[Red Mansions] Lin's first genius doctor

Let's say that among the monarch tour group who came to Dazhou this time, the richest and most noble country under their jurisdiction is the Queen of Qianxiang Kingdom, and this queen is the most special and difficult to entertain.

After all, other monarchs can be received by a clan prince and official of the Ministry of Rites. Only the queen, not to mention a woman, brought an unmarried princess with her. It is not easy for officials of the Ministry of Rites to come forward.

When they were in the palace, the Empress Dowager and Empress were lucky to be the hosts to entertain them for a while.

But this female king, like other monarchs, was unwilling to stay in the post house arranged by the imperial court for foreign envoys. She wanted to go around and see with her own eyes the legendary customs of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Go back and use it in the country.

Then who will accompany her around becomes a problem.

The emperor originally saw that Lin Jiang, the only female court official in the court, was very suitable, but he also saw that she was busy walking around preparing all kinds of patent medicines in the imperial hospital, so he gave up this idea.

And Princess Qi Yang is also of sufficient status to represent Dazhou to receive the Queen and take the Queen to visit Kyoto. As a result, Princess Qi Yang is busy with her son's wedding - Gao Qiyu is finally going to be married in three months .

So Princess Qi Yang categorically refused to be arrested by the emperor to do the reception work. The emperor saw that the difficult nephew finally got married, so it was not easy to force the younger sister to work.

After much deliberation, the emperor finally asked Princess Shao to come forward to receive Queen Qianxiang.

Because the female king was still with her daughter, Zhou Liheng was embarrassed and went home after hearing about it, lest he accidentally ran into the girl in the boudoir again.Going back directly to the Emperor Ming to live in the palace, he was afraid that something would happen that the little princess fell in love with the prince at first sight and insisted on marrying the prince.

Zhou Liheng was never a narcissistic person, but he heard about some traditions of Qianxiang Kingdom, so he thought it was better to avoid them.But the emperor looked at his nephew's face and felt that this worry was very reasonable.

After all, the Qianxiang Kingdom is run by women, and the national style is relatively open. I heard that the female king has several "male concubines". In the 20 years since she took the throne, she has changed three male queens.

The fierce fighting in that palace is by no means inferior to the harem of this Great Zhou.

Probably because the same colleagues are enemies, and the emperor who has many concubines, on the contrary, is very respectful and insensitive to the women of Qianxiang Kingdom.He was also afraid that his handsome little cousin would be targeted by the queen and the princess, and something would happen next year that the queen would propose to her.

"If something happens, it will be bad for the face of both countries." The emperor waved his hand and agreed to Zhou Liheng to live in the palace.

It's just that the queen and princess of Qianxiang Kingdom often enter the palace and walk around.Zhou Liheng had no choice but to stay in the palace, and after reporting back to the emperor, he hid in Prince Heng's mansion - the mansion where the fifth prince conferred the title of queen.

The Fifth Prince gave him a warm reception.

Now many ministers in the court extended an olive branch to the youngest prince.

Even if he didn't want to stand in line to support him on the surface, he still kept a smile on his face and was respectful. No one underestimated the only prince who was promoted to the title of prince by the emperor before he was engaged.

Even Li Guiren, the mother concubine of the Fifth Prince, had a much easier life in the harem.

Compared with his previous situation in the palace, it can be said that it is very different.

But the fifth prince has always remembered that when he was the most unknown and ignored by his father, Zhou Liheng was always gentle and polite to him in the study room and never arrogant; Zhou Liheng never followed the princes next to the study room to treat him coldly and isolate him.

Even when his book was stolen and he was most desperate, it was Zhou Liheng who offered to help him.

Sending charcoal in the snow has always been the most difficult.Even though he is now in an atmosphere full of flowers and everyone is like a spring breeze, the fifth prince has never forgotten the past.

It is precisely because of such a period of cold and silent days that his temperament has also been honed, and he is still so calm and calm, without a trace of anxiety or arrogance.

When the prince leaves the palace to open a mansion, it is said that the emperor tacitly allows him to have his own political team, and he can also communicate with his courtiers in an upright manner.

But after the fifth prince left the palace, he was never in a hurry to make friends with his courtiers.

Even the subordinate officials assigned by the emperor to the palaces, he treated each other with courtesy, and he was not in a hurry to win over the officials to be his own.He just started to go to court step by step, obeying his father's arrangement, and started to get in touch with some unimportant court affairs with his brothers.

The emperor would call them over from time to time to ask them their opinions on the government, and the fifth prince treated himself like a sponge to continuously absorb his father's philosophy of governing the country.

