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

Soon, Fan Zheng put a plaster on Zhao Ji's fracture.

Looking at the rapidly hardening plaster bandage, which perfectly fixed Zhao Ji's fracture, even the imperial physician Ling Chao Yuan could not find any fault with it.

Zhao Ji solved his worries and said in a good mood: "Doctor Fan, just tell me what you want me to do. Even if it is to raise pigs like Brother Ninth, it doesn't matter. Of course, it is best to let me play Cuju. Good luck to me in the future." Now, I’ll organize Cuju every day to ensure that your traditional Chinese medicine hospital’s business will flourish.”

"His Royal Highness Duan Wang is joking. I wish there would be no suffering in the world, and I would rather bring medicine to the world. Traditional Chinese medicine hospitals are places to treat patients, but we don't want the business to prosper." Fan Zheng shook his head.

"I wish there would be no suffering in the world. I would rather take medicine and live in dust." Zhao Bai, who was extremely studious, couldn't help but sigh when he heard this. He was once again impressed by Fan Zheng's talent.

"I admire Lang Lang's benevolence as a Chinese medicine doctor. However, you have done a great job by curing the eleventh brother's bone injury. If you want anything, just tell me and I will not be stingy with the reward." Zhao Xuyi pointed out.

He knows what Fan Zheng's biggest worry is now? As soon as Fan Zheng opened his mouth, he immediately made the final decision and granted marriage to Fan and Li, completely winning Fan Zheng over to his side.

Queen Mother Gao naturally knew Zhao Xu's purpose, but since Fan Zheng had just cured her grandson, she was unable to object and could only acquiesce in the matter.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but this time, Fan wants the Queen Mother to pay for the consultation fee."

"Ok?"

Empress Dowager Gao suddenly became angry when she heard this. She didn't expect that she had already acquiesced to the official compensation for Fan Zheng, but he actually didn't know what was wrong and wanted her to bow to him personally.

"Then tell me, what reward do you want?" Empress Dowager Gao said coldly.

"Now His Royal Highness Duan Wang has been freed from the suffering of foot disease, but there are still countless women in the world who suffer from foot disease! Even if medicine is ten times more sophisticated, it will still be difficult to cure." Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"Here it comes! The evil side is here!" Zhao Bai exclaimed in his heart. He was very familiar with this sentence. When Fan Zheng asked him to raise pigs, he started with these words.

"Women in the world suffer from foot disease? Is this true?" Empress Dowager Gao exclaimed. She is the Queen Mother and the master of women in the world. She was shocked when she heard this.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "Yes, if the foot disease caused by His Highness Duan Wang's fracture was an accident, it can be cured by medical skills, but the foot disease caused by countless women in the world and the evil foot binding is a man-made disaster. Even if the medical skills are ten times better, It is still difficult to cure foot diseases caused by foot binding.”

"Foot binding?" Empress Dowager Gao was stunned. She did not expect that the foot disease she was talking about turned out to be foot binding. As a woman, she naturally knew about women's foot binding. Some women in the palace even had their feet bound.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Yes, if the feet of women in the world grow normally, they will be between six inches and three to seven inches. Six inches is already a small foot. However, no matter the size of the feet, as long as they grow normally, it will not affect their lives. However, foot-binding is now prevalent in Kaifeng City. Through layers of external force, it hinders the natural growth of the feet, causing normal bones to be squeezed together, causing the feet to become deformed and broken. Every step of a woman with bound feet is like torture, for only one purpose. ——Three-inch golden lotus!"

Although everyone present has never experienced the pain of foot binding, just listening to Fan Zheng's words can't help but make the hairs stand on end.

"You said the three-inch golden lotus is a foot disease?" Empress Dowager Gao said with a strange expression.

Fan Zheng nodded heavily and said: "Now that all the imperial doctors are here, the Empress Dowager can ask in person. The feet that could have grown at least six inches were squeezed to three inches. They cannot run. They need help when walking. The bones are misaligned and deformed. , can such a foot be called foot disease?"

At that moment, Empress Dowager Gao glanced at all the imperial doctors, who were all silent. After all, Zhao Ji's accidental injury and slight misalignment of the bones may lead to foot disease, not to mention this kind of bone fractures, which is simply the worst foot disease among foot diseases.

Chao Yuan was dissatisfied and said: "In medical terms, foot binding is indeed called a foot disease. However, this is a social custom. It is done voluntarily by women, and there is nothing doctors can do."

"You did it voluntarily?" Fan Zheng sneered, "Fan has never heard of a normal person willing to harm himself. It's not caused by secular prejudice or unhealthy trends."

"Mr. Fan can't just veto women with bound feet because of his own opinions. Chao heard that the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital defines women with bound feet as disabled. I'm afraid this is prejudice." Chao Yuan said with a sneer.

