Although brothels were not illegal, brothels were allowed in all dynasties, because brothels were almost equivalent to gold caves, and they circulated a large amount of gold and silver every day, and also increased the treasury of all dynasties.

However, what most people overlook is that brothels are also the most thorough and dirty place where women's dignity and human rights are trampled on.

It is undeniable that there are indeed some particularly lowly women who voluntarily beg for a living in brothels, but there are many more women who are forced to sell in, and there are also women from good families who are abducted into it.

There are many means of brothels, and they are extremely ruthless, whether they are good women or not, and whether they are voluntary or not, as long as they enter the door of their brothel, they can only have the road of obediently betraying **, the so-called forced prostitution This idiom first came from the brothel, every year there are abducted and trafficked women from good families who can't stand the humiliation of the brothel and commit suicide, or their hearts collapse after being tortured, and they have completely fallen into the devil's cave.

Zhu Cicheng will not directly ban brothels, but he will not allow the forced purchase of strong and good prostitutes to continue to happen.

"Yes!"

Peng Cheng took Zhu Ci's order and retreated.

It was night, on the banks of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing.

Qinhuai River, the most famous Qinglou in the Ming Dynasty, the gathering place of brothels, has developed a variety of Qinglou and brothel culture, but behind this brilliance, there is also a lot of filth.

"My lord, this Qinhuai River is still as lively as ever." Looking at the street of Qinhuai River, which was brightly lit and full of people, a Jinyi Wei Qian suddenly smiled and said to the commander of Jinyiwei.

"It's lively, but maybe soon it won't be there!" Peng Cheng said meaningfully.

Today, the emperor personally named and paid attention to the need to rectify this Qinglou brothel, as for how to rectify it, Peng Cheng already knew, so he said so, there is no doubt that tonight may be the last night that Qinhuai River can be so lively.

Passing by a brothel called Wanhualou.

"Yo, two masters, our girls in Wanhualou have delicate skin and snow-white and beautiful like flowers, tonight is the night of our Oiran Ziliu, do you want to go in and have a show?" As soon as the bustard looked at Peng Cheng's dress, he knew that Peng Cheng and his two identities were extraordinary, especially Peng Cheng, because he had been a high-level Jinyi guard for many years, Zhou had an unconcealable temperament up and down, and the bustard's eyes were vicious, how could he let go of such a hidden big customer, and immediately came to woo him.

"Oh? Oiran night? Peng Cheng smiled, looked at the old bustard, and asked lightly, "Are all your Oirans voluntary?" ”

Hearing Peng Cheng's question, the old bustard was obviously stunned, and then immediately replied with a smile with the pink handkerchief in his hand: "Ouch, this master said there, the girl who entered our Wanhualou is not voluntary!" ”

The bustard also said on the psychological side, even if it is not voluntary, after coming in, her bustard's means can make them voluntary!

Looking at the old bustard's smile like this, Peng Cheng didn't react much, but Mr. Wei Qian, who was following him, was so disgusted that he quickly turned his head. Ya, obviously an old bustard in his forties, with a thick face of powder, and a girl-like smile, it's not difficult to think about whether it's disgusting.

Regarding the state of Jinyi Wei Qian, Lao Bustard is not angry, it seems that he has seen more such expressions, but it doesn't matter, as long as he patronizes her Wanhualou.

"Let's go inside!" Peng Cheng did not refute Lao Bustard's words, and was ready to take Mr. Jinyi Wei Qian in to have a look.

Seeing that Peng Cheng intended to patronize, the smile on the old bustard's face was like a flower, and the thick fat powder seemed to be unable to withstand her smile and keep falling.

At the beginning of the night, there are many guests in the Wanhualou, and you can see the warblers and Yanyan playing with the guests everywhere, the white flowers' breasts and thighs are flashing wildly, and all kinds of seductive means are revealed, which makes people want to stop.

Peng Cheng rarely comes to this kind of place, but he can still see the means of this Wanhualou, he believes that there must be a lot of women and girls from good families who were abducted and sold and fell into this way, at first they may be unwilling, but after being tortured by Wanhualou, they gradually compromised, and finally completely degenerated.

