Chapter 511 One Net Captured
There were not many editors or reporters in the newspaper, and the whole article was quoted by Hassan himself. It was seventeen years ago, when Hassan applied for an application for imperial nationality with his formal work, fluent Mandarin and Low German and perfect tax documents.
Dear Penang officials, gentlemen from the Immigration Bureau:
I, Hassan Taranchi, have the honor to submit an application to become a national. People often ask me: Why do you want to apply for an imperial national? I always answer: Fresh air.
Five years ago, I came to Penang from Bangladesh. When I got off the sea boat and breathed the first breath of air in the empire, I was fascinated by this free air.
The air here is so fresh and sweet, and although it sounds strange, it is a luxury for me and I feel free because of it. I have lived in Penang for five years, and it is the most proudest time of my thirty years of life.
My mother country is ignorant and backward, full of evil religions, the people there are out of reach, the Imams there are cruel and hateful, and compared with the great empire, Bengal is hell...
Hassan's application was written in a vain of more than 9,000 words, full of flattery for the empire and contempt for the mother country. Obviously, any Meng tribe will be angry when seeing these, and forgetting one's ancestors is not accepted in any culture.
But this is just an application for national identity. There are several articles by Hassan in the newspaper, some from meetings to government departments, and some are performance appraisals during the Religious Affairs Bureau. These are articles by Hassan when he just joined the Religious Affairs Bureau to show his loyalty, show his abilities and show his position.
In these articles, Hassan clearly expressed a position that religion serves politics. He himself was not pious to the belief in the Tianfang religion, believing that it was just a tool to rule the people. He could call the Supreme Lord the greatest deceiver, and call those religious people liars, and proudly believe that the religious people in his mother country were lying for themselves, while he was lying for the empire.
As for believers, they are regarded as cows. He suggested several times that religious taxes were raised to allow believers to pay for all religious acts. He also arrogantly believed that as long as he was given enough time, he could make the Tianfang scholars in Penang use pork as a delicacy, and even suggested that the Emperor of the Empire become a caliph and compete for dominance in the entire Tianfang scholar world.
Hassan's articles have been edited and spliced. The reason is of course that the newspapers are limited in length, but in fact they want to highlight his "blasphemy". In fact, Hassan was the most important priest of the Religious Bureau at that time, and also put forward many pertinent suggestions for the work of the Religious Bureau, but the suggestions and behaviors that are in line with the interests of the empire did not conform to the cognition of the Tianfang scholars.
These articles were published in several common local languages, and propaganda officials familiar with the Meng language and Javanese language were also arranged to preach. Both the propaganda officers and newspapers clearly stated that these are Hassan's own articles. Anyone who doubts can go to the Erxianqiao District Office at the end of Hazi Temple and Chenghua Avenue to check. The handwriting, seals, signatures, and everything can be checked.
These articles caused a stir in the Erxianqiao area. After a whole day of publicity, speeches, inspections and fermentation, local Meng and Javanese immigrants finally realized that the Hassan Imam they trusted and worshipped was not a respectable religious scholar at all, and not even a qualified believer. He was the biggest blasphemer and a villain who deceived everyone. Therefore, at night, thousands of people gathered around Hazi Temple and asked Hassan to come out.
Some people want him to admit it in person, some people want him to deny it in person, while most people want to vent their anger on him.
And this is exactly what Su Ri'an needs. Hassan has multiple identities, an official of the Religious Bureau of the Empire, an imam at Hazi Temple, a boss of a labor service company, and a boss behind a gang, but the only thing that made Su Ri'an afraid of was his imam identity. With the early support and self-package of the Empire, he has become a saint in the Erxianqiao area. Such an identity will cause a huge reaction to his crime. It is too simple to incite the people with such an identity.
Su Ri'an published Hassan's article to expose his painting. When he is no longer a respected imam, but a blasphemer, the lofty saint will immediately become a rat crossing the street that everyone shouts and beats.
