"She said so pitiful. Actually, it's because I didn't change her." Li Luo smiled, "The problem is, she is Kublai Khan's woman, why should I change her?"

Cui Xiuning also said heartlessly: "Isn't she your Guangruo sister? Oni Jiang... You can't help but save me, Smida."

"Okay, OK," Li Luo said seriously, "I and she are just mutually beneficial, but she is in trouble and I have no obligation to save her."

Choi Soo-ning sneered, "Men are often soft-hearted in front of beautiful women. A hero is the heart to save beauty. Don't think I don't know. If you really don't want to save me, why do you tell me this?"

"After all, it is true that she was implicated by you, and it is true that she helped you. If she suffered in the palace, you are a little ashamed or a little distressed. So, you hope that I will be soft-hearted and take the initiative to let you save her. Okay, your psychological portrait is completed. I will take it away."

Li Luo sighed: "Okay, policeman, I admit that I feel a little ashamed. Of course, this has nothing to do with Jin Guang's beauty or not."

Cui Xiuning was too lazy to expose the man's thoughts, but her eyes were full of sarcasm, "Okay. For your rare shame, I'll extend my hand when I can save you. I have no objection."

After the woman said that, she shook her head helplessly, and the meaning was clearly: Oh, man.

But she was just acting or making jokes. In fact, she knew very well that Li Luo could give her full marks in terms of feelings, and that was really a dedicated and high-quality man. Especially now, his identity as a feudal emperor is even more rare and valuable.

For other women, he only has a little bit of pity for his beauty, and his mind is still clean.

She felt that her love with Li Luo could stand the test completely.

"I seem to be pregnant again." Cui Xiuning changed the topic, "It will be confirmed after a while."

Li Luo took her hand and said, "You don't need to deal with the matter of Fuli Pavilion."

Fuqi Pavilion is Cui Xiuning's office. When Li Luo was not in Lin'an, Fuqi Pavilion was the government affairs center. After Li Luo came back, Fuqi Pavilion also had intelligence, firearms, police and other work.

"It's okay, it's good." Cui Xiuning smiled and said, "Will pregnant women not go to work? In the future, pregnant women have only had ninety days off, so it's better to have a good welfare."

"Then you should also pay attention to rest." Li Luo touched her head, as if he was using his head-touching skill, "You are more important than anything else, understand?"

"Yao, I believe you." Cui Xiuning smiled, "The old man is so bad. Only if I give birth to another son can you put down the stone in your heart."

Li Luo shook his head, "Let go? I'm afraid I'll put it down and hit my feet. Since ancient times, there have been many disputes over the throne. How can I really put a stone down? It's destined to be hung forever."

Cui Xiuning said: "I believe my son will not fight for the throne. Even if there is, it will be a future. Don't think so far. If you have to deal with military and political affairs, I'm very busy recently."

Li Luo asked: "What are you busy with?"

"I want them to get 18 kilograms of cannons, and also to get grape bombs. I also need to improve the code," said Cui Xiuning.

Li Luo has never been concerned about the manufacturing of firearms. "Grape bombs? Can't real flowering bombs be made?"

Cui Xiuning laughed in surprise, "You are talking about shrapnel, but we two rookies can do it? I'm thinking too much. Westerners already had a modern industrial system after the Industrial Revolution, and it took decades to create unstable shrapnel."

Li Luo was speechless, "Is it that difficult?"

Cui Xiuning frowned: "Why isn't it difficult? We are not a doctor of engineering. We can't do anything about the strength of the shell shell. What's even more difficult is the delayed point explosion control of the fuse. Don't even think about the mechanical trigger fuse. Wooden-pipe delayed fuse is OK, but it's too difficult to control the time and the reliability is too poor."

"There is no problem with grape bombs. However, the range is definitely not as good as solid bombs. It is worse than solid bombs when dealing with cavalry and infantry. I have guided the craftsman to test it. Eighteen pounds of cannons, the copper ratio is higher, and the cost is scary. If the copper ratio is not enough, it will explode."

"This heavy artillery consumes more than 2,000 kilograms of copper material, and the cost is more than 5,000 silver dollars. Eight horses need to be taken in two shifts. A dozen kilograms of medicine are charged at a time, and a round of ammunition costs dozens of silver dollars. But it is also powerful, with an effective range of three to four miles. With ammunition, a cannon requires more than 10 horses to transport."

