Doctors in the late Ming Dynasty

Everyone entered Room No. 5 of Tianzi. There were seven or eight people inside. Zhu Guozuo cupped his hands and said, "Brother Wuyuan, look who I brought to you."

Brother Wuyuan was Yang Yuanxiang. When he saw Zhu Guozuo and others coming in, he looked carefully and was overjoyed: "Yi still, I didn't expect you to be still in the capital."

Tang Xianzu also knew him at this time. They all participated in Jinke Spring Festival, and they were all on the list. He was full of joy when he heard this: "Unexpectedly, Brother Wuyuan is also here. Today's visit is worth it."

Yang Yuanxiang hurriedly said to the rest of the people: "Come on, let me introduce to you. This is a famous talented man, Tang Xianzu of Linchuan, whose courtesy name is still. I know that everyone doesn't like Confucian scholars because they feel that they are not diligent in their limbs and poor in grain production."

If he doesn't tell the difference, he will only study hard. But the meaning is still different. He has real talent and practical learning. He is proficient in playing chess, calligraphy and painting, military drama and medicine."

When everyone heard this, they were greatly surprised. They were not Confucian scholars, nor were they born in schools. They were either talented young people selected by the Hanlin Academy, or their parents were officials. They had been trained in government affairs since they were young. How could they stand out from the crowd and take part in the provincial examination as an exception?

Not a practical talent?

I looked down on those Confucian scholars who had been away from practice since childhood, but I didn't expect Yang Yuanxiang to admire Tang Xianzu so much. This should not surprise everyone.

Tang Xianzu was not arrogant either, and all bowed to each other: "Yi is still lucky enough to get to know all these talented people. I hope we can keep in touch with each other. Please bear with me if I'm rude!"

Li Huaimi, the translator, also returned the greeting: "I've met Brother Tang. I'm Li Huaimi, the translator of Siyi Hall."

The other people also introduced themselves one after another. They were all young talents from the Hanlin Academy and the Seiyi Hall.

Zhang Jiebin and Guo Dan also introduced themselves, and now everyone officially knew each other.

Zhang Jiebin asked curiously: "All of you brothers are from the Hanlin Academy and the Siyi Hall. As far as I know, there is no affiliation between the two halls?"

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

Zhu Guozuo explained: "Jie Bin, you don't know something. Previously, the Siyi Pavilion belonged to the Hanlin Academy, and then it was handed over to the jurisdiction of Taichang Temple. And it was all dealing with writing and etiquette. The Ministry of Rites, the Hanlin Academy, and Taichang Temple

, Imperial College, Huitong Pavilion, and Siyi Pavilion, there are many business exchanges. Therefore, everyone is familiar with it."

Only then did Tang Xianzu, Zhang Jiebin, and Guo Dan understand. Zhang Jiebin quickly said: "Well, we have very close contact with the Imperial Hospital, the Ministry of Etiquette, and the Tongtong Pavilion, and we often send medical officers to the station. We should have more exchanges in the future."

Everyone nodded. There was no communication before, but this is also a point of agreement.

At this time, Zhang Jiebin thought of the previous fight between the Nüzhi and the North Korean envoy, so he asked: "Brother Li, I heard that there are nine Seyi Pavilions. I don't know what they are. Are there Nüzhi, North Korea, and the Japanese Pavilion?"

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Li Huaimi smiled and shook his head: "Except for the Women's Straight Hall, there is nothing else."

It was unknown to everyone, so they looked at him curiously.

Li Huaimi said: "Previously there were eight pavilions, namely: Tatar Pavilion, Nvzhi Pavilion (Jurchen), Xifan Pavilion (Tibet), Xitian Pavilion (India), Huihui Pavilion, Baiyi Pavilion (Dai Nationality), Gaochang

Pavilion (Uyghur), Myanmar Pavilion. Later, 800 pavilions were added."

"As for the Korean and Japanese countries you mentioned, they are all in the Huihui Pavilion. Well, the Huihui Pavilion also includes Ryukyu, Siam and other countries. However, recently we are discussing the establishment of another Siam Pavilion. Several friends and I feel that this is an opportunity.

