Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

Chapter 398 The most basic reason for rampant human trafficking

“Cough, cough, cough…”

"Cough cough cough..."

Yan Niang coughed desperately, and finally stopped coughing. Her face was flushed with coughing and she had no expression on her face. She said slowly: "You, an ungrateful bastard who abandoned his wife and daughter and despised the poor and loved the rich, didn't die. Why should I die?"

"I want to live and let the world see how I sell my smiles and watch you, the daughter of the Imperial Academy historian, become a prostitute who can be trampled by thousands of men."

The father and daughter looked at each other with eyes that wished the other would die. Such strong hatred made the air in the box become tense.

Sudden······

With a creaky sound, the door was pushed open, and the madam of the brothel walked in briskly. When she saw the scene inside, she exclaimed "Oh my!"

The abnormal noises in this box finally attracted the madam.

"Why are you fighting if you don't serve the master well? Let go quickly."

The girls looked at Yan Niang and then at the madam. They didn't dare to let go. If they let go, the official would kill Yan Niang.

An official walked up to Yan Niang, helped her up, and whispered in her ear: "Hurry up, it's not easy for an official to kill a prostitute. It just so happens that His Royal Highness Prince An is in the backyard of the brothel next door. Go to His Royal Highness Prince An for protection."

Yan Niang glanced at the person who helped her and quickly said, "Thank you!"

Then he took advantage of the madam's inattention and ran away.

When the girls saw Yan Niang running away, they released the historian from the Hanlin Academy.

After being released, Xiu Zuan, the historian of the Hanlin Academy, stood up immediately and cursed: "I'm going to kill that bastard Xu Jinyu..."

He didn't even have the chance to say the rest of the words as the figure of the inner guard appeared behind him. With a slash of his hand, Xiu Zuan, the historian of the Hanlin Academy, fell to the ground without a sound.

The internal guard glanced at these officials with a gloomy look.

The officials subconsciously tightened their crotches: "Don't worry, sir, we know the rules."

The inner guard nodded and dragged the unconscious person away.

The sound of the Hanlin Academy historian's head hitting the door sill was so deafening.

Don't think too much about it, you will never have the chance to see this work compiled by the historian of the Hanlin Academy in the future.

The official who reminded Yan Niang secretly curled up the corner of his mouth into a smile.

Yan Niang went to find His Royal Highness Prince An. The Imperial Academy historian Xiu Zuan was doomed. His position should be vacant. Should she...

After being reminded, Yan Niang ran quickly towards the brothel next door.

A moment later, Xu Jinyu's furious voice could be heard on the street.

[What the hell, is he kidding me? He abandoned his wife and children and let his daughter live in a brothel. His first reaction after knowing what happened was to let his daughter die. Why didn't he just die? ]

[This bastard with such a ruthless heart is still able to be an official. Calling him a beast is an insult to beasts! ]

[How many more things like this are happening on this street!!!]

After hearing Xu Jinyu's thoughts, the officials paused. Whose daughter has ended up in a brothel again? The probability is a little too high.

[The daughter of the prefect of Guazhou was sold to a brothel in the capital because of a dispute between his wife and concubine. The niece of a petty official in the Ministry of Works was drugged and sold to a brothel when she went out on the street. Because the girl's father was an ordinary man, he was too lazy to change his place and sold her directly in the capital.]

[The granddaughter of the old lady's sister from Wu'an Marquis's mansion was sold, and is now a courtesan. She is also the daughter of the uncle of the Criminal Department, the daughter of the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, and the daughter of the Five Officials of the Imperial Observatory...]

Xu Jinyu counted them one by one. The officials' faces became uglier than each other. They twisted their bodies as if there were needles pricking them under their buttocks. They could not sit still any longer.

How come so many daughters and relatives of their colleagues appeared on this street without their knowledge? The madam of this brothel was too bold and dared to take in any kind of girls.

Maybe next time you visit a brothel, you should check the girls’ ancestors first.

