Brothers and sisters Liu Wei and Liu Xin have been living in Jianxinzhai since the conflict between Gao Qingshi and Ling Yunyi that day.
The highly pragmatic Jianxinzhai Villa has been expanded on a large scale before. Now the Liu brothers and sisters do not live in the Shouxin Building, the new main building of Jianxinzhai, but in an exquisite guest house by the Jingcui Lake southeast of the original Jianxinzhai. hospital.
In the previous expansion of Jianxinzhai, due to Biyun Temple in the north and Xiangshan Temple in the south, the expansion in the north-south direction was relatively limited. Therefore, Gao Pragmatic basically used Jianxinzhai and Spectacle Lake as the northern boundary to the east and south. expansion. In terms of the scope of future generations, it will probably extend to Yuhua Villa in the west, Xiangshan Hotel and Cuiwei Pavilion in the south, and the eastward expansion will be even larger, all the way to the Xiangshan Police Station area.
The current layout of Jian Xin Zhai Villa is that the mountain landscape garden is to the west, and the school and Dingying are to the east. Adding up the east and west sides, it covers an area of more than 1,400 acres.
Needless to say, there are mountain views and gardens. There are not many famous gardens among the wealthy families these days. They are embarrassed to talk to others. Although Gao Pragmatic does not intend to compare with the Wei Guogong Mansion in Nanjing, it is still close to the capital. He needed to maintain a facade, so he began to expand Jianshinzhai a few years ago, especially the west side, which he used as a garden.
The eastern part reaches the foot of the mountain. The advantage of the foot of the mountain is that it is flat, so it was used to build schools and "barracks." Of course, the barracks cannot really be called a barracks. It can only be the servants' dormitories plus a martial arts arena, weapons depot, etc. This needs no further introduction. In short, in terms of the scale of the building alone, more than three thousand guard servants can be permanently stationed here. If there is an emergency, It’s not a problem to live with five or six thousand people.
Of course, the actual number of people stationed here by Gao Jingjing is only 500 at most. No matter how many more people are there, he is afraid of causing unnecessary trouble. After all, this is the outskirts of the capital, and it is definitely not as good as his military force at the three major factories in Kaiping. Banker Ding scale.
Five hundred people will be no problem. Among the top nobles in the capital, which family can't always recruit more than five hundred people to serve as servants? The Gao Pragmatic family is not lacking. What's more, even if he doesn't have an official position at the moment, he is definitely in the eyes of the world. It was a civil service system. The characteristic of the Ming Dynasty was that civil servants were generally not suspected of evil intentions.
The barracks are not worth mentioning, but the school is worth mentioning. Although it was given the unflattering name of "Jinghua Craftsman School" by Gao Jingshi, this school was actually built with great care by Gao Jingshi, and its thinking was similar to that of later university towns.
Mathematics, mining, iron smelting, carpentry, and medicine are the five major categories. Except for mathematics, which seems to be more theoretical, the other four are typical practical subjects. Even in mathematics, a large part of the courses actually teach practical mathematics. Not to mention business accounting and the like, which often give people a headache in later generations. Mathematical application problems are also routine operations.
In addition to the teaching area, each category also has a practice area. This is actually the meaning of the title. Otherwise, how to teach woodworking cannot just talk without practicing.
However, the most interesting practice area is medicine, because the medicine practice area is divided into two areas. A medicine hall was built near the school area, and its name was a direct copycat of Tongrentang. The clinic's chief physician is Li Shizhen, who just finished writing the Compendium of Materia Medica last year. He is also the head of the medical department of the Jinghua Craftsman School.
He specializes in treating serious illnesses near the school district, and for internships with minor illnesses, he has to go to the capital. Gao pragmatically opened three "Jinghua Tongrentang" in the capital, one in the east and west of Beicheng, and one in Nancheng. They not only sell medicine but also treat diseases, and also take care of students. Internship in class. Although traditional Chinese medicine clinics have always relied on seniority, Tongrentang has gradually gained fame because of Li Shizhen's leadership and the golden name of "Jinghua".
Brother and sister Liu Wei came down from the guest house by Jingcui Lake today to visit the medical department of Jinghua Craftsman School.
"The so-called causes of disease are divided into two categories: yin and yang in the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic. Those born in yang are affected by wind, rain, cold and heat. Those born in yin are affected by diet, residence, yin and yang, joy and anger. Zhang Zhongjing in the Han Dynasty wrote in the Synopsis of the Golden Chamber, The causes of disease are divided into three categories. The evils in the meridians enter the internal organs, which are caused internally by the limbs and nine orifices, blood vessels are passed down and blocked, and the external skin is injured by chambers, golden blades, insects and beasts. Chen, a famous doctor in the Song Dynasty Wu Ze proposed another theory of three causes: external cause, internal cause, and no internal cause.
I divide the causes into four categories. One is exogenous causes, including six evils, wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, fire, and malaise. The second reason is internal injuries, including the seven emotions, joy, anger, worry, sadness, fear, improper diet, and excessive work and rest. The third is secondary causes including phlegm, blood stasis, and stones. The four other causes include trauma, parasitism, fetal transmission, various poisons, and medical failure. "
The person teaching on the stage was none other than Li Shizhen, who became famous for his work on Compendium of Materia Medica. His courtesy name was Dongbi and his nickname was Binhu. He is from Qizhou, Hubei. During the Jiajing ten years, he was a scholar, but because he failed three provincial examinations, he decided to inherit his father's business and explore medicine. The compilation of Compendium of Materia Medica began in the 31st year of Jiajing and was completed in the sixth year of Wanli. The book has about 20,000 words, 52 volumes, 1892 kinds of medicines, 374 new kinds of medicines, and more than 1 pictures. It can be said to be an unprecedented masterpiece of traditional Chinese medicine.
Moreover, Li Shizhen was by no means only knowledgeable about medicine. In addition to his representative work, Compendium of Materia Medica, he also authored ten works such as Examination of the Eight Meridians, Binhu Pulsology, and Theory of the Five Internal Organs. He was truly a master of medicine.
Brother Liu and his sister studied carefully outside and found that there were about seventy or eighty students in Li Shizhen's class. They were all listening and taking notes. However, their records were very strange. They were not using brushes, but a kind of black brush. of tubes.
Both the Liu brothers were good at shooting, and their eyesight was naturally very good. When they looked at it carefully, they felt that this object seemed to be somewhat similar to charcoal. In fact, what these students are holding are Gao Jingshi's "Ming" charcoal pencils. The weapons atlas that Gao Jingshi gave to Qi Jiguang was also drawn with charcoal. Gao Jingshi only learned a little rough sketching in an interest class in elementary school. He used a brush to draw pictures, which was a bit embarrassing.
Neither Liu Wei nor Liu Xin understood much about the courses in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, but they could see from the huge and neat school building that Gao Pragmatic paid much more attention to medicine than they imagined.
"Xin'er, what do you think?" Liu Wei asked.
Liu Xin thought about it and said, "Mr. Gao has spent so much effort to build such a large school and recruit famous doctors from all over the world to come to study and teach with each other. I always feel that he is not just for Tong Ren Tang's business."
Liu Wei waved his hand and said, "What he is doing is not important. What I want to ask is, can he really make a lot of money if our Baobao Life Renewal is distributed to him? Although his Tongrentang is already well-known in the capital, But after all, there are only three shops in total, how many medicines can be sold in a year?"
"Brother is worried about this." Liu Xin shook her head and said with a smile, "I guess Mr. Gao doesn't pay much attention to the private market for the medicine Baibao Xuanming Powder. His focus should be on the border army."
