The structure of government and way of adjudication varied in each domain because of the diversity of "tusi"'s cultural backgrounds. Normally, there were no statute law in the domain. The will of the tusi was the law. A "tusi" had court and jail in his "yamen" and could imprison or punish his subjects as long as he thought it was necessary. For instance, Li Depu, the native official of Anping subprefecture in Guangxi province, brutally punished a serf for wearing white stockings because according to his dress rule only official clans were allowed to do so. Commoners ruled by tusi often called them "Tu Huangdi" ("local emperor"). This analogy between "tusi" and emperors in some way reflected the almost unfettered judicial power of a "tusi" in his domain.