Soon, the facts proved that it was necessary for Zhou Liheng to hide.

Only a few days after arriving in Dazhou, the princess of Qianxiang Kingdom begged the emperor to give her a handsome dragon captain who caught her eyes at first glance.

Although the emperor politely declined such a request, the Long Jinwei who was "followed" by the princess to be taken away as a concubine is still famous. Are you going to Qianxiang Country to be a male concubine? Congratulations, if you become prosperous in the future, don't forget our old friends."

The congratulators had the joy of watching the excitement, while the congratulators wanted to die in shame and indignation.So much so that the captain Long Jin suffered a huge mental blow, and asked for a long vacation with his immediate boss Wei Ren: as long as the queen and princess of Qianxiang Kingdom did not leave Beijing, he would not dare to go out to work.

Princess Qianxiang's move was shocking in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the queen gave a tactful suggestion to the queen on this matter, asking the queen to restrain her daughter.

However, the queen didn't take it seriously.

So much so that within the six departments of the imperial city, those young and talented officials looked like thieves at work, and Tmall did not go out in the department.

However, when Lin Jiang chatted with the queen a lot, they hit it off quite well.

It was also the Queen who first came to the Imperial Hospital to look for her: After staying in Da Zhou for a few days, the Queen had only heard about it before, but now seeing it with her own eyes made her even more sure that Da Zhou is a world where men are respected.

Let alone a woman being the king of a country, it is difficult for a lady to even go out.In the homes of common people, there are some older married women who can show up on the street to do some small business, but young girls and young wives rarely go out.

But here, Lin Jiang seemed out of place.

She is also a young girl. Not only can she go out, but she can also be an official in the court, and she is in charge of the Grand Hospital of the Zhou Dynasty.

The queen of Qianxiang Kingdom felt that she was rare, so she naturally became very interested in her, so she went to the Tai Hospital a few times.

Lin Jiang is also very interested in Qianxiang Country, and she also wants to know, is it a daughter country?Is it a feminist country?

The Queen of Qianxiang Country has no pretensions, and explained her country to Lin Jiang, because businessmen from the Great Zhou Dynasty go there all the year round, and the establishment of diplomatic relations between Qianxiang Kingdom and the Central Plains began in the previous dynasty, so although the Queen's Chinese is a bit blunt , but can communicate with Lin Jiang smoothly.

Lin Jiang listened to the Queen's talk for a while, and concluded: This Qianxiang Country is not a country of women, but the monarchs of all dynasties are all women. This is the rule passed down from the founding of the country, when a generation of queens established the country with soldiers and horses.

Lin Jiang asked curiously again: "What about the ministers? Are they all women too?"

The queen said: "There are both men and women, it just depends on whether they are capable or not. It's just that in the army, there are still more men, and most of the people who manage the money are women." Then she said to Lin Jiang: "For example, the Linyuan Academy Zheng’s father, Lin Youyi, came to our place and was in charge of receiving the diplomats, who are women.”

Hearing the word diplomat for a long time, Lin Jiang was very emotional.

The queen smiled and said, "The diplomat is my cousin. She and the man she married before, in your Da Zhou's words, are..."

Seeing that the queen was stuck, Lin Jiang tentatively asked, "Is it because of divorce?"

The queen shook her head, and finally remembered: "Oh, my cousin divorced him! He went out to find women secretly."

Lin Jiang: It sounds like a good paradise.

She was going to call Wei Ren to hear the story of the queen's cousin.

Still reminiscing about the incident of her cousin Husband, the queen suddenly blinked at her: "Yuan Lin, respected father Lin Youyi is a very magnanimous and capable man. My cousin has met him many times and said she likes him very much." .”

Lin Jiang was struck on the forehead by a lightning: ...do you want to be my stepmother?

The queen even asked directly: "What do you think?"

Lin Jiang spread his hands: "In our Dazhou, children can't talk about their parents' marriage. So I can do it, as long as my father agrees, I have no opinion."

The queen was very happy, and when she was about to return home, she told her cousin the good news and asked her to let go of her love.

Lin Jiang thought in his heart: Falling in love with the scumbag first, and then falling in love with the system father, the cousin is really miserable.The former is promiscuous, while the latter simply has no feelings for others.For Lin Changzhou, except for Lin Jiang, everyone in the world should be NPCs, but they are divided into acquaintances in this world, targets that can be captured, and mosaics.

She felt that the cousin of Qian Xiangguo should be somewhere between the latter two.

As for the news that Lin Jiang is going to get married next year, the queen also knows about it, and sent her sincere blessings for it.And said that he had seen Wei Ren.

Lin Jiang asked curiously, "What does the Queen think of him?"

