Practicing Medicine in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 42

After he kowtowed and confessed his sins, the crown prince lowered his eyes, and his eyes dropped, as if he wanted to see through the thick layer of fat on his body and see what kind of intestines were inside.

After a long while, I smiled gently: "I came to Meizhou for the first time to inspect the people, so I didn't go to your mansion first, so please forgive me for my painstaking efforts."

Wang Ling hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Your Highness the Crown Prince loves the people like a son, everyone in the world knows that, I can only follow the lead of the horse and follow His Highness's closeness to the people. Don't dare to complain!"

The two greeted each other politely, and Wang Ling was invited to the seat next to him. Before his ass was warm, he saw Wang Chongzhang hurriedly leading a group of people.

He quickly stood up again, and exchanged a salute with the county prince.

Although the imperial physicians behind Wang Chongzhang are only of the eighth rank, they are not much worse than him in terms of status.What's more, these few are all celebrities in the palace at the moment, and he can't afford to offend any of them.

So when they were seated in sequence, he consciously moved to the end, stretched his neck far away, and listened to the prince's order with his ears up.

"Dr. Shen and Dr. Zhang found several smallpox patients in Meizhou." Li Hong's voice came from afar, "My lord, this matter is of great importance. Once the epidemic comes, the crisis will be no worse than the current drought. I order you to immediately Close the gates of the city, verify the epidemic situation, prepare a document and send it to Chang'an."

He paused for a moment, and his smile disappeared into his cold and serious expression: "You can handle this matter immediately, if you make a slight mistake, I want you to come and see me!"

Hearing this, Wang Ling's face was shocked, but he was relieved.

He wholeheartedly thought that the prince's urgent order must be to turn over his old account.

Although the accounts of the official residence can be used to deceive people, there is no excuse for incriminating them. Besides, he has stolen a lot for himself. If he is determined to check carefully, he will always find out where he went wrong.

He ate his stomach full, but emptied his heart.

"Minister, I would like to accept the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." He kowtowed carefully to receive the order, and immediately set off to handle the matter.

Li Hongyuan nodded, showing no signs of happiness or anger: "Dr. Shen is best at epidemics, so I temporarily lead all the imperial physicians here, and must develop smallpox solutions and preventive measures."

Shen Hanshan was not as trembling as Wang Ling, he waved his long sleeves and waved his hands away: "No, no, no, I'm incompetent, if I don't do it, Your Highness, please find another master!"

Li Hong knew that he had a weird temper, so he was not in a hurry to get angry. Instead, he suppressed the overwhelming anger in his heart and showed a smile that turned the wind into rain.

"I heard that during the Zhenguan period, you and Sun Xianren, the master and apprentice, worked together to cure the epidemic in the Guanzhong area. It was a good story for a while, why is it so incompetent now?"

Shen Hanshan curled his lips, he hadn't reached Zhang Qiren's age yet, so he said, "I'm old, I'm old, I'm useless!"

Li Hong sneered: "I know that you are not incompetent, but courageous! Don't worry, smallpox is hard to heal. Bengong has his own sense of propriety and will not blame you for this."

Standing behind Shen Hanshan, Wu Yi saw the corners of his shoulders twitch and his back tense. He was obviously irritated by Li Hong's words.

I couldn't help but smile in my heart, what a provocative way!

Seeing that Shen Hanshan raised his eyebrows, he could hardly hold back anymore, so Li Hong gave him another sigh of relief: "Of course, this Palace will not force others to make things difficult. If it is really difficult for Imperial Physician Shen, I can only ask Dr. Zhang to take this title temporarily. As for Shen Hanshan Doctor, you..."

He turned his gaze, showing three points of helplessness: "After all, you are also a doctor of imperial medicine, and you have a heavy responsibility. There is absolutely no reason to stand by and watch. I am afraid that you will have to be inferior to Dr. Zhang at that time."

After speaking, he picked up a cup of freshly brewed Biluochun on the table, and slowly whipped the tea foam on it, as if to give Shen Hanshan some time to think.

Before he could take a sip of the new tea, the corners of Shen Hanshan's lips curled up, and he put away his angry face just now: "It seems that I'm going to ride a tiger, so I have to do it."

He changed the subject, and his eyes settled on the faces of Zhang Qirenping and Wulan.

"... But as His Royal Highness said, Dr. Zhang will be inferior to me in the future?

Zhang Qiren also stood up, and there was no trace of displeasure in his deep eyes: "Dr. Shen is good at epidemics, but I am not as good at it. In this matter, I should be inferior to him, and I will not give in."

"Good! What a Dr. Zhang who is well-informed and reasonable, and who puts the overall situation first!" Shen Hanshan laughed loudly, "Since Dr. Zhang has set an example, no matter whether it's the imperial physician or the student here, they all belong to the minister alone. Dispatch, can't you go beyond disobedience?"

Li Hong was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect to be turned into an army - Shen Hanshan, a slippery old man, originally planned to take this position, he was not angered by his words at all, instead he just followed his plan and waited for him here!

This person is disorganized by nature, he does his own way, and has a notorious reputation in the Imperial Medical Office, so naturally he cannot convince the public.

Therefore, only after he and Zhang Qiren finish the good show, the imperial physicians and attendants are willing to listen to him willingly, without daring to say anything.

