Su He said goodbye to the Taoist priest with strange ideas, and he continued to visit Hanzhong City with Wang Wenjun.
He asked Su Changsheng to investigate the situation of the Taoist priests.
There was a noise ahead, and a middle-aged official was drunk.
I was about to break into a majestic red building.
Several inspectors stopped this man, and he roared arrogantly: "I am a sixth-grade official of the Ministry of Revenue.
How dare you stop me? Believe it or not, I will peel off your skin."
There is also a plaque outside the Red Building, which says Hanzhong Jiaofang Division.
The inspector's expression remained unchanged and he was still trying to stop the official.
"Sealed area, if you resist, we will take action."
"Husband, do you still want to keep Jiaofang Si?"
Wang Wenjun showed a look of pity and advised:
"Husband, Jiaofangsi is an official brothel. The Ming Dynasty sent the wives and daughters of criminal officials to Jiaofangsi.
They mainly serve local officials, and the most famous one now is the Jingcheng Jiaofang Division.
Jinling Jiaofangsi is the largest Jiaofangsi.
A woman enters the Jiaofang Department and becomes a Leji.
They have been a happy family for generations. They have been cultivated since childhood and will come out to receive guests when they grow up.
The base system is a system that has been passed down for thousands of years, and it is time to abolish it.
Husband, these women are miserable. You are worried about not having enough teachers to teach your children how to read.
They should be able to do the job.
The government forces women to accept guests, which is not good for cultivating officials and can only breed corrupt officials.
Li Fengming and Uncle Wuniu have reported to you many times that many soldiers and craftsmen at the grassroots level cannot find wives.
These people are willing to marry even older widows with children. They should not dislike this kind of young woman from the Jiaofang Division."
When Su He heard his wife Wang Wenjun's words, he immediately felt enlightened.
The Ministry of Household Affairs has made rough statistics and found that less than one in 10,000 people are literate.
The army has undergone literacy education, and soldiers only know about 300 common characters.
These soldiers are still the backbone of the army, and it is impossible for them to teach students.
Some literati do not pretend to be noble. For various reasons, they will never become officials.
The other part just wants to be an official and is not willing to be a teacher.
Su He had completely forgotten that there is another group of people who are literate.
The ladies of the family and the brothel girls represented by Le Ji and Qing Guanren.
In today's social environment, most ladies will not go to school to become teachers.
But brothel women may be the ones who most want to break free from the shackles of feudal ethics.
Give these people a new life and they can teach primary school students.
Su He believes that most people who are in lowly status and careers want to escape from the sea of suffering.
"ah!"
A miserable cry woke up Su He who was thinking.
Su He looked up.
An inspector opened the pepper spray in his hand and poured it into the eyes of the drunk official.
The official immediately rolled on the ground and kept wailing.
Chili pepper water is part of humane law enforcement proposed by Su He.
Mainly for people with status.
Cutting with a knife or hitting with a stick can leave a disability if you are not careful.
Chili pepper water is extremely powerful, no less powerful than hitting with a stick, and can make the person involved experience enough pain.
It's not disabling.
The only disadvantage of pepper water is that it is too expensive and is generally not used.
Not long after pepper was introduced to the Ming Dynasty, the planting area was not extensive.
Su He ordered the guard beside him: "Let this official be fired by the Ministry of Civil Affairs as a model for publicity.
Send someone to call Su Yan, the Minister of Punishment, and Li Zhisheng, the Minister of Hubu."
Su He and Wang Wenjun walked towards the interior of the Jiaofang Division.
The patrolmen were just about to stop him, but when they saw the IDs the guards took out, they immediately got out of the way.
The person in charge of the Hanzhong Jiaofang Department, an old eunuch, came over tremblingly.
When he saw Su He, he politely refused and said, "Young masters, our place has been blocked since the Yellow Army entered the city.
There must be some important person who is interested in the girl in the shop. Don't ruin your career because of your impulsiveness at such a young age."
Su He could tell that this old eunuch was doing everything possible to protect the Le Ji woman in the Jiaofang Division.
Wang Wenjun looked at Su He and said: "Some people still have such small thoughts, why should they hide their beauty in a golden house and cause trouble in the city?
I really fell in love with her and took her directly as my concubine."
"What are you thinking about?"
Su He wanted to laugh when he saw Wang Wenjun's jealous expression.
“After entering the city, we sent troops to blockade all the Ming government offices, and then handed them over to the inspection team.
It's purely a matter of Jiaofangsi. It's too trivial. If I hadn't encountered it today, I wouldn't have cared about it at all."
When the old eunuch heard this, he immediately knelt down in front of Su He.
"You are Commander Su. I have heard your name here. You are very good to the people.
Please, please let the girls here go, they are suffering too much."
