The reason why Yun Xi chose the brothel as the first object of investigation is of course justified. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

First of all, although the rulers of the past may have allowed the existence of brothels because they thought that they could not ban it, the traditional feudal morality was against the existence of brothels, and public opinion was also very contemptuous of brothels, so first of all, the backlash of rectifying brothels was minimal, and even those who opposed the emperor did not dare to speak out publicly, otherwise the reputation would be stinky.

Secondly, brothels are also a natural shelter and hiding place for all kinds of criminals, especially after the police patrol the city, it can be said that it is the only safe hiding place, so the brothel can clear the last law and order area.

Third, because brothels have always been despised by public opinion in Shilin, there has been the least backlash in the implementation of changing customs in brothels, especially after the use of forced prostitution and killing people to severely punish and close down a number of brothels, the remaining brothels will not dare to disobey the words of the yamen.

Fourth, because prostitution has always been despised by public opinion, the change of industrial and commercial taxes from them has the least rebound, and officials may be sarcastic in their hearts, but most of them will not say anything on the surface.

Because the investigation of prostitutes took into account the purpose of Yun Xi's three aspects, and the backlash of public opinion was the smallest, Yun Xi first chose to investigate this business. Of course, the official in charge of presiding over this matter will definitely be ridiculed by other officials, and his reputation will not be too good. Therefore, although Huang Huai himself could not escape the 'leadership responsibility', he was unwilling to command it himself.

Yun Xi then asked Li Guan to preside over this matter. Li Guan, although he still has face on the surface, he is shameless in his heart, and with the 'righteous name' given by Yun Xi and Huang Huai, he doesn't care about Shilin's public opinion at all, and works hard in order to get Yun Xi's praise and be promoted. This is also the purpose of Yun Xi to put him in Ying Tianfu back then - to do work that others are unwilling to do, and now it seems that Yun Xi's purpose has been achieved.

Moreover, there is another purpose of the brothel clearance, that is, to knock and knock the nobles. Although Yun Xi did not expect that so many children of officials would be registered in advance, it was inevitable that the children of the nobles would be found, and Yun Xi took this opportunity to warn them and remind them to pay attention to restraining their own children.

Yun Xi next looked at the situation of the brothel that was checked, and was not surprised to see that the female prostitute in only one brothel had reported the bustard.

Whether or not these prostitutes were abducted, they had already eaten this bowl of rice; Because of the discrimination against female prostitutes in public opinion, the conservative social atmosphere, and the roughly equal number of men and women in most areas, or even more women than men, it is almost impossible for them to marry a serious and good family. This time, the people who were inspected were all high-level Qinglou Chu Pavilions, and it was easy for them to report their own bustards, but what about after that? How could a big family want such a person? Marry into a family that can't get a wife? Nine out of ten will not be able to stand it. If you don't follow the rules, change places and continue to eat this bowl of rice? How can there be a high-end Qinglou Chu Pavilion that wants you again? If you want to go to a place that can only go to the second or third rate.

Therefore, unless it is those who have just been abducted, or who have been bullied by the bustard, they will not report their own bustard. The only people who reported their bustards this time were the people who were often bullied by bustards and other female prostitutes.

Yun Xi asked, "How did Li Guan deal with it?" Yunxi gave Huang Huai and Li Guan more freedom to dispose of it, and it was not clear what Li Guan would do.

"Your Majesty, Li County ordered the old bustard and others to be used as happy households and sent to the border as prostitutes; The female prostitute who exposed the report was assigned by Li Guanxu to a widowed policeman from a health center; The rest of the female prostitutes were not in the house; The subordinates were released after a few days, because most of them were happy households, so they ordered the Ministry of Rites to strictly discipline them. Huang Huai said.

Yun Xi actually wanted to say: Are the soldiers still in the mood when they are so old? However, considering that there are more men and fewer women in the border area, there are more men and fewer women, so maybe it will be very welcome.

But of course, the emperor couldn't say such a thing, so Yun Xi said: "This disposal is quite safe. ”

After thinking for a while, Yun Xi instructed: "From tomorrow onwards, the police will go to the Qinhuai River every day to inspect the area, and we must strictly control the matter of forcing good people to become prostitutes." Traffickers should also be severely cracked down, especially those who sell women to brothels, and they will be put to death. ”

Human trafficking has been heavily restricted by the government since at least the Tang Dynasty. There are legal situations, such as too many children to support them, parents sell their children to local large families as slaves, or the government acquiesces in traffickers to buy children during disaster years; But in most cases, human trafficking was strictly prohibited – don't use the Manchu Qing as an example, the Manchu period was degraded in terms of social system, and the trafficking of women for prostitution was strictly prohibited throughout the ages.

"In addition, from tomorrow, let Li Guan implement the custom tax."

"Introducing a custom tax?" Huang Huai said with some doubts.

"Yes, the customs tax." Yun Xi paused, and then whispered to Huang Huai: "I am very disgusted with the brothel business, but I know that this business cannot be completely banned, so I have figured out the method of 'banning in the levy'. Then Yun Xi explained the meaning of the forbidden.