"Humph!" Peng Cheng snorted imperceptibly, his sharp eyes narrowed slightly, he is undoubtedly a person with a great sense of justice, during the Chongzhen period, he offended many people because of the justice in his heart, and was finally assigned to Nanjing City, Zhu Cizhen also saw the sense of justice in Peng Cheng's heart, so he always trusted him with important tasks.

Peng Cheng was not in a hurry to show his emotions, but ordered a pot of wine, two side dishes, and the brocade Wei Qianzong under his command found an inconspicuous place to sit quietly, he wanted to see what the so-called Oiran of Wanhualou was, and also wanted to see if he could find a breakthrough from Wanhualou.

Yes, the imperial court will announce the restrictions on Qinglou and brothels about tomorrow, but it is only an announcement, and there are still many things to be done in the various governance in the future, but once he finds a breakthrough from Wanhualou, then it can undoubtedly simplify the follow-up things a lot.

As the hour approached, the bustard suddenly appeared on the second floor stand.

"Everyone is objective, I think everyone knows that today is the night of our Oiran Ziliu Pavilion in Wanhualou, our Ziliu, it really looks like the world, beautiful as a flower, not to mention, the skin is so tender that you can pinch out the water"

Just like the commodity, before it was displayed, in order to sell it at a higher price, the old bustard unceremoniously praised it, how beautiful it was, and I don't know if the purple willow oiran was really so beautiful in the end.

"Old mother, stop talking nonsense, hurry up, let the purple willow oiran come out!" Many of the prostitutes in the audience are regular customers here, and they have long been impatient to hear about the old bustard's set, they just want to see the true face of the oiran as soon as possible, how can there be so much spare time to listen to the old bustard's ramblings.

"That's right, stop talking nonsense, let the purple willow oiran come out!"

To say that this purple willow oiran is really a little famous, looking at the formation, many people are coming for this purple willow oiran, among which there are even many rich businessmen and heroes, it seems that this purple willow oiran is not as beautiful as the old bustard said, it must not be much worse.

The old bustard looked at the excited crowd, noisy and noisy not to let her continue, immediately a little embarrassed, but in the end, after a long battle, she recovered quickly, although she still has a lot of praise in her heart has not been finished, but looking at the reaction of everyone, she also knows that even if she doesn't need to praise, the first night price of the purple willow oiran will not be low.

The old bustard immediately stopped hesitating and clapped his palms.

"Ding Dong"

The crisp and wonderful piano sounded with a hint of excitement, and everyone subconsciously quieted down, staring at the second floor one by one.

I saw a beautiful woman dressed in red, covered with a red cloth on her head, dressed like a bride, and walked out with the support of two Wanhualou maids, it was the purple willow oiran who was about to be auctioned.

The old bustard smiled and stepped forward to lift the red hijab, and immediately a face of national color and heavenly fragrance appeared in front of everyone, the green silk was drooping, the jade flour cheeks, the cherry mouth, the skin was white and delicate, it was really like a jade carving, such a beauty, even if it was not as famous as Qin Huai Bayan, who was famous all over the world, it was not much worse.

Others may see the beauty of this purple willow oiran, but what Peng Cheng sees is the panic, nervousness, forbearance, and a trace of despair revealed in the purple willow oiran's eyebrows.

"Everyone starts bidding, and the highest bidder can spend the first night with Miss Ziliu tonight!" The old bustard announced with a smile.

As soon as the bustard's voice fell, some prostitutes immediately couldn't bear it.

"I'll give fifty taels!"

"I'll give a hundred taels!"

"I'll give one hundred and thirty taels!"

"I'll give five hundred and eighty taels!"

In the end, the first night of this purple willow oiran was bought by a rich merchant with a fat body for a high price of five hundred and eighty taels.

When this fat rich businessman smiled lewdly and walked up to the second floor under the envy of everyone, ready to lead the purple willow oiran to enjoy the **,.

"Smack!" There was a slap in the face.

