Release that Witch Chapter 322: Western Region Security Agency
Back to the castle hall, Roland sits back to the main seat and looks down at citizen under the hall.
In memory, Fourth Prince only has the right to exercise a trial when he first came to Border Town's. Later, when he fell out with noble, and his life was not going well, he threw everything in his hands to Barov and never asked again.
After meeting people, Roland announced the trial.
First, the parties explain the reasons, and then ask questions by themselves. With the secret assistance of Nightingale, he does not need to judge who is lying intentionally, who is insincere, and does not need a meticulous heart like a schoolboy. simple.
The truth of the matter is soon revealed.
Colla Xavius was unwilling because of being deprived of his Knight status. At the same time, he was tired of the tedious work of City Hall, and his anger was in refugees. He took the opportunity of issuing wheat porridge, deliberately charged refugees, and provoked the relationship between the two sides, saying that it was precisely because the serfs did not turn in all the food that resulted in insufficient wheat stocks and could not be distributed for free.
In fact, Coya has been charging wheat porridge cost for several days in a row. Because he is wearing a striking City Hall uniform, refugees fears retaliation from officials, and most of them remain silent, which makes him worse. Until today, an refugees named Vader stood up to protest the actions of the other party and caused a commotion.
Roland is slightly relieved after learning about situation.
An organization should be full of energy and vitality during the rising period. Although it will inevitably become corrupt and rigid after it stabilizes, it should also happen after unifying Greycastle. If such a problem arises in the early days, the organization is destined not to go far.
It seems that fortunately, it is only the personal behavior of Colla Xavius, and it does not involve more officials of City Hall. What's more, the matter was limited to extortion of money. It was not the union serf he was most worried about selling food and selling privately.
Of course, he also has the responsibility for this pot. At the time, City Hall was short of manpower, and he had completely surrendered Knight to Barov without any screening and training, only to warn him about situation. It turns out that not everyone can accept the job without complaint and suffer from a huge psychological gap from Knight to civilians.
Roland called Barov to his side, and whispered, "What kind of situation feudal lord is usually handled?"
"His Royal Highness, score two situation," the latter respectfully said answer, "If the offender is noble, after the surrender of a few gold royal, there will be no punishment, and the crime of attacking the civilians of noble can be as large or small as possible. I have whip punishment. "
"But Koya is no longer noble," the prince shrugged, "I deprived him of his title."
"Yes, Your Highness. In this way, the disposal is all in the mood of feudal lord."
"No fixed number?"
Barov shook his head.
He frowned. It all depends on his mood. It does not matter how the civilians are placed. They are not in the eyes of noble people who need to be treated squarely.
"Apart from penalties such as beating hands, breaking feet, flogging, and pulling nails, is there anything common? For example, imprisonment."
"Confinement?" Barov startled, "What do you mean by simply being locked up? What kind of punishment is it? The prison is only a place where prisoners are temporarily held, and sooner or later will be pulled out for trial. If you have been locked, you still have to provide them with food , I'm afraid in some people's eyes, this is already a reward. "
Well, it seems that the term of imprisonment common to future generations is not useful here. After thinking for a while, Roland decided to follow the rules of Greycastle's. He stood up, glanced across the hall, "I'm making a verdict now."
"Colla Xavius, because of malfeasance and extortion of refugees, abolished all his duties in City Hall from now on, dispatched mines to work for ten years, and imposed a fine of three times the extortion income.
"Vader, for being the first to attack City Hall personnel, was sentenced to ten whip punishment."
"The remaining refugees and serfs who participated in the fight were fined two silver royal, or five whip punishment."
"wheat porridge continues to be distributed free of charge, and all previously extorted money will be returned." He hoped to City Hall Prime Minister, "The above ruling will be implemented by you and the results will be announced to the people in the temporary residence area."
"As you bid, Your Highness." Barov arched.
Back at the office, Roland leaned on a chair and stretched a lazy waist, then felt a both hands resting on his shoulder, and gently rubbed it.
He closed his eyes and enjoyed the moment of leisure.
This incident made Roland realize that with the continuous increase in the number of citizen, the authority of City Hall has expanded rapidly, and internal regulatory issues may have reached a point where it must be faced.
But he does not want to set up an agency similar to the procuratorate, and he is even more unwilling to establish the independence of public prosecution law in this era. The former requires a large number of literate people not to speak, and it is also easy to become a government system that attacks and promotes each other, hindering the implementation and development of policies. The latter even weakened the power of feudal lord in disguise. Like law making, interpretation, and trial, these powers are better left in their own hands.
He needs a concise and effective system that does not require too many people to play the role of oversight organization.
Roland held the hand on his shoulder.
Nightingale lifts the mist, sits on the table with the prince's hand, and tilts his head and asks, "What's wrong?"
Her slender legs are dangling around the table. The tall deer leather shoes on her feet and the tight leather pants form a perfect curve.
Roland coughed twice. "I intend to set up a new department to monitor City Hall and arrest other individuals or groups that may endanger the stability of Western Region. This department is only responsible to me and is completely independent of City Hall and First Army. , "He said, word by word," I'll temporarily name it Western Region Security Agency, and I want you to be in charge. "
"Me?" She blinked.
"Yes, only you can easily distinguish the authenticity, any deception trick is meaningless in front of you," Roland nodded, "how? If you want, I can provide you with ice cream alone in winter Afternoon tea and ... "
Nightingale lightly struck his hand, "Even if you don't say this, I will promise you as long as you want to do."
"..." Roland suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
She smiled and didn't let the silence continue. "But what should I do?"
"Yeah, the supervision part is very simple," the prince adjusted his mood, "I will set up a report box at the gate of the castle district, you just need to check the report letter inside."
The most cost-effective way to solve this problem is undoubtedly to mobilize the masses and let City Hall supervise itself, just like the Border Town's spy caught in Months of Demons last year.
This method is not easy to use in the future. It is because both the reporter and the reporter need to spend a lot of energy to verify. There are also false and false situation, let alone deliberately framed. However, these shortcomings do not exist in front of Nightingale's capabilities. It is easy to verify the information. You can report rewards if you ask for them in person. Obituaries and false reports are punished. Implementing these two points, the whistleblower system is bound to be extremely efficient.
"As for maintaining the stability of Western Region, eliminating threats and hidden dangers, it is more like an internal intelligence system. I will slowly expand your manpower to you until your eyes can expand to the entire Western Region.".
(To be continued.)
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