Chapter 2821 Arrangement
The emperor had not yet spoken of this matter publicly in the court, nor had he discussed it with other ministers. He had only mentioned it to the crown prince, and Xiao Yuan was the third person to know about it.
The reason why I told Xiao Yuanzheng was because I wanted him to prepare for what would happen after Zhou Man left.
As expected, Xiao Yuanzheng went back to consult with Doctor Liu and the others. "Once Zhou Man leaves, there won't be enough female doctors in the palace and the capital. Doctor Liu alone won't be enough."
He looked at Doctor Liu and said, "As soon as Zhou Man leaves, we will promote Assistant Doctor Liu to be the Imperial Physician. Let's tentatively assign him the rank of seventh. We will then select two female students from the Imperial Medical Bureau to serve as assistant doctors in the Imperial Hospital."
Doctor Liu immediately returned the favor, "Zhou Liru is quite good. Her medical skills are outstanding among the many female students."
Dean Xiao thought about it and nodded. He also favored Zhou Liru. First, the other party's medical skills were indeed good; second, Zhou Man would definitely be demoted if she was sent out. Although the emperor had already thought of the charges for her, he still had to give someone a sweet reward after a blow, so Zhou Liru would not be a bad choice; third, their Imperial Hospital needed to train more female doctors. Zhou Liru had seen a lot following Zhou Man, and she was not afraid of nobles, which gave her more advantages than other female students.
"Who else?"
Doctor Zheng was also quite familiar with the students in the Imperial Medical Bureau. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Chen Banxia and Su Ye are both good. They also made great contributions in this Eastern Expedition."
"Then we'll temporarily decide on these three. We'll screen them later and choose two to join the Imperial Hospital. The rest can be arranged to join the Capital Medical Bureau. I've already petitioned His Majesty to build a medical bureau in the capital, just like the local hospitals, specifically responsible for the health of officials below the fourth rank, as well as the medical needs of the poor people within the jurisdiction."
Doctor Zheng's heart tightened, and he asked, "What are the criteria for seeking medical treatment? If anyone can be treated, wouldn't the medical department have to spend a lot of medicinal materials?"
"Only the medicine and diagnosis fees for the lower-class households are waived," Xiao Yuanzheng said. "These are just common illnesses. Serious illnesses require expensive medicinal materials, so we definitely can't prescribe them. But besides that, the most important thing is vaccination. Now that all the Imperial Guards who can get the vaccine have been vaccinated, it's the turn of the common people next."
Doctor Zheng suddenly realized that the population of the capital was quite large. Even if the floating population was excluded, there were still hundreds of thousands of permanent residents. It would take at least two or three years to vaccinate all these people, which would be a serious problem for everyone.
Xiao Yuanzheng said, "The imperial farm in the eastern suburbs is still for our Imperial Medical Bureau to use."
He paused and said, "Your Majesty said that those sent to the local medical bureaus are all students, without management skills or experience. However, the Imperial Medical Bureau is in the capital, under the watchful eyes of Your Majesty and the court officials. If we make another mistake, the Imperial Medical Bureau will really have no face to stand in the court."
When the others heard this, they looked at each other in confusion and asked cautiously, "So what does the Dean mean?"
"Send someone to take over the Beijing Medical Bureau," he said. "Transfer from the Imperial Medical Bureau to the Beijing Medical Bureau. The position at the Imperial Hospital will remain."
After all, local medical offices didn't have official land to distribute, they only had salaries. The distribution of official land depended on the position in the Imperial Hospital.
Everyone looked at each other and was reluctant to ask for permission. Although the Capital Medical Bureau was still in the capital, it was a local medical bureau after all and could not be compared with the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Seeing that no one spoke, Xiao Yuanzheng stood up and said, "Go back and think about it for yourselves. Tell me when you've made up your mind."
Doctor Liu then slowly followed Xiao Yuanzheng out. No one else could go, and it was impossible for him to go. Firstly, he was too old and seldom took charge of the affairs in the Imperial Medical Bureau. He mostly just taught like Zhou Man.
Secondly, he spent more time in the palace seeing patients. When Xiao Yuanzheng was not around, the Emperor, Empress, and Crown Prince would usually call for him.
Thirdly, he is a high-ranking official!
Doctor Liu, relying on his age, chased after Dean Xiao and asked, "You asked them to nominate themselves. Don't you have any candidates in mind?"
"have."
Doctor Liu smiled and asked, "Who is it?"
"Doctor Zheng is good."
Doctor Liu laughed, "Why don't you just let them recommend themselves and directly appoint Doctor Zheng?"
"First, I want to see if anyone is willing to go to the local area. If someone asks, I can find an opportunity to send someone there later. Our medical department is in a bad situation in the local area right now. Secondly, if Doctor Zheng is willing and asks for the position, wouldn't it be better for me to give it to him?"
Xiao Yuanzheng and Imperial Physician Liu walked side by side and sighed, "Jishitang is quite famous in the capital. Although the Imperial Medical Bureau has organized many free clinics to treat ordinary people in recent years, it is still a bit different from establishing a medical bureau. Even if the medical bureau only waived the consultation and medicine fees for the lower-class households, others would definitely come to the medical bureau for treatment. In fact, there would be more such patients than the free-service households."
"This will definitely take away business from the medical clinics and drugstores. It will depend on Jishiditang's decision to appoint Imperial Doctor Zheng as the first director of the Capital Medical Bureau. But no matter what, it will be much easier for Imperial Doctor Zheng to do this than for other imperial doctors without a solid foundation."
Doctor Liu nodded, but then suddenly poured a bucket of cold water on him and asked, "What if Doctor Zheng chose Jishitang instead?"
The smile on Xiao Yuanzheng's face froze slightly, and then he said with a forced smile: "Then I can only apologize."
There are human feelings in officialdom, but there is also a lot of ruthlessness.
Doctor Liu stopped talking.
While the Imperial Hospital was making preparations, the emperor suppressed the memorial from Luozhou until the memorials from every ten days were delivered to the capital. After opening them and finding out that Prince Gong's weight loss program was going well and that the sunshine in Luoyang was good recently, he approved Lord Yu's memorial.
He did not let Zheng Gu stay in Luoyang. Since he wanted to send Zhou Man away, he had to have an excuse, so he asked Lord Yu and Lord Xia to handle the affairs in Luoyang and then escort everyone back to the capital.
As for Zhou Man, the emperor wrote a letter to Prince Gong, saying, "The snow in Luoyang is about to melt. The snowstorm has just ended, and the weather may return colder. If you want to lose weight, why not return to Beijing?"
He then said, "The Taiji Palace is damp and uncomfortable to live in. You can go live in the Tangquan Villa outside the city. It will be good for your leg disease and help you lose weight."
The emperor said, "You can set off at the end of the first month. Maybe you can even spend the Dragon Raising Festival with your family."
After the emperor sent the letter, he said to the prince, "How are your choices among the three places I have circled for you?"
The prince said, "I am still thinking about it."
The emperor nodded. "Think carefully. Bai Shan has talent, but he still needs experience. Today, the country is peaceful and the people are safe. It's not like my time when there was war. If you just throw someone into a place, all kinds of chaos will come together. Once a place is straightened out, those who should know how to do it will know how to do it. Those who can't will basically die."
"So your methods of raising ministers are different from mine," the emperor sighed. "Unfortunately, my left and right hands are now old. I don't know how many of them will be left for you. So you have to raise your own ministers."
The emperor knocked on the table and said, "Choose carefully."
The prince agreed after thinking for a while.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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