Brothel girls who are truly proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting are the pillars of each brothel who have painstakingly cultivated them. They are people who clamor to be prostitutes all day long but not to sell themselves.
Therefore, apart from anything else, in terms of the quality of this woman, Jiaofang Si is the one who can crush the entire brothel in the capital. According to common sense, such a Jiaofangsi should despise the brothel industry in the world and lead the way. But the reality is exactly the opposite. Let alone Jiaofangsi, it is the leader. Among the brothels in the entire capital, it cannot even be ranked among the top four. The top four are all private brothels.
Why is this happening?
There are only two reasons. First, Jiaofangsi is an yamen of the imperial court. Although it is only a ninth-grade yamen, it is still a yamen. The people on duty inside, except for the madam and the disciples, are either officials or minor officials. Although a dignified scholar is an official, it is still very shameful to serve as an official in a brothel. Therefore, among the officials in the capital, other official positions are eagerly sought after. Even if they would rather be idle and less successful officials, no one is willing to be an official in the Jiaofang Division.
Another reason is that the Jiaofang Division is only open to officials. What is an official? If in this Hongwu year, an official only relied on his salary to live, then he would have no choice but to live a tight life. In other words, the officials are poor and have no money. And even if they have money privately, they don't dare to spend it extravagantly. If you are targeted by Lao Zhu, you will be inviting disaster upon yourself.
Therefore, this leads to a phenomenon. When the official came to Jiaofangsi, the sister also ordered, drank the wine, listened to the music, and slept. When it's time to pay, the official will most likely slap his butt with both hands, and two words pop out from between his teeth: "No money!!!"
Faced with this helpless behavior, what can Jiaofangsi do? How can the madam and her disciple dare to make the decision easily? We can only quickly find the official in charge.
But the official came and was of no use. This official was just a minor official of the ninth grade. And those officials who eat, drink and have fun in Jiaofangsi are at least seventh- and eighth-grade officials, and even some of them are even fifth- and sixth-grade officials. Even a high-ranking official would crush people to death. Facing an official who was several levels higher than himself, what could he, a small ninth-rank official, say? Dare you say anything? Not only do you not dare to let out a fart, but you also have to be careful and constantly apologize to the other party. Even so, you will inevitably be scolded in turn.
If things go on like this, there will naturally be more and more cheating people.
And faced with such a situation, no matter who is in charge of the Jiaofang Division, they probably won’t have any thoughts about improving the Jiaofang Division. They will only think about how they can survive this period, or who to find. way, so that I can jump out of this big pit as soon as possible. Therefore, the operation of Jiaofangsi became worse and worse day by day, and became more and more bleak.
When Lao Zhu first established the Jiaofang Division, he wanted to learn from Guan Zhong, hoping to use this to amass wealth for the country. It was okay in the first few years. The Jiaofang Division contributed a lot of money to the Ministry of Household Affairs every year, which was considered a big income. But after a few years, Jiaofangsi's income has been declining. Since two years ago, Jiaofangsi has been no longer able to contribute a penny of income to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and even wants to survive on the assistance of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Of course Lao Zhu did not agree. Not only did he not give Jiaofangsi a penny, he also demoted the person in charge of Jiaofangsi in anger. It is said that the people who were demoted were so happy that they even set off firecrackers to celebrate.
From then on, no matter how many people Lao Zhu replaced to take charge of Jiaofangsi, Jiaofangsi never showed any signs of composure. Until Han Du took over, the position of Jiaofang Si Tiju had been vacant for more than half a year.
I don’t know why Lao Zhu thought of letting Han Du take over the Jiaofang Division.
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Han Du couldn't think of a way to break the situation for several days. On this day, Han Du sat by the railing in the corridor and thought hard.
Seeing that Han Du had been depressed these days, Han Jingyun thought for a moment, bit his lip and sat next to Han Du. Seeing that Han Du was still unaware, Han Jingyun had no choice but to say, "Brother."
"Huh?" Han Du turned around and saw that it was Jingyun, and said casually, "It's you, why are you here?"
"Come and see brother." Han Jingyun smiled and then asked: "Brother is still worried about Princess Anqing?"
Han Du sighed lightly and said directly without hiding it from his sister: "Yes, I didn't expect the emperor's attitude to be so decisive. Now I don't know what to do."
"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. I believe that as long as the eldest brother and Princess Anqing are in love, you will eventually get married." Han Jingyun saw that the eldest brother was a little depressed, so he had to pick up some nice words to encourage him.
If only it were that easy.
Han Du knew that Lao Zhu must speak out about this matter. As long as Lao Zhu refused to let go, the matter with Princess Anqing would only be a matter of hopelessness.
However, it is enough for Han Du to worry about these things by himself. There is no need to tell his sister. Telling her will only make her worry in vain and will not be of any use.
Han Du pretended to smile lightly, touched the girl's head, nodded in agreement and said, "Then thank you for your kind words."
Han Du looked at the girl for a while and found that she was hesitant to speak, so he asked: "What are you worried about? Tell me and let the elder brother listen. As long as the elder brother can do it, he will never refuse, how about it?" "
Han Jingyun raised his head timidly, looked at Han Du and mustered up the courage to say, "I heard that since the eldest brother was appointed to be in charge of the Jiaofang Division, the eldest brother has never been there once, right?"
Han Du was obviously stunned for a moment, not expecting that the girl would care about this. He had no choice but to nod and say: "That's right, brother, you also know about the matter. Now I can't even worry about Princess Anqing's affairs, and I don't have the energy to take care of the matters of the Jiaofangsi anymore."
"Brother, the matter of Princess Anqing cannot be solved for a while. Can't eldest brother take advantage of this time to take care of the affairs of the Jiaofangsi?" Sister Jingyun asked hurriedly.
Han Du was surprised when he heard this, and said doubtfully: "Why are you so concerned about the affairs of the Jiaofang Division? Do you know anyone there?"
Since all the women in the Jiaofangsi are officials, it is entirely possible if the girl has a handkerchief that she has a good relationship with and hands it over. After all, Lao Zhu was moody, and who knew that official would be unlucky enough to hit his knife edge.
