Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 467: Newton Eastern Division, Academic Murder Case

Mrs. Bai was secretly delighted, as she had found another opportunity to show off.

Organize your language quickly.

Speaking eloquently:

"I heard that the Department of Health has mobilized hundreds of doctors to launch a cheap medicine project. People say that thousands of families have gained Buddhahood."

"The blood-cooling and itching-relieving pills that Your Majesty just took were sent by the Department of Health."

Li Yu nodded:

"The idea is a good one."

"Go and ask the female official to pass on the message and summon the Director of Health to see me."

"Yes."

……

"Wait a minute."

Mrs. Bai had just taken three steps when she was suddenly stopped.

Looking back and smiling,
I saw His Majesty staring at me with his serious tiger eyes, looking me up and down from head to toe, from head to toe.

This is the top floor of the observation building.

No way?
it's here?
Let everyone in the palace see and hear it?

Isn't that impolite?

but,

Refusing His Majesty seems to be against women's virtues.

How can I do this?
"You have done a great service by giving birth to a prince. Tell the queen that it's time to make her a concubine."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Go."

Mrs. Bai ran all the way, holding up the hem of her skirt, not even bothering to wipe away her tears of happiness.

……

"Your Majesty, I am Wu Ao, the Acting Director of the Department of Health."

"I heard you're working on medicine?"

"Yes."

Wu Ao was overjoyed, he finally got the chance.

Immediately show your merit:

"I have been among the people for a long time, and I know that it is difficult for ordinary people to find a doctor and that medicine is expensive."

"So I took the lead, with the help of hundreds of doctors, to classify 36 common diseases and prepare corresponding medicines."

……

Li Yu stared at him.
asked:

"You skipped the expense of having a doctor diagnose your pulse and prescribe medicine?"

"Yes."

"What about the medicine?"

"The Department of Health funded the purchase of medicinal materials, which were then prepared by the pharmacies under it."

“What is the production volume?”

"Last month, a total of 5230 pills were prepared."

Li Yu glanced at him:
"Too little. The cost must be high and the price can't go down."

Wu Ao explained carefully:
"Your Majesty is wise. I do have some concerns. First, I am afraid that the secret recipe will be leaked. Second, I dare not ask the herbal medicine dealer to do it for me."

……

Li Yu suddenly thought of a question.
asked:

"Where does the prescription come from? How is the efficacy of the medicine determined?"

Wu Ao was cheered up.
He replied in a low voice:

"I persuaded the aristocratic families in the medical field to donate their prescriptions, which are all handed down from generation to generation and have been carefully considered by people of all generations."

"Oh?"

Seeing His Majesty smiling,
Wu Ao also added awkwardly:
"I am guilty. I used some dishonorable means!"

"What means?"

"My mentor Ye Tianming took the lead and was the first to refuse to accept. I had no choice but to use some means to make my mentor lose the lawsuit for the sake of the overall situation, and to make an example of him. Then, the other Xinglin families accepted my compensation conditions."

"What conditions?"

"Each prescription will be compensated with 500 taels."

……

Li Yu's face was filled with anxiety.

From a human perspective, Wu Ao is not a good person.

From the emperor's perspective, Wu Ao is a good subordinate.

Each family would not sell their secret recipe for 500 taels, let alone 5000 taels.

Wu Ao took out two more booklets from his sleeves and placed them respectfully on the table.

"Your Majesty, one is a collection of original prescriptions, and the other is a collection of prescriptions that I have revised."

[The following prescriptions are purely fictitious and cannot be used for medical treatment. 】

……

Li Yu opened the booklet and checked it.

quickly,

His expression became serious.

disease:
Epidemic high fever, sore throat
Original recipe:

柴胡1两、太子参5钱、连翘5钱、生石膏1两、甘草5钱、茯苓3钱、桔梗3钱、红枣3钱~
Modified formula:
2 liang of raw gypsum, 5 qian of forsythia, 5 qian of raw rehmannia, 3 qian of ophiopogon
……

"what for?"

