As expected by Wan Yuan, Liu Zhao Shuxian was indeed a very principled master and must deal with the Zhu family's domestic violence case in accordance with the law. Wan Yuan's intercession was useless, so he had to hurry up and make purchases and rush back to Dadong as quickly as possible. Zhou, please ask dad to come forward. After all, dad still has a lot of face. Net

Dadongzhou and Zhongzhou are thousands of miles apart. In addition to regular cruise ships, Wan Lei has also thought about laying a cross-ocean cable. However, in view of the relatively small population of Dadongzhou, there are not many people who use the transoceanic telegraph service. Not much, and the auxiliary equipment will definitely be a loss now, so we can only make do with it for the time being.

The fully loaded Dadong began its return voyage in early November. The journey took 25 days and did not return to Zhongyuan Port until early December. At this time, Wan Lei was still supervising the battle on the front line, and the immigrant army had already joined forces with the local indigenous forces in the special area. There was fierce fighting around Lake Skoko. Although the immigrant army had the advantage in terms of weapons and quality of soldiers, the indigenous coalition showed a desperate spirit like Saburo. Not only did they guard every passage into the city, but they also sent death squads out every day. Try your best, but really don't let it go. It is estimated that this war will not end until the Chinese New Year.

In fact, Wan Lei could have used artillery to bombard the island city in Lake Texcoco and completely destroy the last base of the indigenous people. However, after thinking about it, he decided to abandon this plan, not to mention that there were people in the island city. A large amount of gold and silver treasures, and a population of nearly 100,000 are also a huge amount of wealth. It would be a pity to destroy them.

"Report." On a high mountain beside Lake Texcoco, a military command post is located here. Wan Lei is commanding from here. Not only are there temporary telegraph lines with various military strongholds, but also with the terminal. A line has been set up in Yuancheng, and all military information can be conveyed to the communications department immediately, and then summarized here at Wan Lei.[

Wan Lei was discussing the war with the staff at this time. He took the telegram handed over by the communications corps, just glanced at it, and said: "Reply immediately, saying that the war is serious and I can't return to Zhongyuan City yet!"

It turns out that this telegram was sent by Zhongyuan City, urging Wan Lei to go back. However, Wan Lei will not abandon public service for personal reasons, especially when the war is stalemate, and he cannot leave. This will affect morale. Of course, He would not order the army to attack just because his family urged him to go back, and Wan Lei would not want to buy victory with unnecessary casualties of the army.

The communications soldier hurriedly ran out of the command room, and hurried back before meeting, handing over another telegram. Wan Lei was a little impatient. He had told his family before going to war not to use the military telegraph system unless there was an important matter. Contact, now we are sending reports one after another. This is a broken rule. After all, military information must be transmitted through the telegraph system at all times. Too much private use will affect the transmission of military information.

"Reply immediately and tell me if you have anything to do, wait until I get back. Don't occupy the telegraph line just because of trivial matters!"

Wan Lei looked unhappy, and the staff officers nearby were not surprised. Wan Lei gave them the impression that he was business-oriented and never treated his family members in a special way. Even his own son!! Wan Sheng, from the lowest level, You start as a junior soldier, and you can be promoted after you have accumulated enough military merits.

It is because of Wan Lei's absolute fairness that he has a high prestige in the immigration army. Although he himself did not take the initiative to take power, the officers and soldiers voluntarily supported him as commander-in-chief, and the immigration army also established a military culture of trusting rewards and punishments. , Those who have meritorious service will be rewarded according to their merits, and those who have made mistakes will be punished. The officers and soldiers are convinced. Everyone strives to be the first to make progress, fight bravely and obey orders absolutely.

Wan Lei issued the order to close the report. As expected, his family no longer sent him reports to the front line. The routine staff meeting during the war ended after half an hour. Wan Lei temporarily handed over the command center to the chief of staff and took charge of it himself. The Guards went to various military strongholds to visit and express condolences to the officers and soldiers.

