"The steward on the ship is dead. But the leader of the ship is still alive. He said the ship is going to Bar City."
"Ba City?"
"It's Batavia, the land of the Dutch."
"In Indonesia -"
"Yes, they plan to sell the goods there and then transport back the spices they bought last year to sell." Ran Yao said, "Now after checking, there are still twenty merchants alive."
"Is the captain still alive?"
"The shipowner is not on board, and the shipowner's agent-general has been killed by pirates."
"That's good." Ma Qianzhu thought that since this was the case, it would be better to be a little more generous. "If it is found out, the goods will be returned. The ownerless ones will belong to us."
"I also think it's better to handle it this way." Ran Yao nodded.
"Just buy the things you need such as pig iron directly - it saves them shipping it back, and they might be willing to traffic it over in the future."
Ma Qianzhu wanted to just be a good person and do it to the end, and suggested: In order to express the great righteousness of our traveling group: After verification, we are indeed sailors on the big ship, not pirates, and each person will be given one tael of silver as travel expenses. As for the merchant's goods, they can't be found. , if there is any defect, travel expenses will also be given to Panchuan to hire a boat to go home. Ran Yao, who was responsible for handling the matter, felt that everyone's interests would not be harmed in this way, so he agreed one by one.
Ma Qianzhu thought that the matter was over and went to distribute the supplies. Unexpectedly, a call came to his office in the afternoon.
Unexpectedly, just after the resolution plan for this matter was announced on A and before it was dealt with, someone wrote to the Executive Committee, requesting that it be dealt with again. Because the difference is too big. Ran Yaobei was determined not to give up and had to report the matter to the executive committee.
"What! A court hearing?" Ma Qianzhu was surprised. He said that the Time Travel Group has now established a judicial office as a legal policy research department, and occasionally provides some legal policy reference to the executive committee, but it has not been formalized yet. What kind of court did the Eight Classics hold? Basically the Sheriff's Department has the final say. Why is there a court hearing now?
The proposal was put forward by the current Customs Commissioner Ma Jia. The core of his proposal is to "use this matter as an opportunity to establish maritime adjudication power in the Qiongzhou Strait."
The specific measure is to set up a maritime court in Bopu to handle all maritime matters such as pirate robbery in the Qiongzhou Strait; ship capsizing, salvage, cargo damage, ship collision, liability and compensation determination, etc.
Maritime law originated very early in Europe, but China is basically blank about it. Ma Jia believes that this legal system should be implemented in the sea areas controlled by the group, which will help regulate navigation trade and maritime transportation along China's coast.
"I admit that governing the country according to law is very important, but what's the use of this set of decorations now?" Ma Qianzhu questioned, "The law must be guaranteed by coercive means to ensure its authority. We don't issue government orders now. The sea area we control is only the Lingao coast, is it too early to implement this system?”
"Chuangchuan Group is based on Hainan Island and Taiwan and pursues a strategy of expanding from the coast to the inland. Therefore, the navigation industry will be our main pillar industry for a long time. From now on, we will improve maritime laws and formulate maritime navigation laws." and trade standards will be of great help to future industry exhibitions! Now we cannot control the entire Qiongzhou Strait, but we can start from the Lingao-Xuwen sea area. Everything always has a beginning." Ma Jia made an impassioned speech at the meeting, The importance of establishing maritime courts was certainly linked to the British maritime supremacy and their earliest establishment of professional maritime courts.
After hearing the report, the Executive Committee adjourned for ten minutes, during which the Executive Committee held private consultations. This proposal caused concern to the Ministry of Maritime Power. Chen Haiyang said that currently the navy is responsible for all maritime law enforcement powers. After establishing this maritime court, how will the powers be divided between the two parties? How to coordinate the work? Will it create a situation of multi-managership?
"I think this worry is unnecessary." Ma Jia said eloquently, "The Maritime Court is a ruling body and is not responsible for specific law enforcement. The court does not care about arrests and prosecutions. Specific law enforcement is a matter for the public security. The only trouble is coordination. question."
The Ministry of Maritime Power and the Maritime Court are two systems. How to ensure the effective implementation of government orders is the key issue.
It is obviously impossible to disperse the law enforcement authority of the Department of Maritime Power now. Minimizing the number of institutions and unifying command is the current guiding ideology of the Executive Committee on the establishment of institutions. Ma Qianzhu suggested that since the construction of special-purpose guard patrol boats has begun, a "maritime security department" can be set up under the Ministry of Maritime Power to be responsible for patrolling, anti-smuggling, public security, and fishery protection in coastal areas. Under the dual leadership of the Maritime Power Division and the Professional Division.
"The Coast Guard is too bratty, let's just call it the Coast Guard," Chen Haiyang said.
"If you want me to call the Coast Guard, just understand..."
"No, this term is easily confused with the police system." Chen Haiyang flatly refused.
So the Coast Guard organization was established. The former coast guard instructor Gao Xiaosong was appointed as the captain of the coast guard, which can be regarded as his return to his job. In fact, this organization does not have any entity other than a title and a seal. There is no specific staffing, and Gao Xiaosong is just a name. The whole thing is a nominal institution.
