1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1710
As an official guarding an important border area, it is impossible for Tan Juren to achieve some dazzling military achievements every year like Roger did, and limited to the current objective conditions of Xingdao, it is quite difficult to make some achievements in this place.

In the past two years, when Tan Juren was writing a summary report at the end of the year, he had a headache and could not come up with results that would impress the executive committee.The annual increase in population and the number of cultivated land in this place is extremely limited, and it can only rank at the bottom among the many overseas colonies currently ruled by Haihan, which is only slightly better than Bangka Belitung Island, a purely mining place, even It is not as good as the Jinzhou Peninsula in Liaodong, which has been in a state of war.

As the two frontiers on the Haihan map, one south and one north, the development status of Xingdao and Jinzhou Peninsula can be easily compared. The time difference between the two places was included in the territory of Haihan is nearly a year, but Since Xingdao is isolated overseas, it is far inferior to Jinzhou, which has Daming as the support of population and logistics materials. Therefore, it is inevitable that Jinzhou will catch up with the latter in terms of development speed.Over there, through the continuous migration of soldiers and civilians to Phi Island and immigrants from Shandong, the local population has soon exceeded five digits, and it has begun to reclaim wasteland and rebuild the town in an organized manner. The development progress is very short. It has surpassed Xingdao within a short period of time.

Without a large number of population imports, it is difficult to talk about development. With Tan Juren's ability, there is currently no good way to solve the population problem of Sing Tao in the short term, so it is very difficult to achieve political achievements in the traditional direction.And this time, the riot plan of the Spanish prisoners of war was cracked. This credit can indeed make a presence in the executive committee, but it seems to be a little bit less interesting to call it a political achievement. After all, the field of judicial prison The affairs of Xingdao were originally in charge of the military, and after Tan Juren took office, Luo Jie handed it over to him to take care of it. The credit should be fully assigned to Tan Juren, which is somewhat unfair.

Tan Juren thought about it for a while, and felt that he still had to say hello to Roger first to see what his partner meant.He believed that as Roger, he would not want to take credit for this, but if he could coordinate this matter with the military, he might be able to further expand the benefits of this matter.Tan Juren still understands the simple officialdom truth that everyone carries the sedan chair.

So Tan Juren asked Qin Bodu to go back first to continue in-depth investigation of the case and control the security situation in the hard labor camp, while he immediately went to Luo Jie to discuss with him how to handle this special case in the hard labor camp.

"Rebellion?" Roger couldn't help laughing after he had a general understanding of the case: "These prisoners of war are really not afraid of death. They dare to make trouble when they get here! Even if they can escape from the hard labor camp, can they still escape?" This island? If you are so eager to die, you might as well commit suicide in a hard labor camp!"

After listening to Roger's harsh words, Tan Juren also agreed: "They probably really have a wrong understanding of their situation, and they also fancifully thought that they could use force to fight us. It seems that you were still in Manila. Too merciful and didn't teach them a hard enough lesson."

Roger sighed: "At that time, it was the Executive Committee's request to minimize the unnecessary killing of prisoners of war, so that these prisoners of war could be used as hard labor after the war, so even those prisoners of war who were stubborn, after the war ended, they were just Sentenced them to prison time instead of more severe punishment."

Luo Jie patted the case file sent by Tan Juren lightly and said: "These two prison leaders were only low-level military officers at the beginning. I originally thought that keeping them might be able to maintain the internal conflicts among the prisoners so that we can manage them more easily. It seems that they don’t appreciate it. In my opinion, the more than 20 prisoners who participated in the organization in this case were all sent to the mine on Belitung Island as underground workers, and they should not be allowed to come back in the future.”

Haihan has several tin mines on Bangka Belitung Island, and the miners there are almost all serious criminals who cannot be pardoned, and the living conditions of hard labor prisoners are much more severe than those on Singdao.Basically, the prisoners sent there don't have to think about the issue of release after serving their sentence. Those who can work for one or two years without accidents are lucky.Luo Jie's idea was obviously that he didn't intend to give these Hispanic criminals any chance of returning to the world.

