Naturally, this little expression did not escape everyone's eyes.
What's going on? Although there are regulations that women in brothels can only sell their art but not their bodies, they can definitely earn more by selling their bodies.
For the sake of money, there are many brothels that do this, not just Leyoufang.
So Shen Zhiyi what are you shocked about.
[Oh my goodness, the madam of Leyoufang is actually from the previous dynasty. ]
"Pfft, cough, cough, cough."
Many people present were so scared that they started coughing.
Previous dynasty?
Which lineage of the previous royal family?
[Aiya, I am just talking nonsense. The previous dynasty was destroyed only 20 years ago. If we count by age, most of the people here are from the previous dynasty.]
All the civil and military officials present immediately shook their heads.
How is that possible!
They are people of Daye when they are alive and ghosts of Daye when they die.
What is the previous dynasty? I don’t know and I don’t know!
But Shen Zhiyi is really something. When she said the word "former dynasty", everyone thought she was a member of the royal family of the previous dynasty.
[That madam is also quite strange. First, she is not a member of the royal family of the previous dynasty, and second, she is not a concubine or maid in the harem of the previous dynasty. Why is she so single-minded in wanting to restore the previous dynasty? ]
Restore the previous dynasty?
Everyone present looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes.
You have to know that the end of the previous dynasty was quite chaotic, there were constant wars in this land, and the lives of the common people were very unstable.
So who on earth is so stupid as to want to restore the previous dynasty?
【Hahaha, oh my god, this reason is very unexpected, but it is very understandable. Is it because the old emperor has been suppressing brothels since he came to power? He wants these places of entertainment to pay the full amount of taxes every year. Tsk, tsk, tsk, it is really cruel. I thought that paying 40 to 50% was cruel enough, but the old emperor is even crueler. He directly asked these gambling houses and brothels to pay 60% tax every year. This is just short of writing "robbery" on the old emperor's forehead. 】
[You have to know that at the end of the previous dynasty, such heavy taxes were imposed on the peasants. Such heavy taxes were never imposed on places of entertainment frequented by dignitaries like these.]
[Of course, brothels and gambling houses that earn so much money every year are unwilling to pay so much tax, so they think of all kinds of strange ways to avoid it. ]
[As a result, the devil is one foot high and the way is ten feet higher. The old emperor directly issued an order to cut down countless brothels before the local brothels settled down. The old emperor raised taxes again, reaching an astonishing 70%, so! ]
[So many brothels united together again, hoping to restore the previous dynasty. ]
The old emperor just laughed when he heard it.
In all his life, this was the first time he had seen people running gambling houses and brothels rebel against the imperial court.
Everyone present was stunned.
I really didn't expect there would be such an operation.
After thinking about it carefully again, it seems that it is not impossible to force an explanation.
Why did the peasants revolt and overthrow the previous dynasty? Wasn’t it because the taxes were too heavy and the peasants could no longer make a living?
It is true that the old emperor did collect a lot of taxes from gambling houses and brothels.
However, after collecting so much taxes, most of these places have a much better life than the farmers below. At most, their social status is not good, but they have no worries about food and clothing.
So that's it?
Are you going to rebel over such a small matter?
Everyone was very dissatisfied, but it was not as if they had no food to eat.
After hearing this, the Dali Temple Secretary suddenly said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, I have a memorial to make."
The old emperor's eyes widened.
No way?
Seeing this, He Sicheng of the Dali Temple pushed the Dali Temple Secretary away with his buttocks, and said before him: "Your Majesty, I went to Leyoufang not to have fun, but to secretly investigate the case!"
The Dali Temple Secretary was furious and pointed his finger at the Dali Temple Secretary He with trembling hands.
"you!"
He Sicheng, the Minister of Dali Temple, is in trouble again.
"Your Majesty, after a period of secret investigation, I discovered that there are forces in Leyoufang that are against the imperial court. Please order a thorough investigation!"
[Oh, I didn't expect that the Dali Temple is not just there to eat and do nothing. ]
[But why do these two temple officials seem to be vying for credit? ]
Dali Temple Secretary He: No! He is not trying to steal the credit, he simply does not want the merits and demerits of the person next to him to be offset.
Since he has already secretly complained, he must not be allowed to get back on his feet.
Having already decided to suppress one's political enemies, one must crush them to death one by one, and never give them a chance to get up, absolutely!
[Do these two have any grudges? ]
The Dali Temple Secretary was also curious: Yes, what kind of grudge do I have with him? Although the other party was not kind to him in the Dali Temple before, he didn't treat him like he is now. He wished he would die on the spot.
The old emperor, who was originally thinking about how to deal with the united forces of that brothel, also became curious.
The expression on the Dali Temple Secretary's face was obviously full of confusion.
So what's going on?
[Found it. Found it. ]
The hall fell into a brief silence, and everyone understood that Shen Zhiyi was eating melons.
【So that's how it is. 】
[From this perspective, these two Dali Temple Secretaries are not only political enemies, but also emotional rivals! ]
The Dali Temple Secretary looked confused and turned to look at the Dali Temple Secretary He.
What?
Are we rivals in love?
How would he know this when he is one of the parties involved?
Dali Temple Secretary He snorted coldly without even looking at the Dali Temple Secretary.
[If we want to talk about this, we have to start from when Princess Heluo was still unmarried. ]
[Princess Heluo was the daughter of Prince Yiyang. On one of her way back to her hometown to worship her ancestors, Princess Heluo accidentally rolled down the hillside and fell into the river while playing. Her head hit a rock.]
The first thought of people who don’t know Princess Heluo is that she has lost her memory.
This is how all the melodramatic scripts are written.
I guess the amnesiac Princess Heluo met a poor scholar, and they fell in love. Then Prince Yiyang despised the scholar because he was poor, and he tried every means to stand between the two lovers. Then, Princess Heluo eloped with the poor scholar.
This is how folk storybooks are written.
【Then, Princess Heluo became blind. 】
Everyone:!!!
They don't believe it, so why don't you follow the script?
[After falling into the river, Princess Heluo was rescued by a herbalist. When she woke up and found herself blind, she told a little lie in order to prevent him from abandoning her. Uh, isn't your lie a little too big? ]
[How can you say that you have lost your memory? Why do you have to say that the other person is your husband? 】
The Adam's apple of He Sicheng of Dali Temple rolled, and a sour feeling suddenly surged from the bottom of his heart to his whole body.
[The two lived in the wooden house deep in the mountains for a while, and the herbalist was also tempted and prepared to take Princess Heluo back to the village to meet his parents.]
【That’s when the incident happened.】
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