Han Shizu

Chapter 303 Public Security Issues
"I heard that there were some problems in the city last night?" Liu Chengyou asked calmly without raising his head.

The old figure standing in front of the imperial court was none other than Hou Yi, governor of Kaifeng. Compared with the beginning of the year, this cunning old fox hadn't changed much, and his body still looked very tough.

However, seeing the Son of Heaven bluntly speaking, saluting, he glanced carefully, and replied: "Your Majesty, some scoundrels, after being drunk, provoked quarrels in the city, and a fight broke out, causing a small disturbance."

"Small chaos? It has developed into an armed fight, causing casualties, so what is a big chaos? What's the matter with stealing and looting?" Liu Chengyou asked in a flat tone.

Hou Yi lowered his head a bit, and said in a bitter tone: "You gangsters, taking advantage of the chaos to do evil! The curfew and closing time have been extended, and the officials below are not prepared enough to react in time. This is the negligence of the minister."

Hou Fuyin's attitude was very correct, or because of his cleverness, he freely admitted that he took the responsibility on his own initiative.

Last night, riots broke out in the city of Tokyo. From ordinary provocations, they developed into armed fights involving dozens of people. Under such circumstances, there are always people who take advantage of the chaos and break the law.The people in the government obviously did not prevent this in advance, which caused the incident to become a big one.

"How many people were killed or injured?" Liu Chengyou glanced at Hou Yi.

"Five people were killed, seven people were seriously injured, and 18 people were slightly injured." Hou Yi obviously had a detailed understanding, and he said skillfully: "After the incident, the Kaifeng Mansion and the Inspection Department sent guards and soldiers to suppress and arrest them. 110 and seven people were arrested. Except for a few people who escaped, all the villains who participated in the fighting were captured."

"There are so many people involved?" Liu Chengyou frowned.

Hou Yi hurriedly explained: "In order not to slip through the net, all the people present were arrested and returned to the Yasi. The minister has interrogated them one by one to distinguish between good and evil, and released more than forty innocent people. In addition, the minister also sent the Yamen to arrest them. Serve, follow the confession, and hunt down those who escaped."

After listening to Hou Yi's report, Liu Chengyou's expression eased a lot. No matter what, the Hou Fu Yin handled the aftermath quite methodically.

"What happened to the fire in the south of the city?"

Without hesitation, Hou Yi said, "The small people gathered together and were crowded, and the fire was used carelessly, causing a fire. Thirteen houses in the workshop were burned down. Fortunately, the weather was humid, and the fire was suppressed in time. It didn't expand, and there were no casualties."

"Hou Qing, the prefect of Kaifeng, has indeed fulfilled his duty!" Liu Chengyou was silent for a while, before he said to Hou Yi, seeing him still standing, he raised his hand and signaled: "Sit down and answer!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Seeing this, the old man quietly let out a sigh of relief and sat down.Don't look at him coping with ease, but if you say you don't have any anxiety in your heart, that's not necessarily the case.Although he was appointed as the Governor of Kaifeng, he did not think that he would be trusted by the emperor. After all, he had a "criminal record", and he was afraid that Liu Chengyou would find a way to turn the old score over.

After taking his seat, Hou Yi took the initiative to ask the emperor's opinion: "Your Majesty, how should we deal with the arrested people?"

"Depending on the seriousness of the case, kill as soon as possible, arrest as soon as possible, especially the leader, he will be punished severely!" Liu Chengyou replied very simply.

"Yes!"

"How many murders have been committed in Tokyo this year?" Liu Cheng asked.

Hearing this question suddenly, Hou Yi was sitting on the wax, and there was no urgent need, so how could he remember these things, he hesitated for a while, but replied honestly: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty, after I return to the Yamen, I will check the treasury files. However, There are more than forty cases handled by Jingchen himself."

"Tokyo's market management still needs to be improved!" Hearing this, Liu Chengyou released a dissatisfied attitude in his calm tone.

Apparently feeling this, Hou Yi immediately made a statement to promise: "From now on, I will definitely punish you strictly!"

Although it is the capital, Kaifeng City is not a place of order and stability, especially in the marketplace, where dragons and snakes are mixed, and people from all directions are trapped in it.The excitement is inherent, and the prosperity is also recovering, but chaos and crime are never scarce, especially when the current situation is turbulent.

Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the law and order in Tokyo has been very good in two periods.But that is relying on high-pressure control and severe deterrence, which is abnormal and difficult to last.

One is the first few months after Liu Zhiyuan first entered Kaifeng and changed his country name. At that time, militarized management was basically implemented.It was not until Wei Wang Liu Chengxun and Liu Chengyou stepped in successively that they eased up.

The second is that in the one or two months after Liu Chengyou succeeded to the throne, in order to stabilize the government and the people, the management of Kaifeng City was extremely strict and even cruel.At that time, Shi Hongzhao and Liu Xin were two people in power, two ruthless people, both liked to practice harsh laws, basically if they made a slight mistake, they would be dragged to the Department of Guards for "education".

At that time, the hooligans in the Tokyo market could be said to have disappeared from sight, did not dare to show their appearance, had abandoned roads, and people did not dare to pick them up, and the common people did not even dare to raise their heads and walk.The law and order is good, and the situation is stable, but it can be said that for most people, the air in Tokyo is oppressive, and it is difficult to breathe easily.

In particular, the follow-up military officers of the patrol division, for personal gain, became adulterers due to fate, vainly constructed goodness, and imposed punishments indiscriminately, which caused a very bad influence.Bian Guizhen, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, also advised Liu Chengyou on this, suggesting that Liu Chengyou should follow the rules, crack down on lawless military officials, and return the people to peace.

Liu Chengyou was kind and accepting advice, but it was only after Shi Hongzhao and Liu Xin called out the Imperial Army successively that they were able to improve completely, and the public security management in Tokyo was completely returned to the Kaifeng government.In this way, once the management is relaxed, ghosts and monsters will inevitably appear.

Regarding these, when Hou Yichu took office as governor, he had a period of time to show his achievements, but the fundamental problems were never resolved.In the final analysis, it is still the insufficiency and ambiguity of the management system, coupled with the government's law enforcement, there are also quite a few problems.

Usually small fights would not reach Liu Chengyou's ears, but this time, the Wu Desi directly reported the weapon fight as an important news report, which once again attracted Liu Chengyou's attention.

At this time, Liu Chengyou shook his head slowly after hearing Hou Yi's words, "strictly punishing" did not satisfy him.

Noticing Liu Chengyou's expression, the old guy's eyes were slightly bright, and he asked respectfully: "I don't know what instruction you have, Your Majesty, I respectfully listen to the holy will?"

This old man, with his sharpness and slickness in observing words and expressions, really doesn't look like a martial artist who came from Qiuba.

Liu Chengyou did not pretend to be profound, and directly shared his thoughts with Hou Yiting: "Tokyo's prosperity is recovering, but the management of the market is still lacking. In order to maintain public order and address the current situation in Tokyo, the Kaifeng government should promulgate a new The market management punishment system!"

"Your Majesty sees it!" Hearing this, Hou Yi immediately cupped his hands and "licked" a sentence, and then said calmly: "Your Majesty also knows that the old minister is only a warrior, and the establishment and compilation of rules and regulations is really beyond the capabilities of the minister. There is no such talent.”

Human self-knowledge is really rare sometimes.

Seeing that Hou Yi didn't respond directly, but made the problem clear, how could Liu Chengyou blame him for his lack of ability?He obviously also thought about it, waved his hand and said to him: "I give you a suggestion, go to the Imperial Academy Cheng Zhi Fan Zhi."

At this point, Hou Yi also reacted immediately, and raised his hands with a smile on his face: "I understand, thank you Your Majesty for reminding me."

Recently, Fan Zhi led a group of civil servants and devoted himself to the compilation of "Xing Tong". Later, Wang Pu joined in to help, and the progress was finally much faster.It is not a problem for him to help formulate a "Tokyo Public Security Management Regulations".

"In addition, we must strengthen the management and supervision of the inspectors!" Liu Chengyou reminded emphatically.

"Yes!" Hou Yi responded decisively.He also secretly made up his mind to rectify and restrain the officials and servants under the Kaifeng government office. Before that, he turned a blind eye to it, but this time the emperor himself spoke, of course he knew what to do .

In fact, in response to the deteriorating public security problem in Tokyo, Liu Chengyou has long wanted to rectify it. After all, the market is so chaotic in the first good district, how decent it is.The incident on the night of the winter solstice just made Liu Chengyou's actions to rectify law and order a little earlier.

(End of this chapter)