Chapter 902 Mei Ruying
After all, this second path is what Li San Niang is currently working on. It will take at least seven or eight years, or even possibly ten years, to find a suitable female doctor.
Because at this time, knowledge was already in the hands of a few.
Even though Emperor Wu had widely opened up the imperial examination system, being able to read and write was probably a huge stumbling block for most people to rise in social class.
Li San Niang dared to open a women's medical school because of the efforts of other time-traveling colleagues in this era.
The first one is Bi Qionglan, who is still in Champa. In recent years, thanks to the bumper wheat harvest, people have been able to eat their fill, which has enabled ordinary people to have the means to support their children who do not engage in production to go to school.
The second was Chang Siyuan's improvements to papermaking and printing techniques, which made books cheaper and more readily available, allowing more people to attend academies or private schools.
The third point is that Du Qinghui and his group developed gunpowder, which was a powerful weapon at the time, directly pushing cold weapon warfare into the era of firearms. None of the small countries bordering the Tang Dynasty dared not fail to pay tribute.
If they don't obey, then beat them until they do.
Furthermore, at this time, the Tang Dynasty could be said to be the center of the world, with strong national power and thriving trade. With favorable timing, geographical advantages and popular support, Li San Niang was inspired to establish a special medical school for women.
However, there is a very obvious problem here.
There is only one Li San Niang. She is a person. Even if she is a transmigrator with a cheat system that has little presence, she is still just a person.
She had to work at the Imperial Medical Bureau, manage the maternity ward, inspect various places, and take time to communicate with the women's support association managed by Li's mother and others. She also had to visit the drug rehabilitation center in the outer three cities, which had been handed over to Princess Qingyang, from time to time.
Not to mention, she herself was learning poison techniques and acupuncture from Dr. Liang. In addition, she had to teach her disciple Song Fuling and also give lessons to the female doctors in the obstetrics and gynecology department in her spare time.
Once the women's medical school is truly built, she can only spare a few hours to teach there; she can't possibly be in the school teaching students every single day.
Therefore, finding a teacher to give the lessons is a big problem.
Li San Niang has been busy with this recently. For several days in a row, she visited several famous medical families in Chang'an City, adopting the most humble attitude and begging them to come and teach the young girls at the women's medical school she wanted to establish.
The first place she went to was the Gao family, which clearly shows that she went there to take advantage of them.
First of all, Li's father and the old doctor Gao had a master-disciple relationship, and the relationship between the Gao family and her Li family was quite good.
Secondly, when Li San Niang practiced medicine at Yongpingfang Medical Hall, where the Chang'an Medical Alliance was located, her superiors were none other than members of the Gao family.
However, it remains to be seen whether Li San Niang will actually be able to profit from this.
In the main hall of the Gao family, after listening to what Li San Niang had to say, the old doctor Gao said to her in just a few breaths: "If you have the ability to accomplish this matter, I don't know what the other members of the Gao family will say, but my family will definitely support you."
The maternity ward is very well run. Women are the ones who can give birth. Didn't you successfully run your midwifery school?
I think your women's medical school should be able to do it too.
At this point, the old doctor said to the steward standing to the side, "Go and call Liu Lang here."
Just as the steward bowed and was about to leave, Li San Niang stood up to stop him. She bowed again and said to the puzzled old doctor with an embarrassed look, "Grandmaster, it was my fault."
Actually, I came here today to invite my grandmother to be my teacher at the Women's Medical School.
After saying this, Song Fuling, who was behind Li Sanniang, quickly stepped forward and took out the betrothal letter that Li Sanniang had written earlier from an exquisite wooden box.
Qiu Xiang then laid out the items in the basket containing the six gifts one by one. Li San Niang bowed to her grandmaster, Mei Ru Ying, who was sitting next to the old doctor at the head of the table, and pointed to the lean meat strips, saying, "Grandmaster, I found the best mutton for these meat strips. I bought them specially from the Western Regions Hu people."
Mei Ruying followed Li Sanniang's finger with some surprise to look at the strip of meat. It was indeed perfectly balanced between lean and fat, and looked delicious.
Even the old doctor and the steward were quite surprised at this moment. They never expected that Li San Niang would come to their door today to seek Mei Ru Ying as her teacher!
Li San Niang noticed the three people's confusion. She turned around, took the betrothal letter from the wooden box in Song Fuling's hand, and stepped forward to hand it to Mei Ruying with both hands.
Then he returned to his original position and first looked at the old physician Gao: "Grandmaster, I know that Gao Liulangjun is a physician whom I am not as good as. I have met him in the alliance before."
It's not that I look down on Gao Liulang, it's just that my female medical school will be recruiting girls who are only in their teens or even seventeen or eighteen years old in the future.
Gao Liulang is excellent in every way, but he is indeed too young.
Furthermore, this women's medical school will undoubtedly focus on teaching women's and mothers' illnesses; therefore, what I seek are older men and learned women as my teachers.”
Having said all that, Li San Niang went to see Mei Ru Ying again and continued earnestly, "I know that my great-grandmother comes from the Mei family of Dengzhou, and naturally her family's scholarship is profound and she is very skilled in prescriptions."
My great-grandmother was one of the authors of the "Women's Classic" published by the Imperial Medical Bureau. I read that book carefully and found it to be very clear and easy to understand.
(I made this up; this book doesn't exist in history.)
"My teacher's grandmother possesses the ability and talent to be a teacher. I humbly request that she, in light of my sincere sincerity, condescend to take up the post at the Women's Medical School."
After saying this, Li San Niang bowed, and Song Fu Ling and Qiu Xiang behind her naturally followed suit with a deep bow.
Mei Ruying was truly flattered. When she co-authored the "Women's Classic" with Doctor Gao, she hadn't intended to leave her name and had told Doctor Gao to write only his name.
Instead, Dr. Gao said to her, "You were involved, and you wrote more than half of it. How can I accept this reputation for nothing?"
Mei Ruying truly hadn't expected Li Sanniang to know about her from this place. She glanced at the betrothal letter in her hand, then turned to look at Li Sanniang standing there: "You've read the 'Women's Classic'? Really? Did your sister-in-law really have her baby delivered by you cutting open her belly?"
When Li San Niang heard Mei Ru Ying's question, she was taken aback for a moment, but she quickly replied, "I really have read it. I even made sure that all the female doctors in the obstetrics and gynecology clinic read it thoroughly."
My sister-in-law did indeed give birth to my son via cesarean section, and now, Liu Lang is over six years old.
Seeing the slight disbelief on Mei Ruying's face, Li Sanniang quickly followed up, "Did you attend the physician conference that just ended a while ago, Grandmother?"
The sow I dissected that day is still alive and well, and her seven or eight piglets are still lively and energetic.
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