When the fat rich merchant's hand had just touched the weak and boneless hand of the purple willow oiran, the oiran named purple willow could no longer bear it, and slapped the rich merchant, and kept retreating in fear, and his beautiful face was full of paleness.

The wealthy businessman was undoubtedly stunned by this scene, and then turned blue with anger.

Although the soft and boneless hand of the purple willow oiran did not hurt at all on his face, the rich merchant still felt insulted when he was slapped in the face like this in front of everyone.

"You little slut, you dare to beat me!" The fat rich businessman scolded, walked up and slapped the purple willow oiran who had been re-pressed by the thugs of Wanhualou, and hit that beautiful face with five finger red marks, and half of his face was swollen.

"Old mother, what are you doing in Wanhualou, you dare to sell it without training, I can be bullied when I wait!" After the rich merchant finished beating the purple willow oiran, he turned to scold the old bustard.

The old bustard seemed to be angry because of this scene, and his eyes were full of fierceness.

"Ziliu, it seems that Mom, I really don't have enough training for you, so you are so ignorant, toasting and not eating and punishing wine!" The old mother obviously didn't expect Ziliu to make such a thing at this last moment, this is the signboard of smashing her Wanhualou, and the old bustard's anger is obviously no less than that of a rich businessman.

"Come on, press Ziliu to the violent room and lock me up, mom, I want her to regret it!" The old bustard said gloomily.

This violent room seems to be something that is extremely frightening, and when the purple willow girl heard these two words, her body softened, her beautiful face was full of despair and fear, and a touch of death came out of her expression.

After speaking, the old bustard no longer paid attention to the purple willow girl, turned around and smiled and was ready to apologize to the rich merchant.

Seeing that the purple willow oiran was about to be suppressed, suddenly an indifferent voice caused everyone's side eyes.

"Wait!"

This voice naturally came from Peng Cheng's mouth.

From the moment the purple willow oiran couldn't help but give the rich merchant a slap, Peng Cheng laughed, he knew that the breakthrough was the purple willow oiran.

Peng Cheng got up and walked towards the second floor of Wanhua Building, but the Jinyi Wei Qian, who was originally following Peng Cheng, quietly walked out of Wanhua Building.

When Peng Cheng walked to the second floor, the old bustard and the rich merchant both looked at Peng Cheng with unkind expressions.

There is no doubt that the rich merchant wants Ziliu, who dares to slap him in the face, will be brutally punished by the Qinglou, while the old bustard does not want a troublemaker.

"Yo, what is this master doing?" While the old bustard was talking to Peng Cheng, he also made a gesture to the back, signaling the thugs of Wanhualou to press Ziliu down first.

Peng Cheng walked up to the second floor, of course he wouldn't just watch Ziliu being pressed down by the thugs.

I saw Peng Cheng sneering and stretching out his hand to separate the old bustard, and then walked towards the several Wanhualou thugs who were pressing Ziliu.

The old bustard was suddenly separated by Peng Cheng, and he couldn't control it and stumbled backwards, almost falling to the ground.

"I'm so angry with my mother!" The bustard's face turned blue in an instant.

"Come on, this is a troublemaker, beat him out for me!" After the old bustard stood up again, he roared angrily, instructing the thugs of Wanhualou to prepare to drive Peng Cheng out of Wanhualou, and beat him hard, and those who had always dared to make trouble in Wanhualou did not end well.

At this time, without waiting for Wanhualou's thugs, Peng Cheng had already walked in front of the purple willow oiran, slapped the two Wanhualou thugs who were pressing the purple willow oiran to the side, and grabbed the purple willow oiran who was almost soft to the ground with one hand.

While Peng Cheng held the purple willow oiran up, the thugs of Wanhualou also reacted and rushed towards Peng Cheng angrily one by one.

"Look for death!" Peng Cheng snorted coldly, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, his martial arts were higher than Aobai, he naturally didn't take a few Wanhualou thugs in his eyes, and he didn't even need to hold the Ziliu Oiran's hand, and he knocked several Wanhualou thugs to the ground with just one hand.

