The temporary garrison of the 1st Marine Regiment was placed on the edge of the Public Concession, which encompassed the west and southwest sides of the Tokyo metropolitan area, occupying about one-third of the boundary.

As a public concession, the citizens of the major powers actually enjoyed the treatment of superior and special citizens here. However, the actual operation and management of the city are the responsibility of the British, French and American countries, and the municipal councils are jointly negotiated by their representatives.

Previously, the Ming court also proposed to participate in the Tokyo Public Concession City Committee, but was opposed by Britain and the United States and gave up.

As the British and French forces withdrew from the Toying Islands, the Americans chose to remain silent when the imperial court asked to participate in the administration.

"Very good, very good, my Wang Shijun looks neat, and the world is proud to see this heroic posture. Let those high-spirited Xiyi eat deflated, refreshing. ”

The commissioner from the capital is a pot-bellied and old-fashioned middle-aged man, but unlike the stereotype of a Ming official who is "straight face and arrogant", this person always has a smile and talks a lot.

"Please also pay attention to safety, after all, the war has just been extinguished, and someone may be murdered." Yao Liangchuan straightened his face and admonished.

"I did bring more than ten guards...... the commissioner surnamed Hu stroked his short beard and hesitated: "I'm afraid it's really not enough." ”

Zhou Changfeng was flipping through a newspaper and said casually: "To be on the safe side, I'll assign a squad of guards to accompany you." ”

"Okay, well, I'm tired of Chief Zhou."

"It's fine."

The car carrying Commissioner Hu slowly left, passed through the concession checkpoint and drove straight to the city council building.

In fact, now you can see the general situation there when you stand at the temporary station, the rice flag and the tricolor flag have been lowered a few days ago, and today they are replaced by a sun and moon flag.

There were a total of four checkpoints at the junction of the public concession and the urban area, and originally only the police of the Municipal Police Department of the concession were on duty.

And now, two of them have been taken over by the 1st Marine Regiment, and the other two are under the responsibility of the 4th Division of the Army.

The red-headed Ah San, who was once invincible here, and the ruffians who turned into doglegs in uniform are gone.

"All ministries should pay attention to military discipline, don't think that as a victor, you can do evil, and think about your identity before doing bad things." At the officers' meeting, Zhou Changfeng admonished everyone present.

Everyone's reaction was unimpressed, and they didn't take it too seriously at all.

Seeing that everyone was contemptuous, Zhou Changfeng, who was quite dissatisfied, knocked on the table and said solemnly: "It is absolutely impossible to rob and kill, I see who dares to defy the law." ”

The officers then answered loudly again.

In fact, the general order issued by the military department does not have clear strict requirements, but only says that it is necessary to ensure discipline and discipline, and not to do anything that violates the law that damages the image of the Ming Dynasty, and that serious acts of violence must be punished in accordance with the law, and the rest will be dealt with as appropriate.

This general order seemed a bit ambiguous to Zhou Changfeng, and although it was not connived, it was far from being harsh.

Obviously, the military department wants to save face as well as to make a fool of oneself, and second, it does not want to let the officers and men be too restrained.

"Report."

"What's the matter?"

"The wounded Resistance general committed suicide in the hospital."

The news brought by Xiao Li made Zhou Changfeng, who was about to drink water, stop what he was doing, and he asked in surprise: "Why did you kill yourself without saying anything?" ”

"That's not true, it's said that he wrote a suicide note."

Because of the battle near the city of Tokyo, the Ming army sent the wounded and captured resistance soldiers to the local hospital.

Due to the large number of people, several large and medium-sized hospitals are full, but they are still unable to treat a large number of wounded soldiers.

The Americans, however, were clearly very good at winning hearts and minds and disgusting their opponents – they openly stated that they would allow wounded Resistance troops to enter the Public Concession for medical treatment, all of which would be earmarked by the municipal council.

This is a dilemma for the Ming army - send it, it is in the hands of the Americans; If you don't send it, journalists from all over the world will make a big fuss about it.

In the end, Nie Quan still chose the former, let the Americans be good people again.

Under the supervision of the International Committee of the Red Cross, hundreds of resistance prisoners and wounded soldiers were transferred to prisoner-of-war camps and hospitals.

Ordinary soldiers were of little value, but it was still necessary for mid- and high-ranking officers to interrogate information, so Fujiwara Yoshiharu Nakasa, who was captured because of a serious shock coma, was given special treatment, and several gendarmes from the 4th Division kept an eye on his ward.

