Chapter 2789 Discussion
Manbao understood, nodded, took the things and the whip and left.
Bai Shan followed her and turned to tell Xi Bing, "Go call Daji and ask him to bring two people to escort the lady to the palace."
After Manbao left, Bai Shan stood at the door for a while and then turned around and told the doorman, "Prepare the horse and the men for me. I need to go out for a while."
Bai Shan changed his clothes and went out. He went to find Tang He. He not only knew more about this kind of thing, but also had more connections.
Zhou Man ran to the palace gate, jumped off his horse, threw the reins to Daji and said, "Wait here, I may be out soon."
The guard at the gate was a little surprised to see her and jokingly asked, "Didn't Lord Zhou take Lord Bai's coming-of-age leave? Why is he entering the palace?"
Manbao untied his cloak and held it in his hands, spreading his arms and turning in front of them. "I have something to say. I'll go in after I finish the inspection."
Guards: ...They haven't seen it yet.
But this is just a formality. Even if the official is a male, who would really conduct a body search unless he is carrying something in his hands?
The guards let Zhou Man in, and then they saw her putting on a fox fur coat and hurried into the palace.
I couldn't help but wonder, could something have happened in the palace?
Manbao didn't dare run, but she walked quickly to the Imperial Hospital. She pushed open Dean Xiao's office, came out, and asked, "Where's Dean Xiao?"
Doctor Lu came out of his office, raised his eyelids, glanced at her and said, "He's gone to the meeting. He'll be called for the court today."
Doctor Liu also poked his head out of his room and asked curiously, "Why is Lord Zhou here in the palace? Aren't you on vacation?"
Manbao anxiously circled around, then waved to the two of them and pulled them into his office, whispering, "Something happened at the Luozhou Medical Bureau."
She took out Zheng Gu's letter and two account books and said, "Zheng Gu said that three families with five patients developed problems after using the medicine from the medical department..."
Doctor Lu interrupted her and asked, "Is the person dead?"
Zhou Man said with a bad expression: "One died."
Doctor Lu's face turned pale. He looked at Doctor Liu who was reading the letter and said, "Then this matter cannot be resolved peacefully. Even if he is proven innocent in the end, his life is ruined."
Manbao ignored him and continued, "He felt something was wrong. He looked at the residue they took back to make the medicine. After returning, he carefully checked the herbs and found a batch of fake medicine."
Doctor Liu also read the letter quickly and found that there was a missing page on the letter addressed to him. He asked, "Did he transfer the fake medicinal materials?"
Manbao hummed, "He hid himself."
Doctor Liu didn't ask her where she hid it, nor did he ask if it was written on the last letter. Instead, he asked, "Did he say that he bought the wrong herbs from the beginning, and that they were replaced by someone else?"
Manbao said helplessly, "No, because he didn't know either, or rather, he couldn't tell when he wrote the letter. He had just discovered the fake medicine when the yamen runners came to his door. Things happened so fast that he had no time to think."
Doctor Liu said, "This is too fast. This is not right."
Manbao nodded. "I think it's wrong too. Although human lives are involved, the Medical Bureau is not like a clinic or a drugstore. The Medical Bureau is a department of the imperial court, just like the local government offices. A murder caused by prescribing the wrong medicine is not murder, so they won't arrest people so quickly."
Doctor Lu asked, "Is Luozhou targeting our Imperial Medical Bureau? Why? Have we not offended the Luozhou Governor?"
The Imperial Medical Bureau is a technical department that treats patients. There is no conflict of interest between the two parties, so what is there to offend?
Man Bao was also puzzled. After turning around twice, he said, "I'm not afraid that they're targeting the Imperial Medical Bureau. I'm just afraid that they have other intentions, and the Imperial Medical Bureau is just a pawn caught in the middle."
If they are really targeting the Imperial Medical Bureau, they are not afraid of it, which means they may still have an enemy. But if they use the enemy's strength to fight the tiger, they will be confused and may not know why they were defeated.
Imperial Physician Liu was silent for a long time, then said, "We are right to act impartially. No matter what rumors spread, it's not the fault of our Imperial Physician Department, so we absolutely cannot let them punish our people."
Doctor Lu perked up and raised his voice. "That's right. Even if there's a problem with the local medical office, it's our Imperial Medical Office that should handle it. Why should the local government bypass our Imperial Medical Office to deal with our people?"
Man Bao coughed lightly and said, "If someone dies, the local government still has the power to deal with it. But now is not the time to discuss this. First, someone from Luozhou must go and find out how the fake medicine got into the medical office. If Zheng Gu really bought the wrong medicine..."
Manbao slumped his shoulders, wiped his face and said, "Then our Imperial Medical Bureau will have to bear the blame for this mistake."
Doctor Liu looked at her and said, "If it was really Zheng Gu who made a mistake and bought fake medicine, Master Zhou, I'm afraid..."
Man Bao thought of his own job and gritted his teeth, saying, "I know. I will take the initiative to assume responsibility and try not to affect the future operations of the Imperial Medical Bureau."
Imperial Physician Liu and Imperial Physician Lu both sighed.
After the Eastern Expedition, the role of the Imperial Medical Bureau became apparent. Not only did they reach a cooperation with the Ministry of War, they were also about to successfully apply for places in more than a dozen local medical bureaus. Seeing that everything was moving in a good direction, this incident at this time would be a huge blow to the Imperial Medical Bureau.
At this time, someone must come forward to take responsibility, and Zhou Man is the best candidate.
She was Zheng Gu's teacher. In this era where teachers are the same as their fathers, they were one unless they showed different political views.
Manbao waited for Xiao Yuanzheng's return at the Imperial Medical Bureau. At noon, Xiao Yuanzheng finally returned from the Taiji Hall, looking energetic. He happily told them, "The court has already decided to establish medical bureaus in eighteen locations this year."
After he finished speaking, he saw Zhou Man and exclaimed, "Why is Lord Zhou here in the palace? Aren't you on your coming-of-age leave?"
Seeing that Zhou Man's face looked a little off, and that Imperial Physician Liu and Imperial Physician Lu didn't seem very happy either, he couldn't help but become more serious and turned to walk towards his office. "Come in and talk."
He looked at the letter and account books Zhou Man brought, pursed his lips, and asked, "What are the chances that Zheng Gu is wrong?"
"Not much," Manbao said. "Before enrolling at the Imperial Medical Bureau, he worked as a small shopkeeper at Jishiditang for several years. He was involved in purchasing and dispensing medicine. He was also the young master of Jishiditang. He had been exposed to drug dealers since he was a child, following the shopkeeper Zheng. He knows more about all kinds of counterfeit medicines than I do. If he can make a mistake, then anyone else, even I, would make the same mistake."
She might have Ke Ke's help to avoid prescribing the wrong medicine, but if she relied solely on her eyesight to judge the medicinal materials, she would not be as good as Zheng Gu. During the years when she could not see patients and prescribe medicine, Zheng Gu focused on preparing, administering and picking medicinal materials.
Doctor Liu also said, "Zheng Gu's judgment of medicinal herbs is indeed the best among the students. Even we teachers are slightly inferior to him."
Imperial physicians are not omnipotent. They are doctors who focus more on medicine. They also understand medicinal materials, but they are definitely not as good as the pharmacy department. They are good at judging and preparing medicinal materials. The Imperial Medical Bureau and the Imperial Hospital basically purchase medicinal materials from the pharmacy department.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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