Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 264 The one who perishes in the story is not my Ming Dynasty!
If he only saw one Li Jinglong at the beginning, Zhu Biao might still be able to hold his breath, but then he found more and more familiar faces of nobles in this Shanglou. If Chen Yunfu didn't stop him, Zhu Biao I have to rush down from this pavilion.

Later, Chen Yunfu had to pull Zhu Biao into the private room.

"My lord, if they see this, if there is someone who has no brains to shout, you, the emperor, go to brothels, it doesn't sound good and it doesn't look good."

Jixiang rolled his eyes while listening, you just know now?

"A group of bastards." Although Zhu Biao was stopped, he didn't spare a word, and scolded: "Guochao gave them salaries in order to make them loyal to the emperor and serve the country. They are good, one by one. In this brothel, which one of them doesn't hold the high position of governor and minister in the governor's mansion of the five armies, don't they have nothing in their hands?"

"The business girl doesn't know the hatred of subjugation, and she still sings the flowers in the backyard across the river. It's only been a few years since my Ming Dynasty was peaceful, and these martial arts have begun to be greedy for the Goulan. You bastards, they are all bastards."

Chen Yunfu could only comfort Zhu Biao non-stop. The latter was tired of cursing for a while, but after thinking about it, he became even more annoyed.

"This is just the Jianshanglou family. There are dozens of brothels and flower boats in the entire Qinhuai River. How many ministers of civil and military affairs must there be? I don't think they need to go to court in the Fengtian Palace in the future. Move to the brothel to go to court."

What I said, Big Brother seems to be really angry.

At this time, Chen Yunfu called a guard in a low voice, and said: "Go down, invite Cao Guogong up, tell him, just say that Benfu invited him, don't say anything."

Seeing that he couldn't be soothed anymore, Chen Yunfu didn't want to be scolded for Li Jinglong's disappointment, so he called over and let the big brother scold him a few words to make him feel better, besides, there are other considerations.

The personal guard took the order to leave, and Li Jinglong who was downstairs was fascinated by the graceful dance, drinking a drink with his friends from time to time, and the guard came up to him.

"you are?"

Li Jinglong didn't know it, so the guard lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "My lord, I am the guard of the young master. The young master is on the second floor. I would like to invite you to go over."

Hearing that Chen Yunfu had also come to such a place, Li Jinglong immediately smiled, and just about to speak, the guard stopped him.

"Young master said, don't say anything."

"These literati just like to cover up, don't they just go to a brothel, dare to go without being afraid of others?"

Li Jinglong slandered, but he didn't suspect him, he thought it was Chen Yunfu who cherished the feathers, so Shi Ran got up, and said to the friends at the same table: "There is an old friend here, I will go say hello."

Those who could drink at the same table with Li Jinglong were naturally the respectable Hou and Bo of the Five Army Mansion.

Just like that, Li Jinglong swaggered and followed the guard up to the second floor, and when he came to the pavilion where Chen Yunfu was, he burst into laughter when he opened the door.

"Since Brother Yunfu is here, why don't you come down to my place to drink, drink, drink?"

"What to drink?"

Zhu Biao just looked at Li Jinglong coldly, and the latter immediately knelt down.

"Chen, see my emperor's sage Jin'an."

Fortunately, the guards closed the door in time, and no one saw Li Jinglong pushing the Jinshan upside down jade pillar and laying on the ground.

"Does the opera sing well? Does the dance look good?"

Zhu Biao had nowhere to spread the evil fire in his belly, Li Jinglong came at the right time, and Zhu Biao directly splashed the tea on the table on the latter's face when he was asking questions.

Fortunately, the water temperature is not too hot.

Even if it was boiling water, Li Jinglong didn't dare to cry out the pain at the moment, trembling with the tea leaves hanging all over his head and face.

"The minister, the minister is guilty."

What's the matter, the emperor can still get caught by visiting a brothel.

Yes, visiting a brothel is not illegal, but how do you describe it? It’s like a child skipping class and sneaking into the game hall and then being caught by his parents. If you say he broke the law, he really didn’t break the law, but he was really beaten when he was beaten.

The current situation of Li Jinglong is like this.

Zuo Dudu, the dignified governor of the five armies, left his yamen instead of going to the brothel to drink flower wine, so this is no different from skipping class and playing games.

Li Jinglong is looking forward to now, and he will be able to count the board when he looks back.

I probably forgot to read the almanac when I went out today, but my mother is really good at memorizing it.

Zhu Biao asked coldly: "Is it time for the next duty?"

"No."

"Is today a national holiday?"

"No."

"Is brothel fun?"

"Good, not good, not fun." Li Jinglong shook his head quickly: "Your Majesty, it's the minister's group of cronies who insisted on dragging the minister, and the minister really refused because of face, so he bit the bullet and came here. It’s people who came, but my heart is still in the Fifth Military Mansion, I always look at it with critical eyes, and I firmly resist or even hate this kind of decency.”

He is good at throwing blame, anyway, he is the Duke of the state, throwing the blame to the princes and uncles below, it is impossible for anyone to confront him.

"I have been here for a long time, and you are the first to come in." Zhu Biao mercilessly exposed: "Why, you plan to add another crime of bullying yourself?"

Now Li Jinglong didn't dare to speak.

With drooping head, he said with a dispirited voice: "I am guilty, I beg your Majesty to punish you."

Zhu Biao didn't say a word, turned his head to look at Chen Yunfu and said, "Master, how should I punish him in this situation?"

