Elegy of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 98 What I Sell Is Not Medicine, It's Prescriptions

"You look at me very strangely."

In the carriage, Fang Chongyong found that Anaye's eyes seemed to be scrutinized and hesitant.

"Uh, my father told me yesterday that I can't inherit the medical center. I can only open a pharmacy in the future."

Anaye said with some despondency.

There seems to be little difference between a medical center and a pharmacy at first glance, but the universe here can be said to be endless in a few words.From medical clinics to pharmacies, it can almost be regarded as a decline in social class in the Tang Dynasty.

"If it's that simple to open a medical clinic, the people who come to your house to propose a marriage must have already broken the threshold. Wouldn't it be beautiful to have both people and wealth?"

Fang Chongyong said slowly.

A poor boy fell in love with the daughter of a medical officer. After studying medicine, he married a beautiful woman. Then he opened his own medical clinic and became a royal doctor, bala bala.

Such a story, just think about it, it is impossible to happen these days.

The prosperous Tang Dynasty was prosperous, but the invisible barriers and ceilings between social classes were also visible and ubiquitous.

To open a medical center, you must have a "business license", and to have a business license, you must take the "medical department" of the imperial examination, or the professional examination of the Imperial Medical Bureau.

At the very least, you must have studied in the Imperial College and have a certain professional background, such as someone who has been practicing medicine for generations in your family, to be able to get a business license.

These are invisible social thresholds and one of the guarantees of medical officers’ social status.This is a powerful force rooted in society. It cannot be broken by just anyone. Even Ji Ge's imperial edict is of little use.

Anaye was taken aback when she heard this, as if thinking of something, then she smiled wryly: "This person is good at everything, but he speaks too directly."

She knew from a very young age that her face was stunningly beautiful.But the strange thing is that even though her father is a medical officer and has a high social status, there is no one who comes to the house to propose marriage.

Thinking about it now, the man who married her could only be a military household, and her father would definitely not like it.And no matter who it is, as long as they don't have the "license" of a medical officer, they will not be able to inherit this medical clinic. If the medical clinic is downgraded to a "pharmacy" in the future, it will also fall into the current social class.

This is a very real problem in marriage.Anaye's situation is: her father doesn't like the person who wants to marry her, and the person his father likes will not marry a girl with the blood of orchids from the Western Regions as his wife.

"I have healed military envoy Xin's wounds, he is already the youngest envoy in Hexi, and he is almost [-] years old now.

How old are you this year, how can you be a deputy military envoy? "

Anaye asked curiously.

"Actually, I'm still the imperial court's inspector, General Qianniuwei, and the state government's military envoy, serving as a military envoy for the Baiting army. I don't even know how many official positions I have now."

Fang Chongyong sighed helplessly.

For him, the official position in name only means receiving salary.Official positions with official status are even more serious, each one is extremely troublesome.

For example, the deputy military envoy of the Baiting Army became a petty official who did not do anything. In order to build a good relationship with those people, he had to solve some practical problems for them.Running from Baitinghai to Liangzhou City, my inner thighs were bruised and bruised.

"Looking at you, I think it's easy to be an official."

Anaye couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

I heard that the child in front of her was one year younger than her and was already holding multiple jobs.

"Don't mention it, it's all useless."

Fang Chungyong waved his hand, not wanting to tell Anaye that his father was Fang Youde, the governor of Youzhou.Everything he has now is all because of his father.Without his scumbag father, he is nothing now.

"that……"

Anaye hesitated to speak.

"Ok?"

Fang Chongyong found that Anaye talked a lot today.

"I want to go to Chang'an and study medicine."

Anaye gritted her teeth and said.

"The doctors in the Tang Dynasty can basically be divided into three categories: those who are clearly doctors, those who only write books and titles, and those who are familiar with medical theory but do not practice medicine. Only the first type of these three can directly practice medicine.

But in any case, it is necessary to obtain official recognition.Without a government license, it is almost impossible to escape all kinds of troublesome entanglements.

Places where you can learn medical skills in Chang'an include the Imperial Medical Office under Taichang Temple, the Shang Yao Bureau under the Dianzhong Province, and the Medicine Storehouse under the Prince's East Palace.The first one does not recruit female medical officers, and although the latter two recruit female medical officers, they are basically for palace service and are not allowed to marry for life.

If you are admitted to school, you will be guarded by palace eunuchs and treated like slaves in the palace.

Of course, a female medical officer does not rule out being attracted by a saint or a noble from the palace, and directly becomes a concubine or something.Then his identity will change and he will no longer be a medical officer.In short, once you step inside, there is almost no possibility of leaving the palace.

This road is very narrow and difficult to walk. Have you really thought about it? "

After Fang Chongyong finished speaking, he saw Anaye's pretty face turning red and white, her long brown hair trembling, and her watery blue eyes full of fear.

When a woman learns medical skills, she specializes in treating the ladies in the palace, or even becomes a concubine directly after being attracted by her?
Anaye actually just wanted to inherit her father's medical clinic. Before she got on the carriage today, she wanted to go to Chang'an to study and return, and get a "license" from the medical clinic to practice medicine in Liangzhou City.

