Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1679, adapt measures to local conditions
"Small stalls and small stalls occupying roads hinder traffic, but if they are not allowed to set up stalls, wouldn't this mean that people's lives will be cut off?"

"Isn't this the government forcing the people to rebel?"

Weng Hong was even angrier when he heard many opposing voices, and continued.

"If you don't allow them to occupy the road and operate it, will you lose your way of life?"

"Is it the government forcing the people to rebel?"

"According to your logic, isn't it true that countless people in the Nancheng New District will starve to death a long time ago?"

"According to your logic, isn't it because we robbed those robbers and arrested those petty thieves that we also cut off their income and forced them to rebel?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately asked again.

"Don't confuse right and wrong. Robbers are robbers. These small vendors are all honest and responsible people, and they cannot be generalized."

Weng Hong couldn't say Liu Jin, but he was not convinced.

"Although small stalls and hawkers are honest and responsible people, it is wrong to occupy roads and operate, which affects people's traffic and affects the cleanliness of the city."

"Don't let them occupy the road to operate, and I didn't say that they wouldn't let them do business. Why can't they rent a shop to do business?"

"In the final analysis, it is still the mentality of ordinary people. Renting a store requires rent, and occupying the road is free."

"In the past, when the capital was small and the population was small, these small stalls and hawkers were not a big problem, but now, the population and size of the capital are several times that of before."

"If such a huge city is not properly managed and planned, what kind of chaos will it be?"

"You are a majestic minister of the imperial court. You don't need to worry about how the capital is in chaos, because the chaos is not on your head. But for the people at the bottom of the capital, this is a matter of personal concern."

"You keep talking about the common people, talking about the government forcing the people to rebel, but you don't seriously think about what is good for the common people and how to truly provide a better environment for the common people. "

Liu Jin looked at Weng Hong in front of him, the censor who was like a shitstick, he couldn't do shit, but he always made you unable to do anything.

"Your Majesty, I think that all the ministers in the court should go to the old city and the Dongcheng District to have a look. Don't wear the official mansion on their body. After reading it, they should go to the Nancheng District to have a look."

"The magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture is precisely because he is deeply aware of the many problems brought about by the continuous expansion of the population and scale of the capital. He clearly knows that he can no longer be the same as before, doing nothing and doing nothing. The management method has changed, so it was established, and the Urban Management Bureau and the Urban Construction Bureau also independently separated the prison office."

"Everything we do is to adapt to the new development, new situation, and new situation of the capital, and to make policy changes according to the location and time."

Immediately Liu Jin also turned around and asked Emperor Hongzhi for instructions.

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi and all the ministers nodded their heads in agreement.

How can these ministers not know about the situation in the capital? Everyone knows a thing or two about whether it is chaotic or not. The old city is crowded with people, the roads are narrow, and travel is extremely inconvenient. The Dongcheng District lacks planning, and everyone builds and messes indiscriminately. It's dirty and messy. Compared with the new city in the South District, it's like heaven and earth.

"If that's the case, then everyone should change into casual clothes and go around the capital to have a look."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard what Liu Jin said, he naturally liked it.

As a father, what he likes most is naturally hearing someone praise his son for being amazing.

I am very annoyed at this Weng Hong, Zhu Houzhao has only been the governor of Shuntian Prefecture for a few days, you come to join him, did he provoke you?
Even if some new policies and systems are introduced, they must be for the benefit of the people in the capital. It is impossible to say that Zhu Houzhao is a dignified prince to profit from it.

If you change to another minister, you really have to think about whether you want to make a profit from it or something. Zhu Houzhao is the prince, he can't make profits for himself, and Zhu Houzhao has more money than Emperor Hongzhi.

"Yes~"

When the ministers heard this, they immediately replied in unison.

Soon, Emperor Hongzhi and all the ministers also started to change their casual clothes in the side hall, and then started to tour the capital in groups of three and four, looking around the capital.

As for Emperor Hongzhi, he was naturally accompanied by important ministers such as Liu Jin, Li Dongyang, Liu Jian, and Qi Zhong.

The crowd left the palace, and sat on a four-wheeled vehicle to go to Fangshi, where ordinary people in the capital lived.

"Your Majesty, there is no way ahead."

When the carriage of Emperor Hongzhi and his party had just arrived in the civilian area, Xiao Jing came forward to report, and everyone got out of the carriage and looked at the street in front of them.

