The imperial physician had already reached a conclusion about Emperor Liu Zhao's health.
The pain caused by chronic diseases will increase the burden on the body.
Must rest!
The emperor and empress had lived in Xiaozhu for a year and a half and had never returned to the palace.
All state affairs were handled by King Liu Yu of Qi.
If the King of Qi cannot handle the matter, he will go to Xiaozhu to ask for an imperial edict or a decree.
To say that the emperor is in good health is definitely a lie.
It was said that the emperor was in poor health, but apart from resting, there didn't seem to be any major problems.
Renqiu told Mr. Lu, "The Empress Dowager has personally supervised that Your Majesty's health has improved. Continue to rest and don't worry or overwork. You can expect a long life."
Mr. Lu was not optimistic. "As an emperor, how can I not worry about the hard work? Letting the Prince of Qi govern the country for years is not a solution."
"Since you're not at court, don't worry about it. The Empress and His Majesty have their own plans!"
Mr. Lu laughed at himself, "I'm no longer in the court, so there's really no need for me to worry about it. As the saying goes, one shouldn't meddle in matters outside one's jurisdiction. If one interferes too much, it's easy to be disliked. As for you, don't take my words lightly. If you have a magic weapon to make a living, you should bring it out as soon as possible and let everyone in the world know your value."
It would also attract more talented people to join the medical school. As the saying goes, there's strength in numbers, but the medical school is still a bit underrepresented. It would be best to recruit a few from among the officials and nobles, as if they were related families. If something were to go wrong in the future, at least we'd have the camaraderie of fellow students. It's better than asking someone we don't know well for help."
"I know! Sooner or later the medical school will become known to the world."
Mr. Lu was worried. "Don't just talk big, you have to take real action. For example, the surgery you performed is currently only known to the patient's family and people in the community.
If your medical school remains aloof and aloof, with few people knowing about it, then if the day comes when those in power want to erase your existence, it will be easy. On the other hand, if your medical school's reputation is known to the world, any authority that wants to erase you will have to think twice."
Renqiu nodded and said thank you.
A month later, the Medical College and the Imperial Medical Service jointly announced that they had found a solution to smallpox.
Next, the medical school will send thirty medical teams to state capitals across the country to provide free vaccinations against smallpox to everyone.
The announcement shocked the world!
Smallpox conquered?
Is there a cure for smallpox?
real?
Fake?
In order to gain the trust of the people, the medical school immediately announced in the newspaper the number of counties that had already received vaccinations in advance.
Anyone with any questions can go to the published location to investigate and verify.
Medical schools won't lie when it comes to matters of life and death.
The imperial court, government officials, and prominent families all sent people to investigate in several counties where cowpox vaccination had already occurred.
As more and more news came out, it was confirmed that the medical school had mastered the method of treating smallpox.
The whole world cheers!
For several days in a row, firecrackers rang out in the capital.
Ordinary people spontaneously went to the medical school to bring food, clothes, and money.
The medical school immediately selected a site in Xinmin County as a temporary location for smallpox vaccination.
On the first day of vaccination, the vaccination site was already crowded in the middle of the night.
The lanterns hanging under the eaves swayed in the wind, which was a bit creepy.
But it couldn't stop people's enthusiasm.
By dawn, there was a long queue at the vaccination site, which seemed to have no end in sight.
“I’m afraid there are thousands of people!”
"More than that! There must be tens of thousands of people."
"I heard from the Ministry of Revenue that there are over a million people in the capital alone. If everyone is vaccinated, how long will it take?"
"This is just the first vaccination site! Vaccination sites will be set up in other places later."
"People from the medical school said that children should be given priority for vaccination."
“It’s time to vaccinate the children first.”
…
Places where smallpox outbreaks occurred were the first to be vaccinated.
The epidemic was under control and as long as one was vaccinated against cowpox in advance, one would not be infected with smallpox.
The effect is obvious.
The news spread to the south of the Yangtze River and the capital, and people became more proactive in getting vaccinated against cowpox.
The medical school had to temporarily requisition staff from major pharmacies, train the apprentices, and then send them to the vaccination sites to work as laborers.
After this incident, the medical school became famous all over the world!
