Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 349 Oracle Bone Inscriptions

Doctors are carrying out the reform of simplified Chinese characters in full swing, when the brand-new medical books are sent to the medical school.

A group of teenagers studying medicine cheered. As teenagers, they hated writing. Traditional Chinese characters mostly used strokes and had to take into account the font structure. Writing was very slow.

Simplified Chinese characters, on the other hand, only have a few strokes. They are also very similar to traditional Chinese characters, making them easy to understand and extremely fast to write.

In the Imperial Medical Bureau, all the imperial doctors were dumbfounded as they held a brand new medical book in simplified Chinese characters and a comparison table between simplified and traditional Chinese characters.

They are not young people who have just started studying, but doctors who have been practicing calligraphy for many years. Their writing habits have long been fixed, so it is naturally very awkward to suddenly use simplified characters.

"This simplified character is too simplified. It doesn't have the beauty of traditional Chinese characters at all!" A doctor couldn't help but exclaimed as he picked up a pen and wrote an orchid.

A classmate on the side, however, regarded simplified Chinese characters as a treasure and said: "Simplified Chinese characters are naturally simple. When you write medical records every day, you will know that it does not matter whether they are beautiful or not."

"Medical records!"

All the doctors couldn't help but shudder. Naturally, they heard about the medical reform that the doctors were talking about. All doctors need to write medical records when they treat patients. This is a super project for doctors.

At present, a group of doctors have greatly changed their views on simplified Chinese characters. Even if they have to learn simplified Chinese characters again, they still have no complaints at all.

After all, it is equivalent to a doctor's body, and the simplified Chinese characters are already upright.

"This can also prescribe prescriptions!" All the imperial doctors looked at the ghost-drawing talismans in their hands in stunned silence. If they were asked to use such ghost-drawing talismans to prescribe prescriptions, they would probably be denounced as witch doctors by the world. What's even more outrageous is that the Imperial Medical Bureau also specializes in teaching this kind of ghost-drawing talismans. .

"When you actually write the prescription, you will know the wonderful functions of the doctor's body!" A doctor who teaches medicine said with a mysterious smile.

Once upon a time, they were extremely resistant to this kind of ghost-drawing talisman, but when they actually used the doctor's body to prescribe it, they knew how convenient it was.

Sure enough, when Dr. Tai began to teach prescriptions, a group of doctors suddenly became very playful, and all kinds of prescriptions with magic symbols were flying around the Taiyi Bureau.

"Simplified Chinese characters, doctor body!"

The Imperial Medical Bureau and the Imperial College are not far apart. Such a rare thing about the Imperial Medical Bureau naturally spread to the ears of a group of Imperial College students.

Soon, they had versions in simplified Chinese characters and doctor's font.

Naturally, Doctor Tai has no use for the minimalist professional doctor's body, but they can't put it down for the simplified characters with greatly reduced strokes.

"Doctor Tai is so lucky to have the evil doctor Fan Zheng!"

A group of Tai students said with envy.

Otherwise, Tai doctors need to write a lot of medical records, and Tai students also have heavy schoolwork. In addition, Tai students have young minds and accept new things very quickly.

At that moment, a group of Tai students began to quietly practice simplified Chinese characters, and soon more and more Tai students began to imitate.

"You are simply unworthy of being a Taixue student. There are so many typos in one article!" Zhang Yong, a doctor of Taixue, scolded him while holding a sheet of homework.

The Tai student in front of him argued: "Doctor, please calm down, this is not a typo, but a simplified word!"

"Simplify the characters? Every character has a special meaning. How can we be lazy easily!" Zhang Yong taught him a lesson.

As a descendant of the Hengqu lineage, Zhang Yong naturally understands the meaning of words very well, and cannot stand the thought of someone tampering with words that have been passed down for thousands of years.

The imperial doctor was unconvinced and said: "Simplified Chinese characters were created by the evil doctor Fan Zheng. The imperial medical bureau next door is using simplified Chinese characters, and even the entire medical family is using simplified Chinese characters."

"what?"

