Chapter 36: Li Shizhen

In line with the idea and principle of not missing every genius around him, Zhong Nan rushed to the Jizhou military camp non-stop, and he couldn't wait to meet this big bull who wrote the "Compendium of Materia Medica". It's just that Zhong Nan remembered that Li Shizhen in the original time and space should have died around the twentieth year of Wanli, but now the "Li Shizhen" in his military camp is still alive, I hope they are also the same person!

In the original time and space, Li Shizhen was born in a medical family, his grandfather was a herbalist doctor, and his father Li Yanwen was a famous doctor in the world, and he was the chief of the Tai Hospital. Because in ancient times, both folk doctors and imperial doctors had a relatively low status, his father did not want Li Shizhen to study medicine again, and hoped that he would take the road of studying and taking exams instead.

Li Shizhen went to Huangzhou Mansion with his father at the age of fourteen to take the exam and won the show. Li Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, hoping that he would make persistent efforts, but he went to Wuchang three times to take the exam, and his name fell to Sun Shan. In fact, Li Shizhen has loved medicine since he was a child and was not keen on the imperial examination, so after failing the examination three times, he made up his mind to abandon Confucianism to study medicine and devote himself to studying medicine. In desperation, his father had to dispel the idea of letting him take the exam to become an official, and took his son to practice medicine everywhere, and gradually became famous because of his superb medical skills.

During the Jiajing period, Li Shizhen became famous for curing the strange illness of the son of Zhu Houkun, the king of Fushun, and was hired by Zhu Yingdi, the king of Chu in Wuchang, as the "Fengcizheng" of the palace, and was also in charge of the affairs of the good medical institute. Later, Li Shizhen was recommended to work in the Tai Hospital, and was awarded the position of "Tai Hospital Judge", but because he was not tactful enough and was squeezed out by his colleagues in the Tai Hospital, he resigned and returned to his hometown.

After returning to his hometown from Tai Hospital, Li Shizhen sat in the hall to practice medicine, devoting himself to the investigation and research of drugs.

It may be that his experience in Tai Hospital had a significant impact on Li Shizhen's life and laid the foundation for him to compile the "Compendium of Materia Medica". Because there are a variety of rare medical classics in the Tai Hospital, including the "Essence of Materia Medica", etc., there are also many rare medicinal materials that are not easy to see among the people, with these conveniences, Li Shizhen obtained a large amount of relevant information about Materia Medica at that time, broadened his horizons and enriched his knowledge.

Subsequently, Li Shizhen actively engaged in drug research, and often went in and out of the pharmacy and imperial medicine warehouse of Tai Hospital, carefully comparing and identifying medicinal materials from various places, and collected a large amount of detailed information. In the process, he discovered that there were many errors in the ancient Materia Medica, and he decided to recompile a Materia Medica.

Li Shizhen took "Evidence of Materia Medica" as the blueprint, referred to more than 800 books, and since the 44th year of Jiajing, he has left home many times to go out to investigate, and has traveled to many famous mountains and rivers in Huguang, Jiangxi, and Zhili, and has clarified many difficult problems.

After 27 years, the first draft of the "Compendium of Materia Medica" was completed, and in the following ten years, Li Shizhen revised it three times and finally completed this monumental work. Due to his older age and many investigations, Li Shizhen's health in his later years was not as good as before, and he passed away the following year after the finalization of the "Compendium of Materia Medica".

On the way back to the camp, Zhong Nan roughly reviewed the life of the "Medicine King", thinking that his crossing would not affect the appearance of the "Compendium of Materia Medica".

Originally, he wanted Xu Wanzhou to spread the word, but later Zhong Nan felt that it was inappropriate, whether the other party was still the former "Li Shizhen", it was worth him to visit in person. After all, the medical work of the Jizhou military camp still depends on the other party, Zhong Nan doesn't think that the role of military doctors in the war is not great, on the contrary, it can enrich some special tactics!

After questioning several soldiers, he saw Li Shizhen in a medicinal herb room. When he was treating the old general before, Zhong Nan didn't pay attention to it, and if he saw him at this moment, he had to take a closer look.

At this time, Li Shizhen should be fifty years old, but his movements are light, and his eyes are a little sharp, probably because he has been in the barracks for a long time, he doesn't look like a doctor, but more like a soldier.

"Mr. Li has been doing well lately!" Zhong Nan greeted first.

"Mr. Lao is worried, and the little one has always been fine!"

"That's good...... That's good! After finishing speaking, Zhong Nan didn't know what to say next, and suddenly became cold.

Fortunately, Li Shizhen is not a restrained and introverted person, and guessed that the general soldier would not come to him for no reason, so he asked: "I don't know what the adults are looking for me?" ”

By the way, why should I meet each other in a hurry? It was not because I was stimulated by the fact that I had just discovered the cow man Zhao Shizhen, so I wanted to admire the demeanor of the "King of Medicine" and wanted to ask the other party if he had written the "Compendium of Materia Medica". However, this can't be told the truth, otherwise it will definitely be regarded as a monster by everyone.

