"Mr. Zhang, you, you, forget it, I have said everything I want to say, please step back."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
As a conversation ended, an old man and two middle-aged men in their thirties walked out of the Qianqing Palace.
The youngest among them smiled at the old man and said, "Uncle Zhang, what you said is really..."
The eldest man, who was called Uncle Zhang, also laughed and said: "Why, I'm not right. It's not a big deal for a child to visit a brothel."
He would rather wait for Zhang Wen. Yunxi called him, Lu Xian, and Huang Xuan into the palace. He originally wanted to beat them. If Zhang Wen hadn't been there, Yunxi's beating would have been successful; but with Zhang Wen here, Zhang Wen was also someone Yunxi relied on very much, so his plan failed.
The person who asked the question earlier was Lu Xian. After hearing Zhang Wen's words, he smiled bitterly. No matter whether he had the same idea as Zhang Wen or not, he, a marginalized marquis, even if he was the Prince Consort, would never dare to speak like Zhang Wen. of.
Zhang Wen glanced at him lightly at this time and said: "You are also a prince passed down from our ancestors. I think you are also capable. You don't have to be so careful. Your Majesty will not waste talents. What's more, you are still the consort." Zhang Wen. Wen spoke up because he had some friendship with Lu Xian's father in the past.
Lu Xian said: "Thank you for your good words from the Marquis."
"Look at Huang Xuan over there. He used to be a commander and general with no real power in Bashu, but now he has to serve as the prime minister of a king."
"Ah!" Huang Xuan looked confused: "Uncle Zhang, what did you say to me just now?" He had been thinking about something and didn't hear what Zhang Wen said clearly.
"I didn't say anything, I just complimented you." Zhang Wen smiled. He and Huang Xuan were not strangers.
Huang Xuan didn't say anything, but he secretly muttered in his heart: "Zhang Wen, you still praise me? Are you fooling me?"
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Yunxi sat on the floor scratching his head. "The biggest mistake today was to meet three of them at the same time. Otherwise, even if Zhang Wen can't be beaten, the other two will be enough."
'But, something feels wrong.' Yunxi thought.
"Am I relying too much on Cao Zhen, Zhang Wen, Geng Bingwen, Guo Ying and the others?" he said to himself.
"It is true that they are the most capable generals who survived from the early years of Hongwu, but even if the other generals are not as good as them, they are not much different. Unless it is a battle that will overwhelm the country, there is actually no need to use them. These are the most powerful generals."
"Now the generals I use are basically the Li family of Cao Guogong, the Xu family of Wei Guogong, the Lan family of Liang Guogong, and the above four marquis families. The other generals I have trained are still young and immature, and they are not of much use for the time being. But back then, Grandpa Huang actually entrusted many princes, and since there is no blue jade case in history, there are quite a few who have survived."
"The Ming Dynasty has more than 400 guard posts and nearly 3 million troops. It would be better to have more power."
"However, this doesn't happen overnight."
Thinking of this, Yunxi stretched, put aside the matter for the time being, and went to have a meal.
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In the next few days, Li Guan did not file a petition for customs tax, but he personally inspected both sides of the Qinhuai River every day. Although no brothels dared to commit crimes and buy people these days, they caught several There are human traffickers working around here with little girls.
Because Li Guan had Yunxi's order and the support of public opinion, he publicly executed these human traffickers. The common people could accept the traffickers selling their children to wealthy families as slaves, but they heard that they wanted to sell their girls.
The children were also very angry when they went to the brothel. During the public execution, several traffickers were almost beaten to death by the angry people before they were executed, if Li Guan hadn't asked the police to protect them.
The reason why Li Guan did not let these traffickers be beaten to death by the common people was because Yun Xi had ordered: "When dealing with criminals, whether they are sentenced to beheading, hanging or other death sentences, the common people cannot do it. They must be dealt with by the government."
Although Li Guan didn't quite understand why, he would never disobey Yunxi's order, so he carried it out like this.
The reason why Yunxi asked that the government must deal with it was to uphold the law. Letting the people beat these traffickers to death is certainly very popular with the people, but it is tantamount to the country transferring part of its judicial power to the people and recognizing that private business is legal. And this,
Yunxi was very unwilling to do so.
Yunxi doesn't want to mention the supremacy of the law, because that is nonsense. If the law is supreme, then who are the people who make the laws? Everyone who makes the laws has a "butt", and when they make the laws, they must also
They will lean towards their own 'butt', so the law will always safeguard the interests of the ruling class.
Unfortunately, Yunxi is now the ruling class and the leader of the ruling class. To protect the law is to protect his interests, so he will try his best to protect the law.
In addition, Li Guan also personally led a team to promote changing customs in brothels. Now his reputation among scholars is very bad. Many people will not talk to him in person, and he is completely broken. Although he knows that Yunxi
They may not think highly of him, but he works so hard for Yunxi. If Yunxi doesn't promote him, it will make many people feel cold. Even if Yunxi can stabilize people's hearts, he must be given a high-ranking official position in the future.
Each brothel also had no idea about changing customs, thinking that the government was deliberately punishing them, and all the madams were angry.
But the situation is stronger than the people. How can they dare to go against the government now? They can only do whatever the government tells them. So today they learn about the centralized disposal of garbage and wait for the people who specialize in garbage removal to transport it; tomorrow they learn about kitchen hygiene and require all cooks to
When cooking with a helmet on, the cutting board should be cleaned in time, the knife should be cleaned in time, the iron pot should be cleaned in time, etc.
There are also sanitary cleaning, flea and rat cleaning, etc., which make the brothel very busy during the day. Fortunately, they are not so busy at night and have time to rest, although they do not want to have a rest at night.
Although the police did not come to the brothel at night after that night, knowing that the police go to the brothel every day to do something, and you can still see patrol patrols on the way to the brothel at night, most people are not in the mood to go to the brothel.
Dramatically reduce the business of brothels.
The old bustards were secretly resentful at first, secretly scolding the patrol police, Li Guan, and Huang Huai, but later they became numb and listened honestly to the government. Anyway, the reason for the sharp decline in business had been told to the boss behind the scenes, so there was no need to rely on it.
Own.
After a few days, Li Guan finally announced that he would levy a custom tax.
