In the afternoon, Pingkangli's fake mothers came to the Minjian Bureau one after another, and they all looked nervous. They were guilty because none of them were innocent in this industry, and their innocence had been eliminated.

The Royal Police of the Civil Security Bureau arranged for them to go to the cafeteria to sit.

After the number of people arrived, Han Yi was late and he took the time to make up for a nap.

"Folk women see Shangshu Han."

A group of fake mothers bowed to Han Yi tremblingly.

Han Yi smiled and said, "It's all from neighbors, so there is no need to see you like this, just sit down."

When those fake mothers heard Han Yi take the initiative to get close to them, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and sat down, but were still very nervous.

Han Yi stood in front of them and said, "Actually, I wanted to talk to you at Fengfei Tower, but this matter was dominated by the court after all, and it was not appropriate to talk to Fengfei Tower, so I asked you to come here, hoping that this action did not put pressure on you."

"No-no!"

Jia Simu said in a trembling voice.

Not yet? Han Yi almost laughed out loud and said, "I know everyone is very busy, but I am also very busy, so I won't greet you anymore. We will talk straight to you. I believe you all know why I came to you. Because the Ci'en Temple case has a great impact, the court plans to rectify Pingkangli to avoid similar situations. Maybe you are thinking in your heart that the court is going to attack you. Is it?"

"I-we-we-we-didn't think so."

"Then why do you tremble so hard?"

“This—this—!”

"Okay, it's really tiring to listen to you. You'd better listen to me."

Han Yi waved his hand and said, "Is this a test? Of course, it's also an opportunity for you, it depends on how you look at it. But I think this matter has been settled and you can't change anything, so you should look at it in a better way. You must be very puzzled. This strengthening of control will really hurt all kinds of harm but no benefits. Where can there be good things? But the fact is not that. The court is not going to ban brothels, but just ban some illegal activities in brothels.

The only thing that does not need to be rectified in Pingkangli is my Fengfei Tower. It is not that Fengfei Tower is mine, so it does not need to be rectified. Instead, our Fengfei Tower never engages in illegal activities. There is a very obvious difference between Fengfei Tower and your compound. You should be very clear about this in your heart. But the benefits we get from Fengfei Tower are far more than you. What does this mean?"

"It means that Shangshu Han, you are very good at doing business." Jia Si's mother said with a diligent look on her face.

"Don't flatter."

Han Yi glared at her and said, "Don't be so superficial? This only shows that brothels do not need to rely on flesh and blood, and can also make money. The prostitute style has long been outdated. You should learn from Feng Feilou and upgrade. In terms of business, those who like prostitutes are people with little money. People who are truly tasteful and from wealthy families like talented, temperamental, and personality women, and even look second. You should know this point, how much money can prostitutes bring to you?

You all see the success of Huayuelou's transformation. How much money does it make when someone performs a drama? The famous prostitutes under Cao Fei's mother will have to accompany someone to have a meal. How much profit will they make money entirely on their flesh and blood. They are all insignificant and should be eliminated. It can be imagined that the ban on prostitutes in the court will prompt you to upgrade your industry."

A fake mother said, "But we don't understand Feng Feilou's style."

Han Yi said: "I will help you upgrade this. You also know that we have built a large theater near Qujiangchi, Fengfei Tower, which is specially used for singing and dancing performances. Fengfei Tower will cooperate with you to let your singing girls go there to perform. Talent is the most promising way out in the future. Prostitutes won't make much money."

These fake mothers were immediately happy when they heard this. Why did Cao Xiu transform so successfully? Isn’t it because Huayuelou and Fengfeilou cooperated with Huayuelou that the current Huayuelou is now. If you cooperate with Fengfeilou, there will be no loss.

Han Yi has no choice. If you want to completely ban this industry, it is impossible. It is like a fool. Even though they know that they are not good people, they have to help them, because even if they kill them, they will definitely not be good people in the future. It is better to use them, at least they can control them easily.

Jia Simu said: "Shangshu Han, I agree with this - this prohibition of prostitutes, but we cannot prohibit this. Many of our singing girls voluntarily."

Obviously I talked to Liu E.

Han Yi nodded and said, "Singing Girls over 16 years old can be voluntarily, but it is not possible for singing girls under 16 years old. You must protect them. If you find that there is oppression, it will not work."

"But we are just a humble fake mother. We can't afford to mess with our guests!"

"Don't worry, if the guest commits violence, it is illegal for the guests to commit crimes. You just need to come to the Civil Security Bureau to report the case immediately, but if you hide it and do not report it, you will also be punished."

Han Yi continued, saying, "I might as well tell you that the court will give you many restrictions about you fake mothers. First of all, you must let all the singing girls in your courtyard register at the Mins' Security Bureau and replace them with contracts formulated by the court."

All the fake mothers were stunned, "The contract was drafted by the imperial court?"

