Chapter 2893 Harmony
Guo Cheng pondered for a moment, then said, "Opening another medical office in Shouguang County would be very expensive, wouldn't it?"
Zhou Man nodded. "It won't be a shortage, but it won't be done overnight. The Imperial Medical Bureau is still too short-staffed. Let's first get the Qingzhou City and Beihai County Medical Bureaus up and running."
Guo Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Okay."
Guo Cheng urgently needs someone to support him, even if it is from the Medical Department, and Zhou Man also has Bai Shan by his side.
"Are we going to build a hospital?"
"No, no," Manbao had previously sent people to inquire about suitable courtyards in Qingzhou City. Now he said directly, "There's a nice courtyard not far from the county government office. It's spacious and faces a main road. Not far away are the county school and the prefectural school. I've asked around, and they say it was the former governor's villa. If you don't mind, why not allocate that courtyard to our medical department?"
Now Guo Cheng believed that she came prepared and really wanted to set up a medical office in Qingzhou City, otherwise how could she have chosen the place in advance?
Guo Cheng thought about it and nodded in agreement.
To show his sincerity, he immediately asked someone to get the deed of the yard and give it to Zhou Man.
Zhou Man accepted it, and then followed his master to handle the relevant procedures, and directly registered the courtyard under the name of Qingzhou Medical Bureau.
Manbao was very satisfied with this and took Xibing and Daji to see the yard.
A courtyard that can be used as a villa for the governor is naturally not small. Although it also has three courtyards, there are two rows of courtyards in total. There are four small courtyards in the backyard alone, not to mention the two courtyards in the front that are arranged side by side.
Manbao was very happy and breathed a sigh of relief, "This place is spacious enough and can definitely accommodate more patients."
Daji couldn't help but ask, "Madam, do you have time to fix the medical department here?"
"Of course there isn't. It's just time. If we squeeze it in, we can find some," she said. "Besides, isn't Wen Tiandong here? But we still need to recruit some more people, not just doctors, but also scholars who can handle general affairs."
"As long as Beihai County goes smoothly, Qingzhou will have a precedent to follow, and it will be much easier to do it."
Manbao still has to go to Guo Cheng for recruiting.
"County exam?"
"Yes," Manbao said, "Originally I wanted to select someone from the Mingjing exam, but it's too late this year. I asked the Ministry of Personnel, and all the successful candidates have been assigned, and..."
She said a little embarrassedly, "Right now, the official positions in the local medical bureau are still relatively low, so the candidates for the Mingjing exam are reluctant to choose the medical bureau. So I thought of recruiting a few people from the local area first, and then I can recruit two people from the Mingsuan next year."
Guo Cheng: "...then what subject does Mr. Zhou want to choose now?"
"I'll choose the subject of Mathematics," Man Bao said. "Of course, if I can take the subjects of Law and Classics, I can also take them."
Guo Cheng: …
The opening of the examination was a major event. There were several ways for students to take the Mingjing examination in the capital. One was to be recommended by their hometown and go directly to the capital to take the examination;
Second, students from county or prefectural schools can go to the capital to take the exam;
The third group was of common origin, but had not entered the county or prefectural schools. They needed to first take exams in the county or state, and then go to the capital to take the exams after obtaining the recommendation qualification.
The vast majority of students belong to the second and third categories.
However, the Jin Dynasty did not prohibit population exchanges, so it did not limit the location.
Therefore, Bai Shan, who was from Longzhou, was able to be admitted to Yizhou Prefecture School, and Zhou Lixue and others in the capital could also obtain qualifications by passing the qualification examination organized by the capital academy.
The talents Zhou Man wants to recruit now are equivalent to selecting people only from the county examination, which greatly relaxes the standards for selecting talents.
This is a common occurrence. Some of the minor clerk positions in the county government are recruited by the county government itself. Because they don't even have a rank, only those who have passed the national Mingjing examination will not do this kind of work.
For students who passed the national examinations in subjects such as Mingjing, Mingsuan and Minglu, the lowest official rank they could seek was county lieutenant and chief clerk.
This is already the lowest level, below which are anonymous clerks and clerks.
Those people below were either passed down from father to son, or from elder brother to younger brother; or were recommended by others and had real talent and passed the assessment to get in; or they took this kind of county-level examination.
The exam that Zhou Man and Bai Shan asked Zhou Lizhong to read was for this level of exam. It did not test that many knowledge points. In terms of calculations, any accountant with good handwriting could pass the county-level exam.
It's just difficult to go further up.
However, Zhou Man urgently needs helpers at this time. The requirements are very low. It is enough to be able to keep accounts and manage accounts. For more advanced requirements, we will have to wait until after the Mingjing exam next year.
Manbao sighed, saying that there has been a shortage of talent everywhere in the past two years.
"Sir, can the county examination be held?"
Guo Cheng calculated the time and said, "According to convention, each prefecture will select candidates to go to the capital for the examination in October. The prefectural examination will be held in September, and the county examination will be held in August..."
He said, "If we start so early, I'm afraid the students will panic, and they might not be well prepared."
Taking the exam early was too risky. Guo Cheng smiled and said, "How about this? I'll have someone announce it and hold an exam directly for the Medical Department. Then Lord Zhou can come and select the candidates himself."
Manbao's eyes flickered slightly, "Is this okay?"
Guo Cheng smiled and said, "Of course, it's okay. Recruiting talents is a normal thing. However, the Medical Department is special. I wonder what kind of talents Lord Zhou wants?"
Manbao said in high spirits, "Sir, since this is a special exam for the Medical Department, how about I write the questions?"
Guo Cheng: "Ah?"
"Of course, we're going out with you, my Lord," Manbao realized, and immediately flattered him with a smile, "When the time comes, we'll combine the two sets of papers for them to take, and then grade them. Since we're selecting people, of course we have to choose the most suitable one."
Guo Cheng thought about it and felt that this person was wanted by the Medical Bureau after all, so it would be a good idea to have Zhou Man participate in making the test papers, so he nodded.
He asked with a smile, "When will Master Zhou be able to produce a good test paper? When do you want the exam to be scheduled?"
Manbao began to think, "Publicity also takes time. My Lord, you must ensure that all counties have the full publicity. That time cannot be too short. So, how about we set it for June?"
Guo Cheng readily agreed.
Manbao smiled and said, "Since Your Excellency is looking to recruit talented individuals, why not add a few more words to the official document and say that the Medical Department is looking for doctors? No matter what kind of doctor you are, if you are interested, you can come to the Medical Department and find me. After passing my interview, you can join the Medical Department as a doctor. How do you do that?"
Since she was even given an exam, Guo Cheng naturally would not be stingy with a few lines of words, so he readily agreed.
Manbao was very happy. Guo Cheng felt that he had established a good relationship with Zhou Man and was also very satisfied, so he personally escorted them out of the governor's mansion and watched them disappear around the corner on horseback.
See you at 10:30 pm
(End of this chapter)
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