"What are your plans to do about this?"
Although the imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Academy were not old-fashioned, even the emperor could not order them not to keep their secrets.
Of course, there are ways to make it happen.
However, Yinzhen wanted to hear Yunrong's thoughts.
"Nothing is unchangeable; if it is, it's because you don't have enough leverage."
This bargaining chip can be many things, not just fame and fortune.
Yinzhen: "How about I leave this matter to you?"
Yunrong was taken aback: "Can I?"
She actually did more behind-the-scenes work. Although Yunrong made great contributions to the "industrial revolution" of the Qing Dynasty, she didn't really know much about it.
When others mention Empress Yunrong, they say she was shrewd and knew how to win over the emperor, while others say she was approachable and easy to get along with...
Regardless of praise or criticism, compared to famous empresses in history, she seems rather unremarkable.
Clearly, Yinzhen was also aware of this problem, even though he might not be able to see how future generations would evaluate him after his death. However, Yinzhen was unwilling to let Yunrong suffer any loss.
There are some things that cannot be said now. Perhaps in the future, when the Qing Dynasty is stable, Yunrong's contributions will be indelible and she will be admired and revered by future generations. But for now, Yinzhen still hopes to make Yunrong more famous.
Moreover, it cannot be said that this matter has nothing to do with the harem, but after all, the Imperial Hospital is located in the palace, so it has many opportunities to deal with the harem.
It would be convenient for Yunrong to do such a thing, and Yinzhen didn't have much time anyway.
The emperor was truly busy.
Yinzhen: "You definitely can."
Although Yunrong has always worked behind the scenes, there is one thing she may not have realized: being in a high position for a long time and having to handle many things has subtly honed her problem-solving skills.
Well, the person she spent the most time with was Yinzhen. The couple would discuss everything together, so Yunrong learned a lot about Yinzhen's way of handling things by observing him.
This includes both Yinzhen's way of treating people and his way of solving problems.
She didn't notice it, but as his bedmate, Yinzhen was very sensitive to these things and naturally noticed it.
Besides, many experiments no longer require Yunrong to do herself. With the current environment in the Qing Dynasty, the couple, one in charge of industrial technology and the other in charge of policy, have already begun to change without anyone realizing it.
Every era has a small group of visionary people. The environment didn't exist before, but it does now, and there are always people who see the business opportunities and profits involved.
The working people are the most creative. Now that a door has been opened, it's like winding up a system, and they can innovate on their own.
It might start as imitation, but it gradually transforms into creation, and eventually into innovation...
This is a virtuous cycle.
During this period, the only thing Yunrong could do was provide some theoretical knowledge when necessary; of course, they still needed to explore on their own.
So Yunrong became "idle".
It's not that she doesn't have anything to do, but compared to her previous busy days, she is indeed much more relaxed.
With Yinzhen's approval, Yunrong wanted to give it a try, so she agreed.
Yunrong then began to make plans.
Upon returning to the capital, she first sent people to keep an eye on the situation of the bookstores there. After all, it was something she had promised to do, and since she was supposed to protect them, she couldn't just ignore it.
Then I started working on matters concerning the Imperial Medical Academy.
The Imperial Medical Academy was considered the place where the best medical expertise in the Qing Dynasty was concentrated, but even within it, there were differences in skill level, which depended on talent and effort.
Furthermore, since working in the Imperial Hospital meant risking one's life, hard work was a given, and as for talent, those who could enter the Imperial Hospital were all quite capable. Even if there were differences, they wouldn't be too significant.
So why do individuals have varying skill levels?
Ultimately, it comes down to the fact that everyone has different access to healthcare.
Yunrong investigated the situation of the imperial physicians in the Imperial Medical Academy and discovered a particularly interesting phenomenon: often, the most skilled physicians in the Imperial Medical Academy came from a few families that had practiced medicine for generations.
This makes one marvel at the family's rich academic tradition.
Many medical students are only willing to pass on their skills to their descendants, after all, it is a craft, and a craft that will never lack food, so they naturally want to leave a guarantee for their descendants.
Over time, that's how the family became known as a family of doctors.
Breaking this generational mindset is, frankly, not easy. If Yunrong just casually offered some benefits, who would believe her? Besides, doctors don't lack money or a good reputation.
So Yunrong decided to build a school. To be honest, Yunrong didn't initially plan to do so, but after looking at the information about the Imperial Medical Academy, she felt that she still needed to build a school.
Yunrong even planned to build a hospital while she was at it.
Then, appropriate rules and regulations should be formulated, and state-owned hospitals should be established initially, where staff can enjoy various high-quality benefits and subsidies. Then, the regulations should be further relaxed to allow private hospitals.
Then we can gradually open up the market for Western medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine is also good, but it takes longer to see results and is more suitable for conditioning.
Ideally, the two should complement each other; that would be best.
However, to be honest, it was practically impossible for Western medicine to achieve this at that time. As the ancients often said, our bodies and hair are given to us by our parents. Western medicine requires a lot of anatomical experiments, which requires a large number of corpses.
If word got out, they'd be disemboweling the dead, even opening their heads...
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