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

Chapter 407 Rectifying the brothel

"Have you heard about it? The disease has been reported in all the brothels in Kaifeng City! Even famous prostitutes have contracted the disease. The andrology departments of major hospitals have been overcrowded recently!"

Suddenly a piece of news spread throughout Kaifeng City.

"Hua Liu disease!"

Many people's expressions changed when they heard this. Naturally, they had heard of internal diseases such as Hualiu disease, and once contracted, it was difficult to cure, and eventually the lower body would ulcerate and die.

"You deserve it! Hualiu disease requires sexual intercourse between men and women to get the disease. No innocent person would get this disease."

There are also stubborn people who snort coldly and look down upon people who hang out in brothels. Now they naturally take pleasure in others' misfortunes.

"Those brothel girls and promiscuous men deserve their punishment. Poor girls from good families, but they will suffer all their lives because of their husbands' indiscretion!"

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In Kaifeng City, everyone was talking a lot.

Originally, the world's perception of brothels was not good, but now news of the disease has spread in brothels, and all the people in Kaifeng immediately shun brothels like snakes and scorpions.

In particular, many self-proclaimed romantic scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty changed their faces drastically. They thought that hanging around brothels, reciting poems and making love to themselves was a romantic thing.

But now, doctors have actually torn off the fig leaf of self-proclaimed scholar-bureaucrats. If you go to a brothel, you may get a disease, and the elegance of the brothel is suddenly gone. Their reasons that seemed noble before have now become a lot of jokes.

It even caused fires in the backyards of many scholar-bureaucrats, and the chickens and dogs were restless. Originally, the scholar-bureaucrats lingered in brothels, and the female family members at home were too angry and dared not speak out. Now that there is a risk of the disease, the female family members at home immediately found a reason, and they opposed the scholar-bureaucrats going to brothels again.

"Evil doctor Fan Zheng!"

All the scholar-bureaucrats couldn't help but hate and gnashed their teeth at Fan Zheng. The fight between the doctors and the brothels immediately caused them, the scholar-bureaucrats, to suffer a lot.

"I would like to inform the officials that Hualiu disease is an internal disease. Once contracted, it is extremely difficult to cure. Scholar-officials linger in brothels. If they contract an internal disease, it will damage the reputation of the court. I sincerely request the officials to strictly prohibit scholar-officials from sleeping in brothels at night!"

In the Chui Gong Hall, Fan Zheng solemnly gave a sermon.

"It is strictly forbidden for scholar-bureaucrats to stay in brothels at night!"

The faces of all the officials in the court suddenly changed, and they looked at Fan Zheng with unkind expressions. They did not expect that Fan Zheng had caused unrest in their backyard, and even openly proposed above the court to strictly prohibit scholar-bureaucrats from sleeping in brothels.

Although the brothel is a place where you can find flowers and ask willows, it is not without its other wonders. In particular, the place of brothel has always been a place where literati and poets became famous. The poems of many celebrities need to be sung by brothel singers.

Once the scholar-bureaucrats were strictly prohibited from visiting brothels, their way to fame would be cut off.

Zhao Xu looked around at the ministers and asked, "What do you think of Fan Taicheng's strategy?"

All the officials in the court were silent. They were dissatisfied, but they could not refute. After all, they could not be in the court. If they openly said that they wanted to go to a brothel, they might immediately lose their favor in the hearts of the officials.

Seeing this, Su Song took the lead and said: "The old minister agrees with Fan Taicheng's policy. The scholar-bureaucrats serve the country. They are the pillars of the country who manage the world for the officials. How can they be indulged in sensuality, let alone the disease of flowers and willows?" There are internal diseases, so this can not only protect the scholar-bureaucrats, but also be beneficial to the court. This is a good strategy."

The corners of the officials' lips twitched. As scholar-bureaucrats, they had always stood on the moral high ground to accuse others, but now they finally had their reward in this world and tasted the feeling of being controlled by others.

Everyone knows that Fan Zheng's proposal to strictly prohibit scholar-officials from going to brothels was to expand the power of the Imperial Medical Office and force brothels to accept the supervision of doctors. This was not the selflessness he claimed.

However, now that they have the fair and just reason of Hualiu Disease, they can't even speak out against it.

After all, during this period of time, all the noble ladies were in danger. If they opposed Fan Zheng's proposal, wouldn't it prove that they like going to brothels, which would definitely leave a bad impression in front of the officials.

"I agree! This is the right solution!"

Unsurprisingly, Fan Chunli firmly supported Fan Zheng and looked pleased with Fan Zheng's move.

It seems that his son has finally corrected his evil ways and finally proposed a right, and he is the right to save all the scholar-bureaucrats.

The officials' gums gnashed secretly. They would rather the evil doctor Fan Zheng continued to give out evil prescriptions. Now Fan Zheng's correct prescription is more uncomfortable for them than random evil prescriptions.

Seeing that the two prime ministers of the dynasty had expressed their opinions, Zhang Dun looked at the expectant eyes of the ministers, and stepped forward helplessly: "For the safety of the scholar-bureaucrats, I naturally agree with Fan Taicheng's strategy, but once this strategy comes out, it will definitely become a problem for the dynasty." It can easily lead to disputes in the court, so officials should think twice."

