I started with the Shinsengumi in Bakumatsu

Chapter 244 Transforming Osaka

Sakamoto Ryoma said indifferently: "Yataro, don't scare Mr. Glover. The Prime Minister has stopped pursuing this matter long ago."

Yataro Iwasaki seemed to have known it for a long time, but he also complained angrily: "Damn it, Ryoma, you are always like this! Where do you get such good luck?"

Sakamoto Ryoma rubbed the back of his head and laughed: "Hahaha, I don't know either. Come on, Yataro, don't be unhappy, come and have a drink to celebrate my becoming a baron!"

"Ah, damn it, you are already a noble!"

Iwasaki Yataro became even more angry, but he still raised a glass to celebrate Sakamoto Ryoma.

In fact, he was just jealous of Sakamoto Ryoma's good luck. It seemed that Sakamoto Ryoma had much better luck than him since he was a child.

But he only has one good friend like Sakamoto Ryoma.

Grover also knew that these two friends always got along like this. Although Iwasaki Yataro was always rude, he was still worried when he heard the news.

Grover raised his glass and said: "Mr. Ryoma, cheers to friendship!"

The mayor of Osaka quickly responded: "Hey, I'll remember it and I'll revise the drawings right away."

Even the branches are four-lane and two-lane, reducing traffic pressure.

"Cheers to friendship, Mr. Glover!"

In the middle is Osaka Castle, where some areas will be renovated, leaving behind the historical buildings such as the Imperial Palace and the castle tower where the shogun once lived. In addition, some houses have not been modified, and only ordinary residences will be converted into two- and three-story buildings.

Moreover, after the emergence of automobiles, they will only be luxury goods for at least twenty years, not something ordinary people can afford, and traffic pressure will be controllable.

In particular, Osaka Police Chief Yamazaki Hao was a confidant during the Shinsengumi period.

Originally, Yagyu Heiyan wanted to build overpasses, etc., but found that the technology was not up to standard and had to give up.

In addition, the streets are also divided very carefully, especially to prepare for the cars behind, so the planned main road is six lanes and very wide.

……

Yagyu Heeyan nodded and said: "The design of the city must not only take into account the current development, but also take into account the future."

In the Osaka City Hall, Yagyu Heiyan is sitting in the mayor's seat, and others are sitting on both sides. There is a drawing in the middle of the long table, which is the city map of Osaka City.

With Yamazaki Hao watching, Yagyu Heiyan knew the situation in Osaka very clearly.

Sakamoto Ryoma immediately drank a full glass.

The design drawing has been initially drawn up and needs to be reviewed by Yagyu Heiyan. After all, Osaka Castle is the second city he runs after Yagyu Heiyan's restoration.

They renovated the outer areas of Osaka Castle and some areas within the city.

Among them were Yokoi Kokusu, Shibusawa Eiichi and other ministers, as well as the mayor of Osaka who left with them.

"Hi!"

However, there is no need to add an additional commercial district to the east. The Kyoto business circle is likely to be expanded to the Osaka side, and only residential areas and other infrastructure will be provided. "

Halfway through the dance, Yagyu Sheeyan left the dance early.

The various streets and towns outside the city have long been cleared, and are now divided into residential areas, commercial areas, campuses, industrial areas in remote areas, etc.

Yagyu Heiyan carefully looked at the resource allocation in each region, nodded and said: "Well, it is very good that Osaka Kita District is arranged as an industrial zone, so that transportation is convenient and it is convenient to transport raw materials.

Yagyu Heiyan continued: "Compensation for Osaka citizens must be done in place, using previous data as a standard, and providing two compensation mechanisms to the citizens.

The first is to acquire their houses and land at 1.5 times or twice the market price.

The second is to compensate them for a newly built house. The living area is equal to the area they used before, and an additional compensation is provided, which is the average annual income of local residents for three years. "

The mayor of Osaka nodded repeatedly and took note of Yagyu Heiyan's teachings.

