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The group of people entered the restaurant. This time they did not stay in the lobby, but asked for a private room to have lunch.

After all, he had made a splash at the dock just now. If he ate in the lobby, onlookers might be able to see him, and at least he knew the identity of Jin Yiwei, which would be bad.

During the meal, Emperor Chongzhen did not speak, and except for Concubine Yuan Guifei, others generally did not speak either. Concubine Yuan Guifei also likes to be quiet. Maybe what happened just now is still affecting her, so she didn't say anything. There was almost no sound in this elegant room.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't pay attention to this, but was thinking about things in his heart, thinking about what happened just now.

Human trafficking has existed legally since ancient times. This kind of thing is still a bit difficult to accept for the souls of later generations. But for this era, it is normal. According to the nature of Emperor Chongzhen, he wanted to directly prohibit human trafficking. I didn't let the buyer go just now because of the factor of future generations.

Of course, with his current prestige, it wouldn't be a big deal if he really wanted to ban it. However, Emperor Chongzhen was not willing to be so arbitrary. For now, it is considered a legal business, and simply using administrative orders is not the best solution.

However, even legal human trafficking will breed many gray areas and even lead to crimes. For this, the ultimate goal is to make human trafficking disappear and ban it in the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, and soon came up with a simple method, which was to increase the tax on human transactions and increase the cost of human transactions.

If we say that one of the prerequisites for human trafficking in the past was that if you could not survive, or the living conditions were really poor, you would voluntarily sell yourself into slavery, concubine, or other things. As for today's Ming Dynasty, the economy is developing at a rapid pace. As long as you are not too stupid or stupid, you can always find job opportunities to support yourself. Even if it doesn't work, there are still various vassal states that you can go to!

Nowadays, more and more vassal states have closed overseas. Each vassal state needs a large number of Ming people to enrich its ruling population and suppress the local indigenous people. It can be said that the people of the Ming Dynasty basically no longer have the conditions for human trafficking.

Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about this while eating. Suddenly, there was a noisy sound, which forced him to interrupt his thoughts and return to reality. After listening for a while, he knew what was going on.

The sound coming from the private room next door was a group of young men shouting.

"Mr. Chen, you play the piano very well. Let's play another one!"

"Everyone Liu sings well, they are all good, they are all good!"

"Haha, today's oiran is so indistinguishable!"

"Everyone, everyone, that's good. Let's compare poems and see which one..."

"..."

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen's brows slightly furrowed and his side facing towards the private room next door, Liu Xingzuo approached Emperor Chongzhen and whispered: "Next door, local scholars should be drinking and having fun, and they have invited local famous prostitutes to accompany them. Otherwise, villain Go tell them not to be so loud?"

Emperor Chongzhen still frowned slightly, looked at a royal guard in imperial robes and asked, "Do all the scholars in Yangzhou Prefecture have this style?"

Regarding the matter next door, Emperor Liu Xingzuo and Emperor Chongzhen basically had completely different views.

In Liu Xingzuo's eyes, this was a normal thing. It was just that they were too noisy and affected the emperor, so he just wanted to make it quiet there.

As for Emperor Chongzhen, he immediately thought of the issue of morals.

Whenever Emperor Chongzhen visited a place, Liu Xingzuo would dispatch a local royal guard to accompany him, which was a bit different from previous tours. It can also be said that this is some experience summed up after previous patrols. After all, if there are local Jinyi guards accompanying you, you will not know anything about local affairs, or it can shorten the time to know the local situation.

The Jin Yiwei Xiaowei that Emperor Chongzhen asked about was naturally from Yangzhou Prefecture. After hearing Emperor Chongzhen's question, he immediately and respectfully replied: "To tell you what I'm saying, the scholars in Yangzhou Prefecture are now divided. Some scholars gather together on weekdays to discuss scientific and technological knowledge. But most of the scholars are still... As in the past, we drank with prostitutes, had fun, and were jealous. But there is a little difference. Now there is less criticism of the court. "

The Jiangnan side, including Yangzhou and other places, used to be the territory of the Donglin Party members, and later the territory of Fushe. However, with the exile of Fushe leader Zhang Pu, the four major Fushe princes were also attacked last year. Especially after one of them, Fang Yizhi, became immersed in scientific and technological knowledge, he less often pointed fingers at the government.

