Chapter 121 Advance to the detachment
The prosecution of "war criminals" was proposed by several people in the Law Club. [Read the full text] Of course the mastermind behind it is Ma Jia.
Although the arbitral tribunal controlled by the Law Club spared no effort to promote the idea of "ruling the country according to law", it formulated a large number of - or rather plagiarized - various laws and regulations, and at the same time actively promoted and encouraged people to litigate. But so far, their judicial business is still very small.
For Lingao, a city with a population of less than 100,000, apart from Dongmen City's summary court, which has a lot of small public security and commercial cases to satisfy its needs, the other three courts are deserted and only serve less than once a week. case. Judges basically have nothing to do except write down laws and regulations. He is often seconded by various departments to do administrative or other tasks.
Having nothing to do is a danger sign, and the horse is worried about it. Moreover, if too many people are seconded, the people's support will slowly fade away.
I need to give them a little stimulation to give them some work to do, I thought. However, the business volume of the arbitral tribunal cannot be changed out of thin air. The busiest department in the tribunal is obviously the Political Security Administration, but this department is essentially independent and he is unwilling and unable to intervene.
The justice system lacks important, eye-catching action. After the Chengmai victory, all of Ma Jia's thoughts turned to the issue of "war criminals".
For many elders, the issue of "war criminals" is just a boring act of taking off your pants and farting - everyone has been caught, and if you want to kill, behead or torture them, you can do whatever you want, so what's the point of interrogating war criminals? Furthermore, according to which law and which treaty? In the end, it was nothing more than a play that I talked about, directed, and acted.
However, Ma Jia's proposition still received support from the majority of senators in the Senate. Although "everything should be done in accordance with the law" can sometimes be pretentious, rigid, or even ridiculous, it is a much more advanced system than a small number of people who can arrest people at will under the Constitution.
The matter of "trialing war criminals" in Ma Jia was thus decided. A special war crimes tribunal was established and prosecutors and defense lawyers were appointed.
Of course, this is absurd from a fairness perspective - there are no international treaties or international laws in this time and space. The Ming government has never concluded, recognized, signed, or participated in any such thing.
The so-called "war criminal trial" is nothing more than a method used by the time-traveling group to impose a new social order on this time and space. However, there are different views on this idea within the Law Club.
If we really follow the international laws and international treaties of the old time and space, the time-traveling group has committed quite a few war crimes in its battles with officers and soldiers. Yuan Qiushi hanged dozens of prisoners in the prisoner of war camp and enslaved the prisoners on a large scale...
These things can qualify as "war crimes". Therefore, some elders who hold opposing views believe that engaging in "war criminals" is simply asking for trouble and tying their own hands.
Under such doubts, the Standing Committee of the Senate held a hearing on the necessity and rationality of the "war criminals trial."
The purpose of the hearing is of course not to discuss "whether it is fair" but "whether it is reasonable".
"So-called war crimes," Ma Jia said at the hearing of the Standing Committee of the Senate, dispelled the concerns of the senators with one sentence, "this is a crime only committed by losers."
Ma Jia also elaborated: The trial of "war criminals" is not simply intimidation or revenge, but more about occupying the moral high ground and promoting one's own "justice." This is a very important matter in the ideological field.
So the war criminals trial began with great fanfare.
By this time the attention of the Executive Committee and the Senate had turned elsewhere. To be precise, it turned to the entire Hainan Island.
The plan to occupy the entire island of Hainan was changed to "Summer Awakening" under Wei Aiwen's suggestion. The results of Spring Awakening were so bad that it was unanimously opposed by many people. As a concession, it was changed to "Summer".
Under the adjustment of the General Staff, the Sixth Army, which had rested for several days after the military parade, began to implement the "Summer Awakening" plan.
"Xia Xing" mobilized four battalions of troops, divided into two advancing detachments, the east and west.
The West Detachment is based on the Third Infantry Battalion and strengthens several artillery, engineering, supply and medical teams. The goal is to occupy Danzhou and expand the "Purple Zone" of the Lingao regime's control area to the Danzhou-Changhua border.
The goal of the East Detachment is much larger. According to the General Staff's plan, the first phase of expansion is to complete the occupation of Chengmai, Qiongshan, Ding'an and Wenchang counties to the east. It is composed of the 1st, 5th and 6th Infantry Battalions.
These four counties, like Lingao, are the basis of government rule in Hainan. They were established early, have large populations, and have a relatively solid foundation for rule. The capture of these counties was tantamount to announcing the complete collapse of Ming Dynasty rule in Lingao.
As for the southern states and counties, the population is sparse. There are only a few thousand men, women, old and children registered in a county. The magistrates of many counties have been vacant for a long time. The rule of the Ming Dynasty was completely symbolic. You can pick it anytime.
In addition to military personnel, each detachment also has a county work team personally selected by Liu Muzhou. In addition to the elders, each work team also has several indigenous cadres who work on the spot and take over the county administration.