More than a dozen other thugs from Wanhualou also rushed up from the first floor, but unfortunately they were kicked by Peng Cheng before they could completely walk out of the staircase, and more than a dozen thugs climbed down the stairs at the same time, lying on the ground and wailing.

Peng Cheng stretched out his hand, revealed it, and immediately suppressed everyone, including the old bustard.

The old bustard also realized that Peng Cheng's identity was not simple, and it could not be an ordinary person just to reach out to him, of course, the old bustard was not afraid, and if she could open to Wanhualou, she also had a backer behind her.

"Ouch, this lord, rest the anger, stop the anger!" The old bustard seemed to forget the unhappiness just now, and came to Peng Cheng with a smile like a flower.

"This lord, I don't know where you came from?" The old bustard asked meaningfully.

Peng Cheng didn't answer immediately, but looked at the old bustard with a smile and asked: "I remember you told me just now that your Oiran of Wanhualou is voluntary, how can I not look like it, this Ziliu girl's reaction just now is obviously not voluntary, are you Wanhualou preparing to force Liang to become a prostitute or what?" ”

The old bustard's face twitched, and he scolded in his heart, isn't this nonsense, how many girls who can enter her Wanhualou are voluntary. In fact, she didn't know where this Ziliu girl came from, she only knew that she was sold to her Wanhua Building by a man in his thirties for fifty taels of silver half a year ago, or that sentence, whether it was voluntary or not, the girl who entered her Wanhua Building was not voluntary and voluntary.

"Ouch, what did this master say, how could it not be voluntary, isn't there a deed of sale, but there is a handprint stamped by the purple willow girl herself, can it be fake?" The old bustard said with a smile on his face.

Hearing the old bustard say this, before Peng Cheng could speak, the purple willow girl couldn't help but tremble and spoke.

"No, no, she lied, I didn't do it voluntarily, that handprint was forcibly grabbed by my hand and pressed it!" As the Ziliu girl spoke, her body was still trembling, and her face was even more pale, she had realized that Peng Cheng was the only person who could save her from the sea of suffering. Thinking of this, the purple willow girl couldn't help but just grab Peng Cheng's clothes and didn't let go, as if she was afraid that Peng Cheng would leave her alone.

Feeling the frightened girl of Ziliu, Peng Cheng was a little helpless, and patted her jade hand comfortingly.

"Hear? Miss Ziliu said that she was not voluntary, how can you explain Wanhualou! Peng Cheng stared at the bustard with a cold expression, and the bustard couldn't help but shudder.

The old bustard was embarrassed for a while, and she couldn't laugh, of course she knew that what Ziliu said was true, after all, the handprint was still pressed by her own hand holding Ziliu's hand.

"This lord, no matter what, my Wanhualou spent money, and there is indeed Ziliu's handprint on the deed of sale" The old bustard was interrupted by Peng Cheng before he finished speaking.

"Heh, you Wanhualou seem to have forgotten, a few days ago, the emperor just issued a holy decree to ban the slave law, prohibit the sale of human beings, and the deeds of sale of all slaves in the world will be invalidated. Peng Cheng sneered, it seems that this Qinglou is deliberately pretending to be deaf and dumb, and does not intend to take the emperor's decree seriously, the emperor is right, the Qinglou and the brothel are a hard-hit area for buying and selling human beings and trampling on dignity, and they must be rectified.

The old bustard's face turned blue and white all of a sudden, of course she knew that the imperial court had issued such a decree.

Hearing such an amazing thing, the purple willow girl and the other girls in the Qinglou all grew their mouths, and they all couldn't believe it, thinking that they were dreaming, they all looked at the bustard, and the bustard's face at the moment also made them understand that it seemed that the matter was true, and the court had banned the deed of sale, wouldn't it mean that the deed of sale in their hands had no effect!

For a moment, the girls in the green building looked at the old bustard's expressions strangely.

The old bustard was undoubtedly even more angry, she would not have said this kind of thing to the girls in the building, but now she was told like this, although she was able to rely on the power of Wanhualou to suppress it afterwards, but the girls in the building must be even more difficult to manage.