After preliminary plans for the reconstruction of Osaka City were made, Yagyu Hiyan asked them to go down and do their work.

Yokoi Kokusu, Shibusawa Eiichi, the Mayor of Osaka and others immediately cooperated and made a new design drawing for Yagyu Heiyan to check. After passing it, they began to rebuild things.

First, officials from the Osaka government will go to the temporary residence to negotiate with land-owning citizens and let them choose one of the two options.

Of course, this kind of thing is not that easy. These are Osaka citizens with a long history of trade. Naturally, they don't want to hand over their land so easily.

They think in exchange for more money, this is a good deal.

Outside Osaka City, there were construction sites everywhere, but members of the Constitutional Party took to the streets one after another. They stood on the high ground where bricks had accumulated.

“Citizens, we lost our houses because of this war. Now we return to our homes, but the government forces us to choose between two options, but no matter which choice we make, we have lost our freedom!

We absolutely cannot accept this choice. We need to have normal business negotiations with the government to protect our interests! "

"Yes, we do not allow the government to take away our rights, which are given to us by the Constitution!"

"Give me my rights and negotiate with me!"

"The government has no right to force us!"

Members of the Constitutional Party gave speeches on the streets, and many merchants and vendors followed suit to support the Constitutional Party. However, most citizens were already discussing the two conditions with the government.

What businessmen care about are the derived assets, which is something that ordinary citizens don't know and that big businessmen expect.

As for other small and medium-sized vendors, this is mainly because street vendors have been regulated and special markets have been set up in the new cities built by the government.

To operate in this market, you need to pay a fee based on the size of the shop. This increases the cost for the vendors. Everyone has never done this before, and naturally they don’t want to do it now.

The storm caused by the Constitutional Party and businessmen on the streets has been sent to Yagyu Heiyan's desk by the secret police.

He was not too surprised by this. These people were always evil. Although they could not push him down, they could still cause him some trouble.

"These fleas can really jump."

Yagyu Heiyan casually complained and said: "Let the city government issue a new announcement and do not accept the official compensation conditions. The government will only compensate the price of the damaged buildings. At that time, the land owners will build the buildings themselves, and the official uniform will no longer be responsible. "

Shibusawa Eiichi asked quickly: "Prime Minister, are we just giving in?" "Giving in? Haha."

Liu Shengxiyan looked disdainful.

"This is retreat in order to advance."

Yokoi Konan said in confusion: "Prime Minister, you don't know how to make progress by retreating?"

Yagyu Heiyan looked at Yokoi Konan and said: "You have to do this, we have to issue a national document.

This document is mainly aimed at the regulation of buildings. The Prime Minister said that buildings cannot exceed their usable area and occupy public land boundaries. If they do not comply with the regulations, they will be demolished.

Secondly, buildings must also meet safety standards in terms of fire prevention and other safety hazards, and must have smooth escape routes, fire extinguishing tools, etc. If they do not meet the requirements, they must be rectified.

Finally, there are some subdivision regulations, which are mainly determined according to their uses, which are mainly divided into residential, commercial and public building categories.

Do you think these people have taken advantage after this national document was passed? "

Yokoi Konan exclaimed: "What a great idea! Let these scheming Osaka businessmen suffer a big loss!"

With Yagyu Heiyan's plan to advance by retreating, the mayor of Osaka acted accordingly.

The next day, officials in Osaka Prefecture immediately conveyed the government's new announcement.

An official said with the latest announcement: "The government pities the citizens of Osaka who made huge sacrifices in this war. In order to prevent the sacrifices of Osaka citizens from being in vain, the Osaka City Government has decided after deliberation that it is unwilling to accept the compensation previously proposed by the government. Conditions, the government can provide other compensation conditions.”

Immediately, someone asked impatiently: "What are the new conditions?"

"Isn't the government just perfunctory?"

"We must defend our rights!"

"Then can we go back on what we agreed before?"

"I don't know what the new conditions will be like. We can take another look."

The Osaka Prefectural official immediately raised his hand to stop the discussion of the people below.