Tan Juren didn't think there was anything wrong with this way of handling it. In fact, it was an act of official benevolence not to directly impose the death penalty on these prisoners.Roger led the troops to fight intermittently in the South China Sea for several years. He is not a soft-hearted person. If the human resources in the South China Sea were not too tight, Roger would probably have ordered these prisoners to be dragged out and shot after reading the case files. up.

However, the feedback that Tan Juren wanted was not only the way to deal with these prisoners, he also hoped that Roger could make some suggestions for the follow-up report of this case so that he could gain more benefits from it.

Tan Juren saw that Roger didn't seem to have thought of this, so he coughed dryly and took the initiative to mention: "About this case, I will report to Fort Victory after finishing the files later, do you have any ideas?"

Roger responded: "You mean to report to the executive committee? Well...you can think about it again..."

As the leader who independently formed a capable army, Roger is not stupid, but he is not very interested in officialdom politics, so he is not as sensitive as Tan Juren, but when he heard the other party mentioning the case, Roger naturally thought of this. Some impacts and effects that may arise after the case is reported to Fort Victory.

With the influence of Xingdao, it is difficult for an attempted riot case in the hard labor camp on the island to attract the attention of the executive committee, and it is unlikely to have any follow-up impact, but if Roger and Tan Juren jointly operate, perhaps It can change the nature and seriousness of the case.

Tan Juren didn't rush to urge Luo Jie to express his position. He knew that there was no need to be too eager in front of the other party for such a matter, otherwise he would become passive.If Roger really intends to profit from it, then even if he has no idea, Roger will take the initiative to find a way.

Roger made a decision without thinking for too long: "This case needs to be dug deeper. I think this is probably some kind of trick by the Spaniards. After they failed in Manila, they focused on Xingdao and wanted to find it here." return the loss."

Tan Juren was also a little surprised when he heard Roger's "reasoning", because such a case sounds a bit unreasonable. After the Spanish were defeated in Manila, could it be that a group of prisoners of war who were exiled to Xingdao wanted to make a fuss in the Strait of Malacca? ?You must know that this place is thousands of miles away from the nearest Spanish stronghold, and there is a city of Malacca controlled by the Portuguese hundreds of miles away that can respond to Xingdao in an emergency. Island hands.

"This... seems a bit far-fetched?" Tan Juren asked tentatively.

"Yes, it seems a little unreasonable." Roger scratched his head, admitting that there were loopholes in the theory he designed.But if this matter is to attract the attention of the Executive Committee, it must be made more serious.

Tan Juren said: "I think it's better to blame the British. Didn't they fight the British last year? Maybe the British and the Spaniards have colluded. It's hard to say. What do you think?"

Roger thought for a moment and shook his head: "That won't work. Don't forget that these two countries are fighting fiercely on the European battlefield. They are real opponents. There is no reason to choose to cooperate in the Far East. Moreover, their respective colonies are too far apart. It’s also difficult to achieve coordinated action.”

After much deliberation, the two of them found that all the solutions they could think of seemed to have obvious loopholes.In the end, Tan Juren said: "I think it's better to settle for the next best thing, first report to the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Justice, and then see if there are other entry points to hype."

Luo Jie couldn't think of a more appropriate solution for a while, so he had to agree to Tan Juren's proposal first.Before finding a better foundation, if they were forced to report directly to the executive committee, it would be a bit of a fuss, and it would not play the role they expected.Fortunately, it will take some time to sort out the files of the case, and they still have time to slowly consider how to deal with this matter, and see if they can find a more comprehensive and appropriate solution.

After talking about the business, Tan Juren remembered that when Qin Bodu reported the case, he had mentioned the issue of rewarding the personnel involved in handling the case, and Dang even asked Roger for his opinion.After listening to this, Roger smiled and said: "Then this guy's situation can be regarded as a crime and meritorious deed. With so many people arrested, his identity will definitely be exposed. If he is allowed to stay in the hard labor camp, maybe he will He was stabbed to death in the toilet in just one day. Since Qin Bodu promised to commute his sentence, let’s do it. If the sentence is not reduced, he will be transferred from the hard labor camp first, and another job will be arranged for him.”

