The rise and fall of agrarian societies is directly related to food production.

The Chinese are one of the most pain-tolerant ethnic groups in the world, and as long as they have enough food, the whole society will become very stable.

This huge state apparatus is finally back on the right track of development, and the noble bureaucratic system that Li Qi has built up for more than ten years is ensuring the smooth operation of this machine, and they are trying to control everything in this huge empire as much as possible through more than a dozen official roads extending from Jinyang.

Rules and laws are the guarantee for the operation of the country.

An honest official is not necessarily a good official, and it may also be a brainless person with little ability.

There must be certain rules in everything, and when doing things, you must know how to grasp the sense of proportion and moderation. For example, a county-level official, you make a million a year, you open one eye on it, and close one eye on it, but if you have to get 100 million, then who else will you clean up if you don't clean it up?

The chaos of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties was due to the lack of authority of the imperial court, which was no longer able to maintain the dignity of the law.

Everyone has to follow the rules.

The order of human society is because daily behavior is constrained by various rules. For example, morality, customs, etiquette, etc., without the constraints of these things, human beings are actually not much stronger than wild beasts.

It is said that everyone is equal before the law, but in fact it is basically impossible to achieve this completely, even in the later legal society, it is impossible to achieve complete fairness and justice. The noble class is willing to maintain the existing system because there is something called extrajudicial favor.

After experiencing the era of slaves as animals in the Ming and Qing dynasties, many later generations thought that it was a trivial matter to kill a slave and maid in the late Tang Dynasty and the five dynasties, who regarded human life as a mustard, but did not know that in the "Tang Law" and "Song Law", as the master of the family, if he killed the slave by lynching, he would have to bear the criminal responsibility.

Li Jineng has done such a stupid thing now.

As a famous general of the Jin army and one of the greatest heroes of the founding of the country, Li Sizhao died in the battle under the city of Zhenzhou, among the eight sons he left behind, five have died because of rebellion or fratricide, and now only three are still minors. Among these three people, Li Jizhong, who is the youngest and the youngest, is old and respectful, and he is still promising, and now he has become the Lingnan envoy stationed in Yongzhou. The other two Li Jineng and Li Jixun are simply a pair of standard gentlemen, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, proficient in everything, and they belong to the kind where the mud can't support the wall.

Li Jineng drank too much wine, went crazy with alcohol, and beat a servant girl who made a small mistake to death.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of thing, if the people don't sue and the officials don't hold them accountable, they lose money in private.

But this time, out of righteous indignation, the maid's family sued the matter to the government to avenge their daughter.

Taiyuan County had no choice but to send someone to arrest Li Jineng first, and as for how to deal with it, this had to be reported to Zongzheng Temple.

Li Sizhao is the righteous son of Emperor Wu, so his sons are also in the royal family list and are under the control of Zongzheng Temple.

The punishment for this crime in the "Tang Law" is not to pay for murder, but "50 rods, 1,000 miles, and three years in the army", that is, to be assigned to a thousand miles away, serve three years of border service without compensation, and compensate for the losses of other families.

The Li family has no objection to the fine compensation, mainly because they can't stand the issue of distributing and replenishing the army, so they ask many people to intercede in front of Li Qi. In fact, some veterans came forward to intercede, not just because of the Li family's face, but because of some of their own concerns.

Who doesn't have a few bastards, if they are really dealt with according to the law, won't everyone lose face?!

Li Qi originally thought that it should be "the prince who broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people", but if the matter is really implemented, there are still some other considerations. This kind of bastard thing, if he commits some great rebellious crime, there is no need to hesitate to chop it to death, the problem is that if this kind of thing is to be dealt with seriously, it is aimed at those children of the Xungui family and the families behind them who do not commit big things and small things in Jinyang City.

In the hearts of these nobles, if they are like ordinary people, they are subject to the same legal sanctions, it is a very shameless thing. As for being dealt with by royal law...... Then it doesn't matter.

Sometimes, the punishment of Zongzheng Temple may be heavier than the "Criminal Law", but it gives people a different feeling.

This is the ancestral family law of the royal family, and ordinary people have no right to enjoy it......

Zongzheng Temple's punishment, cane punishment, whipping punishment, that is, there is no punishment of the army, that is, people are imprisoned, and they have to eat and drink.

Li Qi felt that he was at a loss by doing this, and he had to spend money to raise these bastards who committed crimes in vain, so he was going to let Zongzheng Temple set up a "labor camp" to come out, and let these guys who were imprisoned work in it, so that they could learn some crafts......

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After Li Jineng was sentenced to "three years of re-education through labor," Li Qi was still unhappy.

A queen and four wives are all pregnant, this kind of thing makes Li Qi feel a little depressed, no wonder Wei Xiaobao wants to find seven wives. I have been in Jinyang for more than half a year this year, perhaps because I am too diligent in farming.

At dinner, Wang Qiang looked at Li Qi, who was a little dull, and said, "The concubines can't serve the Son of Heaven, so can't they accept two more palace people?" ”

Li Qi looked up and glanced at the queen, who was already a little fat: "Forget it, I still focus on national affairs, and this marriage is also for the stability of the family and the country, and the unity of all ethnic groups." ”

Hearing him say that he was righteous and awe-inspiring, as if he had made a great sacrifice for the country, Wang Qiang suddenly laughed and trembled.

It's just that what Li Qi said is also true, except for the queen Wang Qiang who was born in the Han family, the other ladies are all from various tribes, Mrs. Qin is the princess of Hui, Mrs. Yunguo is the princess of Tatar, Mrs. Zhongshan is the assassin of Wuzhou in Shanbei, Li Chengzong is his daughter from the Xi department, and Zhang Ying'er, the wife of the Jin State, is the daughter of Zhang Mujin, although this Mrs. Zhang has always claimed to be the daughter of the Han family, but she can't deny the fact that his father is the head of the Tuyuhun tribe in Yunzhou.

Li Qi sometimes wonders, if there are a few more blonde and blue-eyed beauties in this harem, does it symbolize the great unity between all races in the world?

As for the "Princess Ayi-Tubetsu"...... Forget it!

Although there are some things that cannot be done, some entertainment can still be carried out in the evening.

For example, playing music...... Play a song "Blue Sea Tide Song".

It's just that Wang Qiang is too conservative and doesn't do it, Li Qi is helpless in the end, so he can only coax a child and say "The Legend of the Tang Rangers" for nearly two hours.

In this regard, Mrs. Qin Guo and Mrs. Yun Guo are better and obedient......

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