The elders gathered around the huge crater, carefully pondering this "Divine Stone Outside the Sky".

Patriarch Uskine exclaimed, "Eh! Look, there seem to be some words carved on the boulder. ”

If you look closely, there must be a line of writing on the meteorite.

Patriarch Kasens said, "It seems to be in Latin!" ”

Octavian said, "Look closely, what are the words engraved? This should be the clue that God has left us! ”

Elder Uskine said: "I can see it clearly, it seems to be engraved with 'lack of fairness and justice'. ”

"'Lack of fairness and justice'?" Octavian repeated this sentence with a little confusion.

Everyone looked at each other.

Octavian said to Li Xiang: "Li Xiang! God has finally explained, but what does it mean to be "lacking in fairness and justice"? ”

Li Xiang said bluntly: "This sentence is actually very easy to understand, because God saw in heaven that the city of Rome has lacked fairness and justice, so he lowered the boulder as a warning, if the situation is not significantly improved, today's temple will become the future of Rome." ”

Patriarch Casens said, "Tell the truth, there are many unjust and unjust things in the city of Rome!" ”

Octavian said, "Yes! Li Xiang! I don't have a clue for a while! Where do we start? ”

"Let's not talk about anything else, I'll just say that I know, there is a brothel named Shengdena who forced Liang Liang to become a prostitute, and no one paid attention to this kind of thing, and such an ugly thing has been happening for many years, is there justice in this?" Li Xiang said indignantly.

The elders shook their heads in unison.

Li Xiang continued: "Also, this afternoon, I passed by the big market and saw with my own eyes that a carriage loaded with salt hit and killed someone, and the wife of the person who was hit cried extremely miserable, but because the person who was hit was the so-called 'rural hukou', the compensation he could get was only one-fortieth of the 'urban hukou', and they were also citizens of Rome, and the lives of the poor were cheaper than those of the rich, is it still fair?" ”

The elders shook their heads in unison.

Li Xiang continued: "Rome has seriously lacked fairness and justice, which naturally caused the gods to be greatly wrathed. ”

Tiberius thought to himself: Not good! Our "cash cow" is not guaranteed! Lost a look to Uskine Senator.

Uskine thought to himself: Yes! Why are both things related to Hitura? Lost a look to the Patriarch Kasens.

Patriarch Kasens thought to himself: It's also strange that Sidula is usually too arrogant, and this time her luck is not good, but she met the 'divine messenger' Weifu private visit, anyway, who is willing to take care of such a tricky matter, otherwise, if you anger the gods, you will die a miserable death. Lost a look to the Patriarch Pallas.

Patriarch Pallas thought to himself: That is, the wrath of the gods is not a joke, let's restrain it for the time being! If you really die, you need more money to have a fart. ”

Octavian said: "After listening to Li Xiang's speech, what do you think? ”

None of the elders spoke.

Octavian went on to say: "The fate of Rome is at stake, and we must do something." ”

Li Xiang said: "Just while the elders are here, we might as well deliberate on the two bills on 'fairness' and 'justice' on the spot, how about it?" ”

Octavian said: "As the chief senator, I voted absolutely in favour of the bill to crack down on the forced prostitution in brothels and to abolish the 'two-tier household registration system.' Immediately he raised his hand.

"In order to make Rome have a better tomorrow, I will definitely vote for it." Li Xiang also raised his hand as he spoke.

General Max said: "I have no reason to object to upholding fairness and justice. He raised his hand.

When the patriarchs saw this situation, they had no choice but to raise their hands one by one.

For the first time in the history of Rome, the senators deliberated on bills outside the Senate and passed them unanimously, but in any case, the people of Rome were given rights that should have belonged to them.

***

The next day, Octavian and Li Xiang entered the Senate together to attend a regular meeting.

As the "emperor's spokesperson", Li Xiang said: "Elders, because Augustus occasionally felt cold and his throat was uncomfortable, I will have full authority to speak for today's regular meeting. ”

Octavian nodded.

Li Xiang continued: "Everyone, please take a seat. ”

And they sat down.

The politically sensitive senators already felt that today's regular meeting was certainly not ordinary, and it was obvious that Octavian had avoided it in a different way.

Li Xiang continued: "Yesterday next to the meteorite, all the elders present raised their hands in favor of severely cracking down on brothels that force good people to become prostitutes and abolishing the current 'two-level household registration system', because this is related to the future of the country and the well-being of the people, so I hope that a concrete plan can be made at today's regular meeting." ”

The elders thought to themselves: Does the 'I' in Li Xiang's mouth mean himself or represents Octavian? That's a fraction of a millimeter!

Li Xiang continued: "If there is any good plan, you can put it forward and discuss it." ”

As expected, the elders looked at each other, and no one spoke for a long time.

In fact, except for a very small number of senators, the senators in the Senate have all accepted bribes from Sidulla, and today's regular meeting is obviously aimed at Sidula, so naturally no one will come forward to attack their "God of Wealth", even if there are no bribe-taking elders, they don't want to offend their colleagues, so they choose "silence is golden".

