Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

In the second year of Shenfu, the weather was good and only some areas across the country experienced floods and droughts.

Both the officials and the people said that this year's name was changed well.

Qian Chen eventually retired due to illness, and the new cabinet team was: Li Hanzhang, Zhang Boring, Chen Dong, Liang Yi, Ling Guxu, Huan Guo, and Wei Liangchen.

Li Gang died of illness while serving as Minister of Justice, and lived six years longer than in history.

Zhao Ding, who had been governor of Ningxia for several years, was transferred back to replace Li Gang. As a result, he fell ill soon after returning to Beijing. Ju Ming sent someone to express condolences and found out that the root of his illness had already occurred in Ningxia.

After three requests and three resignations, Zhao Ding also retired to recuperate.

Zhao Ding is still young, less than sixty years old, and may be able to resume his official position if he takes good care of himself.

Yu Yunwen's father, Yu Qi, took over as Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice.

Li Guang, an upright veteran who was almost seventy years old, was promoted to the position of censor of Zuodu. This appointment was beyond everyone's expectations, but everyone soon realized that two officials from the Supervisory Council joined the cabinet. Emperor Zhu was trying to prevent the "Censorship Department" from growing bigger.

Also deceased in the same year was the imperial physician Yang Jie.

Yang Jie surrendered to the rebel army when they came out of Sichuan, and also presented human anatomy drawings. Many of his disciples became military doctors, and even his disciples and grandchildren are all over the Ming Dynasty army. During this trip to the west, dozens of generals from Luoyang and surrounding areas spontaneously came to the mourning hall to pay their respects and express their condolences.

"You are Mr. Yang's chief disciple. Please tell me how to reform this medical system." Ju Ming summoned Sun Shuxian in person.

Sun Shuxian is fifty-two years old. He is especially good at surgery and has been with the army many times.

Sun Shuxian said: "Most ordinary people in the city are poor due to illness. Since Wang Linchuan (Wang Anshi) established the Shu Pharmacy, although the price of medicines has dropped, the consultation fees are still too expensive. Please build more official hospitals and reduce the price. Doctor’s consultation fee.”

The Shu Pharmacy Bureau founded by Wang Anshi not only sells Chinese patent medicines at affordable prices, but also provides medical treatment.

He started the public hospital model in China, which was still used until the Ming and Qing dynasties. But the quantity is too small and can only benefit a few people in the city. The so-called affordable medicines are often not affordable.

Zhu Guoxiang and Zhu Ming, father and son, are naturally also promoting public hospitals, but they are currently only promoted in state capital cities, and have not yet been implemented in many remote state capitals.

Ju Ming said:

"I plan to separate the Taiyuan Hospital and set it up two levels lower than the Inspectorate. It will be in charge of the world's epidemics."

"The medical system under Taiyuan Hospital is divided into three categories: one is imperial doctors, the other is military doctors, and the third is civilian doctors."

"Royal doctor and military doctor are just as the names suggest, while civilian medicine is formed by the integration of Huimin Hospital and Anjifang."

Wang Anshi's Shu Pharmacy was renamed Taiping Huimin Pharmacy in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Huimin Pharmacy in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Before Zhu Guoxiang abdicated, he personally changed the name to Huimin Hospital.

As for Anjifang, it is a charity hospital. It was founded during the Huizong period of Song Dynasty and is generally run by monks and temples. It also had some effect, but not much, and was often mixed with chanting sutras for comfort.

Ju Ming continued:

"Following the ancient pre-Qin system, doctors in the hospital are divided into three levels: physicians, medical scholars, and medical apprentices."

"Students who graduate from the medical school are assigned to the hospital as medical apprentices. They continue to follow the teacher's clinical consultation for a few years before they can be promoted to medical scholars. Medical apprentices belong to the first-class officials in the sequence of technical officers. When promoted to medical scholars, they will have to go from the ninth-rank official body."

"Medical doctors are also divided into superior and corporal doctors according to the ancient pre-Qin system."

"As for doctors, they are divided into five grades. They can wear official uniforms in five colors: red, purple, crimson, green, and blue. No matter what color official uniform they wear, they are only allowed to wear plain clothes when practicing medicine."

"Huimin Hospital must be gradually implemented in all counties. A lower-class county must have at least one green-robed doctor on duty. A lower-class prefecture must have at least one green-robed doctor on duty..."

