Inheriting the Song Dynasty

In 1127 AD, the Northern Song Dynasty fell. Immediately, the ninth imperial prince, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne in Shangqiu amidst widespread anticipation, inheriting the Song imperial line and r...

Chapter 23 Unity

For example, nursing homes and shelters for the disabled are of course good, but in reality they usually remain at the level of model projects of some officials and are only run for a few years before they are abandoned.

The cemetery system is similar, and the assessment methods are also very good, but there is no supervision. The monks in charge of the cemeteries’ favorite trick is to dismantle the bodies like Kindaichi did, breaking five bodies into six, and then asking the court for ordination certificates when they have enough... In this situation, many poor people would rather choose cremation than be put into the cemetery.

The only thing worth mentioning is the medical promotion system... Throughout the Song Dynasty, both the government and the people attached unprecedented importance to the promotion of medicine and traditional Chinese medicine. Not only did famous doctors emerge in large numbers, but the medical administrative institutions, medical business institutions, and medical education institutions were also very sound. The central government not only had the Imperial Academy of Medical Officers, the Imperial Hospital, and the Imperial Pharmacy, but also had the Imperial Medical College corresponding to the Imperial College. Moreover, it was more advanced than martial arts, and was directly ranked and graded according to the Sanshe method. Not only that, medical officers were stationed in various government offices, military camps, and local areas, and a large amount of epidemic prevention medicines were allocated to remote areas every year.

It can only be said that, speaking only of the medical system, as Pan Guozhang finished his entire explanation, Emperor Zhao felt that he was really unworthy of the times.

However, these things were destroyed during the Jing Kang period, and it was not until the third year of Jian Yan that the corresponding central institutions were rebuilt. Only last year did they start purchasing medicines again, but they still used military funds, and most of them were used in military camps... And it seemed that Father-in-law Pan wanted Emperor Zhao to allocate some funds to restore the former glory as soon as possible, but he was fooled by the emperor in the end.

It’s good enough that he didn’t ask the father-in-law for money, let alone allocating funds?

In fact, Emperor Zhao spent a lot of money on the reconstruction of the martial arts school. Part of the unused Yeonbokgung Palace behind the imperial palace was used as a school building... You know, this place is only separated from Emperor Zhao's fish pond by a wall.

Back to the present, we have to say that Wu Jie is stronger and more careful than Zhang Jun. Not only did he send corresponding officers for training as agreed, he also sent dozens of young people from Guanzhong to enrich their martial arts... This made Emperor Zhao very satisfied.

"What's your name?" After chatting with the officers of the rear army and the right army of the imperial camp on the open ground of the temporary martial arts school, Emperor Zhao couldn't help but notice the young men from Guanzhong, so he turned around. When he looked at the young martial artist who was leading the group, who had barely even a moustache on his lip but was exceptionally tall and strong with muscular shoulders, he really had the subtle feeling that some of the world's talents were within his grasp.

You have to know that just looking at this man's skeleton, he has some of Han Shizhong's flavor.

"I..." This person was obviously at a loss because of his young age. He wanted to speak but didn't know what to say, and he wanted to salute but didn't know how to salute. He just stood there in a daze for a moment.

"Reporting to the emperor." Wu Lin, who was escorting these officers and martial arts students on behalf of Wu Jie, stepped forward half a step from the back to respond. "This man's given name is Zhongfu, which happens to be the same as Zhang Zhongfu, the commander of the imperial cavalry. But his surname is Wang, and he is from a wealthy family in Jingzhao... He entered the county school when he was young, and he made good progress, but he is also a natural martial arts genius. At the age of 18, he has already defeated all the opponents in Jingzhao. A month ago, the Prince of Yan'an was in Chang'an. He heard his name and went to test him. He was defeated after the test, and he also thought he was a genius. He was originally going to recruit him into the army, but later he heard that the emperor was going to run a martial arts school, so he recommended him and asked me to bring him here."

Zhao Jiu put his hands behind his back and nodded slowly, looking extremely satisfied, then went to look at the next student.