In late July, the medical school was basically completed. Under Liu Hong's arrangement, a group of medical representatives, led by Zhang Bozu, officially moved into the medical school.
Subsequently, various assessments were conducted on doctors who came from various places through recommendations or on their own.
Liu Hong attached great importance to this assessment and sent Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong to supervise it. Although they did not understand medicine, they both remembered a name that the emperor often mentioned: "Hua Tuo".
In the medical school's plaza, about five hundred doctors from all over the country had gathered. Hua Tuo was not particularly conspicuous in the crowd.
"The first round of assessment begins. Physicians, please take your seats!"
With a loud shout, all the doctors began to proceed to their respective tables according to their assigned numbers, where the exam questions were already laid out.
The first round of tests assessed these doctors' ability to identify medicinal herbs.
The exam paper listed ten medicinal materials, requiring students to describe their appearance, pharmacology, and processing methods. Some of these materials were common, while others were relatively rare.
Hua Tuo sat at his desk, picked up the exam paper, and carefully read through all the questions. He recognized all the medicinal herbs, and there was one that was only mentioned in an ancient book, which was very rare. Hua Tuo couldn't help but feel a little admiration for the erudition of the person who set the questions.
After confirming that there were no problems, Hua Tuo began to write his answers neatly on the answer sheet, listing them clearly and in detail.
About an hour later, Hua Tuo finished writing down the answer to the last question. After repeatedly confirming that it was correct, he put down his pen and waited for the test to end.
By this time, most of the other physicians had also finished writing. Some chose to skip writing about the herbs they didn't recognize, while others wrote something random in an attempt to get away with it.
"The assessment is over. The results will be announced in one hour."
At the command of the person in charge, all the doctors stood up and left their desks. Everyone had different expressions; some were happy, while others shook their heads and sighed.
Hua Tuo also went to the makeshift rest room, which was actually just a thatched shed made of a few pieces of wood and some straw mats.
"My dear teacher! How is it?"
Upon seeing Hua Tuo enter, his disciples hurriedly stepped forward to inquire about the assessment results.
"no problem!"
The disciple patted his chest, his face beaming with excitement. "That's good, that's good! I knew Master would be fine. He might even get first place in this assessment."
Disciple: "Hey, Master, do you think if I come in first place, His Majesty will personally summon you?"
Disciple: "Master! Do you think His Majesty will offer you an official position?"
Disciple: "Master..."
Upon hearing Hua Tuo say there was no problem, his disciple became excited and began to enthusiastically envision a wonderful future.
"Shut up!"
Hua Tuo glanced at his disciple, staring at his mouth with an unfriendly expression.
"Ah? Oh, yes, dear teacher!"
Sensing his master's sharp gaze, the disciple quickly covered his mouth and stopped speaking.
Because Hua Tuo had told him more than once that his mouth should be sewn shut, and he believed it without a doubt.
He had personally witnessed his mentor stitching up the wound of a man whose stomach had been ripped open by a water buffalo, and the man miraculously recovered. From that moment on, he was awestruck by Hua Tuo and followed him faithfully for several years, traveling all over the world. Whenever he saw someone with an external injury, as long as they met Hua Tuo, they would generally recover, barring any unforeseen circumstances.
Although his disciples regarded Hua Tuo as a celestial being, many people who saw Hua Tuo's medical techniques for the first time still regarded him as a monstrous threat.
In particular, on one occasion, Hua Tuo encountered a man who had fallen from his horse and broken his ribs. Hua Tuo went to him and said that as long as the broken ribs were removed from his body, he would be fine.
However, both the injured person and his family members severely reprimanded Hua Tuo, even cursing him as a wicked devil who broke people's skin and took their bones. They then drove Hua Tuo out of their home, and if they hadn't run away quickly, they would have been beaten up.
"Our bodies, hair, and skin are given to us by our parents, and we dare not damage them; this is the beginning of filial piety."
In those days, these words were passed down for hundreds of years, and their influence was so deep that people dared not break even a single hair, let alone cut open the abdomen to remove ribs.
(The most classic example is Cao Cao's act of cutting off his hair to replace his head during the Three Kingdoms period.)
The last injured person sought medical help everywhere, but still could not escape the pain and eventually died from the agony.
Upon hearing this news, Hua Tuo shook his head and sighed repeatedly. As a physician, he had watched patients die in agony, which was a great blow to him. Therefore, he traveled around to treat people for free, hoping to change people's prejudice and misunderstanding of his medical methods, but with little success.
When Hua Tuo saw the imperial edict, he felt it was an opportunity for him. So he went to the medical school, hoping to gain the recognition and support of the court officials and even the emperor by using the medical techniques he had researched and summarized over the years.
Before Hua Tuo arrived, he considered two possible outcomes: one was that the emperor and court officials would accept him and help him promote his doctrines.
The second option is to be considered an outcast by them and then have yourself executed.
Hua Tuo subconsciously felt that the second possibility was more likely, but he still came to Luoyang without hesitation. He had heard of the emperor's wisdom and thought that the emperor might accept his teachings. As long as there was a sliver of a chance, he would not give up.
Hua Tuo closed his eyes to rest, quietly awaiting the announcement of the examination results. Before he was sure that the emperor would see his exam paper, he decided to first try to enter the medical school with traditional medical knowledge.
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