The rank of the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital remains unchanged. Xiao Yuanzheng is still the fourth-rank hospital chief. However, in the past, the fourth-rank was a full-time job, and the imperial doctor's order was a part-time job without rank. Now the fourth-rank is a part-time job.
Zhou Man was still a fifth-grade imperial physician, and still had the title of editor of the Chongwen Pavilion. She was calculating in her mind that if she could still work part-time as a high-ranking official in the Imperial Medical Office, wouldn't that mean she had three jobs?
The three positions are all actual positions, which means not only a salary, but also a career field.
The salary money given to officials in Dajin is actually not much. Take Man Bao as an example. She can now earn about ten to twelve taels a month for sitting in a drug store and medical clinic outside, and the money for outpatient consultations is basically her own.
Pharmacies will only require the medicinal materials to come from their pharmacies.
But her current salary as an imperial doctor is only 3,600 taels a month, which is far lower than the price of sitting in a court outside.
Because for officials, their income does not mainly come from salary or even lumi, but from their job income.
Generally speaking, those with official status generally have a job title. If not, the salary must be high, and other benefits will follow accordingly, such as doctorates in the Imperial College, etc.
Although it may be hard to think about holding three jobs, it seems to be very profitable.
Man Bao was a little moved.
So he and other imperial doctors looked at Xiao Yuanzheng with bright eyes.
Xiao Yuanzheng waved his hand and said: "Don't look at me. I have a lot of waste waiting to be done. Before the Imperial Medical Office was different, I couldn't make the decision alone, but I will fight for you."
In the past, the Imperial Medical Office was an institution under the Imperial Hospital to train doctors. It didn’t even have a grade. It relied entirely on the support of the Prince and the Imperial Hospital. Therefore, apart from a few discussions when they needed to use money from the treasury, the ministers discussed matters in the Imperial Medical Office.
Basically it is decided by the prince and himself.
But in fact, the prince doesn't care much about the Imperial Medical Office, so Xiao Yuanzheng has the final say.
Now it's obviously impossible.
Xiao Yuanzheng went to the emperor to hold a small court meeting with him. Well, he is now qualified and can attend the small court meeting every day if he wants to.
In fact, Xiao Yuan was a little unsure when it came to these adults of the same level as him, so he didn't really want to participate.
However, he had no other choice.
Except for him, the Imperial Medical Office has not yet decided on any other officials, so he had to come and participate.
No matter what, we have to appoint the Chief Medical Officer first, so that we can recruit more troops... No, it's to fill the vacancies.
Because he was his subordinate, he was the one who made the recommendation first. On the way there, Xiao Yuan had already thought about all the people in the Imperial Hospital, so when he arrived at the Imperial Study Room, he directly recommended two people to the emperor, "Liu
The Imperial Physician and the Imperial Physician Zhou can serve as my deputies."
The ministers who attended the meeting expressed their opposition, not because they were opposed to Xiao Yuanzheng, but because: "Two of the two chief medical officers cannot both come from the imperial hospital. One only needs to be proficient in medical skills, and the other must understand the royal family."
According to the technique, the Chief of the Imperial Medical Office is to assist the Imperial Medical Office in the management of the Imperial Medical Office."
Wei Zhi suggested: "I think we should transfer someone from another place to assist Xiao Yuan in building the Imperial Medical Office."
Others, especially the Minister of Civil Affairs, seconded the proposal.
Is the management of a department so simple? The Imperial Medical Office does not only need physicians who know medical skills. Otherwise, how is it different from the Imperial Hospital which only treats people?
In terms of eloquence and reasoning, Xiao Yuan could not defeat these elders, so he was convinced.
When it comes to calculating the amount of medicinal materials required in various places, reasonable planning of expenditures for purchasing medicinal materials, the construction and optimal number of new medical offices each year, and the management of the relationship between the Imperial Medical Office and local medical offices and other complicated matters, what is the difference in your Imperial Hospital?
Is an imperial physician more powerful, or is it a Jinshi or Ming Jing who has had experience as a local official, managed prefectures and counties, and studied hard for more than ten years?
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the Imperial Medical Office is a relatively technical department, they wouldn't even want to reserve the position of Chief of the Imperial Medical Office for Xiao Yuanzheng.
Because these bosses don’t trust the management level of these doctors from the bottom of their hearts.
So, Doctor Liu or Zhou Man, please choose one.
But in fact, everyone did not give Xiao Yuanzheng a chance to choose. Zhou Man is now holding two positions. Whether it is from a technical perspective, a qualification, or a personal consideration, Imperial Physician Liu is the most suitable.
However, someone suggested that Zhou Man could be transferred from Chongwen Hall to the Imperial Medical Office. After all, he was still in the fourth rank, and the Chief of the Imperial Medical Office was still in the fourth rank, which was considered a promotion.
But not to mention Wei Zhi and Mr. Old Tang, even Xiao Yuanzheng, who was not very clever in everyone's minds, strongly opposed it.
He is not stupid and knows that Zhou Man's benefits in Chongwen Pavilion are far greater than those in the Imperial Medical Office.
Not to mention that the Imperial Medical Office is a newly established department. There is only a difference in official status and social status.
The people in Chongwen Hall are all civil servants, and their official status is the same as that of the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College at the same level. They belong to the nobility. What is the nobility?
It's a place of incorruptibility, no oil and wealth but high status.
Zhou Man is much better there than in the Imperial Medical Office. Not to mention that the Chief of the Imperial Medical Office is only half a grade higher, even if he is a higher grade, he will not change.
So Xiao Yuanzheng directly appointed Dr. Liu as the Chief of the Imperial Medical Office.
Manbao and the doctors in the Tai Hospital knew nothing about this. They were in the Tai Hospital enthusiastically discussing the festival regulations issued by the imperial court for this year's Mid-Autumn Festival.
Well, you have to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to collect the holiday gifts, but there is a list for them. After taking the list, you can take it to collect the items and collect the items according to the list.
Boxing gifts are distributed according to position, not head, so Manbao has two copies.
She looked on happily.
Dr. Zheng came up to look at her list and was filled with envy. "Doctor Zhou actually has a jar of green bamboo leaves."
Man Bao said: "Last year it was chrysanthemum wine, why is it today bamboo leaf green?"
"Bamboo leaf green is much better than chrysanthemum wine," Imperial Physician Zheng said quickly: "If Imperial Physician Zhou wants chrysanthemum wine, why don't I trade it with you?"
"Forget it, I don't drink," Man Bao said, "These wines are all taken back to my father and my brothers."
Doctor Liu said: "Looking at it like this, the treasury should have a lot of harvest this year, and the treatment will be better than in previous years."
Man Bao thought for a while and said: "This year, the weather is good in the suburbs of Beijing and Yongzhou."
At least she has gained a lot from her two big careers.
Doctor Liu knew better and said with a smile: "I heard that this year only the Taiyuan area suffered from drought, and there were also floods in the Jingzhou area, but they are all very serious."
There will be floods and droughts every year. After all, the world is so big, how can it be possible for everything to have good weather?
However, if floods or droughts are not particularly serious, the local government will bear them on its own. Only when the situation is more serious, the capital city will step in to provide relief.
So overall this year has been smooth sailing.
Because everything went well this year, the emperor was very happy. When he was happy, the courtiers also became beaming with joy. Apart from the fact that the royal family is still in mourning period, the people have decided to have a good time during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year.
It's only August 12th, and it's already starting to get busy outside.