"Please give the officials a second thought!"

All the ministers agreed and petitioned Zhao Xu.

Although what Fan Zheng proposed was to strictly prohibit sleeping in brothels at night, it did not mean that scholar-officials should not go to brothels. However, under such circumstances, once a scholar-official went to a brothel, who could prove that he did not have an affair with a famous prostitute in the brothel.

Scholar-officials attach great importance to reputation. Once they are bitten by others, it may be difficult to prove their innocence.

Zhao Xu said calmly after hearing this: "If the scholar-officials don't go to brothels, how can anyone use this reason to criticize them? Can't my officials even do this? How can we govern the world?"

When Zhang Dun saw this, his heart trembled. He immediately understood that the officials were also dissatisfied with the scholar-bureaucrats going to brothels, so he took this opportunity to put an end to the bad habit of scholar-bureaucrats going to brothels.

Zhao Xu was not only dissatisfied, but also believed that Fan Zheng's policy was very satisfying.

These scholar-bureaucrats usually talked about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but if the emperor had a little bit of personal morality, they would criticize him. When Zhao Xu was young, he was often advised by the scholar-bureaucrats, which is still fresh in Zhao Xu's memory.

But what about these scholar-bureaucrats? On the surface, he behaved the same way, but behind the scenes, he was romantic, lazy and lazy in government. Since he couldn't be so unrestrained as an emperor, he naturally couldn't let the scholar-officials be so indulgent. After all, the Song Dynasty spent so much money and food every year to let the scholar-officials govern well. The world is not for scholar-bureaucrats to look for flowers and willows.

Zhang Dun quickly echoed: "The officials are wise!"

All the officials couldn't help but lament. They knew that as soon as Zhao Xu opened his mouth, the romantic days of scholar-bureaucrats would be gone forever. The reason for all this was the evil doctor Fan Zheng.

Fan Zheng snorted coldly in his heart when he saw this. He had repeatedly done evil things and was often targeted by officials of the imperial court. Now he finally found an opportunity to take revenge.

In later generations, young people reorganized their workplaces, but now there is his evil doctor Fan Zheng who reorganizes his officialdom.

In addition, Fan Zheng had another intention. The reason why those brothels dared to be so arrogant and did not take the Imperial Medical Office seriously, apart from the gray forces behind them, the biggest reason was that the brothels had close friendship with a group of scholar-bureaucrats. dense.

Now he proposes to strictly prohibit scholar-bureaucrats from sleeping in brothels at night, knocking down the brothel's biggest supporter in one fell swoop. This time he wants to see how the brothel dares to be arrogant again after losing its clientele and its backer!

"The government strictly prohibits scholar-bureaucrats from going to brothels!"

Sure enough, as soon as the imperial court issued an order strictly prohibiting scholar-officials from sleeping in brothels at night, all scholar-officials immediately avoided brothels like snakes and scorpions.

All the brothel madams were dumbfounded. They never thought that Fan Zheng would cut off the money and directly cut off the connection between the scholar-bureaucrats and the brothel. As for the gray forces behind the brothel, Fan Zheng, a famous figure in the official family and the son of the current prime minister, is not worth mentioning at all, not to mention that without the support of the scholar-bureaucrats, the gray forces would not be able to see the light at all.

"I just told you to give face to the evil doctor Fan Zheng, but you want to confront the evil doctor Fan Zheng. Who in this world can't know that evil doctor Fan Zheng's evil methods are unfavorable. Now it's too late to regret!" an old bustard said with hatred. vocal channel.

When Fan Zheng was planning to use brothels to promote contraceptive methods, many brothel madams suggested giving the doctors some face. After all, the name of the evil doctor Fan Zheng was known to everyone in the Song Dynasty. However, a group of brothel madams had little knowledge and were so complacent that they did not take the doctors seriously. .

All the old madams also regretted it. At first, they thought that the doctor wanted to cut a piece of fat on the brothel, so they naturally resisted. However, they did not expect that Fan Zheng would directly overturn their tables.

"Isn't it just buying some chicken soup and sheep casings? The brothel recognizes these things!" Another old bustard said helplessly.

Compared with the current losses to the brothel, the money spent on purchasing these medicines from doctors is simply a drop in the bucket. Now I can only beg Fan Taicheng for mercy and let him let the brothel go.

"I might have been able to solve it by spending money at first, but now I'm afraid it's too late! I'm afraid I can only rely on favors to beg Fan Taicheng to do something bad." The first madam shook his head and said.

All the old madams nodded in agreement and immediately began to ask for favors to beg Fan Zheng for mercy.

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"Uncle Su!"

When Fan Zheng saw the person who came to plead for the brothel, he couldn't help but exclaimed,

Although Fan Zheng had no contact with the brothel, many people around Fan Zheng were involved with the brothel.

For example, the first traditional Chinese medicine hospital founded by Fan Zheng occupied Fan Tower. In Fan Tower, both Fan Sanming and Li Shishi had contacts with the brothel.

