Chapter 1690 Idea
County Magistrate Tang glanced at him and said, "Tomorrow is a day off."
It would be fine if he temporarily asked the chief clerk and the yamen runners on duty to go to the countryside to carry out propaganda, but he couldn't ask the village head to come to the county for a meeting on a day off, right?
Bai Erlang then urged, "The village head and his men won't care. Only adults have days off. They don't care whether they have days off or not."
Although he knew that what they said was true, what should County Magistrate Tang do if he didn't want to work overtime?
He held his forehead and said nothing. Madam Tang also pushed him and said, "Alright, just do what they ask of you."
Anyway, I have to work overtime every few days, so I don’t mind having a little time tomorrow.
County Magistrate Tang could only look at the three people helplessly and agree.
There is a big difference between having the village head participate and not having the village head participate. There are hundreds of households in each village, and the village head is basically familiar with the situation of each household.
County Magistrate Tang told the head of the village, and the head of the village, who was familiar with the situation of each family, basically knew which family was suitable and which was not.
Manbao and the other two who went along to join in the fun told the village heads the benefits of studying medicine at the Imperial Medical Bureau.
The Imperial Medical Bureau not only provides food and accommodation, but also teaches literacy and medical training. After graduation, students will be paid for working in the medical bureau. If they do a good job, they may even be able to become an official.
Manbao used himself as an example, "Zhou is now a sixth-rank imperial physician. In the future, there will be female imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital, and female physicians will also have ranks."
This is the most tempting thing. Even the village heads themselves want to send their daughters or granddaughters to try it out. However, this kind of thing is best done by men. They decided to go home and let all the boys in the family who look smart sign up for the exam.
Well, you can also bring the girl at home to try it out.
Manbao didn't know that they were targeting the 70% proportion of male disciples. Seeing that they responded decisively, he looked at Baishan happily.
Bai Shan whispered in Magistrate Tang's ear, "It would be great if the magistrate of Wannian County could do the same."
County Magistrate Tang glanced at him sideways, then put down his teacup after a moment and said, "Alright, I'll go there for you."
He stretched out his hand to several people and said, "Give me the tea money."
Today is a day off, and this is not official business. If you ask someone to come out and talk, shouldn’t they have to drink tea and eat?
Bai Shan thought about it, then took out a string of copper coins from his purse and put them in his hand.
County Magistrate Tang took the money and held out his hand again, smiling and saying, "Tea is enough, but County Magistrate Guo seems to prefer wine."
Bai Shan usually only brings a string of copper coins when he goes out, and the rest are a few pieces of silver. As long as they don't buy anything particularly expensive, that bag of money is enough for them to use for several months.
Manbao also knew his habit and was reluctant to give him silver, so Manbao began to rummage through his own purse and took out a string of opened copper coins from his purse and gave them to County Magistrate Tang.
As soon as County Magistrate Tang saw the gap, he knew that the string of coins was worth less than eighty coins.
He took the money, glanced at Bai Erlang, who was clutching his purse tightly, and asked curiously, "Aren't you the most open-minded about money among the three of us? I remember you wrote a storybook—no, a biography—and gave all the proceeds from that bookstore to the two of them."
Bai Erlang said seriously, "I am no longer the same person I was before."
County Magistrate Tang put away his hand and took the money given by Bai Shan and Man Bao. He stood up and said, "Alright, you can go back now."
Seeing that they looked like they wanted to join in the fun, County Magistrate Tang waved his hand and said, "You don't know County Magistrate Guo, so don't make trouble."
The three of them stopped thinking about it and watched him walk away before they sighed and left the county government office.
The yamen runners of Chang'an County were familiar with the three men. When they saw them leaving, they extended their hands to greet them and asked them to come and sit with them often.
It was different when a local official took action. The next day, Man Bao had just sat down in the palace, barely warming up when Xiao Yuanzheng came in and said, "I don't know what happened today. I thought everyone who signed up had registered in the past two days, but a whole new wave of people showed up early this morning."
Manbao perked up and immediately asked, "Are there many women?"
Xiao Yuanzheng glanced at her and said, "It's a lot more than a few days ago, but there are only about twenty of them."
Seeing that Manbao was still a little disappointed, he said, "Doctor Liu is outside registering. I'll know the list later when I ask him. I just took a quick look. It's still early, so there might still be a lot of people."
Manbao sighed, he couldn't always put his hope on someone outside who he didn't know whether he was there or not.
She thought about it and turned to look at the sky outside.
In the afternoon, after Manbao visited Prince Gong at Taiji Palace, he began to stare at him with his chin, but in fact he was staring at the palace maids surrounding him.
But Prince Gong didn't know. He thought she was looking at him, and he felt numb in his heart. He simply turned his head and glared at her, "What do you want to do now?"
Manbao then turned her gaze to his face. After looking at him for a while, she moved her gaze to the palace maid beside him and said, "It's nothing. His Majesty doesn't allow me to be too strict with you, so I won't let you diet recently. Just eat boiled lean meat every day as before."
Prince Gong's face was almost distorted. The meat was only boiled in plain water with very little salt. It was the most unpalatable meat he had ever eaten. How could this be called not strict?
Manbao felt a little happier when he saw this, and finally got up and left.
However, she did not go back to the East Palace directly, but went to find the Queen. She took the cup of tea brought to her by the palace maid, watched her retreat to the side, then retracted her gaze and lowered her head to drink the tea.
The Queen looked at him and asked with a smile, "Why do you always look at the maids in my palace?"
Manbao put down his teacup and sat upright, saying, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Medical Bureau's recruitment is not going well."
The Empress obviously knew about this. After all, it was she who persuaded the Emperor to set up the Imperial Medical Bureau, and most of the money used was from the Emperor's treasury. Naturally, she was very concerned.
She sighed, then followed Manbao's maid's gaze and asked, "Why, do you want them to learn?"
Manbao then said, "Your Majesty, didn't you say last time that the extravagance in the palace should be cut down? Why don't you ask the palace maids if they are willing to take the exam at the Imperial Medical Bureau?"
The Queen smiled and asked, "Why, do they have to take the exam first?"
Man Bao said, "Of course, anyone who wants to join the Imperial Medical Bureau must first take the exam."
The Queen pondered for a moment, nodded, and smiled, "In that case, we can only choose younger palace maids."
Man Bao said: "After completing their studies, they can even choose to return to the medical department in their hometown and reunite with their parents and families."
The Queen smiled and nodded, saying, "That's a good idea. You go first. Let me think about how to do this."
Manbao breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, bowed and left.
After she left, the queen smiled and shook her head.
Aunt Shang offered tea to the Queen and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, Master Zhou is still a little naive."
She said, "I'm afraid not many palace maids would choose to return to their homeland."
The Queen said, "Children are supposed to be innocent, and that's not a bad thing."
The next update will be around 10pm
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