The first phase of the operation to occupy the entire island of Hainan went very smoothly and could be described as "determined by propaganda." The 6th Army conducted an "armed parade" with the support of the navy. The villages along the road fell into the wind, and Danzhou was the first to fall. In fact, the Army did not plan to attack the city, but planned to set up camp first, and then use hard and soft tactics to force the officials in the city to obey their orders. In short, it was still the idea of stewing the frog slowly. But the officials in the city took the initiative to open the city and surrender. Such smoothness surprised Yu Zhiqian, commander of the third infantry battalion in charge of the westward expansion. It turned out that he thought that the officials in the city would stay behind closed doors and make him go through a lot of trouble.
The governor of Danzhou committed suicide with great integrity. This Jinshi master, who had been in office for less than half a year, did not do any more combat operations to add prisoners to the elders - he knew that it was all in vain, so he simply took poison and committed suicide.
The surrender was presided over by Danzhou Dianshi. He and the gentry in the city waited tremblingly at the city gate for the arrival of the west detachment.
After rest and replenishment, the West Detachment's military morale was higher than before the Battle of Chengmai.
The letter was sent by Danzhou's Dianshi. Like Lingao Dian Shi Sun Ruiwu, this person had despaired of the future of being a disaster officer for such an evil army from far away. Although he would not openly surrender to the enemy, he still had a big wait-and-see mentality. Therefore, he neither committed suicide nor escaped, and stayed in the city to preside over the surrender in the name of protecting the seal. If Kun Thief can stay for a long time, he has no objection at all to changing his court to serve this group of Australians.
"I originally thought I had to live outside the city, but I didn't expect it to go into the city so smoothly."
Yu Zhiqian, the captain of the detachment, said arrogantly to Liu Yixiao, the captain of the Danzhou work team.
"The cheaper things are, the less good they are." The captain of the work team said with a gloomy face. "Who knows what these officials are secretly planning? I think we should be vigilant."
The classics say that Zhizhou committed suicide. Who knows if Zhizhou is really dead or has another plan? Liu Yixiao believed that sufficient vigilance must be maintained to avoid being taken advantage of by the enemy.
According to the rules, except for a few small teams that take over city defense and key departments, the main force of the army does not enter the city. This is not for reasons of benevolence and justice, not to disturb the people, but because the health department is seriously worried about the health conditions of the local towns. . The military generally does not enter densely populated areas before necessary epidemic prevention and disinfection is carried out in cities and towns to avoid contracting the disease.
But the gentry who greeted them at the city gate breathed a sigh of relief - indeed, Australians deserve the words "Autumn has no fault".
Liu Yixiao said a few polite words and followed Dian Shi and the gentry to the state government office. Danzhou has a slightly larger population than Lingao, and its market is slightly more prosperous. But at this time, the streets were empty and there were no pedestrians. Outside the yamen, there were a dozen or so yamen clerks and other people standing around waiting on duty, with dull expressions.
The yamen was very dilapidated and looked worse than some antique buildings from the past. Liu Yixiao went in and took a look. There was a coffin parked in the yard - this was Zhizhou who had committed suicide.
"Open" he ordered.
There is nothing interesting to see in a dead person, the reason why I want to see it is to confirm that Zhizhou is really dead. Liu Yixiao took out a book from his bag, which was the "Compilation of Basic Situations in Danzhou" compiled by the Foreign Intelligence Service. The first volume contains the resumes and photos of all the officials in the government office.
The photo was taken with a telephoto lens. Although it is not very clear, the facial features can still be identified. Although the dead man in the coffin has a distorted face, thought to have been poisoned, it is clearly the same person.
Liu Yixiao sighed and nodded: Brave people are always respected.
"Prepare yourself properly." He said, "Are Zhizhou's family members still in the city?"
Zaishi said cautiously, spying on his expression, "They're all in the back office." Master, do you want to go and have a look..."
"No need. Tell them not to commit suicide." Liu Yixiao was not interested in Zhizhou's family members. "Prepare a boat and send twenty taels of silver as a memorial ceremony. Just let them leave with the coffin."
"Master's grace will be unforgettable for them..."
Liu Yixiao nodded impatiently and asked a few more questions. Most of the city's government officials and clerks have fled - what they did in Lingao has been spread here long ago, and the subordinate officials are deeply afraid of falling into the same fate as their colleagues in Lingao, so they have long since fled with Xinruan. .
Liu Yixiao ordered the indigenous cadres in the work team to enter the county government office, receive archives, and inventory the warehouse. Each house was sealed one by one to prepare for the slow cleaning later.
Danzhou's warehouses suffered heavy losses. A few days ago, the leader of the Zhuang squad led dozens of minzhuang and other government officials to rob the county's bank. Now the bank is empty and nothing is left. Others are packed with soft goods. There will be losses no matter how much the punishment is done. But the grain and salt depots were not damaged. a! ~!
