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The old prostitute smiled and said: "Listen to everyone, to pass this test, you must not only give the answer, but also give the calculation process. Whether you use the ancient Tianyuan technique or your majesty's equation, you must do the calculation on the spot. .”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar.

Many scholars who only read the Four Books and Five Classics, as well as those businessmen who were ignorant, complained that the old prostitutes were spoiling the scenery.

But the more this is the case, the more lively the atmosphere will be.

Wu Weiye said to Mao Pijiang: "Brother Pijiang, why don't you leak your skills?"

"What kind of skill is this? It's just a middle school problem." Mao Bijiang already has some basic knowledge in mathematics. He has been studying textbooks by himself for the past two years. He has already obtained his primary school diploma and is expected to graduate from high school next year.

Many scholars in the field, like the idea of ​​​​presuming the frontier, were stimulated by the standards of the officials who were examined last year.

Official examiners need graduation certificates, and officials in the future will definitely also need them.They have to get a graduation certificate quickly. What if the policy continues to be tightened in the future and adults are not allowed to attend elementary school?

The old prostitutes began to distribute pens and paper and counting sticks, which can be solved by equations or counting sticks.

However, the answerer must pay one tael of silver!

Several provinces have experienced a severe drought this year, and grain production has been severely reduced. The price of rice in Nanjing has risen to 13 cents per catty.The registration fee of one tael of silver can buy about 50 catties of white rice, and even more in bumper harvest years.

But there were so many applicants on the spot, they all took out their money and took away the paper and pen from the old prostitute.

After some calculations, more than [-] people passed the test.

The old prostitute smiled and said, "It's a festive night, and there are so many talented scholars gathered here. As for the second question, please choose any one of "Datong Ji Sanyuan Chapter" and write it down silently in a stick of incense. The 30 people who made the least mistakes You can pass."

The whole place was silent, and then it was noisy.

This question was not prepared in advance, and no time was prepared for it. Who would memorize "The Collection of Great Harmony"?

Seeing too many complaints and protesters, the old prostitute could only explain with a wry smile: "Dear guests, it's not that my concubine deliberately made things difficult. It's just that people from the government came yesterday and said that in the future, whenever any daughter of a family gets married, she will be tested and educated." When you are talented, you must take "Da Tong Ji" with you."

"puff!"

Wu Weiye was tasting wine when he heard the words and spewed out.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Wu Weiye coughed for a while, wiped away the wine stains at the corner of his mouth, and couldn't laugh or cry: "This is really an unheard of thing, today is really a holy day."

Mao Pijiang put down his wine glass, picked up a brush and began to write silently.

In addition to participating in literary conferences recently, he has focused his energy on self-study. "Sanyuan Pian" belongs to the content of middle school textbooks, and I had memorized it a few days ago, and Mao Pijiang is sure that the word is good.

After a stick of incense, the second question was handed in, and 30 people were quickly selected.

There are policies and measures to counter.

The government only said that the questions must be related to "Datong Ji", but did not stipulate that they must be answered.The old prostitute then set a quota of 30 people, and those who make the fewest mistakes can be selected, and more than half of the selected ones can only write two or three sentences silently.

The old prostitute smiled and said: "The third test is the right pair."

"it is good!"

Many scholars applauded loudly, and finally came to their traditional program.

After three rounds, five finalists will be selected.

Comparing talents is naturally comparing financial resources.

Mao Bijiang spent 200 taels of silver to buy the girl's first night.Everyone is fighting so much, it's purely because the girl's fame has spread all over the Qinhuai River before she leaves the cabinet.

A Persian girl who can speak Chinese, seems to have studied for a few years, and knows both Chinese and Persian musical instruments.

This is the secret of the revival of Qinhuai River's Fengyue industry. There is a shortage of domestic women, so let's introduce foreign women!

Among them, Japanese women are the most, followed by Korean women, and Nanyang women again.The real best are the so-called Persian girls, but in fact most of them are women from Afghanistan.

Persia and India have been fighting in Afghanistan for decades, and under the premise of massacring the city at every turn, what is it to sell some women?

