Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 222: Dilemma on the Tidal Flats

Sure enough, Qi Tongwei's next sentence was full of murderous intent.

“As for the houses on the tidal flats, we should tell them directly that they should not even think about compensation. They are asking for trouble themselves, and it is wishful thinking to expect the government to pay for their resettlement.

You go through the procedures, have the relevant functional department issue a notice, and then report it to the district court. After the district court issues a compulsory order, the demolition is immediately carried out.”

This group of people really angered Qi Tongwei. They went to the district and the street office to make trouble more than once. The most serious incident was that they directly occupied the cafeteria of the Xiaqiao Street Office and slept in it. They also said they would go to Beijing to petition.

Other leaders were afraid of this and the trouble, and might have directly included them in the geological disaster rescue and resettlement plan and paid for it together, but Qi Tongwei decided to stick to it to the end.

Because it was obvious that all these houses were illegal buildings, demolition notices were issued more than once, but they made such a fuss that the process was delayed for more than a year.

"Director, do you really want to do this? There seems to be no precedent for asking the court to issue an injunction."

Letting the court issue an order is a part of the Western legal system. It is rarely done in China, at least no one does it in this era. However, Qi Tongwei is a legal expert.

The law clearly stipulates that this can be done. As long as the order is issued by the court, the direction of this group of people's petition is completely wrong. Generally, they ask the administrative department to change the administrative review situation, which directly turns into a situation where they need to sue the higher court and change the court order.

Such a petition may directly attract the attention of the two highest houses, because in this era, there has been no case of ordinary people suing the government. Qi Tongwei wants to set a precedent so that his name can continue to appear at the highest level.

It’s just that he would never say this purpose out loud. What he said was always in a legitimate way, for the purpose of upholding the dignity of the law and the interests of the people.

It was normal for Li Wei not to understand at this time. Which leader was not afraid of trouble? They would distribute the money to the common people based on the trouble they caused.

Besides, the money given is all government money, not individual money. I don’t understand.

This is the cognitive gap between the two.

Qi Tongwei's goal was to make the matter bigger and try to use legal means to initiate the first case of a citizen suing an official, so that he, the instigator, would continue to be famous in the legal field. A little trouble for this would not be a problem at all.

As a local, Li Wei is naturally afraid of being cursed by local residents, because his mother really lives here and would hear it. He only wants to do things that will win praise from local residents and avoid these troubles whenever possible.

However, Li Wei has not yet realized that he will have to take over the more difficult demolition work of Jiangbei Street. At that time, he will have no place to hide and must make a choice. If he does a good job, he may be scolded by the people, but he can firmly join the Standing Committee. If he does not do a good job, Qi Tongwei and Jin Xinkai will directly throw him into an idle department, and he will not be able to turn over for at least five years.

Faced with Qi Tongwei's clear instructions, Li Wei had no way to resist. At the following meetings, Li Wei began to advocate the tough demolition of more than a dozen houses on the tidal flats. The cadres of Xiaqiao Street did not think that this tough trend would last to the end.

Because generally speaking, the government will be tough at first, and then hint at negotiations, just like selling fish in the vegetable market. They won’t sell it for less than 20 yuan per pound, but when they see the customer is about to leave, they lower the price to 15 yuan. Finally, they get so annoyed that they have no choice but to sell it for 10 yuan.

But this time, it seems a little different.

Until the end of May, the district government had not given in. With the rainy season approaching in half a month, the residents on the mudflats began to panic because some of the piles they had driven into the ground had been corroded.

The owner, Zhao Laoer, was looking at the piles he had driven into the ground, feeling extremely regretful. At the same time, his next door neighbor, Li Laosan, came over to visit.

"Third brother, come and take a look. Houses built with sea sand really can't be lived in for many years."

Li Laosan looked like Zhao Laoer who had practiced iron sand palm, and he easily pinched the concrete off the pillar with his fingers.

He himself was in a heavy mood. At first, they didn't take the situation seriously and thought that what the government said was nonsense. No one wanted the tidal flats anyway. It was the collective land of the village, so there was nothing wrong with building houses on it.

There was indeed no problem living there in the first few years. Zhao Laoer's house had been built four years ago, and he was the one who could feel the house's shorter and shorter life the most. He was also the one who jumped up and down the most.

Several other households were still hoping for the best, thinking they could live in the houses like ordinary ones for decades, and then demolish and rebuild them when they got old or outdated. That was because the houses of the other households were built and occupied within the past two years, and were still in a safe period.

Li Laosan was also in a heavy mood. He sat at the tea table and drank the precious black tea, which was tasteless.

“Brother, why don’t we listen to the government and move away? Since it’s such a commotion, we will all listen to you and occupy the town government cafeteria. The whole family has slept there for two days.

The government is not softening its tone at all. The day before yesterday, my client told me that he has connections in the district, and he said that Deputy District Mayor Li Wei said we were violating traffic rules.

Once the notice was issued, the house was demolished, and even the court documents were brought along, leaving us with no place to file a lawsuit.”

Zhao Laoer slammed the table hard.

“It’s so unfair. I’ve inquired about it. The houses on the hillside of those streets and the two houses in Qinshan Town that Li Wei gave were all for relocation, and the demolition standards were the highest.

Why has it become an illegal building here? It costs one hundred yuan per square meter. I spent so much money on decoration and foundation construction.

They said that their house was a geological disaster risk point with the possibility of landslide due to mountain movement.

Then our house is also a dangerous house."

Zhao Laoer did not notice that from the very beginning, in their demands to the government, their house was absolutely safe and it was the government that forcibly demolished their good house. The government was begging them to give them the highest standard of compensation.

But at this time, he had already admitted that the government's judgment was accurate. These sea sand houses built on the mudflats might not last for many years. They were easy to attack and defend, and now they were the ones who were anxious.

Other neighbors who were passing by also heard Zhao Laoer's voice. Actually, they were not unaware of their situation. Some of the houses were built by people who had housing plots in the village. They just thought they could take advantage and built a low-rise retirement house for their parents. They were not like Zhao Laoer and Li Laosan, who built a real three-story building. So after making a fuss for several months, they were the people with the least motivation.

That afternoon, three elderly people, who were the owners of two sea sand houses, came to Xiaqiao Subdistrict and found the officer in charge.