Chapter 2592 Complaint
After the emperor and the empress had their little talk and vented their anger, they forced a smile and went to court as usual the next day.
It was not the day of the grand court meeting, so Manbao happily went to the Imperial Hospital. There was nothing to do in the Imperial Hospital today, so she went to Chongwenguan to repair books.
The Imperial Medical Bureau has been restructured, and more students will be recruited this year. Many doctors from various places also come here to study. Well, the main reason is that they are still young and within the enrollment range.
Xiao Yuanzheng has divided the courses in the Imperial Medical Bureau into more subdivided categories, so the courses to be taken and the medical books required are also more detailed.
Doctor Liu and his companions were fine. They held no official positions and could teach as long as they received medical books. They could teach if they wanted to, and not teach if they didn't want to.
But Man Bao couldn't do that. As an editor of Chongwenguan, and mainly responsible for the compilation of medical books, she had to take the teaching resources of the Imperial Medical Bureau into consideration.
Xiao Yuanzheng also liked to ask her for medical books. Having received this salary, Manbao could not slack off.
In fact, Manbao really wanted to give the emperor a suggestion, that is, give Xiao Yuanzheng and Liu Taiyi a part-time job as editors, so that they can all work together to edit the book.
Unfortunately, she knew that large-scale rewards were impossible, so she could only think about it in her mind.
Manbao took out the medical books copied by Zhou Liru and others during this period, then listed the outline, intending to summarize and plan the content, compile the knowledge in these medical books, and print them into books for the students to read.
Just as I was writing this, an editor called out from outside, "Editor Zhou, someone's looking for you."
Manbao said without even raising his head: "Please come in."
Manbao finished writing the entire page before looking up. Seeing Zhou Liru and the others, he was slightly stunned. "How did you get here?"
Zhou Liru whispered, "Teacher, this is the medical book you asked us to copy. We have copied it."
Manbao put down his pen, reached out to take it, and praised: "Well done, then continue copying."
"No more." Zhou Liru said this with some grievance.
Manbao frowned when he heard this, "Didn't I ask Doctor Zheng to get it for you?"
Zhou Liru immediately said, "Yes, Imperial Physician Zheng went there this morning, but the Imperial Academy wouldn't let us get the books. They said Master Zheng's condition has stabilized, and the Imperial Academy is no longer open to our Imperial Hospital. So Imperial Physician Zheng can't get the books back, and the few copies we copied have been asked to be returned."
Manbao stared. She still had several books that she hadn't borrowed, especially some herbal classics. Some of the books had additions, and the medical books in Chongwenguan and outside were lacking those additions. How could she not lend them out?
Manbao immediately stood up and asked, "Is that what the Hanlin Academy said?"
"yes."
Manbao pursed his lips and immediately went to find the Hanlin Academy. Halfway there, he felt that it was not going well, so he turned around to find Bai Shan.
"The Hanlin Academy won't lend you medical books anymore?"
Manbao nodded, holding back his anger and said, "This medical book is not some other book. It cures illnesses and saves lives, and it's about building a seven-story pagoda. Why don't they agree?"
Bai Shan asked, "Did you damage or pollute the books?"
"Are we that kind of people?" Manbao said, "We're just trying to prevent them from finding this excuse. I warned them not to contaminate the books. Doctor Zheng and his team also checked them when they returned, and there was nothing wrong with the books."
Bai Shan thought for a moment and said, "I'm still on duty and can't go with you to the Hanlin Academy. You have to wait until I change shifts after noon, and then I'll go with you."
Manbao nodded, then glanced quietly at the main hall and asked, "How is your Majesty feeling today?"
Bai Shan asked, "You want to ask His Majesty?"
Manbao: "I want His Majesty to directly order me to borrow all the medical books."
Bai Shan was thoughtful. "For such a small matter, there's no need to ask His Majesty for help. I can just ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
He said, "I'll go with you this afternoon. If you can't borrow it, go ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for help, using the excuse that you want to revise it."