The foreign slave trade started 100 years ago.

First, the Portuguese bought Japanese slaves and resold them all over the world.They also promoted Japanese women as Chinese women and sold them to European brothels to make money.

In the fifth year of Longqing, that is, in 1571, the Portuguese royal family ordered the prohibition of the Japanese slave trade. The reason was that they were afraid of provoking dissatisfaction from the Japanese government, which would affect normal commercial and missionary activities.

But the order of the Portuguese royal family is obviously useless.A Portuguese missionary mentioned in his diary in 1598 that Japanese women were sold on Portuguese merchant ships to meet the physical needs of black crew members.

Macau is the center of the slave trade in East Asia. A large number of Japanese women were first transported to Macau and distributed to black and Malay slaves, where they continued to breed and reproduce slave offspring.Then teach these little slaves from an early age that they can get more gold and silver when they sell, so that slaves can be mass-produced.

It is equivalent to saying that black, Malay and Japanese slaves are all raised as pigs and sold after giving birth.

By the time Japan closed its doors, Macau already had about 5000 slaves, half of whom were underage slaves.

There were also Chinese slaves, but they were not many and expensive.

According to historical records, the first Chinese slave sold to Europe was actually a scholar.The time took place in 1540, during the Jiajing period.The job of this Chinese slave is to translate Chinese materials into Portuguese...

By the way, most of the 5000 slaves in Macau belonged to the Society of Jesus.

After Zhao Han expelled disobedient missionaries and Portugal cut off the funds of the Jesuits, the Macau Jesuits lived by selling slaves.In particular, slave girls are the best sellers, sold to major brothels across the country, effectively filling the shortage of human resources in China's sex industry.

Most of those slave girls are of mixed blood, and there are also black pearls of Japanese and Malay blood.

Mao Pijiang pushed open the door, and the red candles were flickering inside. The girl was wearing a fake wedding phoenix coronet.

Picking up the hijab, she turned out to be a Persian beauty with an exotic style that was breathtaking.

The Persian girl was a little nervous, kneading the corners of her clothes with her fingers.

Mao Pijiang didn't want to be rude to the beautiful woman, so he chose to chat: "The girl is from Persia?"

"Yes." The Persian girl replied.

In fact, the girl lied. She had lived in Markland since she was a child, which is the coastal zone at the junction of Pakistan and Iran in later generations.It was once occupied by Persia and now belongs to the Mughal Empire in India. When she was 11 years old, she was sold to the Dutch by her uncle, who in turn sold her to a Chinese businessman.

Mao Pijiang said again: "Girl, don't be afraid. If you don't want to, I'll just play the piano and drink tonight. Does the girl know Persian musical instruments?"

"meeting."

The Persian girl brought a qin, a bit like a Chinese banhu, with four strings.

The girl plucked the strings, sang an unknown foreign ballad, closed her eyes and kept time, and completely forgot about other things.

"what!"

A mournful scream broke the beautiful music.

Mao Pijiang went out to check the situation, but found nothing unusual.When he returned to his room, he heard the sound of a copper whistle coming from the street, and immediately knew that something must have happened.

By the Qinhuai River.

A dark-skinned girl was picked up wet all over.Looking at her complexion, one could tell that she was of black blood, but for many generations of mixed blood, her facial features were more like those of an oriental, and her complexion was more similar to that of a native of Nanyang.

The tortoise and the thugs in the brothel wanted to take the girl back, but were stopped by a policeman.

There are two patrolmen, one to let him go and one not to let him go.

The young policeman pushed the silver dollar away and reprimanded sharply: "The imperial court has an order that no forced work is allowed in singing houses and dance halls. You actually forced the woman to commit suicide by jumping into the river. You can't cover up what happened tonight. You have to take them to the Yamen to see the officials!"

"Be quiet!"

