At the same time, it also made the Women's Medical College famous through the ages and became a college that grew up together with the country, just like the Imperial College.

In this way, Master Bai and the Medical College have completely opened up a path for women all over the world.

It can be said that she cut through thorns and brambles, and in this era where men were superior to women and common women had no human rights, she forged a unique path.

Dong Su was very excited and for the first time he bowed deeply to thank Ling Moxiao.

Instead, Ling Moxiao became very nervous. He quickly helped her up and said that there was no need for us as a couple to do this.

She repeatedly said that this was the result of the hard work of her, Master Bai, Cai Yuan and other female doctors.

Think about it, when they got married, he promised Dongsu that he would let her practice medicine openly.

Unexpectedly, after so many years, Dong Su is no longer the only one who can practice medicine, but female medical staff are recognized by the whole world.

Dong Su sighed and said that she knew how difficult it was to change the status of women, so she had never thought of letting women become officials, join the army, or study like men.

Instead, they set up female official institutions and women's medical colleges, and then, due to commercial development, increased recruitment of female workers in workshops.

Women from the lower classes of the society could receive relief food and the same share of land as men. Even the earlier system of giving one share to a boy and no land to a girl was changed so that both boys and girls could receive the same benefits from the government.

As a result, the number of cases of abandoning baby girls decreased, the treatment of female workers improved, and the family status of unmarried women also improved.

The herdsmen in Beijiang County elevated the status of female clan leaders and encouraged the maternal family model, and all merchants dealt with female clan leaders.

She used this roundabout method to influence the social status of women from top to bottom.

The only unusual thing that caused controversy among officials was the independent establishment of female households.

But later, when the officials found out that independent female households had to pay taxes like ordinary male households, they stopped opposing it.

It is precisely because of the Queen's treatment of women that it has not affected the interests of men, but has instead allowed them to benefit.

For merchants, female workers are cheaper and more obedient. For the rich and powerful, having a female official or doctor in the family is considered to be a close minister to the queen, which is more beneficial to the family.

For the people, daughters can still get a share of the land. Unlike before when they had to pay a head tax and perform corvee labor, now they can earn money by performing corvee labor for the government.

When the daughter is older, she can be sent to a workshop to work as a female worker. If she is smart and is admitted to a medical college, the whole family will benefit from it, and no one will look down on the daughter for being a freeloader.

As for national politics, the appearance of female officials would not only not undermine the dignity of local officials, but would be more conducive to the government's management of the people.

Especially when there are natural disasters, female officials are simply money bags given by the empress to local officials.

Whether it was disaster relief supplies given by the Queen or fundraising from local wealthy families, the female officials could do what the government could not do.

Needless to say, the existence of female medical staff is respected by everyone, from officials to soldiers to civilians.

Some remote states and cities, in order to get female medical staff, were even more desperate and submitted memorials to the empress repeatedly requesting her to send female medical staff to stay in the local areas.

Even a powerful border commander like General Xie went to the Medical College in person to hire female medical staff when he came to Youzhou.

As proud as Mrs. Xie is, she is polite and respectful to the female medical staff and does not put on airs like a noble lady at all.

They know very well what a female doctor with a diploma and a medical qualification certificate represents.

This means that she has the support of the Medical College, has faster and cheaper channels to purchase medical equipment and medicinal materials, and is under the command of the Queen along with the Mo Sect and the Imperial Merchants, so she is treated preferentially everywhere.

It can be said that when a female doctor is invited to a local area, that place will have a series of resources.

Not to mention the special medicines of the Medical College, which can effectively prevent the outbreak of epidemics and improve the physical condition of local people, especially newborns.

Accurate data from various state capitals clearly show that in cities and counties where female medical staff are stationed, the neonatal mortality rate is greatly reduced and the child survival rate is doubled.

Population is one of the biggest performance evaluation criteria for local officials! Looking at the number of newborns reported each month and the patients saved by the female medical staff, the local officials' faces were almost crooked with smiles.