Han Yi nodded and said, "That is, the contract of singing girls. The contract clearly stipulates that singing girls have the right to refuse to sacrifice themselves. Moreover, you must protect the physical health of singing girls. If the singing girls get sick due to work, you must be fully responsible. Then, the singing girls have the right to redeem themselves, but the redemption value can be set in the contract. In the future, every time you recruit a singing girl, you must register at the Mins' Security Bureau, otherwise you will have to pay a very high fine.

This is also to prevent you from forcing good men to become prostitutes. I can tell you very clearly that forcing good men to become prostitutes will be the direction of the court's focus on rectification. The court will not pursue the past, but if it happens in the future, it will not be as simple as a fine, but a criminal offense. Moreover, the court decided to establish a Women's Federation Bureau, which is specifically for women. You must consider it carefully, and women will no longer swallow their anger."

The fake mothers looked at each other in anger. This is so terrifying!

They were all used to being free and easy because the Tang Dynasty was very open in this regard. Not only did they ignore it, but they indulged them. How could they feel unreasonable when they suddenly restricted them like this?

But then again, this is much better than they had expected before. At least the court did not nail the rules at all, leaving them with some opportunities, and Han Yi also promised to help them complete their transformation.

In fact, Han Yi didn't want to be so hollow, but there was no way. His reforms were often from bottom to top. Cutting down official prostitutes was just an excuse to give the court a control of Pingkangli. In fact, his fundamental purpose was to dominate the brothel industry in order to influence the court and officials. Otherwise, official prostitutes would soon be able to rekindle.

He hopes to lead prostitutes to geisha, not to move closer to prostitutes, not to sell, but to art. Even if you want to do something that is not suitable for children, you have to bear the halo of art, and at least you will earn more than simply selling meat. In fact, this is also in line with the market conditions of the Tang Dynasty. When the Tang Dynasty seeks flowers and willows, it does not mean appearance, figure, but talent and personality. This is also related to the open-minded thinking of the Tang Dynasty. Many people actually don’t like serious ladies. Therefore, Han Yi directly takes the high-end route and caters to this group of customers, which is more promising.

It can be imagined that after the reduction of official prostitutes, Pingkangli's business will definitely be very good. This is an opportunity for Pingkangli, but the premise is to follow the route set by Han Yi.

After communicating with these fake mothers, Han Yi's task was similar. The next work was left to Di Renjie and others. He was responsible for setting up the framework and left the rest to the people below to do. He had a day off with himself, rested in the Xiao Mansion for a day, and then went to Yuanjia Garden to communicate with the officials who were about to go to the northwest. After staying there for two days, Han Yi returned to Taichang Temple.

"Only one hundred and sixty-one people are willing to stay?"

When Han Yi heard this number, he looked at Di Renjie in surprise.

Di Renjie nodded and said, "And all those who are willing to stay are."

"What are they?"

"They are all those with poor talents, but they are inferior official prostitutes anyway." Di Renjie seemed a little difficult to talk about.

Han Yi looked at Meng'er next to her and said, "Meng'er, have you ever communicated with them?"

Meng'er nodded and said, "I think they are because of their inferiority. They are mediocre in their talents. Only by relying on them can they live. When I talked to them, they were very scared of the outside and were unwilling to go out. However, those sisters with good talents yearned to leave here."

Han Yi nodded and looked at Di Renjie again and said, "How many people hope we can help them change their names and find jobs."

Han Yi said: "More than 500 of them hope to change their names and leave Chang'an. In addition, according to Meng Niangzi, more than 200 people hope to go to Fengfei Tower."

Han Yi looked at Meng'er and said, "More than 200 people, are you here to raise them?"

Meng'er hurriedly said, "Brother Xiaoyi, you misunderstood. They just want to act in a drama and want to be like us, but they are embarrassed to say that they want to continue to be singing girls, so they want to go to Fengfeilou."

"This is almost the same!" Han Yi nodded slightly and looked at Di Renjie and said, "There are far fewer than three hundred people who are willing to stay. Do you have any ideas?"

Di Renjie pondered for a moment and said, "Many of them are the families of criminals. They are here to forgive their sins, and they are all very talented. I think they can leave some people based on their crimes."

Cui Jieren, who had been closing his eyes to rest, suddenly glanced at Di Renjie.

Han Yi nodded and suddenly looked at Cui Jieren and said, "Hey, from the Censorate, what do you think?"

Cui Jie Bian said: "What does this have to do with me?"

Han Yi said: "Anyway, sitting here is boring. Everyone talks, what does it matter?"

Cui Jie said: "Don't the palace also need to cut down on the palace prostitutes?"

"clever!"

Han Yi snapped his fingers and said to Di Renjie: "Although your idea is good, you have overlooked one thing. These official prostitutes have a very close relationship with officials, especially those with good talents. Taichang Temple will also make some changes. For example, it is strictly forbidden to stay in bed. You have to keep those with good talents. This will soon rekindle. The best way is to send all these official prostitutes out and then let the palace prostitutes be official prostitutes. The palace prostitutes belong to Your Majesty. Ministers generally dare not interact with them. In this way, they can temporarily completely cut off the relationship between officials and official prostitutes, which will be of great help to the restructuring of Taichang Temple. As for those palace prostitutes, they will also receive the benefits of a new system, which is a win-win situation."

