The list was compiled with the help of Master Ji from the County Yamen at Zhao An’s request.
When working, one must anticipate problems; to wait until they are right in front of your face before solving them is far too late. Prevention is always better than cure, as the saying goes. While fixing the fence after the sheep is lost isn't impossible, it’s far from ideal.
Magistrate Ding did not attend the tripartite coordination meeting; representing the County Yamen were Master Ji and Head Constable Zhang from the Corinthian Office. As for the Housing Agency, it was a grassroots organization with no official standing. Naturally, the meeting was presided over by Professor Zhao, a seventh-rank official.
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