Originally, the street was not considered spacious, but both sides were occupied by small stalls and hawkers who set up stalls. They occupied both sides, leaving only a little road in the middle for people to walk on, and even bicycles had to be pushed, let alone It's a four-wheeled carriage.

Looking at the sanitation on the street, it is even worse. Vendors who set up stalls to do business don’t care too much about these things. The soil and rotten vegetables left by the vegetable vendors, and the greasy food left by the snack business , Tangtangshuishui and so on, the whole street is filled with unpleasant smells, obviously it is not a day or two.

In the past, the population of the capital was smaller, and the business was not so easy to do. There were not so many hawkers. Now that the population of the capital is more dense, the business of the hawkers is much better, and more people are attracted to join this business. This has caused the current capital, especially the old city, to become even more congested.

"Go to the next neighborhood to have a look."

Emperor Hongzhi didn't say anything, and he began to see that the situation was similar in each neighborhood. There were a large number of small stalls and hawkers occupying the roads in each neighborhood, which had seriously affected the traffic and order in the capital. The capital is clean and hygienic.

Emperor Hongzhi and others even personally saw a few peddlers who were coughing and had runny noses. They were still making buns and noodles for people there. .

After watching the old city, Emperor Hongzhi and his party came to Dongcheng again.

Few people come here in the Dongcheng District, and the most people go to the New Town in the South District.

As soon as they came to Dongcheng District, everyone felt that it was a mess of words.

Everything here is a mess.

If it is just small stalls and hawkers occupying the road in the old city, affecting traffic and sanitation, then the Dongcheng district is in chaos.

The first is the road traffic. There is no straight road at all. These roads are winding. There is a good road in the middle, and there is a protruding area in the middle, where many houses are built.

Also, the road that was originally a two-way two-lane road suddenly became a one-way one-lane road, which was extremely congested.

The many small roads connecting the few cement roads are still dirt roads. In this winter, the snow on the roads melts and becomes extremely muddy.

Look at the surrounding houses again, without any planning, they were built randomly.

Rich people build reinforced concrete buildings, but the reinforced concrete buildings have different orientations. Some face east, some face west, some face south, and some are built in a mess to occupy more land. .

Some of them had no money and built old brick and tile houses randomly. In some places, there were even a large number of shanty houses built randomly, and a large number of people lived in them.

The housing prices in the capital city are really too expensive, and the rent is not cheap. For those who have not worked in factories and have no food and housing, it is obviously very cost-effective to build shanty houses.

There are also many real estate developments in the Dongcheng District, some of which were built directly by some local landlords and gentry who recruited people to raise funds. Not to mention the lack of a plan, the houses were built indiscriminately, and the roads were not repaired. It was a mess.

What's even more frightening is that the law and order here is very poor. Not long after Emperor Hongzhi and his party arrived in Dongcheng District, they saw someone stealing and robbing other people's bicycles in broad daylight.

There were even petty thieves who wanted to get close to Emperor Hongzhi and others and steal everyone's wallets, but the palace guards caught them tightly.

But even if they are caught, these petty thieves are still rampant, threatening what kind of gang they are, who is the backer behind them, it is best to let him go, otherwise you will not be able to eat and walk around. of.

This made the faces of Emperor Hongzhi and his party darken. There are still people who dare to threaten Emperor Hongzhi, and the key is the arrogance of these petty thieves.

There is no doubt that this must have been used to it all along.

Because there are so many people in the capital, Shuntian Mansion doesn't have much energy to catch these petty thieves, and gradually they become more and more arrogant and rampant.

Stealing in broad daylight, even if caught, is still arrogant.

"This capital city really needs to be properly managed and caught."

Li Dongyang thought about it and said to Emperor Hongzhi.

"It is indeed necessary to strictly control it, otherwise these people's arrogance will become even more arrogant in the long run."

Liu Jian also nodded solemnly.

"Liu Jin is right. The population and scale of the capital are constantly expanding according to the time and local conditions. Without the planning and control of the government, it will become a mess."

"Ordinary people do things according to their own temperament. It is not a big problem in rural areas to do what is convenient for them. But in cities that are growing and expanding, we can't let everyone do it randomly."

"Just like the Dongcheng District in front of us, if it is not managed, it will be even more chaotic and worse."

Emperor Hongzhi also nodded solemnly. Only by seeing it with his own eyes can he know how chaotic Dongcheng District is. There is no plan at all.

(End of this chapter)