Chapter 2423 Want to Seal
Duke Zhao's face was filled with sorrow, and he quickly admitted his fault, saying, "It's all because of the children in my family who are ignorant..."
He later heard from his wife that the daughters-in-law in the family were not trustworthy and were afraid that Zhou Man would bring out bad things from the imperial farm, so they asked the steward to stop him at the second gate to change clothes.
It was normal for an ignorant woman to worry more, but it was too humiliating to just send a steward from the second gate to make arrangements for Zhou Man.
Not to mention that she was not just an imperial physician, even if she was just an imperial physician, this matter was too humiliating. The imperial physician with a bad temper was only treating patients on the emperor's orders, and it would be difficult to invite someone to come to the house after that day.
What can Duke Zhao do?
I can only apologize on behalf of the children in my family.
He said with a guilty look on his face: "It is my fault that I did not teach them well."
The emperor patted his shoulder sympathetically and sighed, "Children are all debts. However, since Zhou Man has been wronged, you should give her something to make amends. She is a generous person. I remember that Liu Lang and Bai Shan and Bai Cheng were classmates. Zhou Man also often attended classes at Chongwenguan. So we can be considered half classmates. She shouldn't be too picky."
"Yes," Duke Zhao said with a smile, "Madam said that Dr. Zhou has been very attentive during his visits and has never neglected me. He is truly a generous man."
As for the apology, he said he would prepare it when he got back.
The emperor was relieved when he heard this, so he took Duke Zhao to see the queen.
Duke Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. In reality, neglecting Zhou Man was like neglecting the Empress. After all, she had come to see the doctor under the Empress's orders.
The emperor didn't want the empress to know about these things, so as not to upset her. So he pulled Duke Zhao in with a smile, showed the memorial in his hand to the empress, and said with great joy, "Xiao Yuanzheng and his team are about to test the smallpox vaccine."
The Queen was surprised: "Really?"
The emperor nodded.
The Queen smiled and said, "Then you must reward them well. This is a great event that will benefit future generations."
The emperor pondered for a moment, "Naturally, Zhou Man deserves the most credit for this. After all, she brought the recipe back from the Western Regions after a long journey across the desert. She also put the most effort into this experiment. She's already been here for two months."
"Yes," the Queen said with a smile, "How will Your Majesty reward her?"
The emperor laughed and said, "Last time she came back from the Western Regions, we were going to make her a village chief. After all, Bai Shan and Liu Huan who went with her were all given titles. As the chief official, she deserves a title even more. But... humph."
The emperor snorted. The queen and Duke Zhao both knew the reason. Zhou Man's delay in returning brought shame to him.
The emperor said, "But that time, we were not sure whether the cowpox vaccine could be used in the Central Plains, so we did not give her this award. But now that it has been confirmed that the prescription is effective, I think we should give her a title."
It is really difficult to seal the real job.
If Zhou Man's rank of imperial physician is raised, he will be on the same level as Imperial Physician Liu. If he is promoted one level higher, he will be on the same level as Xiao Yuanzheng, which may make him difficult to manage.
Originally, she was a fourth-rank editor, half a level lower than Xiao Yuanzheng, and civil officials were more noble than imperial physicians, so she was already on equal footing with Xiao Yuanzheng. If they had conflicts in the future, should she listen to Xiao Yuanzheng, or would Xiao Yuanzheng listen to her?
Therefore, the emperor did not want to give Zhou Man an official position in the short term.
Since it is difficult to give her a real position, let's give her a title.
The Township Lord was only of the fifth rank, but of a distinguished status. The Emperor hesitated, "How about making her a County Lord?"
Duke Zhao's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
The Queen lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then advised him, "Your Majesty, please consider her age. She has a promising future and will have many opportunities to achieve merit in the future. If you confer the title of County Lady upon her now, then the next time she achieves merit, will you confer a real title on her, or upgrade her to Princess?"
The emperor nodded immediately after hearing this and said, "That makes sense. Then let's make him the village chief."
Duke Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.
The emperor had a meal with his wife's brother-in-law, then had Duke Zhao escorted out. As soon as he left, the emperor looked at the empress and said, "I remember when you first gave Zhou Man a promotion, you told me to give her a higher rank so she could be demoted if she got into trouble in the future, so she wouldn't just bolt from the palace. But now you're leaving room for her to be promoted?"
The queen laughed and said, "I underestimated her before."
The empress took the emperor's hand and sat on the couch together, laughing, "How old was she then? You couldn't find a minister younger than her in the entire court, civil or military. Not only was she childish, but she also spoke bluntly, choking people without realizing it, and was a bit overconfident. How could such a person get far in officialdom?"
In fact, there was another worry that the queen didn't express.
After all, Zhou Man was the first female official to attend the court meeting. Although everyone is used to it now and doesn't care much about it, there must be people who have objections at that time. However, her official position is low and her status is small, and the prince is involved. If she is stopped, she may be involved in the dispute over the Eastern Palace, so everyone suppressed their opinions and did not speak out.
But the queen thought that once the crown princess gave birth to a child, the crown prince's position would be consolidated, and some ministers in the court might not want Zhou Man to serve in the same court with them.
She didn't expect Zhou Man to be so successful. Not only did she quickly gain a foothold in the Imperial Hospital, but she also quickly gained a foothold as a civil official in the court meeting.
The civil officials headed by Wei Zhi accepted her, and from then on no one thought of letting her leave the court meeting.
Because the emperor is also a man, the queen never speaks out these thoughts, but just because she doesn't say it doesn't mean she hasn't thought about it.
Zhou Man is already a qualified civil servant, and a civil servant recognized by all civil and military officials, so she still has a long way to go.
Since there was such a long way to go, she couldn't walk too fast, lest she attract attention. She was still young and had plenty of opportunities for promotion in the future.
The thought flashed through her mind, and the Empress smiled at the Emperor, saying, "Who knew she was so likable? She's not completely ignorant of the government affairs at court. As you can see, her abilities are now on par with Xiao Yuanzheng and Imperial Physician Liu. I heard that even after a year's trip to the Western Regions, she managed to write half a medical book. It has already been submitted to the Shangshu Bureau for publication. Not only has the Imperial Physician's Office distributed a lot of it for students to study, but the Chongwen Academy has also included it."
The Queen said, "In three years, she has independently compiled five medical books, including one on acupuncture and moxibustion and one on prescriptions. Xiao Yuanzheng said that the prescriptions in those books are rarely found in existing medical books. And she has participated in the compilation of a total of eight medical books. Such diligence and ability, I underestimated her before."
The so-called participation in compilation means that Manbao describes the pulse cases and prescriptions recorded previously in ordinary language, and then hands the manuscript to the chief compiler. After they unify them, they prepare the catalog, introduction, etc. and hand them over to the bookstore for printing.
No more updates tonight, tomorrow will be the fifth day, good night
(End of this chapter)
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