"The doctors have issued an announcement that they will purchase large quantities of kelp and seaweed!"
Suddenly, a piece of news came, alarming the people along the coast.
"Kelp, seaweed! Why do you need these things? These things are everywhere in the sea and are not valuable at all!" A group of sea people said in confusion. There are so many of these two things in the sea, they are not valuable at all and they are not delicious.
"I heard that doctors have found the cause of big neck disease. It is like septicemia due to lack of edible vegetables. It can be prevented and treated by taking seafood. Among seafood, the cheapest is kelp and seaweed, so it is favored by doctors." There is news. The wise man replied.
Although eating seafood can also prevent big neck disease, seafood is expensive and not everyone can afford it. Cheap and large quantities of kelp have become the first choice of doctors to prevent and treat big neck disease.
"Seriously?" Everyone was suddenly shocked.
"It should be so. I live by the sea. In the coastal areas, there is indeed no big neck disease. It is only in the mountainous areas." Some people in the coastal areas vowed.
"There are many gall diseases in mountainous areas, and they also occur in other plains. It only does not exist along the coast. There are nearly 10 million people in the Song Dynasty. In other words, only a small part of them do not need to eat kelp. This will create a huge market. !" A merchant exclaimed.
The merchants were immediately excited. Kelp and seaweed were cheap on the seaside and produced in huge quantities. Once transported to the mainland of the Song Dynasty, they could be used for regular cooking and prevent gall disease, so they would definitely be extremely popular.
At the moment, countless businessmen took notice of the news and began to order large quantities of kelp, seaweed and other seafood products from the seaside. Some even directly hired seafarers to pick kelp and seaweed, and then sold them to the mainland, which was in short supply.
More astute businessmen know that seaweed and kelp do not taste good, and those rich people are definitely not willing to eat more. Since seafood can prevent diseases, wouldn’t seafood and fish with better taste not only taste good, but also prevent gall disease? , once we supply sea goods to the cities of the Song Dynasty, it will definitely be a huge source of wealth.
At present, a group of businessmen immediately ordered marine fish and seafood from fishermen. A large number of fishermen went to sea to fish, and they could earn a lot of money every time they received goods.
"Doctors are really the benefactors of the sea people. They first proposed opening up the Maritime Silk Road so that maritime merchants could go to sea to make money, and those who did not want to go to sea could also benefit from fishing for seafood." The doctors of the generation of sea people along the coast are all grateful.
The coastal areas during the Song Dynasty were not as wealthy as later generations. Most of them were barren lands. Coupled with frequent storm disasters, life was extremely difficult.
Fan Zheng proposed opening up the Maritime Silk Road, which provided many opportunities to make money along the coast, but could only benefit a small number of people. Now it has been discovered that seafood can prevent and cure big neck disease, which is enough to provide food and clothing for most sea dwellers.
Under the promotion of doctors, a large amount of marine products spread throughout the cities of the Song Dynasty, arousing the favor of the people.
After all, salt is very expensive in this era, and most seafood is salty. It can not only supplement salt, but also prevent big neck disease, so why not do it.
In mountainous areas where galls are common, the doctor Yizhuang took decisive action and donated a large amount of kelp to areas severely affected by galls to ensure that children and gall patients could eat it first.
Soon, the effects of eating large amounts of kelp came back.
"Brother Fan's medical prescription is correct! After the patient ate kelp, his gall symptoms improved significantly, and the incidence rate of gall patients in the hardest-hit areas dropped significantly!" Yang Jie was overjoyed when he received feedback from doctors from other places.
According to feedback from doctors in other places, severe patients taking kelp can control their symptoms, although it cannot cure them. Mild patients can almost recover by taking kelp, while new patients with big neck disease, which occurs frequently every month, have disappeared.
"The doctors have conquered another difficult disease!" Su Dun said proudly.
Fan Zheng nodded solemnly. The three of them conquered the cause of the gall disease. It was not just as simple as curing a disease, but had a more important meaning.
At that time, the three of them were young and frivolous, so they went directly to the Imperial Medical Bureau to play with the gooseneck bottle experiment, which made the then Imperial Physician Ling Chao Yuan lose face.
Although they later proved their medical skills, their actions at that time were still criticized by many senior doctors.
Now the three of them have once again overcome the difficult and complicated diseases in the causes and symptoms of the disease, which is enough to prove that it was the right move for them to quit the gym in the first place.
When the medical prescription that kelp can prevent and treat galls came to Taiyuan Hospital, many veteran doctors were silent.
The memory of Fan Zheng's dismissal from the imperial medical bureau is still vivid in his mind, which still makes many traditional and stubborn old doctors still brood.
Even if Fan Zheng becomes an imperial physician in the future, is promoted to the position of Imperial Physician, and takes charge of the entire medical family, many senior doctors still think that Fan Zheng is just relying on the favor of the official Chongxin and Qian Yi, and they don't take it seriously at all.
