In the first month of the year, even the city of Beijing in later generations was bone-chillingly cold, not to mention the current Little Ice Age. The Chen brothers and several personal guards, wrapped in thick fur coats and raincoats, followed the carriage around, driving the carriage.
Chang Bian was wearing a leather hat, his face was red from the cold, but his expression was very excited, and he was waving his whip and making noises from time to time.
But the carriage is as warm as spring. Chang Yu's carriage is specially made, spacious and comfortable. It can accommodate four people sitting side by side or lying down. There is a stove in the carriage for heating and boiling water for tea. But now
He was making tea and chatting with the matchmaker in the car.
The former heroine Hong Niangzi is now the director of a military hospital. There are specialized medical institutions in all dynasties, such as the Imperial Medical Office in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It was called the Imperial Medical Bureau in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. However, they mostly served the royal family and had already been established in the Tang Dynasty.
There were dedicated female doctors to treat concubines. In the Ming Dynasty, there were two medical systems. One was the Imperial Pharmacy, which as the name suggests belonged to the inner government and treated the royal family. The other was called the Huimin Pharmacy, which mainly provided services to poor and sick soldiers and poor people.
Medical treatment, but it existed in name only due to poor management and insufficient funding from the beginning.
The military hospital was promoted by Chang Yu. His original purpose was to house the Red Lady’s Detachment of Women. In his own words, all men were not dead yet, so there was no need for women to go to the battlefield. Moreover, the actual life experiences of these female soldiers were mentioned in the previous article.
It was extremely sad, but if they were simply and roughly dismissed on the spot and left to live among the people, it would probably be even more miserable. Therefore, they were retained for logistical medical treatment to help clean up the battlefield after the war and save lives and heal the wounded.
After the Battle of Baoding, the Defense of the Capital, and several battles chasing the Tatars for thousands of miles, the outstanding performance of the Red Lady's logistics medical team was obvious to all in the court, so a military hospital was officially established. Its functions and nature were no longer just those given initially.
The logistics medical team that does odd jobs for combat troops is a department officially recognized by the imperial court. It is a medical department that specializes in serving the military, rescuing the wounded, providing military-wide medical insurance, and a professional institution that trains medical personnel.
Because of its particularity and pertinence, such a department naturally cannot be under the name of Yu Pharmacy, let alone the Huimin Pharmacy that exists in name only. It must have its own independence, so under Chang Yu's promotion, it just
At first, it was planned to be posted to the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, but after considering many factors, it was finally posted to the Ministry of War, because the Ministry of War has since added a new department called the Military Hospital, and the highest official position in charge of this department is not called the president, but is called the Imperial Medical Order.
In the previous dynasty, this official was originally a seventh-rank official, but was specially approved by Emperor Chongzhen as "equal to a minister". Therefore, the Red Lady is now a serious official of the third rank in the Ming Dynasty.
But the Red Lady does not need to go to court, nor does she like to go to court. As a pragmatic person, she does not have so much time and energy to spit with the bunch of gentlemen in the court every day.
She puts all her energy into the construction and development of the hospital. Although she does not need to go to court, if anything happens, she can directly go to her immediate boss Shi Kefa or go to the emperor. However, the red lady still likes to go to Chang Yu when something goes wrong.
Help, because Chang Yu can always help her solve problems simply, directly and quickly. If it goes through the court, many things can be delayed until the day lily is completely cold.
For example, on the previous issue of medical insurance, the court had different opinions and argued endlessly. According to Chang Yu's philosophy, the court would fully reimburse active military personnel for their medical treatment and injuries, while retired soldiers would be reimbursed 10% or 20% as appropriate. However, some courtiers opposed it.
He was very powerful and believed that the imperial government's treasury was now empty and the money should be spent wisely.
In this regard, Shi Kefa once cursed loudly: Those wounded soldiers lying in the hospital all sacrificed their lives and blood to protect their homeland and country. When they were injured, they still had to pay for medical treatment. Did their consciences get eaten by dogs?
The opposition argued that it was not that they disagreed with medical insurance, but that money was being used wisely when it was being implemented at an inappropriate time... The supporters were scolded by the supporters, and the lives of those injured soldiers were worth waiting for...
