"What the queen said is very much."

Lu Chengqing immediately stood up and said, "The most perfect legal representative is not punishment, but deterrence."

He really agreed with Wu Meiniang's words, saying it very well. The law punishes a person not to have the pleasure of revenge, but a deterrent effect. This is the idea of ​​benevolent politics. The ten tortures are all tyranny. This is not popular in the early Tang Dynasty. The idea of ​​the law in the early Tang Dynasty was to try not to harm others' bodies. Even the punishment of the scepter was very particular. The focus was on pain, but it was not to be injured. Pain was a lesson. If you were injured, you could not work. This was also related to the sparse population in the early Tang Dynasty.

The other ministers looked at each other and nodded in favor.

Wu Meiniang said again: "If that's the case, I think that no matter how you judge it, it's just the second. As important officials of the court, you should be concerned about how to avoid this situation again. If something similar happens again in the future, then even a fair punishment will become meaningless. I wonder if you have thought about this?"

Lu Chengqing and his men were confused. They were all thinking about punishing Li Yi’s mansion, so how could they have time to think about this?

There is no clue at all.

Moreover, they didn't know Wu Meiniang's temperament and didn't dare to talk nonsense.

Only Han Yi is an exception. Han Yi is still sober. He knew that Wu Meiniang had her purpose for this thing, so he couldn't help but wonder, what exactly was she planning to do? How to prevent the occurrence of this case? What is the secret hidden here?

Wu Meiniang was not in a hurry and tasted the tea leisurely. She sat in the Liangyi Hall and felt very comfortable and didn't mind sitting for a while.

Could it be that——! Han Yi suddenly glanced at him, glanced left and right again, and stood up and said, "Qi Bi, if you want to prevent this case from happening, you must first trace the origin of the case and see where the cause is, so that you can find a way to cure it."

Wu Meiniang smiled and said, "Shangshu Han's words are reasonable, so what do you think is the cause of this case?"

Xu Jingzong said: "Reporting to the queen, if you want to tell the cause of this case, the old minister believes that it was the singer named Gu Qingcheng. The dispute between Li Yang and Pei Qingfeng was mainly because of her. If it weren't for her, the case would not have happened."

You are really naughty enough, and you have to be humiliated. As for? Han Yi can't get angry when he sees Xu Jingzong now, and he only finds it funny. This is really a childish person, and he smiles: "Shizhong Xu said it seems that Li Yang is wronged, and Gu Qingcheng should be sentenced to death."

Xu Jingzong snorted: "I didn't say that. I just answered the queen's question."

"I don't think so."

Han Yi laughed and said, "The Queen asked how to prevent such cases from happening again, but Xu Shizhong attributed it to a woman, that is, if this woman was killed, the case would not happen again, but is this the truth?"

Wu Meiniang nodded and interrupted the two of them. He was most afraid of Han Yi and Xu Jingzong and Li Yi's house fighting each other. They were all family members, so why both of them laughed at me, and said: "The two of you are very reasonable, but they are not completely correct. The cause is indeed because of Gu Qingcheng, but killing Gu Qingcheng can't stop such incidents from happening again. Can such cases be stopped at all?"

Wei Siqian suddenly said: "The empress, the fundamental reason is not a person, but a brothel. This brothel is the foundation of the chaos. Pingkangli has the most criminal cases among the various yards. If there is no brothel, there will be no Gu Qingcheng, and naturally such cases will not occur."

Wu Meiniang nodded frequently and said, "Wei Zhongcheng's words are reasonable! But since you know that this brothel is harmful but not beneficial, why don't you recommend that Your Majesty ban the brothel?"

Han Yi frowned secretly. Could it be that she wants to ban brothels?

Xu Jingzong said: "Empress, this brothel may not be broken, this."

As he said that, he felt that it was quite strange to discuss brothels with the queen.

Wu Meiniang didn't care about so much and asked again: "Why can't it be banned?"

Han Yi stood up and said, "Empress, there are palace prostitutes in the palace, and the government has official prostitutes. The court also has singing prostitutes in the palace. What kind of face does the court require the people to close brothels?"

The implication is that you are having such fun, why don’t you let others have fun?

"I see!"

Wu Meiniang nodded slightly.

Xu Jingzong is so empty. Although he is old and unable to do so, he is so good at this. Basically, most civil officials are good at visiting prostitutes. If Wu Meiniang forbids him, his life will lose motivation!

Because Wu Meiniang intervened in politics for the first time, no one knew her and was thinking about her thoughts.

Han Yi was an exception. He had already guessed that Wu Meiniang wanted to delay his time on stage, that is, he didn't want to go back to the deep palace immediately. Since this was the case, Han Yi began to consider his own interests. In fact, whether to defeat him or not has much to do with Han Yi's interests. When Li Yi's mansion collapsed, Wu Meiniang would also get Li Yi's mansion up. The one that could not be made up for Wei Zheng. However, the national policy is very related to Han Yi's own interests. How to convert his own interests into the same interests as Wu Meiniang's interests is something he has been doing. He pondered for a moment and said: "Empress, I think that banning brothels is impossible, and secondly there is no need. As Xu Shizhong said, brothels are not necessarily broken, and I think transformation should be the first."

