Chapter 275

Irene actually had some resistance to suppressing the riot. If she had been notified to attend the meeting that night, she would have urged Paul to take measures such as persuasion and negotiation first. At this point, Hansel and Cecil were justified in their concerns.

But what really made her very unhappy was the attitude of a group of men towards her. In the process of quelling the riots, as a senior member of the Government Affairs Council, she was once again excluded from the decision-making level, and she was unaware of this matter from beginning to end. It wasn't until after the riot was quelled and Chief of Staff Schroeder read the report sent back by the army to everyone at the meeting that Eileen found out with a confused look that something like this had happened. She remained resentful and silent until the end of the meeting.

Aileen felt like she was like a vase placed in the Government Office. The men looked at her when they had free time, but when they encountered an emergency, they immediately ignored her.

Paul explained helplessly: "Oh...my education director, you know that the power of tradition is powerful. Even as a lord, I can't change anything immediately."

He put on an innocent expression, but in fact he never thought of calling Betty over for the meeting that night.

Erin understands Paul on this point. He can withstand the pressure of other men and let a woman be in charge of education. This lord is already a rare enlightened person - of course this also attracts everyone except the lord. There is no light that takes education seriously.

When his father asked his sister to share the government affairs with him as a king, the resistance from the courtiers was also huge.

"Hmph! Sooner or later I will shut up Abbott and his gang."

Paul cheered her up: "I wish you all the best!"

"So, Lord, how do you plan to deal with the rioting civilians?"

"Oh, this is not an ordinary small matter. There are too many people involved. It is obviously inappropriate for me to decide with one sentence like in the past. So I decided to select 5 outstanding sheriffs from Alda and Bailding. As [judges], they will form a lord's court to jointly hear the matter. Cecil and Ruth Hayden will be responsible for finding out the behavior of everyone in the riot, and then submit it to the judges for reading. The judges will then make a decision based on the size of the crime. Reasonable penalties.”

That's about it. What Irene was most worried about was that Paul would sentence everyone who participated in the riot to death in one sentence. This situation is all too common among local lords who hold military and political power.

"I also plan to make the [Lord's Court] a permanent institution, and this institution will hear all major and minor cases in the territory."

“Aren’t the magistrates everywhere competent enough?”

"It is too unreasonable for law enforcement and judicial power to be concentrated in the hands of one person. From now on, the magistrates - or the police, can only arrest people but have no power to convict them. They must submit them to the court, and they can only proceed further after they are formally convicted by the judges." Punishment. I think this can avoid abuse of power to a certain extent.”

After hearing Paul's explanation, Erin nodded: "This is a good improvement."

Although the idea is wonderful, Paul is troubled by how to concentrate this power in the lord's house. If tax contracting is the same, in those remote rural areas, private courts and private punishments of landlords and gentry abound, and local people When there is a dispute, the first thing that comes to mind is not to go to the lord, but to go to a local and famous person to solve the problem.

But he did not have a powerful organization in his hands that could immediately control the countryside, so he could only change it slowly.

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The riots that Paul named the "4.15 Incident" had a huge impact on him. Not only did he need to build the [telegraph] system, he also strengthened the construction of the Internal Guard and the public security department.

As early as last year, the [Department of Public Security] was established in the Government Affairs Council, led by Ruth Hayden, who was born in the Home Guard. However, due to financial and other factors, Ruth has always existed as a bare commander. Now the Government Affairs Council plans to let this This is where the department really comes into play.

Huxin Town plans to establish a police force of 2,000 people in the next five years. They will replace the old sheriff system, maintain order in various towns, and extend power to the countryside when appropriate.

The internal security force was originally established to protect office premises and the personal safety of high-level personnel, so it is very small. Now Paul plans to develop them into a team similar to the armed police in his previous life. As an important part of the public security field, it is imperative to expand its scale.

There is one more thing that needs to be resolved urgently, and that is the livelihood of the salt people on the beach.

Unlike emerging industries such as porcelain, cans, and papermaking, the emergence of salt farms has a huge impact on the traditional salt industry. If no measures are taken, it will inevitably become the source of new unrest.

Therefore, the Government Affairs Council proposed two methods:

The first is to guide the young labor force among salt residents to divert into emerging industries.

The second is to open a government-run salt farm to attract salt residents to work there.

However, due to the recent war and a series of new measures, the Government Affairs Council did not have much spare money to build any salt farms. So at Paul's suggestion, the Government Affairs Council only provided technical guidance and left the salt residents to build the salt farms themselves, called the "Collective Salt Farm" , every household has shares. In order to ensure fairness, the collective salt farm is managed by dedicated personnel assigned by the Government Affairs Council, and the profits obtained are distributed to the salt residents on a share basis.

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The interrogation of the rioters was carried out in an intense and orderly manner. Considering that many of them were the main labor force in their families and were indeed forced by Baden to take irrational actions, most of them were sent home after being reprimanded, but they were fined and might not be able to pay enough in their lifetime.

The Lord's Court finally locked in 50 people who could not be sentenced lightly. They either committed crimes of robbery or killing innocent people, or were the ones who led the riots.

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"My lord, this is the punishment result we have initially drafted. Among these 50 people, except for a man named Bisso who is missing, all are in custody."

Thomas, who was appointed as the chief judge of the Lord's Court, presented the verdict to Paul.

"Has anyone else escaped?"

"Yes, this man named Bisso is very suspicious. According to the salt farmers, he is idle and idle on weekdays. After the riot, he encouraged them to fight the lord's army to the end. After the battle, he disappeared. We suspect that there may be something wrong with him."

"Well, let Cecil investigate this. I think some of them are still very young, not even 16 years old. Isn't it a bit too heavy to hang them or do hard labor for decades?"

Thomas said: "You are the lord, you can decide their fate yourself."

Paul pondered: "Let me think about these people again."