The indigenous coalition forces huddled in the city of Tenochtitlan, and the immigrant army scattered and occupied the main roads out of the city, forming a siege. The immigrant army also built bunkers and watchtowers, and arranged a large number of snipers to kill those who left the city. The purpose of Wan Lei's siege was not only to force the natives in the city to surrender, but also to force the natives to kill their leaders and then willingly accept the immigrants as their new lords.

If you want to do this, you must be prepared for a long-term siege of the city. When the food in the city on this island is exhausted, you will not attack it. At that time, as long as you use a little trick, you can easily gain access to the city. All treasures and slaves.

Of course, a long-term siege also tests the patience of an army. Many officers and soldiers privately felt that there was no need to besiege the city. They just blasted it with artillery and could go home for the New Year in a few days. Wan Lei had to often move around the front line, doing The ideological work of these officers and soldiers who are eager to return home.

In addition, Wan Lei also wanted to use the example of this long-term siege to sharpen the perseverance of the immigrant army officers. After all, this is the wild Dadongzhou. As a pioneer, whether he is going out to fight or to build infrastructure, it is very difficult to go there for several months. Normally, one has to be mentally prepared for not being able to go home to celebrate the New Year, but he himself had never thought about stopping the war and going home to celebrate the New Year.

After walking through more than a dozen military strongholds around Lake Texcoco, it was already evening. Night was the peak time for the natives to leave the city for sneak attacks. All the soldiers of the immigration army were in a state of war preparation to deal with enemies who might leave the city at any time to provoke. No, as soon as the sun went down, gunfire started one after another. From time to time, lights were fired into the sky, illuminating a large area of ​​the sky, allowing the natives who were leaving the city in small boats to hide.

The night battle started, Wan Lei was sitting in the command center, and battle reports were sent from various strongholds from time to time. From these battle reports, it can be seen that although hundreds of indigenous people rushed out like a tide, they were repulsed every time. The battlefield was simply It became a slaughterhouse.

This was the fifteenth Aboriginal breakout operation. It was much less intense than the previous fourteen times. Perhaps the casualties were too great, leaving them with insufficient strength. The battle only lasted until around 8pm, and the Aboriginal troops stopped coming out. They were sent to death, and the immigration army also took this opportunity to dispose of the corpses in front of the stronghold and capture the slightly injured natives as slaves.

"Report, Mrs. Zhao is here." Just as Wan Lei was listening to the summary of the battle report from the staff, a personal guard ran in.

"Why is she here?" Wan Lei frowned. There are rules in the immigration army. Non-combatants are not allowed to enter and exit the military camp at will, let alone come to the frontline military camp at will. Zhao Xueer knows this rule, why is she here? And he came here in the dark.

Not only Zhao Xueer came, but Wan Yuan also came. When Wan Lei saw his eldest son present, he didn't need to ask, it must be for his business, because Zhao Xueer would not violate military regulations because of his own affairs.

"What's going on? Didn't you see that we are fighting here?" Wan Lei's face suddenly turned livid. Of course he knew why his son came. The telegram had made it very clear that he wanted to ask him to go back and help. Fish out this guy Zhu Yunwen.

But who is Wan Lei? Let alone the former emperor. Even if the emperor breaks the law, he should be dealt with according to the law. He will never tolerate the sentence that deserves the sentence or the exile that deserves it, and he himself will not show up for anyone. Intercede because this is a violation of the law and goes against the basic principles of governing the country by law.[

"Leizhi, this is an urgent matter. If it is not urgent, we will not use the military telegraph system." Seeing that her husband was a little angry, Zhao Xueer said hurriedly.

"It's an urgent matter. I ran here all night just for such a trivial matter. What to do if I encounter danger on the way? I really don't know the severity." Wan Lei looked directly at Wan Yuan, "If you are a man, you dare to do what you want. Since you dare to fight, Wife and son, then be prepared to be punished, I will not intercede for anyone, this is a matter of principle!"

