Today's Chang'an is the masterpiece of former Sui general and great craftsman Yu Wenkai. This outstanding architect in Chinese history has a very typical characteristic, that is, everything must be neat and orderly.
However, whether it is Chang'an or Luoyang, the Lifang District is all neatly arranged, one with 108 squares and the other with 103 squares, all arranged neatly.
The same is true in the imperial city. The planning is a bit like an industrial park of later generations, and even the government offices are symmetrical.
On the east and west sides of Chengtianmen Street, there are Dongchaotang in the east, Xichaotang in the west, Youwuwei in the east, Zuowuwei in the west, Youjian gatekeepers, Youqianniuwei in the east, Zuojian gatekeepers and Zuoqianniu guards in the west.
Cow guard.
Li Shan stood on the side of the street and looked around. It was really symmetrical. This side was Taichang Temple and Taipu Temple, and opposite was Honglu Temple and Zongzheng Temple.
Li Shan came to visit Taichang Temple today, and this was Ling Jing's reminder...Li Shan naturally didn't know this kind of detail, as the Imperial Medical Office of the Tang Dynasty was affiliated with Taichang Temple.
Sitting in the front seat was a middle-aged man, slightly shorter in height, with a fat face that seemed to always have a smile on it. He was looking at Li Shan with a smile, "Huairen is here."
"Meet Duke Anfeng."
This is the current Taichang Qing, Dou Dan of the Fufeng Dou family, the third son of Chen Guogong Dou Kang who died of illness last year. He was given the title of Duke of Anfeng and married Princess Xiangyang, the second daughter of Li Yuan.
Dou Dan was an easy-going person and said with a smile: "A certain person is the Prince Consort, Pingyang is a certain cousin, and Huairen calls your majesty uncle, how should I call a certain person?"
If it had been anyone else, Li Shan might have said something like, "Today is for the public good, and nothing personal will matter." But when he met this person, he just smiled and said, "Brother Guang."
Dou Dan was famous for his popularity among both the Fufeng Dou family and the clan. He was the one who visited Princess Pingyang the most in the past month or so, and he had long been familiar with Li Shan.
"I heard that Your Majesty lets you choose your position, so why go to the Imperial Medical Office?" Dou Dan pulled Li Shan to sit down.
"I haven't joined the Imperial Medical Office yet, I'm just teaching."
"Naturally, if you don't join the imperial medical office, the chief imperial physician's order is only from the seventh rank." Dou Dan shook his head and said: "Brother, I heard about it too, and Cui Sheren tried his best to dissuade him. Otherwise, Huairen will be promoted to a higher rank if he is appointed as Zhongshushe.
speed."
Li Shan smiled and made some nonsense, thinking that Cui Xin was the one who took the blame... Who told you to work too hard that day? Well, maybe you really wanted to scold me a few more times.
Taichang Temple was one of the nine temples in the Tang Dynasty. It was in charge of the rituals of the ancestral temple, but it also supervised other matters. It consisted of the Taiyue Department, the Advocacy Department, the Taiyi Department, the Taibu Department, the Xishi Department, and the Fenci Department. There were many departments, but they all
With those in charge, Dou Dan actually had a lot of free time. He usually accompanied Li Yuan and the underage princes in the palace, but today he met Li Shan and kept talking.
While Li Shan was perfunctory, he recalled in his mind Ling Jing's evaluation of Dou Dan last night. Because he could not admonish Li Yuanji, Taiyuan Prefecture was captured by Liu Wuzhou.
, the East Palace sent an order to change the "Kaihuang Law" to absolve people, and was eventually sent to Taichang Temple.
This is an official with little ability and a weak temperament... However, Ling Jing mentioned last night that someone in the court suggested that after Chen Guogong Dou Kang died of illness, his concurrent position as Zong Zhengqing was vacant for several months, and Dou's birth should be used to fill the vacancy.
The position of Zong Zhengqing still had a certain degree of influence in the early Tang Dynasty, and even had a certain weight in the fight for heir apparent.
