February 24, seven days after the earthquake.

The people who could be rescued from the ruins of the buildings were basically rescued, although it is not excluded that some survivors who are creating miracles have survived, but the focus of the people of the whole country has shifted to rebuilding their homes.

The damage caused by this earthquake was even worse than that of the Wenchuan earthquake.

70,688 dead, 257,890 injured, 23,014 missing, 275,000 houses collapsed, and infrastructure in 8 counties was almost completely destroyed.

The combined direct and indirect losses of people and property exceeded 500 billion yuan.

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Mianyang Earthquake Relief Command Center, Conference Room.

The leaders were sad and did not know how to deal with the post-disaster disaster and arrange the work for the victims.

The No. 1 chief, who sat at the top, has lost more than a dozen pounds in the past few days, he has inspected various disaster areas, carried disaster relief materials, comforted the injured people, eaten Kang Shuaifu instant noodles, and shed tears dozens of times...... Some foreign media called this an "actor-level show", but people in the disaster area really supported him and called him the second "Mao Sun".

Yu Wei, the magistrate of Jinxi County, said: "General Secretary, not only some of the victims have reacted, but the vast majority of the victims have responded, they want to move to other places to live, this place is too fierce, some old people say that there is a dragon in the ground here, and the dragon often turns over, and the people have no peace." ”

Governor Wei of Western Sichuan Province said: "Comrade Yu Wei, don't talk about this kind of feng shui superstition here, we are all party members who believe in science." ”

The No. 1 leader raised his hand: "What the common people say is simple and simple, not exactly the so-called superstition, just listen to it," he said to the No. 2 leader sitting next to him: "Comrade Guoqiang, how much has been raised to support the earthquake relief funds for the victims?" ”

The No. 2 leader lifted his glasses, held a report in his hand, and read: "There are two types of disaster relief funds: domestic donations and foreign donations, and about 115.8 billion yuan has been raised in various parts of the country. After the foreign donations are converted into RMB, it is about 8.8 billion, and the second chief lowered his voice and leaned into the ear of the first chief: "There is a special comrade who donated 300 billion yuan at a time to help the earthquake victims. ”

Chief No. 1 knew who the "special comrade" was, so he nodded lightly and said, "Although this money is just a number, it can still save a sum of disaster relief funds for the national treasury. ”

The money was sufficient, but how to resettle the victims was discussed several times. But there was still no unanimity of opinion.

The main disagreement is between in-situ resettlement and mass migration.

If you relocate in situ and invest money to rebuild the disaster area, it will only take another three years for all the collapsed buildings to be erected again, and they will be built more beautiful and comfortable than before.

But it's hard to know how many years this state will last, so what if there is another 8.0 magnitude earthquake?

Counting the missing people, more than 80,000 people died in the Wenchuan earthquake and more than 90,000 people died in the Jinxi earthquake, these are not numbers on paper. It's all fresh life...... The epicenters of these two earthquakes are only more than 400 kilometers away, and many people have experienced the pain of losing their loved ones twice, and they have no way to withstand the blow again.

So, even the number one chief. There is also disapproval of the in-situ resettlement approach.

Then, there can only be a large number of immigrants.

Xia Xia, director of the West Sichuan Provincial Population and Family Planning Commission, said: "The population of the eight counties of Jinxi, Yumen, Longguan, Dongsa, Maolin, Nanli, Makang and Bataan adds up to more than 3 million. There is a lot of work to be done, and it is much more difficult than placing it in situ, after all. Although country H is large, there are too few places that can be vacated. ”

Director Xia told the truth, country H has a population of 1.4 billion, if you take the Tengchong Mohe River as the equidivision line on the map, you will see that 96% of the population lives in the east, which accounts for 36% of the country's land area, and the west accounts for 64% of the country's land area, most of the world is grassland, desert and snowy plateau, and only about 4% of the country's population of nomads live here.

The eastern region is already crowded to the point where there is not an inch of surplus land, how can it be possible to free up a large amount of land to house these more than 3 million people?

When the Sanxia Reservoir was built, it took 20 years to complete the resettlement of millions of people around the reservoir, but it was not perfect...... It is difficult to leave their homeland, and the resettlement sites have to help them build houses, allocate good land, and even provide jobs - this inevitably leads to conflicts with the indigenous people, taking the land as an example, the immigrants have more land, the aborigines have less, and the land is the lifeblood of the peasants, and their own lifeblood is taken away by others as they wish.

