Doctors in the late Ming Dynasty

The Dingxi Marquis Mansion debated for a long time, but no specific solution was given. Zhang Shoufeng had no choice but to resign and go back to think of a solution.

Jiang Jianyuan persuaded him kindly: "Chang Geng, don't be anxious, and don't say anything about resigning. I will give you permission for as long as it takes. The money needed will be paid by the Hou Mansion. But you have to understand me. Other yamen

It's easy to say, it's Qin Tianjian, alas!" He couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing this, Zhang Shoufeng could only appreciate it, apologized, and walked out of the house. At this time, the old housekeeper Jiang Hua, who was over sixty years old, chased him out and shouted: "Chang Geng, please wait a moment, I will see you off.

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"Okay, thank you Mr. Jiang." Zhang Shoufeng didn't care and agreed.

After leaving the Hou Mansion, Jiang Hua still showed no intention of stopping. Zhang Shoufeng couldn't help but ask, "Is there anything else Mr. Jiang does?"

"I will give you a trick regarding your son's matter, which will be more effective than the words from the Marquis Mansion." Jiang Hua said.

Zhang Shoufeng was overjoyed when he heard this. He bowed and said, "Please give me some advice, Mr. Jiang!"

Jiang Hua laughed loudly and said: "You guys are fans of the authorities. All you need to do is ask Doctor Jin to come forward and go to Yiyi Hall, and you will come out naturally."

"Yi Yi Tang? I wonder what the new yamen is?" Zhang Shoufeng asked, having never heard of Yi Yi Tang. Jiang Hua smiled and said nothing and asked him to go directly to Jin Ying to clarify his doubts. Zhang Shoufeng had to leave and called

I picked up the porter and ran all the way to Shirentang.

After sending Zhang Shoufeng away, Jiang Hua still stood there. He was originally a family son trained by the fourth generation marquis. Seeing his intelligence, he arranged to be a companion to the fifth generation young marquis Jiang Fu. As Jiang Fu ascended the throne, he took charge of

In the twenty-fourth year of the Hou Mansion, Jiang Fu had no children, and his brother Jiang You succeeded him as the sixth Marquis of Dingxi.

He had watched Jiang You grow up, so he naturally gained Jiang You's trust. He then took charge of the Hou Mansion for another twenty years, until Jiang You's death the year before last.

The current Marquis of Dingxi is the seventh generation, the eldest son of Jiang You, and he has watched him grow up. Therefore, although he is over sixty years old, Jiang Jianyuan still lets him take charge of the Marquis Mansion. Unknowingly, he has been in charge of the third generation of Marquises for forty years.

My home for five years.

"The Hou Mansion is not as good as the previous one. I hope my old bones can live for a few more years." Jiang Hua said to himself.

On the other side, Zhang Shoufeng rushed to Shi Rentang and knocked on the door. Soon a waiter came to open the door. When he saw it was Zhang Shoufeng, he just shouted "Master Zhang is here" to the backyard and went in.

This Shirentang was renovated from the back room of the third courtyard. It was originally a residence for servants, which is convenient for care. Therefore, the entrance from here is the backyard, which is generally not allowed to be entered.

Seeing Jin Ying in the backyard, Zhang Shoufeng asked for help: "Brother Mengshi, please lend a helping hand to save the dog's life."

"What disease does Jie Bin suffer from?" Jin Ying asked in surprise.

"The guest broke into Qintian Prison by mistake and is now detained in the Ministry of War cell. I asked Brother Mengshi to take me to Yiyi Hall to intercede." Zhang Shoufeng kept the story short and pulled Jin Ying to go out.

Jin Ying quickly waved his hand and said: "Chang Geng, you have confused me. You broke into Qin Tian Prison and detained the Ministry of War. Why did you ask me to go to Yiyi Hall?"

"Isn't Yiyi Tang a new government agency?" Zhang Shoufeng asked curiously.

"Yi Yi Tang is the same as my Shi Ren Tang. It's just a medical shop." Jin Ying said with certainty.

"It doesn't make sense. How could Mr. Jiang joke about this? How could this happen?" Zhang Shoufeng's expression changed drastically and he lost control.

"Which Mr. Jiang? Don't be anxious first and tell me slowly." Jin Ying comforted.

Zhang Shoufeng calmed himself down as much as possible and replied: "Mr. Jiang Hua of Dingxi Marquis Mansion.".