Di Renjie bowed and said, "Thank you, Shangshu Han, for your advice, the official understands."

Cui Jieren suddenly looked at Han Yi, "Actually, I have thought of what to do, so why bother to make it mysterious here."

Han Yi said angrily: "I'm teaching young people how to do things, so what if you cooperate."

Cui Jieren's eyes closed slightly, and he didn't plan to speak anymore.

He had long guessed Han Yi’s intention, otherwise Han Yi would not have to go through any more trouble. He also said that he would choose freely. Who would stay? Although he would be an official prostitute, who would be a hot and sweet person, he would not be a long-term life. He would face elimination when he was a little older, which was very cruel. Now the court is still helping them arrange their way out. If he missed this time, it would probably delay his life. Even if he encountered setbacks, they could still go back to the old path. As long as his head was not broken, they would choose to leave.

Han Yi had already cleared the official prostitute

Imperial Garden.

"One Hundred and Sixty-one?"

Li Zhi was shocked after hearing this.

Han Yi nodded and said, "And they are all inferior official prostitutes, either older, and they are ready to stay in the government to eat and drink, but they have no value to stay."

Li Zhi felt a little embarrassed: "What should I do? You won't persuade me to remove the official prostitute again."

This has done a little bit.

Han Yi said: "That's what I plan, but only one of the more than 2,000 official prostitutes is left. Isn't the palace also going to cut down the palace prostitutes and hand them over to be official prostitutes. This can also reflect that Your Majesty is sympathetic to the subjects."

"What are you sympathetic to the subjects? You are deliberately mocking me." Li Zhi glared at him.

"I don't dare."

Li Zhi looked at Wu Meiniang next to him and said, "Empress, what do you think?"

Wu Meiniang knew Han Yi’s thoughts, pondered for a moment, and said, “I think this is OK.”

Li Zhi nodded, "That's it."

Han Yi said again: "Your Majesty, I dare to ask, have you ever heard a saying that this forced melon is not sweet?"

Li Zhi looked at him cautiously and said, "What do you want to say?"

Han Yi said: "Weichen believes that so many people want to leave, which proves that these official prostitutes are not pleasing. They are just forced to stay here. The court always forces them to be official prostitutes, right?"

Wu Meiniang smiled and said, "What do you want to say, just say it. Your Majesty is already angry with you anyway."

"ah?"

Han Yi was shocked.

When Li Zhi saw Han Yi's expression, he couldn't help laughing. He was so angry that he said helplessly: "Say it, just say whatever you want."

Han Yi secretly gave Wu Meiniang two grateful gazes and said, "Weichen believes that whether it is possible to professionalize the prostitutes and sing and dance for the government is just their job. Just like clerks, the court can sign a contract with them, and after they reach a certain age, they can terminate the contract."

Wu Meiniang said: "Why do you do this?"

Han Yi said: "I think so, because there are palace prostitutes, and the court banquets will not lack dancers. The only value of the existence of official prostitutes is to reflect His Majesty's benevolence and righteousness."

Li Zhi heard it as if he had eaten a fly and frowned, "Are you finished?"

"Your Majesty, I have no intention of this. I really think so, because as long as you make better use of it, you can reverse the bad influence on the official prostitutes and allow your Majesty to gain a higher reputation from it."

Can this be reversed? Li Zhi really didn't believe it anymore and asked, "Tell me, let me see."

Han Yi said seriously: "The sources of official prostitutes generally come from two types, one is trafficking, and the other is the families of criminals. In the first case, the court can set up an institution under the Women's Federation Bureau, which is to specifically take in orphans and help the people who are unable to support their children, cultivate these orphans into various talents, and serve the court in the future. But if the court takes in these orphans just for slavery, then this lacks benevolence and righteousness and care, and is no different from those brothels, which is equivalent to doing good deeds with bad intentions.

But if these orphans were not treated as slaves, but as an equal transaction, the court was responsible for raising them to adulthood, of course they had the obligation to do something for the court. This was reasonable. When they reached a certain age, both parties could terminate the contract. At that time, they had grown up and supported themselves enough to work outside, and could also increase taxes for the country. This not only reflects His Majesty's benevolent policies, but also meets the needs of the court, but also gives the palace prostitutes who are about to be delegated. They can gain freedom after working for a few years. Now that I am not a large population in the Tang Dynasty, the court should cherish manpower.

In the second case, the family members of the prisoner should have been demoted to slaves, but if a deadline is added to the slave, and when the deadline has come, they can restore their freedom. Isn’t this also reflects Your Majesty’s benevolent political thought? At the same time, it can meet the needs of the court, increase population and taxes, and increase the country’s productivity. The most important thing is that the official prostitutes will be recognized by the people and believe that the court is right to do so."

Wu Meiniang's eyes lit up when she heard this. This was equivalent to turning the dirtiest into the cleanest one. She smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I think Han Yi's idea is really good!"

Li Zhi nodded slightly and said, "Yes, this is feasible. Alas, this matter has come to this point, so let's do as you can."
Chapter completed!