1928: The rise of giant merchants

"As long as the old medicine is not eliminated, the people's thinking will not change, the day the new medicine industry will not make progress, and the health administration will not progress."

“The theories about the six qi in the lungs and bowels of traditional Chinese medicine are all made up out of thin air and are completely untrue.”

Yu Yunxiu, who was the administrative director of the Ministry of Health of the Jinling National Government at the time, made a resounding statement that won applause from the whole room. The few representatives of the traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine circles were speechless and found it difficult to refute.

This National Medical Congress is actually a carnival for Western doctors. They hope that this will completely defeat the traditional Chinese medicine community and make it impossible for the Chinese medical community to speak of traditional Chinese medicine.

Every time Yu Yunxiu said a word, countless people responded in the venue, making Ding Guomao feel sad.

Whether Chinese medicine is useless or not is an unanswered topic that has been debated for thousands of years.

You say it is useful? Modern medical hospitals in later generations basically use Western modern medical concepts and scientific instruments and equipment. I have never heard of anyone who is seriously ill going to a Chinese medicine doctor first. They all go to the top three hospitals and the best hospitals. Western hospitals are clustered together.

You may say it is useless, but there will still be a few Chinese medicine universities, Chinese medicine hospitals, and Chinese medicine departments in future generations.

In fact, Ye Luo has no interest in the debate between Chinese and Western medicine.

From the perspective of ordinary people, as long as the doctor can cure his or her disease and the doctor has medical ethics and skills, he is a good doctor. It does not matter whether it is Chinese or Western medicine.

There are many incompetent people in Chinese medicine who cheat and deceive, especially during the Republic of China.

There are also many bastards with poor medical ethics and poor medical skills in Western medicine. During the Republic of China when Western medicine was not yet developed, there were countless such people.

In short, at this time, Chinese medicine and Western medicine are nothing more than the eldest brother laughing at the second brother.

The reasons why Ye Luo planned to get involved in this matter were that, first, Yu Yunxiu and others relied on the power of the Ministry of Health to claim that progressive medicine was false and that killing Chinese medicine practitioners was true, and it was more for the purpose of fighting for power and profit; first, if Chinese medicine was really banned, the biggest The problem is that the livelihood of millions of practitioners in the traditional Chinese medicine industry is facing a crisis, affecting social stability and normal economic order.

Ding Guomao, who studied both Chinese and Western medicine, is well aware that in terms of the background of the times and technological competition, traditional Chinese medicine will definitely be at a disadvantage. However, if it is really banned, it will not be a good thing for the country or the people.

But there was nothing he could do.

After coming to this conference today, he truly saw the horror of this battle between Chinese and Western medicine.

Everyone is as excited as if they have smoked a big cigarette, and they can't wait to drive away their mortal enemies and kill them all!

Ding Guomao looked at Ye Luo, and Yu Yunxiu, who had just finished his passionate speech, also looked at him, with an undisguised look of pride and provocation on his face, as if he was saying to him, "What can you do?"

Since Ye Luo agreed to help, he would not sit idly by. He was not a doctor and did not understand academic disputes, so he argued from the perspective of his area of ​​expertise.

He whispered a few words to Ding Guomao, who nodded repeatedly.

This scene was also seen by Yu Yunxiu and others.

They knew that Ding Guomao had hired the Second Young Master as his helper. This was an extremely difficult enemy. However, even if the Second Young Master was the number one tycoon in Shanghai, it would be difficult for him to have any influence on the already settled dispute between Chinese and Western medicine.

Moreover, he himself also acquired Suzuki Hospital and merged it into Ye's Pharmaceutical Company.

What is Yip's Pharmaceuticals? Everyone knows that it is a huge pharmaceutical company plus hospital based on the Western medical system.

If the second young master forcibly intervenes and speaks for the Chinese medicine practitioner regardless of his status, wouldn't he be slapping himself in the face?

After Yu Yunxiu finished speaking, he pointed at Ding Guomao and motioned for the Chinese medicine representative to come to the stage to speak.

The old man was trembling, and was supported on stage by his apprentice Xiaoliuzi. The old man and the young man were wearing cotton-padded jackets and mandarin jackets, which formed a sharp contrast with the fashionable and advanced Western doctors in suits and leather shoes.

"I am already seventy years old, and I am not qualified to say these words on behalf of thousands of colleagues across the country. But when I see everyone criticizing our national quintessence that has existed for thousands of years, I really can't sit still."

Ding Guomao's voice was not loud, but the venue was surprisingly quiet.

"I'm starting to rely on my old age to show off my old age. These old guys don't have much ability, but their talking skills are quite good." Yu Yunxiu smiled at the people around him.

"In my opinion, this case of abolition of traditional Chinese medicine is related to the national economy and people's livelihood. It is not only a local issue of traditional Chinese medicine. We promote traditional Chinese medicine to prevent cultural and economic aggression from foreign powers. The purpose of our traditional Chinese medicine existence is also to promote health. To strengthen the country and strengthen the country, we should work freely, remove obstacles, and uphold our civil rights; we should give full play to our natural resources, promote traditional Chinese medicine, and enrich people's livelihood."

"Secondly, if Chinese medicine is completely banned and Chinese medicine doctors are strictly prohibited from practicing medicine, opening schools, and teaching apprentices, will you be responsible for dealing with so many patients? There are so many unemployed people and children from poor families who want to study medicine and make money, and you will be responsible ?"

"In order to show support for the conference, our traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine circles in Shanghai closed for half a day respectively. Many eye-catching slogans were posted in front of each traditional Chinese medicine store, such as 'Supporting traditional Chinese medicine is to maintain the quintessence of our country', 'Banning traditional Chinese medicine' , is the death of the sick people', 'opposing the Ministry of Health's resolution to ban traditional Chinese medicine', 'a half-day strike to show our strength and whether it will have any impact on the people', etc. In just half a day, the medical community in Shanghai seemed to be paralyzed. When the ban comes, will you be the one to fill the rest of the medical system?"

Ding Guomao's words pierced the hearts of Yu Yunxiu and others.

This is a problem they have to face and there is no way to solve it.

Despite this, they still hold the idea of ​​​​solving TCM first, and then consider how to deal with subsequent problems, and resolutely request the Jinling National Government to support their case for the abolition of TCM.

This concept coincides with the principal's saying that in order to fight against external forces, one must first settle within.

But in fact, people from outside are coming in to occupy your home, and you are still fighting for property and the head of the family with your brothers and sisters. It is really stupid.

"That's all I have to say. I personally do not reject Western medicine, and I have done some research on the Western medicine medical system. Everyone is aware of this matter. I stand up to speak out today because I don't want this untimely dispute to ruin the lives of millions of people. Jobs, killing tens of millions of people. There is such a serious disaster in the north, and all of you here are famous doctors from all walks of life. If you have time to discuss it here, why don't you go to provide disaster relief and save the people?"

Ding Guomao's words will definitely be said in future generations to be "moral kidnapping" and "disrespecting others." However, when he said these words at this time, combined with the national conditions and the times, they were very convincing and thought-provoking.

Ye Luo didn't plan to say a word in this meeting, but Ding Guomao's words were what he wanted to ask and what he wanted to say.

He is a simple businessman who takes no part in any struggle.

But it is also unacceptable for anyone to put countless people to death just for the sake of internal fighting.

He can't solve the war in the Central Plains, and he can't solve the small dispute between Chinese and Western medicine?