On December 20, the second year of the Apocalypse, a strange enterprise in the new industrial park in the east of Chang'an announced the establishment ceremony today, Chang'an Pharmaceutical Production Company, at first everyone thought that this should be similar to other kind of pharmaceutical workshops, did not take it too seriously, but what I didn't expect was that on the opening day, almost all representatives of Chang'an's industrial and commercial circles were invited, and even the cabinet sent Minister of Civil Affairs Yang Qiu to participate, and the heads of the five wealthy businessmen were almost all present.

"Haha, Brother He, congratulations on the official establishment of a new pharmaceutical company today, which can be regarded as the opening of a new era in the medical field." Murong Feixue's appearance at the opening ceremony on behalf of the Murong family was naturally very concerning, and the other wealthy businessmen were basically headed by men, but the Murong family, which was known as the number one wealthy businessman, was a girl in charge, and those who didn't know the situation didn't know what was going on.

"Sister Feixue laughed, I don't dare to take credit for the smooth opening of this pharmaceutical company, this is all the credit of the queen's mother, she came up with the prescription of this chilblain cream, and reminded me to push the pharmaceutical company to formalization and specialization, so that we can produce more drugs that benefit people's livelihood and help people overcome the disease." He Wenjin was a little embarrassed by Murong Feixue's praise, and waved his hand again and again.

"Qiaoxi has come up with a recipe, but it is also a great contribution to you He Wenjin to be able to really produce it and bring it to the market." Before Murong Feixue could speak, a familiar voice suddenly came out of the crowd behind him, and then the crowd of onlookers suddenly separated, and two young people, a man and a woman, walked over, it was Li Xuanqing and his wife.

"When you're out and about, don't salute." Li Xuanqing's appearance surprised everyone inexplicably, but then Li Xuanqing stopped him and saluted him and said with a smile: "Today, Chang'an Pharmaceutical Company was established, and Qiaoxi and I also came to join in the fun, don't be surprised by uninvited guests." ”

"The emperor laughed, the emperor and the queen mother were able to come to my small pharmaceutical company, so that my He family could shine, where do I dare to blame." He Wenjin hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Since the emperor is here, the opening ceremony of this pharmaceutical company is also presided over by the emperor." ”

Li Xuanqing didn't shirk either, he originally wanted to use the opening of this pharmaceutical company to promote some ideas for future generations, so he waved his hand to signal the people around him to calm down and said, "Everyone knows what this pharmaceutical company does, right?" This is a company specializing in the production of finished Chinese medicine products, is the gospel of all the people in the world, through such a professional company we hope to achieve a goal, that is, to truly let the people understand that ordinary diseases can be treated through our professional drugs, so as to alleviate the people's difficulty in seeing a doctor, unable to see the disease and unable to afford medicine, so that our people can reduce the pain. ”

Li Xuanqing's simple words revealed the meaning but made the hearts of the people around him move, according to their understanding, I am afraid that the next step of the empire's livelihood plan is to focus on the improvement of medical conditions. All the people present are industrial and commercial leaders in Chang'an and even Guanzhong, and they can naturally understand the business opportunities contained in Li Xuanqing's words. So for a while, everyone was pondering these few words, and the whole venue was silent.

"I hope you can support the medical cause of the empire a lot, and I believe that with your support, our people can live longer." Li Xuanqing's words made everyone react, and the applause was endless.

"I announce that Chang'an Pharmaceutical Company was officially established today." Li Xuanqing gave up the stage to He Wenjin, and Qiaoxi watched everyone congratulate He Wenjin and quietly left the crowd and began to visit this new pharmaceutical company.

"Is the emperor planning to take our queen mother to a tryst?" The couple hadn't gone far before Murong Feixue's voice came from behind them, and they saw the head of the Murong family, who was dressed in a purple mink fur, walking over and looking at the clever white eyes and laughing: "Okay, sister, I just want to follow the two of you for a long time, and next time I have such an opportunity, I will also take care of our Murong family." ”

"Your Murong family has a lot of money." Li Xuanqing remembered the allusion invented by Qiaoxi back then, and immediately smiled: "The Murong family is the largest wealthy businessman in the world, and there is still a lack of this opportunity?" ”

Li Xuanqing's words made Qiaoxi lean back with a smile, and waved his hand and said: "What the eldest brother said is that the Murong family has a lot of money, and they still lack this opportunity, if you let the third brother know, sister, you will definitely be scolded." ”

"Okay, I'll tell you about business, you two are good, just make fun of me, don't you really block the good things of the two of you?" Murong Feixue stomped her feet, a little helpless that the couple canceled themselves together.