"Why should we set up such a short-term organization? Can't we just let the professional departments coordinate with the navy?" Ma Jia asked Ma Qianzhu in confusion afterwards.
"Easy for coordination. If you raise your head too high, it will be difficult to coordinate." Ma Qianzhu said implicitly.
The vest understands. This is purely to take care of the Navy's face. Otherwise, the majestic navy will be under the command of the customs or maritime court - even if it is only a temporary mission, this group of people may feel that their face will not be lost. Having a sub-department to deal with will make coordination much easier.
Ma Qianzhu also had another thought that he did not clarify: the current crossing group is still weak. After they occupy Hainan and Taiwan and pass through the Southeast Asia, the strength of the maritime power department will expand rapidly. In order to avoid the situation of one company being the only one. It is necessary to divide the maritime power department. The current short-term organization can be directly divided when the time comes - the coast guard has an independent army, which is an international practice, and the navy has nothing to say.
Gao Xiaosong was chosen to be the captain not only because he was in this field, but also because he was not from the navy. Once the Coast Guard is separated, it will not be easily influenced by the Navy.
Of course, these Ma Qianzhu would not tell anyone. He believed that most people on the executive committee could see this line of thinking, but there were many things in the world that just needed to be understood in our hearts, and there was no need to talk about them everywhere.
The Executive Committee felt that it would also be a good idea to establish a professional maritime court. Anyway, the customs commissioner in the waistcoat is idle, so we might as well let him go to some kind of court. So it was agreed to establish the Bopu Maritime Court in Bopu and share an institution with the customs.
"But I have a few requests. No matter which version of the Maritime Law is to be implemented, I hope that the various departments of the Executive Committee can coordinate." Ma Jia immediately put forward his request.
"As soon as you have the power, you will carry out the order. Just tell me." Wen Desi smiled.
"First, ships captured during law enforcement operations must first be detained by the Maritime Court. Before the Maritime Court issues a judgment, various departments cannot dispose of them first..."
"Wait, there is a problem." Chen Haiyang asked, "Now the ships captured in naval battles are handed over to the Planning Commission for unified disposal. In the future, they will all be handed over to the Maritime Court?"
"Of course not. The ships that were handed over to the maritime court were captured during law enforcement operations, such as anti-piracy and anti-smuggling operations."
"It's hard to define this. For example, anti-smuggling, that's easy to say. Public security operations such as suppressing bandits. Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang are also pirates, but fighting against these people can't be said to be public security law enforcement operations, right? A giant like Zheng Zhilong, We have to use all the strength of the country to deal with it.”
Ma Jia was speechless for a moment. This definition is not difficult at first. But the current status of the Time Travel Group itself is not clear. This makes defining war and law enforcement operations difficult.
"Don't interrupt now, let Ma Jia finish. Let's discuss it at the end." Wen Desi said.
Article 2 is that persons captured at sea, including pirates, illegal fishing personnel, smugglers and the like, must be tried and sentenced by a maritime court before being dealt with. In the past, the Time Travel Group insisted that no matter who captured the prisoners, they would be handled by the Internal Affairs Committee.
"There is also the issue of trial, which I'm afraid won't be easy to resolve." Ran Yao spoke slowly on behalf of the House Committee, "It's still the issue of the definition of pirates that we just mentioned."
Most executive committee members just feel that now is not the time to introduce a judicial system. Once a judicial system is established. Many things become complicated to deal with. Originally, if a bandit or thief was captured, the police headquarters would directly decide and send him to the labor camp, and that would be it. It would be handled quickly and with precautions. Once the judicial system is established, it will involve things like evidence collection, prosecution, and judgment. Even if they don't do any fancy work such as prosecution or defense, and it's just a formality, it still costs a lot of money to go through the entire process. time, it would be inefficient.
Wu De agreed very much:
"I agree to gradually improve our judicial system, starting with the Maritime Court. This is the foundation of our civil administration system!"
As more and more people are under their control, judicial affairs gradually increase, and there is no shortage of criminal cases and civil disputes. If at least there is a hastily drafted Public Security Law available for public security and criminal cases, which means there is a law to follow and it is relatively easy to handle, civil disputes have no rules at all. Wu De now has to deal with civil disputes among his subordinates every day. Despite spending a lot of time and energy, he still doesn't understand the law, let alone complicated and obscure civil laws. Now the judgment is completely based on his own likes and dislikes and his understanding of justice. Although he strives to be fair, he still feels a little uneasy.
Civil disputes are complex, involve all aspects of people's lives, and are closely related to people's vital interests. Wu De felt that it would not be a problem to deal with him like this all the time. We wrote to the Executive Committee many times, demanding the establishment of a civil court system. The Executive Committee felt it was unnecessary. Never agreed. He just sent a few law students to help him.
"I also agree to start slowly building the judicial system now." The words made the east gate feel rainy. He is in charge of Dongmen City's transactions and sometimes handles commercial disputes. He also shared Wu De's confusion.
After some haggling, the Executive Committee finally decided that the jurisdiction of the Maritime Court does not include piracy cases. The trial and adjudication of all cases involving pirates are still handled by the police headquarters. And the operation of the maritime court will be used as a pilot project for the judicial system, and later it will be gradually implemented in civil and criminal matters.