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Wan Yuan was so frightened by his father's stern eyes that he didn't dare to raise his head, let alone say anything. However, Zhao Xueer flattened her lips and said, "Can you be a little more humane? After all, he is Xiaowei's father. Now he won't help." Gang, if Xiaowei really marries into our Wan family, you want to recognize a prisoner as your father-in-law!"

"As long as Xiaoyuan and Xiaowei are truly in love, no matter what the identity of Xiaowei's parents are, we will naturally accept it, but one code must be the same, and the principle of ruling the country by law cannot be messed up. If I step in to help him get rid of Does this lawsuit mean that he can use our Wan family's name to do evil in the future?" Wan Lei was unmoved. He also wanted to take this opportunity to teach Zhu Yun a lesson and let him learn how to behave as a responsible person. .

"You are right, but you have thought about your son's feelings and Xiaowei's feelings." Seeing that her husband refused to let go, Zhao Xueer was also angry. She knew that her husband was the most principled, but this time it related to her whole family. , can't this be an exception?

"Father, I know that the principle of governing the country according to law cannot be changed, but there are people over there who want to use Uncle Zhu to kill chickens to scare monkeys. This is obviously extrajudicial torture. We cannot ignore it." Wan Yuan also bravely said, and even Uncle Zhu Called out, it can be seen that his relationship with Zhu Yun has improved a lot.

"How do you care? How do you ask? Even if I lower my face and help this time, the crime of domestic violence still exists. He may commit another crime again one day. How many times can I help him." Wan Lei rolled his eyes at his son. The so-called concern was In the chaos, his son became more and more unstable, which made him very dissatisfied.

"Uncle Zhu already knows that he made a mistake and has promised that he will never do it again in the future." Wan Yuan whispered.

"Lei Zhi, acknowledging mistakes can make a lot of improvements. Besides the legal principles, it is also a matter of human kindness. Can we discuss with the Ministry of Justice and deal with it leniently?" Zhao Xueer also said helpfully.

"You think too simplistically. Don't you know what the Ministry of Justice means? It's obviously to catch role models in order to curb the legacy of domestic violence that has lasted for more than a thousand years. If you ask them to deal with it lightly, they will listen!"

"After all, you are also the founding father and the founding head of the country. How dare they not listen to you if you speak out? I think you want to save face and don't want to help." Zhao Xueer said angrily.

"It is precisely because I am the founding father that I cannot say that I will be dealt with lightly. The most I can do is write a letter to the Ministry of Justice, telling them not to worry about anything else and that everything will be handled in accordance with the law." Wan Lei said sternly.

"You, it's okay if you don't want to help, but you're going to do a disservice to me. Isn't this adding insult to injury?" Zhao Xueer became even more angry.

Wan Yuan, on the other hand, was much more attentive and seemed to have heard something. He took a peek at his father and saw a subtle and scheming expression on his father's face. He pondered for a while and agreed: "What father said is, please write!

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"Xiaoyuan, you are stupid. This is not helping." Zhao Xueer had Wan Lei's intentions and couldn't guess what Wan Lei meant, so she couldn't help but look at Wan Yuan in surprise.

"Mom, don't worry. Father has his own sense of proportion. Once this letter is delivered, he will definitely not deny face." Wan Yuan said. He had already figured out the meaning of this: if he writes a letter asking for his release or lenient treatment,

The people in the Ministry of Justice may give face this time, but it is hard to say whether they will pursue the case again in the future. If the letter expresses its support for a trial in accordance with the law, the people in the Ministry of Justice do not dare to go too far.

"Just understand this. The human heart is the most difficult thing to understand. You are still young and there are still many things to learn. These things cannot be taught by teachers. You can only rely on yourself to understand them in real life. I hope you can understand them.

"Wan Lei gave his son a rare look of appreciation. Although his son caused him trouble, it is also a good thing that his son can grow up.

"Yes, Dad." Wan Yuan whispered. At this moment, he finally discovered that his father, who seemed to be rigid and unreasonable, actually had a father's love as deep as the sea.

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