Huang Muling was a little curious: apart from investigating officials, what else could they do if they sent people to inspect brothels?
But he also knew it was best not to ask any more questions, so he hurriedly walked down with Lu Chenglin and others and left the Symphony Pavilion.
When they came down from upstairs, they saw a man about forty years old, wearing muslin clothes that were not new and old, walking in front of him with a depressed look on his face. They immediately guessed: "This man must be an official in the government who was investigated."
arrive.'
When they walked out of the Huancai Pavilion, they were surprised to see blood stains at the door. Lu Chenglin looked to both sides again and saw that the entrances of several nearby brothels were in a mess; looking around again, although the colors looked different at night
I don't know, but with the help of the lanterns hanging at the door of every house in this area, I saw countless policemen walking on the street, and I was immediately shocked: 'What is your Majesty doing? Why did you mobilize so many people? Is there a criminal thief hiding here?
Not?'
But it's a pity that he guessed wrong. With his knowledge, he couldn't understand why Yunxi put up such a big battle.
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Li Yihai continued to go to the next room to record the names of the people; after a while, he finally recorded the names of all the guests.
They can't guarantee that all the names are correct, but they all have a good eye. An official who has been in a high position for a long time is completely different from a businessman who wants to please everyone. They only need to ensure that the official's name is correct.
After recording the names, Li Yihai drove away these people who were looking for flowers and willows. The old madam, Sister Han Yue, naturally felt sorry for the money, but at this time, she caught up with the guests and asked them to give up the money for the previous food and drinks? Why did she think she didn't offend the guests enough! So she could only do it
Looking at it, he even smiled and said, "I'm sorry, sir, I'll come back to play again later."
After all the guests had been sent away, Sister Han Yue felt her face stiffen. Thinking back to it, she could finally send away these plague policemen, but before they left, they searched the house one by one.
Sister Han Yue didn't know what they were searching for, and she didn't dare to stop them. She just thought to herself: 'I must tell my boss tomorrow that the business for the past half month is over. I can't bear such a heavy responsibility.'
After a while, she heard one of the police officers say to the leader Li Yihai: "Captain, no prohibited items were found."
Sister Han Yue suddenly broke out in a cold sweat! Normally, these brothels don't care about prohibited items as much as other people do. They have many decorations that can only be used by the royal family or high-ranking officials. Fortunately, no one used them today, otherwise they would be dug out.
, it would cost at least hundreds of dollars to manage it. And the management may not be effective. It is possible that Yingtian Mansion will close their brothel.
For her boss, the closure of a brothel is a huge loss, but it is not enough to break the bones. They can just open another one after the limelight has passed. But for herself, she has no choice but to do it.
Exile at the border.
She has heard many horror stories about the border. Because there are a large number of people who were exiled in the border area, and most of these exiles were men, the fate of women who were exiled to the border was miserable. She was originally a bustard, and she probably arrived at the border... In short...
Sister Han Yue was scared just thinking about it.
But the policemen didn't leave after that. Li Yihai gathered all the prostitutes again and said to them: "The "Da Ming Law" decreed by Emperor Taizu at that time said that those who force girls into prostitution will be executed immediately! If any of you are forced into prostitution,
Yes, stand up and report it, and Ying Tianfu will definitely give you justice."
Li Yihai originally thought that he said these words, and the police had a good reputation in the capital recently. Many female prostitutes who were sold here would report them, but the reality was that not a single one said anything. Sister Han Yue stood aside.
He didn't speak, he just sneered.
Li Yihai was very puzzled and said it twice more, but no one reported him. When he wanted to say it a third time, a policeman who had been left on the street came in and said to him: "Brother Li, everyone else is closed."
The team is already in the team, why haven’t you confiscated the team yet?”
Li Yihai was unwilling to do so, but since everyone else had already withdrawn his team, he could only withdraw his team bitterly and go back.
After he left, Sister Han Yue looked at his back and sneered: "You want the girls under me to expose me? I'm dreaming!"
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Li Yihai returned to the street and walked towards the gathering place with some dejection. As he was walking, he suddenly heard someone say: "Old Li, why are you like this? Could it be that he met his son's immediate boss during the inspection?"
Li Yihai looked up and saw a man in his thirties with a beard smiling and talking.
Li Yihai said angrily: "You just met your son's immediate boss!"
This man's name was Liu Fengyu. Like him, he was a member of the Yulin Zuowei family. He was also injured and retired from the army, and later became a policeman in Yingtian Mansion.
Liu Fengyu said: "Then why are you so depressed?"
"When I was in the Fantasy Pavilion just now, after talking for a long time, no one reported the brothel's madam. I really don't know what happened." Li Yihai said.
"Me too. How many female prostitutes are there who are actually from Lehu in this brothel? Aren't most of them forced into prostitution? There are not even any reports." Liu Fengyu continued.
The two sighed in confusion and continued to the meeting place.