There was a lot of hype in the court, and finally Emperor Chongzhen shouted: Nine out of ten military hospital expenses, from construction to medical insurance, were raised by oneself, and the court expenditure was only one tenth.
This silenced the opposition. In all likelihood, this self-financing came from Chang Yu. Some of it came from him borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha. For example, he defrauded the emperor of a hundred thousand silver and gave it directly to the red lady. Some of it came from him.
As for the medical insurance, part of it is voluntarily deducted from the salary of active duty soldiers...
There have been countless bad things like this since the establishment of the military hospital, but they have all been resolved by the Red Lady. After all, the backer behind her should not be underestimated. Her husband was one of the eight pillar states at that time, the governor of the Yellow River.
, and more importantly, her husband and wife had a close friendship with Chang Yu, the popular fried chicken in front of the emperor.
Chang Yu went out of the city to the military hospital this time not to see the matchmaker, nor to ask him for help if she had any difficulties. In fact, he was invited to check the results and impart experience.
Although Chang Yu is not a professional doctor, he comes from later generations. He is well-informed and as a professional fighting athlete, he has rich experience in bruises and cleaning and suturing wounds. For example, people in this era are mostly concerned about wounds.
Sutures are rarely used when applying dressings. In fact, suturing the wound can prevent infection and heal faster.
The military hospital is less than ten miles outside Fucheng Gate. It covers an area of about 20 to 30 acres and has 40 to 50 large and small buildings, which are divided into inpatient departments, dormitories, medical centers and schools.
Some people may wonder why there is a school?
Today's military hospitals are no longer the original rescue teams. Instead, they recruit talents and have famous doctors. For example, the famous infectious disease expert Wu Youxing, Li Zhongzi who once served in the Ministry of War, Fu Qingzhu of Taiyuan, etc. are all famous contemporary doctors.
These people not only sit in the classroom to provide consultations and study medical skills, but also teach apprentices, teaching medical skills and medical care knowledge.
Soldiers injured in the Gyeonggi area for more than half a year have gathered here to receive rescue. Some of them died of serious injuries, but most of them survived. A small number of people not only survived, but also harvested here.
love.
There is an independent small courtyard in the middle of the military hospital. There is a two-story brick and wooden building inside. This is the residence of the red lady, with offices on the first floor and living rooms on the second floor. Chang Yu did not enter, but went straight to the inpatient department to visit the injured soldiers.
, inspecting his injuries and on-site teaching on disinfection, suturing and bandaging, while the red lady led a group of doctors and nurses to listen carefully.
It was dark, the wind and snow did not stop, but got worse. Chang Yu left the military hospital, but instead of returning to the city, he went straight to the southwest. A few miles away was the Military Research Bureau.
Its predecessor was the firearms bureau of the imperial court. The firearms technology of the Ming Dynasty was also one of the best in the world. However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, it faced the same problems as all yamen, with a complex structure, chaotic management and insufficient funds.
For this reason, Chang Yu decided to reform, separate the Firearms Bureau from the Ministry of Industry, move it from inside the city to outside the city, and rename it into the Military Industry Research Bureau. You read that right, the Firearms Bureau in the Ming Dynasty was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry.
But Chang Yu separated him from the Ministry of Industry with just one sentence, but he was not placed under the Ministry of War, nor was he allowed to start a family on his own. Instead, he was under the jurisdiction of Dongchang, which shows that he attaches great importance to him.
A person who has traveled through time from later generations certainly knows that military industry is an important weapon of the country, and of course he must pay attention to it. Of course he must take care of it himself, and only if he takes care of it can he rest assured, and only if he takes care of it can he let it thrive, because only he
Only then will we spare no effort to add bricks and tiles to it and provide it with nutrients.
The first step in his reform was to promote talent in an eclectic way, to meritocracy, to encourage firearms craftsmen, that is, weapons experts, to develop and upgrade new weapons, and to implement a reward system. In order to allow these weapon experts to concentrate on research,
It has raised their salary to an unprecedented level, allowing them to support their families and live a worry-free life.