Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

"Doctor Fan wants some special reward!" Lu Dafang had a change of thought and quietly dug another hole for Fan Zheng.

Su Che and Fan Chunren suddenly wondered whether Fan Zheng wanted to take the opportunity to persuade the court to change the law. After all, he had become a forensic scientist and was now in the palace. In addition, he was young and vigorous, so it might be possible.

Empress Dowager Gao frowned when she heard this, and suppressed the displeasure in her heart and said: "What kind of reward does Divine Doctor Fan want? Just tell me."

Fan Zheng seemed not to have noticed the expressions of Empress Dowager Gao and others and said: "The common people don't want the Empress Dowager to grant a reward, but want His Highness Prince Shen to pay for the diagnosis himself."

"Let King Shen pay for his own medical treatment?" Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect Fan Zheng to make such a strange request.

Zhao Bai immediately patted his chest and said proudly: "Brother Fan, don't worry, although Xiao Wang doesn't have a fief, he can still afford this small amount of medical fees."

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Fan does not want His Highness King Shen's money, but wants His Highness Shen to go and do something."

Zhao Bai looked at Fan Zheng puzzled. He had never seen a doctor who didn't ask for medical fees, but instead asked people to do things. He said without hesitation: "Despite the instructions of Divine Doctor Fan, as long as I can do anything within my power, I will never do it." Will shirk."

Fan Zheng nodded and said, "Fan wants His Highness Shen to raise pigs to pay for the medical treatment."

"Okay..." Zhao Bai was about to agree, but suddenly he was stunned and looked at Fan Zheng sideways.

"what!"

Suddenly, Empress Dowager Gao and others couldn't help but swayed and almost fell down.

"Fan Zheng must not take credit for being arrogant. The following is the fault. How could His Highness, King Shen, be raising pigs?" Lu Dafang reprimanded. He is a conservative, and he usually behaves strictly. He can't stand Fan Zhengtian's unbridled ideas. .

"Evil prescription, that boy Fan Zheng has indeed come up with another evil prescription!" Fan Chunren was furious. Originally, although Fan Zheng's three prescriptions for treating eye diseases were novel, they were still within the normal range. He had just breathed a sigh of relief when Fan Zheng's evil prescription came. .

"The evil doctor Fan Zheng is famous for correcting evil!"

Everyone suddenly remembered the rumors about Fan Zheng in Kaifeng City. However, when the real evil prescription appeared in front of them, they realized how weird and evil Fan Zheng's prescription was.

Zhao Bai hesitated and said: "Dr. Fan has been kind to me. I should not shirk it. It's just about raising pigs..."

As Zhao Bai talked, he felt a little embarrassed. In the Song Dynasty, pigs were considered cheap meat, just because many pigs were fed by eating feces. If he raised pigs, his reputation would be completely ruined.

"No, how dignified is it for a prince to raise pigs!" Empress Dowager Gao said angrily.

Fan Zheng sighed: "His Royal Highness, King Shen, does he know that besides His Highness, there are countless people in our Song Dynasty suffering from eye diseases!"

"Is this happening?" Zhao Bao suddenly asked in shock.

"Fan Zheng, don't be alarmist. Why don't I know that so many people in the Song Dynasty suffer from eye diseases?" Lu Dafang frowned.

Fan Zheng said sarcastically: "That's because Mr. Lu is located in the most prosperous city of Kaifeng, with a huge salary every month, and good food and clothing every day. However, in various parts of the Song Dynasty, there are countless people who don't have enough to eat or wear, and are hungry all day long. I can’t eat a bite of meat for a year.”

Lu Dafang was unhappy. Fan Zheng ridiculed his prime minister for not understanding the sufferings of the people. He said proudly: "I have worked hard to serve the Song Dynasty and do not dare to slack off. The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager have witnessed it. How can I allow you to slander me out of thin air?" .Besides, what does not being able to eat meat have to do with eye disease!"

Fan Zheng said coldly: "There is no problem if you don't eat meat for a day, and there is no problem if you don't eat meat for a month. If you don't eat meat for a year, there will be big problems. The most obvious symptom is night blindness, commonly known as bird blindness!"

"Night blindness? What kind of disease is this?" Su Zhe asked confused.

Fan Zheng explained: "Night blindness means that there is no problem with vision during the day, but at night or in a dimly lit environment, the vision is unclear and the movement is difficult, just like a sparrow blindfolded. There are countless people in the Song Dynasty who suffer from night blindness, and the causes are all. It’s the lack of meat.”

"Is this happening?" Queen Mother Gao asked in surprise.

Fan Zheng nodded solemnly and said: "Since the establishment of the ophthalmology department in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, it has been found that many people suffer from night blindness. Fan is puzzled because there are many people who do not have this disease. Finally, after comparison, Fan found that almost all people with night blindness suffer from night blindness. They are the poorest people at the bottom, while people from better families rarely suffer from this disease. Finally, after comparison, Fan finally determined the cause, which is that year-round lack of meat can cause night blindness."

"Kaifeng City is a prosperous place in the world, but nearly half of the people still suffer from night blindness, and there are probably even more people in other parts of the world suffering from night blindness."

Lu Dafang said: "You also said that night blindness has no effect during the day. There should be no harm. It's just a little more lamp oil!"

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "No, night blindness is very harmful. For example, most of the soldiers in our Song Dynasty were from poor people, and many of them suffered from night blindness. However, the Liao Kingdom and Xixia were both nomadic peoples who had no shortage of meat, and our Song Dynasty soldiers were nomadic. The soldiers lack meat all year round, are physically weak, and suffer from night blindness. If we fight at night, our Song soldiers may be at a disadvantage."