"Compilation?"
Bai Shan nodded. "It's common for the Hanlin Academy and the Chongwen Academy to borrow books from each other. Now that Master Zheng's injury has stabilized, using this excuse to borrow books is a bit insufficient. Besides..."
He looked at Manbao and smiled, "How many of the medical books you borrowed actually relate to Master Zheng's injury? I'm afraid there are quite a few people in the Hanlin Academy who have objections."
Man Bao snorted, "But this is a medical book, not a military book, nor a book involving some confidential matters. What is there to keep secret?"
When Gu Zhongzhao came out, he saw the young couple hiding behind the hall and whispering to each other. Because of the angle, they didn't see him, but he heard a lot. Hearing Zhou Man's complaints, Gu Zhong smiled and turned back to the hall.
The emperor was taking a break, rubbing his forehead with his hand. Seeing Gu Zhong coming back alone, he said, "Didn't I ask you to find Bai Shan to read to me?"
Gu Zhong smiled and said, "Doctor Zhou is outside. The young couple is talking, so we shouldn't disturb them."
"What is Zhou Man doing here?" the emperor said curiously. "Could it be that he misses you after not seeing you for just half a day?"
Not really. Zhou Man was imprisoned in the imperial farm for more than ten days or half a month.
Gu Zhong smiled and said, "Doctor Zhou has been wronged and has come to ask for help from Lord Bai."
"Oh?" The emperor became more interested, his headache gone. He asked excitedly, "What wrong did she suffer?"
Gu Zhong tilted his head and thought for a moment. "I'm far away, so I can't hear clearly. It seems the Imperial Academy won't lend the medical book to Lord Zhou. Lord Zhou is furious and has come to ask Lord Bai for help."
The emperor burst into laughter, but his expression turned serious afterward. "Why did the Hanlin Academy withhold the medical book from Zhou Man?"
Gu Zhong smiled and said, "Perhaps Master Zheng's condition has stabilized. Wasn't it because of Master Zheng's injury that Your Majesty wrote to Lord Zhou in the first place?"
"But as a doctor, you can't just look up medical books every time you encounter a difficult or complicated case, right?" The emperor snorted coldly, "Medical books are nothing else. The Hanlin Academy shouldn't be so controlling."
Gu Zhong lowered his head and did not comment on this matter.
The emperor knocked on the table and kept the matter in mind, but Bai Shan didn't say anything, so he said nothing and watched the young couple struggle.
Bai Shan came back to read to the emperor, and the two chatted for a while. At noon, the emperor went to have lunch and take a nap. Bai Shan also went to have a working lunch, and then used the break time to run to find Manbao and went to the Hanlin Academy together.
The Hanlin Academy also followed the rules and of course refused to give it.
So Bai Shan had no choice but to drag Manbao to the Zhanshi Mansion to find the prince.
The prince was also busy, so after hearing the two people start talking, he asked, "So, which medical books do you want?"
Manbao had done her homework. She and Bai Shan and Erlang had gone through the catalogs of the two buildings in the Hanlin Academy. They wrote down all the medical books that Manbao had not read. Minus the ones she had borrowed and copied during this period, there were only nineteen books left, which was not a lot.
Manbao gave the order directly to the prince.
The prince glanced at them, picked up a pen and wrote a piece of paper for them. He stamped it with his official seal and handed it to Bai Shan, saying, "Go get another stamp from the Zhanshi Mansion and take it to the Hanlin Academy to get the book."
Manbao and Baishan were both delighted. Baishan respectfully presented the list of books and said, "Your Highness, how about you put your stamp on this as well?"
Prince: ...
He glared at the two of them secretly, but still gave them a stamp on the book list.
The two of them left happily and went to the front to find Guo Zhanshi to get his stamp.
See you tomorrow. I had too many things to do today and didn't update. I'll update two chapters early tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
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