Chapter 2477: Complaint
Imperial Physician Lu said gloomily, "The data we recorded and the entire experimental process are all in the Imperial Hospital's archives. People in the Imperial Hospital and the Imperial Medical Bureau can learn from them, and in the future, more and more people will master this skill. My descendants are already competing with the descendants of so many people. What difference will it make if we add the descendants of folk doctors from outside?"
Manbao couldn't help but ask, "You just thought of this?"
In fact, she had wanted to ask this question a long time ago, but she felt that if she said it out loud, it would be like starting a quarrel. After all, she was asking for help, so she didn't say it out loud. Who knew that Doctor Lu had not thought of this?
Doctor Lu glanced at her, couldn't help but snorted heavily, got up and went back to the house.
Manbao was stunned for a moment, then immediately jumped up and ran after him, saying, "Doctor Lu, that's not what I meant. I definitely don't mean to look down on you..."
Seeing him angrily enter the room and about to close the door, Manbao immediately blocked the door and said, "Really, I really didn't mean that. You are quite smart, but you may not have thought of this for a while..."
Feeling that the more he explained, the worse it got, Manbao decisively gave up and said directly, "How about this? When the Imperial Medical Bureau opens a smallpox vaccination department, I recommend you as the head officer, how about that?"
Doctor Lu’s door was not closed.
Manbao breathed a sigh of relief.
Although all the imperial physicians in the Imperial Medical Bureau are teachers, their salaries are different because of their different positions.
The Director of the Imperial Medical Bureau is naturally Xiao Yuanzheng's part-time job, and he has the highest salary. Then there are the heads of various departments such as medicine and acupuncture. Among them, the head of medicine is Doctor Liu, and the head of acupuncture is Zhou Man.
Under medicine, there are subjects such as physical therapy, sores and swellings, and children. The imperial physicians only take the courses and then teach in classes, regardless of the subject.
Even though Zhou Man has not taught at the Imperial Medical Bureau in the past two years, she is still the head of this department and still receives this salary.
Because even now, almost all the acupuncture techniques learned in the Imperial Medical Bureau were compiled by her. This year, her output is relatively small, and she only compiled one book.
Doctor Lu also taught many classes, but he was not the chief official, so he was lower than Zhou Man in the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Doctor Lu opened the half-closed door and asked Zhou Man, "You are the first to develop the smallpox vaccination method. Do you want to give me this position as the first official?"
Manbao: ...She is not a supernatural being. Although it is good to make money, she doesn't want to take on so many tasks, okay?
Manbao really wasn't heartbroken at all, but Doctor Lu didn't believe it, so he was very kind to her for several days.
Even Xiao Yuanzheng couldn't help but glance sideways.
But he didn't dare to ask. Doctor Lu had finally agreed, and he didn't dare to bring up the topic again. It would be bad if it aroused his worries.
Then Manbao asked about the addition of new subjects to the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Xiao Yuanzheng said, "That's not difficult. I'll just petition the Imperial Rites Ministry to add more hospitals. Since we're teaching vaccination methods, the actual training can't be done in the Imperial Medical Bureau. We'll definitely have to come to the Imperial Farm. The extra money won't be much."
So it’s not difficult to open.
But the Taichang Temple refused.
Xiao Yuanzheng was so shocked that he was speechless after receiving the official document approved by the Taichang Temple. He didn't ask the Taichang Temple to allocate too much extra funds, so how could he not agree?
Xiao Yuanzheng was very angry, so he went to find Zhou Man and took Zhou Man with him to the Taichang Temple to seek justice.
Manbao rarely visited the palace, and was wandering around checking the pulses of the empresses in various palaces. When Xiao Yuanzheng sent someone to find him, he was a little confused and asked, "So why did you ask me to go to the Taichang Temple?"
"Of course I asked for the reason and then argued for it."
Manbao was completely confused. "Shouldn't we ask for Doctor Liu or Doctor Lu?"