But now Fan Zheng and the others once again found difficult and complicated diseases from "Treatise on the Causes and Symptoms of Diseases" and cured them, benefiting millions of people in the Song Dynasty. This time they truly conquered those stubborn old doctors.
Three hundred miles south of Kaifeng, Xihua County.
Xihua County is Chao Yuan's ancestral home. Since Chao Yuan was dismissed from office, he returned directly to his hometown of Xihua.
According to past management, if an imperial doctor resigns and returns home, he will definitely be treated with courtesy by all parties, and he may even open his own medical hall and become a miracle doctor.
For example, Zhao Taicheng resigned from the position of imperial physician and opened a medical hall in Kaifeng City. Not only was he famous in Kaifeng, but he also built a house with three entrances and three exits in Kaifeng City, which had a lot of money.
However, Chao Yuan was completely different. Not only could he not stay in Kaifeng City, it was extremely difficult for him to survive in larger cities, because the doctors reformed and established large hospitals in major cities, which were not only cheap but also had superb medical skills.
A single person's medical skills, even a famous doctor, cannot compete with the hospital, not to mention that Chao Yuan failed to compete with Fan Zheng in medical skills and was dismissed by the court. His reputation has been greatly damaged.
Therefore, after Chao Yuan returned to his hometown, although there were people who came here because of his reputation, the treatment he received was completely different from that of previous imperial physicians. How could Chao Yuan not hold a grudge?
"Grandpa, there is news from the doctors that Fan Zheng has found the cause of the gall disease!" Suddenly Chao Yuan's grandson came in a hurry and reported to him.
"Gall disease?" Chao Yuan was suddenly shocked. Regardless of his staggering steps, he struggled to get up and picked up the ancestral treatise on the causes and symptoms of diseases from the bookshelf.
"Galls are caused by the Qi knots of worry and anger. It is also said to be caused by drinking sand and water. The sand enters the pulse with the Qi and pulses under the neck." Chao Yuan picked up the records of galls in various theories on the causes and symptoms of the disease.
"The doctors came with news that Fan Zheng, the evil doctor, got his inspiration from the lack of green vegetables at sea and the susceptibility to septicemia. He believed that people with galls in mountainous areas did drink sand and water because the valleys were high and the water flowed to lower places, destroying the lives in the mountains. The required substances flow into the sea, which leads to the current situation of many gall diseases in mountainous areas and few gall diseases on the seashore. Due to the accumulation of water flow over time, the sea eventually accumulates a large amount of substances needed by the body, and eating kelp can just supplement the needs of the human body. Material." Chao Yuan's grandson sighed.
"That's it, that's it!" Chao Yuan couldn't help but muttered to himself as he looked at the records on the causes and symptoms of various diseases and compared them with Fan Zheng's arguments.
No wonder Fan Zheng looked down on the theories on the causes and symptoms of diseases. The theories on the causes and symptoms of diseases seemed to be similar to Fan Zheng's reasoning, and they all found the key to gall disease, which was drinking sand and water.
However, various theories on the causes and symptoms of diseases attribute more of the causes of diseases to the theory of luck, while ignoring its essence. In fact, they are completely opposite. From this point of view, the Chao family's defeat is not unjust.
"Grandpa!" The direct grandson of the Chao family looked at Chao Yuan worriedly.
Chao Yuan looked at his grandson with a kind face and said: "Grandpa knows that you admire the evil doctor Fan Zheng very much, but you try to hide it because of grandpa's face. Now it has been proved that the Chao family's ancestral medical skills have fallen behind, and you still have a bright future. , don’t stick to this, pack your bags now, go to Kaifeng City, join the Imperial Medical Bureau, and learn more advanced medical skills.”
"grandfather!"
The direct grandson of the Chao family was shocked and looked at Chao Yuan in disbelief.
Chao Yuan has always been extremely stubborn, clinging to the Chao family's ancestral medical books and ignoring the ever-changing medical skills of the Song Dynasty, making the Chao family's influence weaker and weaker.
Now Chao Yuan took the initiative to ask him to go to the Imperial Medical Bureau to learn the traditional Chinese medicine skills led by Fan Zheng. Wouldn't it be like giving up on his own initiative?
"Go!"
Chao Yuan waved his hand, picked up the ancestral "Treatise on the Causes and Symptoms of Diseases" and disappeared into the study in a lonely manner.
As Chao Yuan took the initiative to retire, the direct grandson of the Chao family took the initiative to study at the Imperial Medical Bureau, and the "luck theory" that had been so prominent among doctors finally came to an end.
Doctors finally have a unified direction, and there are no constraints anymore, so we can take another step forward.
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"Informing the officials, the doctors are willing to underwrite 7 million treasury bonds again!"
In the Chui Gong Hall, the imperial court was discussing the issuance of national bonds, Fan Zheng said proudly.
Last time, the medical family took the initiative to underwrite five million treasury bonds. Among them, the main force in purchasing the treasury bonds was the doctors from all over the world. The medical family had Fan Zheng's promise. This time the treasury bonds matured and they benefited a lot. Naturally, the doctors from all over the world enthusiastically supported the treasury bonds.
