Time flew by.
Ming Dynasty, Hongwu eleven years.
On this day.
After the morning court session, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was reading memorials in the study, stopped what he was doing.
He read the memorial about how the officials of Xu Prefecture managed the local areas well when they took office in other places.
At this moment, he suddenly thought of Meng Yin.
"Men, let the guards come to see me.”
Zhu Yuanzhang ordered someone to call him over.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said.
"Zhen told you a few months ago to stay in Pei County to observe and record everything that happened from Meng Yin leaving Pei County until he took over as the governor of Fuzhou.”
The other party nodded and replied,"Yes, according to His Majesty's instructions!" The Guardian Division has done as they were told."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in satisfaction.
"Then you can start from when Meng Yin left Pei County.”
The other party recalled the situation at that time and slowly told Zhu Yuanzhang.
"On that day, my subordinates and the guards were standing in the crowd. They witnessed Meng Yin leaving Pei County and heading to Fuzhou Prefecture in a carriage.”
"There were too many people at that time. Almost half of Pei County's people came to see him off.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised and could not help but sigh.
"Meng Yin, this is what the people want."
"With so many commoners sending him off, he must feel honored!”
However, the other party shook his head.
"No, Your Majesty."
"Meng Yin did not thank the people who came to send him off.”
"On the contrary, from the moment he got on the carriage to the moment he left Pei County, he was cursing and swearing. Those commoners were crying so badly that his ears hurt. He told them to quickly leave the road and not block the carriage.”
Hearing this.
The corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth twitched, but he felt even more uncomfortable.
From the looks of it, Meng Yin was even more popular than him being an emperor.
Moreover, the other party did not feel proud at all, which made him even more depressed.
However…
Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Meng Yin must have run into a wall everywhere after going to Fuzhou Prefecture. Perhaps his life was not as good as Pei County, so he complained at home.
At the thought of this, the corners of his mouth curled up into a smile.
He pointed at the guards." Go on, how's the situation in Xuzhou?”
The other party replied," The situation in Xuzhou is about the same as half a year ago. Magistrate Wang Yi's management is as usual, so it's not bad at the moment.”
"What about Meng Yin?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.”
When the other party heard this, he suddenly fell silent.
Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled.
At this moment.
The other party suddenly said,"After Meng Yin took up his post in Fuzhou Prefecture, the first thing he did was to send someone to open a top-notch brothel in the local area. Moreover, he chose the most prosperous area."”
Zhu Yuanzhang's face sank. He had never expected Meng Yin to do such a thing.
"Brothel?"
" He actually opened a brothel?!"
Zhu Yuanzhang spoke louder and louder, and his mouth was crooked with anger.
The officials in other places were all thinking about how to improve the economic level of the local people.
At the very least, they would observe the local situation first and make plans later.
But which official was not as absurd as Meng Yin, who opened a brothel without doing anything after arriving at the new place.
And it was the best.
What was he trying to do?
Director Zhu was so angry that he was trembling. The people from the Guardian Division also began to tremble, afraid that they would be implicated.
Just as he was considering whether he should continue.
Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at him and said sternly,""Continue! Continue! I want to hear what else he has done!”
The other party could only brace himself and agree.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Meng Yin opened a brothel in the Fu Zhou government. Soon after, the local officials were very fond of it.”
"In a short month, Meng Yin's brothel earned nearly two hundred thousand taels of silver.”
Hearing this.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened.
"What did you say? Two hundred thousand taels of silver? Are you right?"
The other party hurriedly shook his head.
"Absolutely, Your Majesty. This is the data investigated by the Public Guards Bureau. There are also detailed consumption records of the officials in the brothel.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was even more curious.
What kind of expenditure could make a newly opened restaurant earn two hundred thousand taels of silver in a short month? Moreover, it was in a place like Fuzhou Prefecture.
He couldn't help but think that Meng Yin, that big corrupt official, wouldn't have used some bad methods, right?
After all, his impression of Meng Yin was that for the sake of money, that brat could really use any means.
"Speak! Hurry up and tell me!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The guards continued," Our people found out that the highest expenses in a brothel are not food or accommodation. Instead,"
At this point, he suddenly stopped and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.
The other party frowned." Continue.”
He said awkwardly,"But..." According to the rules of the brothel, if a customer only ordered a woman to accompany him for dinner and wine, he would have to pay ten taels of silver per night.”
"If you perform your talents, such as singing or accompanying guests to sing, or dancing…The other programs earned a hundred taels of silver per night.”
"If you want to take a woman out of a brothel for a night, it will cost five hundred silver taels.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded.
This was the first time he had heard of a different brothel.
The girls in the brothels didn't need to spend the night with their customers?
Instead, he was brought out by a guest?
Wouldn't the cost of brothels be even lower?
Moreover, such a rule could attract so many customers. There must be something special about it.
Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked and angry.
It took her a long time to recover.
He thought about it and felt that this brothel was very unique.
However, this was not the focus of his attention as the emperor.
What he should be most concerned about was that the Fuzhou government was clearly very poor in the past, and the officials had a hard time.
Why was it that Meng Yin had just arrived and taken up his post not long ago?
Did they all become rich?
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