Chapter 1687 Don’t Take Your Anger Out on Others (January Monthly Ticket Plus 8)
Gao You and his companions were just getting anxious after being frustrated at every turn when the Honglu Temple suddenly granted their request. The official who came to inform them said, "His Majesty has granted you permission to study at the Four Gates Academy. However, the doctors you applied for cannot be admitted to the Imperial Medical Bureau. They say they have just been rebuilt and many things have yet to be settled, so they will not be accepting students from outside the vassal states for the time being."
Gao You didn't care about this at all. Being able to enter the Imperial College was already the greatest good news. As for the doctor they brought with them, if he couldn't get in, then so be it. He was just a craftsman and could not compare to the strategy of governing a country.
When the official from the Honglu Temple saw this, he swallowed the reminder that was about to come to his lips.
Forget it. It seems like these people don’t think much of the Imperial Medical Bureau. Since they don’t like it, there’s no need to remind them that it’s the Imperial Medical Bureau that specifically doesn’t want them.
That’s right, the Imperial Medical Bureau clearly stated that they didn’t want them.
In fact, Xiao Yuanzheng did not want to accept any foreign students, and he negotiated with Yang Heshu in the same way. However, Yang Heshu said that this was a sweet treat that the court intended to give to the vassal states, and it involved national policy, so they could not just refuse to accept them.
Finally, Manbao saw that Xiao Yuanzheng was really unhappy, so he asked Yang Heshu directly, "Which foreign student do we have to accept?"
Yang Heshu smiled, looked at Manbao approvingly, and said slowly, "At least you have to teach the people sent by Tubo, Huihe, and Dangxiang."
Xiao Yuanzheng suddenly realized and immediately said, "Okay, except for these three, the rest of the doctors should retreat."
Yang Heshu pondered for a moment and said, "At least you should choose one more, otherwise it will be too obvious."
Xiao Yuanzheng casually said, "Then let's go to Goguryeo?"
This name sounds nice.
"No," Manbao said immediately, "Humph, didn't the Heman and Liaozi tribes also send people? Why not just choose their people? Coincidentally, there are many witch doctors over there, and I'm very interested in witch doctors."
The Heman and Liaozi tribes were located in the southernmost part of the Great Jin Dynasty. It was not a vassal state, but the southernmost part of Lingnan Road and Jiannan Road. There were many ethnic minorities there, dense jungles, and many poisonous insects and flatulence bacteria. Although it was called the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty, it had always been a tribal autonomous area.
The imperial court basically did not collect taxes from there, but only collected tributes from the tribes every year, such as peacocks, gems, or some local specialties.
They would send things and then cry poor, and then get some tribute rice, silk, and porcelain from the court. Basically, as long as they did not insult the court and did not take the initiative to send troops to fight, the court would not care about them.
Therefore, it is not a vassal state but is better than a vassal state.
Manbao would rather have them than the people from Goguryeo. They just looked down on the Imperial Medical Bureau, not to mention the Heman and Liaozi tribes, the beautiful peacocks, and the legendary mysterious witch doctors.
Manbao thought of this and became more persistent, "Xiao Yuanzheng, we must fight with the Man tribe and the Liaozi tribe."
Xiao Yuanzheng looked at her curiously and asked, "Has Goguryeo ever offended you?"
"No." Manbao flatly denied it, denying that he was taking revenge and being petty.
But Xiao Yuanzheng and Yang Heshu were not fools, and her angry "humph" made her attitude clear.
But she was not happy to say forget it, so he said to Yang Heshu: "Alright, just include the doctors from the Heman and Liaozi tribes, and don't accept the others for now."
He's not picky anyway.
After thinking for a moment, Yang Heshu agreed, wrote down the list and handed it to the clerk to handle, and then called Manbao to go out for a walk together.
Manbao could only put down the book he was repairing and go out with him, "Xiaoxue brother Yang, what's going on?"
"Nothing, I just want to ask you, does the palace maid that Bai Shan asked me to investigate last time still need my help?"
Manbao thought about it and shook his head, "Let's check it slowly."
She looked around and whispered, "Grandmother Liu has already sent people to her hometown and found her aunt's family. They're keeping an eye on them recently, but haven't found any problems yet."
Yang Heshu nodded and said with a smile, "Thank you so much for coming to deliver your sister-in-law's baby last time. She was still talking to me today. Since you missed the baby's third day bath, she will definitely invite you to her house to eat red eggs when the baby is one month old."
Manbao said cheerfully, "As long as I have a day off, I will definitely go."
Yang Heshu took the opportunity to ask, "Did the Goguryeo envoy offend you?"
Manbao didn't want to tell her boss that she was taking revenge, but she didn't mind telling Yang Heshu. She forgot for a moment that, to a certain extent, Yang Heshu was also her boss. "They look down on the Imperial Medical Bureau, and I'm not very happy."
She said, "If you look down on me, then don't come here to study, hum."
Yang Heshu pondered for a moment and then said, "But the ones you look down upon are the envoys from Goguryeo. They are all scholars and nobles, while the one who wants to study at the Imperial Medical Bureau is a doctor. How can you vent your anger on others?"
He said, "You are being unfair to the doctors of Goguryeo. They came here after hearing about the opening of the Imperial Medical Bureau in the capital. They have come such a long way, but are not allowed to enter the Imperial Medical Bureau because of your prejudice. It is really unfair."
Manbao was stunned. She put herself in her shoes and thought, if she missed the opportunity to learn medicine because of a few words from the ministers in the court or the students in the Imperial College, then...
Manbao lowered her head in shame, her face flushed red. She opened and closed her mouth, then opened and closed it again. Finally, she asked in a low voice, "Then, what should we do? Should we add their names to the list?"
"The list has just been stamped and sent to the Honglu Temple. It's too late to change it now. And even if you could change it, will your Imperial Medical Bureau decide to admit a foreign student, or cross someone's name out?"
Seeing Manbao's face full of shame and discomfort, Yang Heshu reached out and patted her head and said with a smile: "Silly child, you should admit your mistakes and correct them. Just don't make the same mistake again."
Manbao went back to have lunch in a dejected mood.
Bai Shan saw her head hanging down and asked her, "What's wrong with you?"
Manbao poked at the rice in her bowl and told her what she had done wrong, saying, "I was biased. It's so uncultured to take my anger out on others because of Gao You's remarks."
Bai Shan said, "Just admit your mistakes and correct them."
"But the list has already been submitted and cannot be changed."
"You're so stupid. Your Imperial Medical Bureau never planned to accept doctors from any family. The reason they rejected you this time wasn't a big factor. Do the Heman and Liaozi tribes deserve to be rejected?"
"Next time your Imperial Medical Bureau recruits foreign students, just let them compete fairly. If you don't interfere, you'll have changed."
Manbao thought about it, and felt better. Then he started to fight back, "You are stupid. I am not stupider than you."
She still asked Koko in her heart: "Koko, don't you think so?"
Koko ignored her.
Manbao didn't mind. She thought, even if she was a little worse, it shouldn't be that bad, because she had always studied hard.
But Manbao thought that this matter, which only they knew, still got out. Even the officials of the Honglu Temple vaguely heard that the envoy of Goguryeo had offended someone in the Imperial Medical Bureau, so the Imperial Medical Bureau specifically did not want Goguryeo's doctors, but replaced them with doctors from the Heman and Liaozi tribes.
Of course, the Goguryeo envoys have not heard anything about this matter yet, because Gao You didn’t care, and the officials of the Honglu Temple who wanted to remind them kept silent.
good evening
(End of this chapter)
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