Manbao sighed and said: "Madam, our hospital now only has thirty-six people. Even Xiao Yuanzheng has to teach classes. There are many courses to teach, and this is only the first year. There will be more classes next year.
To recruit new students, even though this is only one class, at least four gentlemen are needed to teach them. Regardless of the energy spent by the imperial doctors, the court and His Majesty spent a lot of money to run the Imperial Medical Office. After they complete their studies, they will
Those who want to be private doctors are different from those who want to join medical offices and travel to various places."
Man Bao didn't say it clearly, but his meaning was very clear.
You are raising a private doctor, do you have the nerve to poach the imperial court and His Majesty?
The queen sitting there also sighed, "In order to build the Imperial Medical Office, all the money in your majesty's private treasury was spent. It was also because of this that Chang Yu's marriage was postponed for two years."
Madams:...couldn't it be that Zhou Man said it was not good for a girl to get married too early, and then the emperor felt sorry for his daughter and postponed it specifically?
Have you changed what you said at the previous two palace banquets today?
But no one would point this out without the sense of humor. The queens themselves had spoken out, and even if they thought it was expensive, they would not argue over these dozens of taels of silver.
So they looked at each other and agreed, "One hundred taels is enough, but you should leave more of this quota for us."
Man Bao said: "Then just double it. Ten places will become twenty places." Seeing that they seemed reluctant, Man Bao immediately explained: "This small class can always take care of some students. No matter how many students there are,
My husband’s energy is limited, so there will always be areas that cannot be taken care of.”
When everyone heard this, they reluctantly agreed.
After talking about the serious business, Mrs. Su Guogong stretched out her hand to take Man Bao's hand and said with a smile: "Mrs. Zhou, please come to my house to sit down if you have time. My second brother is not feeling well lately, so I asked a doctor to see him.
I know you are pregnant, and I want you to go and show it to her."
Since she has already hired a doctor, there is no need for her to see her again, right?
However, Manbao thought about it and nodded in agreement.
After seeing off Mrs. Su Guogong and others, Manbao glanced at Mrs. Zhao Guogong who was left behind, and bowed and retreated.
Xiao Yuanzheng, who had been staying in the side hall waiting for news, saw it and immediately came out, approached him and asked softly: "How is it?"
Man Bao nodded at him and whispered: "One hundred taels a year, twenty places, they accepted."
Xiao Yuanzheng was stunned and asked: "How did you tell them and why did you agree?"
Man Bao said: "I didn't say much, I just talked about some of the difficulties in the Imperial Medical Office. And the Queen is here, so they can't take advantage of His Majesty, right?"
Xiao Yuanzheng: ...Then why are you so embarrassed when you go to him?
He raised his head and glanced at Zhou Man, cleared his throat and said, "This is also your good luck. If the adults in the court came to talk about it, they would have to calculate one or two and one cent, and they would not be so happy."
Man Bao nodded with deep understanding, "Men are stingy and not happy at all."
Xiao Yuanzheng:......
I always feel that there is something wrong with this statement.
"Xiao Yuanzheng, the people they sent will be taught individually. I will outline a course later and you can discuss it with the imperial doctors?"
Xiao Yuanzheng's attention was immediately diverted. He nodded and said: "Okay, you list the courses first. After you give me the list tomorrow, I will go to Dr. Liu and the others to discuss it."
This matter is settled.
Man Bao returned to Chongwen Hall and began to take out pen and paper to list the courses they wanted to learn.
The initial courses were all scheduled, and what she needed to list was the latter, but once she knew what kind of doctor they wanted, it was not difficult to list the courses.
After all, the Imperial Hospital has spent four months finalizing the entire curriculum of the Imperial Medical Office. They basically just select the courses they must learn from those courses, as well as some more relevant courses.
After school, Bai Shan came over and saw that she was still immersed in writing, so he went over to take a look and asked, "Why are you still writing courses? Isn't this thing already decided?"
Man Bao explained to him while writing, saying: "I think this is a matter of mutual benefit. Two thousand taels is a lot of money."
Bai Shan then smiled and asked, "Does Your Majesty still lack this little money?"
"Do you know what it means to accumulate a little and make a lot?" Man Bao said: "This place doesn't know how to save, that place doesn't know how to open up the flow, everyone doesn't know how to be thrifty, even if your majesty has gold and silver, it won't be enough."
"Not to mention the Ministry of Household Affairs. Since I have known about the Ministry of Household Affairs and the National Treasury, I have never heard any official say that the treasury is full and the money is not enough every year. Last time our Imperial Medical Office wanted to buy an extra medicine cabinet, we just
Twenty taels of silver were listed on the list, but the Ministry of Accounts crossed it off, saying that one medicine cabinet is enough, why do we need two pairs?"
Man Bao shook his head and said: "We are stingy. If our Imperial Medical Office had money, would we still need to apply to the Ministry of Finance to buy medicine cabinets? We bought them directly, and we could buy ten pairs at a time."
Bai Shanle, "Use five pairs and lose five pairs?"
Manbao was also happy, nodded and said: "That's right."
After everyone left, Mrs. Zhao Guogong walked up to the queen and asked the queen warmly, "Mother, is your majesty's private treasury really empty?"
The queen smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty is also doing it for the people's livelihood."
Mrs. Zhao Guogong said: "You can't spend all the money on things. After all, it is your private house. You should keep some for yourself and your children."
She said: "Princess Changyu is not young after all. Even if she delays it, we should get married in the next two years, not to mention that the fifth prince is about to leave the palace and open a palace, and he has to go to the fiefdom and establish a vassal. All these things
Why don’t you need money for one item?”
Of course, the palace where the prince became a vassal required the Ministry of Household Affairs to pay for it and the Ministry of Works to build it, but what could be in the newly built house?
In the end, wouldn’t the emperor and empress have to provide subsidies?
Even though Concubine Yang will prepare for her son, the emperor will also give it to the empress. Even if it is just for face, she will pay some money. Besides, the empress treats the fifth prince well, so the amount will be even more.
Mrs. Zhao Guogong couldn't help but worry about the queen, and asked in a low voice: "Do you want me and the Duke to send some money in?"
"Don't," the queen stopped her and said with a smile, "It's not easy for my sister-in-law to raise a family. Even if it's more difficult in the palace, it won't be like this. Don't worry."
Mrs. Zhao Guogong sighed, "I heard that your Majesty has laid off a group of palace ladies, and Qian'er has sent a group of palace ladies to the Imperial Medical Office. People outside are saying that the palace is in a difficult situation."
The queen didn't expect such words to come out from outside, and couldn't help but said: "That's just because the Imperial Medical Office couldn't recruit a suitable girl from outside, so I chose someone from the palace to take over."
Seeing the look of disbelief on Mrs. Zhao Guogong's face, the queen paused and changed the subject, "How come my sister-in-law is thinking of asking for someone from the Imperial Medical Office like them?"