Doctor Liu is the deputy, and Doctor Lu is the chief officer of the newly added subjects.
Xiao Yuanzheng: "They are not as eloquent as you."
Manbao stopped walking when she heard this. Xiao Yuanzheng turned back to look at her, his eyes narrowed slightly. "Why, Doctor Zhou is unwilling to contribute to the Imperial Medical Bureau?"
"No," Manbao said, "How was it approved in the official document?"
Xiao Yuanzheng: "How else can I approve it? Just write down that I disagree."
Manbao then said, "Then why bother looking for them? Go find His Majesty."
She dragged Xiao Yuanzheng along and turned back, heading in the other direction. She said, "The Taichang Temple didn't even write down the reason. It's obvious that they don't want us to add more. If that's the case, arguing with them is pointless and useless. Let's go find His Majesty."
The Imperial Hospital's superior department was the Imperial Rites Temple. Xiao Yuanzheng was used to reporting to the Imperial Rites Temple whenever he had something to do. The smallpox incident was so serious that the Emperor would frequently inquire about it. That's why he had to report every time he had any results. But, but...
Do I need to go directly to the emperor for such matters?
And still suing...
Before Xiao Yuanzheng could sort out his thoughts, Manbao had already pulled him halfway. When he looked up, he saw the Taiji Hall in front of him.
There was no other way, so Xiao Yuanzheng took a deep breath and went to the Taiji Hall with Zhou Man.
In fact, deep down in his heart he knew that what Zhou Man said was right. Even if it was useful for them to go to the Taichang Temple, it would take a lot of effort and time. It would be better to go directly to the emperor.
The director of the Imperial Medical Bureau was solely dedicated to treating the emperor, and even the establishment of the Imperial Medical Bureau was forced upon him. This was the first time he had done such a thing as secretly complaining to the emperor.
Secretly rubbing?
That's impossible. Manbao went to file a complaint openly.
When he arrived outside the Taiji Hall, Manbao told the eunuch guarding the gate that he wanted to see the emperor.
The emperor had just finished a round of political inquiries and was now drinking afternoon tea with his ministers, relaxing his mind and chatting.
By the way, Prince Gong was also here. He was naturally not qualified to participate in these government affairs, but he came to bring a fruit plate and snacks to his beloved father.
The prince was also there. He had come to participate in government affairs and was currently sitting in his seat eating a melon.
It's really a melon. Now that autumn has just arrived, all kinds of fruits and melons are in harvest. The fruits and melons in the palace are fresh every day, and the variety and quantity are guaranteed.
He had just said a lot and his throat was a little dry. When he heard Zhou Man asking for a meeting, he glanced at Bai Shan who was sitting with the attendant.
The emperor's laughter came to my ears, "Let them in."
So Xiao Yuanzheng and Zhou Man went in together. After paying their respects, they found that there were quite a few people there. Basically, as long as these people agreed to add new subjects, the objection of Taichang Temple would be invalid.
So Manbao gave Xiao Yuanzheng an encouraging look, but he didn't expect that Xiao Yuanzheng was also giving Zhou Man an encouraging look.
The big and the small looked at each other silently, then looked away after a moment and looked up at the emperor together.
The emperor was feeling a bit depressed after noticing they hadn't spoken for a long time. Seeing them coming, he asked, "What's going on? Is there something wrong at Daming Palace?"
Yes, preparations are being made at the Daming Palace. The emperor has decided to have the princes' daughters and grandchildren who are suitable for vaccination go to the Daming Palace for vaccination after the Mid-Autumn Festival. Before that, no new vaccination personnel will be sent to the imperial farm.
The emperor asked the Imperial Hospital to supervise the renovation of the Daming Palace during this time, and Xiao Yuan wanted to take this opportunity to add new subjects.
See you tomorrow
Well, my relative has finally passed away, I can update more tomorrow, hahahaha
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