Chapter 272：

Irene actually has some resistance to suppressing the riots. If she was also informed to attend the meeting that night, she would definitely urge Paul to take measures such as persuasion and negotiation first. On this point, Hansel and Cecil were justified in their concerns.

But what really upset her 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 didn't know about it from the beginning to the end. It wasn't until after the riots were quelled that Chief of Staff Schroeder read the report from the army to everyone at the meeting that Irene knew with a dazed expression that such a thing had happened. During that meeting she was full of resentment and said nothing until the end.

Irene felt that she was like a vase placed in the Government Affairs Council. The men admired it when they were free, and immediately threw her out of the sky when they were really in a hurry.

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

He put on an innocent face, but it never occurred to him to call Betty to the meeting that night.

Irene understands Paul at this point. She can withstand the pressure of other men and let a woman take charge of the education field. This lord is already a rare enlightened person—of course, this also sticks to everyone except the lord. Light that takes education seriously.

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

"Hmph! I'll shut up Abbott's gang sooner or later."

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

"Then, Lord Lord, how do you plan to deal with those rioting civilians?"

"Oh, this is not an ordinary matter. There are too many people involved. It is obviously inappropriate for me to make a decision like in the past. So I decided to select 5 outstanding sheriffs from Arda and Bairdin As [judges], they will form the lord's court to hear the matter together. 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 review. reasonable punishment."

That's about the same. What Irene is most worried about is that Paul will sentence everyone involved in the riot to death. This kind of situation is too common among local lords who hold a party's military and political power.

"I also plan to use the [Lord's Court] as a permanent institution, and this institution will try large and small cases in the territory."

"Aren't sheriffs everywhere competent enough?"

"It is unreasonable to concentrate law enforcement and judicial power in the hands of one person. In the future, the magistrates—or the police—can only arrest people but have no right to convict them. They must be submitted to the court. The judges can only be further punished after they are formally convicted. .I think this can avoid the phenomenon of abuse of power to a certain extent.”

After listening to Paul's explanation, Irene nodded: "This is a good improvement."

Although the idea is very good, Paul's headache is how to centralize this power in the lord's mansion. If the tax contract is the same, in those remote rural areas, the private courts and private punishments of the landlords and gentry abound. When there is a dispute, the first thing that comes to mind is not to go to the lord, but to go to a famous local person to solve the problem.

But he does not have a strong organization in his hands that can immediately control the countryside, and can only change slowly.

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

As early as last year, the Government Affairs Council established the [Ministry of Public Safety], led by Ruth Hayden, who was born in the Internal Guard. However, due to financial and other factors, Russ has always existed as a polished commander. Now the Government Affairs Council intends to let this This is where the divisions really come into play.

Huxin Town intends 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 their power to the countryside when appropriate.

As for the Internal Guard, the original intention of the establishment was to protect the personal safety of the office and high-level personnel, so the scale was very small. Now Paul intends 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 their scale.

There is still one thing that needs to be solved urgently, that is the livelihood of the salt people on the seashore.

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

Therefore, the Government Council proposes two approaches:

One is to guide the young and strong labor force among the salt people to divert to emerging industries.

The second is to set up government-run salt farms to attract salt people to work. UU reading

However, due to the recent war and a series of new measures, the Government Affairs Council did not have much spare money to set up any salt farms. Therefore, under Paul's suggestion, the Government Affairs Council only provided technical guidance, and the salt farmers themselves built the salt farms, which were called "collective salt farms". , each household has shares. In order to ensure fairness, the collective salt farms are managed by special personnel assigned by the Government Administration Council, and the profits obtained are distributed to the salt people according to their shares.

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The interrogation of the rioters was carried out intensely and orderly. Considering that many of them were the main labor force in their families, and it was true that they acted irrationally after being forced by Baden, most of them were After being reprimanded, he was dismissed and went home, but he was carrying a fine that he might not be able to pay in his entire life.

The lordship court eventually locked up 50 people who could not be lightly sentenced, either for committing crimes such as robbery or killing innocent people, or those who were the leaders of the riots.

"My lord, this is the result of our initial punishment. Among the 50 people, all of them have been detained except for a person named Peso who has disappeared."

Thomas, who was appointed Chief Justice of the Lord's Court, delivered the verdict to Paul.

"Is anyone else running away?"

"Yes, this man named Biso is very suspicious. According to the account of the salt people, this man is usually idle and idle. After the riot broke out, he encouraged them to fight against the lord's army to the end. After the battle, he disappeared. We suspect him There might be something wrong with you."

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

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

Paul pondered: "About these people, let me think about it again."