However, no one expected the sudden change, and while the gendarmes were discussing what to eat for lunch, they heard movement in the ward, as well as screams and exclamations coming from under the hospital building.

After leaving a suicide note, he slowly moved to the window, then fell from the fourth floor where he was, and fell straight on the masonry with his head on the ground, killing him on the spot.

The suicide note is also very concise, including three parts: the cause, the distribution of the inheritance, and the expectation, among which the reason is written very clearly - since he is the one who ordered the organization to fight back to the death, it is impossible for him to survive alone after almost all of his subordinates are dead.

Zhou Changfeng was silent for a few seconds, and then said, "This... At least the basic ethics are sufficient. ”

"It's a pity, I could have learned more about the Resistance." Zhu Lixuan said regretfully.

"A large part of these people's resistance and disgust to our dynasty is due to the fear of assimilation, and they feel that once they become vassals, the local culture of the Japanese country will soon be affected and scattered, and future generations will no longer have respect for traditional culture." Yao Liangchuan said.

In the past two days, he took time out of his busy schedule to participate in many interrogations of resistance prisoners, interrogating them about their original intentions against the Ming army.

"Wait, I still don't understand, it's as if they were able to maintain cultural autonomy before, after the Restoration, the whole country of the Japanese country will open its arms to the West, what else... Oh yes, get out of Asia and into Europe. Xie Wancheng asked suspiciously, "What?" Still treated differently? ”

"I'm afraid that's the case, everyone is Muqiang." Yao Liangchuan, who took it for granted, replied: "In the past hundred years, after the rise of the Taixi Kingdoms, the world has been full of martial arts, and the status of China's 'central country' and the clan system have almost collapsed, so the Japanese people naturally believe that the Ming Dynasty is similar to them, and the West is more superior. ”

Zhao Hanfeng, who was eating melons and watching the show, covered his forehead and said: "Yes, we are despised." ”

"After all, it is necessary to rely on strength to speak, and one of the important manifestations of strength is the fist, and war is the stage to show hard power." Zhou Changfeng smiled, looked at the building of the Concession Municipal Committee and said, "Let's wait and see." ”

Although the resistance of a few days was short, the destructive power of "modern" warfare was staggering, and all the fighting areas in Kawasaki, Tokyo, Funabashi and other places were destroyed by artillery fire and air raids.

Therefore, Nie Quan sent people to propose to the Japanese authorities, asking them to recruit some people to repair the areas affected by the war, and the resistance prisoners were also assigned to do the same, and their remuneration was also provided by the officials.

According to article 53 of the Geneva Conventions, prisoners of war must be assigned one day off per week, no more than eight hours per day, one hour of rest per day, and eight days of paid leave per year, with corresponding remuneration.

Obviously, the Ming army will not pay this money, so let the Japanese take care of it themselves.

Walking through the streets of Tokyo, perhaps because they had long been accustomed to the transcendent status of the citizens of the great powers, the citizens behaved in no uncertain way about the arrival of the Ming army.

When they encountered groups of soldiers hanging out in groups, the citizens naturally lowered their heads, quickened their pace, and quickly staggered away.

Since ancient times, the army has been a mixed place, and among the soldiers, there are both honest peasants and punks who used to be rampant and domineering in the past, and it can be said that there are all kinds of people.

In addition to the 1st Marine Regiment, the Ming army stationed in Tokyo also had a large number of officers and men of the air force and navy, as well as the 4th and 7th divisions, with a total strength of more than 40,000.

Although the violation of discipline is a small probability event, when the base number increases to tens of thousands, it is impossible to expect them not to cause trouble.

The lowest average infraction rate was in the Air Force units, followed by the fleet units, and the Marine Corps was slightly higher than the fleet units, with the Army unsurprisingly at the bottom of the list.

"What?! It's okay to be bold. ”

Zhou Changfeng asked Jiang Ning, who had been promoted to lieutenant of military medicine, for a few photos, and took a few more of them, then developed them out and sent them to his father-in-law's house along with the letter he wrote.

However, at this time, it was learned that three soldiers of the reconnaissance team of the 1st Marine Regiment had broken into the Catholic Church of St. Mary last night, raped two nuns and left.

Because someone inadvertently left their belt buckle, the church staff came to the door according to the Ming Marine Corps' exclusive Sanshan Sea Ripples.