Su Ri'an appeared outside the Hazi Temple at the right time and announced that he would give everyone an explanation. Then he immediately increased his troops and took over the entire Hazi Temple.
When thousands of people besieged Hazi Temple, Hassan already knew that he had lost the biggest amulet, but he was not ready to confess his guilt. He knew that the crime he had committed was not necessarily enough to behead his head ten times. Should he abandon all his escape or resist stubbornly? Hassan was completely in conflict. Hassan had the wealth he had accumulated over the past ten years, but he had no life. What's the point of asking for these wealth?
There is a secret passage in Hazi Temple. Hassan thought he could escape from Hazi Temple, but Su Ri'an showed up in the room where he lived. Hassan was still packing up his property and wanted to take as much as possible. When he heard the knock on the door, he took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
"Hasan Taranchi, you have been arrested." As soon as the door opened, the sheriff outside said directly.
"Why, what crime did I commit?" Hassan said in a slight sense. He knew that he had a lot of things and involved many people. It was difficult to find out, so as long as he got confused this time, he could escape.
The sheriff said: "You are suspected of forced marriage."
Hassan felt that he had heard it wrong. He had committed so many crimes, so why did he commit a forced marriage crime?
“What forced marriage?”
The sheriff reminded: "Four years ago, did you marry your nine-year-old daughter to Masoude?"
"Yes, so what?" Hassan immediately became tough, saying, "That's the tradition of our nation."
"Don't you know that imperial law is higher than tradition, and women must be able to get married at the age of sixteen?"
"Of course I know, so Masoud and my daughter just held a wedding and did not get a marriage certificate. According to law, marriage cannot be considered as a marriage."
"What about marriage?"
"There is no marriage either. In the four years after the wedding, my daughter has been living in my house." Hassan made a fuss. In fact, Masood was his subordinate in managing the gang and also lived at home.
The sheriff was a little guilty when he refuted, and Su Ri'an asked, "At their wedding, did you receive Masood's gift money?"
“Yes, that’s our tradition.”
Su Ri'an nodded: "Okay, now you are suspected of child trafficking."
Hassan had many problems. Su Ri'an just found an impeccable charge to control him first. Although he had many serious crimes, there were many people involved. Only this one, Hassan, Massud and Hassan's daughter were all in Hazi Temple and could be controlled.
In the world of illegal immigration at Erxianqiao, Hassan is the top of the pyramid, the source of the river of sin and the hub of the criminal network. He is almost related to all the sins here. If he catches Hassan, he will seize all the sins.
Hassan resisted stubbornly and asked to be detained in local law enforcement agencies in the name of a fair trial, but this is impossible. Hazi Temple is not only a special court, but also a prison and public security office controlled by the gendarmerie. All investigations, trials and offenses will be carried out here, just to show everyone in Erxianqiao.
Perhaps Hassan would not confess because he would die, but many of Hassan's men still have a chance, and his partners wanted to escape from crime. Therefore, the entire criminal network was soon found out. Su Ri'an entered Hazi Temple in Erxianqiao and arrested more than 700 people. When the cloak of religion was torn off and the intimidation caused by violence was dispersed, Hassan and his men were left with only sin. Even ordinary vendors and laborers began to expose it. When the report was made, the country of sin was destroyed.
What was destroyed was not only Hassan's criminal network, but also the support for illegal immigrants in the Erxianqiao area. When the sand was dispersed, the problem of illegal immigration would be solved.
But the Erxianqiao area is just the beginning. After proving that this model is useful, Su Ri'an immediately arranged people to enter other urban areas to offend all illegal immigration leaders and destroy their organizational system.
After controlling the situation, Su Ri'an immediately sent people to strictly investigate workshops, plantations and commercial places in Penang and surrounding areas, and strictly prohibited the use of illegal labor. They either provide guarantees for workers to become legal foreign workers or dismissal immediately. At the same time, they require martial law in the greater Penang area, and the sheriff and military police took to the streets to strictly check their ID documents and encourage the people to report illegal immigration.
