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Chapter 164 The Little Emperor Doesn't Eat This Set Anymore

Chapter 164 The little emperor doesn’t want to do this anymore

"Slave Chen Yuanyuan, I would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty!"

"Meet the Queen Mother, may the Queen Mother be blessed."

In the imperial study room, Chen Yuanyuan knelt down in excitement and anxiety.

She had almost given up on becoming an emperor. Who would have thought that His Majesty would be the first to summon her when he first came to Jiangnan? A trace of longing and hope arose in her heart.

"Well, let's get flat!"

"Chen Yuanyuan, the imperial concubine has actually made you the imperial concubine. From now on, you no longer need to call yourself a slave."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Chen Yuanyuan hurriedly thanked him again. After getting up, she couldn't help but take a peek at the little emperor who had fascinated her. Her heart was beating fast and her body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Zhang Yan saw her expression in his eyes, and immediately frowned when he saw her expression.

However, seeing that Xinger's face remained calm and calm, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sit down!"

Zhu Cixiang thought she was freezing on the way here, so he waved his hand and said, after all, the Chinese New Year is only a few days away, and it is very cold even in the south.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Chen Yuanyuan was moved in her heart and carefully sat down on the low stool beside her.

"Chen Yuanyuan, how many brothels do you have under your name now? How much money can you make every month?"

"Your Majesty, now I have 312 brothels, more than 200 flower boats, more than 1,600 entertainers, and more than 13,000 others.

After excluding various expenses, I can earn about five hundred thousand taels of silver every month. Your Majesty, here are the detailed accounts..."

As Chen Yuanyuan spoke, she took out an account book from her arms, obviously fully prepared when she arrived.

When they heard that they could earn so much money every month, Zhang Yan and Zhu Cixi both looked moved and surprised.

Zhu Cixi took the booklet from the female soldier and started to read it, but Zhang Yan looked at her and asked: "So, in the past six months, you have earned millions of taels of silver?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, I spent a lot of money purchasing brothels in various places in the early days. Now I have a balance of more than three million taels. My slaves came to the palace several times to hand over the money, but the Queen Mother never summoned her..."

Chen Yuanyuan quickly explained carefully.

"You can stop handing over the money in a hurry, and then you can tell me in detail how your brothels operate?" Zhu Cixiang put down the booklet and said.

"His Majesty…"

Zhang Yan saw that instead of talking about business, he was becoming more and more interested in the brothel, so she had to give him a reminder.

"Auntie, you went to bed late last night and got up early today. Why don't you go back and take a nap?"

Zhu Cixiang also felt that it was really inappropriate to ask about the brothel in front of Zhang Yan, so he said awkwardly.

"All right!"

Although she was a little worried about Chen Yuanyuan, seeing that Xun'er had said this, Zhang Yan had no choice but to get up and leave, feeling a little regretful about recommending Chen Yuanyuan to him.

After Zhang Yan left, Chen Yuanyuan obviously relaxed a lot and became more courageous. She began to introduce the brothel to Zhu Cixiang. The more she talked, her voice became softer and her eyes became more charming. Apparently, she started to use seduction again without knowing it.

human means.

"So, the management of your brothel is quite humane?"

"If Your Majesty feels that there is something wrong, I will definitely rectify it when I return."

"No need, just manage it like this. You don't have to hand over the money for the time being. You can use it to continue to buy brothels and build flower boats."

Zhu Cihong waved his hand. After listening to her introduction, he planned to continue to support Chen Yuanyuan in the future.

There is no way, brothels are still popular even in modern times. It is impossible to completely ban them. The only way is to rectify the regulations and provide guidance.

It is easy to rectify the standards, but difficult to guide. Now it is up to Chen Yuanyuan and others to guide them.

After all, compared to the brothels run by other powerful people, the brothels run by Chen Yuanyuan and the others are indeed more humane and noble. Not to mention that it is better to earn the money yourself than to have the money taken away by those powerful people.

In Zhu Cixiang's view, those famous prostitutes in brothels, regardless of who they were, were clearly stars, even more awesome and noble than the stars in their previous lives.

First of all, if you want to become a famous prostitute, you must not only have a good appearance and figure, but also be proficient in at least one, or even several, of music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and song.

And this kind of courtesan with both talent and appearance is just average. If you want to become a top courtesan like the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai, you must have integrity, not be afraid of power, not be greedy for money, and not love vanity.

That is, only the truly talented scholars and famous prostitutes will perform on the stage. Otherwise, no matter how powerful and wealthy they are, they will not show up.

Moreover, those so-called celebrities in previous lives, as long as they were rich and powerful, there was basically nothing they could not sleep with.

In this comparison, these famous prostitutes are indeed more noble than celebrities.

As for becoming a guest of a famous prostitute, it is even more difficult to be favoured. Unless the prostitute values ​​​​herself and is willing to trust her for life, no amount of money will be of any use. If the high-ranking officials force her to do so, some famous prostitutes will even jump off the building.

commit suicide.

Of course, there are very few courtesans who can do this.

It is really ridiculous to say that most of the literati in Jiangnan are hypocrites, but the prostitutes they trained are more upright, more concerned about the country and the people, and more gentlemanly than they themselves. It is really ironic.