After chatting for a long time, Li Shanzhi couldn't bear it anymore and asked directly about the Imperial Medical Office.
Dou Dan said nonchalantly: "If I'm not in the imperial city, I'll go there another day."
"Not in the Imperial City?" Li Shan was stunned for a moment. You should have told me if you weren't in the Imperial City!
"There are more than 400 officials and teachers and students in the Imperial Medical Office. Where can we fit in the imperial city?" Dou Dan said with a smile: "The Taipu Temple is next door, and there are no stables."
Finally, at Li Shan's insistence, Dou Dan sent a small official to accompany Li Shan out of the imperial city. The Imperial Medical Office was located in Xingningfang, about the northeast corner of Chang'an, next to Tonghua Gate.
Li Shan soon found out why it was located here, because the medicine garden of the Imperial Medical Office was not far from Tonghua Gate.
"How big is the medicine garden?"
The clerk said respectfully: "About a hundred acres."
Li Shan was speechless. With a hundred acres of medicine field, the scale of the Imperial Medical Office is a bit big.
"But most of them are in ruins." The clerk explained: "In the Imperial Medical Office, there are two Imperial Medical Officers, starting from the seventh rank, and there are two Imperial Medical Officers, four Medical Supervisors, and eight Medical Supervisors."
Li Shan touched his nose and said, "Well, this is the administrative staff. There are nearly twenty people. It is almost enough to manage an organization of 400 people."
"There are fifty doctors in various disciplines, nearly a hundred medical workers, and a total of one hundred and fifty medical doctors and medical assistants."
Li Shan's eyes almost popped out. There were more than 300 people, so there were only about 400 people in total, right?
The Emotional Medical Office is basically composed of administrative staff, teachers and staff, but there are not many students at all?!
No wonder Dou Dan was surprised why I went to the Imperial Medical Office to teach... Who are you going to teach?!
Entering the Imperial Medical Office, the place was not small, but most of the rows of houses were in dilapidated condition. Li Shan was afraid that they would collapse... The clerk led the way diligently and kept talking.
The Imperial Medical Office has two departments: medicine and pharmacy.
The Department of Medicine teaches classes, and the Department of Pharmacy is responsible for growing and processing medicinal materials.
There are four departments under the Department of Medicine.
The main subjects of medicine are "Pulse Jue", "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Ming Tang", and "Su Wen". These are just the basics. Later, they will be divided into subdivisions. The first is physical therapy, the second is sore and swollen, the third is Shaoxiao, and the fourth is ear, eye, mouth and teeth.
, the fifth is the angle method.
Acupuncture, as the name suggests, mainly involves acupuncture.
Li Shan didn't expect that there was a massage department. This Imperial Medical Office was a bit unorthodox!
But it wasn't over yet. When the clerk came to the last section of the medical department, Li Shan was completely speechless.
Curse and Forbidden Science!
There are doctors of curses and curses, masters of curses... I feel something is wrong when I hear this name. They teach students the art of curses and curses, so that students can use curses to eradicate evil spirits and cure diseases.
The massage department was within the normal range. At most, it made Li Shan think a little more, but the cursing department... the style was completely distorted!
But the most important thing is that almost no one was seen along the way. Li Shanxin was stunned and asked, "Where have the more than 300 doctors, medical engineers, and medical doctors gone?"
This young official was in his forties or fifties, with slightly gray hair. He habitually bent over and grinned, "Li Langjun, the Imperial Medical Office was established in the former Sui Dynasty, but it was not reestablished until last year in this dynasty. Most of the doctors and medical officials are old
people……"
The implication is that everyone needs to eat. The former Sui Imperial Medical Office was abolished when Li and Tang Dynasties were founded. It was reestablished last year for five years. If there is no job, will everyone starve to death?
Anyway, there are not many students now. A teacher can teach dozens of students, and now there are several times more teachers than students...so everyone is busy with their own things!
Li Shan put his hand on his forehead. It was too difficult to pull out a medical team here!