She didn't expect that this road would be a dead end, at least not the one she wanted to take.

What Anaye didn't know was that the Liangzhou prefecture could actually issue medical licenses, but the difficult part was not who issued the licenses, but the "diplomas" of the doctors themselves.

This is the common interest of the entire doctor class, and no one is willing to open this back door.

If you want to open a medical clinic, you must have a diploma. There is no rationality in itself. It is just to prevent some people from entering this industry. It is as simple and straightforward as that.

"Over there in Chang'an, it's so complicated."

Anaye sighed with some fear.

After getting along with her, she felt that Fang Chongyong was really a nice person, he didn't have the airs of those rich and powerful children, and if she had any questions, the other party would always answer them.

It is completely impossible to see that Fang Chongyong is already an official with a lot of power in his hands!

"Actually, it's not that there is no way. It's just that I can't use this method."

Fang Chongyong said slowly.

"any solution?"

Anaye grabbed Fang Chongyong's hand excitedly and held on tightly.

"That is, you become a Taoist priest and then practice medicine as a Taoist doctor."

Fang Zhongyong calmly took his hand out of the opponent's slightly rough palm.

“To put it simply, this matter can be divided into three steps.

The first step is to enter the Imperial Medical Office as a male to learn medical skills. There are many classics there, and there are also many female relatives of bureaucrats studying there. They can study and live in the Imperial Medical Office schools, but they can't graduate.

In the second step, after completing your studies, you are dropped out of school and then become a female Taoist priest.

In the third step, I will find a noble person for you, and she will act as a guarantor to justify your medical skills.Then you can get the qualification certificate of Taoist medicine, and you can also open a medical clinic. "

The method he mentioned is actually the path followed by many daughters of bureaucrats.These "female Taoist doctors" are often female relatives who serve the bureaucratic family.It can be said that there are very few people who actually open medical clinics and show their faces outside.

"The problem now is that I can't find that kind of noble person."

Fang Chongyong spread his hands to Anaye and said.

"At least it's much better than entering the palace directly."

Anaye said with a sigh of relief, feeling that the method Fang Zhongyong said is quite reliable.

"Chang'an... is not something that people like you can stay in. I think it's a dragon's pond and a tiger's den."

Fang Chongyong sighed, and continued to ask: "Why are you so obsessed with going to Chang'an?"

"Because my mother is in Chang'an. Back then, she was favored by a rich man and went to Chang'an with that person, so I must go to Chang'an to see what's so good there! It's worth her abandoning us!"

Anaye gritted her teeth and said.

A woman is spotted, and then taken away directly... This seems to be in line with the style of the gang of powerful people in Chang'an.From Jige to Wuling, everyone seems to like this mouthful.

Of course Anaye, the child, did not understand her mother's suffering back then. Orders from powerful people were not something that a border town medical officer could refuse.

Maybe my husband is currently guilty of something, which is too miserable.

Fang Zhongyong felt sad and couldn't bear to tell Anaye these speculations.

"Your mother already has a new life, so don't bother her."

Fang Chongyong comforted Anaye and said.

Unexpectedly, Anaye talked to him kindly and sincerely all the way, and even told Fang Chongyong what flowers and colors she liked.As a result, after hearing this sentence, he never spoke again, and on the way to Bai Tinghai, he didn't say a word, and never put on any good looks.

……

After the Battle of Dafeichuan, in order to prevent the Tang army from entering Menyuan from the Hexi Corridor, Tubo built a city and sent troops to guard the important pass at Laohugou Pass, and built the ancient city of Jinbatai here.The specific time was the third year of Xianheng (AD 673), and Tubo named it "New City".

After that, the Tang army in Hexi was in a comprehensive strategic passive situation. As long as the Tubo army wanted to, they could rush into the Dadou Valley from a high position at any time and cut off the Hexi Corridor.From this, the Hexi Jiedu Mansion, Anxi Protectorate Mansion, and Beiting Protectorate Mansion of the Tang Dynasty could be contained, with a total of more than [-] soldiers and horses!

The area south of Tubo New City has become one of the origins of its war. If it is not captured here, the Tang army in Hexi will have to garrison its troops on the Liangzhou line and will no longer be able to support the Western Regions.

Therefore, Cui Xiyi chose this as the first stop to break the situation.

The armies in Hexi selected 20 young warriors under the age of 3000 and formed an independent army, led by Wang Zhongsi, the envoy of the Chishui Army.

There are also ten medical officers accompanying the army, who used the common medicinal material Solomobu (Rhodiola rosea) in Tubo, and a small amount of Codonopsis pilosula, yam, and astragalus to make a prescription for the urgent needs of the army!Solo Mabu was used exclusively by Zanpu and senior officers in the Tubo army for their daily marches. The Tang army had already known the information, but they didn't know why, so they didn't pay much attention.

After Fang Chongyong proposed the theory of yang qi, Hexi Jiedu Prefecture urgently purchased a batch of solomabu and formulated corresponding prescriptions for "lung deficiency syndrome" to deal with special situations during the march.