When seeing medical staff in white uniforms on the road, even the county magistrate would stop and greet them. Female doctors were always honored guests wherever they went.

Some finished medicines with a short shelf life are not allowed to be sold in state capitals where there are no female medical staff stationed. They can only be purchased with the personal order of a female medical staff member.

There are also some nutritional supplements distributed to children for free, such as deep-sea fish oil, protein powder, glucose and other nutritional supplements that ordinary people do not understand, and only female medical staff have information to distribute them.

Dong Su certainly hopes that all children in the world can have such benefits, but there is really no way. In this era without chemical preservation, rubber sealing technology does not meet the standards.

The weather and temperature vary from place to place, and finished medicines can easily deteriorate. Only after female medical staff have personally tested them will they dare to distribute them to the public.

Apart from some old pedants who would say that it is a decline in morals for women to be out in public, anyone with eyes can see that encouraging women to work is beneficial to both the country and the family.

Dong Su improved the social status of women little by little in this way. She felt that in at least another ten years, no one would object to the proposal that women should be able to study like men.

But it is definitely not possible to allow women to take the imperial examinations like men. She plans to open a special track for women, just like the civil service examination. Women are more suitable than men for some basic official positions and special posts.

Some things cannot be accomplished in one or two generations. What she has to do now is to pave the way for Xiaobao to take over, and then when Xiaobao's children grow up, she believes that women in the world have the ability to stand on their own.

It is completely different if Ling Moxiao officially elevates the Medical College to a status equal to that of the country and confer a title on Master Bai.

It can be said that the Queen's various circuitous paths have led to the official track. The track of female medical care alone has given women all over the world more hope and a new path to take.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the cowpox vaccine is really effective.

For this purpose, Dong Su went to Master Bai's laboratory fully armed, read all the research materials from beginning to end, and then analyzed them carefully in combination with their experimental data.

She estimated that if nothing unexpected happens, the vaccine has an 80% chance of success. Even if it can't immunize everyone, it can still immunize half of the population.

Ling Moxiao said frankly, let alone half of the population, even if 30% of the population were immune, it would be considered a success!

Funds for vaccine research would no longer come from the Queen’s private treasury, but from the national treasury. Vaccines used to treat epidemics would also be reimbursed by the Ministry of Revenue.

If they can develop effective medicines for various epidemics, then the female medical team will be regarded as the living miracle doctors of the world!

In this way, Dong Su sent off Master Bai's team with an extremely pious wish.

She once again begged the gods for blessings, hoping that the vaccine would work and save millions of people in Daxia from suffering from illness.

Sister Ayuan was very sorry that she could not go with Master Bai, and Master Bai would not let her go either. He said bluntly that if she died in Lingnan, the female medical staff would have to rely on Ayuan to carry on.

Sister Yuan suddenly felt like she was shouldering a heavy responsibility, a feeling she couldn't tell anyone else. Only Brother Xiao Pan and Dong Su came to comfort and support her.

Dong Su said jokingly, think about my past, my eldest brother sold himself as a slave for ten taels of silver, my father was about to die of illness, and my mother was a person without her own opinion.

There were also those troublesome things happening between the second wife and Feng Wensheng. I was just a farm girl, and all of a sudden I had to take on the responsibility of supporting the family.

But in the blink of an eye, a few years passed, and I became the Princess of Ling, and I had to shoulder the safety of the people in the city.

In the past, I could talk to others when I encountered problems. What was there to be afraid of? If the sky fell, there would be someone taller to hold it up.

It turned out that I was the tallest one.

A group of people are looking at you eagerly, hoping that you can hold up the sky.

What can you do? Just go for it! For the people you cherish, you have to hold on no matter how hard it is.

Besides, we women are born with the habit of doing sewing work, and the same applies to mending the sky.

Sister Yuan's eyes widened: "Where did you inherit it from?"

Dong Su laughed and said, "Nu Wa, the goddess!"

