Chapter 1488 Reminder
The prince nodded, "How can my words be false?"
But Bai Shan said that even the most sincere words can deceive people.
However, Manbao didn't want to remind the prince of this at the moment. She just smiled happily and nodded immediately to indicate that she would live up to the prince's trust.
Never mind, let’s go to Chongwenguan first and see whether the medical book can be revised or not. Is it so easy to revise a book?
It will take at least one or two years, right?
Manbao narrowed his eyes and smiled.
Where is Chongwenguan?
She dared to guarantee that perhaps only Cui's collection of books in the world could be compared with that of Chongwenguan.
Chongwenguan is where the prince studies. It is said that in order to cultivate an excellent heir, the emperor piled all the books in the palace into it. It can be said that even the library behind the emperor's own study is not as complete.
The Hanlin Academy sometimes borrows books from the Chongwenguan to read.
Manbao, who even had to sneak into Yizhou Prefecture School, smiled and thought that living in the palace was not a bad idea.
She smiled and said, "I'm still teaching my students in the side hall this afternoon."
The prince waved his hand and said, "If you have any questions, go ask Kong Jijiu and Yang Heshu."
Manbao asked uncertainly, "Yang Heshu?"
"Well, my father and the Ministry of Revenue sent me to the Eastern Palace to look after me. Humph, if I need any other troubles in the future, I can go to him."
Manbao was so overwhelmed by this series of news that he was still a little dazed until he left the palace.
Doctor Liu, Zheng Gu, and Xiao Shao, who had left the palace with her, looked at her. Seeing that she had been shaken back to her senses by the bumpy carriage, they asked, "Master, what's wrong with you?"
Manbao smacked his lips and said to Zheng Gu, "Something big has happened."
She thought about it for a moment. When she left the palace just now, the Crown Prince didn't seem to have mentioned keeping it secret, and Eunuch Wu didn't hint at it either. So she waved to Zheng Gu and whispered, "Go back and tell your father that the court is going to reorganize the Imperial Medical Bureau."
Zheng Gu was confused for a moment. "Imperial Medical Bureau?"
Doctor Liu, who had been serving in the palace, immediately reacted. She looked up at Manbao in surprise and lowered her voice, "Doesn't that mean we're going to start recruiting students?"
Manbao said, "Not so fast. The Crown Prince said I have to revise my book first. I might have to live in the palace in a few days. But don't worry, I've already told the Crown Prince that you can come to the palace this afternoon to learn acupuncture."
Zheng Gu finally reacted, swallowed, and asked, "If the Imperial Medical Bureau is reorganized, can we go in?"
He vaguely remembered his father saying that a long time ago, when the Imperial Medical Service was still the Imperial Medical Bureau, the Bureau also had the responsibility of teaching. Students who passed the examination could enter the Imperial Medical Service, and those who failed could become famous doctors among the people.
Zheng Gu's eyes were shining, like two burning lanterns as he stared at Manbao.
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "If you study hard, you should be able to get in. I can't possibly give you a backdoor."
Xiao Shao also became alert and asked nervously, clenching her hands, "Master, will you revise the medical text for the assessment?"
Man Bao said: "The prince said that Xiao Yuanzheng is the editor-in-chief, and I am helping out on the side."
That was enough. The three of them had their eyes shining and ambitions burning in their hearts. At least they could get some inside information, right?
This was not what Manbao wanted to say. What she wanted to say was, "Go back and tell your father that after the Imperial Medical Bureau is reorganized, local medical bureaus will also be established. At that time, the students taught in the Imperial Medical Bureau should be placed in local medical bureaus."
Zheng Gu was stunned. His first thought was, "Isn't this stealing business from our pharmacy?"
Manbao glanced at him nonchalantly and said, "You're really stupid. The cheaper the medicine, the more people will seek medical treatment. It's like wheat and flour. When an acre of land only produced one dan of wheat, people cooked it into porridge and ate it with the husks. When an acre of land produced two dan or more, people learned to remove the husks and grind it into flour."
Xiao Shao looked confused and didn't understand.
Zheng Gu and Doctor Liu didn't understand it either. They just seemed to understand it vaguely, but also seemed not to understand it.
Seeing they were silent, Manbao assumed they understood. When they reached a fork in the road, she dropped them off. She waved at Zheng Gu and said, "Remember to tell the shopkeeper that we have a lot of medicinal herbs grown at home."
Zheng Gu agreed in a daze. After the carriage left, he came to his senses and looked at Doctor Liu, "Do you understand?"
Doctor Liu shook her head. She decided to go home and ask her grandfather, but she glanced at the carriage parked nearby and said, "Big Brother, would you like to take me home first?"
Zheng Gu wanted to refuse, as he was anxious to go home and talk to his father. However, when he met Doctor Liu's gaze, he didn't feel comfortable rejecting a girl directly. His eyes fell on Xiao Shao, who was standing beside him. "How about I ask Third Junior Brother to take you home, and I'll hire a car myself?"
This car was sent to them by Manager Zheng when they were going from Jishiditang to the imperial palace. After all, there were no cars for them to rent in the imperial city. If they didn't have a car, they would have to walk there, which was a very long way.
Doctor Liu asked, "Can you get a car here?"
Zheng Gu looked around and found that although there were some shops here, there were really no carriages. He felt a little regretful and said, "Okay, I'll take you back."
The two men first sent Dr. Liu back to the Liu family, and then rushed back to Jishiditang.
Zheng Da, the shopkeeper, was just about to leave early when he almost bumped into Zheng Gu at the gate. Seeing how nervous Zheng Gu was, he became nervous too. He grabbed Zheng Gu and asked, "What's wrong? Did you get into trouble in the palace?"
This is the bad thing about children entering and leaving the palace. Although they seem to be really successful, I can't help but feel a little worried.
Zheng Gu paused for a moment before regaining control of his expression. He pulled his father into the backyard and repeated what Manbao had just said. Then he asked, "Dad, what does Master mean? If medical offices are opened in various places, won't our pharmacy's business be taken away in the future?"
Shopkeeper Zheng's thoughts were interrupted. He glanced at his son and said calmly, "There are two things in this world that are beyond human control. One is hunger, and the other is illness."
He said, "As long as people are hungry, they have to eat; similarly, as long as people are sick, they have to take medicine. Do you think many people take medicine nowadays?"
Zheng Gu didn't know whether to nod or shake his head.
Manager Zheng said meaningfully, "In fact, there are even more people taking medicine. Don't worry, even if the medical bureau opens, it won't take away our Jishiditang's business. On the contrary, it may even make our business better."
As he spoke, Manager Zheng suddenly realized something. He stroked his beard and smiled, "I wonder if the person who proposed reorganizing the Imperial Medical Bureau thought of this. Was he doing it intentionally or unintentionally?"
At this moment, he didn't know that the memorial to the Imperial Medical Bureau was submitted by Manbao, Baishan and Baicheng. He was thinking that after returning home, he would ask his younger brother to find out who submitted the memorial and which family they planned to supply medicine to the Imperial Medical Bureau in the future.
Oh, and supply medicine!
See you later
(End of this chapter)
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