Zhang Yong couldn't help but be stunned. He naturally admired Fan Zheng very much. If he hadn't devoted himself to studying medicine, he would have accepted him as a closed disciple and even let him take charge of the Hengqu lineage.

However, he did not expect that Fan Zheng would do such a treacherous thing and simplify the text that had been passed down for thousands of years.

At that moment, Zhang Yong immediately asked the imperial student to get simplified Chinese characters and doctor's style, and he couldn't help but feel shocked.

"Evil doctor Fan Zheng has caused great trouble this time."

Zhang Yong couldn't help but murmured as he looked at the contrasting traditional and simplified characters in front of him.

Not just Zhang Yong, but all the scholar-bureaucrats who did not regard words as a taboo, even a single punctuation mark or a typo would be missed.

What's more, some officials made a mistake in using the pronunciation of a word during the imperial examination. As a result, the examiner discovered it and eventually lost the title.

But now Fan Zheng is so bold that he directly simplifies the world's writing to save trouble. You can imagine how the world's scholars will react once this news gets out, let alone a minimalist doctor's body.

Sure enough, as the news that Fan Zheng created simplified Chinese characters for doctors spread, the world was in an uproar, and almost all scholars in the world paid attention to it.

"Simplified Chinese characters!"

Countless literati have a comparison table between simplified and traditional Chinese for doctors. Fan Zheng did not hide this at all. After all, in his opinion, simplified Chinese characters are the general trend. He does not care whether scholars are willing to use simplified characters or not, even if doctors have their own unique style. Department must also use simplified characters.

Rather than being questioned in the future, it is better to openly disclose it openly.

"Apostasy!"

"The evil way!"

"Evil doctor Fan Zheng has indeed gone astray!"

………………

Countless scholars criticized Fan Zheng verbally and writtenly. Fan Zheng's behavior was simply crazy, which directly offended many scholar-bureaucrats.

The trend among the people soon affected the court.

In the court, the old and new parties couldn't help but be secretly proud. Fan Zheng proposed building a prison and hanging a sword over the heads of the scholar-bureaucrats, which naturally made officials all over the world dissatisfied with him.

Under their quiet instructions, local officials in various places began to suppress doctors. According to the reactions from various places, doctors were already in dire straits.

Fan Zheng's response was to ask doctors to write medical records, which overwhelmed many doctors. Many doctors were dissatisfied and refused to write medical records.

"This time, I want to teach Fan Zheng a lesson, so that he dares to do evil things!" Yang Wei snorted coldly.

"Master Yang, this is a clever plan!" Cai Jing also sneered. .

Suddenly, a subordinate came in a hurry and said: "Two gentlemen, there is news from the people that Fan Taicheng actually created simplified Chinese characters in order to allow doctors to write medical records."

When their subordinates handed over the Simplified and Traditional Chinese comparison tables, Yang Wei and Cai Jing took a look at it, and their expressions suddenly changed.

"Fan Zheng is so audacious. He dares to change the text that has been passed down for thousands of years without authorization. He is simply deceiving his master and destroying his ancestors." Yang Wei suddenly said.

"Evil doctor Fan Zheng, he is seeking medical treatment in a hurry! In my opinion, this is Fan Zheng's own destruction." Cai Jingye said in shock.

"Why did Mr. Cai say this?" Yang Wei asked in confusion.

Cai Jing sneered and said: "Fan Zheng proposed to build a prison, but on the surface he was selfless. The scholar-officials in the world could only secretly embarrass the doctors, but did not dare to object openly. But this time, Fan Zheng simplified the text without authorization, which directly violated the ban of the scholar-officials. , and it also gave the officials from all over the world the opportunity to openly attack. This time, the public in the court will definitely be excited, and Fan Zheng will arouse everyone's anger and will no longer be able to gain a foothold in the thatched cottage."

Yang Wei's eyes suddenly lit up. Fan Zheng had always been trusted by officials, which made both the old and new parties a thorn in their side. Now they finally had a reason to exclude Fan Zheng from the court.

Once the Manchu officials objected, not even the officials could save Fan Zheng this time.

