Ahem, let's talk about some difficulties in the spread of culture in that era.

As mentioned earlier, at that time, the text carrier was mainly based on cumbersome simple scrolls, and those who wanted to obtain the scrolls often had to rely on borrowing and copying, which was originally quite laborious and laborious. And in the process of copying, it is inevitable that there will be some miscopied words or wrong meanings...... There is such a wonderful thing about Chinese characters, that is, sometimes a sentence, as long as there is a slight mistake in punctuation, the sentence will often change several completely different meanings.

It would be fine if this were the case, but there was a more serious problem here, and that was the control of the noble class over the spread of knowledge and culture.

China has always paid attention to the social class of "Shinong Industry and Commerce", in fact, there are "Son of Heaven", "Candidates" and "Doctors", but they are generally not on the same level as Shinong Industry and Commerce. The "scholar" class was originally the lowest level of aristocracy, but with the development of the times, it gradually became the first class of the commoner class, and then formed the so-called scholar landlord class during the Han Dynasty.

The so-called "scholars", their full-time job is to study and become officials, in other words, the scholars control knowledge, cultural transmission and public opinion, and further, they control the way to become officials and gain power in politics, and at the same time, other classes are never allowed to meddle in their area. The reason is ...... To put it mildly, reading and learning culture is the root of their interests, and it is what they eat and live, so how can other classes share it?

It is precisely for this reason that the scholars were very concerned about the transmission of cultural knowledge, which is similar to the strict inheritance of the priestly line in many ancient civilization systems. In addition, the dissemination of knowledge and culture in that period was limited to a certain extent.

Maybe some people here will say that what does this have to do with Zhang Zhongjing? Can those nobles really control knowledge? Even if it can be controlled, Zhang Zhongjing writes a medical book. It's not a classic book of history related to being an official and serving in politics, so the scholars will be interested in this?

But don't forget, the cultural dissemination at that time basically relied on the scholars, and the books written by Zhang Zhongjing could only be collected and disseminated by those who were interested in the scholars. And these nobles are not all fools. There will always be people who will understand how much fame and benefits Zhang Zhongjing's medical book will bring to his family if it is in the hands of his own family?

Then some people will say, what can the scholars do if they want to control it? Isn't Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases" still handed down in the same way? Then I would like to remind you again that the "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases" that has been circulated in later generations is actually an incomplete fragment. According to historical records, in addition to "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", Zhang Zhongjing's writings also include 10 volumes of "Distinguishing Typhoid Fever", 1 volume of "Prescriptions for Evaluating Diseases", 2 volumes of "Prescriptions for Treating Women", and 1 volume of "Five Tibetan Treatises". The volume of "Oral Treatise" has unfortunately long been lost. As for why it was lost, eight times out of ten it is inseparable from the knowledge control of the scholars.

(PS: The above is somewhat nonsense, don't take it too seriously.) ）

Zhang Zhongjing himself is also a member of the scholar class, and he understands this kind of thing himself, but he doesn't understand it so clearly, but he is simply worried that if what he writes cannot be circulated, it will not match his desire to write medical books to help more people. And Lu Ren used his own way at this time. After talking about those messy things very tactfully, Zhang Zhongjing couldn't help but fall into deep contemplation.

A long time has passed. Zhang Zhongjing raised his head and said to Lu Ren: "Lu Servant, you came to the old man this time, I think in retrospect, you shouldn't have simply come to visit the old man, right?" ”

Lu Ren nodded.

Zhang Zhongjing looked around at the Jian Chun file in the study, and pondered for a long time before saying, "Could it be that Lu Servant is also coveting these medical books compiled by the old man?" ”

Lu Ren nodded again: "Sort of." ”

Zhang Zhongjing's face changed, but in the end he just let out a long sigh and said, "If others covet it." The old man is also unsafe when he dies. But if Lu Servant shoots and covets it, the old man can more or less let go of some of his heart. At least in the hands of Lu Fuju, it can still treat some more sick people. ”

Lu Ren smiled at this time: "Sir, do you think that you are going to make a profit for yourself after taking these medical books for yourself?" ”

Zhang Zhongjing's eyes lit up slightly: "What does Lu Servant mean by this?" ”

Lu Ren smiled again and didn't speak, but took out a small cloth bag from his big sleeve, untied it, took out five thin booklets in the cloth bag and handed them to Zhang Zhongjing...... That's right. It is a pamphlet of paper thread binding. It's just that these five pamphlets are really thin, only about 20 pages at most.

There was already paper in the Han Dynasty, and naturally there were some paper-made books for a long time, and Zhang Zhongjing was no stranger to it. At this time, Zhang Zhongjing took the booklet curiously, and when he looked closely, it was five identical copies of "Materia Medica", with more than 20 pages of more than 10 more common medicinal materials recorded on them, and they were all painted with corresponding patterns.