"Okay, since you're here, you can accompany me and Qiaoxi to visit He's pharmaceutical company, right?" Li Xuanqing waved his hand to stop Murong Feixue's continued trouble, and led the two of them into the production workshop, medicinal material finishing workshop and synthesis and decomposition workshop in front, as well as the R&D base and other places. The He family has obviously been researching pharmaceutical companies for more than a day or two, and all the facilities are very thoughtful, and they have also distributed R&D bases, obviously they also have their own drugs that need to be promoted online.

"Brother He, this pharmaceutical factory is doing a good job, and the configuration is very complete." The three of them walked to the production workshop, where the assembly line driven by the steam engine has a trace of the appearance of the future, and the various medicinal ingredients are extracted in the synthesis and decomposition workshop and the collection workshop, and then combined and then equipped into finished products, and finally the assembly line driven by the pulley group is used, and then the workshop is withdrawn and enters the warehouse.

"It's a pity, this is a pharmaceutical workshop for Chinese patent medicine, and it seems that the cultivation and artificial cultivation of Chinese medicinal materials will be put on the agenda, otherwise in a few years, the wild Chinese medicinal materials in our empire will be exhausted." Li Xuanqing's words didn't care about it, but Murong Feixue's heart moved, she originally wanted to participate in this industry, and the news revealed in Li Xuanqing's words at this time naturally kept her in mind.

Maybe what Li Xuanqing doesn't know now is that he now inadvertently said a sentence that Murong Feixue really implemented, after failing many times, the first artificial Chinese herbal medicine planting base in the Tang Empire finally appeared in the world, all kinds of common medicinal materials have been studied, and there are nearly a dozen kinds of them on the market in the first phase, which can be regarded as a preliminary solution to the difficulty of picking and collecting Chinese medicinal materials.

However, at this time, Li Xuanqing did not mean this, but thought about how to carry out research on Western medicine, although later generations criticized Western medicine greatly, but there is no doubt that Western medicine has its own unique role, otherwise it would not become the mainstream drug in the pharmaceutical industry. However, at this time, when chemistry was just a little basic, it was impossible to carry out research on Western medicine, and even if we put in the effort, I was afraid that there might not be any results. In line with this, it is better to invest more efforts in the field of basic chemistry in the development of Western medicine, and after the popularization of chemical knowledge and the development of it little by little, the results will naturally bring changes to the world.

After attending the opening ceremony of Chang'an Pharmaceutical Company and inspecting the workshop of the pharmaceutical company, Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi were also relieved, but it is obvious that once this emerging thing is promoted, it will inevitably bring more problems, and when it comes to specialization and safety, Li Xuanqing will consider the focus next. And up to now, the popularity of medicine and hospitals has also made Li Xuanqing more and more aware of the necessity of setting up a special management agency, so on the third day after coming back, when he found Cen Tian after studying with Qiaoxi, he said the idea of setting up a Ministry of Health.

At first, Cen Tianshi was taken aback, and it was not a trivial matter to rashly increase the departments of the cabinet, because once a new department was added to the cabinet, basically the following provincial and municipal levels would need to add a department, and the new departments would inevitably bring new professionals. At present, the Cabinet is still having a headache for the main officials of the six provinces established in the north, and if new departments are added, I am afraid that the Cabinet will not be overdone.

However, when Li Xuanqing finished talking about the management authority and scope of the Ministry of Health, Cen Tianshi nodded, on the one hand, this aspect of management was missing, and on the other hand, it was merged into the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so if a new department is really added, it is not impossible, at least some people can be sent from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the plate that was originally in charge of health care will be independent, and then the general framework of the Ministry of Health will come out.

"Your Majesty, I know that medical and health care is very important, but isn't it a waste of manpower to add a new department to manage it?" Cen Tianshi secretly planned the main candidate of the Ministry of Health in his heart, but he still complained to Li Xuanqing with a sad face, for him, at most, it is enough to increase the management authority and scope of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, there is no need to add a new department so solemnly.