In order to reduce the burden on the body, Tang Jun did not wear iron armor during this trip, but replaced it with light leather armor, and one person and two horses ensured horsepower.

The altitude of the Hexi Corridor (non-mountain) is about 1000 meters, while the altitude of Tubo New City is between [-] and [-] meters.

After three days of rapid march, Wang Zhongsi finally arrived at the mouth of Laohugou.

At this moment, the mountains and plains are full of wild grasses full of wild flowers.On both sides of the sloping and winding road, there are hills of various shapes with seven bends and eight turns.

Each mountain is not high, but the overall slope is upward.The terrain here can be described as open and complex.The Tubo New City, which stands on a flat ledge, is on a hill not far away.From a distance, the low city wall seems to be as thick as a fingernail.

The city is a small city, but the terrain is too high, so it is not easy to shoot.

Wang Zhongsi squinted his eyes and looked at the Tubo New City on the protruding hill nearby, thinking in his mind whether to charge up on horseback or let the soldiers climb up the mountain.

The terrain of the grassland and the official road are completely different. Although the ground looks "flat", the actual march is completely different.

Horses can walk on flat ground on the grassland, but people can easily fall down when running on the grassland, and they can feel the potholes everywhere.

The terrain here in Tubo New City is open, guarding this wide and winding traffic "main road", so the Tibetan soldiers cannot hide. The Tubo defenders are not blind, and there will definitely be a tough battle.

The only difference lies in when Tang Jun should take action!
"The envoy of the king's army can use the strategy of suspecting the enemy. At night, he sends a hundred people holding gongs and drums to make noise in front of the new city. When the enemy troops leave the city, we will retreat immediately. The Tubo people do not know the enemy's situation and will certainly not dare to pursue.

It has been like this for three consecutive days, so that the Tibetans cannot sleep peacefully.

If they dare to pursue them later, our ambush will kill them all in one fell swoop.

If they don't pursue us, we will attack the city during the day in three days. The Tubo people are used to dealing with our harassment at night, and they will be in low spirits during the day, but they can be defeated in one battle! "

Cui Qianyou, who was beside Wang Zhongsi, suggested in a low voice.This expedition was strongly recommended by Kang Taihe, so Cui Qianyou also joined the team as a tenth general, in charge of a team of 500 people.

Cui Qianyou regards it as the only channel for promotion!

After listening to the other party's suggestion, Wang Zhongsi fell silent and did not express his objection, he had already expressed his attitude.

Cui Qianyou was overjoyed, and then continued to suggest: "Wang Junshi, we can graze half of the horses in the mountains during the day, and exchange them the next day.

Let the Tubo defenders feel arrogant and lazy, and look down on us.If they can be lured out of the city to grab horses, all the troubles will be saved. "

"Okay, you will handle the night raid in person. I will arrange the other matters."

Wang Zhongsi nodded slightly and said that he had accepted Cui Qianyou's suggestion.

"Decree, it will be done in the end!"

Cui Qianyou bowed his hands excitedly and said.

Ever since Hebei was dismissed from the military by Fang Youde without reason, Cui Qianyou thought he would be like this for the rest of his life, but he didn't expect that things would turn around!
Making great achievements is just around the corner!

……

"what is this?"

Fang Chongyong pointed to a bare bush and asked Anaye.

"Isn't this just wolfberry? You don't know everything, why are you still asking me?"

Anaye said angrily, Fang Chongyong's good temper also made her have no scruples about speaking.

"Hey, I was just joking. Of course I know that one is wolfberry."

Fang Chongyong smiled awkwardly, waved his hand, pointed to a plant not far away that he didn't know at all, and said, "What about this one?"

"This is fennel. It can be used in cooking and medicine, but it can't be used as a big medicine."

Anaye also put away her temper and began to explain professionally.

For a child who works in a medical clinic all day long, practicing medicine and asking for medicine is her whole life, at least most of it.

"Fennel."

Fang Chongyong fell silent.

This thing works, but it won't sell for a lot of money.It has the same properties as wolfberry.

"Let's go, look elsewhere."

Fang Chongyong turned to leave, but Anaye suddenly grabbed his sleeve.

"The medicines here, and even the medicines in Hexi as a whole, cannot be sold at a reasonable price. I have been taking medicines since I was a few years old. I know best what medicines cost, so don't waste your efforts."

Anaye begged Fang Chongyong, and continued: "Your legs are better, why don't you take more rest, and do something that can't be fruitful?"

"Medicine and prescriptions are two different things. If you go to Chang'an to study medicine in the future, this is the first lesson. Only medical officers who can prescribe medicines will be respected. If you only prescribe medicines and take medicines, then only Can work at the bottom of this line.

Immediately I will let you know what a party is worth a thousand dollars.

Teach you for free, no charge. "

Fang Chongyong waved his hand to Anaye and walked forward on his own.

Anaye looked at his back and suddenly felt that this half-grown child was so unpredictable and unfathomable to the extreme.

(End of this chapter)