In addition, in the process of resettlement, some large villages need to be relocated as a whole, assuming that there are 200 households, it is difficult for these 200 households to move to the same place collectively, because there is no place that can accommodate 200 villagers at a time, and in the process of resettlement, only 20 households can be resettled here and 15 households there...... As a result, relatives such as the seven aunts and eight uncles were scattered to all parts of the country, and they had to take a train from thousands of kilometers away to visit them during the New Year.

The leaders fell into silence for a long time, they are all upper-level figures in this country, and naturally understand this national situation, there are too many people in country H, so many that they strictly restrict the development of the country.

In recent years, many people have advocated the "demographic dividend theory" and vigorously criticized "family planning", believing that the more the population, the better, and that it is best to increase the population by two or three hundred million a year, but they do not know that an overpopulation is also a burden, because not everyone is a producer on the assembly line of a factory, but everyone is a consumer, and they have to consume food, water, electricity, and various resources every day, plus expenses on education, medical care, pension, and national defense...... Almost everyone has to carry a thick bill.

There are 67 million university graduates in country H every year, and half of them can find a job after graduation, while even if they do find a job, the average salary is 23,000 yuan, and the low is only 12,000...... College students are a high-quality population, why are they worse than migrant workers?

There is also a special phenomenon, in country H, no matter what you do, whether you farm or raise pigs, build mobile phones or open online stores, the competition is extremely fierce, even to the point of "cruelty", if the industry makes money, it does not take half a year, the first and last arrivals in this industry can crowd the market, and then the profits will decline, and finally they will be half dead.

…… However, in the face of these realities, some people can always selectively "ignore", and then there are clamors of "human rights" and "democracy", which really does not make people doubt, what is their true identity?

Back to the point.

Zhao Liangnong, Minister of Agriculture, said: "Last year, we proposed a 'green corridor' plan to divert water from the east to control the northwest desert. ”

The No. 1 chief nodded and said: "At present, our scientific and technological level has the ability to transform the desert, the northwest desert is vast and sparsely populated, and the developable area is more than 500,000 square kilometers.

However, not all of the victims are willing to go to the Northwest Desert, and the remaining ones can be resettled in nearby second- and third-tier cities, where they can be given jobs, allocated houses, and become urban dwellers who have been detached from the land.

As for the remaining survivors who may continue to stay in the earthquake zone, dig up a few mountains and build a few safer cities! Buildings should be built lower, the seismic level should be set higher, and other places should be renovated, anyway, there can be no more earthquakes that kill tens of thousands of people! ”

Everyone nodded, and a comprehensive solution to the problem is always the best way.

"We have a large number of secret factories in the disaster area, many of which are an important part of the defense industry, and these factories were severely damaged in the earthquake, and a large number of experts and workers were killed or injured, so we need to build a new industrial city and relocate these factories to the industrial city," said the second chief. ”

The No. 1 leader nodded in agreement: "There is this need, the country built those factories to prevent a nuclear war, and the location was very biased, which is not conducive to the needs of our national defense development, and it is also a helpless choice when the enemy is strong and we are weak." Now that we have the technology to move some of these factories, eliminate some of them, rebuild some of them, and build a new industrial city! ”

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February 24, 14:58 p.m.

In order to commemorate the compatriots who died in the earthquake, flags were lowered at half-mast across the country, public entertainment activities were stopped, and a silent ceremony was held to mourn the compatriots who died in the disaster.

It was drizzling in the disaster area, and the sky was dark, as if it were a human mood, gloomy and sad.

Chief No. 1, dressed in a black suit, gave a short speech, and he ended by saying: "Natural disasters are merciless, but there is love in the world!" The people of country H have never been knocked down by any difficulty! On the contrary, the more frustrated and braver, burst out of the fighting spirit of the blazing bear, the people of H country can't be defeated, defeated, and killed! As long as 1.4 billion people are united and of one heart and one mind, our nation will not collapse! No matter how difficult it is to prosper the country, disasters will not let us stop, lick our wounds, and the people of country H continue to move forward bravely! ”

The next day, the People's Daily published a headline editorial -- "No matter how difficult it is to prosper the country, the disaster cannot stop us!" It caused a sensation among the whole people, and a kind of high-spirited positive energy instantly flooded the network media, and some bizarre theories, such as the "Theory of Divine Punishment," "Theory of Advice," and "Theory of Democratic Enlightenment" published by some public officials, used the compatriots who died to sell ideological tumors, and immediately became the public enemies of the whole people.

Some of these public knowers were beaten by netizens who rushed in at home, and one was recognized on the street, brutally beaten by a group, and finally beaten to death...... Since then, no one has dared to challenge the public's moral bottom line.

…… (To be continued......)