The Imperial Medical Office is about to start school. From now on, at least for a short period of time, Zheng Gu and the others will not be able to come to the palace for acupuncture.
The palace has always been well-informed. Perhaps because of this, more palace residents have applied for acupuncture in the past two days.
As one of the people in charge, Eunuch Wu inevitably received more information. For example, "I heard that Prince Gong quietly got up at night to go to the small kitchen to get some food. When someone in the palace saw it, he didn't dare to say a word, and he had to
Find a way to hide it from Aunt Shang."
For another example, "Some adults feel that the education fee set by the Imperial Medical Office is too high, and they are asking Mr. Wang from the Yushitai to impeach the prince and the Imperial Medical Office to take advantage of the opportunity to make money."
Man Bao was listening to the gossip with great interest at first, but unexpectedly the gossip reached her side. She immediately asked: "Which Mr. Wang? Wang Ji?"
Eunuch Wu, who was lying on the bed for acupuncture, smiled and said "yes". He had been here for three consecutive days, and he would have to take a rest from the palace tomorrow. It was really a pity.
He lay on the bed and said nonchalantly: "Master Zhou, don't worry, His Highness is often impeached, and nothing will happen to you."
Who is worried about the prince? What she is worried about is that Xiao Yuan is not good. You must know that the person standing behind Xiao Yuan is her, um, and all the doctors from the Imperial Hospital.
Man Bao inserted the last needle and ignored her three disciples. She held her chin and asked, "Eunuch Wu, do you know who those adults are?"
Eunuch Wu felt a little sleepy and asked: "Why do you ask this? Just leave these things to Zhan Shifu. There are people in the court who can speak for the prince."
Is there anyone who can speak for them?
Man Bao frowned, but asked anyway. She decided to write down the names of these people, and then told Xiao Yuanzheng to reject the people from their family directly.
Huh, since it's too expensive, then don't come. She hasn't even accused them of poaching the emperor.
Thinking of this, Man Bao's eyes lit up. Yes, the imperial physician did not have the power to make higher discounts, but the editor did.
Man Bao looked at Eunuch Wu who was lying down with shining eyes. If he hadn't been stuck with a needle, she would have patted his shoulder twice to express her happiness.
When she returned to Chongwen Hall, she found that Xiao Yuan was not there, so she turned around and ran to the Taiyuan Hospital to look for him.
Xiao Yuan was immersed in writing when he saw someone standing in front of him. He raised his head and took a look. When he saw it was Zhou Man, he asked, "What's the matter?"
"Xiao Yuanzheng, does anyone want those twenty places?"
"Of course it happened. The Queen gave them three days to report. No, thirty-six of them were reported in one go. I'm having a headache how to choose this person."
Man Bao took the list and looked at it. When he saw a lot of repeated surnames on it, he asked, "Isn't this from the same family?"
"We belong to the same clan, not one family."
Man Bao found a name, and the head of the household marked at the back was Wang Ji. She also found the names of the adults.
She chuckled and drew a circle on it with a pen under Xiao Yuanzheng's gaze, "Xiao Yuanzheng, since we are in a dilemma, let's go with these five people."
Xiao Yuanzheng took a look and asked, "Did they offend you?"
He said earnestly and thoughtfully: "Physician Zhou, as officials we cannot avenge private grievances. I have discussed it with the other doctors of the imperial hospital. First, we will ensure that there is only one person from the reported family, and then we will divide the rest according to the quota.
It’s almost divided.”
Man Bao said: "They and His Majesty have impeached you, don't you know?"
Xiao Yuanzheng, who was just being impeached, paused and stared slightly, "Who did you listen to?"
Eunuch Wu's name almost blurted out, and Man Bao immediately turned around and said, "I've heard about it anyway. If you don't believe me, go to the Yushitai and ask."
Of course, it was impossible for Xiao Yuanzheng to ask in person. That would be too much of a loss, and it would be too alarming.
So he called one of his men and asked him to inquire.
The Yushitai is also in the imperial city, not far away, just walk a little longer to get there.
Man Bao sat aside and helped organize various list documents while talking to Xiao Yuanzheng, "Someone is impeaching, you have to defend it, right?"
Xiao Yuanzheng said with a headache: "What kind of argument are you arguing with, arguing with the censor, how hard it is for me to think about it?"
Man Bao felt that they couldn't give in, "...otherwise the hospital will still treat us as easy bullies in the future, and they will bully us for everything."
Xiao Yuanzheng looked at her and said, "Did you plead guilty last time? Didn't you also plead guilty in person?"
I'm talking about the time Zhou Man was late.
Man Bao said without raising his head: "What's the matter? I was late that time. It was indeed a mistake, but this time we were right."
She said: "One person is one hundred taels, and twenty people are only two thousand taels a year. How can we make money?"
Man Bao, who often makes money from the nobles in the capital, knows that these powerful and aristocratic families are not short of money. Two thousand taels a year for an organization is too much.
But the account was obviously not calculated that way. The young imperial doctor who came back from inquiring about the news lowered his head and stood in front of Xiao Yuan, saying: "...the annual salary of a fourth-grade official is fifty taels. This year, one hundred taels is equivalent to a fourth-grade official."
For an official's two-year salary, a fourth-grade official has to spend ten years without food or drink to train a doctor. Isn't this money-making?"
The young imperial doctor secretly raised his head and glanced at the livid Xiao Yuanzheng, then lowered his voice and continued to say bravely: "Those censors also said that the good academies outside only have about twenty taels of cultivation per year.
Not to mention the ordinary small academies, which only cost 5 taels and 8 taels for one year of study. Learning medical skills is ten times more expensive than learning how to govern the country. Are doctors and craftsmen superior to scholars?
?”
Xiao Yuanzheng's face was so expressionless that even the other busy doctors in the Imperial Hospital put down their work, stood up and listened carefully.
Man Bao was dumbfounded when she heard this. She knew that what the censor said was not nice, but she didn't expect it to sound so unpleasant. She was so angry that she slammed the table and turned to Xiao Yuan Zheng and said: "Yuan Zheng, should we still endure this tone? Debian"
The discount must be on!"
The other imperial doctors couldn't suppress the fire in their chests and nodded vaguely.
Xiao Yuanzheng, who was so angry that he almost lost his mind, calmed down immediately when he turned around and saw Zhou Man fanning the flames.
He glared at her, turned around and asked the young doctor, "What else?"
The young imperial doctor said with a cold sweat: "The one who scolded His Highness the Crown Prince, and finally said that the imperial hospital has been getting closer to the East Palace recently. Could it be that he is using the pretext of passing on the art to make money for the East Palace?"
The Imperial Hospital became quiet for a while. Xiao Yuan was deep in thought when Man Bao rolled his eyes and said, "Are they fools? Your Majesty has given full authority over the affairs of the Imperial Medical Office to the Crown Prince. We at the Imperial Hospital are not allowed to revise books or discuss the construction of the Imperial Medical Office."
If you want to do it in the Chongwen Hall, you will inevitably have to interact with Zhan Shifu. If you don't go to the East Palace frequently, why don't you go to their Yushitai to visit?"
All the imperial doctors:...
Xiao Yuan couldn't bear it anymore and turned to her and said: "Shut up, how can the palace be so open-minded?"