Chapter 91: Give Scholars a Halo
Chapter 91: Give Scholars a Halo
The weather has been good for several days in a row.
Li Chengqian likes to bathe in this warm sunshine, and he looks particularly comfortable.
He ignored court affairs and the outside world.
I lived a very leisurely life in the East Palace.
Lying at his feet was the black and white general. This little guy was growing quite rapidly and had become quite a bit bigger.
Li Chengqian liked to pet it, just like petting a cat. Every time it made the general dissatisfied and made it yelp non-stop, he would gently slap it, scold it with a smile, and only then would he stop.
However, it was thanks to the old beast tamer in the East Palace, who had trained some ferocious beast, that Chi You's mount became completely obedient. The beast never dared to bare its teeth to Li Chengqian. Instead, it looked adorable and cute all day long.
Sun Simiao sat on a small stool, with his head tilted, fumigating Li Chengqian's sick feet with medicine.
"Your Highness, winter has just passed, and the warm spring sun is the best for nourishing people. It would be great if you can absorb more Yang energy."
He took the time to say something and flipped Li Chengqian's foot over.
Li Chengqian replied: "Yes, in spring everything comes back to life, and everything is full of vitality."
“Although I am in the deep palace, I feel as if everything is still before my eyes.”
Hearing this, Sun Simiao couldn't help but smile, "Your Highness has a broad vision and a broad mind. It is reasonable for you to feel this way."
"No, Mr. Sun, when did you become so flattering?"
Li Chengqian joked, "I don't buy that."
"I am already over 80 years old, and I am no longer old enough to flatter others. Others believe that what I say comes from the heart." Sun Simiao shook his head, "Your Highness just refuses to believe it."
"As for this foot, I think it should be treated with a few more courses of treatment."
"Ha ha!"
Li Chengqian threw his head back and laughed. This old man became more and more interesting.
Chang Sun Chong couldn't help laughing and smiled secretly. This Mr. Sun is quite kind-hearted. He is not afraid that His Highness will kick him.
But at his age, it is not appropriate for Your Highness to use force. If he really hurts him, who will treat him?
"Mr. Sun, they always say that old naughty boys are old naughty boys, but I think you are getting younger and younger as you get older."
Li Chengqian sighed, "No wonder the master is so healthy despite his advanced age. He is not much different from a man in his forties or fifties, and even better than that."
"A good attitude and a good mood lead to a good body."
Sun Simiao laughed and said, "Your Highness, thank you for your compliment."
"Common people are just able to eat and sleep."
"Being able to eat and sleep is a great blessing."
In this day and age, how many people can eat and sleep well?
"Mr. Sun."
Li Chengqian called out, "In a few days, I will petition His Majesty to open a Jishi Hall in the East Palace."
"You are the Grand Secretary of Jishiguan, and you will be in charge of all matters."
"All expenses of Jishiguan will be borne by the East Palace."
"You focus on medicine, gather the world's famous doctors, collect medical books from various schools, compile a medical canon, and compile it into a teaching material to be used for teaching medical students."
All conditions for the opening of Jishiguan are ripe.
He wasn't going to wait any longer.
Medicine, like education, only sees progress but not output, and it is difficult to see results in a short period of time.
Only with long-term persistence can results be achieved.
Training a medical student is extremely difficult.
Especially for Chinese medicine practitioners who rely on experience, it takes years and experience dealing with a large number of diseases before they can gradually form their own set of diagnostic methods.
“Your Highness…!”
Sun Simiao was moved. Every time he and Li Chengqian were fumigated with medicine, he could always hear the medical prospects that His Highness told him.
He suddenly realized that one person's strength is weak, while many people's strength is great.
The path he took in the past was to follow his original medical ethics and want to heal more people.
But looking back, his lifelong practice of medicine was just a drop in the bucket and a drop in the ocean facing millions of people in the world.
Only as Your Highness said, if we want everyone in the world to be able to be cured, have diseases that can be treated, and have medicines that can be used.
It depends on the power of the imperial court and the efforts of everyone to train more doctors.
“Jiseikun has a great responsibility.”
"In addition to compiling books and educating doctors, we must also innovate and find more ways to treat diseases."
Li Chengqian said patiently, "Four out of ten babies in the world die young, and it's not uncommon for pregnant women to give birth to two children at once."
"The Tang Dynasty is prosperous. Your Majesty will create a prosperous era that will never be seen in the past, present or future."
“Population is the most important thing.”
"Sir, after the Jishiguan opens, you must work hard on this aspect, how to reduce the premature death of children, how to avoid the situation of one corpse and two lives as much as possible."
In ancient times, the premature death of children was almost commonplace.
Even the royal family, princes, nobles, and wealthy families could not avoid this disaster.
The reasons for this are, one, war, another, poor living environment, and the most important one is medical problems.
Once a child is infected with a disease, it all depends on whether he has a strong fate.
You can fight life, but not death.
Smallpox is one of the biggest killers of infants and young children. Once an infant or young child is infected with smallpox, ordinary people have to give up with great pain, and even wealthy families are powerless to help.
Li Chengqian knew how to deal with smallpox.
That's cowpox.
However, whether cowpox can prevent smallpox is not something that can be believed just by talking about it.
As the crown prince of the empire, he cannot speak without permission.