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Of course, not all brothels had no one to speak up. In a brothel not far from the Xiancai Pavilion, a young female prostitute exposed the old madam forcing her husband into prostitution. The policeman who led the team was overjoyed and immediately
The madam and others were arrested. The turtle slaves and female prostitutes were also taken into custody.
Li Guan had not given instructions before on how to deal with these female prostitutes, so he temporarily decided to take them over and let Li Guan deal with them personally. As for these turtle slaves, those with evil deeds will be exiled to the border, and those with no evil deeds will be imprisoned for a few days.
Release it on the day.
Wei Bandang, who was in this brothel, lamented in his heart why his life was so bad: 'I finally found a place to eat Ansheng rice, but it disappeared again.'
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The next day when Yunxi came to court, he saw Huang Huai waiting at Qianqing Palace.
Yunxi sat on his seat and said to him: "How was the inspection last night?"
Huang Huai handed over the memorial and said: "Your Majesty, last night Shangyuan County Magistrate Li Guan personally presided over the inspection of dozens of brothels and Chu houses along the Qinhuai River, and recorded the names of seventeen officials in total."
‘That’s not much.’ Yunxi thought.
"A total of two hundred and twenty-seven names of officials' children have been recorded." Huang Huai continued.
"What?" Yunxi said directly this time: "Why are there so many?"
This industry in the Ming Dynasty is not developed now. Even in the most prosperous capital city, there are only 20 or 30 large-scale high-end brothels with ordinary female prostitutes - brothels and Chu houses. How come there are so many officials?
Disciple?
Yunxi took the memorial from Huang Huai and opened it. The first thing he looked at was the list of officials. The first one was Ruyu, the Minister of Punishment.
"This," senior officials of the Six Ministry were caught violating Zhu Yuanzhang's prohibition. Not only would Ru Ru himself feel embarrassed, but Yun Xi would also feel embarrassed.
‘Why did you go to the brothel last night!’ Yunxi thought angrily.
Fortunately, there will be no big officials in the future, only small officials. However, this list may not be complete. People from other places who come to Beijing can identify them by their accents. If there is no road guide on them later, they are either fugitives or refugees. Hidden
No; but if a local official in Yingtian Mansion, such as Qi Tai, casually said that he was a scholar or a scholar, the police would not be able to tell.
However, now there is only Qi Tai who is a high-ranking official in the vicinity of Yingtian Mansion. As for Qi Tai, other Yunxi cannot guarantee that he will not visit brothels, but he still believes it. So it doesn't matter if a few local officials are missed.
Yunxi picked up the list of officials' children again and looked at it. He glanced through it and saw that they were basically the children of some hereditary generals in the army. These people had already set their futures, so although they could also practice martial arts, they
It is not as good as the children of civil servants whose future is uncertain and who study hard.
Moreover, although military generals have the same salary as civil servants at the same level, most of these hereditary military generals received rewards when the country was founded, and most of them bought fields when the land was the cheapest at that time, and their families are much wealthier than most civil servants; in other words
, it’s just bad to go out if you have money.
As Yunxi was flipping through the pages, he thought to himself: 'In the late Ming Dynasty, the guard system was corrupted, and hereditary military generals treated their soldiers as slaves and used them at will. For ancestors who have done meritorious service, future generations can get a little more salary, but this general is hereditary.
The system must be abolished in the future!' Yunxi made up his mind.
Yunxi flipped through it casually, wanting to give Huang Huai a few words, but suddenly he saw a few familiar names.
'Huang Muling, Lu Chenglin, and Zhang Quan are all noble sons. Lu Chenglin's biological father is a marquis, and his biological mother is Aunt Runing, who is also my cousin; Zhang Quan is Zhang Wen's son; although Huang Muling does not have a title in his family,
But Aunt Qingyang is still here, and she can be regarded as a noble, and she is still my cousin.'
Speaking of Princess Qingyang, Yunxi immediately thought of Zhu Wenzheng, who posthumously named King Jingjiang. Princess Qingyang is Zhu Wenzheng's sister. She was granted the title of princess in the first year of Hongwu. Later, some officials said that according to etiquette, the emperor's niece could only be granted the title of princess. Zhu Yuanzhang
He said, "I only have these two nieces, and I can't bear to demote them." So I continued to make them princesses.
It can actually be seen from this incident that although Zhu Yuanzhang himself formulated a bunch of rules for future generations to strictly abide by, he himself often did not abide by the rules he set.
After Yunxi succeeded to the throne, some officials proposed to demote them. Yunxi severely criticized them: The late emperor made my two aunts princesses, and you asked me to demote them. What is your intention? To alienate the Tian family!
After Yunxi put down the Luxie Rebellion, he made the eldest daughter of Zhu Zhi and others a princess, which was also their example.
Yunxi thought for a moment and said, "If you give me some advice this afternoon about these officials who are living in prostitution, I will demote them all, including Ru Rui. I will just issue an order to reprimand these officials' children. Zhang Quan and the others are just a few."
Well, I want to talk to Zhang Wen and the others face to face."