"Oh, it turns out it's him. Let me think about it, Qintian Prison...the Ministry of War...One Body Hall...One Body Hall?...Xu Ruyuan?...Xu Ruyuan?...Taiyuan Hospital? Huh?" Jin Ying muttered to himself first

As he spoke, he suddenly realized: "I understand, it's the Taiyuan Hospital! No matter whether it's the Qintian Supervisor or the Ministry of War, they must give the Taiyuan Hospital face. Chang Geng, let's go, let's go to Yiyi Hall to find Xu Ruyuan."

This time it was Jin Ying who took Zhang Shoufeng out. As he walked on the road, he asked: "Chang Geng, you are new here. I'm afraid you don't know about Yiyi Tang Zhairen Medical Association?"

"Yi Yi Tang Zhai Ren Medical Association? Unheard of." Zhang Shoufeng said frankly.

"I don't blame you. This is a medical association founded by Wang Xinge and Xu Ruyuan eight years ago. At that time, they also declared that they would 'gather all the doctors from the world to the capital to form a Zhai Ren Association.' Such bold words and lofty ideals can only

Xu Jun has one ear." When Jin Ying said this, his words were full of emotion.

"Oh? I wonder how many doctors from the capital were summoned in the end?" Zhang Shoufeng asked curiously.

"Forty-six people." Jin Ying replied, and then continued to add: "The ones who really responded to the call were the Xin'an doctors, a total of twenty-one!"

"How many people work in Taiyuan Hospital?" Zhang Shoufeng asked, still thinking about his son.

"I don't know about that. As long as Master Wang and Master Xu are at Tai Hospital, it's fine. We don't need to ask anyone else to come forward." Jin Ying said nonchalantly.

"Brother Mengshi, please take this opportunity to tell me the story of the two doctors Wang and Xu." Zhang Shoufeng asked.

"Okay, Wang Huan, courtesy name Ziliang, also known as Xinglu, was born in Qimen, Xin'an, and was taught by Xu Ruyuan. He is the author of "Medical Questioning", which is widely available.

Xu Ruyuan has had a medical reputation for more than 20 years. His name is Chunfu, his courtesy name is Ruyuan, and his name is Donggao. His "Encyclopedia of Ancient and Modern Medical Traditions"..."

When Jin Yinggang mentioned "The Encyclopedia of Ancient and Modern Medical Traditions", Zhang Shoufeng exclaimed: "Ah...it turns out to be Xu Chunfu, the author of "The Encyclopedia of Ancient and Modern Medical Traditions". I have always kept his book on my desk, and we have known each other day and night for ten years, but I didn't know..."<

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Zhang Shoufeng didn't know how to explain his complicated feelings, so he simply recited famous aphorisms from the book.

There are so many things like "Vital energy is limited, but human desires are boundless", "Don't sit with the sun behind you, don't lie with your back to the wind", "Food grains can satisfy hunger but cannot prolong life", and "Hundreds of medicines can cure diseases and prolong life, but they can't make people happy".<

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When Zhang Shoufeng finished reciting the poem, his feet had already carried the two of them to Yiyi Hall.

Jin Ying walked in at the head, smiled at Xu Chunfu, who was nearly sixty years old, and said: "Ru Yuan, are you okay?"

"Brother Mengshi? Are you here to wish me a happy new year?"

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While the two were chatting, Zhang Shoufeng pushed open the curtain and walked in. What he saw was that the integrated hall was a whole body, very spacious and grand. The lobby was more than eight feet high, with more than five rooms in length, three rooms in depth, and large pillars.

You can see what the original fifteenth room looked like.

At this time, there are fifteen doctors scattered in the lobby. In front of each doctor are five stools, four chairs and one stool, five from the left, five from the right, and one from the right.

The stools were all occupied, and there were about ten people standing behind them, but the chairs were quite empty, especially the first and fourth ones, which were almost unoccupied. There were a few old people sitting on the second one, and a few old people were sitting on the third one.

Zhang also saw several people holding children. Zhang Shoufeng glanced around and found that he often had to wait for the ones on the right to be empty before treating patients on the left.

There are still more than a dozen young people active in the lobby. They are all dressed in uniform blue cloth shirts, trousers and thick cotton clothes. They are milling around the fifteen doctors. Sometimes they feel the pulse, sometimes they go to the waiting area, and sometimes they write on the table with pens.

What, so busy.

There are five pharmacists sitting at the counter of the drug store further back, checking the prescriptions one by one. Behind them are five medicine clerks, who take a medicine and hand it over to the pharmacist for verification before handing it over to the patient. There are also two medicine clerks.

