jdhmnovel Chapter 360 The Prince Consort's true colors have finally been revealed!
Chapter 360 The Prince Consort's true colors have finally been revealed!
No doctor wants to miss out on understanding the secrets of the human body.
Unfortunately, the Zhongyuan Hall has always emphasized the importance of respecting the dead, and no one is willing to hand over the remains of their family members to doctors to handle. Countless doctors who want to study the remains either have to work part-time as coroners or cooperate with tomb raiders.
Then the problem is coming.
Although coroners have the opportunity to handle corpses and do speak for the deceased, there aren't many homicide cases that require coroners to dissect corpses, and coroners are considered to have a lowly profession because they deal with corpses, so the path of working part-time as a coroner is closed.
As for cooperating with tomb raiders... it's not that the doctors didn't want to cooperate with tomb raiders, but the risks were too great, because digging up graves and destroying corpses were serious crimes, and the doctors didn't want to risk their lives.
Now that Yang Shaofeng has made it clear that he wants to support the study of Japanese pirates, Yang Qing and Wang Hu are naturally unwilling to let this opportunity pass.
Yang Shaofeng smiled and replied, "Then I'll have to trouble Imperial Physician Yang and Imperial Physician Wang."
Yang Qing hummed in agreement, and after calming down, he looked Yang Shaofeng up and down. Suddenly, he extended his hand and said, "Your Highness, may I take your pulse?"
Seeing Yang Qing's solemn expression, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but feel flustered. He quickly put his hand on the table and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Imperial Physician Yang."
Yang Qing hummed in agreement again, then reached out and pressed down on Yang Shaofeng's left wrist, taking his pulse for a while with his eyes slightly narrowed. Suddenly, he snorted coldly and said, "Has the Prince Consort been staying up late a lot lately?"
Yang Shaofeng hummed in agreement, and Yang Qing continued to ask, "Overthinking?"
After Yang Shaofeng nodded again, Yang Qing suddenly snorted and said, "Staying up late for so long and overthinking, the Prince Consort really doesn't take his health seriously."
After saying that, Yang Qing simply got up and took out a small medicine box. He took out a small porcelain bottle and handed it to Yang Shaofeng, saying, "Take ten pills once a day with warm water."
Yang Shaofeng took the medicine bottle and asked suspiciously, "This thing wasn't made from male silkworm moths, was it?"
Yang Qing snorted and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, this contains medicine to nourish Yin and strengthen the body. However, no matter how effective this medicine is, it is ultimately only treating the symptoms, not the root cause. If Your Highness does not take care of your health and continues to work so hard every day, no amount of medicine will help."
Yang Shaofeng was relieved and said to Yang Qing with a smile, "Speaking of medicine, I suddenly thought of something else."
Before Yang Qing could ask, Yang Shaofeng said directly, "After the previous drug test, I'm sure Imperial Physician Yang and Imperial Physician Wang also discovered that the effects of medicine that is not crushed are different from those that are crushed."
"If that's the case, why can't we offer a separate course on pharmacy within the medical school?"
"There's another matter. Laiyang and Qixia counties, which are under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou, have complex terrains. Some land is simply unsuitable for growing grain. I was thinking that perhaps it would be suitable for growing some medicinal herbs?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Qing's eyes twitched involuntarily.
Well, first you used the Japanese as bait, then you brought up pharmacology, and now you say that the lands of Laiyang and Qixia might be suitable for growing medicinal herbs—you, Yang…the Prince Consort’s true colors have finally been revealed!
Just as Yang Qing was inwardly grumbling, Yang Shaofeng glanced at the large box Yang Qing had brought and said, "Imperial Physician Yang, are these medicinal herbs you've prepared enough for the people of Ningyang County? Have any other prefectures or counties come to purchase these herbs recently?"
Yang Qing suddenly chuckled and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will take my unworthy disciple to Qixia and Laiyang tomorrow to see what medicinal herbs are suitable for planting."
In fact, Yang Qing did not expect that these crushed and properly mixed medicinal herbs would be so popular.
First, Xu Da's army placed a large order, requiring Ningyang County to provide medicinal herbs for 10,000 people.
Immediately afterwards, the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace also placed an order, requesting medicine for a thousand people.
Other nobles from Huaixi also placed orders, some requesting enough medicinal herbs for dozens of people, others for just a few.
All of these herbs together, the demand is as high as 15,000 portions, and the herbs that Wang Hu and I brought to Ningyang County are not enough!
Therefore, even if Yang Shaofeng didn't mention planting medicinal herbs in Qixia and Laiyang, Yang Qing himself planned to bring it up.
Now that Yang Shaofeng has beaten him to it, he can actually gain a favor.
Yang Qing smiled and said, "How about this, we'll see which medicinal herbs we can plant later, and my unworthy disciple and I will come up with a few new prescriptions. But if we don't have enough people to test the medicine, Your Highness..."
Yang Shaofeng was overjoyed and said with a smile, "I'll leave the planting of medicinal herbs and the new prescription to Imperial Physician Yang and Imperial Physician Wang. As for the medicine handlers..."
Yang Shaofeng chuckled and said, "These two hundred-odd medicine men will do for now. If they're really not enough, I can find a way to get more."
As Yang Shaofeng finished speaking, Yang Qing couldn't help but shake his head with a smile and said, "The Prince Consort is truly single-mindedly focused on making the people of Dengzhou rich."
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Just as Yang Shaofeng was pondering how to make the people of Laiyang and Qixia rich, a group of censors dispatched by Liu Bowen, the Imperial Censor, also began heading straight to the counties they had selected.
Shen Hao rode his horse triumphantly, hoping to reach Ningyang County as soon as possible, while inwardly complaining about how stupid his colleagues were.
Is drawing lots to get assigned to Ningyang County a tough job?
Don't be silly, the luckiest thing is that they caught Ningyang County, because there's practically nothing to investigate there.
Yang Dianfeng had already distributed land to the people as early as the Hongwu era.
The current household registration system of the Ming Dynasty is based on the household registration book of Ningyang County.
Moreover, the memorials that the Imperial Son-in-Law had previously submitted to the court contained very clear and detailed data. This trip to Ningyang County was basically just to check the accounts, and then he could stroll back to the capital.
As for what he said about going to ordinary people's homes to inquire about the officials' reputation?
Then let's find out. I'll just record whatever the common people say, and then take these records back to report.
The whole process was smooth and risk-free, much better than going to other counties!
After riding around on horseback for a while, Shen Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ningyang County faintly visible in the distance. He turned to the inspector beside him and said, "Inspector Xu, shall we go ahead and find a village to ask around?"