"Consultation fees and drug prices must be friendly to the people. I don't understand this. Please give me a set of strategies, and then convene doctors from the two capitals to discuss. The central and local governments will allocate part of the hospital's expenses. The amount of funding needs to be discussed. In fact, most of the time, Huimin Hospital can make money on its own and does not need government funding at all. You don’t want to talk too much.”

"According to the way of treating a king, you must write down a clear medical record during consultation, even if you treat a poor person with a minor illness, you must write it down."

"Within three years, five more medical schools will be added. Graduates will be assigned to military hospitals and Huimin hospitals. In the future, imperial doctors will also be selected from military hospitals and Huimin hospitals. If there are famous doctors in the private sector, even if they are not graduates of medical schools, You can also go to the capital for assessment and then be awarded the corresponding position..."

Ju Ming talked a lot, and Sun Shuxian became more and more happy the more he listened.

With the emperor's support, medicine is really going to flourish.

Ju Ming continued: "In addition, we will gather famous doctors from all over the world and compile some medical books. They will not record difficult and complicated diseases, but only record the treatment methods for common diseases, so that civilian scholars can also learn by themselves, and it will be convenient for rural farmers to treat common ailments. How to prevent cold in Liaoning Treating frostbite and how to prevent and treat miasma in Lingnan can be recorded in detail and spread among the people."

"The Taiyuan Hospital is in charge of epidemics in the world. Once a plague or the like occurs somewhere, it must cooperate with the magistrates to mobilize doctors. If there are doctors who are unwilling to enter the epidemic area, they will be dismissed immediately!"

"I obey the order!" Uncle Sun bowed and accepted the order.

Ju Ming waved his hand and said: "Go ahead and come up with a reform strategy. The more detailed it is, the better. After the prince has reviewed it, we will convene the doctors from the two capitals for a collective discussion."

Sun Shuxian bowed and stepped back.

Zhu Ming once again opened the memorial on his desk. It was Zhu Kang's letter of invitation and victory report.

Zhu Ming wrote: "The establishment of the Nanyu Kingdom as a vassal was allowed. Zhu Kang was demoted to the rank of prince, and the cabinet was ordered to draft the canonization edict, and the Ministry of Rites was ordered to engrave the gold seal of the King of Nanyu."

Ju Ming is still very satisfied with this son.

He even forced a famous Lingnan doctor to be sent to his son to ensure his health.

I picked up another memorial, but it was from the Military Intelligence Department of the Ministry of War.

"The thirty-seven barbarians of the Dali Kingdom rebelled, and the Gao family was defeated and unable to control it. The local chieftain Luo Dian and the Jintooth Man Kingdom took the opportunity to send troops to attack the Dali Kingdom from the north and the south. The Dali Kingdom was surrounded by enemies on three sides. For this reason, the leader of the country, Duan Zhengyan (Duan Yu), was disheartened and announced that he would abdicate and become a monk on New Year's Day."

After reading this information, Zhu Ming felt that Duan Yu was not good enough.

The king of a country is dignified. The barbarians in the east, north and south are in chaos at the same time. The descendants of the Gao family who are enfeoffed in the west are watching from the sidelines. Only one prime minister, Gao Liangcheng, is still supporting the overall situation.

If he were sitting in the same seat as Ju Ming, he would probably want to become a monk.

Ju Ming replied to the Ministry of War: "The Military Intelligence Department will continue to investigate carefully. Order the civil and military officials in Sichuan, Hunan, and Guangxi to prepare their troops hard, hoard food and grass, and wait for the opportunity."

Although the Dali Kingdom was in chaos, it was not chaotic enough.

It's just that the king abdicated and became a monk.

The civil strife in the Gao family has just begun, and the prime minister must also abdicate.

…

North of Dali City.

At the foothills of Diancang Mountain, on the shore of Erhai Lake.

"Dong dong dong dong..."

The grand bell in Chongsheng Temple rang, countless fine hair fell on the dragon robe, Duan Yu sat cross-legged on the futon with an expressionless face.

Outside the palace, hundreds of civil and military officials knelt on the ground.

For something like the monarch's abdication ceremony, many officials did not come. The leader is called Gao Zhenshou, who is the nephew of the Prime Minister Gao Liangcheng in terms of seniority.