"Hahaha! Now I finally know why medical skills have stagnated. It's because of quack doctors like you." Fan Zheng laughed angrily.

"Doctors hang pots to help the world. As the leader of the world's doctors, the imperial physician turned a blind eye to the dangers of incest marriage. Now he is covering up the unhealthy practice of foot binding and sits back and watches the world's women be artificially disabled. Is this how Mr. Chao carries out the idea of ​​hanging pots to help the world?" Fan Zheng asked repeatedly.

"Fan Zheng, don't be slanderous! Foot binding has been around since ancient times, and it's not the fault of doctors." Chao Yuan's face turned red and he said angrily.

Fan Zheng sneered: "Foot binding has been around since ancient times, but it was all done by women to invite favors, and the number of people was very small. It is actually rumored that foot binding among the people started in the Sui Dynasty. It is said that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty dug the Grand Canal and there were not enough men. In order to avoid hard labor, women all over the world bound their feet and mutilated themselves to avoid hard labor. This is one of the evidences that foot binding is foot disease."

Zhao Xu nodded. As an emperor, he must be proficient in history books and learn from history. The tyrant Emperor Sui Yang was a frequent visitor who was often whipped to death by his ministers, so he naturally knew this record.

"But the real recorded foot binding began with the dancer Yao Niang in the Southern Tang Dynasty. She was beautiful and talented in singing and dancing. Empress Li specially made a six-foot-tall golden lotus and decorated it with jeweled silk ribbons and tassels. She ordered Yao Niang to be Feet are bound in silk, making the feet crescent-shaped. Now this trend has spread from the palace to the people. Foot binding has become a symbol of the status of upper-class women, so that the number of people with foot binding has increased sharply. If it is not stopped in time, it will definitely become a prairie fire. The power will poison the women of the world." Fan Zheng said seriously.

"Mr. Fan, that's too alarmist.

However, Chao Yuan looked disapproving. After all, it was only a small number of people who bound their feet, and it was all voluntary, so it had nothing to do with doctors.

Fan Zheng said in a low voice: "The common people know a woman. She is arrogant but cute, she is well-educated but dares to break away from the world. She comes from a scholarly family and is talented but she does not dislike the common doctor..."

Everyone couldn't help but sigh, who was Fan Zheng talking about? Nowadays, the love between Fan Zheng and Li Qingzhao is known to the world. According to common sense, Fan and Li are so in love, Li's father, even a stone-hearted man, should be moved and marry them. However, there is still no hope for their marriage.

Empress Dowager Gao sighed in her heart. She had a lot to do with the impasse between Fan and Li. She had just decided that as long as Fan Zheng opened his mouth, she would agree to marry them.

"However, such a strange woman took the initiative to bind her feet because of secular prejudice and family pressure. She said that all men in the world love the three-inch golden lotus, and that all the famous ladies in Bianjing City bind their feet. This is the trend among the upper-class nobles." Fan Zheng continued.

Even Empress Dowager Gao nodded slightly, which was the reason why she was unwilling to take care of this matter.

"Some people may say that ordinary people are meddling in their own business. However, in the eyes of doctors, footbinding is more harmful than kissing each other. The King of Chu is so thin that many people in the palace starve to death. Now the footbinding trend has spread from the palace. When it comes to upper-class women, even the most extraordinary women throughout the ages are not immune to the impact, not to mention ordinary women. In time, the foot-binding trend will definitely spread to women all over the world. Now the Song Dynasty is already poor and weak. If it loses half of its women of labor force……….”

Queen Mother Gao was suddenly startled, took a breath of cold air, and suddenly broke out in cold sweat.

After all, incest marriages are rare, and footbinding can endanger women all over the world. Even if there are women from ordinary families who do not bind their feet, it may not become popular in a short time. However, Empress Dowager Gao did not dare to bet. She knew the situation in the Song Dynasty very well. The situation was precarious. Not to mention losing half of the labor force, even losing 10% of the labor force would be a fatal blow to the Song Dynasty.

Fan Zheng bowed and said: "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic says: If the disease is not treated and the disease is not cured, if the poison of foot-binding is allowed to rage, the women of the world will be in danger, and the Song Dynasty will also be in danger. Please ask the Empress Dowager to order a ban on foot-binding. This is The consultation fees that ordinary people need to pay.”

"The ability to heal thousands of people!"

Everyone in the palace couldn't help but sigh and looked at Fan Zheng solemnly. Everyone in the world said that the evil doctor Fan Zheng loved to prescribe evil prescriptions, but they didn't know that Fan Zheng's medical skills were able to heal thousands of people, whether it was the method of plastering or today's statement. From the harm caused by foot binding, what he asked for was not to save one person, but to save tens of thousands of people.