Release that Witch - Chapter 323

[Chapter 322]

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 the lord usually deal with this situation?”

“Your Highness, there are two cases,” the latter replied respectfully, “If the offender is a nobleman, how much money will be handed over ?”

After a golden dragon, you can go without any punishment, and civilian crimes against nobles can be big or small, from beheading to whipping.”

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

“Yes, Your Highness. In this way, the disposition depends entirely on the mood of the lord.”

“No decision?”

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 stunned, “You mean simply being locked up? What is that? Punishment, the prison is only a place to temporarily hold prisoners, and sooner or later they will be pulled out for trial. If you keep it locked, you have to provide them with food, I am afraid that in the eyes of some people, this is already a reward.”

Well, look The fixed-term imprisonment that will be used in future generations is useless here. After thinking for a while, Roland decided to follow the rules of Graycastle.

He stood up and glanced across the hall, “I’m making a verdict now.”

“Keya Hawes, because of his negligence and extortion of fugitives, will abolish all his positions in the city hall from now on, and he will be assigned to work in the mine for ten years. , and a fine of three times the extortion income.”

“Wade, for the first attack on the city hall personnel, 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.”

“Wheat porridge will continue to be distributed free of charge, and all the money that was extorted before will be returned.” He looked at the chief of the city hall, “The above ruling It’s up to you to implement it and announce the results to the people in the temporary living area.”

“I obey, 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 were dangling by the table, her high moccasin shoes and tight-fitting leather pants formed a 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.

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“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 , and…”

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 stand up.

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She smiled and did not let the silence continue, “But what should I do?”

“Well, the supervision part is very simple,” the prince adjusted his mood, “I will be at the gate of the castle area Set up a whistleblowing box, and you only need to check the whistleblowing letters inside.” The

least costly way to solve this problem is undoubtedly to mobilize the masses to supervise, and let the city hall supervise itself, just like the evil month last year It was like catching the spies who sneaked into Border Town from time to time.

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 becomes easy to verify information. You just need to ask face-to-face. If the report is accurate, you will be rewarded, and you will be punished for false accusations and false reports. 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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[End of this Chapter]