OBS Chapter 321: Being a Royal Physician Has Some Benefits
Chapter 321: Being a Royal Physician Has Some Benefits
"Later, he was invited by the King of Chu in Wuchang to be the chief priest of the royal palace, and also to be in charge of the affairs of the Good Doctor's Office.
In the 35th year of the Jiajing reign, you, Mr. Li Shizhen, were recommended to work in the Imperial Medical Service.
He became an imperial physician just like your father.
The position of judge of Imperial Medical Bureau.
Three years later, he was recommended to go to Beijing to serve as the judge of the Imperial Medical Bureau.
But you didn't work there for long. After just one year, you, Mr. Li Shizhen, resigned and went home.
Maybe he felt that being an imperial physician was too troublesome and without freedom," Li Wu guessed. Although many doctors wanted to be imperial physicians, it was at least much better than being a common doctor.
However, there are also many doctors who do not want to be imperial physicians as the risks are quite high and they have to live in a humiliating manner every day.
Many people in front of the sky curtain have already gotten used to it. These miracle doctors all have their own personalities.
At least the great doctor Li Shizhen was willing to be the imperial physician, unlike the great doctor Sun Simiao, who directly refused.
Li Shizhen smiled bitterly and said, "It is true, and I can't see patients every day." To see patients, one must see more and learn more, but working in the Imperial Hospital is a bit more leisurely, but it is not what he wants.
Hua Tuo and others could understand Li Shizhen's idea. They all didn't like staying in one place to treat patients.
Sometimes they travel around and treat patients everywhere, which is what they want.
In short, I am confined to one place, have no freedom, and cannot treat the people. This is something I don’t like.
"But being an imperial physician will also be beneficial to you, Senior Li Shizhen." Li Wu raised her head proudly.
Li Shizhen nodded. "That's true. It does have many benefits."
Several pairs of eyes looked at Li Shizhen. What are the benefits of being an imperial physician?
"You seniors, you don't understand, right? Where does the imperial physician live? In the imperial palace, he treats the nobles.
The royal family must have a lot of medicinal herbs, including many rare ones.
There are also many rare and rich classics that are not available anywhere else, so it is still beneficial.
Being an imperial physician gives me the opportunity to read ancient books and see many medicinal specimens that I can't normally see. Isn't that a good thing?"
Hearing what the immortal said, the eyes of several miracle doctors suddenly lit up. Yes, they almost forgot about it.
Although they don't have freedom, there are other things they want to see, such as precious herbs and classics.
Many precious herbs and other things are only available to the royal family, and ordinary people like them cannot see them.
As for collections, they are even more inaccessible.
"Does the royal family have these? If I can be a royal physician for a few months, that's not impossible," Sun Simiao said. Of course, his goal was not to be a royal physician, and he also read herbal medicine and classics.
Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing and Dong Feng looked at each other. They didn't want to be imperial physicians. After all, the emperor at that time was just a puppet.
Especially Hua Tuo, he didn't want to be with Cao Cao anymore.
The little immortal said that Cao Cao treated him like that later, and Hua Tuo didn't know what to say to Cao Cao. He definitely had some resentment, but he didn't dare to do anything. After all, they were of different statuses. Although he was known as a miracle doctor, he couldn't offend princes and nobles casually.
In front of the sky curtain, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty laughed when he heard what Sun Simiao said. "If the King of Medicine is willing to be the imperial physician, he can work for a few months and read the royal collection of books at will." Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty was generous.
Although those classics are indeed precious, they are not impossible to read.
If the Medicine King is willing, he will show it to the other party. The classics inside should be helpful to the Medicine King.
In the barrage, many emperors and nobles also said that if the miracle doctors were willing, they could read the classics at will.
Every noble family has a few collections.
However, many doctors' eyes were rolling around, they thought of something, and felt a little envious, they also wanted to see it.
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"Senior Sun Simiao, if you want to work as an imperial physician for a few months, I think Emperor Wen of Sui, Emperor Taizong of Tang, or Emperor Gaozong of Tang would all be very welcoming," said Li Wu.
The few people whose names were called also nodded, which was a natural welcome.
"Hahaha, this, I'm still considering it, still considering it," Sun Simiao covered himself with a smile. He just said that. If he really became an imperial physician, what if the emperor was unwilling to let him go?
He doesn't want to be a royal physician forever.
"I will continue to talk about Senior Li Shizhen.
After you, Senior Li Shizhen, resigned from your official position and returned to your hometown, you established your own hall name, Dongbi Hall. The two words "Dongbi" are your courtesy name, Li Shizhen. You used your own courtesy name as the hall name.
You started writing this "Compendium of Materia Medica" when you were still working as an imperial physician.
Why did you want to write such a medical book? It is because Senior Li Shizhen discovered that in the process of practicing medicine and reading classics for decades.
I found that there were many errors in this ancient herbal book, so I decided to edit a new herbal book myself."
"This, I have also discovered, there are indeed many mistakes. It should be when it was copied later, and many of the preserved collections are incomplete," Sun Simiao said. There are missing parts, and there are also many unclear handwritings, so many words were written by guesswork.
"It's hard for you, the descendant of Li Shizhen. It's not easy to compile a medical book," Hua Tuo sighed. He spent many years compiling it. Such perseverance is something that everyone would praise.
Therefore, it is only normal that Li Shizhen’s descendants will be remembered by later generations.
"I just want to do what I want to do," Li Shizhen smiled. He didn't think too much about writing medical books. He just did what he could. He had never thought that the medical books he wrote would be so famous.
"Senior Li Shizhen, you have done a good thing. This will make it much easier for those who study medicine in the future.
In order to write "Compendium of Materia Medica", Mr. Li Shizhen used "Zhenglei Bencao" as a blueprint, referred to more than 8,000 books, and even left home for field trips many times.
I have been to many places including Huguang and Jiangxi, and visited many famous mountains, and figured out many difficult and complicated problems.
This doesn't mean that you can just write it casually. You have to travel to many places and ask many people. Senior Li Shizhen, your perseverance is really strong. If it were someone else, they might have given up. Who would be willing to write a medical book and spend 27 years writing it?" Li Wu shook his head. It took 27 years to finish it. During this period, Senior Li Shizhen never thought of giving up. If there was something he didn't understand, he would go out to find the answer.
It was because of Mr. Li Shizhen’s persistence that he was able to write such a masterpiece.
"Young Master Li Shizhen, you are amazing."
"We, the younger generation of Li Shizhen, should learn from you."
"I also want to write a medical book," said Dong Feng. He was the only one among them who had not written a medical book. Would this book be acceptable?
No, he has to write too.
"Senior Dong Feng, you will definitely have your own medical book."
"Young Master Dong Feng, although this medical book is not easy to write, if you write it, it will naturally be much easier than others."