Li Luo thought for a while, "The army's field battles are definitely not good, and they can only be used to attack cities and attack tough. Build less first."

"The sample of this gun has not yet come out, and I don't know if it can be made. The focus of the firearm is now on grape bombs, which can be mass-produced as early as September," Cui Xiuning explained.

Li Luo picked up Cui Xiuning's work materials and read them with interest, saying, "Do not compile the code too modern, so you should refer to "Song Zhengtong" and "Tang Lu Shuyi" more."

Cui Xiuning threw a pair of hygiene pills over, "I'm not stupid, I'm working on modern codes in ancient times? Of course, it can be ahead of the times and in line with reality. Don't worry, I read these two codes a lot. A big step ahead is a genius, and a crazy person is a big lead."

Li Luo said: "The Tang Dynasty Laws are divided into the principles (Constitution), the laws of officials, the military laws, and the civil law. The military laws are already very perfect, and the content of the laws of officials will not be too much. The principles are simpler. However, the civil law is very extensive, and you will definitely not be able to do it alone."

"Let's do this, transfer some people from the Ministry of Justice and the Three Justice Departments to compile them together. Just catch the president."

Cui Xiuning shook her head, "The law is very important. Every law must reflect leading factors and conform to the times. They do not have that kind of thinking, and you and I must do it yourself. There is no hurry to do it. I will do it slowly, and the workload is not as large as you think."

"I have a proper position in other laws. This punishment requires you to make an idea. The punishments of the Tang and Song dynasties, such as the assassination of military force, exile, and beating of sticks, will definitely be abolished. What I am going to keep is the death penalty, imprisonment, demotion, and whipping. What do you think?"

The so-called demotion of the family is actually demoted to a slave.

Li Luo thought for a while, paced back and forth, then sat down and picked up Cui Xiuning's teacup and took a sip of it to clear his throat, then expressed his own opinion.

"I think these four punishments are not enough, and there is also a castration." The man's words were amazing.

What?

Choi Soo-ning frowned, "This is corporal punishment? Why should the torture that has been abolished long ago be restored?"

Li Luo said: "I think the first thing to consider for punishment is not humane or inhumane, but deterrence and punishment, which makes people dare not do. For example, forcing a young girl or a criminal with serious circumstances is definitely not enough to be sentenced to death, but going to jail is obviously not enough to punish. Then castration is so as to be deterred."

Cui Xiuning thought about it and had to agree. "What about the death penalty?"

Li Luo began to show off his historical knowledge: "The most common way to death in the Han Dynasty was suicide, and people who committed death penalty often committed suicide. The Sui and Tang dynasties were strangulation and beheading. The Song Dynasty was severely punished, and there were more than 500 death penalty charges. Song Renzong also introduced Lingchi from the Liao Kingdom."

"Many people yell that this is a regression. Nonsense! If I kill one person and sentence him to beheading, he will also beheading him. What is the fairness? Why do murderers often kill people in succession? Because the death penalty method is the same. Anyway, it is all beheadings, so since I have killed people, it is better to kill a few more."

"So, the death penalty method must be divided into ranks. To kill people is humane, it means to be inhumane to the deceased. Since you have committed a death penalty, you should be severely punished."

Cui Xiuning also agrees with Li Luo's view.

When she was in college, she learned about many murder cases. One phenomenon is that the proportion of murderers who kill in succession is very high, such as family killing cases, traversing crimes, serial murder cases, group murder cases, etc.

The mentality of these murderers is often to give up. Anyway, killing someone needs to be shot, it is better to kill a few more people.

Killing a person is the same as killing a group of elementary school students in school.

OK, then I will do it all the time. Since I have killed someone, I might as well kill a few more.

Because of this criminal psychology, many more people die around the world every year.

Li Luo continued: "We'll do it like this. The death penalty level is divided into fifth grade. First-class lingchi, second-class chariot crack, third-class halves, fourth-class beheading, fifth-class hanged."

Cui Xiuning was speechless, "Five types? Too many, right?"

Li Luo said seriously: "Not many. Kill one person and behead or hang them. Kill more than two people and then cut them in half. More than three people and more than four people and then slash the car."

Cui Xiuning sneered: "What about five people? What about ten people?"

Li Luo gritted his teeth and said, "Then Lingchi is divided into two parts! Can cutting a thousand swords be the same as cutting a hundred swords? Humph, if you have the ability, kill more. The more people you kill, the more painful the death penalty will be. I want to see if it is the ruthless person's thief, or the ruthless national law of the Tang Dynasty!"

