Chapter 2187 Flower Struggle (95)

"How about it?"

About 10 o'clock in the evening, Bonaparte opened the door and walked in, then closed the door again.

"Which one are you asking about?" She raised the book in her hand. "Is this a meeting?"

"Which one do you want to talk about?" He came to her and sat down next to her.

"Remember that International Wizarding Congress I told you about in 1692?" she said with a smirk. "The same situation didn't happen. There were no marten running around under the table, and there were no protesting centaurs.

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"Sounds great. How's your book going?"

Georgiana looked at him suspiciously, why was he in such a good mood?

"You won't stop until you finish reading, right? Is there any interesting content?"

She briefly told him the plot he missed, and then said, "After I finish reading this book, I will go out and get more sunshine. If this continues, I will become a nerd."

She said it euphemistically, but what she actually wanted to say was that she would turn into Old Bat, the hook-nosed wizard who had been doing potion experiments and studying black magic in the cellar all year round. His skin was very pale because he had not been exposed to the sun all year round, and he needed her.

I only went to the stands to watch the Quidditch match after being reminded.

"You already are. Didn't you say that you would attend the meeting after reading the book? You should have asked them to wait instead of threatening you to participate, so you did."

"I just don't want to offend the boatman during the boat ride." She sighed. "Do you want to continue reading with me or..."

He stood up before she could finish speaking, as if he had abandoned her.

"You think this book is boring?" she said to his back.

"When I want to read it, I will let you read it to me." He smiled and said, "Even if you have already read it once."

She didn't understand what it meant.

Then he hummed a tuneless song and read a book that interested him.

The early 19th century had not yet entered the electrical age, and candles were still used for lighting. She felt as if she were back in the lounge at Hogwarts, except that there were no people playing around or having parties.

So she returned her gaze to the book.

The predecessor always left behind some trivial and troublesome things. Just like the admiral left many unresolved problems when he left Guangzhou, the former governor of Nanhe also left some unhandled cases, one of which was an internal dispute between yamen members.

dispute.

In the second year of Jiaqing, the scale of the White Lotus Sect uprising became larger and larger. A group of bandits came down the river from Fengjie and arrived at the "Chu Realm". The bandits responded along the way and even had a plan to attack "Changyingcang" in Qingjiangpu.

Changying Granary is outside the city wall of Huai'an. Although there is a grain service on duty, once this national granary falls into the hands of the White Lotus Sect, the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, the Sichuan Army led by the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Bandit Suppressor General, together with the Beifu soldiers led by the Zhenjiang General Soldier, fought against it.

They carried out a pursuit and suppression, and after the main force was dispersed, the remaining people were broken into pieces, disguised as ordinary people, and moved around in the urban and rural areas of the "Chu Kingdom".

The job of the Governor of Nanhe is to clean up the river and prevent the dams from breaching. It has nothing to do with suppressing bandits or arresting bandits. However, both dredging and dam repairs require manpower, so some White Lotus cultists mingled with the canal workers.

The workers doing this work are very mobile, and are often victims of "relief for work". It is also difficult to verify their identity. Moreover, these White Lotus believers not only use the canal construction to conceal their identities, but also wait for opportunities to sabotage and use it to

The materials used to repair the dam were ignited, causing great losses.

Unable to do so, the governor had no choice but to cooperate with Jiangsu and AH governors to screen the river works.

The AH governor at that time was Min Eyuan, the AH governor who wrote a memorial to spare Li Shiyao. Officials also have an assessment mechanism. If they can't solve the case, they will definitely be punished. There are rewards for arresting people. A county magistrate plus Yanglianyin, a total of

It was only over 1,000 taels of silver. You can imagine how much personal income the clerks and the larger number of government servants had.

The amount of court fees charged by the Yamen is one of the important factors that influence people's decision to take the dispute to the court. For example, if a case totals 10 taels of silver, no one will pay the court fee of 10 taels of silver, even if one person pays 5 taels.

Yes, the officers who handle the case will also receive case fees of 2 to 4 taels from it. However, the officers will encourage the people to file lawsuits. Case fees are one of the important incomes of the county government officials. Lu Jianzeng first served as the magistrate of Hongya County, Sichuan

, the public security in that place was chaotic, and there were constant lawsuits and jails. Not only did the people have a difficult life, but the county magistrate also had a lot of cases to deal with.