However, before Zhang Zhongjing could react at once, Lu Ren smiled and reminded Zhang Zhongjing: "Didn't Mr. notice that the words and pictures on these five books are exactly the same?" ”

Zhang Zhongjing was reminded by Lu Ren, and only then did he notice that the fonts and patterns on the five volumes of "Materia Medica" were exactly the same. And after being stunned for a moment, Zhang Zhongjing realized something, and said to Lu Ren in surprise: "This, this is ......"

Lu Ren said with a smile: "Sir, although I am in business for profit, there is still a limit to being a man. What kind of money can be made and what kind of money can't be earned, I still have a bottom in my heart. Yes, I can make a lot of paper, and I have a technique that can easily and quickly make a lot of these books. I admit that I naturally have to sell the books for money after I have made them, but you should also understand that if I don't make money, I won't have the money to buy raw materials, hire craftsmen, and make books, so how many waves will I make even if I send thousands of books out?

"Just like you, sir, if you only care about giving medicine to patients without caring about yourself, then you are only trying to save a few people, forgetting that there are many more people waiting for you to heal them. Maybe it's a bad word to say, but sometimes we do need a certain amount of interest so that we can support it, so that what we want to circulate can be spread more widely. ”

Many high-ranking people hate talking about money, and Zhang Zhongjing can be regarded as such a high-ranking person, but at this time, Zhang Zhongjing was moved by Lu Ren's words, after all, Qinggao is Qinggao, Zhang Zhongjing is not so bad that he doesn't eat fireworks in the world, and after a little thought, he naturally figured out the truth in Lu Ren's words. The most important thing is that no matter what, if the medical books he compiled can be printed in large quantities into such an atlas, people who want to study medicine can buy one for a little money, and then spread it to the world, so that the people of the world can understand more medical theories and be less exploited by some witchcraft or evil doctors, which is also in line with Zhang Zhongjing's wish.

Lu Ren here has been in the mix for so many years, if he doesn't have the ability to check his face, then Lu Ren might as well die head-on. Seeing Zhang Zhongjing's eyes flashing, Lu Ren knew that Zhang Zhongjing was a little moved, and knew that he could say what he wanted to say next, so he immediately saluted Zhang Zhongjing and said, "Sir, I won't hide it anymore." Actually, I came to my husband's place this time to invite him to Yizhou. ”

"Yizhou?"

Lu Ren's name is big, although Zhang Zhongjing lives in seclusion at home, he has heard some things about Yizhou because of Lu Ren's relationship, but when he heard Lu Ren open such a mouth, he couldn't help but be a little surprised: "What does Lu Servant want the old man to do in Yizhou?" ”

Lu Ren said unhurriedly: "I can't hide it, I built villages and towns overseas, and at the beginning I just wanted to escape the world, but slowly I took in a lot of displaced people who were fleeing the war. At first, I was able to cope with it with my rough medical knowledge, but as the number of households grew, I couldn't cope with it, so I had the idea of asking my husband to settle in Yizhou and treat the sick for the people there.

"But I also know that Mr.'s heart is for patients all over the world, but if Mr. stays in Yizhou, it will probably be unsatisfactory to Mr., so I came up with such a method, so that Mr. can live in Yizhou with peace of mind. When Mr. arrives in Yizhou, he can heal the people and write medical books with peace of mind, and I will sell his books back to the Central Plains after the book is completed. ”

These words really made Zhang Zhongjing stunned for a long time and didn't come back to his senses.

Lu Ren saw Zhang Zhongjing stunned there, thought for a while, and then threw out the bait: "In addition, I still have two more things I want to ask Mr. to do, one is that I want to establish a medical school in Yizhou, and ask Mr. to teach medical skills there, and the other is that I also have a lot of medical pharmacology and pharmacology collected when I was an official and some of my medical experience, I hope that Mr. can also compile those medical methods into Mr.'s medical books." I wonder what Mr. thinks? ”

Zhang Zhongjing came back a little, and said in surprise: "Lu Servant shoots your experience in medicine?" ”

Lu Ren nodded. In fact, how can he have any experience in practicing medicine? To put it bluntly, it's all copied. However, Lu Ren knew that the things he copied would definitely be useful to Zhang Zhongjing. And this is exactly the case, in the past few days, Lu Ren has been talking to Zhang Zhongjing about medical science, and when Lu Ren has made sufficient preparations, Zhang Zhongjing has been fooled by Lu Ren......

It may be a bit too much to say that he is fooling, after all, what Lu Ren said is real, so in Zhang Zhongjing's eyes, Lu Ren is by no means just a rough medical theory as he himself said. And Zhang Zhongjing is a person who has a persistent pursuit of medical skills, hoping to learn more and better medical skills to help more people, so Lu Ren's "medical experience" has a very great attraction to Zhang Zhongjing...... (To be continued.) )

PS: (I have something to go out, the update is late, I hope you will forgive me.) Anyway, I haven't asked for a ticket or anything in a long time, after all, not many people seem to read this book. When I think about it today, I ask my friends who are still watching to vote a few times, okay? ）