At that moment, the two looked at each other, nodded tacitly, and contacted officials from the old and new parties in a tacit understanding, which was bound to give Fan Zheng no chance to turn around. ……………………

"I am impeaching Fan Zheng for his lawlessness and wanton behavior, and even changed the text without authorization."

"Writing is the cornerstone of civilization and the foundation of China. Fan Zheng's move deceived his master and destroyed his ancestors, destroying the foundation of the Song Dynasty."

"In the Song Dynasty, poetry and books were passed down to the world, and the literary rule was at its peak. The poems of the Song Dynasty were spread throughout the world. Fan Zheng's actions are not conducive to self-destruction of the Great Wall."

In the Chui Gong Hall, the memorials for the impeachment of Fan Zheng were almost filled with Zhao Xu’s Dragon Case!

All the officials in the Manchu Dynasty were very excited. They angrily criticized Fan Zheng's simplified characters and demanded that Fan Zheng be severely punished.

"I'm reporting this to the officials. Fan Zheng is deceiving his master and destroying his ancestors, and is disrupting the literary world of the Song Dynasty. Please be severely punished by the officials!" Yang Wei angrily rebuked without hesitation.

"Please punish me severely!" Cai Jing echoed.

"Please let the officials punish Fan Zheng severely!"

Suddenly, the old and new parties unanimously decided to impeach Fan Zheng.

Su Song couldn't help but sigh. When the old and new parties united, the Medical Party, even if they wanted to defend Fan Zheng, were outnumbered.

There was a huge momentum in the court, and the ministers were filled with indignation. Even Zhao Xu wanted to give up three points.

At the moment, Zhao Xu tried to smooth things over and said: "My dear friends, I want to severely punish Fan Taicheng. I wonder what crime Fan Taicheng has committed? If it is found out, I will definitely not give him easy mercy."

"Uh!"

The officials couldn't help but hesitate. Fan Zheng created simplified characters. Although it angered many scholar-bureaucrats, it seemed that it did not violate the law. At least there was no law in the Song Dynasty that stated that simplified characters could not be simplified.

Lu Dafang suppressed his anger and said: "To report to the officials, Fan Zheng did not violate the laws of the Song Dynasty, but he violated etiquette. As we all know, writing is the beginning of etiquette, and it is the cornerstone of civilization. It is also the basis for us to read The beliefs of those who wrote the sages. Fan Zheng simplified the text without authorization, which was a blasphemy against etiquette. How could he not be severely punished?"

Su Song explained: "Master Lu is too harsh. Fan Zheng found that simplified Chinese characters are only used by doctors, but they are not promoted. It violates etiquette."

The medical party from top to bottom all agreed that the simplified Chinese characters are for medical use only, and the old and new parties have taken too lenient control.

Zhang Dun said calmly: "This trend cannot last. Today Fan Zheng simplifies writing, but in the future he will also change his language. If everyone in the world follows suit, then the foundation of our Song Dynasty civilization will be destroyed."

Fan Zheng laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "I think back then, Mr. Wang said boldly: There is no need to fear destiny, no law for ancestors, and no sympathy for people's words. But now in the New Party, Mr. Wang's indomitable reform spirit is probably not more than one in ten. No wonder the New Party has repeatedly carried out reforms. Frustrated, today’s new party has lost the spirit of reform.”

"How dare you speak arrogantly and question the New Party?" Cai Jing said angrily after hearing this.

Other members of the New Party also had displeased expressions on their faces. They were greatly insulted by Fan Zheng's questioning of the New Party's spirit of reform.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "I dare to ask if the new party's new law is innovative, but it is still the same as when Wang Xianggong was in power!"

Everyone in the New Party suddenly became bright-faced. No matter how they refuted it, they had to admit that they were indeed resting on their laurels. The current effective reforms in the Song Dynasty, except for Wang Anshi's reform, which was slightly modified back then, were the reform ideas of the evil doctor Fan Zheng.

Zhang Dun was determined and unmoved and said: "Zhang is not a person who doesn't know how to adapt, but Fan Taicheng's reform text has gone to an extreme. Please take a look at this medical prescription!"

