Shadow Spy

Chapter 291 New regulations issued for the concession

On Wednesday, March 3, the "Shanghai Gazette" published a blockbuster special issue, with as many as four 20 pages. The full text published the latest "Concession Criminal Punishment Regulations", "Concession Public Security Management Regulations" and "Concession Public Security Regulations" launched by the Ministry of Industry and Industry Bureau. The full text of seven regulations including the "Industrial and Commercial Administration Regulations", "Concession Financial Management Regulations", "Concession Traffic Management Regulations", "Concession Military Management Regulations", and "Concession Civilian Army Self-Defense Regulations" once again shocked Shanghai!
These seven regulations are the result of more than a month of hard work by four law professors at Fudan University. Although they cannot be issued in the name of law, they will actually play a legal role in the concession.

Zheng Yue once told Li Junhao that the concession was a product of a special period. Although it is currently under foreign control, the country's sovereignty and governance cannot be obscured...

Li Junhao remembered this sentence, so he paid special attention to this when entrusting Professor Zheng to revise the regulations in the concession. The results of the revision were published in the name of regulations, which can not only make the current management of the concession have evidence to rely on, but also avoid It is a relatively clever move to avoid political troubles that may arise in the future.

This special issue is printed by the upgraded police printing office. It uses professional newspaper newsprint, a German Heidelberg printing machine, and expensive solid ink. There are many pages. In order to avoid waste, each copy is priced at US$1. Or 5 Yingyang, it can be said to be the most expensive newspaper!
In the early days of the publication, almost no one paid attention to it because of the price, but soon someone discovered its value, and sales increased rapidly...

In the afternoon of the same day, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce established the Supreme Court of the Concession in accordance with these laws and regulations, which consists of three primary tribunals: criminal, public security, and civil, to oversee the hearing of various cases in the concession; the two-level tribunals will hire professional legal experts to serve as judge……

At the same time, the three primary tribunals announced that starting from the next day, various cases that had been backlogged in the early stage will be heard in batches and adjudicated in accordance with regulations.

This move by the concession authorities made people from all walks of life in Shanghai a little confused. They did not understand what was going on. Only a few people saw the reason and took a cautious attitude towards the subsequent trial of the case...

After receiving the news, legal professionals from all over the world outside Shanghai went to various channels to purchase that day's "Shanghai Communiqué" in order to study the seven laws and regulations issued by the Shanghai Concession in order to measure the strength of its legal system.The strong demand actually made this special issue very popular. In the later period, there was even a rush to buy it at a higher price, which was beyond many people's expectations.

Before and after the release of this special issue, there are some stories behind it.

Before the publication, many people questioned the pricing and printing volume, but Li Junhao personally made the decision. The printing volume was 10 copies, and the price was 1 US dollar or 5 yingyang. If it couldn't be sold, it would be left alone!

The police printing office was busy for three days and nights to print out the first batch of 150 copies. To this end, they had to borrow 20 folders from other concession printing houses to help, and they completed the delivery in the early morning of the [-]th. newspaper preparation; while the printing office is still working in three shifts and continues to print the remaining [-] copies.

At that time, everyone thought that at least half of the [-] copies of the special issue would be backlogged, but in the following days, something surprising happened - only more than [-] copies were sold on the first day, [-] on the second day, and [-] on the second day. The number jumped to [-] in three days, [-] on the fourth day, and sold out on the morning of the fifth day!

In Shanghai in the 10th year of the Republic of China, only newspapers were sold, and sales of US$[-] in five days was a huge myth!Everyone in the editorial department and the printing office was impressed by Director Panson's foresight, but he himself did not take it seriously at all. He just felt that the issuance of these regulations would be recorded in the history of the world, and it must be People in later generations can see it, so we can’t print too few copies.
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When he was about to get off work that afternoon, Li Junhao received a call from his secretary Miliya at the Consulate General, saying that the Consulate General had received a telegram from the Asian Fleet from the sea, saying that the fleet would arrive in Shanghai around one o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

Well, Admiral Hart is coming!

Li Junhao breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know what the purpose of coming to Shanghai was. Did he really want to set up the fleet base in Shanghai?That would be beneficial to his side, but in the long run, it's not a good choice.

In particular, the First Fleet of the Japanese Navy is also stationed in Shanghai. Although they are old ships like the U.S. Asia Fleet, the Japanese military sends fleet reinforcements much faster than the United States!

Of course, it is too early to say this. When the war is about to come, the best way is to leave the fleet offshore before the war begins and take the opportunity to lure the Japanese fleet away from the Shanghai Sea. By then, the Japanese army attacking the concession will not have a fleet. With their help, they would not be able to take advantage of the concession army in urban street fighting.
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The next morning, reporters from the concession were surrounded in front of the second branch of the former Jiangsu Provincial High Court in the middle of Xue Huali Road. This place has been transformed into the concession criminal court. He was arrested by the concession police before the trial was to begin today. criminals, major newspapers want to have first-hand information.

The first chief judge of the Criminal Tribunal, Zheng Yue, was in charge of today's trial. He adopted a collective trial model. In the first trial, he tried the Belarusian gang organization "Russian Federation" for smuggling and selling arms, opening pornographic business premises, Criminal facts such as smuggling and selling cigarettes, intentional homicide, serious injury, abduction and trafficking of women, serious disturbance of social security and other crimes are subject to public trials.

There are only a hundred people in the auditorium of the court. As soon as the bailiffs opened the door, crowds of people crowded in. Not only the auditorium was full, but also the corridors were full of people. More people wanted to come in and listen. There is no way people can squeeze in!

Because the situation at the scene was a bit chaotic, the bailiffs in charge of court order were not allowed to forcibly reject latecomers, and even kicked out some of the excessive entrants in the court. Only then did the court order return to normal.

The trial process went very quickly. As the prosecutor, the police officer from the Legal Affairs Department of the Concession Police Department listed a large amount of evidence and claimed extremely seriously: "All the evidence has formed a complete chain of evidence, which is enough to prove that the 'Russian Federation' is an outright criminal." The criminal organization has posed a huge threat to the security of the Shanghai Concession since its establishment, and has harmed the legitimate interests of thousands of concession residents in more than two years...

“According to the latest Criminal Punishment Ordinance of the Concession, our police requested the court to impose capital punishment on the leader and key members of the criminal organization, and to severely punish other main members of the gang with clear criminal facts... and confiscate the illegal belongings of these people. The proceeds will be used to compensate the many victims..."

(End of this chapter)