Chapter 176 Chapter 176 Not Here
The people in Dali Village and even Qinghe Town all knew how powerful Doctor Meng's medical skills were. However, even such a skilled doctor, after being brought into the house by Xu Yunfan, not only bowed to Xu Yunfan, but also sincerely asked Xu Yunfan to accept him as his disciple even at his old age.
Is all this true?
Doctor Meng is such an amazing doctor, yet he admits that he is inferior to Xu Yunfan and even wants to worship Xu Yunfan as his teacher?
What is even more shocking is that Xu Yunfan would never accept Doctor Meng as his disciple. No matter how much Doctor Meng begged, he just kept shaking his head.
The village chief was dumbfounded.
If he remembered correctly, Xu Yunfan had said before that he had only read some medical books and had only a basic understanding of medicine, so he could not be considered a doctor.
result……
For the first time, the village chief discovered that his understanding of the word "somewhat understood" might be different from Xu Yunfan's.
Xu Yunfan wouldn't accept a disciple. His goal was to become an official, not an imperial physician. He knew his limitations. "There's no need for me to become your disciple. If you encounter any difficult or complicated medical problems in the future, we can learn from each other and improve together. You've seen me, a rare and perfect man, possessing kindness, love, wisdom, and beauty. I'll share everything I know with you. So, there's no need for me to become your disciple."
A perfect man who combines kindness, love, wisdom and good looks?!?
For some reason, Doctor Meng felt a little embarrassed, and suddenly he felt that it might be a good idea not to become Xu Yunfan's disciple.
Xu Yunfan poured a glass of water for Doctor Meng. "Have a sip of water to moisten your throat. Speaking of which, this worm disease is not a rare disease. All the children here have some in their stomachs. What do you think? After you go back, you can send the medicine boy and others to the village in the name of Jishitang to spread the word and let the adults pay attention. I see there are quite a few little beggars in the town. I happen to have a lot of pumpkin seeds here. You can process them according to my method and have the medicine boy give them to those children."
Doctor Meng was indeed thirsty and drank half a glass of water in one breath. Upon hearing this, his eyes immediately turned red. "Okay, Doctor Xu has such a broad mind. It's a blessing for the children. I would like to thank Doctor Xu on behalf of the children."
Xu Yunfan waved his hands, rarely feeling embarrassed. "Oh, I feel embarrassed when you say that. It's just a matter of some pumpkin seeds and a few words. Wait, I'll get you some pumpkin seeds."
There were a lot of pumpkins in the side room. Xu Yunfan was worried about what to do with them before. Later, there were not enough pumpkin cakes to sell. When Qin Dazuo and others went to buy sweet potatoes, they had to buy pumpkins as well. For this reason, there were indeed a lot of pumpkin seeds stored at home.
After Doctor Meng left, Xu Yunfan saw that it was already afternoon and suddenly felt a little worried. It seemed that he would not be able to finish this work today.
Xu Yunfan didn't know that after Doctor Meng returned, he wrote another letter to his boss in the capital.
Because of a letter, Dong Jia had been targeted by the hospital historian, who specially sent people to keep an eye on the Meng Mansion. Therefore, when Doctor Meng's letter arrived in the capital, it reached the hospital historian first before Dong Jia's.
The court historian read the letter over and over again, and ordered someone to copy it several times before ordering someone to deliver the original letter to Lord Meng.
This Lord Meng's ancestors were from a family of doctors. Lord Meng was the boss of Doctor Meng and a fourth-rank official.
When it came to Meng Ruchun's generation in the Meng family, this guy was not cut out for studying medicine and could only take the imperial examination. Even so, the other members of the Meng family still followed their ancestors' teachings and learned medicine since childhood. The other descendants who studied medicine were not cut out for being the head of the family, so Meng Ruchun could only be the helmsman of the Meng family. He was not in charge of anything else under the Meng family clinic. After all, he did not know much about medical skills, but Meng Ruchun had to interfere with major decision-making matters.
Doctor Meng had written to Meng Ruchun before, hoping that he would promote the medical skills taught by Xu Yunfan. Even though he had never studied medicine, Meng Ruchun knew after reading the letter how remarkable the so-called "artificial respiration", "correction of fetal position", and snake venom antidote that Doctor Meng mentioned were. Meng Ruchun immediately ordered that one or two doctors from each of the major clinics of the Meng family should be selected to focus on learning these life-saving methods. Since so many doctors had suddenly "rested" at the Meng family clinic, and given its great reputation, it was inevitable that they would attract attention.
The court historian intercepted Doctor Meng's letter. This was wrong on his part, and he must have informed Meng Ruchun beforehand. Meng Ruchun simply waved his hand and said, "Your Excellency, the court historian is serious. This is a good thing that will benefit the people. If you can help, I will report this to His Majesty tomorrow, and this matter should be feasible."
"Okay, the imperial doctors in my Imperial Hospital are ready to cooperate at any time." The hospital historian thought that such things that benefit the country and the people must be carried out even if there is no time.
The next morning, Fu Qingyu came to court with dark circles under his eyes and feeling exhausted.
