"What, Daming National General Hospital, what is this?"
"You are so stupid. A hospital is a doctor's hospital. In other words, it is full of doctors. Do you understand? In general, it means that you can treat all kinds of diseases. It is state-run. Of course, it is established with money from the state treasury. It is no longer done by anyone. It’s a great place to see a doctor!”
"Then what are the benefits of this hospital?"
"You don't know? This hospital not only saves money on medical treatment, but it also has an imperial doctor on staff!"
"The imperial doctor is in charge? Shouldn't all the imperial doctors treat everyone? What will happen in the palace?"
"That's not true. The imperial edict says that the imperial doctor is in charge, but most of the doctors who treat patients are doctors from various medical clinics in the capital. But don't worry, there are definitely no quacks. They have all passed the imperial medical examination and have real talents. Only doctors with practical knowledge can take charge!"
"Wow, so if you go to see a doctor in the future, you must go to Daming National General Hospital?"
"That's for sure. Not only are they cheap, but they are also famous doctors!"
"Hey, if this happens, what will happen to the medical clinics in the capital? If no one goes to see a doctor in their own medical clinic, isn't it going to close down?"
"How is that possible! Think about it, with so many people in the capital, can only one hospital treat them? It's just that relatively speaking, there will be fewer patients in various hospitals in the capital. However, we can't generalize!"
"How can we make generalizations?"
"You don't know, after this imperial edict, all the medical clinics signed up and asked to go to this general hospital for treatment!"
"Why, are they stupid? It is said that the medical fee given by the imperial court is not high!"
"Of course they don't want the medical fee given by the court. They just want a sign. As long as they can go to the National General Hospital for consultation, it means that they have passed the imperial medical examination. They are all famous doctors, right? Is that so? If their signboard is hung up, they may have more patients than ever before!"
"Yes, that's true. Haha, in this case, what will eventually affect are the medical clinics opened by quack doctors? Tsk tsk, that's right, that's how it should be. It's best to let those medical clinics opened by quack doctors close down, so as not to Harming the patient!”
"So, everyone is praising the emperor's move as a benevolent policy that benefits the country and the people. It is unprecedented in ancient times and sets a precedent for future generations!"
"That's not true. The Emperor has always been true to his word and loves his people like his own son!"
"Then you were thinking of exchanging the banknotes back into silver? Are you embarrassed?"
"..."
After Emperor Chongzhen's imperial edict came out, there were similar conversations immediately wherever notices were posted. Some people don't understand what the Ming Dynasty National General Hospital is. After all, this is the first time it has appeared. However, some people are very familiar with it and explain it to others. It spreads to ten, and it concerns all the people. Whether they are wealthy officials, businessmen, or ordinary people with no money, they all pay attention immediately and quickly understand the benefits this hospital will bring to them.
Not to mention those who have no money, it is impossible for rich people to hire imperial doctors for medical treatment. However, in this Daming National General Hospital, this possibility is possible. Who doesn’t want to find the best doctor when seeing a doctor, so naturally he is full of praise for the establishment of this national general hospital.
From this, the name General Hospital appeared for the first time in the Ming Dynasty and was accepted by the people of the capital.
What Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that this would bring an unexpected benefit, that is, his credibility, or the credibility of the court, would be further improved, which would also affect the previous banknote innovation strategy. It can be said that benign complementation makes things smoother.
There was another unexpected benefit that Emperor Chongzhen did not expect.
The people of the three tribes in Mobei were grumbling in the capital and were reluctant to leave. They happened to witness these two events in their reluctance.
Regarding the banknote innovation strategy, they were originally prepared to watch a show. Even if your emperor can print more banknotes, isn't that a money grab? Only a fool would agree! As a result, they were slapped in the face by the facts.
On the first day, I saw a few people rushing to exchange their banknotes for silver. I thought they didn't understand the situation. There will definitely be more people tomorrow. As a result, there were fewer people on the second day and none on the third day. This made them confused. The three envoys of the Mobei tribe were relatively speechless at night.
From this matter, they came to the conclusion that the prestige of the Ming Emperor was very high, which is why such a result occurred! And if the emperor's prestige is high, he must be very powerful to have such an effect! From this, they deduced that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty should really not take the three tribes of Mobei seriously.
Although they say to the outside world that the three tribes of Mobei have 50,000 or 60,000 cavalry troops alone, in fact, most of them are just herdsmen. The three tribes’ combined troops on daily basis are less than 5,000. If they don’t go to herds, they won’t be able to feed them. So many standing armies.
Just as they were preparing to leave with mixed emotions, the establishment of the Daming National General Hospital suddenly happened. After they finished asking about it, not only the three envoys, but also their followers were very moved.