These methods are all blocked, and in addition to this, there are also evasion. Labor companies from Xijin and Suez are invited to recruit employees and introduce information about illegal immigrants to India and Africa. At the beginning, these illegal immigrants did not want to leave their hometowns where they lived for a long time, and most industrial and commercial owners and farmers were unwilling to guarantee them, which led to large-scale unemployment of illegal immigrants. The lost illegal immigrants inevitably had to take risks in working or engaging in criminal activities. Once arrested, they would be sent directly to the East African colonies.
Seeing that there was no choice, the illegal immigrants had to choose to leave and accept the arrangement.
Return to his home country by himself, become a foreign worker in Xijin and Suez, or go to the colony. No matter where it is, the Penang area will arrange ships for it, and all the expenses will be responsible for Penang or Xijin area.
Dealing with illegal immigration is external, and we should emphasize both methods and methods. However, when dealing with dereliction of duty and so-called public opinion representatives in the bureaucratic system, we must use thunderous means. Because the problem of illegal immigration is properly handled, local governments have regained support, so many things are not so scared.
Li Junwei came to the university district of Penang in July when the rain was clear. There were more than a dozen universities, from national to local universities, to private colleges, military colleges and police colleges. There were all kinds of people in Penang and even the entire Nanyang. They also participated in the civil unrest and were also the group of people who were most willing to express their voices.
National and local universities are the most grand because they are very rich. When the empire established these universities, they also handed over many unowned wastelands around them to these universities for their care. Each public university is a local landlord. These state-owned lands are not allowed to be bought and sold, but they can be rented. Therefore, these universities are very rich.
In the auditorium of Nanyang National University, Li Junwei met many teachers and student representatives. When he heard about the arrival of King Yu, not only Nanyang National University, but also students from nearby schools and even the people flocked to see King Yu's style. If we talk about it, Li Junwei has a high prestige in the empire and has many stories.
Those who like him call him the King of Xiaoyao, those who don’t like him call him the King of Debauchery, those who engage in politics believe that he is a wise king who serves the country and the people, but is not greedy for power and status. Even if he was greedy for money when he was a child and lustful when he grew up, he was considered by the people as his true nature.
Facing the enthusiastic student group, Li Junwei was at ease. His humor and extraordinary insights were talked about. The chaos caused by the exclusion trend in Nanyang this time is naturally the main topic, but the students care more about the public opinion representatives who were arrested in the final stage, including many student representatives.
Their charges were mostly inciting to destroy property, bewitch and hurt people, or other violent crimes in the midst of civil unrest. The students did not have much opinion on finding them guilty, but if the students wanted to understand the attitudes of the senior leaders of the empire towards these people, Li Junwei talked freely and spoke humorously, and spread his views through school newspaper reporters.
"......... In my personal opinion, the relationship between the government and the people is more like the relationship between men and women. The government is the husband and the people are the wives. When they are under control, they will say, "You should take care of me?" When they ignore it, they will think that you don't care about me. When something happens, they will ask for explanations, but when they explain, they will think that all the explanations are lies and don't want to hear them. They will never be satisfied with them, and they will feel that other people's husbands are better and better.........
As for the public opinion representatives you are looking forward to, in the eyes of some people, they dare to put pressure on the government and their views are more in line with public opinion. But in my opinion, they are more like the third party among this boyfriend and girlfriend. Only by breaking up the relationship between husband and wife can he take advantage of the situation. The third party is very nice to his wife on the surface, but in fact it is for himself..."
"What about the royal family?" A bold student representative asked Li Junwei.
Li Junwei smiled: "The royal family is more like his wife's family. For the sake of family harmony, they have to say good things on both sides, but for the sake of the dignity of their son-in-law, they have to be inclined to the son-in-law on the surface, but in fact they are always worried that their daughter will be bullied. In short, they do thankless things."
Chapter completed!