Doctors in the late Ming Dynasty

"I'm Zhang Jiebin in Xiashanyin. What do you call me?" In Dr. Ling's confused eyes, Zhang Jiebin introduced himself and asked.

Hearing what Zhang Jiebin said, Dr. Ling's eyes lit up, and he also raised his hand, and the bell rang for a while: "I am a talented person in Cixi, but I don't want to meet my old friend in a foreign country."

When Zhang Jiebin heard this, he became excited and his enthusiasm became even more intense. He hurriedly said: "Then I should do my best to be a landlord. Brother Le, please!"

Only then did Le Liang realize that the two were half-townsmen. It turned out that Shanyin was Shaoxing Prefecture and Cixi belonged to Ningbo Prefecture. Not only were the two prefectures close to each other, but their boundaries often fluctuated. Cixi would become the county seat of Yuyao in the future, but Yuyao at this time did not belong to Ningbo. Instead, it belongs to Shaoxing Prefecture. This is one of the reasons why Mr. Yangming built Yangming Cave in Kuaiji and was buried in Kuaiji.

It can be seen from this that the two places are so close that they deserve to be called half fellow villagers. What's more, when traveling abroad, fellow villagers are regarded as chief envoys (provinces).

The two of them entered Shirentang one after another. Because Shirentang was renovated from a back room, it seemed particularly quiet. Only servants from various houses came in and out through the back door. Of course, vegetable vendors and excrement workers were indispensable sooner or later.

At this time at noon, there were few people around. Jin Ying was checking the morning's medical records. He heard the sound of bells. When he looked up, he saw Zhang Jiebin bringing a young doctor, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

Zhang Jiebin shouted: "Master, I met a fellow villager when I went out. Seeing that it was already noon, I invited him to come for a meal. You guys chat, and I will ask my wife to prepare more food."

After saying that, Zhang Jiebin ran in. Generally, when entering a courtyard, the kitchens are usually located in two places, one in the east of the main room, called the east kitchen; For patients to cook medicine, the kitchen is located in the front room of the main house.

Zhang Jiebin crossed the backyard in a few steps and came to the east kitchen. He said with a smile: "Hello, Master, is the food ready?"

"Jie Bin, are you hungry? Wait for a while, we will boil the medicine earlier and then start preparing to cook." The wife also smiled and said.

"No, no, no, there is another guest today. Master asked me to tell you, um, prepare more meals for two people. Okay, Master, you go ahead and I'll go greet the guest."

After Zhang Jiebin finished speaking, he ran out again without waiting for his wife to speak. He was surprised when he saw his master and Le Liangcai chatting animatedly.

"Seeing Brother Mengshi's current situation, I seem to have seen my own future." Le Liangcai said with envy.

Jin Ying was very emotional: "Yes, there were difficult times. There was no outer city at that time, and the Tatars almost died when they invaded the border. I suddenly changed my mind, took out all my savings, and with the help of noble people, I built the inner city. I went down to my house and opened Shirentang, and more than twenty years passed in a flash."

Zhang Jiebin was surprised when he heard this: "Master, it turns out you still have this experience!"

"You brat, how much do you know about being a teacher?" Jin Ying scolded with a smile.

"I understand. No wonder the master wanted to join the army to conquer the Japanese because he suffered from the war." Zhang Jiebin said thoughtfully.

"You brat, what do you know?" Jin Ying and Le Liang looked at each other and laughed.

"Of course I know that the Gengxu Incident twenty-seven years ago was the second humiliation of our Ming Dynasty after the Tumubao Incident. I led the army into Gubeikou to invade the capital. King Qin's army did not dare to fight, so let me

The soldiers were plundering outside the city. The master must have suffered from the war at that time. Fortunately, with the blessing of Bodhisattva, the master's family was able to turn the disaster into good."

Zhang Jiebin said and clasped his hands together.

"Go, go, go, I don't believe in Buddha, Bodhisattva will not bless me." Jin Ying said in disgust.

"That's the blessing of the Three Emperors and the blessing of the City God." Zhang Jiebin immediately changed his mind.

"Speaking of the City God, it's true that that day, I just entered the city with my family from outside the city. As a result, the Anda army came outside Dongzhimen and burned down all the houses outside the city. If I delay for a while longer, I will

An old family member may have taken them to the grassland to work as cattle or horses."

When Jin Ying talked about this, he was full of joy. It turns out that the nine gates of the inner city are all dedicated to the City God's temple, and the City God is also the most believed god by everyone. There are three religions and nine streams, traders and lackeys who come and go frequently, and they will worship one or two.

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"That's right. I'll pay my respects more often when I pass by the City God's Temple in the future." Zhang Jiebin sighed and said quickly.

"There were some days when I came to Beijing, where I always saved up a meal and had a full meal. Today I was lucky enough to meet a fellow countryman." Le Liangcai said at this time.

"That's right. Since you are my fellow countryman, I must entertain you well. You can have a feast today." Zhang Jiebin said.

"You are a fellow countryman, I am a fellow countryman, aren't we all fellow countrymen?" Jin Ying said, and then said to Le Liangcai: "I am a scoundrel who is too stubborn, good talents should be treated with more care."

Le Liangcai nodded, looking at the master and apprentice, full of envy.

Not long after, the meal was ready and everyone ate in the backyard. After the meal, Jin Ying said with emotion: "I have been away from home for decades, and I have only been back once more than ten years ago. I almost forgot how to pronounce the local accent."

Zhang Jiebin was very curious: "Master, don't everyone say you are a famous doctor in the capital?"

