In fact, the Big Five are also very headaches about this problem. In their hearts, they all felt very sorry for Yang Yuxin's situation, because before that, they were very optimistic about Yang Yuxin, and even planned to focus on cultivating Yang Yuxin. And if something like this happens, Yang Yuxin really can't be blamed entirely, so it is not necessary to punish Yang Yuxin heavily.

But the problem is that this time it is not Yang Yuxin who is involved, but more than a dozen middle-level officials in the Shanghai New Area, and the mistakes of these officials are fundamentally different from Yang Yuxin. It should be said that these situations in the Shanghai New Area are not isolated within the East China government, in fact, there are similar phenomena in various parts of Shandong.

On the one hand, with the gradual formation of the East China government, the local magnates and clans in Shandong have been unable to resist the rule of the East China government, so a considerable number of magnates and clans have changed their ways and cooperated with the East China government, and the traditional means of marriage has become the most common way, through marriage with the traverser, to ensure their own safety and rights. Among them, the traversers who served as local civil servants became the preferred marriage objects of local clans. Among the traversers, there happen to be a large number of single male members, and young women from large clans are also more in line with the aesthetic views of the traversers, so such marriages have increased significantly in the past two years. Of course, there are many traversers who are not just a big family marriage.

The vast majority of the traversers came to this era alone, without relatives, so after the marriage, the wife clan also became the relatives of the traverser, in the daily work, it is natural to take some care of the wife clan, and even a small number of traversers out of the consideration of supporting their own strength, intentionally vigorously promote the members of the wife clan, and even grasp the power of the grassroots in a few areas.

On the other hand, this is also related to the lack of supervision and review mechanisms of the East China government. Although the East China government was established for nearly five years, most of the time in the early days was fighting with the Qing court and local forces, and in the past two years, it was fully preparing for the Russo-Japanese War, so its own system construction has not been perfected, and although a personnel management agency has also been established, the responsibilities and powers have not been completely divided, and some of the traversers' own quality has not kept up.

However, after all, Shandong is in the high-level eyelids, so the vast majority of places do not dare to go too far, and even if there are people who appoint wives, they also have certain constraints, and do not dare to let them go free, on the whole, it is not as serious as the Shanghai New Area, and it is still within the controllable range.

However, although these phenomena have not yet had a serious impact on the East China government, to a certain extent, they have made the work at the grassroots level smoother, since it is easier to manage one's own relatives. But the Big Five are well aware that this convenience is only a short-term benefit, and in the long run, it will do more harm than good to the East China government, so this situation must be curbed, and the sooner the better. It is just the right time to take advantage of the incident in Shanghai to take some people under the knife to warn others.

However, if Yang Yuxin is not severely punished, there is no reason to severely punish others, after all, although Yang Yuxin is somewhat wronged, the nature of the matter is much more serious.

Another obstacle is that the East China government does not have a clear regulation to deal with these matters, and if there is, it will be dealt with according to the regulations, and there are not so many troubles. At present, the existing laws and regulations of the East China government are limited to public security and criminal actions, and the handling of public servants' dereliction of duty and official negligence is still blank, one is limited time, and the other is relatively controversial, so it has obviously lagged behind development in the construction of laws and regulations.

It was also suggested that a vote could be used to determine the way to deal with the matter, but this was also rejected. Although voting is the best way on the surface, because the differences are too large this time, and the number of people holding the two views is roughly equal, even if one side wins the vote, it will still be a slight advantage, which will inevitably disagree with the losing side, and it is easy to cause a split in the entire crossing bloc. Therefore, the ideal approach is to compromise between these two points of view and find a way to deal with it that is satisfactory to the majority of people.

It should be said that it is quite difficult to do this, but after a day of discussion among five people, they really came up with a punishment method, called "restricting public behavior", that is, during the limited time, not only are they exempted from all public positions, but they are also not allowed to hold positions in any institutions, enterprises, or factories, let alone participate, form, or participate in any institutions, enterprises, or factories. During this period, individuals are guaranteed freedom of movement and still receive benefits from the East China government, such as housing, living expenses, and benefits, as well as interest on deposits and real estate. To put it simply: man is a free man, but he cannot do anything, and his income is only bank interest and rental of real estate in addition to the living expenses provided by the East China government.