Wu Meiniang's eyes lit up, "You talk to me."

Han Yi said: "In the final analysis, this case is because the status of the singer girl is too humble. From Gu Qingcheng's perspective, Pei Qingfeng and Li Yang are both things that she can't afford to offend. She can't make a choice, or refuse both, and she can only surrender. From Li Yang and Pei Qingfeng's perspective, Gu Qingcheng is just a rabbit who has always been weak, and even for affairs, as long as he defeats each other, Gu Qingcheng can't escape their palms. It is precisely because of these two psychology that this leads to the tragedy today. If Gu Qingcheng is qualified to choose the person he likes from it, or refuses it, then it will not happen. In fact, many famous ladies have also attracted many young talents to pursue, but this kind of tragedy has not happened. It can be seen that the fundamental reason is that the court lacks protection for women."

"Well said!"

Wu Meiniang slapped the table excitedly, with a strong aura of emperors, and asked again: "What do you think?"

Xin Mao said cleverly: "I think Secretary Han is right."

Seeing that the queen had such virtues, Xu Jingzong nodded in agreement.

Of course, Lu Chengqing, Master Xu, and Wei Siqian would not flatter the queen, but there was no problem with this, and they all nodded in agreement.

Wu Meiniang said excitedly: "Since you have found the cause of this disease, how should you solve it?"

Han Yi knew that this time was correct, so he immediately said: "The queen said just now that she was using the law to prevent the occurrence of crimes. So from the perspective of the law, in fact, the law of our dynasty protects women, but women are always a vulnerable group. Even if they are wronged, they dare not sue. I think a new official office can be established to provide protection for women."

Wu Meiniang's eyes were lit up when she was about to speak, Wei Siqian suddenly stood up and said, "Empress, revising the law and establishing a new official office can be a major national event. This must be discussed by His Holiness. Queen, you have no right to talk about this matter."

This guy is really fierce! Han Yi said intimately.

Lu Chengqing and Master Xu also reacted, yes, how did he discuss this? He was very surprised, as if he was used to treating Wu Meiniang as the emperor.

It is a taboo for the queen to interfere in politics. It is just because Li Zhi is in good health and the case is quite special, so it is not appropriate for anyone to deal with the matter. Therefore, the queen made an exception and came to deal with the case. However, the case has been settled, and you should go back to the harem to stay. Why are you still discussing national affairs? Wei Siqian was almost surrounded by the queen.

A hint of unhappiness flashed in Wu Meiniang's eyes, but it just flashed by, and she smiled and said, "Wei Zhongcheng said yes, I--!"

Halfway through her words, she suddenly heard someone on the side door saying, "I think the queen is qualified to talk about this."

Everyone was shocked and turned to look, and saw Li Zhi walking in.

"See Your Majesty."

Everyone saluted immediately.

"No gift!"

Li Zhi said lightly, then personally helped Wu Meiniang up, and his tone changed drastically, "The queen doesn't need to be polite."

Fortunately, there is no single dog here, otherwise another murder would have happened.

Li Zhi gently helped Wu Meiniang sit down and said, "You all sit down too!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wei Siqian and the others sat down, but when they looked up, the emperor and the queen were sitting in Liangyi Hall to discuss matters with them. This was really unmainstream, but they couldn't say anything.

Xu Jingzong asked carefully: "Can Your Majesty's dragon body be healthy?"

Li Zhi snorted: "I have been entrusted to you with blessings, but I have not been angry to death."

A group of ministers were frightened and hurriedly said, "I am incompetent, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to punish you."

Li Zhi said: "You are not incompetent, on the contrary, you are too smart, so you always think that this matter is not big enough to show your talents. It is because I am stupid and can't keep up with your ideas, so I am so anxious that I am in bed."

Wei Siqian and the others bowed their heads and said nothing.

They did feel guilty, mainly because the tone was too high at the beginning, making it seem like the sky was about to collapse, and many ministers were also heading for Li Yi's mansion, which was also a major factor in their acceptance of Wu Meiniang.

Li Zhi said: "I also know that it is inappropriate to let the queen handle this case, but I had no choice at that time. You made this case to me, but I was unwell and unable to deal with it. I originally planned to send someone from you to investigate the case, but I also know that no matter who I send, there will always be people who will feel unfair. In desperation, I handed over the case to the queen to handle it so that you can't fight.

But I was also a little uneasy, afraid that the queen would not handle it well, and thought that she would wait until she felt better before taking over. However, what I unexpectedly was that the queen handled it very well and I was very satisfied. So I did not come forward again, but listened to the imperial doctor's words and took care of her illness in the palace. I had been listening to the side, thinking that the queen's words were very reasonable. The punishment for this case was not the main thing, and it was you who should be concerned about preventing similar cases from happening again, but even I did not expect this.

This book is also part of this case. Since I have said that the case will be handed over to the queen, what's wrong with the queen discussing this matter? In addition, the matter you discussed is about a woman, and the queen is a woman, I think it's most suitable. Let me leave this matter to the queen. I also want to save some effort to handle the Northwest affairs. That's all today, and the queen is tired too."

The implication is that don’t talk too much, this matter is decided.
Chapter completed!