"With the continuous development of our empire's economy, the people will definitely have other needs after passing the food and clothing line, and this medical demand is the biggest problem after the food and clothing problem." Li Xuanqing's eyes were blazing and said: "So in the final analysis, this is actually a basic department, and we can't take it lightly." Our previous dynasties did not attach much importance to Xinglin, so the current development of our medical conditions is slow, and there are great drawbacks in all aspects, we need a professional department to coordinate the development of medical and hygiene, so that this industry can keep up with the pace of development of other industries as soon as possible. ”

Li Xuanqing's face became solemn when he said this, and the way of medicine has not been paid enough attention since ancient times, and even Confucianism has degraded the status of doctors again and again, becoming a "villain". Moreover, although the rulers of previous dynasties positioned the highest rank of doctors as imperial doctors for their own safety, they were actually serving themselves or a family, so Li Xuanqing's establishment of the Ministry of Health at this time was actually to accelerate the reversal of this abnormal phenomenon. Since the founding of the Tang Empire, all walks of life have begun to prosper, and the concept of equality for all people is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people year by year, and the profession of doctors has gradually been recognized by the society, and the number of practitioners is also increasing.

After Li Xuanqing said this, Cen Tianshi nodded and said, "Your Majesty, Tianshi understands." I will arrange for the establishment of the Ministry of Health as soon as possible, and let Yang Qiu divide some of the terms of reference of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and then order him to assist in the establishment of the Ministry of Health, which will not disappoint the emperor's expectations. ”

"It takes a process for some secular perceptions to change, but the cabinet and the local yamen, as the administrative departments of the empire, need to set an example for the whole people." Li Xuanqing also knows that even if the new Ministry of Health is established, it will still be very difficult to reverse this situation, but some things are difficult at the beginning, but perseverance can change the situation.

"When the new Ministry of Health is established, the military will be notified, and the military's medical and nursing bureau will also be under the day-to-day management of the Ministry of Health, and all other forms of hospitals will need to be managed by the Ministry of Health, except for special presences such as field hospitals. Moreover, it is necessary to make it clear to the Ministry of Civil Affairs that in the future, the people's childbirth will also need to work together with the Ministry of Health to manage the action. Li Xuanqing continued to instruct: "The military's hospitals should accept dual leadership, be under the control of the military in wartime, and give priority to serving the war, but in peacetime, they need to be under the management of the Ministry of Health and serve the general public." ”

Cen Tianshi nodded and said with a wry smile: "The emperor's idea is very good, but our cabinet is going to be busy again." However, the Ministry of Health, which is about to be established, will do my best to get it done. ”

After coming out of the cabinet building, Li Xuanqing went to the Tiance Mansion building, and after coming back, he began to think about the enlightenment education for Xiao Tianqi with Qiaoxi. Since this is not a matter for Xiao Tianqi alone, this preschool enlightenment education itself needs to be promoted to society. So including what to teach, how to teach, the two began to plan one by one, and Qiaoxi also compiled some textbooks, including some of the content of preschool education in later generations.

"Big brother, I suddenly found out that we can be an education group." After Qiao Xi and Li Xuanqing studied for a few days, it was already close to the New Year, and the two of them also relaxed, Qiao Xi made Li Xuanqing a cup of tea and said with a smile: "Now our family can have a new piece of income." Education is a new industry, and it is also a sunrise industry. ”

When Qiaoxi said this, Li Xuanqing smiled and said: "Don't you say that I almost forgot, how much money do we have now, do you have money from the Murong family?" ”

Qiaoxi was amused by Li Xuanqing's funny expression, "Big brother, don't worry, I will definitely not be worse than Sister Feixue in my master, our family is the richest man in the Tang Dynasty, and the Murong family is not rich as us." ”

"Qiaoxi, hurry up and make money, I intend to split the industrial group at the right time, and hand over the main part of production to the cabinet to let them state-run, and sell it if necessary." Li Xuanqing nodded and said: "When the time comes, we will get some compensation from the cabinet to invest in emerging industries, so as to drive the whole society to continue to move forward." ”

Li Xuanqing's words made Qiaoxi stunned for a moment, and then he understood what he meant, nodded and said: "It's also true, only if we keep moving forward in the front, can we drive the latecomers to keep up, and over time can we form the driving force for the society to keep moving forward." ”