An idea was planted in everyone's mind: medical school is the most powerful place in the world.
There is not just one miracle doctor, but countless miracle doctors.
If you get sick and the doctor can't cure you, go to medical school.
If you have a difficult or complicated disease, go to medical school!
Don't worry about the consultation fee.
Medical schools are willing to provide free treatment for difficult and complicated diseases.
For a time, patients suffering from various difficult and complicated diseases rushed to the medical school from all over the place.
It would be best if it could be cured!
Even if the patient cannot be cured, the patient and his family can accept it.
Because of the free treatment and the medical school's victory over smallpox, neither the patients nor their families had the nerve to blackmail the medical school.
If there really is a patient's family member who is blackmailed by that scoundrel, the Jinwu Guards will not be a pushover.
The Jinwu Guards are notorious and their deterrent power is naturally strong.
With a large number of patients with difficult and complicated diseases, the skills of doctors in medical schools naturally improved by leaps and bounds.
The reputation of the medical school spread, and it indeed attracted a large number of children from medical families with a long history of medical studies to study at the medical school.
It also attracted a group of people who had no intention of taking the imperial examination and were purely interested in medicine.
Renqiu remembered Mr. Lu's reminder.
He wants to recruit a few people with connections to the medical school.
It’s not easy to deal with people with connections!
The playboy couldn't stand the sight of corpses and blood, nor could he endure the hardships of medical school.
But if he was not a playboy, he would not have given up his official career to pursue medicine.
Medicine, in this era, is ultimately inferior.
All things are inferior except reading, this is the reality.
He couldn't recruit people with connections, and Renqiu didn't want to lower his requirements, which made him very worried.
There are academies like Shanhe Academy, Guozijian, Zhixing Academy, etc., which have a lot of people with connections.
The existence of these people with connections has woven a huge network of relationships for these academies in the officialdom.
For example, if a student who graduated from Shanhe Academy encounters an unexpected event in his career, his classmates and schoolmates will all lend a helping hand regardless of whether they know him or not.
With the convenience of having a large number of classmates and the same school, his career will naturally be smoother than those who do not have a background in "famous schools".
Other colleges have people with connections, so how can a medical school not have people with connections?
Seeing Renqiu struggling to recruit students, Mr. Lu offered him a suggestion: "Go ask the Empress! She must have a lot of connections!"
Renqiu slapped his thigh.
yes!
Why didn't he think of it before and got so stuck on it?
It turns out that I’ve been too tired recently and my brain isn’t working well.
He excitedly ran to Xiaozhu and said straight to the point, "My Lady, please get some relatives and friends for the medical school. Other families have relatives and friends, but our medical school can't be without them!"
Gu Jiu took a sip of tea and signaled him to be patient.
"Vaccination against smallpox is enough to keep the medical school afloat! Even if shocking surgeries are discovered in the future, I believe they will be safe. Right now, you should be busy supervising teaching, purchasing medicinal herbs, and cultivating more qualified medical talents. Why did you suddenly think of recruiting people with connections?"
Ren Qiu spoke frankly, "To be honest, Your Majesty, I just want to find more backers for the medical school. No matter what, the medical school needs to have a network of connections within the court; otherwise, we'd be worried! Just look at the medical school's appalling treatments, and the fact that we've secretly opened anatomy classes. From the very beginning, it's unacceptable to secular ethics. If the secret ever comes to light, without the network of connections, everyone in the medical school would be torn to pieces! To be honest, Your Majesty and Your Majesty can't protect the medical school forever!"
Gu Jiu nodded. "If you don't think about the future, you will have immediate worries. It's good that you can think so far ahead."
Renqiu was delighted. "The Queen promised to find a connection for the medical school."
Gu Jiu thought for a moment and said, "I have a few ideas. Please listen to them. The news of vaccination against smallpox has surely spread to the Western Regions and overseas. You can take this opportunity to write to the Prince of Anxi, the Prince of Rong, and the Princess of Ruyang. Ask them to send talented people to the medical school for two to three years of further study. The medical school will train them to become top-notch doctors for free."
"Your Majesty wants me to make friends with foreign officials?"
"Medical friendship." Gu Jiu emphasized.
Renqiu nodded, he understood!
