Outside Chaoyang Gate and at the entrance of Dongyue Temple, a number of small jeeps drove up, and a group of cadres got out of the cars.
Lin Sanqi had passed by the temple countless times before, but had never been inside, so he was quite surprised to see it from left to right.
Apart from anything else, just the yellow glazed archway opposite the temple gate is enough to tell you that this is definitely a royal temple, of a very high level and a large scale.
There was a drum tower and a bell tower on each side of the temple entrance. At this time, they had been converted into sentry posts. There were soldiers standing guard on them. When they saw a group of people rushing in, they quickly asked:
"Who are you? This is a military stronghold. No approach allowed."
Minister Li was not annoyed and said with a smile:
"Comrade, we are from the Ministry of Health. Please inform your leader and tell him that we are from the Ministry of Health and are here to visit the Dongyue Temple."
The soldier didn't know whether he had low emotional intelligence or was just sticking to his duty, but he waved his hand and sent them away:
"No matter which department you are from, you can't come near us, otherwise don't blame us for being rude!"
This made the old lady angry:
"Come on, come on, why are you being so rude? You're rebelling. You're calling a dilapidated temple a military restricted area. Hurry up and call your leader over, or don't blame me for being rude!"
Lin Sanqi quickly gave a thumbs-up: "Minister Li is awesome!"
The old lady covered her face and whispered embarrassedly:
"We have to be powerful. We are here to seize their territory. Someone has to play the bad guy, otherwise you won't be able to get this infectious disease hospital."
After saying that, both of them laughed.
After a while, several people in military uniforms came out, led by a middle-aged man with two bars and two stars.
The man looked at the clothes of the people outside the door, and then at the car behind them, and knew that the people coming must be senior cadres. It would be lucky for middle and low-level cadres to have a bicycle.
So he put on a smile and quickly stepped forward: "Hello, leaders. Please forgive me for any inattention. I am Liu Neng, Director of the Capital National Security Bureau Logistics Department. May I ask who you are?"
Secretary Xiaofang stepped forward and introduced:
"Hello, Director Liu. This is Minister Li from the Ministry of Health. This is Vice Minister Zhang. This is Vice Minister Xu. This is...this is Comrade Lin Sanqi, Vice President of the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine..."
Liu Neng hurriedly shook hands with everyone, but he had a thousand questions in his mind: What were these people from the health system doing here? Were they here to report a crime?
Deputy Minister Xu stood up and said with a smile:
"Director Liu, we're here to visit the Dongyue Temple. We also have some matters to discuss with your supervisor. So, please call your director over now, and we'll begin the tour."
Although they were two different systems, the higher-ranking official had the final say, so Director Liu didn't dare to be arrogant, so he quickly nodded and agreed:
"Please come in, leaders. I'll show you around myself. Xiao Zhang, go get Director Yang and tell him that the leaders from the Ministry of Health are here."
"Then I'll trouble you, Director Liu."
"No trouble, no trouble."
Although he didn't understand, Director Liu still enthusiastically acted as a guide:
"This is the main gate of the Dongyue Temple, called the Zhandai Gate. After passing this gate, the elevated main road we walk on is called the Sacred Way. Straight ahead we can see the main hall, called the Daiyue Hall. This was originally where the Dongyue Emperor was enshrined..."
Director Liu gave an enthusiastic introduction, but the people from the Ministry of Health all looked around and began to comment on the layout of the buildings in the temple.
Minister Li pointed to a row of small houses on each side of the main hall's walls and asked:
"Director Liu, are all these small houses here newly built, or were they already there? The layout of the rooms is really great."
"Minister Li, these buildings were already there, but we rebuilt them after the gunpowder factory explosion a few years ago. They were originally called the Seventy-Six Departments, such as the Signature Department, the Life and Death Department, the Life and Death Investigation Department, the Monk and Taoist Department, and the Meritorious Department, and so on, each department having its own room.
According to feudal superstition, the Dongyue Temple is the underworld, and these seventy-six offices are the seventy-six offices of the underworld, each responsible for a specific area. Originally, there were statues of Bodhisattvas here, but we moved them all out and threw them away.
Then we can renovate it and turn it into offices. Because of the large area and many buildings in the Dongyue Temple, our bureau chose this piece of land and planned to use it as the headquarters."
After Director Liu finished speaking, he found that the people from the Ministry of Health were nodding one by one, with very satisfied expressions on their faces, but they had more questions in their hearts.
"This is great. This is suitable for an outpatient clinic. Look at the rooms, they are so neat."
