"You look at me strangely."
In the carriage, Fang Chongyong noticed that Anaye's eyes seemed to be filled with scrutiny and hesitation.
"Well, my father told me yesterday that I can't inherit the medical clinic. The most I can do is open a pharmacy in the future."
Anaye said a little dejectedly.
At first glance, there may not seem to be much difference between a medical clinic and a drug store, but there is more to it than can be described in just a few words. From a medical clinic to a drug store, it could almost be regarded as a decline in social class in the Tang Dynasty.
"If it were so easy to open a medical clinic, people who come to your home to propose marriage must have already crossed the threshold. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have both people and money?"
Fang Chongyong said slowly.
A poor boy fell in love with the daughter of a medical officer. After studying medicine, he married a beautiful woman. Then he opened his own medical clinic and became a royal doctor, bala bala.
Such a story, just think about it, it is impossible to happen these days.
The prosperous Tang Dynasty was prosperous, but the invisible barriers and ceilings between social classes were also visible and ubiquitous.
To open a medical clinic, you must have a "business license." To have a business license, you must take the "medical department" of the imperial examination, or the professional examination of the Imperial Medical Office.
At the very least, you must have studied in the Imperial College and have a certain professional background, such as someone who has been practicing medicine for generations in your family, to be able to get a business license.
These are invisible social thresholds and one of the guarantees of medical officers’ social status. This is a powerful force rooted in society. It cannot be broken by just anyone. Even Ji Ge's imperial edict is of little use.
Anaye was stunned when he heard this, as if he remembered something, and then smiled bitterly and said: "You are good at everything, but you are too direct when speaking."
She knew from an early age that her face was stunningly beautiful. But the strange thing is that even though her father is a medical officer and has a high social status, no one comes to the house to propose marriage.
Thinking about it now, the man who married her could only be a military householder, and her father would definitely look down on him. No matter who it is, as long as they do not have a "license" as a medical officer, they will not be able to inherit this medical center. If the medical center is downgraded to a "pharmacy shop" in the future, it will also fall down from the current social class.
Being a good match is a very real issue in marriage. Anaye's situation is that her father doesn't like the people who want to marry her, and the people his father likes will not marry a girl with the blood of the Orchid from the Western Regions as his wife.
"I treated military envoy Xin's wounds. He is already the youngest envoy in Hexi, and he is almost 30 years old now.
How old are you this year? How can you be the deputy military envoy? "
Anaye asked curiously.
"Actually, I am also the Qianniuwei General of the imperial court and a member of the state army, acting as the envoy of the Baiting Army. I don't even know how many official positions I have now."
Fang Chongyong sighed helplessly.
For him, the official position in name only means receiving salary. Official positions with official status are even more serious, each one is extremely troublesome.
For example, the deputy military envoy of the Baiting Army became a petty official who did not do anything. In order to build a good relationship with those people, he had to solve some practical problems for them. Running from Baitinghai to Liangzhou City, my inner thighs were bruised and bruised.
"Looking at you, I think being an official is quite easy."
Anaye couldn't help but sigh.
I heard that the child in front of her was one year younger than her and was already holding multiple jobs.
"Don't mention it anymore, it's all useless."
Fang Chungyong waved his hand, not wanting to tell Anaye that his father was Fang Youde, the governor of Youzhou. Everything he has now is all because of his father. Without his scumbag father, he is nothing now.
"that……"
Anaye hesitated to speak.
"Um?"
Fang Chongyong found that Anaye talked a lot today.
"I want to go to Chang'an and study medicine."
Anaye gritted her teeth and said.
"The doctors in the Tang Dynasty can basically be divided into three categories: those who are clearly doctors, those who only write books and titles, and those who are familiar with medical theory but do not practice medicine. Only the first type of these three can directly practice medicine.
But in any case, it is necessary to obtain official recognition. Without a government license, it is almost impossible to escape all kinds of troublesome entanglements.
Places where you can learn medical skills in Chang'an include the Imperial Medical Office under Taichang Temple, the Shang Yao Bureau under the Dianzhong Province, and the Medicine Storehouse under the Prince's East Palace. The first one does not recruit female medical officers, and although the latter two recruit female medical officers, they are basically for palace service and are not allowed to marry for life.
If you are admitted to school, you will be guarded by palace eunuchs and treated like slaves in the palace.
Of course, a female medical officer does not rule out being attracted by a saint or a noble from the palace, and directly becomes a concubine or something. Then his identity will change and he will no longer be a medical officer. In short, once you step inside, there is almost no possibility of leaving the palace.
This road is very narrow and difficult to walk. Have you really thought about it? "
After Fang Chongyong finished speaking, he saw Anaye's pretty face turning red and white, her long brown hair trembling, and her watery blue eyes full of fear.
When a woman learns medical skills, she specializes in treating the ladies in the palace, or even becomes a concubine directly after being attracted by her?