She wanted to know Yiqian Xiangguo's aesthetics, what did she think of Wei Ren.

The queen smiled slightly: "I have a male concubine with a similar description. He is my concubine and a general. Men who practice martial arts have unique charms. It is very interesting to meet them every now and then - but I usually prefer those who are quiet and beautiful. concubine."

It can be said that he arranges his spare time life clearly.

Lin Jiang: Ah, why didn't I end up in Qianxiang Country back then.

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Besides, the emperor invited all the foreign monarchs including Queen Qianxiang to stay and attend Lin Jiang's wedding.

And the reason why these monarchs came to Dazhou was that they knew Lin Changzhou more or less. When they heard that her daughter was going to get married, they all expressed their willingness to stay and attend the wedding. wedding reception.

And this day, after Lin Jiang left the palace, Lin Ruhai called her over. When they met, they first asked her why she was coming home late, and told her not to be too tired, before mentioning that it was time to issue a marriage certificate.

"Marriage letter?" Lin Jiang heard the word unfamiliar, and doubts appeared on his face.

Lin Ruhai couldn't help pressing her head, revealing the same doubts as the emperor, but with an added headache: the big wedding is about to happen in ten days, why is it that the shyness, anticipation, and apprehension of a niece who is waiting to be married are all overwhelmed? no?

The energy to go to work every day is in full swing.

Lin Jiang is like this, and so is Lin Changzhou.

So much so that Lin Ruhai has now given up communicating with this third brother, because Lin Changzhou is also busy with business, and he returns home later than Lin Jiang every day, seeing his daughter is not as good as seeing the group of imperial merchants.

Lin Ruhai simply left him alone, and he took care of all the details of Lin Jiang's marriage, and Sister Feng came to help with the inner house. With Daiyu's intentions, Lin Ruhai felt that Lin Jiang's marriage would not go wrong.

This time, Lin Jiang was called here because there was something she had to ask herself, which was the question of the witnesses of the marriage certificate.

It stands to reason that when the two families sign the marriage certificate, there should be an elder of the man and an elder of the woman (not the parents) as witnesses, and then in front of the matchmaker, it is a formal ceremony to order the two families to sign the marriage certificate.

But Wei Ren's situation is special. Not only does he have no parents, he can't even find half of his elders.

Regarding this matter, Lin Ruhai was worried about it before, no, he was so anxious that he didn't fall asleep all night when the date of signing the marriage certificate was approaching.But today the emperor specially kept Lin Ruhai, expressing that he is willing to be Wei Ren's elder and witness the signing of the marriage agreement between the two parties.

A big stone fell to Lin Ruhai's heart.

So I came back to look for Lin Jiang—his uncle wanted to be the witness, and he was the only one who was suitable to be the witness.This matter is a matter of life, so of course I have to talk to Lin Jiang again.

Who knew that Lin Jiang's question made Lin Ruhai almost faint again.

Lin Jiang asked: "Marriage letter? Isn't the government changing the household registration after the wedding?"

At this time, it was discovered that she was not a native of the dynasty, and she really didn't have some common sense.Since she came here, she has read too many medical books, and she really doesn't know what a marriage certificate is.

Fortunately, there are a lot of books in Lin Ruhai's study, so I directly dug out Da Zhou's law and showed her: "When a man and a woman are engaged, if they are disabled, old or young, concubine, intermarried, or begging for support, the two families must clearly inform them, and each of them shall obey the rules of their respective places. Wish, write a marriage certificate, and marry according to the ceremony." [1]

Lin Jiang suddenly realized: "This is a good thing."

Lin Ruhai: ...Of course this is a good thing, otherwise how could it be written into the laws of the Great Zhou!

Lin Jiang pointed to the words 'the concubine came out and passed through the house' and said: "So in those scriptures, the concubine sister married instead of the elder sister, and the offspring married instead of the direct line. Are they all written in vain? Isn't this all stated in the marriage letter? If If there is a lie, the engagement can be dissolved."

Lin Ruhai is exhausted physically and mentally. Recently, his two unsolved mysteries are: what is the third elder brother Lin Changzhou thinking?What is my niece Lin Jiang thinking.

But I still rushed to make up for my niece. She was about to get married, and she didn't know what the marriage certificate was. How easy it was to be deceived.

Lin Ruhai continued to turn back and show her: the marriage certificate must clearly list the date of birth, birthplace, first and third generations of immediate family members, household registration and meritorious service (if any).

"Even the name of the matchmaker must be listed on it. Generally, it will not be falsified. But it does not rule out that some people deliberately forge it for some reason." The reason why the law is set is because some people always want to go beyond the boundaries of the law.