In fact, some cases do not need to be tried, but people do not understand the law. The laws of the Qing Dynasty mixed civil and criminal cases, especially underground gangs and secret association activities. For example, if a member of the White Lotus Sect was caught, his neighbors

They also have to "sitting together", which is called "opening the thief's flower" in the slang. If the neighbors don't give money to the guards, then they will falsely accuse their neighbors of hiding the stolen goods and be arrested as an accomplice until they pay the blackmail money to the guards.

He will be released only after that. Neighbors call this "clearing the thief's name".

There is also the shed fee, which is the cost of disposing of the body in a murder case. If the body is left at home and smells bad, the neighbors will also be affected. Both the neighbors and the homeowner have to pay this money.

The Governor's Office of Nanhe could not receive this money before, and they did not like it. The good thing is that the White Lotus Sect burned down the warehouse, so that there is no proof of the previous losses. The bad thing is that the predecessor Hetai memorial

, he asked Emperor Jiaqing to allow him to increase the price of labor and materials in the river, but was rejected. Later, he asked for local land tax collection, but was dismissed by the emperor as a "sick people", and then he was dismissed.

The increase in military spending means less money spent on civil affairs, saving money on dredging canals, and switching food to sea transportation. If Emperor Shunzhi was worried about "pirates" getting into the Jiangnan grain ships, he carried out the project in Tianjin and Tanggu.

"Reverse the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty", then by the Jiaqing period, no one would think that way. Why would some people think that way? People who hear this will think that the person who said this is sick, which is called the banner people's Jiangshanzuo

Stable.

On the one hand, there was no money, and on the other hand, there were old grudges. The people left behind by the predecessor Hetai had fierce conflicts, which even reached the point of fighting. So one party sued the other party here in Hetai, and the previous one did not deal with it.

, it was left to the admiral, no, it was handled by the governor.

Prohibition was implemented in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century. Because the grassroots police agencies were completely corroded, federal agents were given great powers. President Truman once said, "We don't need the Gestapo or the secret police." Federal agents at the time

It has violated the original intention of dealing with criminals, and instead used the power in its hands to collect scandals about celebrities and use them as a basis for blackmail.

There is also the misdemeanor system in the United States. Even the smallest behavior may not be considered a crime. For example, illegal parking will cause the car owner to receive a ticket. When he cannot pay the ticket, he will go to jail and "work" in a private prison.

The police have increased their crime detection rate and can also get some other benefits, but vicious crimes have not decreased. During the Prohibition period, many underworld tycoons appeared, as well as the "famous" "Chicago Typewriter" and "Fiddler".

It was all Georgiana's own idea. Of course Nick in the 19th century did not know it, but he recorded the conflicts between Hedao Yamen and local government officials, as well as the "military gate" that rotated within Hedao Yamen.

Hedao Governor's Office is also known as Hedao Military Gate Office and Du Yushi Office. Legend has it that there was a man who was always in lawsuits. During the Chinese New Year, he said to his family, "No one can litigate this year." He also posted a couplet that read, "This year.

"Good, less bad luck, no lawsuits", but there is no punctuation, just like the independent couplet of Chongwen Pavilion on Lotus Peak, "The water is far away, the sky is open, the clouds are planted, the jade is too shallow for the mountain." As a result, his son looked at the couplet and said, "This year is so unlucky.

, rarely litigate."

Even if he didn't get a good beating, his son's New Year's gain would be gone.

This is because the admiral was too busy in Guangzhou, so he was asked to be busy at the River Governor's Mansion, right?

He Shen was dealt with, and the system of the crime bank was settled. However, the new governor encountered something that could not be solved by the crime bank.

No wonder Bonaparte stopped reading this crappy book, and Georgiana didn’t want to read it either. She was not one of those spectators who “audited” at the Paris High Court all day long.

But she was also curious about how the two groups of people started to fight. Some were fighting, some were the ones who tried to break up the fight, and some were the hecklers. She had always been a pacifist.

"Wow."

"What's the matter?" asked Bonaparte.

"Fighting." She looked at the illustrations in the book with interest. "The officials in the yamen started fighting with their own people."

"Why are you interested in this kind of thing?"

"Aren't you interested?"

He looked at her seriously.

She stuck out her tongue, forgetting that he was also an "officer". He definitely didn't like this kind of scene. She would have known better and wouldn't have told him.
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