Quanzhou, also known as Licheng, Citong City, and Wenling, is located on the southeast coast, across the sea from Taiwan. It was the center of the ancient "Maritime Silk Road". During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Quanzhou Port was known as "the largest port in the East"
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This is the first time for Ding Yunyi to come to Quanzhou.
When I entered Quanzhou, I felt curious about everything.
Thinking about it, it's not bad to live in this era. The air is fresh and you can stay fresh anytime and anywhere. During this time, Ding Yunyi had almost forgotten his era.
While he and Qin Yun were discussing how to cash out the jewelry he had brought, Qin Yun suddenly shouted loudly: "Brother Zhe Bai, where are you going?"
The man looked back and couldn't help but smile: "It turns out to be Brother Xiaojin, long time no see!"
The man came over and was slightly older than Qin Yun. The two met and Qin Yun introduced Ding Yunyi, and then introduced the man to Ding Yunyi.
This person has the same name and surname as Xie Xuan, a famous general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is also called "Xie Xuan."
Instead of losing his interest, he changed his career and became a businessman, which was despised by scholars.
Qin Yun traveled to Quanzhou and met Xie Xuan once, and recognized him immediately.
Xie Xuan looked at Ding Yunyi up and down for a while, and said a few polite words. He was surprised. Although Qin Yun had not been with him for a long time, he knew that this person was young and ambitious, and he was arrogant. Ordinary people would not take it to heart. Now,
Why did it get mixed up with a small inspection?
"Brother Zhebai, where are you going in such a hurry?" Qin Yun asked smoothly.
"Qin Jieyuan, a famous romantic talent, gave up his future in the capital for a young lady. Did he not know that such a big thing happened in Quanzhou?" Xie Xuanda was curious.
Qin Yun smiled and said: "I have been a fisherman in Penghu for a long time, how can I know what happened?"
Xie Xuan thought the same thing: "Brother Xiaojin, does he know the famous prostitute Han Xiaoxiao?"
"Of course I know." Qin Yun smiled: "On the Qinhuai River, Han Xiaoxiao was compared to Su Xiaoxiao in the Song Dynasty. He played a pipa and a hairpin-headed phoenix. He was astonished by the talents in Jinling City.
As an outsider, he won the top prize and severely overpowered Qinhuai Qunyan..."
Ding Yunyi listened carefully, and he knew that the famous prostitutes of this era were very different from the prostitutes of his own era.
The development of brothels in the Ming Dynasty was unprecedented and unprecedented.
Most of the "famous prostitutes" generally do business but not their bodies, especially the famous Qinhuai River prostitutes, and men don't care whether they can get the bodies of these famous prostitutes.
The definition of a prostitute in the Ming Dynasty is not exactly the same as the definition of a prostitute in later times. According to the standards of Ding Yunyi's time, a prostitute in the Ming Dynasty was equal to a supermodel plus a pop singer plus a beauty pageant...
Prostitutes in the Ming Dynasty were more competitive than wives at home in many aspects. These competitiveness were not only reflected in appearance and clothing, but more importantly, in cultural level. Due to professional training, prostitutes in the Ming Dynasty were not only able to play music and sing lyrics
, and can also appreciate poetry. Many prostitutes are even talented in literature and martial arts, and can write poems and sing with customers.
Under such circumstances, many men in the Ming Dynasty went to brothels, not so much to vent their lust, but to pursue "romantic love." After all, they got married in their teens and had three wives and four concubines.
There is no shortage of "sex" resources. On the contrary, these men marry wives based on the words of matchmakers. Many people do not need to fall in love with their wives in their lives, and they have no chance to fall in love.
On the one hand, there is a need to "fall in love", and on the other hand, when appearance, talent, and fashion provide better choices than the women at home, it is no wonder that men in the Ming Dynasty flocked to brothels.
And if those talented people go straight to the famous prostitutes, they will only be despised by most people. On the contrary, if they can sing and write some good poems with the famous prostitutes, it will be a story that will last forever.
Because of this, no one cared about the "sex work" of famous prostitutes in the Ming Dynasty. Of course, this was only for famous prostitutes.
Ding Yunyi knew that there were eight famous prostitutes in the Ming Dynasty: Liu Rushi, Gu Hengbo, Ma Xianglan, Chen Yuanyuan, Kou Baimen, Bian Yujing, Li Xiangjun, and Dong Xiaowan. But this was the first time Han Xiaoxiao heard about it.
Qin Yun suddenly realized when he was halfway talking: "Did Han Xiaoxiao come to Quanzhou?"
"Exactly." Xie Xuan looked excited: "Quanzhou's Lanyue Pavilion hired Han Xiaoxiao with a lot of money to stay here for several months. Now talented people from all over Fujian have gathered in Quanzhou just to see Han Xiaoxiao.
of beauty."
Ding Yunyi laughed in his heart after hearing this. Isn't this Han Xiaoxiao's acupuncture?
"Han Xiaoxiao has come to Quanzhou? Great, great!" Qin Yun cheered repeatedly, looking like he wished he could see Han Xiaoxiao right away: "Once such an opportunity is lost, I'm afraid I will be regretful for the rest of my life. Inspector Ding,
No matter what, I have to go to Yilie Lanyue Pavilion today."
Seeing Qin Yun's expectant face, thinking that he had plenty of time to come to Quanzhou this time, Ding Yunyi nodded immediately.
Qin Yun couldn't help but let out a cheer. Looking at his excitement, he completely lost the calmness and calmness before. The expectations of these Ming Dynasty scholars for those famous prostitutes are really hard for future generations to imagine.
Xie Xuan was regarded as the host. He took them to Lanyue Pavilion, asked for a game, sat down, and rewarded them with tea money. The boy also knew that everyone who came today was here for Han Xiaoxiao, and he didn't ask if they had any
There is no acquaintance.
Ding Yunyi visited a Ming Dynasty brothel for the first time in his life, out of curiosity.
The reason why brothels in the Ming Dynasty were so developed is entirely due to the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.
It is said that before Zhu Yuanying became rich, he had an affair with a beautiful prostitute in a brothel for a period of time. Later, the woman even became pregnant because of this and gave her son back to him after Zhu Yuanying became emperor. However, such rumors
Most of them come from folk fictions, which are purely for their own entertainment and should not be taken as true.
The only thing that can be taken seriously is that in the early years of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanyong once built the Sixteenth Floor on the bank of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, and started the trend of government-run brothels. He personally wrote couplets for the compound and made a mobilization report for the Communist Party. The emperor's persuasion of prostitution was quite new.
, the object of the emperor's prostitution was "merchants" and other wealthy people, in the name of increasing tax revenue for the country.
With the support of the emperor, how could there be any reason for such an industry to be underdeveloped?
Seeing that the "Lan Yue Pavilion" was already full of people, all of them had excited and impatient looks on their faces. Ding Yunyi was very surprised, she was just a prostitute, why should she act like this?
At this moment, a burst of pipa sound sounded, and Ding Yunyi knew that the show had officially begun.