Lin Jiang smiled: "But Wei Ren was brought back from the deserted village by the emperor, and we can't know about it. His marriage certificate can be confirmed only by the emperor as a matchmaker. Unfortunately, he can't directly write His Majesty's name. It must be respected." Those who taboo."

It can be said to be an extremely simple marriage letter.

And she herself... Although she could write, all of them were fake birth information forged by the system.The marriage letter of the two of them is also really interesting: except that the people are real, everything else is fiction.

Thinking about it, Lin Jiang couldn't help laughing.

Lin Ruhai didn't know what Lin Jiang was laughing at, so he continued: "Accordingly, the two parents can exchange and sign the marriage certificate. But firstly, Commander Wei's parents have already passed away, and secondly, both of you have official positions, which is stipulated in the law. , court officials can write the marriage certificate by themselves. Therefore, what the emperor means is that tomorrow in Mingzheng Palace, the two of you will sign the marriage certificate yourself. Your Majesty and I will bear witness."

Lin Jiang nodded: The contract for this lifetime should be signed by himself.

And after she went back, she took this matter as news and wanted to popularize it with Daiyu, but Daiyu knew about it a long time ago, so she was surprised that Lin Jiang didn't know this common sense.

And Daiyu's marriage letter should not be signed by her and Zhou Liheng, but by King Shao and Lin Ruhai.

But Daiyu didn't really look forward to signing this kind of document, because after hearing the content of the marriage letter, she felt that it was a bit dogmatic, it was all about the reality and interests of the two schools, and it seemed that there was no separation between husband and wife.

Lin Jiang likes this kind of well-organized contract: the contract has the romance of the contract.

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This day was the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, and it was the day when Lin Jiang was going to sign a marriage contract in front of the imperial court.

During the New Year's Eve, there were lights and festoons everywhere in the palace, but this year's festivities in the Tai Hospital were different.

In the new year, all the six departments removed the old peaches and pasted new talismans, and replaced them with brand new characters of blessing, while the lintels and windows of the Tai Hospital were all pasted with the word "happy" shining brightly.

Deputy Ma Yuan and Deputy Yuan Liu led everyone from the Tai Hospital to replace the lanterns with festive lanterns.

When Lin Jiang got up this morning and entered the gate of the imperial hospital, she was shocked: it made her seem to be getting married from the imperial hospital.

The Deputy of the Horse Academy is not young, but as an imperial doctor, he is diligent in taking care of himself. He plays a set of Wu Qinxi every day, and his skills are quite vigorous. Jiang entered the door, and another scorpion climbed up the wall and quickly came down the ladder: "How does the Lord Yuanzheng look? What's not enough, let's hang some more."

Lin Jiang said with a smile: "It's really better than I expected, thank you for your kindness."

The ranks of the officials in the Imperial Hospital are not high, the highest is Lin Jiang, the fifth rank, so everyone wears green official uniforms, and the apprentices are ordinary algae blue clothes.This is the etiquette of the imperial court that cannot be wronged, but today, everyone in the Imperial Hospital brought a red accessory as a sign of celebration.

For example, the deputy of the horse courtyard in front of him is wearing a bright red chicken blood jade pendant.

Lin Jiang walked all the way back, everyone was like this, there was always a red spot on his body.

As for Lin Jiang herself, although she was still wearing a blue official robe today, she was covered by a big red satin cloak outside, and she was also dressed in red like fire.

The vice-representatives of the Ma Yuan made a concluding speech: "We sincerely hope that Master Yuan Zheng and Commander Wei will have a good relationship for a hundred years, and everything goes well!"

A few years ago, if someone told the vice president of the horse hospital that all the members of the Taiyuan Hospital wanted to see with their own eyes that Taiyuan was getting married, the vice president of the horse courtyard would laugh so hard that he couldn't bear his breath.

What the hell is this?

But now, not only is he taking the lead in doing this, but his eyes are still a little moist.

They all knew that today was the day when Lord Yuanzheng went to the imperial court to issue a marriage certificate, not only him, but the whole imperial hospital was a little bit melancholy from his mother's family.

In addition to melancholy, they also prepared a gift, which was waiting to be given out today.

"Master Yuanzheng, these days, Lao Liu and I have prepared a gift for Master Yuanzheng together with the imperial physicians in this courtyard."

As he spoke, Deputy Ma Yuan and Deputy Yuan Liu stood side by side in front of her like two generals humming, and each took out a book carefully.

I saw that the deputy of Ma Yuan had "Teachings for Women Doctors Part One", and the deputy of Liu Yuan had "Teachings for Women Doctors Part Two".