"Yes, the east row is used as an outpatient clinic, and the west row is used as an X-ray room, a laboratory, and so on. There is enough room."
"This main hall in the middle can be used as an administrative office. Wow, it's already divided into rooms, just right!"
Director Liu was a little confused. What was an outpatient clinic? What was a laboratory? Aren't these things part of the hospital?
We originally planned to build rooms for the Intelligence Department, Counterintelligence Department, Political Security Department, Technical Security Department, etc. Why are everyone's thinking not on the same dimension?
Director Liu, with a puzzled look on his face, led the Ministry of Health staff back.
"Dear leaders, after passing Daiyue Hall, we are now in the rear hall area. The main hall in the rear hall area is called Yude Hall..."
Before he finished his introduction, he noticed that a group of leaders from the Ministry of Health were getting excited again:
"Oh, this is a great place. There are rows of small houses here too. Aren't these a natural inpatient department?"
"Let me count how many rooms there are in this back hall. Wow, there are at least 60 rooms. If there are five patients in each room, that would be 300 beds."
"Not only that, you see, there are two courtyards on both sides of Dongyue Temple, and we can open up more wards."
Minister Li also nodded frequently at this time:
"This place has a beautiful environment. Look at all the old trees and the beautiful landscaping. There are also so many existing houses that can basically be used without any renovation. It's perfect for a hospital. What do you think, Comrade Xiaolin?"
Lin Sanqi was also quite satisfied and pointed at the wall and said:
"Infectious disease hospitals are quite special. To prevent cross-infection, they generally adopt a closed management system. You can see that the walls surrounding the Dongyue Temple are at least two stories high. Ordinary people can't climb over them, and patients can't climb out either.
Also, look at the wall between the front and back halls, which separates the inpatient department from the outpatient department. When the time comes, we just need to build an iron gate here and assign security guards to strictly control entry and exit. This will be very convenient."
"Yeah, yeah, I think it's good too..."
"This can save a lot of money. We can open the business right away..."
"Old Xu has chosen a good place. He really has good taste..."
No matter how stupid Director Liu was, he understood what these people from the Ministry of Health were going to do. It was obvious that they had their eyes on his land, so he was instantly nervous.
When the country was first established after liberation, numerous new government departments were established, which required a lot of office space. Everyone, whether at the national or municipal level, wanted to find a good office space.
But the city of Beijing is so small (within the second ring road), and there are only so many good houses.
So what to do? Each unit scrambles for the property, and whoever gets it first gets it. Some units simply refuse to leave, and there are many cases of disputes and fights between the two departments.
Even though the country has been founded for ten years, with the increase in departments and staff, the office space is far from sufficient.
This is also the reason why the capital's government planned to renovate the Dongyue Temple and use it as its own office space. As a result, as soon as the renovation was completed, someone came to take advantage of it.
No one would be happy about this.
Director Liu quickly stopped him and said:
"No, leaders, this is our national hospital's territory, not yours. This is inappropriate, isn't it? Please leave immediately."
Minister Li's true colors were revealed at this time. The old lady raised her eyebrows and her face darkened.
"What do you mean by 'let us leave'? Comrade Liu Neng, you're just a small section chief. The people standing before you are either ministers or vice ministers. Which one of them is not higher in rank than you? Even this youngest, Comrade Lin Sanqi, is at the level of a director-general and holds the rank of colonel!"
Lin Sanqi quickly took out his military officer ID from his pocket. The two bars and three stars on the photo were very eye-catching.
"These are your superiors here, do you have the right to speak? Hurry up and continue showing us around. When your director arrives, you will naturally have nothing to do and you won't have to bear any responsibility. Don't worry."
Director Liu was anxious: "This is not a matter of whether I should take responsibility or not, Minister Li, this is really the location of our headquarters."
Minister Li waved his hand and said, "From now on, this will be the territory of our Ministry of Health's directly affiliated infectious disease hospital. I say so!"
Lin Sanqi gave a thumbs up again: "The Minister is domineering, the Minister is mighty, the Minister will live forever and unify the world~~~"
The old lady also liked to listen to the flattery of the little puppy, so she greeted him with a smile:
"Let's go. There are two collapsed courtyards on the east and west sides. They are quite large. One courtyard can be used as a staff and family quarters, and the other can be used for scientific research. This Dongyue Temple is really nice. It's more than enough to build a hospital. Are you satisfied?"
Minister Li completely regarded himself as the master at this time, and did not care at all about Director Liu Neng's expression that looked like he was about to cry.
"Let the wolf in, let the wolf in, Director, come quickly, or our house will be taken away~~~" (End of this chapter)
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