At that moment, Zhang Dun stepped forward, bowed and handed over a medical prescription.

Zhao Xu took it and took a look, and immediately frowned, for no other reason than because the medical prescription looked like a ghost drawing a talisman. If he didn't know, he would have thought it was a talisman.
Zhao Xu held this medical prescription and looked at Fan Zheng in disbelief: "Fan Aiqing, is this really a medical prescription?"

Fan Zheng took a closer look, nodded solemnly and said, "The official's wisdom is that this is a medical prescription for treating wind and cold. According to the medicine it prescribes, the prescriber is a good doctor."

Zhang Dun thought that Fan Zheng was telling lies with his eyes open, so he couldn't help but sneered: "So, Fan Taicheng knows the medicine in it."

"This is natural!" Fan Zheng said without hesitation.

"Then what is this medicine?" Zhao Xu pointed at a medicine curiously.

"This medicine is called honeysuckle." Fan Zheng replied immediately.

Many people and officials immediately looked at Fan Zheng suspiciously. They seriously suspected that Fan Zheng was talking nonsense.

"What about the next drug?" Zhao Xu asked again.

"Forsythia!" Fan Zheng replied again.

"Where are these?" Zhao Xu said playfully.

"Licorice! Mint..."

Looking at the ghostly drawings, Fan Zheng could easily identify them.

With all the officials in the court questioning him, Zhao Xu said again: "Summon the imperial physician and order Qian Yi to see him."

Soon, Qian Yi came in a hurry and said: "Wei Chen has seen the official family!"

"Master Qian, do you recognize this medical prescription?"

Zhao Xu asked, holding the medical prescription.

Qian Yi picked up the medical prescription and took a look at it, and immediately said: "Let me tell you, this prescription contains forsythia, mint, honeysuckle, licorice, etc. It is a medical prescription for treating sore throat caused by wind and cold."

The officials couldn't help but talk about it. They didn't expect that Fan Zheng and Qian Yi said exactly the same thing.

"How did you recognize it?" Zhao Xu also asked in surprise.

Qian Yi answered truthfully: "Compared with the simplified and traditional fonts, doctors also have corresponding medicine names. This medical prescription looks like a ghost, but every bend in it has a specific meaning. Doctors, pharmacies and even female nurses all It can be easily distinguished, and there is no difference between traditional Chinese and simplified characters. It can also be used as evidence for doctors to practice medicine, and there will be no chance of taking the wrong medicine. At the same time, it also greatly improves the efficiency of doctors' practice."

Fan Zheng sneered: "Doctors have no choice but to implement simplified Chinese characters and medical style. If the officials from all over the world had not targeted doctors, doctors would have been forced to write medical records to avoid medical disputes."

The officials in the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help but look sarcastic. Everyone knew that Fan Zhengxing's evil methods were the result of their persecution.

However, Manchu officials did not think they were at fault, and impeached Fan Zheng one after another, demanding severe punishment.

Zhao Xu felt helpless. He naturally knew that Fan Zheng was being ostracized by the scholar-bureaucrats. It was precisely because of his proposal to imprison him that he attracted the scholar-bureaucrats' revenge.

If it were for other things, Zhao Xu would definitely protect Fan Zheng, but who would have thought that Fan Zheng would change his words, which would arouse the anger of the officials. If he didn't do it right, he might not be able to protect Fan Zheng completely.

Faced with the siege of the officials, Fan Zheng suddenly said calmly: "Fan created simplified characters not to deceive his teachers and destroy his ancestors, but to trace back to the origin and reproduce the true nature of ancient characters."

"What nonsense!"

Yang Wei scolded angrily.

Fan Zheng looked around and said proudly: "What Fan said is supported by medicine!"

At that moment, Fan Zheng took out a medicinal material covered with scores and placed it in front of the ministers.

"This is the dragon bone!" Qian Yi said in surprise.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "You can also call it an oracle bone! What is engraved on it is the oldest writing oracle bone inscriptions!"

(End of this chapter)