I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 321 Hongdu School
During the Pre-Han Dynasty, both Taichang and Shaofu had imperial medical orders. Those who belonged to Taichang treated diseases for officials, while those who belonged to Shaofu treated diseases for the palace. However, during the reign of Emperor Guangwu, all kinds of official positions were newly added to the provinces, and only those under the Imperial Medical Order were left under the Shaofu.

At this time, the responsibilities of the imperial doctors were not limited to the palace.

In the early years when great epidemics occurred frequently in various places, the imperial court would often send envoys on patrol to deliver medicine, including imperial doctors.

Developing the branch of imperial medicine into counties and even counties and villages is definitely not a day's work, and training a qualified doctor cannot be completed in one or two years.

The problem Hua Tuo faced was how to get qualified people to study medicine.

There was no need to discuss it with anyone. The simplest solution Liu Bian came up with was to create conditions for those who wanted to learn medicine.

There are people among the people who want to change their destiny but have no conditions. As long as Liu Bian is willing to pay for teachers, there are people who are willing to do it.

And it can be stipulated that those who receive this money, food and education must practice medicine after completing their studies. At present, there is no room for breach of contract.

But this lengthens the training time.

Liu Bian thought for a while and decided to put the problem of how to increase medical students to his external brain desk to brainstorm ideas.

Hearing Cai Yong's ruthless words, Le Song reacted after the initial nervousness. The emperor did not punish him at first, but allowed him to speak.

This is a flattering villain, but he is also a smart man.

Le Song still had this point of view, and seeing that Hongdu's sect would be lost if he didn't speak again, he had to say: "Your Majesty, I think what Mr. Taichang said is wrong."

When Cai Yong heard this, he stopped impeaching Yuesong and remonstrated: "In the past, students from the Hongdu sect were officials, but they did not have the moral character to do the job, which led to the corruption of officials and the suffering of the people. Now it is no longer the case. Those who use the Hongdu sect to recruit scholars should be dismissed to save money."

Le Song knew Cai Yong's identity, but he didn't know Liu Bian's attitude towards him. He didn't dare to defend himself immediately after hearing this, and knelt down in the hall with a pale face.

Regarding the reconstruction of Hongdu Menxue, Liu Bian jointly summoned Lu Zhi, Cai Yong and Hongdu Menxue's Jiu Le Song on the next day.

But from the fact that Le Song was able to use Hua Tuo to paint a picture of Liu Bian in reverse, we can see that he is not without merit. In fact, he was also one of the first people to discover the strange behavior of Zhang Jiao and his followers, but his The petition, like others, was ignored by the late emperor who was obsessed with "the peace of the country and the people". Later, Le Song was rewarded for his foresight.

Seeing Cai Yong's resistance to Le Song, Liu Bian said: "Master Cai, don't be anxious. It has been more than ten years since the establishment of Hongdu Sect, and it is gradually declining. Today, my intention is to determine the future of Hongdu Sect." Where to go?”

Le Song had a very bad reputation. He came from a humble background and started from the Hongdu School of fine brushwork and rhetoric. He was a supporter of the late emperor who wasted money and people to build the Western Garden.

Because of these past experiences, when Lu Zhi and Cai Yong saw Le Song entering the Yuntai Hall, Lu Zhi frowned, while Cai Yong simply stood up and admonished Liu Bian: "Your Majesty, you are a villain Le Song! Relying on relatives, entrusting powerful people, and flattering others, the harm will be worse than that of Guo Kai and Hou Sheng. I will die to ask Your Majesty to stay away from this person!"

Le Song knew very well what was the key to breaking the situation. He did not look at Cai Yong who was glaring at him and said bluntly: "Since Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji came here, the Hongdu School has been doing its best to compile medical books and cultivate good doctors. This is to benefit the people." In the past few years, Hua Yuanhua has cured former Situ Yanggong, Andong General Xun Gong and other officials. Zhang Zhongjing and his disciples are still protecting the army of the later general Zhu Gong from diseases in Jiaozhi..."

"Furthermore, Hongdu School is the best at eloquence. It is not just a trivial way, it has the effect of inspiring people! Your Majesty, please take a closer look."

As for calligraphy, which Hongdu School is famous for, Le Song did not mention it. In this regard, Cai Yong is the master. Cai Yong would not be disputed by Le Song, and said sarcastically: "This is the work of Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji. These two people could have achieved today's achievements even if they were placed elsewhere."

Le Song was not afraid of offending Cai Yong and responded: "That's not necessarily the case. If the two of them were in Taixue, I'm afraid they would be looked down upon!"

"All right!"

Although Liu Bian did not shout loudly or stamp his feet, as soon as these magical words came out, Cai Yong, who was about to continue to refute, temporarily shut his mouth.

The relationship between his daughter and Liu Bian is good. Even if Cai Yong has no emotional intelligence and doesn't know what "disarming" means, he also knows that he should save some face for Liu Bian at this time.

"Hongdu School has done a good job in assisting Hua Yuanhua and Zhang Zhongjing in compiling books, and Taixue is indeed not suitable for them." Liu Bian concluded.

But before Le Song had time to be happy, he heard Liu Bian say: "However, the method of meticulous poetry and poetry may be able to cultivate sentiments, but it is useless for governing the country."

Le Song's face turned pale. The emperor's words were equivalent to fundamentally denying the previous Hongdu sect.

But at the same time, a faint smile appeared on Lu Zhi's face. When he first studied with Ma Rong, he never did Ci Fu because he felt that Ci Fu was useless.

Cai Yong, like Lu Zhi, was also very satisfied with Liu Bian's answer.

He was a master of calligraphy and music, but because of this, he had a deep understanding of this art, so Cai Yong did not think that relying on these could make someone qualified to be an official in charge of the people.

We still need to base ourselves on the study of classics.

After taking a panoramic view of all this, Liu Bian added: "Everyone is also aware of the output of Xiyuan in recent years. Whether it is the curved shaft plow or papermaking and printing, they are all inventions that benefit the country and the people. But only relying on Xiyuan The output of the garden is limited, and the people have not heard of any similar inventions... I thought that maybe we could use the Hongdu School to recruit talented people, exhaust physics, or use the curved shaft plow to assist farming, or improve the textile machine to assist in childbirth. What do you think?"

It can't be called an accident to Lu Zhi. Liu Bian revealed this idea to him as early as the emergence of Quyuanli and printing. It's just that in the past, we have always placed our hope on the people, but now we hope that the court will take over.

Even Cai Yong, the most conservative person present, was not so pedantic as to think that improved farming methods and improved textile technology were bad things, let alone bamboo paper and printing that had gradually come into play.

Cai Yong went to this place and found that private schools there were more prosperous than he remembered. In places like Yingchuan where the academic tradition is prosperous, most of the scriptures used by private students are printed. There is no doubt about the choice between the official version of the printed version and the handwritten version that often contains fallacies.

He only reminded: "Your Majesty, cleverness is not the road. You can use it, but you should not rely too much on it."

He did not oppose Liu Bian's decision.

Liu Bian followed the good advice: "What Master Cai said is true!"

"I have thought of some names today, and I can temporarily set them up in Hongdu School - one is farmers. I heard that the same rice and wheat have different types and different land, and the yield per mu is different. In the early years, all grains were provided by the government, but now Although different, you can try to breed high-yielding seeds.”

(End of this chapter)