The Imperial Medical Office is about to start school, and from now on, at least for a short period of time, Zheng Gu and the others can no longer come to the palace for needle injections.
The news from the palace has always been well-informed, perhaps because of this, the number of palace people who applied for acupuncture in the past two days has increased again.
As one of the managers, Eunuch Wu inevitably got more news, for example, "I heard that Prince Gong quietly got up at night to go to the small kitchen to find food. Some palace people saw it and didn't dare to say anything. Find a way to hide it from Aunt Shang."
Another example, "Several adults feel that the education fee set by the imperial medical office is too high, and Mr. Wang from Yushitai's impeachment of the prince and the imperial hospital are taking the opportunity to make money."
Man Bao listened to the gossip with relish at the beginning, but she didn't expect the gossip to reach her. She immediately asked, "Which Mr. Wang? Wang Ji?"
Eunuch Wu, who was laying on the bed to get the needle, smiled and said "yes". He has been here for three consecutive days to get the needle, and it is really a pity that he will take a rest and go out of the palace at the end of the week tomorrow.
He lay on the bed and said indifferently: "Master Zhou, don't worry, His Highness is often impeached, nothing will happen."
Who is worried about the crown prince? What she is worried about is that Xiao Yuan is not right. You must know that she is standing behind Xiao Yuanzheng.
Man Bao inserted the last needle and ignored her three disciples. He propped his chin aside and asked, "Eunuch Wu, do you know who those adults are?"
Eunuch Wu was a little sleepy, and asked: "Why are you asking this? Just leave these matters to Zhan Shifu, and there are people in the court who speak for the prince."
Does anyone speak for them too
Man Bao frowned, but still asked, she decided to write down the names of these people, and then told Xiao Yuanzheng to directly reject their family members.
Hmph, since it's too expensive, then don't come, she hasn't impeached them for poaching the emperor's corner yet.
Thinking of this, Man Bao's eyes lit up, that's right, imperial physicians don't have the right to discount, but editors do.
Man Bao stared at Eunuch Wu lying on his stomach with shining eyes. If he hadn't been pierced with needles, she would have patted him on the shoulder vigorously twice to express her happiness.
When she returned to Chongwen Hall, she found that Xiao Yuan was not there, so she turned around and ran to look for him in the Imperial Hospital.
Xiao Yuan was burying his head in writing, when he saw a person standing in front of him, he raised his head to take a look, and seeing that it was Zhou Man, he asked, "What's the matter?"
"Xiao Yuanzheng, does anyone want the twenty places?"
"Naturally, the empress gave them three days to report. No, thirty-six will be reported in one go. I'm having a headache as to how to choose this person."
Man Bao took the list and looked at it. Seeing many repeated surnames on it, he asked, "Isn't this from the same family?"
"A family is not a family."
Man Bao found a name, the head of the household marked on the back was Wang Ji, and she also found the names of those adults.
She smiled, and drew a circle on it under Xiao Yuanzheng's gaze, "Xiao Yuanzheng, since it's difficult, then let these five people go."
Xiao Yuan took a look and asked, "Did they offend you?"
He said earnestly: "Doctor Zhou, as an official, we cannot avenge private revenge publicly. I have already discussed with other imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital. First, I will ensure that there is one member of the first family on the report. The rest will be divided according to discretion. In fact, the quota It's almost gone."
Man Bao said: "They and His Majesty have impeached you, don't you know?"
Xiao Yuanzheng, who was incidentally impeached, paused and stared slightly, "Who did you listen to?"
Eunuch Wu's name almost blurted out, but Man Bao immediately turned around and said, "Anyway, I heard about it. If you don't believe me, go to Yushitai to ask."
Of course, it is impossible for Xiao Yuanzheng to ask in person, that would be a shame, and it would be too alarming.
So he called a subordinate and asked him to inquire.
Yushitai is also in the imperial city, and it is not far away, so it will take a little more walking.
Man Bao sat on the sidelines and helped sort out various list documents, while talking to Xiao Yuanzheng, "Someone impeached, you have to go to court, right?"
Xiao Yuan was having a headache and said: "What are you arguing about? How hard am I to get into an argument with Yushi?"
But Man Bao felt that they couldn't admit it, "... Otherwise, Yushitai will still treat us as a bully in the future, and bully us for everything."
Xiao Yuanzheng looked at her and said: "Did you submit an apology last time? Didn't you also submit an apology in person?"
It was about the time when Zhou Man was late.
Man Bao didn't raise his head and said: "What's the same, I was late that time, it was indeed wrong, but this time we are right."
She said: "One hundred taels for one person, and only two thousand taels for a year for twenty people, where is the money?"
Man Bao, who often makes money from the nobles in the capital, knows that these powerful families are not short of money. An organization is two thousand taels a year, where is the excess
But the account is obviously not calculated in this way. The little imperial doctor who came back from inquiring about the news stood in front of Xiao Yuan with his head bowed, and said: "...the annual salary of a fourth-rank official is fifty taels, one hundred taels a year is equivalent to a fourth-rank official With a two-year salary, a fourth-rank official has to spend ten years without eating or drinking to train a doctor, what is this not to make money?"
The little imperial physician secretly raised his head and glanced at Xiao Yuanzheng with a livid face, his voice became softer, and he continued to bite the bullet: "Those censors also said that in the good colleges outside, there are only about twenty taels of Shuxiu a year. Not to mention ordinary small academies, where you can study for five or eight taels for a year, and learning medical skills is ten times more expensive than learning how to govern the country. Could it be that medical craftsmen are more important than scholars? ?"
Xiao Yuanzheng's face was almost unreadable, even the other busy imperial physicians in the imperial hospital put down their work, straightened up and listened seriously.
Man Bao was dumbfounded when she heard that, she knew Yushi's words were not very pleasant, but she didn't expect it to be so unpleasant, she slapped the table angrily, turned her head and said to Xiao Yuanzheng: "Yuanzheng, should we put up with this tone? The discount must go up!"
The other imperial physicians couldn't suppress the fire in their chests, and nodded veiledly.
Xiao Yuanzheng, who was so angry that he almost lost his mind, turned his head and saw Zhou Man's incendiary appearance, and calmed down immediately.
He glared at her, then turned around and asked the little imperial doctor, "What else?"
The little imperial physician was dripping with cold sweat and said: "Also, he scolded His Highness the Crown Prince, and finally said that the imperial hospital has been getting closer to the Eastern Palace recently. Could it be that they are using the name of the Eastern Palace to collect money under the guise of passing on art?"
The imperial hospital was quiet for a moment, Xiao Yuan was thinking, but Man Bao rolled his eyes and said: "Aren't they fools? Your Majesty entrusts the crown prince with all the affairs of the imperial medical office. Our imperial hospital revises books and discusses the establishment of the imperial medical office. If you want to do it in the Chongwen Museum, you will inevitably have to communicate with Zhan Shifu, if you don’t walk frequently with the East Palace, why don’t you go to their Yushitai to visit?”
All the imperial physicians: ...
Xiao Yuan turned his head and said to her unbearably: "You can shut up, how can the palace be so open-minded?"