Su He had never had a good impression of eunuchs. Seeing the performance of this old eunuch, he had some changes in his view of the eunuch group.
"You are an official of the Jiaofang Department. Find a representative woman from Le and let me know about their situation."
"The younger one is just one person in charge of the Hanzhong Jiaofang Department.
There are no classy people in the Jiaofang Division of our small place.
There are many musical institutions in Shaanxi, and it is only in Hanzhong that there is a Jiaofang Division.
Generally speaking, only cities with thoroughfares have Jiaofangsi."
After the old eunuch finished speaking, he immediately walked towards the room inside.
He brought out a little girl of fourteen or fifteen years old.
This woman was wearing a red dress and looked pitiful.
"Commander Su, this is the most outstanding woman in the Jiaofang Division. Her name is Qu Qingyi.
She is still in perfect condition and is good at Guqin and poetry."
When Su He saw the old eunuch saying this, he knew that the old eunuch had misunderstood.
Not to mention that he is not that kind of person, even if he is really impatient, he cannot attack such a little girl.
He asked the guard to hand Qu Qingyi a copy of Water Margin written in traditional Chinese.
"Do you know the characters? If you know the characters, just repeat them."
Qu Qingyi was mentally prepared, knowing that sooner or later she would have such a day.
Unexpectedly, she had to study by herself. Qu Qingyi was stunned for a moment and then slowly said:
"The poem says:
The crimson rooster announces the dawn, and the green clouds and fur are revealed before the clothes are still on.
The nine heavens closed the palace, and all the nations wore clothes and bowed their heads.
The sun has just come and the fairy palms are moving, and the cigarettes are floating next to the dragons.
After the court is over, the five-color edict must be issued, and the sound of the sword must be returned to Fengchitou."
"Okay, how many people here are as literate as you?"
"Commander Su, all the sisters are literate. Only if you are literate can you serve your master well."
"How many people are there in your happy family?"
"Commander Su, there are more than a hundred of us sisters.
There are also more than 700 male musicians, who are mainly responsible for playing musical instruments."
"Why is there such a big gap in the number of people? Are men also literate?"
When Qu Qingyi heard Su He's questioning, she couldn't help but cry:
"Commander Su, men are basically illiterate.
The difference in numbers is mainly due to the fact that most of the sisters died in childbirth due to illness in their thirties or forties.
We have become a happy family, and our children and grandchildren are all happy families, and the officials are just here to have fun.
I don't even know who my own father is.
Whenever an official comes, he must accompany the guest.
It is very easy to have dystocia and miscarriage, and most of them will not live past the age of forty.
These months of lockdown have been the best time we, sisters, have ever had."
Qu Qingyi also told some stories about his life before Jiaofangsi.
When Wang Wenjun heard what happened to the woman from Leji, she couldn't help but shed tears.
After understanding the situation of Jiaofangsi, Su Yan and Li Zhisheng also came to Jiaofangsi.
Su He directly ordered a few things and asked Su Yan and Li Zhisheng to handle them immediately.
Abolish the humble registrations and convert all the lowly registrations into civilian registrations.
A blind date meeting was held for grassroots soldiers and craftsmen, most of whom were old bachelors.
The girl on the blind date must be over sixteen years old.
Introduce the situation of both parties in detail and let people participate voluntarily.
Inspect brothels and severely crack down on forced women into prostitution.
Women working in brothels must have a clear origin when they hold a certificate.
They can withdraw at any time. If the brothel madam dares to stop them, they will be punished immediately.
Qu Qingyi had been listening by the side. When she saw Su Yan and Li Zhisheng leaving, she immediately knelt down to Su He.
"Thank you, Commander Su, for giving our sisters a new life."
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After the blind date meeting, Su He came to the original site of Jiaofangsi where the plaque had been taken off.
The Old Eunuch reported: "Commander Su, most of the girls here have found their husbands' families.
There are only a lot of little girls left, what should they do?"
Su He left and called Qu Qingyi over, asking them if they wanted to go to the orphanage.
When Qu Qingyi saw Su He, she immediately knelt down and kowtowed, crying with joy and saying:
"Thank you, Commander Su, for giving our sisters a new life.
Most of the sisters are preparing to get married, and some brothers have regained their citizenship and successfully married.
There is no need to put sisters in orphanages, many sisters are willing to adopt them.
We sisters can support ourselves, but we just want to repay Commander Su for his kindness.
I hope Commander Su will give us a chance."
Su He thought of the recruitment hall that was being prepared. He had previously planned to recruit women from Leji as teachers.
Ask Qu Qingyi and the others to sign up at the Talent Recruitment Center.
The younger age is suitable for training from an early age.
Su He also asked Qu Qingyi to inform her former sisters to go to the recruitment center to sign up for jobs suitable for women.
He would ask his wife, Wang Wenjun, to provide some preliminary training to these women.
