October 28th, Nanjing Ferry Terminal.

A transport ship flying the Red Background Blue Dragon anchor flag of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire quickly sailed into the special dock of the Navy, the ship could be close to the dock to lower the plank, there was a sound of horses' hooves on the ship, and then I saw a cavalryman wearing a single-breasted military uniform of the Royal Army galloping down the horse, crossing the long plank road all the way to the dust.

After leaving the docks, the knight went straight to the city, and on the road there were no pedestrians, cattle and vehicles, but still galloping on horseback, and the knight rode his horse and shouted: "Get out of the way!" ”

When entering the city gate, some people in line looked back at the fast horse, especially when they saw a small triangular red flag on the horse's back, and the pennant had the word 'newspaper' on it. Many people showed a look of fear on their faces, and they didn't need to shout from the sergeants at the city gate, and they all took the initiative to quickly avoid both sides of the road.

A man who saw this army announcing the horse was a little puzzled, and asked his companion: "What kind of person is this, he is still riding a horse at the city gate, and so many people have not stopped!" ”

When his companion heard what he said, he hurriedly pulled him to the side of the road to hide: "Don't get out of the way quickly, this is a military report fast horse, if you hit you in vain, not to mention, I will escort you to the yamen to play the board!" ”

When the passers-by were competing with each other, several policemen wearing black systems at the city gate had already hurriedly stepped forward, and one by one they pulled out their waist knives, shouting at the people at the city gate to quickly retreat to both sides and give way to the center of the road.

At the same time, an elderly policeman led by him even took down the whistle hanging on his chest, and the sharp whistle immediately resounded in the nearby air, and then reached everyone's ears.

Actually, there is no need for these police officers to rush it. The people at the gate of the city have already taken the initiative to give way to the road, and at this time. The knight in the distance was already close to the city gate, and he had no intention of slowing down. The war horse under the crotch still shook off its hooves and galloped.

Several policemen at the gate of the city retreated to the side of the road at this time, just like everyone else, and several policemen also bent down slightly, watching the knight gallop all the way from outside the city, and then did not stop at all, rushed directly in front of everyone, and then stepped on the stone road in the city and continued to gallop towards the city.

There were more pedestrians in the city, and there was no less than a commotion, accompanied by the shrill whistles of the police!

The policemen at the gate saw the knight galloping into the gate. The old policeman who had just blown the whistle lowered his whistle and breathed a sigh of relief.

A policeman about forty years old next to him approached and said: "These military newspapers have not come back and forth once, and they are always engaged in chickens and dogs!" ”

And a policeman with a young face behind him also walked up: "Uncle Ma, who is this person who has just passed, what a great majesty, isn't a horse running so fast afraid of hitting people?" ”

The old policeman at the head looked at the young policeman, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "Li family boy, you just came on an errand, I don't know the urgency of this military report!" As he spoke, he turned his head to the middle-aged policeman and said, "San'an, you tell him the rules." After saving it, I will snub this military report and get lucky! ”

The middle-aged policeman smiled at him: "Yes, head, I'll tell him the rules!" ”

Then his face straightened. said to the young policeman: "When your father sent you to the Beicheng Patrol Police Station on an errand, he should have told you that there are some nobles in the city that we can't offend!" ”

The young policeman nodded and said, "Well, he said that anyone who wears a Chinese costume is not an official." Don't be lazy, all soldiers in military uniforms must serve well! ”

The middle-aged policeman said, "Not bad. Our Jiangning is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and there are many officials and magnates who come and go. That's too many to count, so when I see people wearing Chinese uniforms and military uniforms, we have to serve them well, and we can't afford to offend other people's officials, big officials, and small officials. But not everyone has to be well served.

For example, the fast horses that passed just now, this is called the military report fast horse, which is specially used in the court to transmit military information, and when you meet these military fast horses, you can't go up to answer and curry favor with others, and if you don't do it well, you will be sentenced to a major crime of obstructing military information. And when we meet these people, we errand boys have to help them get the road open in advance. You also saw just now, these people will not stop their horses from beginning to end, and if they are hit by passers-by, not only will the person who was hit in vain, but they will be punished, which is not counted, and we who are on errands will also be implicated.

Last month, I heard from the West City Gate that my colleague was so bad at opening the road that the military newspaper hit a passer-by, and the one who was hit didn't say anything, only said that the colleague was implicated in this and was directly stripped off his official uniform, and he sent Shangguan dozens of oceans to the back of the errand! ”

Speaking of this, the middle-aged policeman said: "So, in the future, if you see these military reports, just like just now, don't let people block the road, empty the road, then basically there will be no trouble!" ”

The young policeman nodded, "The kid wrote it down!" ”

The middle-aged policeman nodded with satisfaction: "You are also a child of a family in our yamen, you know a lot since you were a child, now listen more and do more, don't talk nonsense, work honestly for two years, make up for the first-class police officer, this month's money can rise again, and when the time comes, you will be able to study hard and learn more, maybe you will be able to make up for the errand in the hall like your father!" ”

The young man listened, laughing, and imagined in his heart that he would one day be able to enter the Beijing Patrol Police Hall as an errand boy like his father!

The young man's father was a shop leader in Jiangning Mansion before the Taiping army came, and when the Taiping army occupied Nanjing, his father, like everyone else, was assigned to the men's battalion as a coolie every day.

This year, the Chinese army hit the city of Nanjing, and when the city was broken, many people who hated the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom acted as its leading party! And this is a member of the Young Fathers who are part of the Belt and Road Party.

Later, the Chinese Empire established Jiangning as its capital, and the empire soon followed the example of the Shanghai Trade Zone and established a series of modern government agencies in Nanjing, including the newly established 'Beijing Division Patrol Police Department'.