The old patrolman scolded: "Xiao Liu, you just transferred to Qinhuai River, so you don't know much about this place. To tell you the truth, today's Goulan cottages and brothels have long stopped forcing people from the country. The woman in front of me, look I knew they were not Chinese, so they must have been bought from Nanyang. The Shangguan said that people are only citizens when they settle down and settle down. Women from foreign countries do not have household registration, so how can they be considered citizens?"

"I don't care if she has a household registration or not. Since I met her, she must go to see an officer!" The young policeman refused to accept this.

The brothel thug suddenly made a sound, and said with a sneer: "Where is the stunned young man? Honestly take the money, don't toast and eat fine wine. If you continue to make trouble, if you don't have any money, you still have to hang up with the Shangguan." !"

Hearing the threat, the young policeman drew his knife out of its sheath suddenly: "I killed Tartars in Liaodong last year, followed General Wang out of the Great Wall, and killed the fake Wang Hauge of the Tartars to the brim. He injured his tendon and retired to serve as a patrolman." , It’s not something you can bully! If you want to take this woman away, you have to ask me if I agree with the knife in my hand!”

This young patrolman was not only a veteran, but also a cavalryman from Datong.

Datong Xiao cavalry, while proficient in riding, are also outstanding in martial arts.

The brothel thugs didn't dare to do anything wrong for a moment, and the older policeman didn't dare to speak, watching the young policeman take the woman away.

After being dazed for a moment, the elderly patrolman suddenly slipped away, anxiously looking for his boss.The police in the Qinhuai River area, from the officials in charge to the patrolmen, all took advantage of the major brothels. If this incident got serious, many people would lose their positions.

Chapter 592 [Slave Trade]

The young patrolman was named Liu Chuanzong, who was born in a Ming military family.His father is just a small general banner, and his family background has been ruined, except for his martial arts, nothing else has been passed on to him.

He himself has a straightforward personality. In the Datong Army, he listened to the "Datong Collection" explained by the mission officer, and his thoughts became more upright and bright.

The next day, Liu Chuanzong was called by his boss to talk.

Most of his bosses are also veterans.After chatting for a while, they quickly got closer, and then they reasoned. It was just that foreign slaves are not Chinese, so they don't have to abide by the set in "Da Tong Ji".

Liu Chuanzong obeyed the order subconsciously, but when he returned to the patrol dormitory, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it should not be so.

When he went to find the rescued girl again, he found that the girl was missing and had been returned to the brothel.Liu Chuanzong was very angry about this, and went to his boss again to argue, but was angrily reprimanded, and he was also punished with a major demerit.

In a daze, Liu Chuanzong worked for half a month.

"Take it." Fan Liang threw a bunch of copper coins over.Fan Liang was the senior patrolman that day, patrolling the streets with Liu Chuanzong for a long time.

Liu Chuanzong looked at the copper coin and asked doubtfully, "What is this?"

Fan Liang explained with a smile: "We rely on mountains to eat mountains, and rely on water to eat water. We are patrolling the Qinhuai River, so we naturally want to eat the rouge money of the Qinhuai River."

"Accepting... bribery?" Liu Chuanzong couldn't believe it.

Fan Liang said: "What do you mean by taking bribes? We didn't violate the law, and we didn't break the rules of the court. Don't worry, this is not black-hearted money. If those brothels dare to force the people of the country, they will definitely be brought to justice. They teach the women of the foreign countries. We don't care, just turn a blind eye and close it."

Liu Chuanzong asked: "Is this money available every month?"

Fan Liang said: "It is available every month, and it's not too much. I can only buy more than a dozen catties of rice. It's not bad for the water to flow down for a long time."

Liu Chuanzong was silent, every patrolman has them, and those superior officials must have them too, and they must get more money.

Datong Xinchao, it shouldn't be like this!

Moreover, if the money came from other places, Liu Chuanzong might be able to reluctantly accept it.But this is flesh and blood money from a brothel, and it was obtained from a poor woman. Liu Chuanzong would feel dirty if he took it!