"The original recipe belongs to my mentor. The Ye family has been practicing medicine for six generations, so the recipes handed down are naturally excellent. But I think if we want to promote it on a large scale, we still have to reduce the cost as much as possible, so I made some modifications."

"What about the efficacy of the medicine?"

"I am a medical practitioner. I cannot claim to be a god in medical skills, but I am familiar with the basic pharmacology. I guarantee that after the modification, it is expected to retain 7% of the effect, but the price will be at least halved."

……

Li Yu discovered that every prescription had been deleted.

Wu Ao can be described as a ruthless man in the medical field.

He deleted some mild and expensive medicinal ingredients in the prescription and replaced them with cheaper tiger and wolf medicines.

estimate,

Treating a disease will also bring some side effects!

"I believe that medicine is one-third poison and poison is one-third medicine. Even if someone dies from it occasionally, it is fate."

Li Yu smiled.

The final word:
"As you say, we'll do it. We'll do it in a big way."

……

"Your Majesty is holy."

Wu Ao's eyes were slightly red.

The ancients said: Learn the literary and martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family.

The same goes for learning good medical skills.

and,

The Department of Health and the Imperial Medical Service are different.

The director is a typical technocrat and holds a high position.

Once the drug project is promoted, the influence of the Department of Health will be further expanded.

Education is to cultivate people.
Hygiene is the medicine of life.

There is no distinction between the two.

Maybe, I can even strive for the position of Minister of Science, Education, Culture and Health in the future.

Everyone in the Wu court knew that
Your Majesty intends to establish a Minister of Education and a Minister of Finance, but the time is not yet ripe.

……

“Are you still an agent now?”

"Yes."

"From now on, the agency will be removed."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will do my best until my death."

"Don't worry. I'll give you an idea. Find a few powerful medicine dealers and tell them that the profit of a single pill of finished medicine must be very low, but the value lies in long-term use. As long as the quality is qualified, the Department of Health will buy all of them and then distribute them in various states and counties."

"I understand. This is a business that can be passed down from generation to generation, and it is also convenient to keep it secret."

"You understand it correctly."

……

Li Yu couldn't help but ask:
"The pills I took before?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. This pill is made completely according to the secret recipe using the highest quality medicinal materials. Even if I have the guts, I would not dare to test the medicine on Your Majesty."

"well."

Li Yu stood up.

Looking into the distance, a sentence suddenly popped up:
"Each pill should simplify the corresponding symptoms to ensure that the patient can identify the right one for the prescription. In addition, it should be named after the person who provided the prescription."

"According to the order."

……

Ye Tianming, the famous doctor of Wumen, who was bedridden due to anger, suddenly heard some music and dancing outside the mansion.

"Butler~"

"Master, Director Wu is here and he wants to give you a plaque."

"You are a bad disciple! You betrayed your master and destroyed your ancestors."

"Hush, Master, keep your voice down."

The housekeeper was horrified.

Not long ago,
The master was nearly tortured to death in prison.

……

Wu Ao lifted the door curtain.

Smile:
"Master, I know you have resentment in your heart. But it doesn't matter. My patented medicine project will soon be promoted to the whole world. By then, there will be a pill called Ye Tianming Pill."

Ye Tianming opened his eyes slightly.

Wu Ao walked around the room with his hands behind his back.

Preaching to himself:

"After 100 years, you and I will definitely not be here anymore. However, Ye Tianmingwan will still be here."

"You trade a prescription for a name in history, like Zhang Zhongjing and Li Shizhen. Tell me, do you want to thank me as your disciple?"

……

The butler served fragrant tea with a smile.

"Sir, please have some tea."

Wu Ao picked up the tea bowl and brought it to his mouth, but after thinking for a moment, he put it down.

The Ye family has been practicing medicine for generations. If there is any chronic poison, it will take 50 years for the poison to take effect and the person will die.
Don't drink!

but,

He decided to expand his victory:

"Master, I know you have a few more prescriptions. Please sort them out in the next few days and send someone to deliver them to the Department of Health. Don't forget!"