A Yuan also started laughing and felt that the pressure on him was relieved a lot.

At the same time, he sighed and said to Dong Su: "I used to think that it was not easy for the queen, but now I understand how difficult it is for you."

She was only in charge of the Medical College, but Dong Su was in charge of an entire city, and later on, he became the regent of a country, shouldering the responsibility of governing a whole country.

Dong Su held her hand trustingly: "I believe Sister Yuan will do a good job. Under the leadership of you and Master Bai, the Women's Medical College will surely become a beacon for women all over the world."

In this way, Xiao Pan and Sister A Yuan's plan to tour the south was shelved again, and even this time when the emperor went to Chang'an, they did not accompany him. Sister A Yuan had to stay at the Medical College.

Xiao Pan Ge was in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture. The emperor added a few more things to the Ministry of Agriculture, including sea salt, northern frontier county pastoral industry, and cotton and linen from Japan and Korea.

The task on Brother Xiao Pan's shoulders was no lighter than that on Sister A Yuan. While the emperor and the empress had not yet set off, he went to the palace to discuss with Dong Su what kind of industry he could find for Beijiang County.

Dong Su also gave him another task, and assigned him the sand control work in Beijiang County, which was extremely exaggerated.

If grazing is not managed properly, the land will become desertified. Within a few years, desertification will spread to Youzhou, and the north will become increasingly unsuitable for farming.

Mo Xiujin never complained, and he would accept any task the emperor and empress gave him. But he made a suggestion to Dongsu, that is, after the emperor went to Chang'an this time.

Just send Chen Xingyao to Beijiang County. It would be a waste of talent to keep him in Chang'an. It would be more beneficial for him to go to Beijiang County.

If Chen Xingyao knew that Mo Xiujing was the only one in Youzhou who still cared about him, I wonder if he would be so moved that he would cry.

Dong Su said puzzledly: "For some reason, His Majesty really dislikes Chen Xingyao. Especially when I mentioned this person, His Majesty's attitude immediately changed."

"Why don't you tell His Majesty about it? He will be more likely to listen."

Mo Xiujin looked at Dong Su with a strange look, then lowered his eyes and nodded: "I think differently, I will tell His Majesty about this matter."

Dong Su immediately realized that Brother Xiao Pan was hiding something from her, and hurriedly asked, "Do you know why His Majesty hates Chen Xingyao?"

Without waiting for Mo Xiujin to answer, she lowered her voice and said, "I suspect that the Empress Dowager fell ill and could not come to Youzhou this time. It was Chen Xingyao's doing."

Mo Xiujin answered irrelevantly: "Your Majesty is not discussing Lord Chen, but Lord Chen has a very close relationship with the powerful and noble families in Chang'an, so we have to be on guard against him."

The Empress Dowager cannot come to Youzhou. Is it Chen Xingyao's doing? How could Mo Xiujing not know?

It was his advice to Chen Xingyao. That guy was desperate and wanted to seek help. When Xie Qingzhi didn't help him, he actually thought of writing a letter to Mo Xiujing and asked him what to do?

Chen Xingyao still retains the same way of thinking as when he was in Youzhou. Whenever he encounters an unsolvable problem, he asks the smartest Lord Mo for help.

Mo Xiujin replied calmly: "It's easy for an old man to suffer from acclimatization when he travels far away."

Unexpectedly, Chen Xingyao was actually used, which made the Empress Dowager uncomfortable with the local climate. This way, the wealthy people in Chang'an would not be suspicious, and this old hag would not go to Youzhou to cause trouble for the Queen.

Because of what the Lu family did to Sister Yuan, and the fact that the Empress Dowager stuffed women around Ling Moxiao, Mo Xiujing had no good feelings towards the Empress Dowager who came from the Lu family.

He didn't plan to tell Dong Su about this matter. It would be enough for him and Chen Xingyao to know about it.

Another question Chen Xingyao asked him was how to make the emperor no longer suspicious of him.


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