Wentang

Chapter 223 Planning the Medical System
How to win three wins and four wins?
The Daoist school has successfully entered the game, and then just a little bit of conflict can make Confucianism feel a sense of crisis and force them to carry out reforms.As for whether Confucianism will be fooled, there is no doubt about it, and there is history to prove it.

The reason why Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan's reform of Confucianism went so smoothly was because the emperor's respect for Taoism and Buddhism brought pressure on Confucianism, and the majority of Confucian scholars generally agreed with the reform.

Now Yueshan is imitating the environment at that time, bringing a sense of crisis to Confucianism.As long as the sense of crisis is deep enough, Confucianism will actively support his reform proposals.

This is the real purpose of cooperating with Daomen, which is a win.

The establishment of a medical school was originally Yue Shan's business. According to common sense, he should ask Taoism to send people, efforts, and technology.In the end, he turned it into helping the Daoist sect to become famous, and they had to thank him in turn.

That's win twice.

Similarly, to a certain extent, improve the level of medical care for the whole people, increase the birth rate, reduce the death rate, and increase the average age of the whole people... This is what Yueshan has always wanted to do.

But the problem is still back to the original point. The Tang Dynasty was a purely agricultural society. Maintaining a huge army has already made the country very difficult, so difficult that even the wages of the bureaucracy cannot afford it.

Yes, in the Tang Dynasty, only Beijing officials could receive salaries, and local officials from the governor to the lowest level Zuoshi were not paid.

The country will specially allocate a piece of land to the magistrate as a job field, and the income from the job field is the salary of the magistrate.

It wasn't until the Song Dynasty that the situation improved, with dual payment of job fields and wages.It was not until the Ming Dynasty that the job field system was abolished, and all wages were paid instead.

Under such circumstances, the Tang Dynasty was unable to support Yueshan to establish another medical system.

And even if he had this spare money, no one would support him.

The ancient bureaucratic system has a 'unique' understanding of population growth, it doesn't matter how many people die, I just encourage everyone to live.If five people die, everyone is encouraged to have ten children, so the total population has increased by five.

Compared with improving human life expectancy through medical treatment, the cost of simply having children to increase the total population is actually lower.

After all, it costs a lot of money to take medicine for illness, and it is easy to give birth to a child, just get pregnant and give birth.As for the death caused by childbearing...the same sentence, if you die, you will die, and if you die, you will have another life.

Of course, it's not that the ancient bureaucrats really ignored life, but the low productivity determined that they could only think about it in this way.

Again, a purely agricultural society cannot afford a universal healthcare system.

If Yue Shan wants to build medical facilities, he can only find a way by himself.It is definitely impossible to pay for it by yourself. The construction of the medical system is a gold-swallowing behemoth. Even if his industry expands by a hundred and one thousand times, he cannot afford it.

But one force can, and they're happy to do so.

That is religious power.

The forces of Buddhism and Taoism spread all over the world, as long as there are people, there are their footprints.Taoist temples cover the whole country, and they are simply the best hospital places.

They still have money, they don’t have to pay taxes or do corvee, all kinds of offerings from good men and women, donations from the rich, etc... It’s not an exaggeration to say that they are incomparably rich.

It is too wasteful to store this money in Taoist temples, and it can be used to do some practical things that benefit the country and the people.

Whether Buddhism or Taoism would listen to his fooling, Yue Shan still had a certain degree of certainty.

As long as it is a religion, there is a need to spread beliefs, and curing diseases and saving lives is undoubtedly the best way to gain reputation.It can not only please the court, but also bribe the common people.

Later Christianity also used similar methods. At that time, the missionaries either knew medical skills, or astronomy knowledge, or mastered higher science and technology...

Everywhere they went, they used these things to make friends with the gentry, quickly opened up the situation, and spread the idea of ​​​​Christianity.

Therefore, Buddhism and Daoism have needs in this regard.It's just that no one has considered this aspect before, and now Yue Shan has seized this opportunity.

Didn't Wang Zhiyuan just listen to his deceit?The Daoist sect sent people to help Yueshan set up a medical school, and then provided money and materials to train doctors belonging to the Daoist sect, and also paid a tuition fee for Yueshan...

It can be said that Yue Shan used Daomen's rice to feed his own chickens, and Daomen not only didn't charge for it, but also gave him money in return.

And Yue Shan used the power of Taoism to complete the construction of his medical system.Even if the medical system is crude and imperfect, it is much better than having nothing before.

He won twice in one medical school.

This is the third win.

As for whether Buddhism and Taoism will be done without him... Is it true that the imperial power is for nothing?
You Buddhists and Taoists build a medical system privately, which is completely an invitation to buy people's hearts. What do you want to do?Rebel?It was wiped out by you in minutes.