Empress Dowager Gao's face moved again. Ordinary people suffering from night blindness are just spending a little more lamp oil. If it endangers the soldiers of the Song Dynasty, it is not a trivial matter.

Fan Chunren cupped his hands and said: "To report to the Empress Dowager, I believe that this matter is not a trivial matter. This hidden danger should be completely resolved so that our soldiers of the Song Dynasty can be invincible."

"Pass an order to thoroughly investigate the issue of night blindness in the army." Empress Dowager Gao immediately ordered, and Liang Weijian immediately accepted the order and left.

"So you asked me to raise pigs to provide meat for the army?" Zhao Bai, the king of Shen, heard that raising pigs was useful to the country and reduced some of his resistance.

Su Che frowned and said, "Even if there is a lack of meat, His Highness Prince Shen does not need to raise lowly pigs! He can also raise sheep, cattle, or chickens, ducks and geese!"

After all, if a prince raises pigs, it will have a bad reputation if word spreads about it.

Fan Zhengzheng said: "No, the breeding cycle of sheep and cattle is long, and the fertility rate is low. Chickens, ducks and geese are too small, which is not enough for people all over the world to eat meat. Only pigs are the most suitable. Pigs can breed two to two times a year." Three times, a litter can give birth to more than ten piglets, weighing up to two to three hundred pounds a year, making it the best meat livestock."

The three prime ministers were all important ministers of the country. After a little calculation, they immediately realized that what Fan Zheng said was true. Pigs were the best meat supply.

"Since pig raising has such advantages, why are there so few people raising pigs?" Empress Dowager Gao frowned and said, the most common meat in the Song Dynasty was mutton, so Sunyang Zhengdian became the number one restaurant in Kaifeng.

Lu Dafang took the opportunity and said, "I'm going to report to the Queen Mother that pork is fishy and smelly. It's cheap meat. Very few people eat pork."

To put it bluntly, those who are rich do not eat pork, and those who are poor cannot afford it.

Fan Zheng cupped his hands and said: "These problems are not difficult. Fan recently read the Qingsang Sutra of the miracle doctor Hua Tuo and found out his medical prescription for gelding cattle and sheep. According to this prescription, you only need to gelding the boars and keep the sows for breeding. This will solve the problem of the fishy smell of pork. As for the folk prejudice that pigs grow up eating shit and are against pork, this is the real reason why Fan applied to His Majesty the King to raise pigs."

It suddenly dawned on everyone that if the prince took the lead in raising pigs, he would definitely be able to inspire people all over the world to raise pigs. Now the most critical step was to get King Shen Zhao Bai to accept the idea of ​​raising pigs.

Fan Zheng continued: "The pigs raised by His Highness Prince Shen naturally cannot be fed like that, but need to be fed with wheat bran, grass and the like. Fan has some friendship with the restaurants in Kaifeng City. He can contact the restaurants in Kaifeng City to bring the leftovers." Concentrated and used to feed domestic pigs.”

King Shen Zhao Bai's expression softened slightly at this moment. After all, a prince could not afford to let such a prince feed shit-eating pigs.

"His Royal Highness Shen personally takes the lead in raising pigs so that the world can change the prejudice that pork is cheap meat. Once pork sells well, the number of households raising pigs naturally will suddenly increase. In this way, people all over the world will be encouraged to raise pigs and the supply of pork will increase. , the symptoms of night blindness will definitely be greatly reduced.”

"At the same time, Fan will also ask the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital to open a new veterinary department to specifically deal with livestock diseases."

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As Fan Zheng carried out the pig raising business in an orderly manner, everyone no longer looked at Fan Zheng with the contempt they had before.

Although the evil prescription is evil, it has miraculous effects. Doctor Fan Zheng actually has the ambition to make everyone in the world eat meat, and it is very likely to be realized. What kind of ambition this will have.

"Okay, I agree!" Zhao Bai gritted his teeth and said.

Fan Zheng cupped his hands and said: "His Royal Highness Shen has great righteousness. Those who hold salary for everyone should not be trapped in the wind and snow; those who open the way for freedom should not be trapped in thorns. Today, His Highness Shen's eye disease can be cured, but it can It is truly a blessing to the world to think about the people around the world who are suffering from eye diseases. The Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine will also continue to study ophthalmology and cure His Highness's eye diseases as much as possible."

"Those who work for everyone should not be trapped in the wind and snow; those who pave the way for freedom should not be trapped in thorns." Zhao Bai loves reading the most. After reading these two sentences carefully, he couldn't help but feel deeply. There is no longer any conflict about the pig matter.

The three prime ministers took a deep look at Fan Zheng. Fan Zheng was so talented that he wrote two and a half famous poems consecutively. People all over the world lamented that he gave up writing and became a doctor. Originally, they were suspicious, but now they heard Fan Zheng's words. Only then did I realize that Fan Zheng was not only amazing in his medical skills, but also had an equally extraordinary talent.

"This boy is quite like Mr. Fan, but it's a pity that he studied medicine!" A majestic figure flashed in everyone's mind.

Fan Chunren suddenly looked lonely. Fan Zheng had such talent. If he joined politics, the Fan family might be able to continue its glory for another hundred years, but it's a pity...

However, there is nothing wrong with being a doctor. Fan Zheng was able to achieve such achievements in the medical field at such a young age, but it may not be so convenient in the officialdom where he is subject to many restrictions.