Chapter 850 Everyone is taking action

Tang Mingyue first escorted Chen Yanfu back to the maternity ward for her shift, and then headed towards the Third Medicine Hall.

As soon as he returned to the clinic, he laid out paper and picked up a pen to write a letter. After he finished writing the letter in a hurry, he called out to Qili before leaving: "Qili, I'm going out to find a caravan to send this letter. I'll be back in a little while."

"Dr. Tang, shall I go in your place?"

Tang Mingyue waved her hand, shook her head, and walked quickly outside.

A little over fifteen minutes later, Tang Mingyue returned. Doctor Li and Doctor Cui were already there. After greeting them, Tang Mingyue quickly sat down and poured himself a cup of tea, as he was quite thirsty after running all that way.

Old Doctor Li got up and went to Tang Mingyue, asking directly, "I heard from Qili that you went to mail a letter, Doctor Tang?"

Tang Mingyue didn't intend to hide anything. He felt there was no need to be evasive about such a fact, so he directly cupped his hands towards Doctor Li and said, "It is indeed being sent home. There are quite a few doctors in my family. With such a grand event for doctors being held in Chang'an, we must let our family members come out and see, so as to broaden their horizons."

Old Doctor Li stroked his beard, nodded to Tang Mingyue in agreement, and then said, "Doctor Tang is right. For a family of your caliber, it is only right that the whole clan knows about any good things that happen."

I felt a pang of emotion when I heard Dr. Li say those words.

"Yes, isn't that right?"

Unlike me, although I also studied medicine from a young age, I only spent money to become an apprentice to an ordinary master, and it took me more than ten years to master a little bit of the skills.

Then an opportunity arose, which allowed me to enter Chang'an and join the pharmaceutical alliance.

Tang Mingyue comes from a family of doctors, a family that has practiced medicine for generations. There must be no less than a dozen doctors in his generation.

Sigh, I can't compare, I just can't.

Doctor Cui chimed in, "That's right. We've benefited from our family's protection in the past, so we shouldn't forget them now that good things are happening."

The grand meeting isn't until the eighth day of next month. In these twenty-odd days, if one lives nearby and travels quickly to Chang'an, it should be enough time."

Tang Mingyue's letter arrived at the Tang family two days earlier than he expected. The gatekeeper led the messenger into the main hall of the Tang family. Tang Mingyue's elder brother, Tang Mingguang, received the letter, asked a few questions, and handed over a thank-you gift.

Tang Mingguang took the letter to the backyard and found his parents feeding a group of koi in the lotus pond in their garden.

"Mingyue has sent another letter?"

Tang's father glanced at it and then didn't pay much attention. Tang's mother, however, clapped her hands and looked at Tang Mingguang, asking, "Don't wait for your second brother. Quickly open it and see what Mingyue said."

The monthly letter of well-being has already arrived, so why is another one being sent now?

"Is he perhaps in some trouble in Chang'an?"

"Father?"

Tang Mingguang still asked his father a question. Tang's father put down the fish food jar and said to Tang's mother and Tang Mingguang, "Come on, let's go to the main hall to study."

"...Such a great opportunity, Father, you can have your eldest and second eldest brothers bring your younger sister. If other members of the family from other branches want to come, they can simply travel together."

I'm waiting for you in Chang'an, brother. The lodging will be rented in advance, so don't worry."

None of the three expected Tang Mingyue to bring such good news. After a few moments of contemplation, Tang's father looked up and said to Tang Mingguang, "Mingguang, go and call your second brother back from the clinic now."

Go back to the clan and tell your second brother to send someone to inform our in-laws.

"This means that those who intend to go to Chang'an tomorrow at 9:00 AM should come to our main hall to discuss this matter."

This scene wasn't limited to the Tang family. You should know that there were more than three hundred physicians in Chang'an, not to mention those in the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Who doesn't have relatives or friends by marriage?

Li San Niang herself, after consulting with Physician Liang, wrote letters to each of her fellow disciples who were officials in various parts of the Tang Dynasty.

Even if it's a place far from Chang'an, the letter was still sent.

This is because even if they miss the first Physician Exchange Conference in Chang'an, they will still have the opportunity to participate in the free clinic in April.

Not to mention that there will be medicines for ordinary people and tonics for the rich to make later.

Moreover, at the beginning of this year, the people of Chang'an already knew from the ward chiefs that the Emperor Wu's birthday celebration in October was a grand one, and that not only would it be a grand celebration, but also a grand event of all nations paying tribute to celebrate the victory in the war in the south (that is, the local war against the Occupy Central Kingdom in which Li Dalang participated)!

Therefore, it is quite reasonable for prefectures located some distance from Chang'an to arrive in Chang'an several months in advance to watch such a grand event as the All-Nation Assembly.

At this moment, Li San Niang, along with Qiu Xiang, Song Fu Ling, and Physician Sun and Physician Ning, were waiting outside the gate of Chongwen Hall.

The person they were waiting for was a junior official from the Ministry of Works.

The first Physicians' Exchange Conference in Chang'an City has been scheduled to be held on the eighth day of next month in the main hall of Chongwen Academy, where lectures were once given to students.

But this is, after all, a place for lectures. If we want to hold a medical exchange meeting, some of the layout needs to be changed.

Shouldn't we contact the Ministry of Works to find craftsmen to make the changes as soon as possible?

Jiang, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works, was followed by two junior officials and more than a dozen craftsmen. The group hurried towards Chongwen Hall.

Opposite to Li Sanniang and the others was an official from the Chongwen Academy with a displeased expression.

Li Lingshi, along with Wei Dianshi and three other scholars, stared at Li Sanniang and her companions across from them with disdainful expressions.

"If it weren't for the sage's order, how could such a sacred place allow physicians to enter?"

Li Lingshi was unhappy. As a clerk in the Chongwen Academy, he had always been proud and aloof because of his position.

But this time, the Imperial Medical Academy wanted to hold an exchange meeting, but lacked a venue, so they turned their attention to the Chongwen Hall.

You should know that the Chongwen Academy is full of the sons of imperial relatives and high-ranking officials in Chang'an.

In Li Lingshi's mind, this place was very noble, not a place for a lowly doctor.

Despite his reluctance, Li Lingshi dared not disobey the order from Emperor Wu, the supreme ruler of the Tang Dynasty.

After all, when Wang Shuzheng of the Imperial Medical Bureau brought up the matter of the physician exchange meeting in front of all the officials at the Grand Court Assembly, some civil officials stood up to resist it.

But Li San Niang retorted with a few words: "Humans eat grains and cereals, how can they not get sick?"

Furthermore, during the national war, it was the soldiers who defended the Tang Dynasty, but it was the physicians of the Imperial Medical Bureau who saved their lives!

Therefore, who dares to say that doctors are not qualified to enter Chongwen Academy?

Not to mention, many military officers agreed with Li Sanniang's words at the time, and later Emperor Wu made the final decision, deciding to hold the physician exchange conference at Chongwen Hall.

Therefore, no matter how uncomfortable they felt or how unpleasant their expressions were, no one in the Chongwen Academy dared to utter a single word of dissent.