And if this matter is replaced by an important minister who has enough voice in the court, Buddhism and Taoism are only one part of it, then there will be no big problem.

So, there is a powerful government that does whatever it wants.

The fourth win is that the Daoist sect keeps pace with him in the court, so Yue Shan has another ally, and the right to speak in the court has increased a lot.

It can be said that Yue Shan used his foresight to make a lot of money in a seemingly fair transaction.

Of course, the Daoist sect did not suffer either.

Through this cooperation, they can indeed expand the influence of the Dao Sect and improve the prestige of the Dao Sect.Therefore, it is not wrong to call this cooperation a win-win situation.

Well, at least that's what Daomen thinks.

Having solved so many problems at once, Yue Shan was naturally very happy, and returned to Sixingping on horseback and singing.

As soon as he got home, before he could catch his breath, Bao Dalin came in and said that a man who claimed to be the son of Zhu Wuneng had come to visit.

Zhu Wuneng's son, what is he doing here?After thinking about it, Yue Shan let him in.

After all, Li Shentong let the Zhu family survive because of his Yue Shan's face. Speaking of which, Yue Shan is still their savior, so there is nothing they dare not meet.

"Zhu Xiyun pays respects to Qing Shuihou."

The person who came was a middle-aged man in his 40s. Yue Shan happened to know him. He was Zhu Xiyun, the eldest son of Zhu Wuneng.

"Get up, how is your father now?" Yue Shan asked.

"Thank you for your concern. My father is very... very good now, but the case still needs his cooperation, so he is still in the Chang'an county government." Zhu Xiyun said in a low voice.

"Well, that's good, I'll visit him when he comes out." Yue Shan said.

"My father asked me to tell you that he has taken your wishes, so there is no need to visit." Zhu Xiyun said.

"Huh?" Yue Shan frowned, thinking that he was blaming me?

Zhu Xiyun also guessed what he was thinking, and quickly explained: "My father didn't mean to blame you. On the contrary, he was very grateful for your help. Without you, our Zhu family would not have escaped. It's just..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that my father has already developed a will to die, so he is not ready..." Zhu Xiyun couldn't control his emotions anymore, and wept unceasingly.

Yue Shan was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood Zhu Wuneng's thoughts.I'm afraid I still can't get over the hurdle in my heart, and chose to die with Shimen.

This choice really made Yue Shangao take a look at him.After all, betraying the teacher's sect will inevitably make people feel contemptuous.Going to death can be regarded as saving a little face.

"Then what are you going to do?"

"My father asked us to leave the capital, as far as possible, it's best to go to a place that no one knows." Zhu Xiyun said.

Yue Shan nodded, this is indeed a good way: "It's also good, it's easy to operate in the local area, and there will be a day to make a comeback."

As for where they were going, Yue Shan didn't ask much.

"I am here today to thank you for your help on the one hand, and to say goodbye on the other hand."

"Farewell? Are you going to leave now?" Yue Shan asked in surprise.

"Yes, this is what my father meant. Qingshuihou must know about our situation. It would be more risky to leave one day later. It is better to leave early." Zhu Xiyun said.

"Then what about your father? Just leave it alone?" Yue Shan wanted to ask who would collect his body, but it was too hurtful to ask directly, so he used euphemism.

"I'll stay and send him to the old man, don't worry about Qingshui." Zhu Xiyun said firmly.

Yue Shan looked him up again, showed an approving expression, and said: "That's fine, we can't let him go or live in peace. If you have any difficulties, you can come to the house to find me, and I will help if I can."

This is really rare, the Zhu family is now surrounded by enemies, I don't know how many people want their family to go to hell, staying here almost means death.

Knowing that Zhu Xiyun still chose to stay, Yue Shan had to look at him differently.

However, Yue Shan didn't mean to help him survive. On the one hand, Zhu Xiyun stayed to collect his father's body, and on the other hand, he wanted to use his own life to vent the anger of the enemies and win more chances for the family to survive.

This is his choice, and Yue Shan has nothing to say.

As for why he didn't take in the Zhu family... Originally, he and the Zhu family were just a temporary cooperation relationship, not even friends.It is already an exception to use his own face to give their family a way out, and then accept the mess of the Zhu family, unless he is crazy.

Moreover, once Zhu Wuneng died, there would be no relationship between the two parties, and it was even less likely for him to cause trouble for himself.

After sending Zhu Xiyun away, Yue Shan sighed, and the joy brought by the calculation of Taoist sect also faded a lot.Life is not easy.

But soon he let go of this matter, there are more important things waiting for him to do, how can there be time for grief.

It's time to make the glass.

(End of this chapter)