Another example is Su Dun's mother Wang Chaoyun, who was also a singer. However, he did not expect that the brothel did not invite these people to come forward. Instead, it invited Su Shi, Bachelor of Su, to come forward.

Su Shi suddenly looked embarrassed and said: "I was young and frivolous back then, and owed a lot of debts to people, and now I have to pay them back."

Su Shi became famous at a young age. He was also a frequent visitor to brothels and had many confidantes. Although he is now very old, he may have become a madam.

Fan Zheng was silent for a moment and sighed: "Uncle Su is a truly romantic man."

Su Shi quickly changed the subject, covering up his embarrassment and said: "The brothel people couldn't understand the doctors' good intentions, and that's why there was this misunderstanding. Today, I asked me to come here to beg for mercy from Nephew Fan Xian, and also ask Nephew Fan Xian to show his kindness."

Fan Zheng frowned and said: "Uncle Su should understand that my nephew has no ill intentions towards the brothel. The contraceptive method used in the brothel is too vicious and can destroy the body of the brothel woman. Even if she becomes a good person in the future, I am afraid she will have difficulty in getting pregnant and will be destined to die in her old age. Lonely and desolate, not to mention that they are both victims and hosts of the disease. From a medical point of view, banning brothels once and for all is the best way to cure the disease."

Su Shi's expression suddenly changed when he heard this. From a doctor's perspective, there was nothing wrong with what Fan Zheng said.

"The brothel has a history of thousands of years, how can it be forbidden in just one sentence? Besides, the girls in the brothel are from a humble background and have a miserable life. If they lose their livelihood again, I am afraid the end will be even more miserable. I am afraid that nephew Fan Xian cannot bear it. The brothel trustee I've told you that I will definitely use the new contraceptive methods from doctors in the future." Su Shi pleaded on behalf of the brothel.

Seeing this, Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "If the brothel could agree to this condition, Fan would naturally agree to it. It's just that Fan had good intentions at the beginning, but the brothel mistakenly thought that the doctor had ulterior motives. You know, the doctor's contraceptive technique It’s beneficial and harmless to brothels.”

Su Shi nodded helplessly.

"Uncle Su understands that once Fan Mou's evil prescription is prescribed, there is no end to it, and the disease must be cured. Since the brothel girl is the host of Hualiu disease, we must pay attention to it. In the future, the brothel girl must go to the Maternity and Children's Hospital every month. After checking your body and confirming that you are fine, you can only accept guests. In addition, all guests in the brothel must wear sheep casings in the future. Otherwise, if a large-scale infection of the disease occurs, you will be severely punished. If the circumstances are serious, the person in charge of the brothel and the culprit will be jailed. Sin." Fan Zheng said coldly.

"Convicted!"

Su Shi's expression suddenly changed. This punishment was not too severe, but Fan Zheng also understood that this was also a kind of protection for the women in the brothel.

"I will convey Nephew Fan Xian's request to the brothel." Su Shi nodded and prepared to stand up and leave.

"My nephew sends Uncle Su off." Fan Zheng stood up and said goodbye.

Su Shi waved his hand to stop Fan Zheng's behavior and whispered: "Remember, I haven't been here today."

"My nephew understands!"

Fan Zheng heard what Xian meant and nodded.

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"What! Not only do you have to take the Bizi Decoction, but you also have to wear sheep intestine casings?"

When the brothel madam heard Fan Zheng's request, she was immediately shocked and angry.

"Sheep casings!"

Many old bustards frowned. Sheep casings are not a rare thing in brothels. Men go to brothels to have fun and have a night of pleasure. Naturally, they are not willing to be bound by sheep casings. Therefore, sheep casings are not popular in brothels.

If sheep casings are allowed to be used by pleasure-seeking men, it may affect the brothel's business.

"Men are all sneaky cats. If all brothels use sheep casings, it won't matter if they are treated equally. What really worries me is that the women in the brothels have regular monthly inspections, which is enough to keep the brothels under the control of doctors."

An old bustard said worriedly.

"But now we have no choice. On the other hand, only the doctor can prove the health of the brothel woman to dispel the man's concerns!" Another old madam said helplessly.

All the old bustards sighed in their hearts and lowered their heads helplessly.

At that moment, news came back from the brothel that she was willing to accept the doctor's conditions.

Fan Zheng couldn't help but smile confidently. The result was not surprising. Without the protection of the scholar-bureaucrats and the threat of the disease, the once glorious brothel suddenly fell to its lowest point and could only agree to the doctor's conditions.

Of course, Fan Zheng did not beat the brothel to death with a stick, not to mention that there are benefits to the cooperation between the two. Whether it is Bizi soup or sheep casings, it is of great benefit to the body of the brothel woman, and doctors took the opportunity to control the spread of Hualiu disease and avoid causing it. disaster.

As brothels began to use medical contraceptive techniques, medical contraceptive techniques gradually became popular among the people.

Especially families with enough children, or women with hidden physical diseases that make them unfit to have children, began to accept contraceptive techniques.

(End of this chapter)