Zhao Guogong had a sad face, and quickly admitted his mistake: "The children in the family are all ignorant..."
He heard from his old wife later that some of the daughter-in-laws in the family were worried and were afraid that Zhou Man would bring bad things from the Huangzhuang, so he asked the steward to stop someone at the second gate to change the laundry.
It's normal for an ignorant woman to be worried, but it would be too humiliating to send a second-door steward to arrange for Zhou Man.
Don't say that she is not just an imperial doctor, even if she is just an imperial doctor, this matter is too humiliating. A temperamental imperial doctor is ordered to see a doctor, and it will be difficult to invite someone to come to the door after that day.
What can Zhao Guogong do
I can only plead guilty on behalf of the children in the family.
He said with guilt on his face, "It's the minister who didn't teach them well."
The emperor patted him on the shoulder sympathetically, and sighed: "Children are debts, but since Zhou Man has been wronged, you should give someone something to make amends. She is generous. I remember Liu Lang and Bai Shan Baicheng is a classmate, and Zhou Man used to go to Chongwen Museum to attend lectures, but he is considered half of his classmate, so he shouldn't be too fussy."
"Yes," Zhao Guogong said with a smile, "Madam said that Imperial Physician Zhou has been very calm when he came to the door several times, and he has never neglected him. He is indeed a magnanimous person."
As for the apology, he said he would prepare it when he went back.
The emperor was relieved when he heard it, so he took Zhao Guogong in to see the queen.
Zhao Guogong quietly breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, neglecting Zhou Man at home is like neglecting the queen. After all, she went to see a doctor at the Queen's order.
The emperor didn't want the empress to know about these things, so as not to annoy her, so he dragged Zhao Guogong in with a smile, and showed the empress the booklet in his hand, and said happily: "Xiao Yuanzheng and the others are about to test out the pox vaccine."
The queen was pleasantly surprised: "Really?"
The emperor nodded.
The queen laughed and said: "Then they will be rewarded well, this is a great joyous event that will last for thousands of years."
The emperor pondered, "This matter is of course Zhou Man's first effort. After all, she was the one who crossed the desert to find Fang Zi from the Western Regions. This experiment took her the most effort. Since entering Huangzhuang, she has already Been there for two months."
"Yes," the Queen said with a smile, "How will Your Majesty reward her?"
The emperor laughed and said: "The last time she came back from the Western Regions, she was supposed to be made the owner of the township. After all, Bai Shan and Liu Huan who went with her were all knighted. As the chief official, she deserves the title even more. But … snort,"
The emperor snorted, the queen and Zhao Guogong both knew the reason, Zhou Man's delay in returning made him ashamed.
The emperor said: "But at that time, it was not completely confirmed whether cowpox could be planted in the Central Plains, so it was not conferred the merit. Now that the prescription is confirmed to be useful, I think I can confer a title on her."
It is really not good to reseal the real job.
If Zhou Man's imperial physician ranks higher, he will be at the same level as Imperial Physician Liu, and at the next higher level, he will be at the same level as Xiao Yuanzheng. I'm afraid it will be difficult to manage.
Originally, she was compiling from the fourth grade, and she was half a level behind Xiao Yuanzheng, and civil servants were more noble than imperial physicians, so she was considered to be on an equal footing with Xiao Yuanzheng. , or is Xiao Yuan listening to her
So the emperor didn't want to confer Zhou Man's actual position in a short time.
Since it's not easy to add a real job, then give her a title.
The owner of the village is only a fifth-rank, but his status is only noble. The emperor hesitated, "Why don't you make me a county owner?"
Zhao Guogong couldn't help his heart skip a beat.
The queen lowered her eyes and thought for a while, and then persuaded him: "Your Majesty, take a look at her age. She is a person with great promise. There will be more meritorious service in the future. You can make her the county lord now, then next time she will For meritorious service, do you give her a real job, or make her a princess?"
When the emperor heard this, he nodded immediately, "It makes sense, then let's seal the township owner."
Zhao Guogong quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
The emperor had a meal with his wife and brother-in-law, and then someone sent Zhao Guogong out. As soon as he left, the emperor looked at the queen and said happily, "I remember when you first appointed Zhou Man as an official, you told me, If it is higher, she can be demoted if she gets into trouble in the future, so she won't just sneak out of the palace as soon as she gets into trouble, but now she is going to leave room for promotion?"
The queen laughed and said, "That's why I underestimated her before."
The queen sat on the couch together with the emperor's hand, and said with a smile: "How old was she at that time, the civil and military courts in the court could not find a courtier who was younger than her, not to speak childishly, but to speak bluntly, choking How can a person like this go far in the officialdom if he doesn't know himself and is overconfident?"
In fact, there is still a worry that the queen did not say.
After all, Zhou Man was the first female official to go to court. Although everyone is used to it now and doesn't care much about it, there will definitely be people who have objections at the time. However, she has a small official position and a small person, and the prince is involved behind her. It may be involved in the East Palace dispute, so everyone suppressed that opinion and didn't say anything.
But the queen thought to herself, when the crown princess gave birth to a child, the crown prince's position would be stable, and some ministers in the court might not see Zhou Man as an official with them.
She did not expect Zhou Man to be so successful. Not only did she quickly gain a foothold in the imperial hospital, but she also quickly gained a foothold in the court meeting as a civil servant.
Let the civil servants headed by Wei Zhi agree with her, and since then no one has thought of letting her leave the Dachaohui.
Because the emperor is also a man, the queen never said these thoughts, but she didn't say it, it doesn't mean she didn't think about it.
Zhou Man is already a qualified civil servant, and a civil servant recognized by all civil and military officials, so she still has a long way to go.
Since there is such a long way, we should not go too hastily, so as not to be too conspicuous. She is still young, and she will have plenty of opportunities for promotion in the future.
As soon as the thought flashed by, the empress smiled and said to the emperor: "Who knew she was so pleasing, and Yu Chaozhong's government affairs are not completely ignorant, as you can see, she is not weaker than Xiao Yuanzheng and Liu Taiyi now, I heard that even when she went to the Western Regions and came back in a year, she actually wrote half of the medical books, which have been handed over to the Shangshu Bureau for publication. Also included."
The queen said: "In three years, she has independently edited five medical books, including one on acupuncture and moxibustion and one on prescriptions. Xiao Yuan said that the prescriptions there are rarely recorded in existing medical books; And she participated in the compilation of as many as eight medical books, such diligence, such ability, I have underestimated her before."
The so-called participation in the compilation means that Man Bao narrates the pulse case prescriptions recorded before in ordinary language, and then hand over the manuscript to the editor-in-chief, who will make a catalog after they are unified, and hand over the introduction to the bookstore print.