Emperor Chongzhen was very concerned about the atmosphere in Jiangnan, and immediately asked: "What is the ratio between the old party atmosphere and the party atmosphere where scientific and technological knowledge is discussed?"

For him, will a country become stronger or will it decline? There is a big key point, which is to look at the younger generation of scholars. Of course, the books this scholar reads include the Four Books and Five Classics as well as scientific and technological knowledge.

The trend of luxury cannot last long, and the trend of corruption cannot exist! This requires teaching and guidance.

After all, the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty has been very corrupt. Even if Emperor Chongzhen has been working hard to promote scientific and technological knowledge in recent years, he must have a down-to-earth style. But this kind of thing can't be changed at once if Emperor Chongzhen says it should be changed. If possible, Emperor Chongzhen would naturally not miss any opportunity to change or guide the trend.

When the Jinyi Weixiao heard Emperor Chongzhen's question, he hesitated for a while, but he understood that he must tell the truth to the emperor, so he reported: "Only one-twentieth of the time discusses scientific and technological knowledge. host."

After he said this, he took a peek at the emperor's face, and then quickly added: "The situation in each place is different. Compared with Yangzhou, other places are still a little higher."

When Emperor Chongzhen first heard about it, he thought that after all, it had only been a few years since he had promoted scientific and technological knowledge. With this result, he thought it was not bad. But when he heard the report from the Imperial Guard Captain, he felt a strange "hmm" in his heart.

The imperial guard knew that the emperor's "hmm" was asking why this situation would occur. He thought for a moment and replied respectfully: "I think this is related to the windy and moonlit land of Yangzhou."

"Oh?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little curious when he heard this. He put down his chopsticks and asked attentively, "How do you say this?"

Obviously, the imperial guard had made some conclusions, so he immediately replied: "Nowadays, the imperial examinations include scientific and technical knowledge. This matter is a top priority for scholars, so they care about scientific and technical knowledge. That's natural. However, most of the famous prostitutes in the land of romance only learned the same things as before, and science and technology knowledge did not have much impact on them. And those scholars who gathered to recruit prostitutes would naturally not talk about it during the dinner. Science and technology knowledge is mostly the same as before.”

Liu Xingzuo had been listening silently. Until this time, his subordinate stopped talking, and then he added: "Since ancient times, romantic people and famous prostitutes have always helped each other. Most of those romantic celebrities have to To become famous with the help of famous prostitutes, those famous prostitutes also rely on the popularity of celebrities. This is still the most elegant level. The lower level ones, which are mainly female, actually conflict with the practical study..."

Listening to Liu Xingzuo's supplementary explanation, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly remembered a summary of the phenomenon, that is, when there are more hedonistic phenomena, the trend of corruption and luxury will prevail. . In this way, how can the country be strong? Generally speaking, this kind of situation only occurs at the end of the dynasty!

Haha, the land of fireworks, I remember it! Emperor Chongzhen thought to himself and decided to tidy up the places of enjoyment across the country. The so-called romantic people, as I sit in the position of the emperor, I will change the meaning of the word romantic!

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately thought of the scene on the dock. Perhaps it was the prevalence of corruption and luxury that led to Yangzhou Shou Ma, and beautiful girls who were trafficked from an early age or became part of the land of fireworks through other means.

Not only that, Emperor Chongzhen quickly thought that one of his purposes for coming out this time was to see the actual situation of women across the country, the situation of liberating half of the human labor force, and the relationship between women's power and status.

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen thought a lot.

Just as he was thinking about it, the place next door became more lively, and the voices of men and women laughing and joking became more and more unrestrained. This is still noon, and there is a tendency to show prostitution during the day.

Is this the current scholar?

The Department of Education must severely punish such behavior, and punish it severely once it is discovered!

"Brother Liu has been promoted, come on, come on, everyone Chen and Brother Liu will come together, haha!"

"Yes, you must make Brother Liu feel comfortable. He is now a member of the newly established yamen, but he is related to you!"

"..."

