Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 498 You Can't Be Wronged
Hearing this name, Empress Dowager Wu frowned, and a faint trace of disgust flashed in her eyes.

Of course she knew what it was, it was a place that was more terrifying than being confiscated into the palace as a slave.

The Secretary of Jiaofang was originally in charge of dance and music, and was attached to the Ministry of Rites.

In addition to officials, most of them are musicians and kabuki.

Musicians are okay, they are basically handed down from generation to generation. Although they are of humble origin, they are still a way of making a living.

But kabuki is relatively humble.

Not only do they have to be responsible for the dance of the daily ceremonial palace banquet, but sometimes they also need to accompany the dignitaries to drink.

The imperial court stipulated that officials were not allowed to have sex with prostitutes.

Theoretically speaking, the official prostitutes of the Jiaofang Division do not have the duty of "receiving guests" like folk prostitutes. At most, they are ordered to accompany singing and dancing, and do not need to do other things.

However, as a lowly woman, facing many dignitaries and dignitaries, many things are far from being restricted by a single paper.

As for the source of official prostitutes of Jiaofang Division, generally speaking, they are the daughters of criminal officials.

Of course, not all crimes will be confiscated into the Jiaofang Division, it has to be the kind of serious crime that implicates the family.

Recently, the ones who committed the crimes enough to be confiscated into the Jiaofang Division must be the domestic prostitutes kept by the eunuchs Wang Zhen and Cao Jixiang.

Therefore, the Jiaofang Division did not have as many people as expected.

Therefore, Empress Dowager Wu was a little puzzled and asked.

"The number of people serving in the Nangong Palace is no less than a hundred people in the Supreme Palace. If you add people from other palaces, it will cost at least four or five hundred people. How come there are so many people in Jiaofang?"

Zhu Qiyu's eyes flickered a little, as if he was thinking whether he should say it, but in the end, he still spoke.

"Mother and concubine should know that when the first emperor came to the throne a few years ago, he ordered the abolition of all official prostitutes except Jiaofangsi, and prohibited officials and scholars from prostitutes. Make friends in private."

"As for those ordinary scholars, they can't afford domestic prostitutes, and they don't dare to go in and out of regular private prostitution halls openly, so they can only go to various unregistered prostitution halls."

Empress Dowager Wu frowned, not knowing what Zhu Qiyu was suddenly talking about.

But the next sentence, she understood.

Zhu Qiyu said: "A while ago, during the talent show, I ordered the internal officials selected from various places to supervise the local magistrates, and checked all the prostitution establishments around Gyeonggi. He was confiscated into the Jiaofang Division."

"These people are useless to be around the Jiaofang Secretary. Since the Empress Dowager Sun is not willing to draft for the Supreme Emperor, I ordered people to select more than a hundred of them who are beautiful and good at serving. Get rid of the boredom."

This is an understatement.

However, Empress Dowager Wu felt an inexplicable chill.

In the Jiaofang Division, there are indeed official prostitutes who are innocent. This kind of thing is inevitable, but there are not many.

After all, the Jiaofang Division is the yamen of the imperial court, and its duty is to sing and dance in the court, not to entertain dignitaries and do skin and meat business.

Whenever there is a celebration, there must be great joy, this is the job of the Secretary of the Jiaofang.

Therefore, in the Jiaofang Division, most of the official prostitutes, just sometimes can't shirk, will go to accompany the wine to add to the fun.

Those who can really force those official prostitutes can basically afford domestic prostitutes, so there is no need to do such things.

However, the so-called non-governmental prostitution halls are engaged in the business of welcoming and sending women.

The prostitutes in these restaurants are really like pillows for thousands of people with a pair of jade arms, and thousands of people can taste the slightest bit of red lips.

Zhu Qiyu's intention to send these people to Nangong is self-evident.

As we all know, before Zhu Qiyu formally established the drafting system, in Daming's harem, only the prince had a wedding draft when he was an adult.

In addition, unless there are special circumstances, there will generally not be re-election.

However, whether it is Renzong, who is known for his benevolence, or Xuanzong, who is fond of playing and pampering, there are no fewer concubines in the harem.

Where did these concubines come from?Of course it's a court lady!

It is a common thing in the palace that the emperor invites a court lady on a whim, and the emperors of all dynasties are not exempt from this custom, including of course the Supreme Emperor who has just abdicated.

In fact, this kind of thing is as common as eating and drinking for the emperor.

If the court lady is lucky enough to be pregnant, then the mother is valuable according to the child, and there will be a canonization, if not, then there will be some rewards, that's all.

With this kind of practice in place, Empress Dowager Wu did not need to think about what kind of scene these women, whom Zhu Qiyu called "beautiful and good at serving", would look like when they arrived in Nangong.

After that, Empress Dowager Wu looked a little nervous, hesitated for a moment, and then asked.

"Brother Yu, there is no one sent by Jiaofang Sijin by your side, right?"

Empress Dowager Wu didn't care what Nangong would become, but her own son could not be fooled by these prostitutes.

Zhu Qiyu was taken aback for a moment, then smiled wryly.

"What did the concubine mother say? How many concubines there are in the harem and how did they come here? Don't you know?"

Now in his palace, except for the two concubines Wang and Hang who have followed him for a long time, the rest are all selected by the Empress Dowager Wu in person, through serious rounds of drafts.

Empress Dowager Wu felt relieved.

After thinking about it for a while, it is indeed true. As the Son of Heaven, even if it is a lucky ordinary court lady, there are records.

During the time when she ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Wu also saw Zhu Qiyu's daily life notes. Except for the concubines who were drafted, not even an ordinary court lady was lucky, let alone anyone else.

But even so, Empress Dowager Wu still couldn't help exhorting.

"It's fine if you don't have one. Even though those... whores are a bit seductive, their status is too low to be serious."

"If you're tired of those people in your harem, Aijia will help you choose more newcomers in the next draft, and choose good-looking ones. Don't be fooled by these dirty things."

Zhu Qiyu suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, no, no, no, at the end he could only smile wryly.

"Mother and concubine don't worry, the son knows how to measure."

Of course he knows...

After all, in his previous life, he had actually stepped through this pit.

At that time, Brother Ji unfortunately died of illness and passed away forever.

After nearly a year of pain and sorrow, he had to start thinking about the heir again, but at that time, there were only three or four concubines in his harem.

The Wang family was abolished, the Hang family was overly sad, and the other two had nothing to do for many years.

As a last resort, he had no choice but to privately order someone to sacrifice his daughter.

As a result, the person who offered it was beautiful and charming, but he was such a whore.

He didn't know it at first, he just thought it was the daughter of a criminal minister who was confiscated into the Jiaofang Division as an official prostitute.

But later, after the restoration of the Nangong Palace, the Jiaofang officials who offered him concubines were punished, and he knew that these were local prostitutes from all over the place.

These women are beautiful if they are beautiful, and charming if they are charming, but they have one thing in common, that is, they have never wanted to have children since they don't know how long ago.

So in this life, even at the risk of being criticized by everyone, he still wants to reopen the draft, and not just once, but once every few years, and this is where his heart lies.

He proposed to Empress Dowager Sun that he wanted to be drafted by the Supreme Emperor, which was originally out of kindness.

However, since Empress Dowager Sun still cared about the so-called "reputation" of the Supreme Emperor, which was at stake.

Then, you can't be wronged, isn't the Supreme Emperor...

(End of this chapter)