the bad elements who undermine the public interest.

In this way, the government can always ensure that the interests of the vast majority of the people are consistent. In this way, many things will become easy and no longer difficult.

Now hearing Gao Gong's answer, it seemed that he and Zhang Juzheng had already mastered the method of handling mass work.

It seems that placing these two talented people in the special zone government to gain experience is a very wise decision!
Zhu Zaigui praised Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, "Thank you for your hard work. With you two in charge of the Special Zone, I have nothing to worry about! Everyone was busy last night, so go and rest now. I will also go back to my residence to catch up on some sleep."

After saying this, Zhu Zaigui yawned, then left the Special District Office with a smile.

(End of this chapter)