Seeing his displeasure, Fan Liang comforted him with a smile and said: "Don't be confused, you have to live on. You are a veteran, am I not? I am still a 12-year veteran of Chongzhen. I was dismissed when I was too old. I have planted land at home for several years. I heard that Nanjing is expanding its recruitment of police officers, and I went to the city to sign up the year before last. I was lucky, and I was assigned to be a patrol officer on the Qinhuai River, where the oil and water are thicker than other places.”

"Didn't you learn "Da Tong Ji" when you were a soldier?" Liu Chuanzong asked.

"I've learned it," Fan Liang said, "I've told you all about it. Fanbang women are not citizens of the country, even if they don't have a household registration, they are considered citizens? Since they are not citizens, then we don't need to worry about it, and it is not considered a violation of "Datong Ji."

Liu Chuanzong asked: "If the brothel didn't do anything wrong, why did they give money to the police?"

Fan Liang chuckled and said, "Whether it's a low-level Goulan cottage or a high-end brothel compound, doing this kind of business is always shameful. Although those foreign women are not citizens, they are still individuals. It is inevitable that there will be disobedience. They were beaten half to death, or even beaten to death by mistake. The government can take care of it or not. Whether it takes care of it or not depends on whether the money is given enough."

"It's unreasonable, human life is a trifling matter!" Hearing this, Liu Chuanzong was filled with righteous indignation, clenched his fists and trembled all over.

Fan Liang had a headache and said depressedly: "Why can't you understand? Those are all foreign girls who bought them like piglets. The Han girls from the Qinhuai River immigrate dozens of them to the north every year, no matter how many prostitutes there are. I can't stand this. At least [-]% of the prostitutes in the Qinhuai River today are bought from Fanbang. Your Majesty doesn't care, can you and I manage it?"

Liu Chuanzong said: "It's not that your Majesty doesn't care, he must have been deceived by Xiaoxiao!" He threw the string of copper coins on the ground, "It's so dirty that my hands are dirty for nothing!"

"Really don't want it?" Fan Liang asked.

"No!" Liu Chuanzong said firmly.

Fan Liang felt that something was going to happen, so he had to go to his boss again, saying that his new partner was an idiot.

Before the boss could respond, something had happened.

Jinling Mansion, Clean Government Office.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate is the headquarters of the anti-corruption department, but its office is in the imperial city, and Liu Chuanzong couldn't get in at all. He could only report to the anti-corruption department of Jinling Mansion.

A clerk received the reception, took out a pen and paper and recorded according to the process: "Name, occupation."

Liu Chuanzong said: "Liu Chuanzong, the willow of the willow tree, the lineage of the family. He used to be the commander of the cavalry division of the Datong Army, and he is currently a patrol officer in the Qinhuai North area of ​​Shangyuan County, Jinling Prefecture."

Nanjing City is divided into two counties, Shangyuan and Jiangning, Qinhuai Hebei is Shangyuan County, Qinhuai Henan is Jiangning County, and there are brothels on both sides of the Qinhuai River.

The official continued to ask: "Who is reporting corruption and breaking the law?"

Liu Chuanzong said: "Police officers on both sides of the Qinhuai River accept bribes from brothels. They do so every month, which has become a rule."

The literary official shook his hand holding the pen, and looked at Liu Chuanzong in surprise, this is the case at the feet of the emperor!

After a while, the official said, "tell me in detail what you know."

After completing the transcript, the civil servants did not dare to be negligent, and even did not dare to let Liu Chuanzong go, and immediately went to notify the chief officer of the Integrity Office.

The matter is too big, involving the police teams of the two counties in the capital city, and most of those police officers are retired Datong soldiers, and there may be some old lord or lord's old department.The Anti-corruption Department of Jinling Mansion did not dare to act rashly, and immediately reported it to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate almost came out to investigate.

Yingmin Hall.

Zhao Han flipped through the files, and asked casually, "Have they all been arrested?"

Xiao Huan replied: "All of them have been arrested. The policemen on both sides of the Qinhuai River, except Liu Chuanzong, who reported the report, have all received money. The one who took the most bribes received 200 silver dollars per month; the one who took the least bribes received one hundred copper coins per month." arts."