He said loudly: "Everyone, the new conditions given by the city government are to compensate you for your previous losses according to the market price. Your land will not be forcibly taken back. In addition, your average income for three years will be compensated."

"Ah? Don't you want to take back your own land? My place seems to be near the school in the plan."

"What does this mean? My place is the center of the business district. If I sell it to the government, I will suffer a huge loss."

"After all, these conditions are for those who have compensation. What about us small vendors? Why are we driven to the market? Just to collect a stall fee?"

Everyone was talking, some were excited, some were disappointed, and some were scolding the government for eating the steamed buns with human blood from the vendors.

It's just that Osaka Prefecture officials ignored the small vendors who yelled at the government. In his opinion, these people couldn't make any trouble.

In fact, this was just as Osaka officials expected. In the eyes of the Constitutional Party and wealthy businessmen, the government's new conditions meant that the government was giving in. They immediately held a banquet to celebrate.

This group of people has achieved their goal, and naturally they will not join the street vendors in a fight with the Osaka City Government where both parties will suffer losses.

And what about those common people? If the location is not good, they have already accepted the government's conditions. If the conditions are good, there is nothing to choose from. They choose what they can see and touch and hold it in their hands, waiting for appreciation.

Small vendors without fixed land are like duckweeds without roots and can only rely on other classes, which is doomed to failure.

For small vendors, Yagyu Heiyan is a must. Take action to rectify.

These small vendors sell their goods on the street and often place their goods on the roadside. When there are many people, their place will be squeezed by more and more people, causing traffic accidents.

Nowadays, there are only bicycles and rickshaws in the traffic, so there won’t be too many traffic accidents. But if motorcycles and cars are added in the future, there will definitely be a lot of traffic accidents.

Therefore, dealing with the place where small vendors operate is a matter of responsibility for both parties.

It's a pity that the vendors care more about their own interests.

However, Yagyu Heiyan's plan was to remove the firepower from the bottom of the cauldron, causing the massive opposition activities to disappear a lot and lose their momentum.

Many people still don't understand that the government's behavior is to retreat in order to advance. They think that the government is afraid of the Constitutional Party, or it is afraid of a large group of wealthy businessmen. In short, this makes them want to go further.

This time they joined forces to protect their own interests and successfully made the government back down. This behavior that can change government policies makes them addicted.

Many people in the Constitutional Party believe that this method can directly control the Osaka City Government.

In order to make this incident famous, many wealthy businessmen proposed: "We can acquire land from others in advance. We only need to pay more money than the government. Once we get the land, we will hold it in our hands." Once the new city is built, we will find that it is under our control."

Many people approved of this plan, and they immediately took action and secretly bribed those citizens who had land in the business district or school district.

He offered a price that was 10% higher than the government, causing many people to sell their houses and land to them.

Naturally, such a situation has not escaped the detection of the secret police, but all parties are waiting silently.

For more than a month after that, the government did nothing, which made the wealthy businessmen even more unscrupulous. They have organized construction teams to build luxurious buildings on their own sites, just waiting for the new city to open and make a lot of money.

Yagyu Shengxi carefully checked the information sent by the secret police department. He only glanced at it briefly and found that everything was under control.

He didn't care too much about all this.

The matter in Osaka will be settled after the new regulations are passed by Congress, and there is no need for him to continue to waste energy.

What he still has to do now is to teach the Tokugawa Party a lesson.

In the past two years, the Tokugawa party in the House of Lords and the cabinet had become somewhat estranged from him. Their leader, Tokugawa Keki, was ready to make a move, and had already had his wrong thoughts several times.

In the past, he compromised with the old forces and retained the vast majority of the old shogunate officials. However, with several national examinations to promote officials, the proportion of old shogunate officials within the government was greatly reduced.

Now he has to solve the problem of too many former shogunate officials in the cabinet.

Yagyu Heiyan took out the signed job transfer order and asked Tokugawa Qingxi to be called.

(End of this chapter)