Who will not get sick in his life?
No matter who is sick, they will definitely want to find the best doctor to treat them. Compared with the Ming Dynasty, if the people of the three tribes in Mobei get sick, it really depends on whether Changsheng Tian will take over or not. The patriarchs and khans still have witch doctors available, but ordinary herdsmen really don't have any. They can only endure it to see if they kill themselves or get better!
If you return to the Ming Dynasty and come to live in the capital, you will not only be able to enjoy the glory and wealth here, but you will also be guaranteed to get sick. You will not get sick once and pass through the gate of hell. How wonderful!
To be honest, after understanding this matter, even Babu, including them, were a little tempted, and even the words they used to prepare a report when they went back changed.
When they learned that the establishment of the Ming National General Hospital was because the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty paid a private visit incognito, he happened to meet a poor family who couldn't afford to see a doctor, so they took this action.
In this way, the character of Emperor Chongzhen was further understood by the people of the three tribes in Mobei.
No matter who you are, if you face a very powerful person who is also very kind to others, you would never want to be an enemy of such a person. From ancient times to the present, there are only a few people who want to make enemies of truly good people and embarrass good people.
Perhaps this is what Emperor Chongzhen taught his people, to do more good deeds is the way to maintain one's health. His actions to serve the people have also affected the three tribes in Mobei. This is the additional benefit of doing more good deeds!
In the end, no matter how reluctant Babu and the other three Mobei tribes were to leave, they still left. Before leaving, it was really a step back three times. It is really undesirable to leave such a prosperous place and go back to a place that is barren and bitterly cold!
When they left, the Daming National General Hospital had already chosen a location, not far from the slums. It occupies a large area and started construction with great fanfare.
Now that the court has money, the efficiency is different. Emperor Chongzhen's decree will benefit the country and the people, earn prestige, and be good for himself. Who wouldn't do his best?
There were even some southerners who were officials in the court and were jealous of such good things happening in the capital, so they reported that it would be a good idea to set up a Ming Dynasty National General Hospital in the south.
Emperor Chongzhen readily agreed to this, and ordered Ying Tianfu to prepare one, just like the one in the capital. There is even a ten-year and fifty-year plan stated in the decree.
The ten-year plan refers to waiting for the opening of the Daming National General Hospital in Beijing and Beijing for a period of time. After summing up experience, one such public hospital will be established in each province within ten years.
The fifty-year plan is to allow national general hospitals to train as many doctors as possible as the national treasury has sufficient financial resources. Then, relying on these doctors, we strive to establish a Ming National General Hospital in every prefecture and county.
This may be the first time that a ten-year plan or a fifty-year plan has been proposed. The people of the Ming Dynasty were very curious about this and discussed it a lot.
For most people, it seems incredible that this national general hospital should be established in every prefecture and county across the country.
But with such a plan, there is no need to think about it! Therefore, it is related to the vital interests of everyone, from officials to ordinary people. They are all looking forward to it and giving them the greatest praise and spiritual support.
Emperor Chongzhen had actually been keeping an eye on this public opinion, and the reason why there was such a rapid public reaction was because of the guidance of the factory guards he quietly sent out.
After seeing that the effect of public opinion guidance was very good, Emperor Chongzhen issued another decree to establish the Ming Dynasty National Medical Supervision Bureau, which was a subordinate institution of the Imperial College.
This medical supervisor mainly accepts physician apprentices with more than one year. Moreover, these medical apprentices are temporarily recommended by the Royal Physician and have passed the Imperial Physician examination and can practice in the National General Hospital before they are eligible to study in the Medical Superintendent.
All medical supervisor students have free tuition and monthly subsidies to solve the worries of medical apprentices. In addition, after graduating from medical supervision, they will be arranged to enter the national general hospital for internship and consultation.
Anyone who takes a look at this matter will know that the emperor did it specifically for the ten or fifty-year plan. It is related to everyone's ability to see a doctor in the future, so they all support it, and no one even dares to oppose it, even the Confucian scholars.
So, just like that, a medical specialty was inserted into the Imperial College.
Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied with this result.
Food needs to be eaten in one bite. If there is a medical superintendent, then there will also be superintendents in other fields.
However, medical supervisors like this are actually colleges and universities of later generations, which are institutions of higher education. In the future, when the imperial court has more income and the conditions are more mature, it will then expand to primary and secondary schools. Only with this top-down approach to school expansion will the pressure on the court be minimized, and the investment will be quickly rewarded, which will help further promote progress in similar areas.
After Emperor Chongzhen completed the preliminary framework of these things, he breathed a sigh of relief and began to turn his mind to the Korean battlefield.
Miaoshuwu