So the chief soldier turned his mind and told a small lie, "Mr. Li, I always feel a little unwell today, please see if I have any disease?" ”

When Li Shizhen heard this, her expression immediately became serious. Li Shizhen has long heard of Zhong Nan, the chief soldier of Jizhou, and knows that he is now playing a major role in the Ming border defense line, if he really gets seriously ill, it will be tantamount to making the Jizhou army that has just lost Wu Weizhong even worse.

first carefully checked Zhong Nan's face, then rolled his eyes, and then carefully looked at the mouth, ears and nose, and then Li Shizhen stretched out his right hand and gave Zhong Nan a trumpet pulse, and after half a ring, he did not find any obvious abnormality.

Li Shizhen is extremely confident in his medical skills, but this time he didn't see any fame. He pondered for a moment, and then gave Zhong Nan the pulse again, this time, for a longer time, but still nothing was found. At this time, Li Shizhen couldn't sit still.

"Dare to ask the chief soldier, do you feel unwell?"

Zhong Nan was originally talking nonsense, and there was nothing uncomfortable in his body, but now he can only "catch ducks on the shelves" and continue to make mistakes.

"I just feel very tired and can't exert much energy!" After finishing speaking, Zhong Nan also glanced at Li Shizhen, for fear that the other party would see the clue.

"But are there any other anomalies?" Li Shizhen's expression was solemn, and he was thinking quickly in his head, but he didn't notice Zhong Nan's small movements.

"Not the rest yet."

After Li Shizhen heard this, he stroked his beard repeatedly with his hand, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "At the moment, the little one can't diagnose what kind of illness the general soldier has, but I guess that it is likely that he has been too tired recently, so he has the above symptoms." ”

Speaking of this, Li Shizhen paused, as if feeling frustrated that he had not been diagnosed, and shook his head before adding: "Adults should pay close attention to these two days, if there are signs of aggravation of the condition, or if there are other discomforts, you must call the little one to check as soon as possible." ”

"That's nature." Seeing that the other party attached so much importance to it, Zhong Nan was a little reluctant to go, but because of his face, he couldn't tell the truth, so he had to change the topic.

"I wonder if Mr. Li has any research on poisons?"

"Poison?" Li Shizhen was surprised, "What do you want to do?" ”

"That's the case, I added some poison such as wolf poison arsenic to *, I don't know if it has any effect on the Mongolian cavalry?"

As soon as he mentioned his professional understanding, Li Shizhen came to his senses, "I know about the adults adding poison to *, and I still provide those drugs such as arsenic." ”

"In fact, most drugs are toxic, and there is also a folk saying that 'it is a drug with three parts of poison', and some originally non-toxic things will change their properties and become toxic after being combined. Therefore, as long as different drugs are added according to different situations, different poisons can be generated. ”

"As for the effect of poisons, they are greatly affected by the environment and the individual's physique."

"I understand the personal physique, but how can I explain the environmental impact?" Zhong Nan threw out questions.

"To take the simplest example, in the spring and summer seasons, because everything is vibrant, poisons are more likely to infect and spread, even filthy things such as human and animal feces, and people are also easily infected with diseases." Li Shizhen introduced pharmacological knowledge in simple terms.

"Is there any poison that is strong and at the same time easily infects the crowd, I want to add * and cannonballs, if the Mongols dare to attack, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Zhong Nan is not a good man and a woman, and his years of military experience have made him more iron-blooded, so he doesn't think there is anything wrong with treating invaders like this. It's just that he thought that Li Shizhen, as a doctor, might not be able to accept his own approach, so he explained, "Mr. Li may think that I am too cruel, just to treat those shameless invaders, I don't think it is too much to do anything!" ”

"Where and where ......" Li Shizhen did not mind, on the contrary, he deeply agreed with this idea, "No matter who offends my Chinese, they have to pay a painful price, otherwise they will not remember the pain!" ”

Both of them have the same concept, and the communication is smoother, and Li Shizhen promised to help Zhong Nan mix a few more poisons, which is the kind requested by the chief soldier.

In the next few days, Zhong Nan was looking through the rosters of the Jizhou military camp and arsenal, trying to see if there were still the names of cattle among them. Whether it is Zhao Shizhen, a firearms expert, or Li Shizhen, the "King of Medicine", they all make him feel like a tiger with wings. Even if he has the advantage of being a traverser, and has some skills and knowledge that he did not have at this time, he still needs the help of elite people. "Three stinkers, race over Zhuge Liang", if it is three cattle like Zhao and Li, wouldn't it be far superior to Mr. Kong Ming!

After looking through the roster several times, he didn't find the names of other cattle in his memory, which made Zhong Nan somewhat disappointed. It seems that the "protagonist halo" is not strong enough, and he still needs to work hard to improve his ability, maybe at that time, the cattle will take the initiative to give him a hug!

That night, Zhong Nan had a lot of cow figures in his dream. They sat around him and pointed out the country together, and the situation here was so magnificent.