On Wednesday, March 20, the "Huhai Gazette" published a blockbuster special issue, as many as 44 pages, the full text of the latest "Concession Criminal Punishment Regulations", "Concession Public Security Management Regulations", "Concession Business Administration Regulations", "Concession Financial Management Regulations", "Concession Traffic Management Regulations", "Concession Military Management Regulations", "Concession People's Army Self-Defense Regulations" and other seven laws and regulations, once again shocked Huhai!

These seven laws and regulations are the result of the hard work of four law professors at Fudan University for more than a month, and although they cannot be published in the name of law, they will actually play the role of law in the concession.

Zheng Yue once told Li Junhao that the concession is a product of a special period, and although it is currently under the control of a foreign country, it cannot blur the sovereignty and governance of the country......

Li Junhao remembered this sentence, so he paid special attention to this point when he entrusted Professor Zheng to revise the regulations in the concession, and the release of the results of the revision in the name of the regulations can not only make the management of the current concession evidence-based, but also avoid political troubles that may arise in the future, which is a relatively ingenious move.

The special issue was printed by the upgraded police station printing house, using professional newspaper newsprint, printed with Heidelberg printing press, expensive solid ink, and a large number of pages, in order not to waste, each price reached 1 US dollar or 5 eagles, which can be described as the most expensive newspaper!

At the beginning of the publication, there was almost no interest due to the price, but it was quickly discovered that there was value, and sales increased rapidly......

In the afternoon of the same day, the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry established the Supreme Court of the Concession in accordance with these laws and regulations, with three primary courts, criminal, public security, and civil, to oversee the trial of all kinds of cases in the Concession. Professional legal experts will be appointed as magistrates at the two levels of courts......

At the same time, the three first-tier tribunals announced that they would start hearing the various cases in the previous backlog in batches starting the next day, and adjudicate them in accordance with the regulations.

People from all walks of life in Shanghai and Haihai were a little confused by this move by the concession authorities, and they did not understand what they were doing, and only a very small number of people saw the way and took a cautious attitude towards the subsequent trial of the case......

After receiving the news, people in the legal circles outside Shanghai and Haihai went to the "Shanghai Gazette" through various channels to study the seven laws and regulations issued by the Shanghai Concession in order to gauge the strength of its legal system. The strong demand turned this special issue into a hot spot, and there was even a phenomenon of price increase in the later period, which surprised many people.

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

Before the publication, many people questioned the pricing and print run, but Li Junhao personally made the decision, with a print run of 100,000 copies, priced at $1 or 5 Yingyang, and put it away if he couldn't sell it!

It took three days and three nights for the police printing office to print the first batch of 40,000 copies, and for this reason, it had to borrow 150 folding workers from other concession printing houses to complete the preparation for the delivery of the newspaper in the early morning of the 20th. The printing office continued to print the remaining 60,000 copies in three shifts.

At that time, everyone thought that the 100,000 copies of the special issue would be at least half overstocked, but in the following days, something amazing happened—the first day sold just over 4,000 copies, the second day 2,000, the third day to 20,000, the fourth day to 50,000, and the fifth morning to sell out!

In the twenty-ninth year of the Republic of China, Huhai only sold newspapers, and the sales volume was 100,000 US dollars in five days, which is a big myth!

Everyone in the editorial department and the printing office were impressed by Director Pansen's foresight, but he himself did not take it seriously at all, he just felt that the promulgation of these regulations would be recorded in the history of this world, and it must be seen by future generations, so it could not be printed too little.

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Before leaving work that afternoon, Li Junhao received a telephone call from his secretary at the Consulate General, Milia, saying that the Consulate General had received a telegram from the Asian Fleet from the sea, saying that the fleet would arrive in Shanghai at about 1 p.m. tomorrow.

Well, Admiral Hart, it's coming!

Li Junhao breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't know what the purpose of this person was to come to Shanghai, did he really want to set up the fleet base in Shanghai? That would be good for his side, but not too good in the long run.

In particular, the Japanese Navy's First Fleet to China is also stationed in the Shanghai Sea, and although they are all old ships like the US Asian Fleet, the Japanese army is sending reinforcements much faster than the United States!

Of course, it is too early to say this, and the best way to really wait for the war to come is to leave the coastal sea before the war begins, and take the opportunity to divert the Japanese fleet from the Shanghai Sea as well; At that time, the Japanese troops attacking the concession did not have the help of the fleet, and they could not take advantage of the concession army in the urban street fighting.

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On the morning of the next day, in front of the Second Branch of the former Soviet Provincial High Court, located in the middle of Xue Huali Road, surrounded by reporters from the concession, which has been transformed into a concession criminal court, and today will begin to try the criminals who were previously arrested by the concession police station, and the major newspapers want to get first-hand information.

Zheng Yue, the first chief magistrate of the Criminal Court, was in charge of today's trial, and he adopted the mode of collective trial and tried the "Russian General Association," a Belarusian gangster organization, in the first court session, and held an open trial on the facts of its crimes of smuggling and selling arms, opening pornographic business premises, smuggling and selling tobacco and soil, intentional homicide, serious wounding, abduction and trafficking of women, and serious disruption of public order.

There are only a hundred observer seats in the courtroom, and as soon as the bailiffs opened the door, the crowd of people who swarmed in crowded in, not to mention that the auditorium was full, and even the corridors and passages were full of people, and more people who wanted to come in and observe the back could not squeeze in at all!

Because of the chaotic situation at the scene, the bailiffs in charge of court order had to forcibly refuse the latecomers, and even drove out some of the too many entrants in the courtroom, so that the court order was restored to a normal state.

The trial proceeded quickly, and the police officer of the Legal Department of the Concession Police Department, who was the prosecution, cited a large amount of evidence, and claimed with great seriousness: "All the evidence has formed a complete chain of evidence, which is enough to prove that the 'Russian Federation' is an out-and-out criminal organization, which has posed a huge threat to the law and order of the Huhai Concession from the time of its establishment, and has harmed the legitimate interests of thousands of Concession residents for more than two years......

"According to the latest "Criminal Punishment Regulations" of the concession, our police have submitted to the court to impose capital punishment on the head and main backbone members of the criminal organization, and severely punish other main members of the gang who have clear criminal facts...... and, confiscate the ill-gotten gains of these people to compensate the numerous victims......"

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