In addition, now that the imperial court is issuing treasury bonds again, its credibility has been established, and maritime trade has brought sufficient funds to the imperial court. This is why Fan Zheng is confident that he can underwrite 7 million treasury bonds.
Zhao Xu glanced at Fan Zheng, laughed and said: "Fan Taicheng is so heroic, I am naturally very relieved, but this time, the national debt the court wants to issue is not 7 million bonds, but 10 million bonds!"
"Ten million strings!" All the officials in the court couldn't help but exclaimed.
Even Fan Zheng couldn't help but look at Zhao Xu in surprise. Ten million guan was twice the amount of the first national debt. Even the cheapest interest rate of 3%, the annual interest was a full 300,000 guan. , this is not a small number.
"Yes, that's ten million!" Zhao Xu said solemnly.
Fan Zheng couldn't help but frown and said: "The national debt has doubled. Officials are too impatient."
Cai Jing came out and said: "Master Fan's statement is completely false. Now that the Song Dynasty is in ruins and waiting to be revitalized, it is the time when money is needed. Since the Song Dynasty now has an advantage over Liao and Xia, it also has a steady stream of financial resources from the Maritime Silk Road. , Ten million guans is not the financial limit of the Song Dynasty. In this case, why don’t we, the Song Dynasty, further expand our advantages? Once we regain Xixia and defeat the Liao Kingdom and recapture the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, it will not be easy to repay the national debt we owe."
Fan Zheng turned his attention to his fourth uncle Fan Chun, but found that Fan Chun Chun didn't say a word. It was obvious that this was the amount agreed upon by the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Since it is the decision of the imperial court, Fan will naturally abide by it. However, the doctor will still underwrite the 7 million guan of treasury bonds, and the remaining 3 million guan of treasury bonds will be sold by the imperial court itself."
"This..." Zhao Xu couldn't help but look embarrassed.
The first issuance of treasury bonds was extremely popular. It was because of the reputation of the doctors and the continuous financial resources from maritime trade that Zhao Xu decided to use the reputation of the doctors to directly issue 10 million treasury bonds to make the Song Dynasty more prosperous. The national strength was further improved, but I did not expect that the doctors were only willing to underwrite 7 million national debts.
"Can!"
Cai Jing said directly. In his opinion, even doctors could easily underwrite five million yuan last year, and it would be easy for the Ministry of Civil Affairs to underwrite these three million yuan.
Everyone in the court smiled knowingly at this. As long as they could finally receive money, they would naturally be happy to see doctors and civil servants compete with each other.
After the end of the dynasty.
Qian Yi, the imperial doctor, asked Fan Zheng in confusion: "There are many doctors within the medical family who are willing to buy national debts. Coupled with the private financial resources, there is no difficulty for the medical family to underwrite these ten million yuan of national debts. Why are you only willing to underwrite seven million yuan?" .”
Fan Zheng said solemnly: "Last year, the reason why the medical family was able to successfully underwrite five million guan of national debt was because the medical family acted as a guarantee, so that doctors all over the world rushed to buy it. Now, the medical family is indeed able to underwrite 10 million guan. Because of the doctor's reputation, the imperial court secretly increased the national debt from seven million guan to 10 million guan. With such a bold move, the national debt may be increased to 20 million guan next year. Isn't it possible that the doctor can underwrite it?"
Qian Yi shook his head. With the doctor's reputation, underwriting ten million dollars is probably the doctor's limit.
Fan Zheng sneered and said: "We are doctors, not the Ministry of Household Affairs. Being able to share the national debt of 7 million yuan for the imperial court is already the most benevolent thing. Only by giving 3 million yuan to the Ministry of Civil Affairs can we understand the difficulty of asking for help. The role of physicians.”
Seven million treasury bonds were purchased by doctors all over the world, which could not only ensure sales but also benefit the doctors. With the reputation of the doctors and the hospitals throughout the Song Dynasty as a stronghold, it was enough to easily complete the project.
As for the Ministry of Civil Affairs' issuance of three million treasury bonds, I'm afraid it won't be that easy.
Sure enough, with the issuance of the second batch of treasury bonds, the 7 million treasury bonds underwritten by the doctor sold extremely well.
When national bonds were issued for the first time, doctors were the main force in buying them, but there were still many people looking around.
Seeing that the first batch of treasury bonds was redeemed by the court in full and paid a high amount of interest, I couldn't help but feel regretful. Now that the second batch of treasury bonds was issued, doctors all over the world rushed to buy it.
The first batch of treasury bond buyers even refused to pay and continued to purchase the second batch of treasury bonds with interest. In just half a month, the doctor underwrote a full three million treasury bonds.
"Three million national debt!" Everyone in the court was in an uproar.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Civil Affairs' 3 million guan treasury bonds were sold for less than 1 million guan, and most of them were purchased by officials and colleagues. Most people would rather go to the hospital to buy treasury bonds than go to the government to buy treasury bonds.
(End of chapter)