At the beginning of its establishment, the East China government set a basic standard of living expenses for each traveler due to the limited number of jobs. Although there are basically no soy sauce traversers now, no matter how poor a person is, he will also have a shareholder in several companies, and there will be a dividend income every year. Of course, these enterprises are taking advantage of this to enjoy preferential policies as joint ventures, and both sides take what they need. And relying on these dividend incomes, as long as they are not enterprising, they can also live a relatively prosperous life.

However, the East China government has not canceled the basic living expenses, and the standard has been greatly improved, after all, for the traverser, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat, it is better than nothing, and now the East China government is in good financial condition, there is no need to save this little money. And during the period of "restrictions on public behavior", it is possible to survive on basic living expenses, at least not starvation.

However, although during the period of "restricting public behavior", basic life and personal freedom can be guaranteed, because nothing can be done and no activities can be participated, it is equivalent to clearing a person of everything, and this punishment cannot be regarded as light.

Now the East China government is in the development period, there are many opportunities for development, coupled with the strong support of the government, and everyone is basically on the same starting line, so whether it is business, in the military, to participate in politics, is a good time to start a business, it can be said that as long as you do not make a big mistake, it is slowly boiling the length of service, saving qualifications can also come out, and even make a small mistake have time to make up, and people with flexible minds can start in a few years, so the vast majority of the traverser or their own alone, or with others shares, are running their own business, and many people have achieved good results, net worth has reached hundreds of thousands, even nearly one million silver dollars。

At this time, if you stop, you are prohibited from participating in all business activities, or even completely wipe out all the achievements you have made, which means losing this great opportunity for development. Of course, the development of the East China government is a long-term process, and there will definitely be a lot of other opportunities in the future, but compared with other traversers, it is obvious that it has fallen a big step behind, and if you want to start a business at that time, the subjective and objective conditions will obviously be much more difficult.

In addition, the nature of the white tassel and the high forest are different, so they do not fall under the scope of "restricting public conduct", and the punishment of these two persons will be discussed separately.

This proposal was announced at the executive meeting, and after a detailed explanation, it was also supported by the majority of the people, and the lighter faction believed that after all, there was no imprisonment and personal freedom, which was acceptable, while the heavy punishment faction believed that although there was no imprisonment, everything in the past was completely cleared, and public behavior was restricted for several years, this punishment was not light, and it should be okay. Of course, there are still a few extremists who have expressed opposition, but after all, they are only a minority and cannot change the overall situation.

After discussion, it was decided that Yang Yuxin, Zhu Min, Cao Jianhui, Qi Yuanyi, and Liu Changmin would be punished with 6 years of restricting public behavior, and other relevant personnel would be punished with 3-4 years of restricting public behavior. In addition, a comprehensive inventory of local civil servants in the entire territory of Shandong has also been carried out, and the punishment of violators has also been carried out in accordance with the Shanghai New Area. It also emphasizes the rules for the selection of grassroots civil servants, as well as the rules for the conduct and work of local civil servants. In addition, this punishment is only a stopgap measure, limited to this time, in the future, the East China government will speed up the improvement of relevant laws and regulations, and strengthen supervision and review, so that the punishment in accordance with the regulations.

Of course, for Yang Yuxin, the symbolic significance of this punishment is greater, because Jiang Yi holds 30% of the shares in the garment company, which is actually the joint property of their husband and wife, and Yang Yuxin can participate in the operation of the garment company through Jiang Yi, and there is no need to be cleared. After the end of the "restriction of public behavior" period, he can still start his own business from a higher platform, while the others are basically married to local clans and wealthy households, and after being cleared, they will be withdrawn, and they can only wait for the end of the "restriction of public behavior" period to start all over again.

The punishment for Bai Tassel was finally set at 6 years in prison, after which he could restore his personal freedom, and he could move freely within the jurisdiction of the East China Government, and during the prison period, if the Ministry of Security needed it, he could temporarily second. In addition, Bai Tassel is pregnant, so she is guaranteed to be physically safe and can leave the place of detention during childbirth.

Only Gao Senhang's punishment caused some controversy, because a few people advocated that Gao Senhang should be sentenced to death, but this was opposed by the majority, and finally decided to impose a punishment of 20 years in prison, it should be said that this punishment is also quite heavy, Gao Senhang is only in his early 30s now, and he has been locked up for 20 years, he is already 50 years old, and his life is almost completely ruined.