, I’m thinking about getting admitted to the new library.”

"It turns out that returning to the museum includes so much." Zhang Jiebin couldn't help but clicked his tongue.

Li Huaimi said: "Of course, the Huihui Pavilion is also the most important among the pavilions. But each of the other pavilions covers a lot, such as the Tatar Pavilion, which includes the northern countries, the Gaochang Pavilion, which includes the thirty-six countries of the original Western Regions, etc.

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Zhang Jiebin continued to ask: "I heard that Siyi Pavilion is also a school like Imperial College, Imperial Hospital, and Qintian Prison, but is it true?"

Everyone in Hanlin Academy and Siyi Pavilion burst into laughter when they heard this.

Zhang Jiebin was embarrassed by their laughter.

Yang Yuanxiang smiled and said: "Brother Zhang doesn't think that the only schools in the world are the Imperial College and the Fuxian School?"

"Well... I thought so before, but after coming to the capital, I gained a lot of knowledge..." Zhang Jiebin explained.

"Oh! Now that I have gained experience, I must have learned more about Qin Tianjian, Taiyuan Hospital and Jingwei Martial Arts School!" Yang Yuanxiang interrupted, with an expression that he had known for a long time.

Zhu Guozuo interjected at this time: "I don't blame the guest. If I hadn't taken the provincial examination together, I wouldn't have known that there were so many departments with schools."

As soon as Zhu Guozuo said this, everyone was silent.

Li Huaimi even sighed and said: "Ever since the branch of the Imperial College, our Siyi Pavilion has not produced a Jinshi candidate for many years. We are incompetent and I am ashamed of our ancestors!"

Everyone immediately didn't know how to comfort him, because not only the Siyi Hall, but also the calligraphy students of the Hanlin Academy had not been elected in decades.

Although the Shuntian Prefecture Provincial Examination has a wide range of components, the Chinese style is becoming more and more difficult for ordinary people. The proportion of Confucian scholars is increasing day by day, followed by the Wei Ji, especially the Jinyi Wei Ji in the Wei Ji, which is more Chinese style.

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Among everyone present, only Taiyi Hospital and Qintianjian were doing better. Even the Jingwei Martial Arts School has not had many Chinese-style students in recent years. Fortunately, there are still some martial arts exams, so it is not completely in decline.

This is a typical example of practice losing out to theory. In the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty when the imperial examination system was increasingly improving, people who did not come from a school became increasingly rare.

At this time, only 60% of the people who were elected to the imperial examinations were civilized. In a few decades, by the time of Tianqi and Chongzhen, the proportion of ethnically registered people would rise to more than 90%. At that time, there would really be no way out for others.

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Zhang Jiebin realized that his words reminded everyone of bad memories, and quickly made up for it: "Speaking of it, I am still a Wei scholar. I studied in Wei Confucianism before. But as far as I know, in the world of Wei Confucianism, among Wei Confucianism, there are dozens of

Not a single person has passed the martial arts examination in 2016, which has completely disgraced me as a martial artist."

"You said that there are good military students. There are many who passed the civil examination. Li Mengyang, Zhang Shoufu, Tan Sima, who is not a famous figure? But there are basically no martial arts examinations. It is really annoying to me."

After everyone heard what Zhang Jiebin said, they all had mixed feelings when they thought about how true it was.

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Zhang Jiebin said: "If you ask me, it is actually good for each to pursue his or her own profession. Why bother to compete for the quota of Jinshi candidates? Isn't it wrong for doctors to be in Taiyuan Hospital? Yin and yang students are in Qintianjian, and translators are in Siyi Hall. Isn't it appropriate?

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"Why compete with Confucian scholars? Isn't this using one's own shortcomings to attack others' strengths? I say failure is normal. It is wrong to let oxen pull carts and horses plow fields, but there are many oxen pulling carts in this world.

, Horse plowing the field, I can’t figure it out.”

Oxen pulling carts and horses plowing fields are not the status quo. Everyone thought deeply after hearing this.

