Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Both Defang and Concubine Di were surprised to hear this, and Nangong Wen was also puzzled. Defang asked, "National player, what else did you do besides treating the king and the princess? How can you change your majesty's original intention?" . . . this is too unbelievable.”

"My lord, this matter is a long story. If you want to understand it in detail, I'm afraid you have to start with why the lower official came to Beijing. Please listen to the lower official and tell me slowly from the beginning."

"Okay." Defang nodded, "This matter is indeed complicated, and there must be a lot of inside information, so I ask the national team to start from the beginning."

"Yes," Jin Shangde said, "Xiaguan's ancestral home was originally in Xiushan County, Dali, and he moved to Huizhou in the south during his grandfather's generation. The teaching is very strict and there is no tolerance for the slightest mistake. My father once said: What the doctor says is the heart medicine of the patient. What the doctor says is the patient's body needs. Remember my father's teachings, devote myself to medical skills, and uphold medical ethics first."

"En." Defang nodded, "What your lord said is true, the heart and morality of a doctor is indeed like that of a patient, if there is a slight deviation, it will take people's lives invisible."

"Yes, my lord"

"National player, you said that your ancestors were doctors in the local government, so why didn't you take over from your father?"

"Returning to the prince, although my ancestors were doctors in the local area, and their medical skills were indeed exquisite, they were not taken seriously."

"Why is this?"

"More than 20 years ago, Huizhou was not a land of the Song Dynasty. The local government was only interested in profit. If they wanted to be promoted, they had to offer money. Doctors were humble. Using doctors to defraud the people."

"Using doctors to defraud money?"

"Yes, the government privately controlled all the pharmacies, drove the foreign doctors out of Huizhou, and distributed the government doctors to each pharmacy. If the effect is not enough to treat the disease, the disease will be delayed for a long time, and the government will raise the price of the drug to collect the benefits."

"It's abominable!" Defang slapped the table down, "It's even more abominable than a filthy official!"

"My lord, calm down," Jin Shangde said, "That's all happened in the previous dynasty. Now, the Song Dynasty has opened a course to recruit scholars, and it attaches great importance to literati. All the talents and learning in the world can be used."

"National player" Defang asked, "If that's the case, why didn't you take the medical exam? With your medical skills, entering the palace is not a problem at all."

"Returning to the lord, although I have studied medicine since I was a child, I am aloof by nature, not good at talking to others, and I don't want to be restrained, and I don't like being an official."

"Aloofness?" Defang laughed and said, "You do have the ability to be aloof, hehehe, but I haven't felt how aloof you are yet. National players have always been polite."

"My lord, you and your empress are both sages, and the next official must know how to be polite."

"Yes, yes, yes," Baili said, "My lord, he is... no, he is a national player of the Jin Dynasty... My lord, when the national player first arrived at the mansion, he told me that if it wasn't for the empress, the national player would have been defeated by the young man." The anger is gone."

"Oh?" Defang looked at Concubine Di, "Ma'am, is that true?"

"Yes, my lord." Concubine Di smiled and nodded, "Baili was also worried about your illness, and his words collided with the national player for a while, but presumably the national player just wanted to scare Baili at that time, and didn't really want to leave."