Gao Zhenshou is the real direct descendant of the Gao family.

And the Prime Minister Gao Liangcheng is just a wild brat who emerged from Weichu (Chuxiong).

As the internal fighting within the Gao family became increasingly fierce, more and more Gao family princes chose to side with Gao Zhenshou. Regardless of the fact that Dali was surrounded by enemies on three sides, they killed one by one due to lack of food and grass, but did not send troops to conquer the barbarians.

Some people even speculated that those barbarians were most likely brought in by Gao Zhenshou!

Otherwise, why would the three sides come together?

Now that the king has abdicated and become a monk, all the princes of the Gao family have not shown up. They are all hiding in their respective fiefs and preparing to make a move.

"when!"

With the sound of the chime, Duan Yu took off his dragon robe and was served to put on the monk's clothes.

He stood up, turned around and walked towards the door of the main hall. He clasped his hands and said to the officials outside: "The poor monk has become a foreigner. You can go on your own."

"His Majesty!"

The new king Duan Zhengxing, the prime minister of the country, led the people to cry.

Duan Zhengxing's brothers were also crying and howling, but their faces covering the ground were full of resentment.

Every one of them has the support of the Gao family's children.

There were too many factions and they were afraid of each other, but no one dared to move and watched helplessly as the prime minister established a new king.

Although the internal fighting in the Gao family has just begun, the princes' struggle for the throne has ended.

Even if any of the Gao clan princes overthrows the country's prime minister in the future, they will not establish another monarch.

Anyway, this new king is a puppet, a figure like a public toilet. He can be manipulated by anyone who is a powerful minister, so why bother to create things like abolishing the establishment and abolishing the establishment?

As Duan Yu turned around and headed towards the monk's residence, the people outside the hall gradually dispersed.

Enter the room and sit cross-legged.

Duan Yu held the rosary beads and looked at the empty and elegant monk's residence, but he really couldn't recite a verse.

Not only was he tired, he was also scared.

A bunch of Gao clan princes holding armies were so frightening that they even dared to secretly provoke the barbarians to cause chaos.

If he doesn't abdicate, he may not even be able to become a monk.

Outside the temple.

Gao Liangcheng silently got into the carriage.

His son Gao Jiaoyuan said angrily: "Those bastards are really hateful. They even refused to abdicate and become a monk. How is this different from rebellion?"

Gao Liangcheng suddenly said: "Dali is over."

"Why did father say this?" Gao Jiaoyuan asked.

Gao Liangcheng said: "There is a heroic lord in the Central Plains. As soon as the lord of Xixia died, the Ming Dynasty immediately sent troops to destroy him. The lord of Goryeo was imprisoned, and the Ming Dynasty sent troops to destroy him again. I heard the news from merchants that Yelu Dashi of Western Liao Dynasty was also dead. The Ming Dynasty is on an expedition to the Western Regions, and we don’t know what the situation is like in Xiliao, but Annan was annexed and the city was captured by the Ming Dynasty prince. "

Lifting the curtain, Gao Liangcheng sighed: "With this expansion of territory in all directions, will the Emperor of Ming Dynasty let us go in Dali? My uncles and nephews don't understand the principle that if the skin is not preserved, the hair will be attached. I don’t know about the internal strife between Jin Teeth Barbarians and Luo Dian Barbarians at this time, but the Thirty-seven Barbarians must have caused it! In order to force me to resign, they actually colluded with the barbarians!”

"Will the Ming Dynasty really send troops to kill him?" Gao Jiaoyuan said in horror.

Gao Liangcheng said: "As the Prime Minister, I will definitely not be able to sit still, but I can't sit still and wait for death. When the Central Plains army arrives, who can stop it except me? But they don't listen to me and want to take away my position and title. Since Don’t blame me for not recognizing our relatives when we are so hard on each other!”

Gao Jiaoyuan asked: "What is father planning?"

Gao Liangcheng said: "When the new king succeeds to the throne, he should send an envoy to Luoyang to ask for a title. You go to Luoyang for me and say that once the Ming army comes, we, father and son, are willing to be internal responders. We just want to be rich afterwards." ”

"This...how is this possible?" Gao Jiaoyuan was frightened by his father's decision.

Gao Liangcheng sneered: "The incense and wealth of the Gao family will have to be continued by our father and son in the future."