He is no rookie in officialdom.
Gu Jiu continued, "It's not easy to convince officials and noble families to send their children to medical school. You can start with the nobles and military officers and ask them to send their children to medical school. Nobles and military officers have faced life and death, so they are more likely to accept all the shocking surgical procedures in medical school. Whether it's a family member or a family servant, you can accept them all. As long as they can learn and become talented, they will be a boost to your medical school.
Alternatively, you could go to the orphanage and recruit talented children to nurture them from a young age. You could also take advantage of the medical team's in-depth visits to local areas to vaccinate against smallpox and try to make connections with some of the officials' families. Perhaps you could recruit a few students from these families. Not every official's child aspires to study and become an official. There are always those with rebellious personalities who seek a different path. Your medical school should give these children a chance."
"Can't Your Majesty just send a few relatives to the medical school?" Ren Qiu was unwilling to give in. It was a rare trip, so he had to get some ready-made relatives.
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "Do you want an idle royal family member?"
Renqiu nodded repeatedly, "Yes!"
The reputation of being a royal family is not good, but the title of being a royal family is useful!
When the various government offices heard that someone was a member of the royal family, they would always think carefully.
It is definitely easier to invite than to send away those unruly people in the royal family.
Gu Jiu asked again: "Do you want a descendant of the Gu family's collateral branch?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Renqiu was very excited.
The Empress's family, even though they were only collateral relatives, also had the surname Gu.
Gu Jiu looked at him. Isn’t that enough?
Renqiu shook his head repeatedly, saying it was not enough, it was totally not enough.
It would be better to have a few more relatives.
Because he knew too well how hard it was to study medicine, if there were ten people with connections, it would be good if two or three of them could persevere.
So, as for people, the more the better.
Gu Jiu smiled knowingly, "How about this? I'll try to get His Majesty to issue an edict that all doctors who successfully graduate from the Medical College will be granted the rank of seventh-rank medical officer. Also, establish a Medical Bureau to directly manage the Medical College. The Medical Bureau will be under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and no other government office will have the right to interfere in anything related to the Medical College. With an imperial official title, I think some of the children of officials will be tempted."
Renqiu was overjoyed.
He just wanted a few connections, but he didn't expect the Queen to be so generous and directly gave him a lifetime gift package.
The medical school now has a government office directly in charge, and the doctors who graduated have official status. This is equivalent to going from a bandit to a regular soldier!
Let’s see who dares to look down on medical school in the future.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Your idea is great, it's better than any connections."
Gu Jiu reminded him, "Don't be too happy too soon. Since the Medical Department is under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it must be led by the Imperial Household Supervisor. This means that the Medical College will be directly responsible to the Emperor. Do you understand the balance here?"
Renqiu nodded heavily.
The emperor will decide the direction of development of the medical school and decide the life and death of the medical school.
This is a double-edged sword.
It provides a guarantee for the medical school to survive and not be afraid of being overthrown.
At the same time, there is also the possibility of backlash, being pushed out by the emperor as a scapegoat, being wiped out, and being completely wiped out!
Gu Jiu looked at Ren Qiu's solemn expression and couldn't help laughing.
"Don't worry too much, I will leave you a life-saving magic weapon."
"What magic weapon?" Ren Qiu was curious.
Gu Jiu shook his head. "It's not good to know too early! Just focus on your work, and the magic weapon will fall into your hands when the time comes."
"Thank you, Queen."
I gained a lot from this trip.
Renqiu left with satisfaction.
Gu Jiu personally supervised Liu Zhao taking the medicine.
Liu Zhao pinched his nose and drank the medicine, which was very bitter.
He put down the medicine bowl and asked, "What do you think medical schools will look like a hundred years from now? Will medical schools be able to cure my old injuries a hundred years from now?"
“It’s incurable!”
"Why?"
"You also said this is an old injury. How can it be treated?"
Liu Zhao was speechless.
Gu Jiu scolded him, "If you had listened to me and taken better care of yourself, you wouldn't be suffering so much today."
Liu Zhao covered his head and pretended to be asleep.
I don’t want to listen. I don’t want to listen!
More and more childish.
Phew!
Gu Jiu laughed out loud and complained to him: "What a waste!"
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