Last night, Fu Qingyu talked with Qi Yuanyang for half the night before letting the person go back. In the second half of the night, he became more and more excited the more he thought about it. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep, so he had to get up and review memorials for another two hours.
Qi Yuanyang's brother-in-law is the magistrate of Qingling County. He specifically wrote a letter to Magistrate Zhou to inquire about Xu Yunfan.
Xu Yunfan is really quite talented. Not only can he make candles, he can also make paper and burn charcoal...
Qi Yuanyang's brother-in-law wrote to say that Xu Yunfan not only asked Qi Xiu Ze to buy dozens of cows, but also bought up all the sweet potatoes in the nearby villages. The sweet potatoes that could only be eaten or fed to pigs before were bought by Xu Yunfan's people and processed into sweet potato flour, which was very delicious. There were also unsaleable fruits. This guy directly asked people to build a shed in Daqing Village, saying it was a fruit factory. The processed fruits were called canned fruits and dried fruits. These things are now sold by his husband and caused a sensation at one time. There was no way. These things could not meet the market demand at all. Some people even fought to buy them.
County Magistrate Zhou has been busy dealing with these disputes recently. In the letter, he told his brother-in-law Qi Yuanyang that it would be beneficial for Qi Xiu Ze to be on good terms with Xu Yunfan. Just wait and see, this kid Xu Yunfan will probably achieve great things in the future. Besides, he has met this man before, and he is indeed not an ordinary person.
Qi Yuanyang had a deep impression of Xu Yunfan because of the candle incident. After hearing what County Magistrate Zhou said, he felt that this guy might be capable of more than just that.
But County Magistrate Zhou said in the letter that the workers hired by Xu Yunfan were very tight-lipped and could not get any information out of them at all.
County Magistrate Zhou was curious. After all, while Xu Yunfan was doing business, he was also indirectly increasing the villagers' income and solving a big problem that was giving him a headache.
Recently I heard that Xu Yunfan started to "make trouble" again. He asked people to buy piglets from the nearby villages. The yamen runners who were responsible for keeping an eye on Xu Yunfan kept clear records. Wow, Xu Yunfan actually bought a hundred piglets.
This is not one, not ten, but a hundred!
One hundred piglets, what does that mean?
Xu Yunfan had someone buy the piglets, but the yamen runners discovered that the villagers responsible for feeding the piglets did not go out to collect grass for the pigs every day. Instead, they carried buckets of something unknown and poured it into the pig trough. The piglets then swarmed over and ate until their ears were covered with pig food.
The yamen runner pretended to question the villager who was feeding the pigs, but before he could finish his question, the villager looked him up and down and called for help to drive him out of the village.
The yamen runner had already shown up, so County Magistrate Zhou had no choice but to send other yamen runners. However, the yamen runner came back and said that Xu Yunfan had a large wooden house built, and the workers were busy carrying straw in the fields and working in groups. In short, they were very busy and wary of outsiders, and did not give him any chance to ask more questions or take more pictures.
Qi Yuanyang probably guessed that those who went up the mountain to chop wood and were responsible for carrying bamboo were preparing for charcoal burning and paper making, but County Magistrate Zhou could not find out anything else, let alone him who was far away in the capital.
Qi Yuanyang came to find Fu Qingyu for no other reason than to let Fu Qingyu know about Xu Yunfan. If possible, they had to bring this person to the capital.
In response, Fu Qingyu shook his head: "No, if he wants to come to the capital, he must rely on his own ability. I can help him, but I can't protect him forever."
Only those with real ability can gain a foothold in the court.
Although there is no longer any class division between scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans today, it is undeniable that officials still come first.
Qi Yuanyang was silent.
Without him and the imperial concubine in the palace, the Qi family's business would not have been so successful.
But Xu Yunfan has nothing.
"If Xu Yunfan doesn't plan to take the imperial examination, and just stays in the village for the rest of his life, content with the status quo..." Qi Yuanyang thought, that would be a waste of talent.
Fu Qingyu was happy that a talent like Xu Yunfan had appeared, but he was also worried about which path Xu Yunfan wanted to take.
Even though he hadn't slept all night, Fu Qingyu was mentally exhausted, but he still sat upright and majestically. "My dear ministers, do you have anything to report?"
If there is nothing else, you can leave the court!
Meng Ruchun quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have something important to report."
"Please speak, my dear."
"Yesterday, I received a letter of advice from the medical clinic... Doctor Meng followed the doctor's instructions and gave the child pumpkin seeds. The child expelled the worms from his stomach that same day. The doctor also said that according to the planting methods of our Great Yan Dynasty, children in the village will more or less have worms in their stomachs. The doctor also told me how to prevent it. I think we can send people to carry out prevention across the country and send doctors to accompany them..."
As soon as Doctor Meng finished speaking, the other ministers began to whisper to each other.
The court historian stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I think what Lord Meng said is correct. For many diseases, prevention is indeed the key. If we can prevent them in advance, the number of children who die each year in the Great Yan Dynasty can be reduced by at least half."