Anaye actually just wanted to inherit her father's medical clinic. Before she got on the carriage today, she wanted to go to Chang'an to study and return, and get a "license" from the medical clinic to practice medicine in Liangzhou City.
She didn't expect that this road would be a dead end, at least not the one she wanted to take.
What Anaye didn't know was that Liangzhou Prefecture could actually issue medical licenses, but the difficulty was not who would issue the licenses, but the "diploma" of the doctors themselves.
This is the common interest of the entire medical class, and no one is willing to open this back door.
If you want to open a medical clinic, you must have a diploma. There is no rationality in itself. It is just to prevent some people from entering this industry. It is such a simple and straightforward truth.
"It's so complicated over there in Chang'an."
Anaye sighed with some fear.
After getting along with him, she felt that Fang Chongyong was really a good person. He didn't have the airs of those powerful men. If she had any questions, he would always answer them.
It’s completely impossible to tell that Fang Chongyong is already an official with considerable power!
"Actually, it's not that there is no way. It's just that I can't use this method."
Fang Chongyong said slowly.
"any solution?"
Anaye grabbed Fang Chongyong's hand excitedly and held on tightly.
"That is, you become a Taoist priest and then practice medicine as a Taoist doctor."
Fang Zhongyong calmly took his hand out of the opponent's slightly rough palm.
“To put it simply, this matter can be divided into three steps.
The first step is to enter the Imperial Medical Office as a male to learn medical skills. There are many classics there, and there are also many female relatives of bureaucrats studying there. They can study and live in the Imperial Medical Office schools, but they can't graduate.
In the second step, after completing your studies, you are dropped out of school and then become a female Taoist priest.
The third step is to find a noble person for you and let her be your guarantee to vindicate your medical skills. Then you can get the Taoist doctor's qualification certificate and open a medical clinic. "
The method he mentioned is actually the path taken by many daughters of bureaucrats. These "female doctors" often serve the female relatives of the bureaucratic class. There are only a handful of people who actually open medical clinics and make themselves known outside.
"The problem now is that I can't find that kind of noble person."
Fang Chongyong spread his hands to Anaye and said.
"At least it's much better than entering the palace directly."
Anaye breathed a sigh of relief and said that she felt that the method mentioned by Fang Chongyong was quite reliable.
"Chang'an... is not a place for people like you. I think it's like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den."
Fang Chongyong sighed and continued to ask: "Why are you so determined to go to Chang'an?"
"Because my mother is in Chang'an. She was attracted by a powerful man and went to Chang'an with him, so I must go to Chang'an to see what good things there are there! It's worth her abandoning us!"
Anaye said through gritted teeth.
A woman is attracted and taken away directly... This seems to be in line with the behavior of the powerful people in Chang'an. From Brother Ji to Wuling Nianshao, everyone seems to like this one.
Of course Anaye, the child, did not understand her mother's suffering back then. Orders from powerful people were not something that a border town medical officer could refuse.
Maybe my husband is currently guilty of something, which is too miserable.
Fang Zhongyong felt sad and couldn't bear to tell Anaye these speculations.
"Your mother has a new life, so don't bother her."
Fang Chongyong comforted Anaye and said.
Unexpectedly, Anaye had spoken to him kindly and heartily along the way, even telling Fang Chongyong what flowers and colors she liked. As a result, after hearing these words, he stopped talking. He was silent on the way to Baitinghai and never put on a good face.
…
After the Battle of Dafeichuan, in order to prevent the Tang army from entering Menyuan from the Hexi Corridor, Tubo built a city and sent troops to guard the important pass at Laohugou Pass, and built the ancient city of Jinbatai here. The specific time was the third year of Xianheng (AD 673), and Tubo named it "New City".
After that, the Tang army in Hexi was in a comprehensive strategic passive situation. As long as the Tubo army wanted to, they could rush into the Dadou Valley from a high position at any time and cut off the Hexi Corridor. From this, the Hexi Jiedu Mansion, Anxi Protectorate Mansion, and Beiting Protectorate Mansion of the Tang Dynasty could be contained, with a total of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses!
The area south of Tubo New City has become one of the origins of its war. If it is not captured here, the Tang army in Hexi will have to garrison its troops on the Liangzhou line and will no longer be able to support the Western Regions.
Therefore, Cui Xiyi chose this as the first stop to break the situation.
The armies in Hexi selected 3,000 young and strong warriors under the age of twenty to form an independent army, led by Wang Zhongsi, the envoy of the Chishui Army.
There were also ten medical officers accompanying the army, who prepared a prescription using rhodiola rosea, a common medicinal material in Tibet, and a small amount of Codonopsis pilosula, yam, and astragalus to meet the urgent needs of the army! Solomabu was used exclusively by Zampu and senior officers in the Tibetan army for their daily marches. The Tang army had already received the information, but they didn't know why, so they didn't pay much attention to it.
After Fang Chongyong proposed the theory of yang qi, the Hexi Jiedu Prefecture urgently purchased a batch of solomabu and formulated corresponding prescriptions for "lung deficiency syndrome" to deal with special situations during the march.