"This master, you have to speak with your conscience, otherwise you will be easily punished by God!" The old bustard looked at Peng Cheng with a gloomy face.

Peng Cheng immediately smiled: "Damnation? I'd like to see if your so-called damnation can really cure me! ”

"So, this master has made up his mind to make trouble in my Wanhua Building?" The old bustard's tone was cold, and his expression was full of fierceness when he looked at Peng Cheng.

The conflict was about to break out, the purple willow girl once again tightly grasped Peng Cheng's clothes, her beautiful face was full of fear, in the past half a year, she has been under the old bustard's various ruthless methods, she has eaten enough of the old bustard's suffering, and has a subconscious fear of the old bustard, only by holding Peng Cheng tightly will she have a sense of security.

"Not bad! I've got you covered! Peng Cheng said this sentence without fear, and then the purple willow girl breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Peng Cheng full of gratitude, Peng Cheng finally planned to stick to the end, and did not choose to leave her, she decided, once Peng Cheng could not fight against the bustard, she would jump directly from this building, and she would never continue to drag Peng Cheng down.

"You" Before the bustard could burst out, dozens of brocade guards suddenly rushed in at the gate of Wanhualou.

Immediately, Wanhualou was in chaos.

Looking at the dozens of brocade guards who suddenly rushed in, the old bustard finally realized that he had kicked the iron plate.

"Subordinates, see Commander!" Mr. Jinyi Wei Qian ran up to the second floor and saluted Peng Cheng.

Hearing that Peng Cheng turned out to be the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the old bustard's face was like ashes, although the backstage of her Wanhualou was not weak, but the commander of the Jinyi Guard was a celebrity in front of the emperor, with a high and powerful position, and the backstage of her Wanhualou was obviously not enough to compare with Peng Cheng.

"Great, my lord spares my life!" The old bustard knelt down without any backbone.

Peng Cheng ignored the bustard, but said expressionlessly: "Wanhualou knows the law and violates the law, buys and sells people, and forces the good to become a prostitute, the crime is unforgivable, the old bustard will be immediately imprisoned and Wanhualou will be sealed!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Peng Cheng gave an order, Jinyiwei immediately began to seize Wanhualou, all the idle people were all driven out, and the rich businessman who had photographed the first night of the purple willow girl was also aware of something wrong and slipped away early when Peng Cheng was fearless and confronted the bustard, after all, he was just a rich businessman, and he was not afraid of the Wanhualou forces, he was definitely not a good stubble, in order to avoid getting into trouble, he had to slip away first.

Wanhualou was suddenly seized, and the old bustard was also escorted away by the brocade guard, the Ziliu girl was already speechless in surprise, realizing Peng Cheng's identity, the Ziliu girl was still holding Peng Cheng's clothes tightly, and her eyes were already rippling.

"Let's go, Miss Ziliu, the emperor wants to rectify the brothel of the Qinglou in the world, and there are still some things for you to cooperate with later!" Peng Cheng said to the purple willow girl.

The purple willow girl let go of Peng Cheng's clothes with a flushed face, her beautiful face was blushing, and she followed Peng Cheng out of Wanhualou.

Jin Yiwei suddenly rushed into Wanhualou, which did not cause panic in other Qinglou and brothels outside Wanhualou, and other Qinglou and brothels continued their liveliness.

Peng Cheng stood outside the Wanhua Tower, looking at the still lively Qinhuai River, and smiled evilly.

The emperor ordered him to take full charge of the matter of renovating the brothel of the Qinglou, and since he is here tonight, let's start tonight!

"Come on, mobilize the Jinyi Guard, and seal up all the brothels in Qinhuai River!"

With the purple willow girl as a breakthrough, Peng Cheng can openly point out that all the brothels in Qinglou in Qinhuaihe are still engaged in buying and selling human beings and forcing good people to become prostitutes, and unceremoniously let all Jinyiwei be sealed.