Li Jinglong also set his sights on Chen Yunfu, hoping that the latter could speak well for him.

The latter thought for a while, picked up a handkerchief, walked up to Li Jinglong, wiped his face clean, and said something.

"Go ahead and play."

All of a sudden, everyone was stunned.

keep playing?
Is this a punishment or a reward.

"My lord, you haven't been here today, and of course you haven't seen Cao Guogong. When it comes to punishment, let Cao Guogong go down and continue playing. How you played before and how you play now, you look at us, Daming. The civil and military nobles of the court, what kind of pastime are they on weekdays."

Zhu Biao finally understood what Chen Yunfu meant, and the best part was yet to come.

He glanced coldly at Li Jinglong and nodded.

"Get out yet."

Li Jinglong's incompetence is incompetent, and he is not stupid. He knows that today's incident is regarded as the past. Even if he suffers, it is not only himself, and it is not today. He immediately kowtowed and thanked him, got up and tidied himself up, and left the pavilion in despair. Return to your position on the first floor.

When he left, he was full of energy, but when he came back, his face was disheveled and his body was still covered with water stains. This change naturally aroused the curiosity of the friends at the same table.

"My lord, what's the matter with you?"

"Ah, it's okay." Li Jinglong didn't dare to tell the truth even after beating him to death, so he quickly found an excuse and forced a smile: "Don't mention it, I didn't hold the glass when I was drinking, so I spilled all over my body, alas, it made people laugh .”

None of them suspected him, and they didn't dare to laugh at Li Jinglong for making such a low-level mistake, so they continued to concentrate on watching the dance.

The play can be sung, the dance can be danced, the highlight of the brothel, and it is naturally time to start the oiran.

"What is an oiran?"

Zhu Biao didn't understand, so he asked a question, and Chen Yunfu immediately answered and explained.

"The so-called ordering oirans means that all the girls performing tonight will be on stage at the same time, and the brothel will prepare a bunch of flowers or a hydrangea for all guests to bid for auction, and the highest bidder will get it.

Afterwards, the guest who gets the flower or hydrangea will give it to the singer or dancer he approves, and the person who gets it will be the oiran tonight.

In return, Oiran will accompany the giver to Wushan tonight. "

Zhu Biao glanced at Chen Yunfu: "Young Master is very knowledgeable."

The latter was frank, and said naturally: "I have been outside the palace, and I have been fascinated by it, so I naturally understand it for more than ten years, but I have never participated in it, let alone appointed an oiran."

"You kid has been putting money on your kidneys, and I'm not willing to do such a money-consuming business."

Zhu Biao made a run for his money, and kept his eyes on the downstairs.

In bursts of whistles, the order of oirans can be regarded as the beginning.

More than a dozen pretty girls, singers and dancers who had performed before, stepped onto the stage one by one. Afterwards, a bustard of a half-mature woman also came onto the stage with a red hydrangea decorated with pink petals.

"My lords, my lords, is the girl performing today good-looking?"

A group of people booed and shouted, but Li Jinglong didn't speak, and the people at the same table were still very surprised.

"My lord, what's wrong with you?"

"Suddenly a little uncomfortable, maybe it's a stomachache."

Li Jinglong was still putting on a show, and the bustard on the stage continued to speak her words.

"Let me tell you some good news, these girls on the stage are all virgins, and they are genuine."

The booing became louder in an instant.

"Okay, hurry up, who the hell is listening to your nonsense, start quickly."

Zhang Wen, Marquis of Huining, who was sitting at the same table as Li Jinglong, shouted and urged.

The old bustard was probably also worried about being scolded if he procrastinated, so he bid the land price without saying a word.

"Order oiran tonight, reserve price, 100 taels!"

Zhu Biao on the pavilion almost spit out the tea from his mouth.

"100 taels? Just to sleep with a woman for one night?"

At first glance, 100 taels is not a high number, but I still remember that when Chen Yunfu first entered the officialdom, he worked as a knife and pen official in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and his annual salary was only 20 taels.

In other words, the five-year salary of a civil servant is only the reserve price for this oiran.

"Your Majesty, this is only the reserve price."

Chen Yunfu said to be safe and don't be impatient, and the asking price on the first floor has already started to shout wildly.

"200 taels!"

"300 taels!"

"One thousand five hundred taels!"

The final price stopped at the figure of 300 taels, and the caller was Zhang Wen, Hou Ning, who was the first to urge.

At this moment, Zhu Biao's face was already ugly and indescribable.

"I remember that the Marquis of Huining's one-year salary is only 300 shi, [-] taels, and his whole family can save so much without eating or drinking for two years."

Being able to spend 300 taels of silver just to sleep with a woman, Zhu Biao understood at this moment that the income of these ministers of civil and military affairs under him did not depend solely on the salary of the imperial court!
He even suddenly understood why Chen Yunfu brought him to the brothel.

Not only do you want to let yourself see whether the courtiers are lazy in politics, but also want to let yourself know how the courtiers spend money like water.

The most terrible question is coming, where does the gold come from!

There was a king who begged the princes and ministers for donations to raise tens of 10 taels. When the rebels captured the capital, the princes and ministers collected tens of millions of taels as their own ransom money. '

Zhu Biao couldn't help but hear the story Chen Yunfu just told, which made Zhu Biao tremble severely.

The one who perishes in this story is not his own Ming Dynasty, right?

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