"You brat, you've been following me for months, and you still don't know where I'm from?" Jin Ying became even more angry when he heard this.

"Well, you didn't say that, master," Zhang Jiebin said innocently. He had preconceived the idea that Jin Ying was from the capital, and he didn't think about anything else.

Le Liangcai was also surprised and said with a smile: "It's really weird, Brother Zhang, you don't know that your master and disciple are both from Shanyin?"

"What, master, are you from Shanyin too?" Zhang Jiebin was shocked. He really didn't expect that his master was also from Shanyin.

Jin Ying turned around and didn't want to pay attention to him. What a big deal it was to get the teacher's place of origin wrong.

But he had wronged Zhang Jiebin. He thought that Zhang Shoufeng had told Zhang Jiebin a long time ago, and Zhang Shoufeng also thought that Jin Ying had told Zhang Jiebin. In addition, the master's wife was originally from the capital, and everyone called Jin Ying the famous doctor in the capital.

This led Zhang Jiebin to directly regard Jin Ying as a native of the capital.

But I didn’t expect that everyone is from Shanyin.

At this time, Zhang Jiebin asked weakly: "Master, you must know Xu Wenchang and Teacher Zhou?"

"Nonsense, you weren't even born when we were dating!" Jin Ying scolded.

"Uh..." Zhang Jiebin suddenly felt extremely embarrassed. Some complained about his father, why did he ask him to go to Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang as his master? If the masters were all from Shanyin, then why did their family move to Beijing?

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At this time, Zhang Jiebin had not thought about why Jin Ying, Xu Wei, Zhou Shuxue, including Xu Chunfu, Gong Tingxian, Yang Jishi and others came to Beijing. It was not because there were more opportunities in Beijing.

Otherwise, why would everyone have to come to the capital? Even the Le Liangcai I met today came all the way to the capital. He would rather be a traveling doctor than stay in the capital.

At this time, patients were coming in one after another. Le Liang saw this and stood up to say goodbye: "Thank you for the hospitality. Le will leave now and I will come another day to bother you."

"Jiebin, send me talented people." Jin Ying said to Zhang Jiebin.

"Okay, Brother Le, please!"

After the two left, the patient whispered: "It's really strange. Shouldn't the doctor sitting in the hall and the doctor traveling in the hall be enemies? How come you still get along so well with each other?"

Jin Ying smiled and said: "Thirty years ago, I was also a doctor, so I still sat in the hall for consultations?"

"Doctor Jin is joking, you are always the best in our capital. When I mention Shi Rentang, who wouldn't praise you?"

Jin Ying smiled, took her pulse, and then said in the middle of prescribing: "You said I am a doctor in the clinic, but after all, only a few people come to see a doctor. There are so many poor families in the countryside. Who is willing to spend money on minor illnesses and pains?

To see a doctor, if there are no doctors who travel around the world, doctors like us alone can't see it."

When the patient heard that this was indeed the case, he said, "You still see clearly."

Soon Zhang Jiebin came back and said to Jin Ying: "It was just a coincidence that as soon as he came out of the alley, Brother Le was called away by a member of the Communist Party of China named Yang. It seems that he had treated a young lady of the Yang family before, but now for some reason, the young lady had tea and dinner.

I didn't think about it, I hired a lot of doctors but they couldn't see it, so I asked around and found him."

When the two heard this, they immediately smiled knowingly.

Zhang Jiebin was still chattering, and after talking for a long time, he asked: "Master, what kind of strange disease do you think Miss Yang has? I think Brother Le may not be able to cure it, so maybe I can call the master."

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After saying that, he quietly asked for credit: "The servants other than Yuan Yang and I recommended the master. Don't worry, I didn't tell Brother Le in front of him. I just told him that if he still can't be cured, he can come to Shi Ren Tang to have a look."

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"You brat, you are quite smart on weekdays. Why are you so confused today?" Jin Ying was furious.

Zhang Jiebin was very puzzled: "What did I do wrong?"

The patient also thought it was funny and reminded him: "Aren't you in this business a place where doctors don't hold back the door? How could you not know this?"

"But, but..." Zhang Jiebin was stunned, and he didn't think of how to respond for a long time.

"Also, Miss Yang is clearly suffering from lovesickness. No matter who she is, she can't cure it!" The patient grabbed the medicine, shook his head and walked away, still mumbling: "It can't be cured!"

Zhang Jiebin was confused: "What kind of lovesickness can't be cured?"

Not long after it was announced that Le Liangcai had married into the Yang family, Zhang Jiebin learned that the young lady from the Yang family was named Yang Liu. Le Liangcai even gave her a pair of silver bracelets as a token, with one sentence engraved on each bracelet: "Rou Liangcai"

"The wind blows like spring water in the pond" and "willows blow like waves and follow happily" to express sincerity and confirm affection.

Many years later, Zhang Jiebin realized what was going on. After the efforts of Le Liangcai and three generations of his descendants, the Le family finally began to move towards glory when the fourth generation grandson, Le Xianyang, became famous.

Le Xianyang first served as an imperial physician during the Kangxi period. A few years later, he resigned and returned to seclusion. In the eighth year of Kangxi's reign (1669), he founded the "Tongrentang Pharmacy", focusing on treating people and making medicines. He also formulated the policy of "medicine is the only way to keep the world healthy".

Instructions are given in the hall, and the clan members are encouraged to reflect on themselves at all times in the spirit of "cultivating kindness together, helping the world and maintaining health".

Over the next three hundred years, the story was passed down from generation to generation, and "Tong Ren Tang" became a legend of traditional Chinese medicine stores.