Li Xiang and Octavian looked at each other and smiled secretly.

Li Xiang turned his face and said, "Okay! Since everyone is silent, let me come up with a plan! From this day onwards, all brothels that are forced into prostitution will be fined 5,000 sesteres per person and 2,000 sesteres to be compensated to the 'young lady', unless the 'young lady' herself admits that she is picking up customers voluntarily. ”

I saw that all the elders opened their mouths, thinking: 'The lice on the bald man's head are clearly displayed', and the 'God of Wealth' must be 'bleeding' this time, because the plan set by Li Xiang is obviously a bit "outrageous", the 'young ladies' can get 2,000 Sesters for nothing, who will admit that it is a voluntary pick-up, and there are more than 1,000 "young ladies" in the "Shengdena" brothel, which means that this time Sidura will have to pay at least more than 7 million Sesters, if everyone shares the money! But no one dared to say anything more this time, because what Li wanted to say represented Octavian, plus yesterday's "wrath of the gods" and a boulder fell from the sky.

Li Xiang continued: "Now let's raise your hands and vote!" He raised his hand first.

Octavian then raised his hand as well.

Although the elders were very reluctant, they had no choice but to raise their hands obediently.

Li Xiang smiled and said, "Okay! I propose that the fine for the brothel be used entirely for the reconstruction of the Great Market and the repair of the Temple of Jupiter, and I don't think you will object to it! I thought to myself: In this case, I will be able to fulfill my promise to those merchants.

General Max said: "This is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and of course no one will oppose it." ”

Li Xiang continued: "Then, next, continue to consider the next bill, which is about abolishing the 'two-level household registration system', and in line with this policy, I propose to set up a 'Ministry of Civil Affairs' to serve low-income people." ”

Tiberius hurriedly got up and said: "I think the so-called 'Ministry of Civil Affairs' is simply redundant, Rome already has a 'tribune', besides, your 'Ministry of Civil Affairs' only serves the poor, so who will protect the interests of the rich?" ”

Li Xiang said: "Only by achieving a relative balance of interests can a harmonious society be established, do you understand? ”

All the elders said in unison: "'Harmonious society'? ”

"I don't know what a 'harmonious society' is," Tiberius said, "but if you are biased in favor of the poor, you are creating another kind of injustice." ”

As soon as these words came out, they immediately aroused the disgust of the elders of the plebeian faction.

Uskine got up and retorted: "I disagree with Tiberius's statement, what is called 'creating another kind of injustice', all along, because the poor give too much and get too little in return, it will cause the poor to become poorer, and the rich will get richer, and today the poor can get what they deserve, which should be called putting things right." ”

The two factions in the Senate are fighting again.

The patriarchs of the commoner faction and the noble faction were passionate, and you argued every word, ignoring the existence of "emperors" and "divine envoys".

Octavian was very angry and wanted to open his mouth to reprimand the patriarchs, but "acting" had to "play a full set", and he had to pretend to be dumb to the end, so he had no choice but to hand it over to Li Xiang to settle down.

Li Xiang couldn't stand such chaos and noise, and actually said loudly: "Enough! ”

The Senate fell silent at once.

Li Xiang continued: "Stop fighting! ”

The patriarchs all looked at Li Xiang.

Li Xiang continued: "It is God's will to build a 'harmonious society'. I thought: I even invited the "gods" to come out, and see who dares to oppose them.

Sure enough, the patriarchs were silent and sat down.

Li Xiang was secretly happy, and thought: I didn't expect that this trick was really smart, and it really scared these "old rivers and lakes". He continued: "If no one raises objections, the bill is unanimously passed." ”

***

After several months of reconstruction, the Roman Market is finally about to be completed, and the two meteorites that fell from the sky also came in handy, that is, used to make the basic stone of the building, because of the special composition of the meteorite, so that it has withstood thousands of years of wind and rain and still lasts for a long time.

Li Xiang and Auman came to the big market.

"You must be very relieved to see that the big market is about to be completed," said Auman. ”

"Yes! Finally, I didn't break my promise to those merchants in the big market! ”

"Don't say it, these days when the big markets are closed, things in the city of Rome are really a lot more expensive."

"So! The big market opens a day earlier, which is good for everyone. ”

Orman smiled.

"Huh! What are you laughing at? Li Xiang asked.

"I think it's a little interesting to think about it, those words on the meteorite are really 'divine power', and they have suppressed all the patriarchs, and that bastard of Sidula has to pay obediently."

Li Xiang also laughed and said, "Yes! It's fun to think about! ”

"At that time, I was really worried that it would be a goof, if the patriarchs found out that the words on the meteorite were carved by a stonemason, it would be miserable!"

"I was scared too! But there was no other good way, so I had to use meteorites to make a big fuss, but fortunately, the patriarchs believed it. ”

"What made the senators believe it?" From behind the two came the voice of a strange man.