Deputy Ma Yuan said: "Back then, Emperor Cheng abolished the women's medical center in the palace because of private matters in the palace, and drove all the female doctors out of the palace. Burn it."

This matter has always been Lin Jiang's great regret.

Before her, there were already women who had put in a lot of painstaking efforts. After several generations, the women's medical center was established. It is said that they even compiled a systematic female medical textbook. Every apprentice had to read and recite it hundreds of times when they started.But those were all destroyed by Emperor Cheng's wrath and turned into ashes, and the efforts of several generations of court female doctors came to naught.

Lin Jiang looked at the two vice presidents in disbelief at this moment: "This is... the medical rules of the women's hospital back then?"

But how did they get it?

Deputy Ma Yuan said: "Our family has been on duty in the Imperial Hospital since the founding of this dynasty." Then he looked at Deputy Liu Yuan: "There is also Lao Liu, and many people in this Imperial Hospital are also like this."

"The old elders in the family have seen the women's doctor's clinic with their own eyes. Back then, the imperial hospital and the women's doctor's office were considered colleagues. They helped each other internally and externally, and they also saw each other's medical records. Of course I’ve seen it too, but it’s a pity that it’s been decades, and I can only remember a few words.”

"We went to visit them one by one, and worked hard to make up half a book."

"Fortunately, with God's blessing, when I kept visiting the old seniors of the Imperial Hospital, I heard a lot of news. Last month, I actually found a senior female doctor who had worked in the Women's Medical Center."

Emperor Cheng is the biological father of the Supreme Emperor, and now the Supreme Emperor has been dead for two years, and half a century has actually passed since the women's clinic was destroyed.

The surviving female doctor was a little girl less than 20 years old when she was kicked out of the palace, but now she is a very old woman.

It was precisely because she was still young, she was just preparing for a female doctor, and she had never been on duty, so she avoided the fate of being implicated, but was kicked out of the palace.

"We came to ask for an interview. Luckily, even after so many years, the old man still remembered the two female doctor's instructions in the women's medical center back then, and he knew every word backwards."

It is said that if they did not memorize this training more than 100 times, they would never be able to learn to diagnose the pulse.

And even after several decades, Da Zhou's women's clinic is no longer there, and the ancestors have passed away one by one. This female doctor has never forgotten the teachings of the masters.

Lin Jiang stretched out his hands, solemnly took the two books and thanked: "Thank you so much."

This gift means more to her than gold and silver jewelry.She had just identified the reserve group of women doctors, and now the basic textbooks of the women's doctor center are a timely rain.

Lin Jiang couldn't help but started to read it at that time.

At the beginning, I saw this book, how to wash hands before touching patients, how to boil medical equipment and cotton cloths—just looking at these most basic rules, Lin Jiang believed that this was the kind of teaching material she needed.

What is more important than medical knowledge is to teach these maids who have no foundation before treating diseases, so as not to bring and cause more diseases to patients.

Lin Jiang raised her head, and saluted the two vice presidents and the imperial physicians standing behind them: "Thank you." It was for countless women, thanking them.

She could hear that it was difficult for these two books to come out again.

If it weren't for a lucky encounter with a senior from a women's hospital who could recite the medical books of the year, Deputy Ma Yuan and Deputy Yuan Liu were going to collect fragments of words from their ancestors, and then piece together the original work by themselves.

Lin Jiang was really moved to accept this kindness.

Seeing her salute solemnly, the imperial physicians hurriedly returned the salute: "Your Majesty is devoted to medicine. We all see it. This is what we should do as doctors." .

Even if you stay in the Tai Hospital for a long time, sometimes you will do something against your will in order to protect yourself.But for imperial physicians, there is a kind of peace of mind and pride in their hearts to be able to do this according to the nature of doctors.

Lin Jiang asked the deputy of the horse hospital for the female doctor's name and current address, and planned to visit her when she left the palace today.

After the marriage letter is signed today, the emperor must give her a holiday.

"Master, Lin Shangshu has arrived."

Little Queer, no, but Jiang came in from the door and saluted Lin Jiangzhi's disciple. She had two bright red silk flowers on her hair, and she looked at Lin Jiang with a particularly bright smile in her eyes.

"The apprentice sent the master out."

Lin Jiang walked out the door, seeing Lin Ruhai in a red robe, elegant and elegant, couldn't help but smile: "Uncle."

And Lin Ruhai saw Lin Jiang coming out of the imperial hospital, followed by a group of mournful imperial physicians, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart, and finally said: "Let's go, go to Mingzheng Palace to see your majesty."