In order to reduce the burden on the body, the Tang army did not wear iron armor on this trip, but replaced it with light leather armor. One man and two horses to ensure horse power.
The altitude of the Hexi Corridor (not the mountains) is about one thousand meters, while the altitude of Tubo New City is between 3,500 and 4,000 meters.
After three days of rapid march, Wang Zhongsi finally arrived at the entrance of Laohugou.
At this moment, the mountains and plains are covered with wildflowers. On both sides of the sloping and winding road, there are hills of different shapes with twists and turns.
Each mountain is not high, but the overall slope is upward. The terrain here can be described as open and complex. Tubo New City stands on a flat ledge, on a hill not far away. From a distance, the low city wall seems to be only as thick as a fingernail.
The city is a small city, but the terrain is too high, making it difficult to attack.
Wang Zhongsi squinted his eyes and looked at the Tubo New City on the ledge of a nearby hill. He was wondering whether to rush up on horseback or let his soldiers climb up the mountain.
The terrain of the grassland and the official road are completely different. Although the ground looks "flat", the actual march is completely different.
Horses can walk on flat ground on the grassland, but people can easily fall down when running on the grassland, and they can feel the potholes everywhere.
The terrain here in Tubo New City is open, guarding this wide and winding traffic "main road", so the Tibetan soldiers cannot hide. The Tubo defenders are not blind, and there will definitely be a tough battle.
The only difference lies in when Tang Jun should take action!
"The envoy of the king's army can use the strategy of suspecting the enemy. At night, he will send a hundred people holding gongs and drums to make noise in front of the new city. When the enemy troops leave the city, we will retreat immediately. The Tubo people do not know the enemy's situation and will certainly not dare to pursue.
This happened for three consecutive days, leaving the Tibetan people unable to sleep peacefully.
If they dare to pursue them later, our ambush will kill them all in one fell swoop.
If they don't pursue us, we will attack the city during the day in three days. The Tubo people are used to dealing with our harassment at night, and they will be in low spirits during the day, but they can be defeated in one battle! "
Cui Qianyou, who was beside Wang Zhongsi, suggested in a low voice. This expedition was strongly recommended by Kang Taihe, so Cui Qianyou also joined the team as a tenth general, in charge of a team of 500 people.
Cui Qianyou regards it as the only channel for promotion!
After listening to the other party's suggestion, Wang Zhongsi remained silent and made his attitude clear without expressing any objection.
Cui Qianyou was secretly happy, and then continued to suggest: "Envoy Wang, we can graze half of the horses in the mountains during the day and exchange them the next day.
Let the Tibetan defenders be arrogant and look down on us. If we could lure them out of the city to seize horses, all the trouble would be saved. "
"Okay, you will handle the night raid in person. I will arrange the other matters."
Wang Zhongsi nodded slightly and said that he had adopted Cui Qianyou's suggestion.
"If you get the order, the general will definitely do it!"
Cui Qianyou excitedly raised his hands and saluted.
Ever since Hebei was dismissed from the military by Fang Youde without reason, Cui Qianyou thought he would be like this for the rest of his life, but he didn't expect that things would turn around!
Making great achievements is just around the corner!
…
"what is this?"
Fang Chongyong asked Anaye, pointing to a bare bush.
"Isn't this just wolfberry? You don't know everything, why are you still asking me?"
Anaye said angrily. Fang Chongyong's good temper also made her speak without any scruples.
"Hey, I was just joking. Of course I know that one is wolfberry."
Fang Chongyong smiled awkwardly, waved his hand, pointed at a completely unfamiliar plant not far away and said, "What about this one?"
"This is fennel. It can be used in cooking and medicine, but it can't be used as a big medicine."
Anaye also put away her temper and began to explain very professionally.
For a child who works in a medical clinic all day long, practicing medicine and asking for medicine is her whole life, at least most of it.
"Fennel."
Fang Chongyong was silent.
This thing works, but it won't sell for a lot of money. It has the same properties as wolfberry.
"Let's go and look elsewhere."
Fang Zhongyong turned around to leave, but Anaye suddenly grabbed his sleeve.
"The medicines here, and even the medicines in the whole Hexi area, are not sold at a reasonable price. I have been taking medicines since I was a few years old. I know best what medicines cost, so don't waste your efforts."
Anaye begged Fang Chongyong and continued: "Your legs are better, why don't you take more rest and do something that is impossible to achieve?"
"Medicines and prescriptions are two different things. If you go to Chang'an to study medicine in the future, this will be your first lesson. Only medical officers who can prescribe prescriptions will be respected. If you just prescribe and take medicine, then you will only Being able to work hard at the bottom of this industry.
I will let you know right away what it means to be worth a thousand pieces of gold.
Teach you for free, no charge. "
Fang Chongyong waved his hand to Anaye and walked forward on his own.
Anaye looked at his back and suddenly felt that this half-grown child was so unpredictable and unfathomable to the extreme.
(End of chapter)
