Sanming County is one of the border counties of the Northern Heishan Autonomous Region, and its neighbor is Gaoru County in Wangcheng Road of Japan's "New Japanese Territory".
"New Sun Territory" is the name given by the Japanese to the five provinces of Anshan that they occupied, but it is not generally recognized among the forces in the Northern Territory.
Only the Haixi Province recognized the existence of the New Japanese Territory and sent an official diplomatic agency to the New Japanese Territory.
Sanming County is actually the original Sanming County of Songshan Dao, but now the autonomous region has abolished the Daofu, and the status of cities and counties is the same, and both are directly managed by the autonomous region cabinet.
In early January, a group of volunteers from the Sanming County militia organization "Zhongyi Tian" entered Gaoru County, attacked the Gaoru County government office, and killed several Japanese gendarmes, which immediately caused an uproar.
The Principality of Black Mountain Castle inherited the imperial laws and recognized the existence of militia organizations, but they were under the leadership of the local armed work departments and basically belonged to the reserve force.
The "Zhongyi Tian" militia organization in Sanming County was transformed from the original militia.
Songshan Road was massacred by Ma Quanyou's gang, and the population in some of the hardest-hit areas dropped sharply, so many immigrants migrated from the other roads.
At the same time, the underground forces that originally resisted Ma Quanyou's troops, having experienced national hatred and family feuds, are more keen to participate in militia training, and some militia organizations are very radical.
"Zhongyitian" is one of them.
The conflict with the Japanese was due to the fact that Ma Quanyou's troops once stopped in Gaoru County when they retreated northward.
Wang Zimiao, the magistrate of Gaoru County at that time, had assisted Ma Quanyou's troops and is now also the county magistrate appointed by the Japanese.
People in Sanming County hated Wang Zimiao very much.
Something happened again a year later, and Wang Zimiao forcibly took a woman as his concubine.
Sanming County and Gaoru County are adjacent to each other, and intermarriage is very common. The woman was originally from Sanming County and married into a merchant family in Gaoru County.
The merchant also died in an incident where Ma Quanyou went crazy due to drinking, and the woman became a widow.
Now she was raped by Wang Zimiao again. The news reached her parents' home in Sanming County. The girl's brother happened to be a squadron leader of the "Zhongyi Tian" militia battalion. He immediately led the squadron to sneak into Gaoru County and raided the Gaoru County government office and rescued the girl. At that time, there happened to be several Japanese gendarmes doing business in the county government office. Two of them were killed on the spot, and the remaining three were injured, and one died of his injuries.
Wang Zimiao was not in the rear court at the time, but one of his sons was also beaten to death.
The squadron leader named Liu Dagui also distributed leaflets saying that the people from Songyuan came to seek revenge.
As a result, the Japanese issued a note of strong protest and at the same time, the 12th Division in the "New Japanese Territory" was urgently mobilized and entered the area adjacent to the border of the Principality.
The Principality's North Montenegrin Autonomous Region also responded quickly, and the 2nd Infantry Division (North Montenegrin Infantry Division) was also assembled at the border.
At the same time, the police forces and militia organizations in various cities and counties were also mobilized to a certain extent.
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The rubble road leading to the border checkpoint in Sanming County had just been opened to traffic, and at this moment, a motorhome was driving slowly in the lane.
There was a green-shed truck in front and behind it, traveling at a similar speed.
Lu Ming sat on the sofa in the RV, looking through the documents regarding negotiations with the Japanese side.
For almost a month, he was active in Heishan and Zhenjiang in his real identity, and Commissioner Zhang would only show up occasionally.
I had originally thought that I would be able to seriously deal with the official business of Beiheishan at the beginning of next month, and at the same time I was preparing to go to Dongcheng, the capital of Northern Xinjiang Province.
But I didn't expect this to happen.
However, when he set his sights on the New Riviera, he couldn't help but become alert.
In the new Japanese territory, the Japanese policies are very conciliatory and the military discipline is strict, which is many times more relaxed than the rule of the warlords in Anshan. In addition, they are also investing in road construction and infrastructure.
Moreover, probably because the Principality discovered an oil field in Heihuo County, it stimulated the Japanese, and they also sent an exploration team to explore the mineral resources in the New Sun Territory. However, they also discovered an oil field.
But I didn't expect that the geology of Anshan might have many oil fields, similar to the Middle East in my previous life
I thought it was a desert place, but it might be extremely rich.
Although due to the language barrier, the Japanese people in the New Japanese territory were naturally regarded as foreigners in the eyes of the Anshan people for a short period of time.
But over time, I am afraid that the people of the new Japanese territory will gradually accept the rule of the Japanese. After all, ordinary people in Anshan today do not have so much patriotism. The rulers are all the same, and they will naturally support whoever can make their lives better.
While thinking, Lu Ming looked at the document in his hand again. The Japanese put forward several conditions, one of which was to hand over the thugs and murderers, and there were portraits of several main members such as Liu Dagui.
Hearing footsteps, Lu Ming looked back and saw that it was Han Annie who came out of the inner room. She was dressed in a blue and white floral dress, the attire of a rural girl. She was very pretty and charming, and was completely different from the dignified and beautiful female judge in a black robe sitting on the seat of the Supreme Court.
She also came down to take a look at Liu Dagui's case.
Liu Dagui was found by the Sanming County Circuit Court to have violated the Principality's Militia Reserve Law.
The militia is not part of the military organization, and the country involved will not recognize it as a military action, so it will not be handled by a military court.
Subsequently, the Sanming County Armed Forces Work Department removed him from his post and expelled him from the militia.
There was no other punishment, which was considered very lenient towards him.
But a few days ago, Liu Dagui appealed to the High Court.
In the Autonomous Territory of Northern Montenegro, most circuit courts are still based on a collegial system.
Only the First Circuit, the North Black Hills City Court, uses juries.
Therefore, the Northern Montenegro Autonomous Territory High Court is basically equivalent to the Court of Appeal.
Under the Imperial appeals process, in cases tried by a jury, the appeal is not about explaining how the jury's verdict was wrong.
An appeal can only be made if there are flaws in the legal trial procedures, or if new decisive evidence is discovered.
Otherwise, the jury's verdict is set in stone and cannot be overturned.
However, in the Northern Montenegro region, the High Court has the power to amend the verdict in cases heard by the Circuit Court.
Liu Dagui's case was then brought to Han Annie's appeal court.
Also, because the legal system of the dominion has just been established, there are bound to be many loopholes in many aspects.
For example, Liu Da Kui did not have a strong appeal lawyer to collect relevant evidence and prepare appeal materials for him.
That's why Han Annie decided to come down in person to meet the relevant people.
Looking at Han Anni, Lu Ming was helpless: "Our chief justice has to be both a father and a mother and investigate the case personally. Our temple is too shabby."
Han Annie smiled slightly: "It's just the beginning, I think you've done well enough!"
Lu Ming shook his head: "We still need talents. Time is a wonderful thing. Sometimes it seems to go too fast, and sometimes it seems to go too slow!"
"What about you? Are you coming here in person to start a war with the Japanese?" Han Annie smiled and said, "Okay, you don't have to answer. I don't want to know military secrets."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "You said that there is such a possibility. I came here to do some research myself. Now every step may involve the life and death of the newly established principality. I need to understand these critical steps myself and cannot just listen to what the people below say. Especially if we really have to use force to expel the Japanese from Anshan, this is a very risky move. Time cannot flow back, and we cannot come back to make a new choice, so I need to think about it carefully."
Han Annie nodded slightly.