Although this decision slightly disappointed Ma Jia, most of the jurisdiction of the Maritime Court was still approved. It's not satisfactory. However, the Majia still obtained a major power: the Executive Committee clearly determined that all ships acquired for maritime security and war operations must undergo a maritime court ruling before they are finally handed over to the Planning Commission for disposal. This provision also covers all items on board captured ships.
In other words, the Planning Commission still has to count and record the loot, but it has no right to dispose and distribute it on its own before the Maritime Court issues a judgment.
"Duke Gong, this guy Ma Jia is very dishonest." After the meeting, someone whispered in the office of the director of the Planning Commission, "Without your full support, Gong Du, the Maritime Court would not be able to get through today. Take away the right to dispose of the spoils of war as soon as you open your mouth.”
"No matter how you deal with it, it will still come to the Planning Commission in the end. The authority to allocate matters still lies with the Planning Commission."
"I just don't understand. What's the difference between sending all the spoils to the Maritime Court for distribution, and accepting the distribution directly from the Planning Commission? It's a lot of unnecessary procedures!"
"There is a difference. Are we implementing the spirit of governing the country according to law?" Of course Ma Qianzhu knew that this seemingly meaningless method was actually the pursuit of so-called "procedural legitimacy." The essential idea is to gradually replace administrative orders with laws.
Just like many regimes in the world, although they have nothing to do with the people, they also need a complex set of representative institutions to conduct elections and get some members. Even if the replacement of dynasties in our ancient China was obviously carried out by those with strong soldiers and horses, it still had to be a routine that was ordered by heaven. Although it has nothing to do with law, the idea of pursuing procedural justice is the same.
However, Ma Qianzhu was not very happy about this either - no one would be happy if part of their jurisdiction was taken away. He originally planned to raise an objection at the executive committee meeting, but then he thought about it. Although there was an additional procedure in the handling of maritime spoils, the specific handling departments did not change, and the final distribution rights of the spoils remained unchanged. The Maritime Court is an empty frame, just a sign. At this stage, its symbolic meaning is greater than its practical significance, that is, it just stamps and issues a judgment document. It's a constraint, but not a big problem.
"The maritime court system needs to be developed, and it needs to be made more formal." Ma Qianzhu thought carefully and decided to give in on this issue. After all, he had successfully passed the discussion on the maritime court and successfully established the system in the Ministry of Maritime Power. This foreshadowing of the Coast Guard, and the divestment of the right to dispose of maritime spoils, also reduced the pressure on the Planning Commission from the Navy in the fight for spoils.
Send away this "unjust" guest. Ma Qianzhu was thinking that since he agreed to establish the maritime court, he had to show whether he fully respected the spirit of "ruling the country according to law" or whether he had to act according to the rules. He called Hou Wenyong and asked him to hand over the list of various trophies captured in the battle.
"Don't forget to get the receipt." He warned.
The people here in Majia were in high spirits due to the happy event, and returned to the Customs Building in Bopou - strictly speaking, it is a small building, with a three-story brick and wood structure, and an iconic clock tower. Of course, there is no big clock on it.
"Ma Jia, are you happy?" Ji An felt something strange from his expression.
"There are indeed happy events, not just mine. Yours too."
So I told him about the establishment of a maritime court by the Executive Committee.
“Now I’m back to my major!”
Ji An suddenly realized that the so-called "not only mine, but also yours" meant that the title of director of the customs would most likely fall to him in the future.
Although the director of customs is a second-level leader, he is still the head of the department and can participate in the meetings of the executive committee. It is much better than the current deputy director of customs.
Ma Jia chose an office in the Customs Building as the office and courtroom of the Admiralty Court. It is estimated that there are no cases to be tried at the moment, so let's just go through the formalities first.
Strike while the iron is hot, first put up airs to pull back the team, and create a fait accompli. This is what the Chinese are best at. Vests are no exception.
As soon as the power was in his hands, Ma Jia carried out the order and immediately printed a batch of blank official documents on the Maritime Court's letterhead from Zhou Dongtian, and asked him to engrave a large official seal: the pattern was naturally the old-fashioned sea water pattern and scales. He added a pair of flying fish patterns with Chinese characteristics. Covered and covered with blank official paper. I think this one looks much better than the customs one. Then he went to Wu De and chose a native who could write beautifully and neatly as a clerk. A formal document is sent to each department to declare that the unit has been established.
The application for increasing the number of personnel at the Customs was rejected. Although Wu De believed that judicial work was very important, he did not think that now was the time to increase the number of personnel, so he was asked to "persist" and "make good use of the existing customs staff." Manpower".
"The current manpower of the customs?" Ma Jia thought that the current manpower of the customs is Ji An. This person is a customs declarer and can do well in the customs. It would be a bit difficult for him to work in the maritime court. It seems that I still have to work as a member of the "Law Club".
The documents he needed were quickly sent from everywhere. What Ma Jia is most concerned about is the Planning Commission's list of seized trophies. After receiving the list of captured ships and trophies from Ma Qianzhu, he read it carefully! ~!
