Back in the castle hall, Roland sat back in the main seat and looked down at the people below. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In his memory, the fourth prince only exercised the right to judge once when he first came to the border town. Later, he fell out with the nobles, and life was not going well, so he left all the things in his hands to Barov and never asked again.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Roland announced the beginning of the trial.

First the parties state the reasons, and then ask the questions themselves—with the secret assistance of the nightingale, he does not need to judge who is deliberately lying, who is not sincere, and does not need the heart of a schoolboy as meticulous as death, and it becomes easy and simple to determine responsibility.

The truth was soon revealed.

Koya Harvey was reluctant to be stripped of his knighthood, and at the same time he was tired of the tedious paperwork of the town hall, and his resentment was on the fugitives. He took advantage of the distribution of wheat porridge to deliberately charge the fugitives and sow discord between the two sides, saying that it was precisely because the serfs did not hand over all the grain that the wheat stock was insufficient and could not be distributed for free.

The fact that Koya had been charging for wheat porridge for days on end was compounded by the fact that most of the fugitives remained silent for fear of reprisals from officials because he was wearing a striking city hall uniform. It wasn't until today that a fugitive named Vader came out to protest the other party's actions and caused a commotion, that all of this came to light.

Roland breathed a sigh of relief when he understood the situation.

An organization should be energetic and vigorous in the rising period, and although corruption and rigidity will inevitably occur after stabilization, it should also happen after the unification of the Gray Keep. If such a problem arises at the beginning, then the organization is not destined to go far.

Fortunately, it was just Koya Harvey's personal actions and did not involve any further city hall officials. And the matter was limited to extorting money, not the grain resale and smuggling of the serfs that he feared the most.

Of course, he is also responsible for this pot, when the city hall was in dire need of manpower, he stuffed all the surrendered knights to Barov without any screening and training, just a warning. As it turned out, not everyone could accept the job without complaint and endure a huge psychological gap from knight to commoner.

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

"Your Highness, there are two cases," replied the latter respectfully, "if the offender is a nobleman, he can go unpunished after handing over a few golden dragons, while the commoner crimes against the nobles can be large or small, ranging from beheading to caning." ”

"But Koya is no longer a nobleman," said the prince, shrugging his shoulders, "and I have stripped him of his title." ”

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

"No fixed number?"

Barov shook his head.

He frowned, it was all based on his mood, and the inner meaning was that it didn't matter how he manipulated the commoners, they were not people who needed to be treated seriously in the eyes of the nobles.

"In addition to the punishment of beheading, cutting off feet, whipping, and pulling out nails, are there any ordinary punishments? ”

"Imprisoned?" Barov was stunned, "do you mean simply locked up? What kind of punishment is that, the prison is only a place where prisoners are temporarily held, and sooner or later they will have to be pulled out for trial." If you're locked up, you'll have to feed them, and I'm afraid that's a reward in the eyes of some people. ”

Well, it seems that the prison sentence that will be used in later generations will not be useful here, and after thinking for a moment, Roland decided to follow the rules of Grey Castle. He stood up, his gaze scanning the hall, "I'll pronounce the verdict now." ”

"Koya Harveys, for dereliction of duty and extortion of fugitives, was immediately removed from all his positions at the town hall, assigned to work in the mines for ten years, and fined three times the extortion income. ”

"Vader, for being the first to attack the town hall personnel, was sentenced to ten lashes. ”

"The rest of the fugitives and serfs who took part in the brawl were fined two silver wolves, or five lashes. ”

"The porridge continues to be distributed free of charge, and all the money that was previously extorted will be returned. He looked at the governor of the city hall, "You will enforce the above ruling, and announce the result to the people of the temporary settlement." ”

"Yes, Your Highness. Barov bowed.

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

He closed his eyes and enjoyed the moment.

This incident made Roland realize that with the increasing number of citizens and the rapid expansion of the powers of the city hall, the problem of internal supervision may have reached a moment that must be faced.

However, he did not want to set up an institution similar to the procuratorate, let alone to be independent in this era. The former requires a large number of literate people, not to mention it, and it is easy to turn into a political system that attacks each other and pushes committees, hindering the implementation and development of policies. The latter weakened the lord's power in disguise. Like the making, interpretation, and adjudication of laws, it is better to hold these powers in your own hands.

He needed a clean and effective system that didn't require too many people to oversee the organization.

Roland took the hand on his shoulder.

The nightingale lifted the fog, took the prince by the hand and sat back on the table, tilted his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Her slender legs dangled around the table, her tall moccasins and close-fitting leather pants in perfect curves.

Roland coughed twice, "I plan to set up a new department to oversee the town hall and arrest other individuals or groups that may endanger the stability of the West. This department is only accountable to me, and is completely independent of the town hall and the First Army," he said word for word, "and I have temporarily named it the Western Border Security Service, and I want you to be in charge." ”

"Me?" she blinked.

"That's right, only you can easily tell the truth from the fake, and any tricks are pointless in front of you," Roland nodded, "How about it?" I can serve you afternoon tea with ice cream alone in the winter, and ...... if you wish."

Nightingale pinched his hand slightly, "Even if you don't say this, I'll promise you—as long as it's what you want to do." ”

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

She smiled, not letting the silence continue, "But what should I do?"

"Well, the regulatory part is simple," the prince adjusted his mood, "I'll set up a report box at the entrance of the castle district, and you can just check the report letters." ”

The solution to this problem in the least costly way is undoubtedly to mobilize mass supervision, and let the town hall supervise itself, just as the previous year did to catch spies who infiltrated the border towns during the evil moon.

In the future, this method is not easy to use because both the subject of the report and the whistleblower themselves need to spend a lot of energy to verify, and there are also cases of false reporting and misreporting, not to mention deliberate framing. None of these shortcomings are present in the face of Nightingale's abilities, and verifying information is a breeze that can be done by asking people in person - rewards for accurate reporting, punishment for false accusations and false reports, and the reporting system is bound to be extremely efficient.

"As for maintaining stability in the Western Territory and eliminating threats and hidden dangers, it is more like an internal intelligence system, and I will slowly expand the manpower to you until your eyes can be extended to the entire Western Territory. ”

. (To be continued.) )