Tan Juren had no objection to the treatment plan mentioned by Roger. The prisoner's sentence reduction is not an easy treatment, but this time the case of the Hispanic prisoner was successfully solved, and it was indeed the prisoner named Qin Huacheng who played a key role.Moreover, this person was a security policeman in Manila before he was exiled to Xingdao, so he was considered half of his own family. He should be rewarded for his merits after the case is completed, and he should be given some real rewards.

The decision on the handling of this case was quickly fed back to the Second Hard Labor Battalion.Qin Bodu summoned Qin Huacheng and announced to him the decision from the Xingdao Management Committee.When he heard that his sentence would be commuted in the future, Qin Huacheng couldn't hide his joy. The hardships he had suffered and the risks he had taken before suddenly became worth thousands of dollars.

"The higher-ups mean that, considering your personal safety, you will move out of the number one where you live now, and live in another place. However, the specific results of the commutation of sentence have not yet come out, so you cannot leave the hard labor camp yet. "Qin Bodu said to Qin Hua: "But there is no suitable accommodation for you in the labor camp, so you may be wronged for a few days, so let's live in a small black room first!"

The so-called small black room is a place where prisoners are kept in confinement. The place is small and has no lighting. It would be unbearable for ordinary people to live there for three to five days.Although Qin Huacheng had never been imprisoned in a small dark room, he knew that living in that place was uncomfortable, and moving out of the cell to live in a small black room was not considered a reward, so he didn't respond for a while.

Qin Bodu probably also felt that such an arrangement was a little inappropriate, so he added: "Of course you won't be enforced according to the confinement standard, and you won't even be locked up, but you will live there at night and stay there during the day. You can come out for activities during the designated time period. This is mainly for your safety, if the Spanish prisoners here know what you have done, they are likely to impose retaliatory measures on you."

Qin Huacheng quickly bowed his head and thanked him: "Your Excellency has a heart! How dare you refuse to follow the villain's guilt? Let the adults' arrangements prevail."

Qin Bodu saw that he was lingering after finishing speaking, so he asked again: "Do you have anything to say?"

Qin Huacheng said: "The villain still wants to inquire about how long it will take to deal with the commutation of sentence before there is a result?"

Qin Bodu said: "According to the instructions of the chief, this case needs to be reported to the Ministry of Justice. As for the handling of criminals and those who have reported meritorious service, it probably has to wait for the Ministry of Justice to make a reply. It will take two or three months. need."

Qin Huacheng was startled and said, "It took so long? Doesn't my Haihan country have a radio station that can send messages thousands of miles away?"

Qin Bodu smiled and said: "You have some knowledge, and you even know about the radio station...but the radio station is only suitable for sending short messages. In this case, there are more than 20 copies of the prisoner's files and confessions. The final files are at least two inches thick. The cost of sending it by radio is too high, so it can only be transported back to Sanya by ship. After the processing is finished there, it will be fed back, won’t it take two or three months?”

Qin Hua sighed, "Isn't that villain going to serve an extra two or three months of punishment?"

Qin Bodu's face darkened and he said: "You are not satisfied with this arrangement, what do you want to teach me?"

Qin Huacheng quickly responded: "Don't dare! The villain must never dare!"

Although it will take some time to get a response from Sanya, this is already an excellent result compared to the three-year hard labor sentence. Even though Qin Huacheng is still a little unwilling, he will never question Qin Bodu's arrangement—— The addition and subtraction of the sentence is not just a matter of Qin Bodu's words, it really pissed off the warden, and he might have to move back to live in the prison.Although the small black room is not a good place, at least it has a certain degree of freedom, and Qin Huacheng can only comfort himself to accept the reality in this way.

On the same day, Qin Huacheng's roommates got the news that because he violated the rules of the hard labor camp, Qin Huacheng was sentenced to [-] days of confinement, which will start immediately.Everyone, including Lin Xingsui, was surprised by such a sudden punishment. This Qin Huacheng had already climbed a high branch, but he suddenly fell off.Prisoners usually do not spend more than five days in confinement for mistakes, but Qin Huacheng was sentenced to fifteen days. What kind of felony did he commit?
(End of this chapter)