A shopkeeper, responsible for cashier.

Seeing this, Zhang Shoufeng was shocked. He was speechless for a long time. Jin Ying had already told Xu Chunfu the whole story.

Xu Chunfu said, "Since he is Brother Mengshi's closed disciple, he is my nephew. How can I stand by and watch? We, the doctors, should have united long ago."

Zhang Shoufeng thanked him repeatedly and Jin Ying introduced them.

The two of them had seen each other, and Xu Chunfu said: "I'll take a rest today. When I see Mr. Tan tomorrow morning, I'll say hello and Zhang Lang will come back. Let's scare him today so that he won't dare to do anything wrong in the future. 2

There is a private room upstairs, why don’t you come up with me to have a long chat over tea?”

Zhang and Jin are people who don't stick to trivial matters. They were relieved when they saw that there was room for maneuver. Zhang Shoufeng sighed as he walked: "Brother Ru Yuan, I just realized today that the medical hospital can be so magnificent.

It really opened my eyes."

"Haha, what does this mean? Chang Geng, you didn't go to Tai Hospital. It is really magnificent and worthy of being called a holy place for doctors. Compared with it, my body hall is just the light of a firefly." Xu Chunfu said with a smile.

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"Ru Yuan, why should you be so modest? Your body hall is just the light of a firefly, so isn't it that our Shi Ren Hall is not even worthy of lighting a lamp?" Jin Ying also smiled.

"Hahaha, Brother Mengshi is still so interesting, but to be honest, although Tai Hospital is good, it has a lot of chores and is far less pure than Imperial Pharmacy." Xu Chunfu commented.

"That being the case, why don't you, brother Ruyuan, become an imperial doctor and just serve the Holy One wholeheartedly?" Zhang Shoufeng said.

Jin Ying smiled and said: "So that Chang Geng will know that you were the imperial doctor during the Jiajing period of Yuan Dynasty."

"What's the benefit of being an imperial doctor? You have a lot of skills. You can't just prescribe prescriptions casually. They have to be prepared. You can't add or subtract them at will. The amount of medicine, the preparation of medicinal materials, and the method of decoction are all strictly limited.

This is not practicing medicine at all, it is just making yourself unhappy. Besides, if you are not careful, you will be doomed." Xu Chunfu took the tea from the waiter and said while filling it for the two of them.

Jin Ying nodded in agreement upon hearing this, and then asked about Wang Huan's current situation: "I haven't seen Mr. Xinlu for a long time, but he is still in Taiyuan Hospital?"

"My mentor resigned and returned home in October last year. He must have arrived home a year ago, but he hasn't received the letter yet." Xu Chunfu took a sip of tea and said slowly.

"I have heard about the deeds of Mr. Xingo and Brother Ruyuan for a long time, and they all said that they would add another good story to the famous teachers and disciples. I never thought that Mr. Xingo had left Beijing, and it was just a matter of time!"

Zhang Shoufeng said with emotion that although he did not know about Wang Huan and Yiyitang Zhairen Medical Association before, he had indeed read the "Encyclopedia of Ancient and Modern Medical Traditions" for ten years, and what he saw today at Yiyitang shocked him even more. Therefore, he had never met the doctor before.

Wang Huan naturally admires him greatly.

Xu Chunfu was also very moved when he heard this. Twenty years ago, he wrote the "Encyclopedia of Ancient and Modern Medical Traditions". Once it was published, it became famous at home and abroad, bringing him a reputation that was not befitting his age.

Many people thought that Xu Chunfu would have been in his 60s or even 70s twenty years ago. It was unimaginable that the book that was praised by doctors all over the country would be written by a fledgling boy. When he first came to the capital, those who looked down upon him even more

I was shocked by my idol doctor.

He established the Yitang Zhairen Medical Association just to prove to himself. But in the first few years, everyone watched indifferently, but gradually they saw that results were about to come out, and Zhang Juzheng, who hated lecturing the most, came to power, and the style of lecturing and association in the capital disappeared.<

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Xu Chunfu really wanted to say loudly that Yiyitang Zhairen Medical Association is different from other literati associations. It is pragmatic rather than vain, does things rather than empty talk, is beneficial to the country and the people but does no harm, and is highly consistent with Zhang Shoufu.

The sun on the fifth day of the first lunar month went down as they talked. At this time, Zhang Jiebin was shouting in the cell of the Ministry of War: "I'm so hungry!"