After the maid left, Magistrate Chu got straight to the point and said, "Miss, could you please sell me some of those pills? And given your medical skills, are you interested in becoming a doctor at the Imperial Physician's Office?"
The Imperial Medical Clinic was a medical clinic set up by Daliang in various prefectures. A royal physician was sent by the Imperial Medical Bureau to teach and recruit qualified doctors from the public. Its main purpose was to deal with the plague.
Every time a plague occurred, the imperial court did not have so many imperial physicians to send, so it could only recruit doctors from the public, train them, and let them serve the court.
The Imperial Medical Clinic was under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Hospital. The male doctors recruited were called medical doctors and the female doctors were called medical girls. They were all non-staff members of the Imperial Hospital, with salaries but no official positions.
Gao Zhijun refused without thinking. She was talented and didn't want to work from nine to five, which was so boring and uninteresting.
What she wanted was to live the life of a free and unrestrained boss, going to work whenever she wanted and staying at home as a lazy fish when she didn't want to go out. Life was interesting this way.
Anyway, she will make a lot of money in the future and become the richest person in Daliang. She can do whatever she wants as she pleases. This is what it means to be willful when you have money.
"Thank you for your kindness, sir. I only have a little knowledge of medicine and cannot be a female doctor. Besides, I am used to freedom and cannot stand being controlled."
Gao Zhijun's refusal not only shocked Governor Chu, but also Huo Jinqian. He looked at Gao Zhijun in shock. What a good opportunity this was.
Although they are non-staff, there will be a competition every three years. The winner can be converted to a regular employee and sent to the Imperial Hospital in the capital for training until he is qualified to become an imperial physician. He will then be a real official appointed by the court and can stay in the palace to treat concubines, or he can come back to be a female doctor.
Let me say here that Daliang has no laws that discriminate against women holding official positions.
There were actually quite a few female officials in Daliang, but they only held official positions without real power and were not allowed to attend court.
The official rank of female officials in Daliang could not exceed the sixth rank. Most of them were eighth or seventh rank female officials, and there were very few sixth rank female officials.
There were only two sixth-rank female officials in the entire Daliang, and they were the female doctors in the imperial palace.
The difference between a female doctor and a female doctor is that a female doctor is a common doctor who has entered the local imperial medical school to study. They are non-staff members of the court.
A female doctor is an official appointed by the court. She has been assessed by the imperial physician and has won the first place. She is then on duty in the Imperial Medical Bureau or is a female official who treats concubines in the palace.
After being shocked, Governor Chu said, "Miss, are you sure you want to give up this opportunity? Many people have fought tooth and nail to get in, but you have easily gotten it and you want to give it up.
Although the female doctor was a non-staff member, she enjoyed a salary and was loved by the people.
With this identity, many officials and businessmen will be polite when they see you.
Moreover, the examination is conducted every three years. As long as you come out on top, you can be transferred to a female doctor and enter the palace to treat the empresses, enjoying endless wealth and glory.
Such a good opportunity, you really have to give it up."
Wealth and glory?
Is it so easy to enjoy such wealth? Do you really think she is an illiterate person who has never been to school?
In your previous life, you watched a lot of palace fighting dramas?
There are so many dirty things going on in the palace, all of which are gods fighting and the little devils suffering.
I don’t know how many innocent lives have been harmed.
She was not interested in the palace, a place where people were eaten without leaving any bones.
People who have received higher education should not risk their lives. This is really like reading to waste.
Living a new life, she cherishes her life very much, so how could she end up in that cage in the palace?
"My medical skills are so poor that I am not qualified to enter the Imperial Medical Office. I hope your Excellency will forgive me!"
Gao Zhijun declined politely.
In this ancient time when royal power was supreme, one still had to learn to bend and stretch.
If you want to be an official, you must be a high-ranking one. If you are an official of the seventh or eighth rank, you will still be bullied and slaughtered at the mercy of others.
She always believes in the famous saying "My destiny is in my own hands!"
"Well, everyone has their own aspirations, and I won't force them."
Governor Chu said with regret.
He felt that the girl in front of him was extraordinary and her future achievements might change history.
"Thank you for your help, sir!"
"To thank you for your help, I would like to give you a bottle of fever-reducing pills and a bottle of cold pills.
I will also give you a life-extending pill. As the name suggests, it can bring the dead back to life as long as there is a breath left."
After Gao Zhijun finished speaking, she took out two small bottles from her sleeves. Each bottle contained ten pills, and the other bottle contained a life-extending pill.
Life-extending pill? There was such a miraculous pill? Magistrate Chu didn't believe it.
If it really existed, why would she be dressed so poorly? She had never heard of this elixir before, but since it was such a kind gesture, it was hard for Prefect Chu to refuse. He could only say awkwardly, "Thank you very much, young lady."
Gao Zhijun knew that Governor Chu didn't believe her, so she didn't take it to heart.
Soon after, when Governor Chu learned that the life-extending pill was so hard to come by that even ministers in the imperial court could hardly obtain one even with a large sum of money, and that one pill could be sold for ten thousand taels of gold, depending on the owner's mood, he deeply regretted not trusting it that day.
Moreover, this pill saved her old mother's life, which made him slap himself in the face and regret his thoughts that day.
"You are so kind, sir!"
"Sir, I have another request this time. I hope you will take it seriously."
Thinking of the safety of the people and the plague, Gao Zhijun stated her purpose.
"Miss, if you have any requests, just tell me. I will do my best to help you!"
Governor Chu looked calm before, but now his face was heavy. He felt that something bad was going to happen.
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