He is not in a hurry to find evidence of other Qinglou brothels buying and selling human beings and forcing good people to become prostitutes, after all, it is a fact that Qinglou brothels still continue to force the girls in Qinglou brothels to pick up customers under the pretext of selling their bodies, and when the imperial court's anti-slavery law has been introduced, Qinglou is illegal to do so and can be sealed, and originally he wanted to seal up all Qinglou and brothels in Qinhuaihe, but it was originally set for tomorrow, and he advanced the time to tonight.

With all the Qinglou and brothels on both sides of the Qinhuai River being closed overnight, all the prostitutes and the Qinglou bustards were brought back to the Yamen.

"Your Majesty, the minister has seized all the brothels in Qinhuai River last night, most of which are suspected of forcing good people to become prostitutes, please dispose of them!" Early in the morning, Peng Cheng entered the palace to report to Zhu Ci about the situation last night.

Zhu Ci nodded and said: "All the bustards suspected of forcing good people to become prostitutes will be imprisoned, and after they are verified to be true, they will be handed over to the court for conviction of crimes!" ”

"The Emperor Shengming!"

"I heard that you brought back a woman who was almost forced to become a prostitute back to the house last night, I must have some feelings for that woman in my heart, you are not young anymore, an old man, if there is no problem, you should start a family." Zhu Ci said suddenly.

Peng Cheng is over forty years old, but he has not started a family, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, there should be no shortage of matchmakers to say that matchmakers are, Zhu Ciji has never understood why Peng Cheng has not started a family for a long time, he wonders if Peng Cheng has something wrong, all have such a statement.

Peng Cheng's old face was red, and he couldn't say why, the old man actually had an innocent side, which was really amazing.

In the current era, Peng Cheng's situation is absolutely strange, Zhu Ciji is also curious if Peng Cheng really has any problems, so he will mention Peng Cheng's matter, as for what will develop in the future, Zhu Cicheng doesn't care much, it's all up to Peng Cheng to decide.

On the same day, Zhu Ci hesitated to issue a holy decree.

All brothels in the world should be thoroughly investigated, and all brothels in the world should be prohibited from continuing to engage in human trafficking and forced prostitution in the future.

Zhu Ciji did not prohibit the opening of the Qinglou brothel again, and the Qinglou brothel could continue to open, but the prostitutes in the Qinglou brothel must be voluntary, and no contract can bind them, and using the deed of sale as an excuse to force a good person to become a prostitute is directly a capital crime.

The so-called buying is only sold, and it is precisely because in the past, the brothels in Qinglou continued to buy and sell human beings and force good people to become prostitutes, so so many beautiful girls were kidnapped every year, abducted and sold into Qinglou and brothels, and suffered humiliation.

In order to ensure that all brothels in Qinglou brothels would no longer be forced into prostitution, Zhu Cicheng also decreed that in the future, all women who continue to work as prostitutes must go to the yamen to apply for a prostitute certificate, and at the same time, prostitutes have the right to give up their prostitute certificates at any time, so as to prevent Qinglou and brothels from secretly continuing to force good people to become prostitutes through loopholes.

Of course, for the rights of some men, Zhu Ci also decreed that all women who have applied for prostitute certificates will be registered with the yamen for future verification. Zhu Ci did not allow those women who volunteered to work as prostitutes to deceive the feelings of innocent men with an attitude that nothing had happened in the future, after all, the court does not restrict you from doing it, but since you choose to do it, you must be responsible for what you do.

Zhu Cijiao's series of measures have undoubtedly dealt a severe blow to the world's Qinglou and brothels, once they cannot buy and sell people, let alone be constrained by the deed of sale, the source of prostitutes in Qinglou will be reduced by at least 90 percent, and the Qinglou and brothel industry will be in mourning.

After some rectification, the trend of lewdness and human trafficking in the Ming Dynasty has decreased sharply, coupled with the original rectification of the law, the awareness of the rule of law has been established for the people, whether it is the powerful or the powerful, they dare not violate the law at will, and for a while, the Daming market is obviously clearer and clearer, and the happy smiles on the faces of the people are increasing day by day.