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen frowned and couldn't help but ask: "Are there officials next door participating?"

The local Jinyi Guardsman was also a little confused about the answer, so he asked for instructions: "I don't dare to confirm."

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and asked him to verify. Liu Xingzuo on the side reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Master, I'm afraid it's true. Officials also have the custom of letting famous prostitutes accompany them. It's also common for officials to go to and from fireworks places."

He has mastered the Jinyiwei. Although he is from the north, he also knows what the situation is like among the people in the north and the south.

When Liu Xingzuo said this, Emperor Chongzhen remembered. For example, the famous Eight Beauties of Qinhuai in later generations, many of whom married famous celebrities at that time as concubines, and these famous celebrities, such as Qian Qianyi, Gong Dingzi and others, They are all court officials.

Judging from the original history, these officials probably had too much fun and had no integrity at all. I won’t talk about the famous water is too cold, let’s just say that Gong Dingzi, as the military officer of the Chongzhen Dynasty, should be a model of morality. As a result, King Chuang came to welcome King Chuang, and the Manchu and Qing Dynasties came to welcome the Manchu and Qing Dynasty. Even under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was the Minister of Rites.

Gong's first wife, Tong, was far more virtuous and moral than Gong Dingzi. She was twice conferred the title of Ruren by the Ming Dynasty. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Gong Dingzi surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Not only did she live alone in Hefei and did not follow Gong to Beijing, she also refused to accept the rewards from the Qing Dynasty (one of the Eight Beauties, Gu Hengbo, was awarded the first rank Madam), in sharp contrast to Gong's behavior.

In fact, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, officials are naturally not allowed to enter or leave the land of fireworks. However, with the deterioration of customs since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, this regulation has become ineffective. Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about this, and regardless of what happened next door, he entered the chat group and privately chatted with Dongchang Admiral Wang Chengen: "Let Dongchang keep statistics on the records of officials from all over the country entering and leaving the fireworks place!"

After that, he immediately contacted Sun Chuanting, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and said: "Private ethics are very important in official appointments, especially those involving people's livelihood. If personal ethics are not cultivated, it will have a great impact on the atmosphere of a place. Sun Qing should pay special attention to it!" "

As for what to pay attention to, it goes without saying that it is emphatically raised by the emperor.

Both Wang Chengen and Sun Chuanting responded to Emperor Chongzhen immediately and immediately began to arrange the matter. They knew that it seemed that there would be another big shock in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason for this is that scientific and technological knowledge had a great impact on the officialdom in the past. When the Ministry of Personnel appointed low- and middle-level officials, they focused on officials with scientific and technological knowledge and talents; among senior officials, several officials in important positions were They are all labeled as scientific and technical knowledge, which is evident from this.

Nowadays, the crackdown on officials and romantic places will begin again. This will have a huge impact on officials, given the current background.

In the private room next door, the captain of the Imperial Guard broke in and immediately made the room quiet for a while. After all, an unknown person suddenly came in, which naturally disturbed their enjoyment.

The Jin Yiwei captain just glanced at it, and then frowned, without saying a word, and retreated, going back to report to Emperor Chongzhen. He didn't expect that there was actually more than one official in this group of people.

The scholars at the party were a little unhappy to be disturbed in this way. After all, they were having fun, and no one wanted a stranger to suddenly barge in. Without saying a word or even an apology, he looked at them. The monkey show, then retreated again.

So, a few of them, who had drunk a little too much and were having fun, became unhappy and chased them out, banging the table, trying to get an explanation. However, Emperor Chongzhen's private room was guarded by a royal guard in royal robes. They could not get in at all, so they immediately started making trouble outside.

Emperor Chongzhen was a little unhappy when he heard that the Jinyi Guards School Captain came back to report that more than one official next door was involved in this kind of thing. When he heard that there was a commotion at the door, he didn't want to eat either, so he ordered Liu Xingzuo: "Take it." Send those officials to the Yangzhou Metropolitan Procuratorate and punish them according to law!"

It is not convenient for the local government to take care of this matter, but it happens that the duty of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is to take care of the officials. It can take care of it, and it will be better than the factory guards directly taking action and letting the civil servants repair the civil servants.

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