The most typical ones are Liu Rushi and Qian Qianyi, a great scholar.

Historically, after the Qing army crossed the river, Qian Qianyi surrendered in the name of protecting hundreds of thousands of people in Nanjing.

His concubine Liu Rushi persuaded him to die for his country, and she was willing to jump into the lake with him to die as a husband. However, Qian Qianyi was greedy for life and feared death, saying that the water was too cold. On the contrary, Liu Rushi, who was born in a brothel, was not afraid of the cold and jumped into the lake.

What a huge irony.

At this moment, when Chen Yuanyuan heard that His Majesty not only allowed her to continue running the brothel, but also supported her to continue to expand, her body suddenly started to tremble with excitement, because when she came, she was actually prepared for His Majesty to take back the brothel and sell it.

"I originally planned to set up a Fengyue Division under the Commercial Supervision, and you would serve as the female official of the Fengyue Division. However, in order to avoid criticism, I cannot give you a formal official position. I can only give you an appointment document privately. Can you

willing?"

After Zhu Cihong sent the maids and female soldiers away, he took out an official document and handed it to her.

Obviously he was afraid that if the news spread, it would damage his reputation. After all, there is a difference between this brothel and Jiaofangsi.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thanks to Your Majesty's respect, I am willing to work for Your Majesty."

Chen Yuanyuan hurriedly stepped forward to take the document, knelt down and kowtowed excitedly, and was even a little incoherent.

"Okay, get up."

"It's Your Majesty."

"By the way, in the future I will go through great governance, and the people's lives will get better and better. The phenomenon of selling sons and daughters will be gone forever, and the female relatives of guilty officials will only be given to women, and will no longer be demoted to a lowly status.

How do you plan to solve the problem of having no successors?”

"Well... Your Majesty, as big as the world is, there will always be poor families who sell their daughters..."

Chen Yuanyuan did not expect that His Majesty would ask such a question. She was stunned for a long time before answering anxiously.

"I said that no one will sell their daughters again, and the court's laws will not allow it. What should I do?"

Zhu Cixiang emphasized his tone and stared at her.

Chen Yuanyuan suddenly shivered with fright, thought for a moment and then said: "This... this, if this is true, people all over the world will live and work in peace and contentment, no one will be willing to sell women into slavery anymore, and brothels will cease to exist."

"Confused, as long as there are people in this world, the brothel industry will always exist. Then there will naturally be people who cheat and abduct girls. In order to avoid this situation, we have to find girls to replace them, but it can't be us Han women, do you understand?

"

"ah!"

Chen Yuanyuan nodded first, then shook her head, obviously not understanding.

Seeing that he had made it so clear, Zhu Cixiang wanted to kick her even though she didn't understand yet, so he had to wave his hand and prepare to give some instructions: "Put your ears over here."

"It's your Majesty!"

Chen Yuanyuan's face turned red when she heard this, and she carefully stretched out her ears, feeling a little expectant in her heart.

"Then Japanese and Korean women are almost the same as us Han people. Do you understand what to do now?"

"Understood. When I return, I will pay a high price and ask merchants to buy some good-looking girls from two places. I will teach them music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and poetry since they were young, so that they can take over in the future..."

"Haha, you can be taught, but I didn't teach you this. You came up with it yourself, do you understand?"

Seeing that she finally woke up, Zhu Cihong finally showed a smile on her face, and then she stopped smiling and her expression became normal.

"Back to Your Majesty, I didn't hear anything just now." Chen Yuanyuan was not stupid and nodded quickly.

"It's not that you didn't hear it, it's that I didn't say it at all. Do you understand?" Zhu Cixiang said angrily.

"I understand, your Majesty didn't say anything just now." Chen Yuanyuan nodded again.

"Okay, that's it for now. Remember to prepare more and don't be afraid of wasting money!"

Zhu Cihong gave another instruction, and then told them that they were responsible for promoting the New Deal to the people.

After hearing this, Chen Yuanyuan stood on the spot with her mouth open in shock. What shocked her was not that His Majesty asked them to publicize it, but the content of the New Deal.

"Do you remember clearly what I just said?"

"Back to... Your Majesty, I have all remembered it. Your Majesty is truly the most holy king throughout the ages. Once these new policies are implemented, they will surely benefit all people in the world..."

Chen Yuanyuan hurriedly replied, then knelt down excitedly, flattering her face with admiration, and after speaking, she even gained courage and said: "Your Majesty, can I dance for you again?"

"Don't do this. Doing things with all your heart is the right way, do you understand?

I only give you one month, and within one month, I want the people in all the prefectures and counties in South Zhili to understand the benefits of the New Deal."

"Yes! Your Majesty, don't worry. I will make arrangements immediately when I return. I will explain the benefits of the new policy to all the people within one month."

Chen Yuanyuan blushed at the lesson and quickly replied.

"Well, then go back and make arrangements. I will reward you when the time comes." Zhu Cihong waved his hand.

"Concubine, please retire."

Chen Yuanyuan resigned and left with a disappointed look on her face. She finally found an opportunity, but she didn't expect that the little emperor would not accept this trick anymore.

In fact, it's not that Zhu Cixi doesn't want to do this, it's just that he doesn't have time to do it.

(End of chapter)


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