After reading so many names, Xu Jinyu's voice was a little hoarse in the end.

[Do you know why we in China have no tolerance for the pornography industry? Do you know why we have to crack down on pornography over and over again? ]

[It’s not because prostitution is immoral. The purpose of the crackdown on pornography is to prevent the human trafficking that is derived from the pornography business. If there were no brothels, there would be a lot less human trafficking.]

[These officials are still the main force visiting brothels. They are not worried at all about meeting their daughters in brothels one day! ]

[Tomorrow I will submit a petition to the emperor, asking him to ban the existence of brothels. There are so many girls, why not just sell their bodies?]

"How could it be such a coincidence!" an official whispered.

"How is it impossible? Think about the uncle just now."

"boom!"

The Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites slammed the table and said: "The existence of brothels is really inappropriate. I will submit a memorial tomorrow and propose that Daqian abolish brothels!"

Since the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel had said so, many officials who loved their daughters slammed their hands on the table and said that they would submit a joint petition with the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites tomorrow.

Officials who visited brothels may visit brothels as they please, but there were also those who loved their daughters, and everyone wanted brothels to disappear in Daqian.

So at the morning court the next day, Emperor Xuan was faced with a memorial signed by dozens of officials, asking him to order the abolition of brothels.

Emperor Xuan sat high on the dragon throne, looking at the officials below with an expressionless face, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

In fact, Emperor Xuan already knew what happened on the street yesterday.

He had long had the idea of ​​closing down the brothel. He had already seen the value of women from compound bows and bicycles, plus the vast amount of unowned land overseas that Xu Jinyu had mentioned.

To rule those lands, one needs population, a large number of people. It would be great if these women could give birth to children and increase the population of Daqian.

What happened today is an opportunity.

Emperor Xuan's eyes swept over Xu Jinyu calmly.

She heard from the internal security that Xu Jinyu was very angry, very angry, the kind that was about to jump up and down. Why was there no movement today?

Then I saw Xu Jinyu's face was full of confusion, and that confusion was as if he had seen something he couldn't understand.

The next moment, Xu Jinyu's inner voice came to mind.

[Why did these officials suddenly want the emperor to ban brothels? Aren’t they the most active group of people visiting brothels? ]

Daqian civil and military officials: Nonsense! How can they be the most active group of people? The most active group of people are businessmen.

They would never admit that they were passionate about visiting brothels.

[Could it be that there were internal guards on that street yesterday, and they heard what Wei An and I said, so these people were able to submit the memorial before me.]

The corner of Emperor Xuan's mouth curled up into a smile: Xu Jinyu had successfully guessed wrong again, but in order to prevent Xu Jinyu from going to dangerous places, Emperor Xuan still gave him a look.

Fang Yang, the Langzhong Ling of the Ministry of Works, strode out from the line of court officials. His eyes were bloodshot, and it was obvious that he had not slept all night.

"Your Majesty, I, the Minister of Industry, Fang Yang, would like to report to you that brothels have always been places where filth and dirt are hidden. I..."

Although he is from the Ministry of Industry, Fang Yang's literary talent is not bad at all.

Xu Jinyu lowered his head, quietly took out his memorial, took a look at it, and curled his lips in disgust.

[What kind of shit am I writing? Look at what other people are writing.]

Emperor Xuan felt an itch in his throat and almost coughed. Xu Jinyu was self-aware.

[It turned out that Fang Yang was the leader. I thought it was something about the internal guards. Fang Yang was cheated by the brothel and died tragically. His mother is now spitting out blood and is unconscious. His sister is divorcing his brother-in-law because his brother-in-law wants to find a way to kill their lost daughter.]

[The problem is that this daughter was lost by this husband. His sister vented out more than ten years of resentment and returned to her parents' home with all the children she had given birth to. His wife is now busy appeasing everyone. ]

[Originally, his wife also agreed to kill his niece, until Fang Yang asked, what if our daughter encountered such a thing? His wife went on with her work without saying a word.]