Shadow of great britain

Chapter 33 Arthur Hastings Principle

In the horse farm of Sir Peel's suburban residence, surrounded by green trees, through the grass with blooming flowers, a figure as fast as lightning can be vaguely seen.

Sir Peel waved the riding crop in his hand and skillfully controlled the valuable British thoroughbred horse under his crotch to pass one obstacle after another. The equestrian responsible for training him held a pocket watch and respectfully kept time at the finish line.

In just a few breaths, Sir Pierre completed the final sprint. He took a deep breath, turned to the equestrian and asked.

"Is there any progress this time?"

The equestrian smiled and nodded: "As an equestrian, although I am reluctant to say this, I still have to be honest and say that you are indeed very talented. Your time is 2 minutes and 52 seconds, which is already Very close to the level of a skilled rider.

In the Middle Ages, you could now bring a few knights with you to help our great King Henry V fight the French. "

Sir Peel did not take the equestrian's compliment to heart. He joked: "Rather than fighting the French, I would rather charge the Whigs and the extreme elements of my party now."

The equestrian asked cautiously: "Is it because of the Catholic Emancipation Act? I heard that the former Supreme Court Justice Earl Eldon launched severe criticism in the Tory Party against the Duke of Wellington and you for allowing the bill to pass. , and threatened to quit the Tory Party along with those MPs who supported him."

Sir Peel stood up and dismounted: "That old stubborn man seems to be living in the Middle Ages. If he goes by his point of view, not only should the Emancipation Act not be passed, but all the Irish working in London must be driven back to their hometowns and let them continue to return to the mud." Eat inside.

He didn't know that times had changed, and the 'Claire Incident' was the best manifestation of the changes in times.

If we do not give Ireland Catholic Emancipation, no Tory will ever win an election in Southern Ireland from now on.

The Irish would rather vote for an unelectable Catholic than accept our offer of up to fifty pounds per vote as a thank you for voting.

The establishment of organizations such as the Irish Catholic Association also declared the urgency of the liberation issue. If the vote fails this time, civil war will definitely break out.

Great Britain fought a civil war between the two parties for fifty years over a Bill of Rights, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths. No one understands the huge harm of civil war better than us.

It is a British tradition to solve internal problems through negotiation, and it is necessary to resort to force as little as possible.

The Duke of Wellington and I are both supporters of this view. Of course we must be responsible to our supporters, but before that we need to be more responsible for the future of the country.

As for those extremes, they only know what they are looking at.

Some feared that allowing Catholics to enter parliament would threaten their status as members.

The diocesan archbishops in the House of Lords stick to their old tune of 'The Anglican Church is Britain and Britain is the Anglican Church'.

They feared that if this initiative was taken, the Protestant believers would be separated from the Catholic Church, and they feared that in the near future the bishops and senior priests of England would be appointed by the Pope again.

As for the king, that greedy, vain and inferior guy, he is the supreme leader of the Anglican Church, and he is unwilling to allow Catholics who do not recognize him as the supreme leader of the faith to enter the parliament.

Fortunately, the Duke of Wellington withstood all the pressure in the end. He overwhelmed the king with his brilliant record and terrifying prestige.

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You may not know that on the day of the vote in the House of Lords, the Duke of Wellington was sitting in the voting hall of the House of Lords, leaning on a cane. He watched each noble passing by to vote in favor.

To be honest, there have been only two people in Great Britain with enough prestige and ability to do this in recent decades.

One is alive and one is dead.

The living one is Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington.

The dead one is Horatio Nelson, the soul of the Royal Navy.

It's a pity that some people are willing to sacrifice for the country, but some people not only don't buy it, but also take this opportunity to mobilize the General Resignation Party, throw themselves into the arms of the Whig Party, and force the Duke of Wellington to step down.

You should have seen it in the newspaper too, right? This time they even went so far as to expose the problems of vote-buying and declining local constituencies, just to destroy Wellington's cabinet.

They loudly accused the government of corruption and told the excited Protestant public that the Emancipation Act was passed because the government had received money from the Irish and was controlled by Catholics and the Roman Church.

Oh my gosh!

I can't believe it!

These sons of bitches!

These extremes should take a good look at themselves in the mirror!

Who is the person in the party who likes to accept bribes the most to do things for others?

The most corrupt parts of the Tory Party are the ones that are missing now!