Since Nanjing is the capital, this political status naturally cannot be compared with ordinary cities, Nanjing broke away from Jiangning Prefecture and became a county directly under the jurisdiction of the state, and its administrative status is very special. Therefore, the institutions established are basically carried out in accordance with the Shanghai Business Zone, but each department is not called a department or a section. Rather, it is called 'hall' like the province.

After the establishment of the Jingshi Patrol Police Department, its first batch of backbones were transferred from the Shanghai Business Zone Patrol Police Department, the Su Songtai Patrol Police Department and the Huzhou Patrol Police Department, which were relatively mature patrol police systems. The patrol police system is also the same, the patrol police department consists of criminal investigation sections, civil household registration sections, fire and traffic departments, and various departments add up to more than a dozen sections, responsible for criminal cases, household registration management, fire protection, traffic and many other contents.

The overall authority is greater than that of the police of later generations!

The uniforms and ranks of the patrol officers are similar to military uniforms, with black uniforms, single-breasted tops, and pants that do not change lines. However, the cuffs are edged, and only epaulettes are used to indicate the high rank of the police officer.

Police ranks are established: Second Class Constable, First Class Constable Officer, Third Class Police Officer, Second Class Police Officer, First Class Police Officer, Third Class Police Academy, Second Class Police Academy. Police Academy 1st class, Police Inspector 3rd class, Police Inspector 2nd class, Police Inspector 1st class.

The whole police system is not new. In fact, as early as 1853, when the Shanghai Trade Zone was established and the patrol police department was established, this police system was already in force. The system is a great reference to the British police system, after all, the United Kingdom is the first country in the world to implement a modern police system. The modern police systems of all countries in the world are basically learned from the United Kingdom, even if the distinction between continental and marine police is later distinguished. But at its roots, Britain is also the country of origin of the modern police system.

In order to effectively improve the security of the business zone, the British consul in Shanghai and others also took the initiative to help introduce the British police system and help cultivate modern police talents.

However, while learning from the British to establish a modern police system, Lin Zhe also adapted measures to local conditions, and also combined some specific situations in China, for example, the British played a flat police system, which basically means that there is a national central police, and there are also local police in counties and counties, but the central police and local police do not belong to a unified organization, they are scattered and have no jurisdiction over each other.

This situation was okay in the early days, because at that time the business zone was an independent administrative body, and although other places have also established patrol police offices, such as the Su Songtai Patrol Police Department and the Huzhou Patrol Police Department, these are still independent institutions.

But now, the Chinese Empire has been established, and the Cabinet has set up a patrol department, which has unified jurisdiction over the land and sea patrol agencies across the country, so naturally it is not possible to continue to adopt flat management, but to adopt pyramid vertical management.

At the same time, this pyramid vertical management is also the management model of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice, the Inspectorate, and the Grand Court!

Because of the importance of the Beijing Division Patrol Police Department, not only from several other places with mature police systems to transfer backbones, but also arranged for a group of lightly injured retired soldiers to enter the Beijing Division Patrol Police Department, these retired soldiers have undergone the most basic literacy training, although the literary talent is not very good, but the ability to read and write is much better than illiteracy.

In the past, Lin Zhe did not pay much attention to the literacy work of ordinary soldiers, and only targeted the basic education and training of technical arms, such as artillery, but in the past two years, with the expansion of the control area, and there is an extreme shortage of qualified administrative personnel under his hands, senior officials can say that although there is also a shortage of people, there are not many people in total, and a few can always be found from the talent pool under his hands, but more middle and low-level officials, especially the shortage of staff in various departments at the prefectural and county level is very large.

Now you can only use the officials of the past, but these people are not good to use after all, if you want to better control and govern the country, you need hundreds of thousands of ordinary civil servants, if you rely on the training of schools or something, it is too difficult.

Therefore, Lin Zhe set his sights on the army, let the army carry out basic literacy, let the soldiers know how to read, and know some basic arithmetic, so that when they retire, they can immediately be arranged to serve in local public office, which can not only solve the problem of insufficient number of civil servants, but also solve the employment arrangement of retired soldiers.

On the other hand, these Royal Army soldiers are always more loyal than others.

Literacy for ordinary soldiers in the army can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone!

After the retired soldiers entered the Beijing Division Patrol Police Department, the number was still insufficient, and some local snakes were needed to carry out the work, so it was openly recruited from the society.

Once you pass the exam, you will immediately be a national civil servant, and there will be monthly money every month, and the lowest second-class police officer will be able to receive three rounds every month, in addition to some welfare subsidies on holidays, although the money is not too much but not too little.

Of course, like all dynasties, if you don't have any gray income when you work as an errand for the official family, you can't stand the official uniform on your body, and you can't stand the cultivation of the country and the high hopes of the nation!

The father of the young policeman in front of him used to be the head of the fast arrest team, and he was soon recruited, and because of his professional skills, he was given the rank of third-class sergeant as soon as he went, and he went to the Beicheng Patrol Police Bureau as an errand boy in charge of criminal investigation affairs. This person is very good at handling affairs, but he has solved three important murder cases in a row in a few months, so he was promoted to the Beijing Division Patrol Police Department a month ago, and he was transferred to the extremely important Criminal Investigation Division II, specializing in criminal homicide cases, which is one of the most important departments in a police organization, and his father was also transformed and promoted from a third-class police officer to a first-class police officer.

The young policeman is also thinking about when he will be able to be like his father, be appreciated by his boss and soar into the sky, and become a police lieutenant who catches important criminals every day.

And while he was fantasizing about this, the sound of the horse's hooves behind him had faded away, and the army had already galloped across several avenues amid the sound of sharp whistles, cries, and other noises, and then went straight to the staff headquarters of the headquarters. (To be continued......)