"A doctor must protect his own ability. He must do it even though he knows that he cannot do anything. It is not a kindness, but a lack of intelligence." Man Bao paused and said, "If you want to exchange one life for another, you end up losing both lives.
Falling is not advisable."
"Then what is the topic Xiao Yuan is asking?"
"Those are also two questions. If you haven't seen oil and water in your belly for a long time, you can't eat big fish and meat all at once. It will hurt your stomach. If you don't know, you can be forgiven for choosing meat. If you know, if you still choose meat, that's greed.
It is not advisable to put greed above health and life."
Mingda seemed to understand and asked: "So, among those who answer the question of eating meat, some will be admitted and some will not?"
Man Bao said: "It depends on the situation. If there is someone who answers better than them, the number of admitted students will be enough and they will not be admitted again. If not, then the shorter ones will be chosen and the taller ones will be chosen."
Because it was the first enrollment period, the number of people who came for reference was mixed. There were young doctors who had been studying medicine for several years, there were also medicine boys who knew some medical knowledge, and even a visiting doctor came with his nephew at home.
But there are more people who can read some words in and around the capital, as well as young men and women who can't read but come to take the exam after hearing that the Imperial Medical Office provides students with academic skills, food and accommodation, and that they can be officials in the future.
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Mingda asked: "Are you recruiting enough people now?"
Man Bao shook his head, "Except for massage and curse, there are still a few people missing from the other classes. It's really hard to pick out the right ones. Xiao Yuanzheng said it would be better to have fewer people than too many. After all, in the future, they will be placed in various medical offices to treat people.
It’s better to be deficient than to have excess.”
Mingda nodded.
The quota in the Imperial Medical Office was not full, so someone asked the emperor and the empress if they could let their distant niece or the like come in and learn a thing or two, but it would not be counted among the quota in the Imperial Medical Office.
To say that she is a distant niece is just a way of saying it. Most of the time, she is given a surname to the eldest maid in the family, and after she is released from citizenship, she is regarded as a distant niece.
The emperor only provided money to the Imperial Medical Office and seldom took care of these matters recently. Hearing this, he didn't think much and just smiled and said: "Is there still a shortage of doctors in Aiqing's family?"
There is no shortage of doctors, but there is a shortage of female doctors.
Although he didn't quite understand why his wife and daughter had to let him raise a female doctor, but his wife kept making troubles from time to time, so he should talk to the emperor about it.
The emperor didn't take it seriously. After making fun of him, he said: "The empress and the prince are responsible for this matter. Instead of begging me, you might as well beg the queen."
When the ministers who begged for mercy heard this, they felt relaxed and happy, so they asked their wives to go to the palace to find the queen.
They all have royal decrees and are qualified to enter the palace.
So within two days, the queen had no choice but to summon Man Bao privately, "How many places are there left in the Imperial Medical Office to be filled?"
Man Bao said: "The physical therapy department is still missing two people, and the acupuncture department, children's department, and sore and swelling department are all missing one person."
The queen nodded slightly and said: "The ladies of several families have begged me to come to me and want to put their distant nieces in the Imperial Medical Office to learn a few things."
Man Bao knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, and frowned and said nothing.
The queen smiled and asked, "Why, you don't want to?"
Seeing that Man Bao still didn't speak, the queen smiled and asked: "I heard that someone seemed to have asked you for help, but you refused? Why, do you have any objections to these aristocratic families and powerful ladies?"
Man Bao shook his head, "I have no objection to them, and I can understand them, but Madam, we have said before that the Imperial Medical Office is to train and transport doctors for medical offices in various places, and the medical office is for the common people all over the world.
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The queen nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, it's still the case today. Isn't this because you didn't recruit enough people?"
"Mother, if we agree to send people to the Imperial Medical Office this year before we have enough students, will the Imperial Medical Office not be able to recruit more students next year? Year after year, we can recruit fewer and fewer students, and finally we recruit
If a few don’t come, the rest of the places will be given to them?”
The smile on the queen's face slowly faded as she listened.
Aunt Shang on the side looked at Zhou Man in surprise.
Man Bao said: "People are like this. As long as there is benefit, they will find ways to make things develop in a direction that is beneficial to them. Now we look at a trivial matter that is insignificant, but it may cause problems for the Imperial Medical Office in the future.
The bane of collapse.”
She said with a serious face: "So since the rules were set at the beginning, they cannot be changed. It is agreed that there will be 300 places every year. If the recruitment is not satisfied, the students will not be filled. However, any students recruited within these 300 places will not be accepted in the future."
All of them must be assigned to the medical department."
The queen pondered for a while and then asked: "Will this medical department be able to accommodate so many people in the future?"
Man Bao said seriously: "When you can't let go, there are natural ways to let go. When the time comes, it doesn't matter if the court issues a decree or the local yamen coordinate, and these doctors who have learned medical skills can survive on their own. But now I
When you can’t see the fullness of the doctors yet.”
The queen held her forehead and said: "It is right to abide by the rules, but I can't save face. Alas, I used a soft attitude before, but now I reject people..."
When Man Bao saw the Queen being sad, she couldn't bear to become sad too. She thought about it and said, "No matter whether the Queen's 300 places are full or not, we can't give them to them. And in addition to the 300 places, we can't give them any more."
If there are ten spots available, they will be the ones."
The queen raised her eyebrows, "You mean, set up ten places specifically for them?"
Man Bao nodded, "Yes, let them pay, our hospital will teach them."
Thinking that the emperor's private treasury is almost full now, and the Ministry of Revenue has to delay every time it gives money, Xiao Yuanzheng and Senior Brother Yang have to argue with each other every time, and she is caught in the middle
Very difficult.
Especially recently, Xiao Yuanzheng also liked asking her to send messages to Senior Brother Yang, which made it even more difficult for her.
"It just so happens that the Imperial Medical Office is short of money to purchase some teaching materials. When Xiao Yuan and I come up with a price, you can ask them to send people over. For these ten places, we will make them the same as other students.
We take classes together and learn the same skills. After we finish our studies, we can let them come and go without any obstruction."
Man Bao paused and then rolled his eyes, "You don't even need to take a test. Just send them to us and teach them. But whether they can learn it or not depends on their talent. We give them ten places every year, and there will be no more for those with more."
The queen was stunned for a while, then nodded and said, "This is a good idea, but how do you determine the quota?"
Man Bao smiled and narrowed his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, you can make your own decision."
After thinking about it, she said sheepishly: "Mother, I don't know if the Li family in Yongzhou is looking for you. If so, why don't you leave a place for their family?"
Queen:......
Aunt Shang:......
The queen couldn't help laughing and asked: "Do you want to go back and discuss it with Xiao Yuanzheng first?"
Man Bao thought for a while and nodded. Although she was very confident that she could convince Xiao Yuanzheng, it was better to go back and discuss it, and the price had to be decided.