Chapter 209: Official Prostitute

After Xu Xiaoqian left, Ning Xing'er said to Wan Qiyang: "Son, Xiaoqian, she misses the old love very much, if she hadn't been with me for the past two years, I don't know if I am still in this world now, so I am very grateful to her." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info I owe her too much, I don't know how to repay this favor! Ning Xing'er seems to be rejoicing and at the same time has too much emotion.

"Why do you have to pay it back? This friendship is hard-won, and it's good to keep it up. Apricots, I want to know one thing, these things are purely in the next want to understand the market to think of a way to deal with it, if Apricot feels a little embarrassed, even if I didn't mention it! At this time, Wan Qiyang also wanted to know how much difference there was between the late Ming Dynasty and the historical records.

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Because Wan Qiyang learned from Xu Xiaoqian that Ning Xing'er belonged to the category of official prostitutes, and this official prostitute also has a certain difference, the official prostitute is a prostitute who worshiped officials in ancient times. In the Tang and Song dynasties, there were official prostitutes waiting for official banquets, and the official prostitutes of the Ming Dynasty were subordinate to the Department of Teaching and Workshop, and they no longer waited for officials, and the official prostitute system was abolished in the early Qing Dynasty. Officials and prostitutes were originally two kinds of people with great social disparities, and their lives did not intersect, but historically, these two kinds of people had the closest relationship. Official prostitutes are specially set up for the imperial court, and there are women who are recruited by large families after raiding their homes, and there are also prostitutes who have been trained since childhood. Official prostitutes are not just beautiful, all official prostitutes will poems, books, pianos and paintings in order to meet the needs of civil officials. In ancient China, there was no shortage of literary and artistic works produced by these people, and many ancient celebrities also found inspiration from official courtesans to create many literary masterpieces. Many dynasties have stipulated that court officials cannot enter the private green building, but can only recruit official prostitutes, and Su Dongpo and others often go in and out of official prostitute places. According to legend, there is an official prostitute who is also running around for Su Dongpo's "Wutai Poetry Case". In short, most of the officials in ancient China were literati, and literati have always been noble people, and only the corresponding prostitutes can meet the needs of their status.

During the Song and Yuan dynasties, the rise of science, emphasizing the defense of men and women, there were restrictions on official prostitutes, stipulating that prostitutes could only provide officials with activities such as singing and dancing and accompanying wine, and those who could not provide **** violators would be subject to various punishments. Such a rule must be difficult to enforce, as private transactions seem to be difficult to detect. In fact, it is still common for local military and political administrators to privately order local prostitutes to provide ***, but the culture of officials openly demanding the dedication of prostitutes as in the Tang Dynasty and taking pride in this trade has been changed. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang also forbade official prostitutes to provide services to officials, allowing some official prostitutes to face the market and provide services to the society to increase financial revenue. Officials can't get from prostitutes **** Officials' attitude towards prostitutes also began to be cold, and the funding of official prostitutes has also become a problem, and they have to change to market-oriented services.

In the more than 1,000-year history of official prostitution, there have been many women who are willing to play the role of men to vent their desires and play, and indulge in a luxurious and debauched life. They could not endure the harsh constraints of etiquette and religion, nor did they have the courage to endure poverty, so they were happy to prostitute themselves, lost their nature, and became a special part of Chinese women. However, after all, there are many women who have become prostitutes, but they do not want to fall, they have their own ideals and pursuits. In their lives, the awakening of women's self-consciousness is reflected everywhere. In order to fight for independent human dignity, they are often very persistent, and do not hesitate to give up a luxurious life, and even sacrifice their lives for it.

Second, most of the official prostitutes are in prostitution, but they have a strong desire in their hearts to be good, to get rid of prostitution, and to restore human dignity and rights. Although the life of official prostitutes is unpredictable and unpredictable, honor and disgrace are impermanent, they are basically rich in food and clothing, live a luxurious life, and are not bound by etiquette and religion. Compared to the vast majority of Chinese women, their lives are free, and their sex lives are pleasant. However, because the cultural literacy of prostitutes is generally higher than that of women of the same era, they are clearly aware of the essence of their miserable fate, they are ashamed to exist in society as the object of men's play, and they want to obey the four virtues like ordinary women. Some prostitutes devote themselves to choosing men who can be entrusted with their lives, and with their own intelligence and grace, they win the favor and sympathy of the other party, so as to help them be good. Some people work hard to save money in their comedy careers, and once they meet a wishful man, they will do everything possible to get rid of their nationality and become a couple. For example, Qiu Xiang, a famous prostitute in Jinling, the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, was born in a family of eunuchs, she was smart and clever since she was a child, familiar with poetry and books, and loved calligraphy and painting. But before he reached adulthood, his parents contracted illness and both died. Qiu Xiang was forced by life to defect to her uncle who was an official in Jinling, the southern capital. Soon, his uncle was dismissed and imprisoned because he was implicated in a lawsuit, and Qiu Xiang was also confiscated as an official prostitute. Autumn fragrance is beautiful, can sing and dance, talk and laugh freely, poetry and painting are outstanding, among the prostitutes, "crown in Fangshou", the color is inclined to Jinling. However, Qiu Xiang is not obsessed with luxury, she is bent on leaving her nationality and becoming a good person. Once, Qiu Xiang met a Li Gongzi, and the two fell in love, but Li Gongzi's family was not well-off, and he couldn't take out the money to redeem Qiu Xiang. But Qiu Xiang had secretly accumulated a lot of money, and they made a plan to deliberately ask Li Gongzi to bring six heavy boxes to Qiu Xiang, claiming that they wanted to go out to do business. That night, Li Gongzi and Qiu Xiang, with the help of several caring sisters, quietly discarded the broken stone bricks and tiles in the box, and filled the money and jewelry accumulated by Qiu Xiang and the clothes given by the sisters into the box. The next day, let Li Gongzi take the six boxes away. Half a month later, Li Gongzi came to the brothel dressed well, ransomed Qiu Xiang with a lot of money, and the two became husband and wife and loved each other. Some people were unwilling to give up and still came to meet Qiu Xiang, Qiu Xiang refused all, and painted Liu Mingzhi with a fan: "In the past, Zhangtai danced with a thin waist, and let you climb and fold tender branches; Now written in Danqingli, the east wind is not allowed to shake again. “

Wan Qiyang is not worried about how much money is used, but thinking of such a graceful girl but being implicated in no reason, listening to Xu Xiaoqian's hints before, coupled with her father being in an important official residence Sanpin can still help to support her, Ning Xing'er's daughter is only in this big dye vat to clean herself alone, out of the mud without staining, so there is also this reason that makes her more prosperous. But now that her reputation is booming, her chips have naturally risen a lot, so this is also a vicious circle, the more popular you are, the more expensive it is to redeem yourself.

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"If Childe has any doubts, you might as well say it directly, Xing'er will definitely talk about everything, as long as Childe doesn't dislike Xing'er's current identity." Ning Xing'er also took the initiative to mention her identity for the first time at this time, and her eyes were gloomy.

"Xing'er, don't care too much about your current situation, my thinking is different. If I can help Miss Xing'er get out of the sea of suffering, then I am obligated to do my best. Wan Qiyang also felt that it would be a good thing for Ning Xing'er, a goddess-level character, to be treated kindly.

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