All Li Chengqian could do was to guide the doctors little by little, allowing them to discover and obtain confirmation.
"I understand, and I will definitely live up to your expectations."
Sun Simiao said solemnly.
"These are just a few of them. There are many more. For example, how can we cure the festering wounds of soldiers? How can we effectively reduce the chances of infection and the like?"
Li Chengqian said: "Mr. Sun, Jishiguan has a heavy responsibility."
"I didn't want to let you take on this responsibility, but I was afraid that what I did would shorten your life."
"Your Highness."
Sun Simiao said hurriedly: "I have nothing to fear. I have lived long enough. Why would I want to shorten my life?"
"As long as it can benefit the people of the world, why should I care about my humble body?"
Li Chengqian had a complicated look on his face.
This is a very pure old man.
"Okay." "Just go ahead and do it. Even if the sky falls, I will hold it up for you."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
"No, it should be me, Your Majesty, and the people of the world who want to thank you."
Sun Simiao's old face flushed, as if he had been injected with chicken blood.
Li Chengqian really felt that it was a bit difficult for the old man, a man in his eighties, and still had to take on such a big responsibility.
But what can he do.
Who else can I look for?
While the medicine was still being fumigated, Li Chengqian chatted with Sun Simiao casually. When they talked about some places, Sun Simiao felt a little regretful and said, "It would be better if I had an attendant who could take notes."
"Haha." Li Chengqian couldn't help but laugh.
"Your Highness, please don't laugh at me. My memory is really not as good as it used to be." Sun Simiao shook his head.
"It doesn't matter."
Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "I'll arrange one for you. You should have someone to take care of your daily life."
"In the future, you should stop doing unnecessary things yourself and just focus on medicine."
"But I still want to remind you, sir, to eat and sleep on time and not to overwork yourself."
"You are a national treasure."
Sun Simiao stood there in a daze for a long time, not coming back to his senses. Only when Li Chengqian shouted that it was hot did he hurriedly move away.
"Mr. Sun, this is the first time you've burned me."
"Your Highness, I...was distracted for a moment."
"fine……."
He thought the old man was cute when he saw him distracted.
People of this era are really nice.
Just a few words from his mouth can make them fall in love with him.
Fortunately, he is the crown prince. If he was a big liar, he would have cheated people and sold them out for money.
At this time.
An eunuch came over, and Chang Sun rushed over to say a few words and then returned, whispering in Li Chengqian's ear:
"Your Highness, Pei Xingjian, Li Jingxuan and twenty other scholars are seeking an audience outside the palace."
Li Chengqian was surprised, "What are they doing here?"
Pei Xingjian and his men were selected as the ideological guides of the new army, and now they came to pay him a visit.
He had nothing to worry about.
Whether to see him or not depends entirely on his intention.
He was not afraid that Li Er would find out and cause any problems.
"It is said that I listened to His Highness's speech at the Chongjiao Hall that day, and I was filled with admiration and respect for him. I dared to ask to see the prince and listen to his teachings."
laugh!
Li Chengqian couldn't help but smile when he heard this.
They are just a group of scholars. No matter what, they have no qualifications or status to pay a visit to him, the prince.
The prince is someone that you scholars can pay a visit to whenever you want?
The East Palace is now a restaurant.
"Your Highness, do you want to see me or not?"
Chang Sun Chong asked in a low voice, "So many people standing outside the palace gate, it's a bit too eye-catching."
"How about I send them away?"
Li Chengqian raised his hand to stop them and said, "Tell them to come over at 3 pm tomorrow afternoon."
"Go do one more thing..."
He waved for Chang Sun Chong to come closer, and whispered a few instructions, saying, "Let's explain first..."
"Yes!"
Chang Sun Chong left quickly, and Li Chengqian's eyes became meaningful.
"Mr. Sun, what do you think of me giving these scholars a halo?"
"Halo?"
Sun Simiao was stunned and asked, "What halo? Is it good or bad?"
"It's good for the world."
Li Chengqian said ambiguously: "But for scholars, it may be both good and bad."
"Forehead……."
Sun Simiao shook his head. He was old and could not understand the thoughts of young people.
……
Outside the palace gate.
Twenty scholars, holding swords at their waists, stood in neat rows.
The person they imitated was the Jinyiwei who stood in front of the palace gate, wearing beautiful clothes.
"Will His Highness receive us?"
"Are we being a little rude by coming here to ask for an audience with the prince?"
"Everyone is here, and I've told them I want to see you. What's the point of regretting?"
"Right."
When a person walked out of the East Palace, they recognized him immediately. It was the Prince's steward, Chang Sun Chong, who was sitting next to the Prince on the podium at that time.
"My fellow scholars, the prince is not available today."
Chang Sun Chong's words disappointed Pei Xingjian and the others, "Come back tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m."
"what?"
Turn around.
His Highness wants to see them, but not today.
Pei Xingjian bowed hurriedly: "Thank you for telling me, I will definitely come to see you on time tomorrow!"
"it is good!"
"I'll take my leave."
As the scholar left, Chang Sun Chong also prepared to leave, but suddenly he saw a Jinyiwei standing there who looked familiar.
"Okay."
"It turned out to be that bastard Cheng Chubi."
He deliberately moved closer to Cheng Chubi, walked inside next to him, and snorted arrogantly as he passed by.
(End of this chapter)