Huang Huai was very surprised when he heard this. Yunxi's method is very feasible, for the industry that is not advocated to increase taxes, although the operator will inevitably pass on the tax to consumers, but the kiln is not a rigid need for most people, the higher the price, the fewer people to shop; And if there are fewer consumers, there will be fewer operators, and there will be fewer women who are forced to become prostitutes, so that the purpose of Yunxi will be achieved.

Under the traditional Confucian education system, those who can become officials just never think about problems in this way, and they are not stupid, how can they not see that Yunxi's method is effective?

Huang Huai said loudly: "Your Majesty, this method is very good. His voice was very loud, which made the auxiliary officers and the people in the middle school who were going to play the tickets on the side very surprised: Huang Huai did you hear what His Majesty said?

Yun Xi also smiled, how can you imagine all kinds of modern tax methods as a native, I have other good methods!

However, Huang Huai thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, let Li Guan mention this method." Your Majesty, as the Son of Heaven, pondered the idea of raising taxes for this industry, which ......"

Yun Xi himself also understood: as the emperor, thinking about raising taxes for prostitutes, the reputation is not good, it is best to find an official who does not care about his reputation, and then find a Zhongshu Sheren ticket to be 'can', Yun Xi will accept it again, so it is good.

After Yun Xi figured it out, he glanced at Huang Huai first: You also care about reputation, and propose to let Li Guanshang play it.

Yun Xi said: "Then you go back and tell Li Guan about this." Tell him that I will never treat him badly in the future. ”

Huang Huai breathed a sigh of relief and promised.

After that, Yun Xi instructed: "Temporarily send all the patrol officers from other cities back to this district, there are not so many patrol officers needed for daily inspections." "In order to ensure that the number of people in this raid was sufficient, some patrol officers from other cities were temporarily dispatched.

In addition, the patrol police were instructed to strictly investigate illegal prostitution on a daily basis. The first time I was caught, I was fined, and the second time I was caught, I was included in the Lehu. ”

"The most important thing," Yun Xi said in a deep tone, "The main thing is to pay attention to hygiene in the brothel, so that they are not allowed to throw garbage casually, and they are not allowed to pour dirty water on the street, I have a total of seventeen rules, you tell the patrol police, let the brothels strictly enforce it." ”

After Yun Xi finished speaking, he looked at Huang Huai's expression that he didn't understand although he agreed, and sighed. These ancients didn't know the importance of paying attention to hygiene, and most of them thought that they were looking for an excuse to deliberately clean up the brothel.

After that, Yun Xi had nothing to order, so let him step down.

When he retreated, Yun Xi instructed Wang Xidao: "Send someone to announce that Zhang Wen, Huang Xuan, and Lu Xian have entered the palace." ”

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In the Hou Mansion of Huining, Zhang Wen looked at the third son Zhang Xian, who was a little worried in front of him, and asked, "Are you in trouble outside again?" ”

"You have already started training in the army, and you are already a military general under the Ming Dynasty, why are you still causing trouble outside! ……”

Zhang Wen criticized Zhang Xian first, and then asked, "What happened to you?" ”

Zhang Xian said very uneasily: "Last night, Ying Tianfu checked the Qinglou on both sides of the Qinhuai River, and Lu Shilin, the son of Ji'an Hou, just asked his son to go to Huang Muling, the son of Huang Xuan, the newly transferred governor to the capital, to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and his son was caught and named by the police of Ying Tianfu. ”

"You gave your name?" Zhang Wen asked.

"No, because Emperor Taizu's decree forbade officials to stay in prostitution, the son reported the name of the fourth brother." Zhang Xian said.

After that, he closed his eyes and waited for Zhang Wen to continue to reprimand or give him a good beating.

But after a while, neither a voice nor a whip fell on him, he opened his eyes and looked at his father with some puzzlement: "Father? ”

Zhang Wen couldn't help laughing, and said after a while: "You think I'm going to beat you up?" ”

"Dad beats you, it's all because you are out in trouble; Sleeping flowers and willows are not causing trouble, why did Dad beat you. ”

"However, after all, the son was recorded by the police of Ying Tianfu, and Ying Tianfu will most likely report his son's name to His Majesty." Zhang Xian said.

"So what? Even if His Majesty knew, it wouldn't matter. At most, I would say a few words to my father, what is this. Zhang Wen said.

Zhang Xian's expression seemed to be about to cheer. But Zhang Wen suddenly sank his face and said: "However, even if you report your brother's name to be excusable, you still made a mistake, and your father will beat you up for this." ”

Zhang Xian's face immediately fell, and he slowly turned his head to take off his shirt.

But at this moment, the housekeeper of his family walked in and said to Zhang Wen: "Master, someone has come to the palace, it is Chang Ruijiang, the guard next to His Majesty, who said that Master Xuan entered the palace to see the driver." ”

Zhang Wen said: "Quickly order someone to prepare the clothes I will drive, and you go to the front hall to accompany the guards from the palace first." ”

Then he turned his head and said to Zhang Xian: "Wait for Dad to come back and clean you up!" With that, he walked out of the room quickly.

Zhang Xian breathed a sigh of relief: I don't have to be beaten by my father for the time being. But I remembered that I couldn't hide from the first day of the first month, and I couldn't hide from the fifteenth, and this fight was not until my father was suddenly sent out to lead the troops to fight, otherwise he couldn't escape in the end, and his face collapsed again.