The prefect Tan Jiaxing stepped forward and said: "Tan Jiaxing, the prefect of the lower official capital Yuan Mansion, has seen Lord Sun." Because he knew that Lord Sun did not like the officials of the prefecture and county to go to greet him, the officials of the prefecture and county discussed collectively, so they followed the opinion of Lord Sun and waited in the public office for Lord Sun to come to our county for verification. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Okay, very good, the officials of this prefecture and county, follow the instructions of the official and work on errands, which is the right way." Don't hide it from you, I look at this Ziyuan Mansion, there are fireworks and willows everywhere, today you report to the official about the political affairs of the Ziyuan Mansion, you must be good to report the matter of the fireworks and willows of the Ziyuan Mansion, and the official must be good to understand. ”

Tan Jiaxing said: "Since Lord Sun attaches great importance to this matter, the lower official will report the situation to the lord. This Ziyuan Mansion, the people are rich, and it is by relying on these fireworks and willows that they can earn a lot of silver taels. Ziyuan Mansion, a total of more than 500 brothels, behind the big shop about 100 people, a total of about 20,000 courtesans in the store, a total of about 30,000 small two, chefs, miscellaneous and so on, is a wholly-owned Yuanfu County population of 300,000, and brothels directly related to nearly 20 percent, there are other inn hotel ordinary shops, also since Ziyuan Mansion to play foreign guests for a living, with these inn hotel ordinary shops have 20,000 people, and brothels related to the population accounted for nearly 30 percent. The tax collected by the government last year was converted into about 3 million taels of silver, and the brothel-related business accounted for 2 million taels. In this way, this fireworks willow land is the life of the government's tax payment. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "According to the laws of the imperial court, the opening of a brothel requires the annual payment of taxes to the imperial court, so there are many brothels, and it is not a crime, but it is just a little bit of an official who wants to know, that is, whether there is any illegal business in this brothel." ”

Tan Jiaxing heard this, and he was also smart, and guessed in his heart that Sun Zhaoyuan had gone to the brothel to learn about the human trafficking, but although he was not involved in this matter, he didn't want to offend Yao Yungui, so he said: "Xia Guan has been in the prefect for three years, and every year he sends a prisoner to go to check, and the criminal governor and the envoy report that except for the occasional guest who is drunk and makes trouble, there is nothing illegal in the rest. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "If there is, I hope that Lord Tan will be able to verify it, after all, on such occasions as brothels, there are some shady crimes, and there are also those who want to come." ”

Tan Jiaxing said: "Lord Sun reminded me that the lower officials will send criminal governors to inspect all brothels tomorrow, and every household must abide by the law." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "This is the best, what is the follow-up, Lord Tan must report to the official." ”

Tan Jiaxing said: "Obey the orders of adults. He submitted a report document and reported the situation of this prefecture and county to Sun Zhaoyuan.

After listening to this, Sun Zhaoyuan did not say good, nor did he say bad, he asked many other matters, and after asking, Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Today's business has been disposed of, and I will suspend the court." ”

Tan Jiaxing said: "Now that Lord Sun has finished handling the affairs, and now it is evening, it is the time for dinner, and the officials of Ziyuan Mansion have set up a banquet at the restaurant next to them, and invite Lord Sun to enjoy some face and dine with us." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan knew yesterday that Tan Jiaxing was one of the few officials in Yunxi Prefecture who did not attach himself to Yao Yungui, so he wanted to make friends with this person for future use.

Sun Zhaoyuan said with a smile: "This is very good, this official also wants to taste the delicious taste of this Ziyuan Mansion." ”

Tan Jiaxing listened to Sun Zhaoyuan's words, and immediately knew that Sun Zhaoyuan liked food, so he said: "Originally, Xia Guan and the others, thinking that Lord Sun was from Qingqiu Prefecture, and he called the master invited from Qingqiu Prefecture, and was going to make delicious dishes from Qingqiu Prefecture to entertain Lord Sun. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "Then there is Lord Lao Tan." ”

Those officials hugged each other, hugged Sun Zhaoyuan, except for the public office, and went to the restaurant next to him for dinner.

Sun Zhaoyuan went to the restaurant to see, it is a big mansion again, covering an area of three or four acres, the door is written "Qingxuan Pavilion", but there are only five large rooms, the rest of the vacant land, all repair the lake and plant flowers, the courtyard is beautiful, eat in this place, there is a unique style.

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "This shop is quite painstaking to build, and I think it is the property of this prefect's big family. ”

Tan Jiaxing said unintentionally: "This is the industry of the local Jiangyuan Yunjia family. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan suddenly thought of the brothel yesterday, which was also Jiang Yuanyun's livelihood, and said: "This Jiang Yuanyun, the restaurant he makes, is so elegant and elegant, and he wants to spend a lot of money, but the official looks at this shop, there are only five large rooms, and it is full every day, and the cashier can't recover the expenses if he wants to." Why did Jiang Yuanyun open this store? ”

Tan Jiaxing said with a smile: "This Jiang Yuanyun is the richest man in the local area, because he has earned too much silver taels, he wants to repay it, and he built this restaurant outside the public office, which is specially used to entertain officials to show filial piety." This matter does not violate the laws of the imperial court, so the officials of this government, if there is a welcome send-off, they will be entertained here. The public government also has one less expense. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said in his heart: "Jiang Yuanyun is still a little scheming, he wants to come to this prefect and not collect money, so he built a restaurant and honored all the officials of this state capital. ”

The dozens of officials entered the large room and sat down to chat.

Sun Zhaoyuan took the opportunity to explore the details of Tan Jiaxing, and said: "Lord Tan, I heard what you said, you have been the prefect of this Ziyuan Mansion for three years. ”

Tan Jiaxing said: "Xiaguan is a person seeking the state, more than ten years ago, he participated in the imperial examination and won the jinshi. It is also the origin, Xia Guan and Sun Daren, are the president of the big examination made by Mr. Jindeha, but Sun Daren is very good, won the champion, Xia Guan is not talented, but he won the Jinshi, ranked fourth, and he was suspended in the imperial court, waiting to fill the vacancy, it happened that the Ziyuan Mansion Mao County was missing the county order, and the Jindeha teacher made a guarantee, so that the lower official did the county order of Mao County, because of some political achievements, the county order served for a few years, and was promoted to the prefect of Ziyuan Prefecture. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said in his heart: "I originally took the door of Jindeha, so I can not get involved with Yao Yungui, if there is no court official, how can Yao Yungui let you be promoted." So he smiled and said: "It turns out that he is also a disciple of Mr. Jindeha, so don't mind, they are all children." Do you want to be promoted to be the prefect, and you are also the protector of Mr. Jindeha? ”

Tan Jiaxing said with a smile: "Since Lord Sun mentioned this today, the lower officials just can't ask for it, and they recognize the same door as Lord Sun." My position as the prefect is that Mr. Jindeha knows that I am still diligent and guarantees my promotion. ”

Sun Zhaoyuan said: "It seems that Mr. Jindeha still values Brother Tan more, so he let Brother Tan serve as the prefect of this rich land." It's just that when I came to Yunxi Prefecture to take up my post, I also resigned to Mr. Jindeha, but the teacher didn't mention that there were protégés here, otherwise if I had known, I would have asked people to come and ask you to recognize me. ”