"Your Majesty, I believe this is inappropriate. The words of a rural peasant should not be taken lightly. This will consume a lot of manpower and material resources. This is not just about saving a hundred children. There are tens of thousands of children in Dayan. This will be a considerable expense."
As the Right Prime Minister was a veteran, the other ministers were choked when he said this.
The other ministers did not dare to contradict the Right Prime Minister, but the Left Prime Minister was not afraid. They were both the heads of all officials and no one was inferior to the other.
The Left Prime Minister took two steps to the right and stood in the center facing the Right Prime Minister in front of the Right Prime Minister. "Your Majesty, I believe that what Lord Meng and the Court Historian have said is actually feasible. If it can be prevented in advance, it will indeed be a good thing for the people. Even if it cannot cure every child's worm disease, it can indeed solve some fundamental problems."
The hospital historian hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the reason I believe this is feasible is that worm disease is considered a difficult disease by doctors like me. In the past, children with worm disease could only be diagnosed by whether the child vomited worms, not just the imperial physicians. Over the years, we have collected notes from various doctors in the community, and each doctor's record of worm disease symptoms is different. However, the symptoms described in Doctor Meng's letter, I, along with several other imperial physicians, have spent the night reviewing various medical texts and found that the symptoms described in Doctor Meng's letter are consistent with those recorded by doctors he has come into contact with who have worm disease. However, their records are not as detailed and comprehensive as Doctor Meng's."
In the letter, Dr. Meng wrote about the various symptoms of worm disease, the symptoms that children suffering from worm disease will experience at different stages, and how to treat them. All aspects were recorded clearly.
The imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Bureau had seen relevant records of these symptoms at different stages in other medical books.
In the past, they didn't understand why the symptoms of worm disease were recorded differently by each doctor. Dr. Meng's letter answered their doubts.
The court historian added, "The reason why this humble official and Doctor Meng believe this is feasible is that, while it is true that this trip will require a great deal of manpower, it will not require a great deal of financial resources."
The Right Prime Minister snorted, and before the Hospital History Secretary could finish, he snorted coldly, "Your Excellency, the Hospital History Secretary, you sound so easy. As we all know, common fevers among ordinary people can be cured with a few hundred coins at the very least, but more often than not, it's a matter of a few copper coins. This worm disease, your Imperial Hospital is helpless, and it's just the words of an unknown doctor. You spent so much money, and in the end it was all in vain. You will bear the consequences?"
In the final analysis, the Right Prime Minister simply did not believe the "doctor" mentioned by the hospital historian and Doctor Meng, and on the other hand, he did not want to spend money.
The hospital historian almost clenched his fist. This old man was really confused.
The most important thing for a country to exist is its people.
The country is based on its people, and every child is the future of this country. Besides, what does it mean to take from the people and give back to the people?
Where does some of the money in the national treasury come from?
What's wrong with using this money for the people now?
What's more, this doesn't require much money at all.
Doctor Meng said, "Your Majesty, although this doctor is unknown, his medical skills are well-known. Earlier, when Madam Lin had an abnormal fetal position, the Imperial Hospital was able to turn the baby around because they learned the method taught by this doctor. Furthermore, treating worm disease doesn't require any expensive herbs, only pumpkin seeds, which are readily available in every household. Therefore, this only requires manpower, but not financial resources. Since it doesn't require a lot of money, why not do something that benefits both the people and the country?"
"Oh, to treat worm disease, you only need a handful of pumpkin seeds?" Fu Qingyu was obviously interested, his eyes lit up, and his previous fatigue and the annoyance of listening to several ministers holding different opinions were instantly swept away.
Fu Qingyu didn't know who the doctor that Doctor Meng was talking about was, but he had heard of him.
The Right Prime Minister was so stunned by Lord Meng's words that he couldn't say a word. After the court was dismissed, he was even more displeased when he learned that the emperor had kept Meng Zhichun and the court historian.
The Right Prime Minister came from a powerful and wealthy family. His father was the most opposed to the reform of the imperial examination system that was detrimental to the aristocratic families. Influenced by his father, the Right Prime Minister looked down on people from humble backgrounds. He believed that only children from powerful and wealthy families received an orthodox education, while those country folk were just good at taking advantage of opportunities and had no real ability at all.
For this reason, he was so opposed to those people of ordinary family from making a name for themselves. How could an ordinary citizen stand on the same level as them, a group of people from aristocratic families?
Are they worthy?
Doctor Meng didn't care what the Right Prime Minister thought. At this moment, His Majesty was asking him who this doctor was and why he had such ability. Could he be recruited into the Imperial Hospital?
Doctor Meng and even the hospital's history had thought about recruiting him. After all, this person was capable. But Doctor Meng said in the letter that this person was not interested in medicine. The reason he knew medicine was that he read a few more medical books in his spare time.
Fu Qingyu had heard about the rumors in the capital about Madam Lin and the letter from Doctor Meng, but he didn't know the doctor's name or where he lived. He just thought that this man was a doctor from the Meng family. Now, after hearing what Meng Zhichun said, Fu Qingyu realized that this man was not a doctor from the Meng family.
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