Zhou Changfeng, who learned about this, was almost not angry, yesterday he was still glad that his command was not as lawless as the army, robbing and raping people on the street, but today it was his turn.

"Hurry up! Call a few gendarmes over and screen! ”

Zhou Changfeng, Yao Liangchuan, and Xie Wancheng rushed to the reconnaissance team with more than a dozen gendarmes, and more than 100 people had already gathered at this moment.

Since someone has lost the belt buckle, it is very convenient to find it, and it will be found out after a check.

The other two were also frank, and when they saw that the "good brother" was arrested, they immediately stood up.

"What do you guys think? This place is full of fireworks and willow alleys, and if you can't go, you have to break into other people's churches to be happy? Xie Wancheng said helplessly.

"Those who are scouts may not like to follow the rules." Yao Liangchuan, who couldn't cry or laugh, made a joke.

Zhou Changfeng glared at him, but looked at Han Yi, the commander of the reconnaissance team, "How do you control your subordinates?" According to the rules, you must be accompanied by at least five people to leave the camp. ”

The latter's expression was calm, as if he didn't think it was a big deal, "This is indeed my fault, but this matter should be fine, and I ask the head of the regiment not to punish him heavily." ”

"Funny? It's not up to me to decide what to do. Zhou Changfeng couldn't help but be even more annoyed when he saw that he was still protecting the calf, and waved his hand and said, "Escort to the general army!" ”

The sentence of imprisonment in civil punishment such as military law is roughly similar to that of ordinary criminal law, except that it may be punished with more canes.

The normal sentence is five to eight years' imprisonment and a certain amount of compensation; Egregious acts can be increased all the way up to the death penalty. The military discipline is the same, but with fifty rods, eighty rods, and a hundred rods.

After being escorted to the Military and Political Headquarters of the General Military Department, the civilian magistrates who had witnessed many cases in the past two days could not help but sigh that these three people were indeed bold.

However, they were too busy to deliberate, so they quickly handed down a sentence of one year's imprisonment, fifty rods, and six months' fine.

“…… That's it, can there be any objections? If not, they will be executed. ”

When the sentence was completed, a stick was thrown from above and fell to the ground with a snapping sound.

This was already a lenient sentence, and the three soldiers naturally agreed, so they were immediately taken by the gendarmes to the execution ground not far away.

It is inevitable that civilian criminal trials must take into account the people's feelings, public opinion, feelings, and so on, and the military's criminal trials must take into account even more; improper sentences will directly affect morale, and if a bad quarrel is made, no one dares to make a joke.

If it is a local offense, it is basically a written sentence; However, given that it was now post-war and that it was located in the eastern part of the country, the civil servants in charge of the verdict had chosen to abandon the principle of impartiality.

Moreover, the general order of the military department says that "serious acts of violence shall be punished according to the law, and the rest shall be dealt with according to the discretion." In fact, only murder, arson, explosions, and other life-threatening acts count.

Other acts of violence in general should be dealt with as appropriate, and once the word "discretionary" is worded, it is tacit and fair and reasonable.

The days of peace passed quickly, and by the last day of mid-March, the takeover of the Kansai region, which was still occupied by the Americans, had been completed.

The weather is sunny, and the spring breeze in the early morning is particularly pleasant.

At the moment at the Tokyo airport, countless people gathered, including the police who maintained order, the Ming army guarding the security, the citizens watching the excitement, and the reporters with excited faces......

After these days of preparation, the minister appointed by the Ming Emperor finally arrived with the canonized edict.

Although Western countries have always believed that vassal states and suzerains under the suzerainty system are unequal, which is contrary to the spirit of reciprocity between states under the Westphalian system, the Ming Dynasty has always scoffed at this.

This is the characteristic of the tributary system of the Celestial Empire, since this Eastern international system has not collapsed, it is not the turn of the Westphalian system to dominate East Asia.

For newspapers in various countries, "the Chinese emperor wants to canonize a new king, and Japan will become a new vassal country", such a rare historical event cannot be overstated, and it is definitely worthy of front-page headlines.

The major newspapers in Britain, France, China, Italy, the United States, Russia, and other countries made preparations in advance, and set up a full set of live broadcast equipment at the Tokyo airport, which can not only send sound signals, but also broadcast live pictures.

"Look! The plane is coming! ”

Everyone followed the prestige, only to see that under the escort of six fighters, two passenger planes were slowly descending in altitude and preparing to approach.

(End of chapter)