Chapter 1288 Suggestions
"How many students can you teach?" Bai Shan asked, "Even if you stopped seeing patients at Jishitang, stopped studying, and stopped seeing patients, could you teach twenty students at once?"
"These twenty students will have to study under you for another ten years before they can graduate. By then," Bai Shan lowered his voice and said, "it's not certain whether the Queen will still be around. If she's not around, who will remember this female imperial hospital?"
Manbao shuddered, terrified by something else. "Oh my God, I have to stay in the palace for ten years just to do this? That's too scary."
Bai Shan nodded and said, "That's why I can't take this position."
Manbao was worried and asked, "Can this Imperial Hospital for Women be built?"
Manbao has read a lot of history books and stories over the years. Some of the so-called miscellaneous histories from the encyclopedia may be the ancient records of their world. She knows too well how important this female imperial hospital is to women all over the world.
She said, "If I take this step forward, my wish might be half fulfilled. If I shrink back, I might become a sinner in the world in the future."
Bai Erlang nodded and said, "If someone writes this down, don't worry, people in the future will definitely scold you."
Manbao: ...
Bai Shan pushed Bai Erlang and turned to Man Bao and said, "Don't pay attention to him. Although you won't take over the position, this Imperial Hospital can still be built, but it can't be built like this."
Manbao: "How do we build it?"
Bai Shan thinks it is not certain whether the queen can live to the next ten years. This policy was proposed by the queen. If she is gone, Manbao will definitely be in a very embarrassing position in the future.
It would be fine if I could resign. At worst, I can start over. The students I taught before can be considered to have made contributions to the people.
But what if she couldn't even resign?
After all, women serving as officials are different from men. Don't female doctors also have ranks? They're just not considered high-ranking.
But I have only ever heard of female doctors leaving the palace to go home and get married when they reached a certain age, or being sent to the palace for lifelong service due to crimes. I have never heard of female doctors who are not yet of age being able to resign and go home.
Bai Shan doesn't want Manbao to be trapped in the palace for the rest of his life.
He said, "The Queen wants to build a women's hospital. You can let her build it and leave the position vacant for now. When a suitable candidate is found in the future, you can select him."
"I think the Queen must have considered what we have considered, so the women she sent to you to learn medicine must be those who have had experience with medicine," Bai Shan said. "They can read, are familiar with herbs, are familiar with some prescriptions, and know some medical principles. You can teach them for five or six years and then they will be ready to become apprentices. Then you can let them do it."
Man Bao's eyes rolled, "In this way, all the officials in the Imperial Women's Hospital will be my disciples."
Bai Shan nodded and smiled, "You don't have to take too many students. Just three or two will be enough. You can let them come out to Jishiditang to study with you. When they have achieved some success, you can let them each take three or two junior sisters. You can occasionally check in and answer their questions. This way, you won't be tired and you can do more of what you want to do. They can also practice with their diseases. How great is that?"
Manbao nodded repeatedly.
Bai Shan lowered his voice and said, "If possible, you'd better work with the Queen to finalize the rules for the Imperial Women's Hospital. We should model it after the current Imperial Hospital. How will appointments be made, how will promotions be made, how will resignations be made? Also, the salaries and rewards. These rules must be determined in detail."
He said, "Only a government with established rules can last. If it relies solely on your passion, I'm afraid it will be ruined after only one generation."
Man Bao nodded. "Indeed, the Imperial Hospital basically only treats the royal family and powerful ministers, and rarely does anything to benefit the people. The purpose of the Imperial Hospital for Women is to allow trained female doctors to be sent out to various places to treat the people. If we don't set up a set of rules, I'm afraid that once the Queen passes away, this matter will be abandoned."
Bai Shan nodded and said regretfully, "The Imperial Hospital has always been independent of the six ministries and only obeys the orders of the emperor. It would be better if they were also included in the court and rewarded, punished, and impeached like other officials."
Manbao scratched his head and asked, "Has the Imperial Hospital always been like this?"
Bai Shan thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't seem so. I vaguely remember seeing a medical manual compiled by the Imperial Medical Bureau of the previous dynasty. It contained records of teaching students. I'll go look for it in the library of the Imperial College later."
This is because Manbao was studying medicine, and he only flipped through it when he saw it. Otherwise, no one would read this kind of booklet.
Bai Erlang flipped the venison over and sprinkled some salt and seasoning on it. The venison sizzled and the aroma wafted everywhere. He took the time to say, "It would be better to ask the master directly."
Manbao thought it made sense, so he turned around and ran to ask the gentleman.
Bai Shan glanced at Bai Erlang, then went out to get a small stool and set it up. He said, "Can't you solve this little problem yourself?"
Bai Erlang looked up at him with a puzzled expression. "There are so many books in the library. It must be so difficult to find one. Isn't this just for your consideration?"
Bai Shan said: "Thank you."
Bai Erlang hummed, "You're welcome!"
After the two men finished their quarrel, Mr. Zhuang was invited over by Manbao. Seeing that they had already started roasting the venison, he smiled and shook his head, saying, "Fortunately, we are not in the study, otherwise the whole room of books would be tainted with this smell."
Manbao said, "It smells so good, just dye it."
Mr. Zhuang reached out and patted her head gently, "Naughty."
Bai Shan said: "Aren't you afraid that you will get hungry when you hold the book and smell the fragrance in the future?"
Bai Erlang thought about it for a moment and said, "That's not bad."
Mr. Zhuang also patted him on the head, and the master and his disciples laughed happily.
Mr. Zhuang looked around and said, "How can we do it alone? Go and invite Mr. Xiang and the others over."
Daji went to invite him, and together with Xiang Chao, he carried Xiang Mingxue over.
So Daji's room became even more lively. He sighed quietly and thought to himself, forget it, it smells a little better.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang roasted the first batch of venison and gave it to Mr. Zhuang, Xiang Mingxue and Manbao first, then took the plate to roast the second batch.
Several people ate and chatted, "Sir, what was the Imperial Hospital like in the previous dynasty?"
Mr. Zhuang wiped the corners of his mouth with a piece of silk and smiled. "In the previous dynasty, it wasn't called the Imperial Hospital, but the Imperial Medical Bureau. In fact, it's not called the Imperial Hospital in this dynasty either. Officially, it's called the Imperial Medical Bureau, but I don't know when someone started calling it the Imperial Hospital, and over time, everyone just called it that."
Manbao blinked. "I remember now. The plaque on the Imperial Hospital does say 'Imperial Medical Bureau'. I didn't think there was much difference between the two, so I hadn't paid much attention to it."
Mr. Zhuang smiled and said, "There are still some differences."
He said, "During the previous dynasty, the Imperial Medical Bureau was under the jurisdiction of the Taichang Temple. Besides managing the medical affairs of the imperial family, it also occasionally taught students. However, the last emperor of the previous dynasty was cruel, and not only the Imperial Medical Bureau, but even places like the Imperial College lost their students. When this dynasty was established, wars broke out across the country, and state affairs were complicated. I'm afraid the late emperor and Your Majesty didn't think about this matter, so there are no more students."
"The Imperial Medical Bureau is still nominally under the name of the Imperial Rites Temple, but in reality it has long since separated from the temple and only answers to the orders of His Majesty. Therefore, everyone privately changed the name of the bureau to the "courtyard" and just went along with it."
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