Zhao Guogong looked sad and quickly admitted his mistake: "It's because the children in the family are ignorant..."
He later heard from his old wife that some of the daughters-in-law at home were worried and were afraid that Zhou Man would bring bad things from the palace, so they asked the steward to stop them at the second gate to change them.
It's normal for an ignorant woman to worry more, but it would be too humiliating to just send a second-level steward to arrange for Zhou Man.
Not to mention that she is not just an imperial physician, even if she is just an imperial physician, this matter is too humiliating. A temperamental imperial physician only treats patients on orders. After that day, it will be difficult to invite people to visit.
What can Duke Zhao do?
I can only apologize on behalf of the children in my family.
He said with a guilty look on his face: "I didn't teach them well."
The emperor patted his shoulder sympathetically and sighed: "Children are all debts, but since Zhou Man has been wronged, then you should give someone something to make amends. She is a generous person. I remember Liu Lang and Bai Bai
Shan Baicheng is a classmate, and Zhou Man often went to Chongwen Hall to attend classes in the past, so he is considered half a classmate, so he shouldn’t care too much about it.”
"Yes," Zhao Guogong said with a smile: "My wife said that Dr. Zhou was very meditative when he came to visit her several times and never neglected her. He is indeed a generous person."
As for the apology, he said he would prepare it when he returned.
The emperor was relieved upon hearing this, so he took Duke Zhao in to see the queen.
Duke Zhao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, neglecting Zhou Man at home was like neglecting the queen. After all, she went to see a doctor under the queen's orders.
The emperor didn't want the queen to know these things, so as not to upset her, so he pulled Zhao Guogong in with a smile, showed the book in his hand to the queen, and said very happily: "Xiao Yuanzheng and the others are about to test the vaccine."
The queen was surprised: "Really?"
The emperor nodded.
The queen then smiled and said: "Then we should reward them well. This will be a great event that will last for a long time."
The emperor began to ponder, "This matter is naturally Zhou Man's first credit. After all, it was she who crossed the desert to find the prescription from the Western Regions with all kinds of hardships. She spent the most time on this experiment. Since entering the emperor's mansion, she has
I’ve been in there for two months.”
"Yes," the queen said with a smile, "How will your majesty reward her?"
The emperor smiled and said: "Last time she came back from the Western Regions, she was originally going to be made the head of the village. After all, Bai Shan and Liu Huan who went with her were all knighted. As the chief official, she deserved the title even more. However,
……snort,"
The emperor snorted. Both the queen and Duke Zhao knew the reason. Zhou Man's delay in returning had embarrassed him.
The emperor said: "But at that time, it was not completely confirmed whether cowpox could be cultivated in the Central Plains, so I did not confer this merit. Now that it is confirmed that the prescription is useful, I think I will confer a title on her."
It’s really not good enough to hold a real job and then seal it.
If Zhou Man's rank is higher than that of Imperial Physician, he will be on the same level as Imperial Physician Liu. If he goes one higher level, he will be on the same level as Xiao Yuanzheng, which may be difficult to manage.
Originally, she was compiled from the fourth rank, which is half a level away from Xiao Yuanzheng, and civil servants are more noble than imperial doctors, so she is already on an equal footing with Xiao Yuanzheng. If they go up further, if they have conflicts in the future, she will be asked to listen to Xiao Yuanzheng.
, or is Xiao Yuan listening to her?
Therefore, the emperor did not want to grant Zhou Man's actual post in a short period of time.
Since it's hard to get a real job, then give her a title.
The village head was only of the fifth rank, but his status was noble. The emperor hesitated, "How about making me a county head?"
Duke Zhao couldn't help but his heart skipped a beat.
The queen lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then advised him: "Your Majesty, look at her age. She is a person with a great future. She will have many meritorious deeds in the future. If you make her the county head now, then next time she will
For meritorious service, will you give her a real job or make her a princess?"
When the emperor heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "It makes sense, then let's make the village head."
Duke Zhao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The emperor and his wife's brother-in-law had a meal, and then asked people to send Duke Zhao out. As soon as he left, the emperor looked at the queen and said happily, "I remember the first time I appointed Zhou Man an official, you told me,
If the title is higher, she can be demoted if she gets into trouble in the future, instead of sneaking out of the palace as soon as she gets into trouble, but now she has to leave room for promotion? "
The queen smiled and said, "That's because I underestimated her before."
The queen held the emperor's hand and sat together on the couch, smiling and saying: "She was so old at that time. There was no courtier younger than her in the civil and military affairs of the dynasty. She was childish, but she spoke so straightforwardly that I choked.
How can such a person go far in the officialdom if he doesn't know what he is doing and is overconfident?"
In fact, there was still a worry that the Queen did not express.
After all, Zhou Man was the first female official to go to court. Although everyone is used to it now and doesn't care much about it, there must have been people who had objections at the time. However, she has a small official position and a small person, and the prince is involved in the back. Once she is stopped, she will
It might be involved in the dispute over the East Palace, so everyone suppressed that opinion and didn't say anything.
But the queen thought that when the princess gave birth to a child and the prince's status was stable, some ministers in the court might look down on Zhou Man as an official in the same court as them.
She did not expect Zhou Man to be so successful. Not only did she quickly gain a foothold in the imperial hospital, but she also quickly established a foothold in the imperial court as a civil servant.
The civil servants headed by Wei Zhi recognized her, and from then on no one thought of letting her leave the Great Court Meeting.
Because the emperor is also a man, the queen never expresses these thoughts, but just because she doesn't say it doesn't mean she hasn't thought about it.
Zhou Man is already a qualified civil servant, and a civil servant recognized by all civil and military officials, so she still has a long way to go.
Since she has such a long way to go, she shouldn't go too hastily to avoid attracting too much attention. She is still young and will have many opportunities for promotion in the future.
As soon as the thought passed by, the queen laughed with the emperor and said: "Who knew she was so lovable, and she was not completely ignorant of the government affairs in the court. As you can see, her ability is not weaker than that of Xiao Yuanzheng and Dr. Liu.
I heard that even after going to the Western Regions and going back and forth in one year, she actually wrote half of a medical book, which was handed over to the Shangshu Bureau for publication.
Also included.”
The Queen said: "In three years, she independently compiled five medical books, including one on acupuncture and one on medicinal prescriptions. Xiao Yuanzheng said that the prescriptions contained therein are rarely recorded in existing medical books;
And she participated in the compilation of as many as eight medical books. With such diligence and ability, I had underestimated her before."
The so-called participation in compilation means that Man Bao narrates the previously recorded formulas, prescriptions, etc. in ordinary language, and then hands the manuscript to the editor-in-chief, who will work together to formulate a table of contents, and submit the introduction to the bookstore.