But in the blink of an eye, Li Hong had figured out the key points. Even his high and mighty highness, the crown prince, was only calculated by these two imperial physicians and served as a foil for nothing.

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth could not help but twitch a smile, but the words he uttered were serious and solemn: "It is natural, if someone dares to disobey your order, it is disobedience to my imperial edict!"

This sentence was knocked out so hard that no matter whether it was the imperial physician or the apprentice, they all woke up from the knock, knowing that this half-crazy man who behaved without behavior in front of him was backed by the crown prince this time, and he could not afford to offend him.

As soon as the tasks of the imperial physicians were arranged, Li Hong turned his attention to Wang Chongzhang: "I read Jia Sixie's "Essential Techniques for the People" last night, and I think your idea of ​​'raising the land with the land' is quite feasible. "

Wang Chongzhang held his hand and said: "The sages have said that the way of heaven is to make up for what is not enough, but the way of man is not the same. The damage is not enough to give more than enough. [1] The ministers thought that if the lake is exhausted and fishing, there will be no fish next year, and the forest will be burned. If there is no forest next year, similarly, if the poor soil is cultivated, the land will soon be lost. The only solution is to call on farmers to 'raise the land with the land', giving priority to soil conservation and secondly to cultivating the fields."

He paused for a while, with a look of worry on his brows: "It's just that, as Zhang Gong said yesterday, the people don't even have any surplus food, so how can they have the energy to raise land!"

Li Hong slowly put down the cup of new tea in his hand that he hadn't tasted yet, his eyes became serious, and he uttered four words: "Open a warehouse for food relief."

Wang Chongzhang and Zhang Wenguan looked at each other, and they were a little dumbfounded. Wang Ling has slipped away. Whose warehouse should he open?Where to put the food?

Without waiting for the two of them to ask the doubts in their hearts, Li Hong said calmly: "There is still food left in the East Palace. As the prince of the Supervisory Kingdom, I should set an example."

A gust of chilly east wind passed through the hall, immediately freezing everyone in the hall into statues.

But after a while, Zhang Wenguan had already realized that even if the East Palace emptied the granary, it would not be possible to fill the vacancy in Guanzhong. But once the crown prince sets an example, those officials who have pocketed their own pockets will definitely follow suit, so as not to end up inhumane name.

"Your minister leads the decree!" He came out of the list, "I am going to draft a document and send it to Chang'an, please Dai Gong to do this matter."

Li Hong nodded: "The Yongning County Mansion is temporarily a place for discussion. If there is an important matter, there is no need to pass it on. It should be reported directly to the palace."

Everyone in the hall said yes.

All the people were arranged properly, and there was no second word for a while, so they each took orders and went to do their own things.

Wu Yi stood behind Shen Hanshan and watched with cold eyes. In just half a day, the young Crown Prince had properly arranged the matters of the three parties and convinced everyone. He was really shrewd and capable.

I couldn't help wondering, how did Li Hong get sick and die now that he was in good health and spirit?

Could it be...

I was replaying the unreliable TV drama plots I watched in my previous life in my heart, and my teacher had already knocked me hard on the head.

Shen Hanshan flicked his long sleeves, and swaggered ahead: "Everyone, please come to the West Court to discuss the epidemic."

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The west courtyard and the east courtyard of the county government face each other with a partition wall. There are a few light dark green paulownia trees missing, and a few skinny plum trees are added. The last wave of plum blossoms in early spring have bloomed, and only a few sporadic white flowers are left. The remaining flowers stand on the branches, which has a special charm.

Shen Hanshan took off a fallen plum on his shoulder, brushed his sleeves, and rarely straightened his face.

"Who memorized Ge Hong's "Elbow Reserve Emergency Prescription" just now?"

Wu Xu hurriedly raised his hand cautiously: "It's a student."

"Memorize it again."

"Huh?" Wu Xu was a little confused.

Shen Hanshan's eyes turned cold: "Didn't you memorize it very well just now?"

Wu Xu couldn't guess the intention of this eccentric teacher, so he quickly settled down, shook his head, and recited Ge Hong's description of smallpox in "Elbow Reserve Emergency Remedies" one by one.

Wu Xu memorized the words, and Wu Yi listened carefully, and he had figured out Shen Hanshan's intention——

This is the first detailed record of the smallpox epidemic in the history of traditional Chinese medicine. It describes the clinical manifestations and different prognosis of smallpox in detail, and also describes the sequence, shape and post-diagnosis manifestations of smallpox eruptions.

To treat a disease, one must first understand the disease, otherwise misdiagnosis and misdiagnosis will really waste lives.

"Do you all remember?" After Wu Xu finished reciting, Shen Hanshan said solemnly, "Smallpox is similar to measles, chickenpox and other diseases, you must remember Ge Gong's words, if there is a misdiagnosis of a rash , don’t blame the old man for being ruthless!”

He has always been cynical, and on rare occasions when he speaks harshly, he comes over with a domineering aura for a while, which makes people dare not be dissatisfied.

"Throughout the ages, there has never been a prescription for treating smallpox." Shen Hanshan continued, "Even if Xiaojing decoction is used, there is only a chance of survival."

Dr. Zhang interjected: "As for the prescription for smallpox, it won't be developed for a while."

"So." Shen Hanshan looked around, his eyes were like fire, and there was eagerness in the cold, "Our most important thing at present is not to cure the disease, but to prevent the spread of smallpox."