Chapter 322 Western Territory Security Bureau

Back in the castle hall, Roland sat back in the main seat, overlooking the citizens below the hall.

In memory, the fourth prince only exercised the right to judge once when he first came to Border Town. Later, he had a falling out with the nobleman, and his life was not going well, so he left all the matters in his hands to Barov, and never asked him again.

After everyone arrived, Roland announced the start of the trial.

First, all parties state the reasons, and then ask questions by himself—with the secret assistance of Nightingale, he does not need to judge who is deliberately lying, who is not sincere, and does not need a heart as meticulous as a death-like elementary school student, and it becomes easy and simple to determine responsibility .

The whole story of the matter soon became clear.

Keya Harveys was unwilling to be deprived of his knight status, and at the same time tired of the tedious writing work of the city hall, all his grievances were directed at the fugitives. He used the opportunity of distributing wheat porridge to deliberately charge the fugitives and provoke the relationship between the two parties, saying that it was because the serfs did not hand in all the grain that the wheat stock was not enough and could not be distributed free of charge.

In fact, Koya has been charging for porridge for several days in a row. Because he was wearing a striking city hall uniform, most of the fugitives kept silent for fear of reprisals from officials, which made him worse. It wasn't until today that a fugitive named Vader stood up to protest the other party's behavior and caused a commotion that all this was exposed.

Roland was slightly relieved after understanding the situation.

An organization should be full of vigor and vigor during its rising period. Although corruption and rigidity will inevitably appear after stabilization, that should only happen after the unification of Graycastle. If such problems appear in the early stage, the organization is doomed to not go far.

Now it seems that fortunately, it was only the personal behavior of Keya Harveys, and no more officials of the city hall were involved. And the matter was limited to extortion of money, not the reselling and private sale of grain with the serfs that he was most worried about.

Of course, he himself was also responsible for the blame. Back then, the city hall was short of manpower, and he handed over all the surrendering knights to Barov without any screening or training, just a warning. As a result, the facts show that not everyone can accept this job without complaint, and bear the huge psychological gap from knight to commoner.

Roland called Barov to his side, and asked in a low voice, "How would a lord usually deal with this situation?"

"Your Highness, there are two cases," the latter replied respectfully, "If the perpetrator is a nobleman, he will not be punished after handing in a few golden dragons, while civilians who attack nobles can commit crimes ranging from beheading to whipping." There are punishments."

"But Keya is no longer a nobleman," the prince shrugged, "I deprived him of his title."

"Yes, Your Highness. In this way, the disposal depends entirely on the mood of the lord."

"No fixed number?"

Barov shook his head.

He frowned, depending on his mood. The inner meaning was that it didn't matter how the common people were manipulated. In the eyes of the nobles, they were not "people" who needed to be treated seriously.

"Aside from beheading, breaking feet, whipping, and pulling out nails, are there any more common punishments? For example, imprisonment."

"Imprisonment?" Barov was startled, "You mean simply being locked up? What kind of punishment is that? A prison is only a place to hold prisoners temporarily, and they will be pulled out for trial sooner or later. If you keep it locked up, you still have to provide Their food, I am afraid in the eyes of some people, this is already a reward."

Well, it seems that the fixed-term imprisonment that is common in later generations will not be useful here. After thinking for a while, Roland decided to follow the rules of Graycastle. He stood up and glanced across the hall, "I will make a verdict now."

"Keya Hawes, because of dereliction of duty and blackmailing fugitives, he will be abolished from all positions in the city hall from now on, and will be assigned to work in the mine for ten years, and a fine of three times the extortion income will be imposed."

"Wade, for attacking the city hall personnel first, he was sentenced to ten lashes."

"The rest of the fugitives and serfs who participated in the fight will be fined two silver wolves or five lashes."

"The oatmeal will continue to be distributed free of charge, and all the money that was extorted before will be returned." He looked at the head of the city hall, "The above ruling is up to you to implement and announce the results to the people in the temporary living area."

"As you order, Your Highness." Barov bowed.

Back in the office, Roland leaned back on the chair and stretched, and then felt a pair of hands on his shoulders, gently rubbing them.

He closed his eyes, enjoying the moment of leisure.

This incident made Roland realize that with the continuous increase in the number of citizens and the rapid expansion of the city hall's powers, it may be time to face the issue of internal supervision.

But he didn't want to set up an institution similar to the procuratorate, and he didn't want to make the public security and the law independent in this era. Not only does the former require a large number of literate people, but it can also easily become a political system that attacks each other and pushes aside committees, hindering the implementation and development of policies. The latter weakened the power of the lord in disguise. Like the enactment, interpretation and trial of laws, it is better to hold these powers in your own hands.

He needs a simple and effective system that can play the role of supervising the organization without too many people.

Roland held the hand on his shoulder.

Nightingale cleared the fog, took the prince's hand and sat back on the table, tilted her head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Her slender legs dangled around the table, and her moccasins and tight-fitting leather pants formed a perfect curve.

Roland coughed twice, "I plan to set up a new department to supervise the city hall and arrest other individuals or groups that may endanger the stability of the western border. This department only needs to be responsible to me, completely independent of the city hall and the first Army," he said word by word, "I'm temporarily naming it "Western Border Security Bureau" and I want you to be in charge. "

"Me?" She blinked.

"That's right, only you can easily tell the truth from the fake. Any deception is meaningless in front of you." Roland nodded, "How about it? If you want, I can provide you with afternoon tea with ice cream alone in winter ,besides……"

Nightingale gently pinched his hand, "Even if you don't say these things, I will promise you—as long as it is what you want to do."

"..." Roland suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

She smiled and didn't let the silence continue, "But what should I do?"

"Well, the supervision part is very simple," the prince adjusted his mood, "I will set up a report box at the gate of the castle area, and you only need to check the report letters inside."

To solve this problem with the least cost, it is undoubtedly to mobilize the masses to supervise, and let the city hall supervise itself, just like arresting the spies who sneaked into Border Town during the evil moon last year.

This method is not easy to use in later generations because it takes a lot of energy to verify whether it is the target of the report or the reporter himself. At the same time, there are also cases of false reports and false reports, not to mention deliberate framing. And these shortcomings do not exist in the face of Nightingale's ability, and it is easy to verify information. You just need to ask face-to-face. If the report is accurate, you will be rewarded, and false accusations and false reports will be punished. Based on these two points, the reporting system will inevitably be extremely difficult. efficient.

"As for maintaining the stability of the western region and eliminating threats and hidden dangers, it is more like an internal intelligence system. I will slowly expand the manpower for you until your vision can expand to the entire western region."

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