He walked away.

……

When we arrived at the gate of the mansion, we saw a group of musicians still playing music lively.

Wu Ao raised his right hand and pressed it down gently.

The music stopped abruptly~
The crowd of onlookers could only hear Wu Ao's voice echoing in the alley.

"The doctor has a kind heart and wants peace for the world. The Ye family voluntarily donated the secret recipe passed down from generation to generation."

"Someone, hang up the plaque!"

A gold-plated plaque hangs high.

Firecrackers and music followed.

Ye Tianming, who was lying on the couch and looked haggard, could no longer hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood onto the white gauze curtain.

……

It is difficult for outsiders to understand why Wu Ao is so cruel and they think he is betraying his teacher and ancestors.

The academic community can better understand this kind of "heretic" hatred.

What is heresy?

It refers to heterodox doctrines that are inconsistent with the philosophy of our sect.

Ye Tianming is from the pulse school.

Wu Ao, however, is a pharmacist at heart.

The two factions are mortal enemies~
Academic dispute!

The hatred is no less than that of war, and in the end only one person can survive.

……

Within 2 days,
Ye Tianming vomited blood and died.

The Wumen medical school was filled with sorrow, but there were not many negative comments about Wu Ao.

Even though I killed him, I actually loved him?
Throughout history, it is not uncommon for various academic schools in China and abroad to use their knowledge to kill people in order to "maintain orthodoxy."

With Wu Ao's status, he could easily declare Ye Tianming's pulse diagnosis ideas to be heresy, and then convene industry insiders for discussion.

It hurts both the heart and the life!
Finally, Master's teachings were buried in the dust of history.

Like,
Things that the famous Sir Newton once did.

……

Sir Alex Ferguson was able to become famous because he was a genius.

Actually,
Talent alone is not enough.

Every great scientist who founded a school of thought was a top master in the secular battlefield, burying his opponents and their theories in the garbage dump of history.

Ordinary people think that geniuses are kind-hearted, generous, and don't care about gains and losses.

This is a misunderstanding.

That's because in the eyes of a true genius, ordinary people, no matter if they are rich or poor, smart or stupid, are all like a dog.

Geniuses only care about offenses from their own kind.

The greatest offense is to have academic ideas that differ from one's own.

Academic dispute?

Do not!
What they are fighting for is the IQ contempt chain and the black and white portraits in textbooks a hundred years later.

……

After the "Naming System for Finished Medicines" was introduced, many "famous doctors from all over the country" who were not well-known rushed to the Department of Health and offered their own family recipes.

Just a small pill, but it left a name in the world, and the government also compensated him with 500 taels of silver.

That's enough~
That's enough~
……

The ancients were just like modern people, greedy for money and lustful, and would put down the weak and praise the strong.

but,
The ancients at least cared about their reputation, especially their reputation after death.

The recipe is certainly the capital for the family's descendants to make a living.

but,

They think that if billions of people in the world have a pill named after their "ancestor" hidden in their drawers, will future generations still worry about not having enough food to eat?
From this point of view,

Li Yu thinks ancient people are very cute!
Reputation is also considered "false".

but,

If human beings develop to the stage where they completely abandon all "falsehoods", they will not be far from self-destruction.

……

The Department of Health has set up a large on-site drug testing site at Qizishan in the suburbs and is recruiting volunteers from the public.

midsummer,

It is the peak period for various diseases.
After screening, the patients are placed in the corresponding sheds.

Take medicine every day and observe every day.

Which of the different prescriptions for the same disease will win in the end? It depends on the treatment effect.

The drug trials are free and the meals are free.

……

This is a great opportunity for publicity.

At the entrance of the drug testing shed, there is a sign that reads "Imperial Pharmacy".

Someone never tires of telling all the patients over and over again:
"Your Majesty paid for your free medicine and meals out of his own pocket. Be grateful."

so,
It seems to be correct!

But, I always feel something weird.

Anyway,

All the patients were grateful from the bottom of their hearts.