After a long time, Li Huaimi got up and said to Zhang Jiebin: "Listening to your words is better than studying for ten years. I, Mr. Li, will never take part in the imperial examination again and concentrate on doing a good job as an interpreter."

Two years later, Zhang Juzheng gave the signal to set up another Siam Hall. Li Huaimi and others were admitted to the Siam Hall on the 10th. After three years of hard study with Siamese teachers, it happened to be the imperial examination of the 10th hall, and the translators in the Siam Hall ranked among the top.

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From then on, things got out of hand. From the establishment of the pavilion in Wanli to the loss of the country in Chongzhen, the Siam pavilion has always occupied the first place and has not changed.

Li Huaimi and others sought benevolence and finally realized their ideals. Although the highest achievements of translators were only minor officials, they made outstanding contributions to Ming Dynasty's diplomacy.

Eighteen years after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the last emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty fell into Myanmar. King Li Dingguo of Jin failed to rescue him several times and stationed troops on the border of Yunnan and Myanmar. Siam learned the news and sent envoys all the way to the Jin army to invite Li Dingguo to Siam for rest and recuperation.<

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Siam can be said to be the only country that expressed goodwill when the Ming Dynasty was at the end of its rope. The Siam Pavilion and Siamese expatriates were the media that bridged the gap between the two countries.

"Brother Li, well done, as a man should be." Zhang Jiebin cheered loudly, raised his glass and said, "Do it first to respect me!"

After finishing the drink, Li Huaimi also picked up the glass and drank. The two looked at each other and smiled.

"You are my role model. In a few years, I will also join the army. It is my ambition to fight on the battlefield and show off the prestige of our country." Zhang Jiebin is also very ambitious at this moment.

The dialogue between the two touched the long-lost original intention in everyone's hearts, especially Tang Xianzu. Drama on one side and Chinese style on the other were both within reach, tormenting him all the time.

Guo Dan seems to be quite calm. He already likes astronomy and calendar, and he is currently an astronomy student. He has never thought about the imperial examination, and has never participated in it. On the contrary, he is not like others, either worrying about gains and losses, or having great enlightenment.

Zhang Jiebin put down his glass and said again: "Brother Li, I have a lot of questions and I want to ask you for advice."

"Please tell me, I should tell you everything I know, and I will tell you everything." Li Huaimi was very grateful to him, and it was in his heart to be able to help.

"I have thought about the history of barbarians from all over the world. It has always been more in the north and less in the south, more in the west and less in the east." Zhang Jiebin looked back on history and continued: "But it has been different recently. There have been more in the northeast and less in the southwest, and more in the southeast.

And the situation in the northwest is small. I don’t know why?”

"Uh... I'm stupid, I really don't know." Li Huaimi was dumbfounded. He was just a young translator, so he didn't know about national affairs, let alone the changes in the international situation.

Zhang Jiebin was greatly disappointed, looked at the others and asked: "You are all talented people, can you help Jiebin clear his doubts?"

Everyone was silent, everyone looked at me and I looked at you. Normally, when talking about national affairs, the background of national affairs is clear and logical. At this time, Zhang Jiebin's question really stumped them.

"I know a thing or two about this."

Everyone looked and saw that it was Tang Xianzu.

Tang Xianzu explained: "Tan Sima is my role model. I have wanted to join the army to serve the country since I was a child, but before I grew up, the world was at peace, so I had no choice but to study literature."

"A few years ago, I really thought about this issue for several years, and also exchanged letters with Tan Sima."

"As for the troubles in the southeast, the answer lies in the three books "Japanese Illustration", "Haihai Illustration", and "Jiangnan Economic Strategy" written by Zheng Ruozeng. To sum up, the northwest trade route is cut off, while the southeast trade route is opened."<

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"The northwest, on the one hand, is about the unification of the Western Region by Muslims, which is inconsistent with Tatar beliefs, so it is difficult to rely on the Western Region as an arm; on the other hand, it is also a trade route. The northwest trade route has been cut off, and the Western Region is barren, and it is difficult to feed the army."