Although doctors are called doctors, they were not founded by one person like Confucianism and Mohism.
Doctors have neither unified thinking nor real leaders.
Even Bian Que is only one branch of the medical family and cannot represent the entire medical family.
They are not like generals who can lead troops to fight, they are not like Legalists and Confucians who can govern the country, and they are not like politicians and famous politicians who have sharp words.
They only rely on their medical skills to walk around the world, cure diseases and save people. When they are done, they just throw away their clothes and hide their merits and fame. They don't care about fame and fortune, and they don't care about their future.
They have never been valued by the rulers. Only the State of Zhao was willing to improve their status, help compile medical skills, and grant fiefdoms to them.
This is something that all doctors dare not even think about.
Prior to this, the objects of enfeoffment in various countries were individuals, or families tied by blood relationships. This was the first time in history that enfeoffment was given to a certain group.
From then on, all the output of the fief belongs to the doctors, whether they use it to study medical skills, purchase equipment, or distribute it directly to everyone.
In the entire Zhao State, and even in the entire world, only the three families of Mohists, doctors, and farmers enjoyed this benefit.
When Zhao Kuo issued this order, it was not without resistance. Countless ministers and students wrote letters requesting Zhao Kuo to withdraw the order, or to grant fiefdoms to all the schools of thought equally.
"List the contributions you have made to the State of Zhao. As long as you can surpass any of the Mo, Yi, and Nong families, I will immediately grant you a fief. If you can't list it, shut your mouth. If you don't do anything practical all day long, you will know.
Where is the face for fighting for power and profit? There is no such person in our country of Zhao!" Zhao Kuo made everyone shut up with one sentence.
The Mohists invented the Quyuan plow, waterwheel, paper, cement and other things, which changed the entire Zhao country. Although Zhao Kuo helped, no one could veto the Mohists' contribution.
Moreover, the Mohists were the first school to follow Zhao Kuo. Whether it was the victory in the Battle of Changping or the counterattack of the Five Kingdoms' attack on Zhao, including the establishment of Handan Academy, the paving of roads, and the expansion of Handan City, Mohists were involved.
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The farmers even improved their seeds and farming methods, which increased the yield per mu by 20%. This is a real achievement. Not to mention in Zhao State, even if the big farmers go to other countries, the king will personally go out of the city to greet them.
As for the doctors, they can't afford to offend them. The doctors are weak because they are too scattered. If they unite, they are no weaker than any other family. Moreover, they will still rely on the doctors to treat them in the future. If they offend the doctors, they will get sick in the future.
I can only wait to die.
In the entire Zhao Kingdom, the only person whose contributions can exceed those of Moh, Nong, and Medicine is the military strategist. However, the military strategist is not a whole, and people like Le Yi, Lian Po, and Tian Dan all have fiefdoms.
I already have a big city myself, why should I share a small city with you?
Besides, a general's merits must be realized on the battlefield. How shameless is it to do these things behind your back?
In addition, military strategists and doctors are different. The monarch can tolerate all doctors joining forces, and even if the harm is great, they can easily suppress it.
But try all the generals uniting together? Even the most generous monarch can't stand it. I'm afraid he can jump out of bed in his dreams at night.
In fact, if you think about it from a long-term perspective, it is not a good thing to consolidate all doctors into one body in the name of doctors.
Medicine is a profit-making industry, and medical ethics is as important as medical skills. Once a monopoly is formed and there are no competitors, the only thing left to do is one’s conscience.
But conscience cannot stand the test. Over time, doctors will inevitably begin to rot from within, and eventually become black doctors that are despised and insulted by everyone, and may even be completely knocked off the altar.
However, the unification of doctors in a short period of time was of great benefit to the development of medicine. After all, given the conditions of Zhao State and the medical standards of the Warring States Period, it was impossible to create two or three teams.
Therefore, Zhao Kuo has been encouraging doctors to unify and integrate. As for the future shortcomings, that is a matter of the future. Only when the immediate matter is solved can we consider the future matter.
It is said that if Confucianism really taught a lot of foreigners, they could ask for the fiefdom with confidence, but they did not. The Confucianists just taught some students now, and they were still barbarians who had submitted to Zhao for decades. Even without them, the result would be the same.
, it just takes a little longer.
No matter how shameless Confucians are, they cannot open their mouths. Confucians during the Warring States Period still had backbone. They would fight for things that should be theirs and would not take things that were not theirs.
As for the Yang Zhu School, they really want to enfeoff the land, because the Yang Zhu School is now too weak. It used to be tied with the Mohist school, and was not Yang Jimo's Yang Zhu School. Now there are only a few people like Zhan He who are left in Handan Academy.
The number of people in the large branch is even at the bottom, not as many as the cooks in the kitchen branch.
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Their only chance to rise quickly is to gain fiefdoms, and they must gain fiefdoms ahead of most doctrines.
However, this is destined to be a luxury hope.
Yang Zhu's theory has its own significance, but its idea of "everyone for himself" is destined to be unpopular with the rulers. Zhao Kuo could support it and prevent it from becoming extinct, but it would never be possible for Yang Zhu's theory to flourish.
After the Confucian and Yang Zhu schools shut up, this matter was considered to have calmed down. As for the famous schools, Kanyu, Xiangshi and other schools, they knew that they were weak and never got involved in these things.
Among the legalists and military strategists, only some students at the bottom were encouraged by other schools, and no one at the top opposed it. They were more entangled with the country, almost all of them were officials, and everyone had the opportunity to obtain a fief. There was no need to
He went against King Zhao on matters.
Some people hide in the mountains and forests to study Taoism and Confucianism, but no one hides in the mountains and forests to lead troops to fight and formulate laws. The purpose of studying law cannot be to control a few monkeys.
However, this incident has deeply stimulated all schools of thought. In the past, farmers and doctors were all schools of thought that could not stand on the stage, but now they can be proud and proud.
Since they can obtain a fief, we must also have a chance to obtain a fief. Various schools of thought are working hard to do something big.
I heard that a few old guys from the astrology school have been observing the stars at night recently, counting the movements of the stars in the sky in recent years, and preparing to revise a new and more complete calendar.
The Kanyu family's topography and hydrology lineage is planning to travel to all parts of Zhao State to draw the most accurate map, including all the mountains and rivers of Zhao State.
The Confucianists sent a large number of people northward, preparing to spend ten years to turn He Zong, Lin Hu, and Lou Fan into Zhao people.
Zhao Kuo was happy to see the success of this. Only competition brings motivation. This is true between people, and it is also true between schools. Such a splendid culture in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was not the result of collision.