In the feudal era of the 18th century, seeing a doctor and taking medicine was a very luxurious behavior, and there was a high probability that one would lose both money and life.

……

The prescriptions that Wu Ao collected were not something that ordinary people could access by paying a small amount of medical fees.

Even after deletions and modifications, the effect is 10 times better than those of village doctors and quack doctors.

During this time,

He had his arms wrapped in black gauze and stayed at the Imperial Pharmacy all day.

"Director Wu~"

"Oh, Sir Sima is well~"

When the two met, they were like old friends, and were very cordial.

A few days ago,
Sima Shang, the civil judge of Suzhou Prefecture, took the initiative to show goodwill to Wu Ao.

As a man who once worked tirelessly to clean toilets in Suzhou City, he is fully qualified to connect with the Department of Health.

……

The two talked for half the night and felt that they had met the right person.

after that,

Decided to make progress together.

The first victim of their collaboration was Ye Tianming.

He was detained in the government prison.
I didn't hit him.
Just, daily verbal humiliation.

When had the aloof and proud famous doctor Ye Tianming ever been subjected to such a cruel treatment? In just a few days, two of his three souls were gone~
……

After seeing Wu Ao further subdivide common diseases and note the main symptoms and the functions of the corresponding pills.

Sima Shang sighed:
"Brother Wu, you have a bright future."

"A doctor's heart is full of compassion. I also want to gain some fame through this project."

"Holy Emperor, we, the ministers, should do our best. Now that I think about the ridiculous things I did when I was the prefect of Yunyang in the pseudo-Qing Dynasty, I feel ashamed, ashamed."

"Fortunately, your majesty is magnanimous and will not hold grudges against the past."

The two of them spoke insincerely, but there was no awkwardness at all.

If there were experts present, they would surely sigh that these two people have a bright future.

……

"Brother Wu, I'm hesitant about something and would like to ask you for advice."

"please say."

"There is a rich girl in Songjiang Prefecture who admires my style. She is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Her family is quite wealthy and owns many large factories. She is also a top figure in the Chamber of Commerce. Do you think it's appropriate?"

Wu Ao hesitated for a moment.

Said in a low voice:

"careful!"

The smile on Sima Shang's fat face gradually faded.

……

"One side is declining, the other side is rising. Will the two be on equal footing in the future?" Wu Ao kept grinding his hands and whispered, "Brother Sima, do you understand what I mean?"

"clear."

Sima Shang hesitated and shook his head and sighed.

I thought,

I may let down the beauty, but I cannot let myself down. I'll just randomly marry two concubines from ordinary families to deal with it.

The situation before my eyes was confusing.

Sooner or later, there will be a fierce battle between Confucianism and business.

By that time, both sides will have their own magic weapons, and no one dares to imagine how brutal the confrontation will be.

right now,

Everyone can see that His Majesty is clearly inclined towards Shang.

But~but~
……

Sima Shang thought his position was flexible and he just wanted to be on the winning side.

But once the dispute between Confucian merchants begins, anyone involved will either die or be injured.

In the hot summer,

He suddenly shuddered violently, his hair stood on end.
murmured:

"It's the hottest time of the year, why is there a chill in the pharmacy?"

Wu Ao pointed to the sky:

"This summer is a little strange. The sun is not as scorching as in previous years, there are more clouds than in previous years, and it is indeed not that hot."

……

Thousands of miles away,

Mount Merapi in central Java has erupted again after being dormant for 13 days.

The hot magma flowed down, destroying everything.

Within 50 miles of the volcano, daytime is as dark as dusk.

Because a huge amount of volcanic ash entered the stratosphere, slowly spread, and blocked the sunlight~
The birds and beasts scattered in panic.
The city of Batavia, located in the west of Java Island, 600 miles away from the volcano, was also shrouded in unrest.

Flocks of birds flew westward, wailing miserably.

The Governor stopped reviewing the documents and put the quill into the ink bottle.

I walked to the window and couldn't help but pray:

“May God forgive the sins of the world.”

……

(End of this chapter)