Cui Xiuning chuckled, "What an angry young man! Well, it's up to you. Then Lingchi is also divided into levels. How to divide them?"

Li Luo pondered for a long time, "It depends on the number of swords. The maximum is three thousand swords and the minimum is one hundred swords, which are divided into thirty levels! For every extra person, add one hundred swords!"

Cui Xiuning was speechless, Lingchi alone was divided into thirty levels.

It's really crazy.

However, it makes sense completely legal.

Li Luo’s approach is actually to refine the crime. Killing nine people and killing ten people has different ways of dying. This method can maximize the restrictions on the murderer continuing to kill.

Li Luo continued: "For all rebellious rebellions, the main culprit will also be executed by Lingchi. For example, if anyone dares to assassinate us, then just enjoy the highest level of Lingchi! If anyone assassinates the court ministers, then start at the lowest level, and do not think about beheading the capital."

"If it is understandable to kill someone, then at most you will be sentenced to hang, even imprisonment or demotion. If you kill someone in self-defense, you will be innocent."

Li Luo said a lot more. Once this man takes power, he will put himself back on the system design. However, he can all talk about the point.

Words follow the Dharma, and one thought determines the life and death of thousands of people.

This is the power of the king!

Just as the two were planning the major legal system, they suddenly heard Yan Chan'er's voice sounding outside: "King, Empress, Li Zhi asks for a meeting."

Li Luo looked aloof, "Xuan Jin."

Li Zhi, dressed in red female official costume, came in and was stopped by Cui Xiuning before he could bow down: "Don't bow down, just talk about the serious matter."

"No." Li Zhi opened the document in his hand, "Report to the King, Empress, five days ago, Liang State, Song State and Dali formed a secret alliance in Kunming to deal with the Tang Dynasty secretly. The three countries had a total of 600,000 troops. They agreed that once any country was attacked by Tang State, the other two countries immediately sent troops to attack Tang."

Haha, the Three Kingdoms Alliance?

Li Luo sneered. You finally officially slept in a bed? OK, very OK.

"The second thing is that Xiao Yin has enthroned King Xiao Miao of Lu as the crown prince three days ago. Xiao Yan did not become the crown prince because he offended the noble family."

"There is another thing. The body of Dali King Duan Qing suddenly became irritable. It is estimated that Duan Zheng will ascend the throne within a few months. In addition, Dali Crown Princess Xiao Yi has been pregnant for more than one month."

After hearing this, Cui Xiuning said, "Dong Huchen and others from Liang State have lower contact frequency in the near future to avoid being exposed. The support from Dali and Song State is greater, and the progress will be accelerated."

"No!" Li Zhi put down the information and went down to make arrangements.

Cui Xiuning sorted out the recent information and concluded: "Kublai is sure to use military forces to the West this year. But the Three Kingdoms Alliance will not use military forces to us this year, and they will also need time."

Li Luo said: "I wish they could send troops to attack Tang quickly so that I could destroy it."

Cui Xiuning shook her head: "It's unrealistic to expect them to take the initiative to attack Tang in the short term. Xiao Yin and Duan Qing are both scheming and lack courage. Their alliance just wants to protect themselves. After all, we are stronger than them, and they are just afraid."

Li Luo nodded, "If there is enough food, we should raise an army to unify the south now. But the plowing ox has just arrived and we will not be able to use troops within the year."

The Tang Dynasty's grain reserves are about to bottom out. This year, due to the shortage of oxen, the limited area for replanting, and the inability to cultivate in depth, the grain output is not high, and the people can eat enough, the imperial court does not receive much grain tax, and the people do not have any excess grain sales.

Shortly after the war, the Tang Kingdom's material savings were almost exhausted, and military rations and horse grains could ensure daily supply, but it was difficult to meet the wartime demand.

You should know that the people, military, police, officials, craftsmen, slaves, etc. in the city that did not farm in the Tang Dynasty combined for millions. How could these people not be nervous if they had food for the farmers?

It is Li Luotian’s ability to not starve to death.

Cui Xiuning said: "We have done a good job. Many people starve to death every day in the Three Kingdoms. Most people just drink porridge and eat wild vegetables to live. This is the result of the support of the powerful. It is even more difficult for them."

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Liang State, Jiangling, Zhao's mansion.
To be continued...