Now that they are doing this kind of thing and promoting this kind of argument, they will only harm themselves in the end, these idiots! "

Sir Peel, who had always been gentle and gentle, suddenly became violent, leaving the equestrian at a loss for a moment.

Just when he felt embarrassed, he suddenly saw a servant running toward the racecourse with an envelope in his hand.

The servant panted and came to Sir Peel and reported: "Sir, here is a letter sent to you from Scotland Yard. In addition, the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, and the Minister of Irish Affairs, the Marquess of Anglesey, have accepted your invitation. Here we are, they are waiting for you drinking tea in the living room.”

"A letter from Scotland Yard? What is so thick?" Sir Peel took a deep breath to calm down, then took off his gloves and said to the servant: "Go and tell them two that I will come after I change my clothes."

After saying this, he opened the envelope and walked towards the mansion.

As soon as he opened the envelope, Sir Peel saw clearly what was inside.

"Responses to the consultation on proposals for revision of the Metropolitan Police's internal regulations initiated by Sir Peel"

"So this is it."

Just when he was about to put things away first, suddenly he caught a glimpse of the letter's signature - Arthur Hastings.

"Officer Arthur?" Sir Peel became interested.

He opened the letter and began to read.

Originally, he only planned to take a cursory glance, but as soon as his eyes fell on the content, he couldn't move away.

The letter detailedly described, supplemented and revised the original version of the internal affairs regulations, and attached reasons and case analysis that occurred during the enforcement of police services behind each reasonable or unreasonable regulation.

In order to prevent Sir Peel from reading fatigue or not liking the long articles, Arthur also thoughtfully summarized all his suggestions into nine concise and concise principles for police handling.

(1) The basic mission of the police is to prevent crime and disorder, rather than to use violent means and severe legal punishment to suppress crime and riots.

(2) The ability of the police to perform their duties depends on the public's support for police actions.

(3) If law-abiding members of the public voluntarily cooperate with the police, the police must ensure and maintain the honor and dignity of the public.

(4) The degree of cooperation the police receive from the public is inversely proportional to the amount of force and coercive measures needed to achieve police goals.

(5) The police must seek and win the respect and love of the public not by catering to public opinion, but by long-term and fair law enforcement. They win the favor of the public by their willingness to provide personal service and friendship to all members of society regardless of race or social status, by their courtesy and good temper, and by their willingness to sacrifice themselves to defend and protect public life.

(6) The police must abide by the relevant provisions of the law when using force, and must only use force when reminders, advice, warnings and other measures are ineffective.

(7) The police should always maintain a good relationship with the public and respect the historical tradition that "the police are the public and the public is the police". The police come from the public and go to the public. The police are just a member of the public and must wholeheartedly fulfill their responsibilities to ensure the interests of everyone in society.

(8) The police should always act to fulfill their functions and never usurp the power of justice out of a mentality of individual or collective revenge or to arbitrarily judge crimes and punish criminals.

(9) Police performance is evaluated based on the reduction of crime rates and social disorder, rather than how many visible actions the police take to deal with crime.

Sir Peel looked at it and even stopped walking.

Until a majestic voice sounded in his ears.

"Robert, didn't you say you were going to change clothes? Why are you still here?"

Sir Peel raised his head, and it was his old friend the Duke of Wellington who spoke.

He was impatient to wait, so he simply ran out to take a look. Unexpectedly, he bumped into Sir Pierre at the door.

The Duke of Wellington pointed to the letter in his hand and asked, "What is this?"

"Did you say this?" Sir Peel glanced at the title of the nine principles: "The "Nine Principles of Scotland Yard Policing" will be released soon, but this description is too official and I don't like it very much."

Wellington asked: "What do you usually call him?"

"Why don't we call it the "Arthur Hastings Principle"? It's simple, direct and in line with the original intention."

"Arthur Hastings?" The Duke of Wellington thought for a moment: "You mean the young Scotland Yard police officer who was in the newspaper?"

Sir Peel smiled and replied: "Mr. Duke, in view of the current urgent movement to repeal the Catholic Emancipation Act, I think it is necessary for us to establish a non-conformist leader with a sufficiently positive and glorious image in society to eliminate the public Hostility to the bill.

In my opinion, Inspector Arthur Hastings, who is young and possesses sufficient abilities, is a pretty good choice. "