Chapter 3235 Instigation
"Go by yourself. I'm afraid she won't be happy."
Zhou Man thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll take her."
Bai Shan immediately shook his head, "Can you get up?"
Zhou Man first thought about it in his mind, then nodded and said, "That should be possible. Isn't it just like getting up early to study?"
Bai Shan thought about it and nodded, "Okay, you can also watch me practice boxing and sword fighting in the garden."
He squeezed Zhou Man's arm and said with a smile, "Do you want me to teach you?"
Zhou Man's eyes lit up, then quickly dimmed. "Forget it. It's not like I haven't learned it before. I didn't learn it a few years ago, and now I'm older, I can't learn it anymore. I'd better practice my Five Animals Frolics."
So the next day, when little Bai Jingxing came excitedly to find his father for a walk, he was unable to go. Instead, he was taken to the garden to watch his parents practice boxing.
She looked at her father who was boxing vigorously, then turned her head to look at her mother who was making funny movements. She immediately stood behind her father, then waved her hands and hummed and danced along with them.
Zhou Man had just finished practicing the Five Animals Exercises and turned to watch. He immediately reached out and pulled her aside. "Your father's is boring. Come, practice the Five Animals Exercises with mother."
"Mother's movements are not pretty."
"That's because you don't know what's good," Zhou Man said, "See? This is a monkey show. Isn't that what monkeys do? They move their eyes cleverly left and right..."
Little Bai Jingxing saw the fun in it, and started to pinch his fingers, shrink his neck, and spin around...
Zhou Man quickly praised her, "Right, right, that's what we should do."
Bai Shan took a break after practicing a set of boxing and wiped his sweat with a towel. Seeing that the mother and daughter were having a lot of fun, one teaching the other and learning, he couldn't help but shook his head and laughed.
The three of them had a fun time, and Lord Tang was also very happy.
Now that his wife is here, he at least has someone to talk to, and he doesn't have to wait for little Bai Jingxing to come over and play with him all day.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Tang did not accompany her the whole day. Since she came to Beihai County, she naturally wanted to go out and take a look.
So every day after spending time with Lord Tang, she would go out for a walk.
The first place she went to was the medical office. "Your medical office is in a good location. It's on the street and close to the county government office. It only takes a quarter of an hour to get there by going through the alley."
Zhou Man pointed to the bustling street in front of the gate and said with a smile, "When we first came here, all the shops on this street were closed. There was no street at all, just like an alley. But it's not far from the main street, just a short walk away."
"But because more and more people came to the hospital for treatment, some people started selling food in front of the door. Later, more and more people started selling various things."
Madam Tang nodded slightly and walked in with Zhou Man. Seeing the patients, doctors, and medicine boys coming and going in the courtyard, she sighed and said sincerely, "Manbao, you are a capable minister. There are probably not many women like you in the world. You don't know how much the daughters of the noble families in the capital admire you privately."
Zhou Man looked at her in surprise, "Why are you suddenly talking about this?"
Mrs. Tang said, "I just suddenly wanted to tell you."
She said, "I sometimes think that if I had been born a few years later, with the precedent you set, I might have been able to join the Imperial Medical Bureau and make a name for myself in the court."
Zhou Man rolled his eyes and said, "It's not too late now."
She said, "As a person, you should learn all your life. Other students may need eight to ten years to become a master, but you are smart. If you are willing to work hard, you may be able to become a master in six or seven years."
The more Zhou Man talked, the better he thought this idea was. He encouraged her, saying, "Besides, the Imperial Medical Bureau and the Imperial College now have a joint teaching system. The first requirement for students selected to study at the Imperial College is not to have excellent medical skills, but to understand the art of management and officialdom, and then to work wholeheartedly for the Imperial Medical Bureau."
"With your knowledge and ability, you can definitely study at the Imperial College," Zhou Man said with increasing excitement. "If you're interested, I'm willing to act as your guarantor and recommend you to Dean Xiao."
Mrs. Tang: ...
She reached out and touched her forehead, "You don't have a fever either."
Zhou Man pulled her hand down and said, "I'm serious."
Zhou Man said seriously, "Don't be fooled by the fact that there are graduates from the Imperial Medical Bureau every year. In fact, we are very short of manpower."
"Not only in the civilian world, but also in the military, we need not only doctors, but also talented individuals who understand medical principles and can contribute to the development and planning of the medical department. Furthermore, we also need people who can handle various miscellaneous tasks. These people don't need to be proficient in medical skills, but they must at least understand medical principles and medicine. Otherwise, it will be difficult to communicate with the doctors."
"Among them, women are the most in need," she said. "Although the Imperial Medical Bureau recruits female students every year, the number of female students is still far less than that of male students. This is the case even for studying medicine, let alone studying with the Imperial College. In the past three years, the Imperial College has only accepted the twelve female students we sent them, and the rest were all selected male students."
Madam Tang hadn't expected a single sigh to elicit so much from Zhou Man. She paused for a moment before she spoke, "You probably don't know yet, but the Empress, following the Crown Princess's advice, has prioritized the use of court ladies within the palace. I hear she's also planning to establish a girls' school within the Imperial Academy, admitting daughters of royal family members and officials."
Zhou Man's eyes lit up. "I haven't heard of that. Have the officials in the court agreed?"
"...I didn't agree," Madam Tang said. "So now you're asking me to study at the Imperial College. At my age, if you even mention it, I'm afraid the court will bury you with impeachment memorials."
Zhou Man: "I'm not afraid!"
"I'm afraid!" Mrs. Tang laughed, "I'm not alone, nor am I ignorant of the world. I'm not a girl who can rush forward with all my heart."
She sighed and said, "I have a husband, three children, and a family behind me. Moreover, my father-in-law is the Left Prime Minister. What do you think it means for me to enter the Imperial College?"
"Does this mean that the Left Prime Minister is on the side of the Queen and the Crown Princess?"
Mrs. Tang smiled slightly and said, "Yes."
Zhou Man asked cautiously, "Is Old Master Tang on their side?"
Mrs. Tang said, "I don't know."
Zhou Man stared.
Madam Tang smiled and said, "That's true. My father-in-law's position is different now. He can no longer say whatever he wants. He is now the Left Prime Minister, and there are many things he needs to weigh."
"He neither opposed nor affirmed the Empress and Crown Princess' proposal. He simply explained the pros and cons and let the ministers and Your Majesty choose," Madam Tang said. "But the Empress wasn't a radical person. Since the ministers objected, she put the matter aside for the time being."
Zhou Man sighed, knowing that Madam Tang was involved in many things and would definitely not be able to join the Imperial Medical Bureau. She rolled her eyes and said, "Xuesao, is there a smart girl in your clan who has the same ambition as you? I can recommend her."
(End of this chapter)
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