Chapter 11: Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing
Ying Shao's illness made Liu Wei very anxious, and sent all the palace doctors to consult.
Although he didn't know when Ying Shao died in history, since Cao Cao was angry with Ying Shao because of his father's death, it shouldn't be this year. However, at this time in history, Ying Shao was still in the position of Taishan Taishou, and Liu Wei was a little afraid that this was the butterfly effect brought about by him disturbing history.
Liu Wei didn't want this only legal scholar in the late Eastern Han Dynasty to hang up like this without waiting to meet him. However, the results of the imperial doctors' consultation made Liu Wei's heart cold for most of the time - Ying Shao was suffering from typhoid fever, and it was difficult to treat the medicine.
Due to years of war and natural disasters, at the beginning of Liu Wei's accession to the throne, typhoid fever and other epidemics began to show signs, and there were rumors of typhoid fever outbreaks in various prefectures and counties, and even two counties in Sizhou, which was controlled by the imperial court, also had news of typhoid fever appearing. Ying Shao must have passed through the epidemic area on the way to Beijing and contracted the disease, because this disease is still difficult to cure, and it is still contagious, so some imperial doctors even suggested that Ying Shao be sent out of the city for treatment, so as not to cause an impact in the capital.
Liu Wei was angry, the doctor's parents' hearts, how could there be a reason to drive the patient outside. He immediately dismissed the imperial physician who said this, and then announced that Ying Shao would be moved to the Dragon Garden for treatment. Through this move, the people of Luoyang were comforted, even the emperor was not afraid of infection, and the people had nothing to fear.
Liu Wei arranged for Ying Shao to go to a bamboo house next to Zhutao's house, and ordered the Huang Men and the imperial doctor who took care of Ying Shao to bring thick cloths to cover their mouths and noses, wash their hands when they enter and leave, and clean the inside and outside of the room with spirits every day.
These measures effectively prevented the spread of typhoid fever, and the people in the palace followed suit after seeing it, and gradually spread from the palace to the people. Later, there was no need for Liu Wei to issue an edict to request, the entire Sizhou region from the prince to the Li people began to seriously clean their own environment, after all, the plague is very terrible for the people of this era, and there can be a way to effectively prevent it, and the people will naturally and spontaneously carry it out.
Although the prevention of typhoid fever and plague gradually began to be carried out in various places, Ying Shao's illness became more serious day by day. When Liu Wei was at a loss, Lu Zhi recommended someone to him, and almost made Liu Wei, who woke up like a dream, slap himself twice in front of Lu Zhi.
Lu Zhi recommended to Liu Wei that Changsha was too shou Zhang Ji.
Isn't Zhang Ji the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing, an authoritative expert on typhoid fever in this era, not only a holy hand in internal medicine, but also wrote "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", how could he forget this historical bull? There is also that miracle doctor Hua Tuo, with the two of them, they will definitely be able to cure Ying Shao's illness, how can he let the national treasures of these two empires wander outside?
Liu Wei thought of this and immediately issued an edict to recruit Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo into Beijing for treatment of the disease, Zhang Zhongjing was the Taishou of Changsha at the time, so it was naturally easy to find, but Hua Tuo was a traveling doctor and his whereabouts were uncertain. Liu Wei sent members of the Unified Investigation Agency to look around, but fortunately, Hua Tuo's reputation was already relatively large at this time, and the Unified Investigation Agency soon found Hua Tuo, who was practicing medicine, in Yingchuan, and asked him to come to Beijing to treat Ying Shao's illness.
The two famous doctors hurried to the capital, and as soon as they saw Liu Wei, they pulled the two to Ying Shao's ward for treatment without saying a word. Zhang Zhongjing is an expert in typhoid fever, so the diagnosis and treatment is mainly based on Zhang Zhongjing, and Hua Tuo is just beating the drum on the side.
After Zhang Zhongjing finished taking the pulse for Ying Shao, Liu Wei asked eagerly: "Zhang Changsha, how is Zhongyuan (Ying Shaozi)'s condition?" ”
Zhang Zhongjing replied: "Your Majesty, Ying Taishou is because of abnormal daily life, which leads to a deficiency of righteousness and typhoid fever. The minister's view should be too weak to guard the pulse, and the face is white and afraid of cold, which should be the most dangerous stage of typhoid fever. ”
Liu Wei's heart sank when he heard Zhang Zhongjing's words, and asked, "Is there a forensic treatment?" ”
Zhang Zhongjing groaned slightly, twisted his beard and said: "You can use the golden needle to save the adversity for its return to the yang, supplemented by the Tongmai Four Reverses Soup." However, it is still unknown whether he can be cured for a long time. ”
Liu Wei sighed, saluted Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo, and said, "I hope that the two of you will do your best to save them." ”
How dare Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo be worshiped by the Son of Heaven, they hurriedly turned sideways in a panic, and said: "Your Majesty commands, the ministers (grass people) should obey their orders. ”
At the same time, the two secretly calculated in their hearts: This Ying Shao and the Son of Heaven are not related, how can the Son of Heaven bother so much, and even bow to others?
Immediately, Liu Wei answered the doubts in their hearts: "Zhong Yuan (Ying Shaozi) is a great talent, a pillar of the imperial court, and a pillar of the empire. If I leave like this, it will be my greatest loss. I am for the people of the world, and I am willing to pay any price to save Zhongyuan. ”
Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo nodded when they heard this, and praised in their hearts: "The Son of Heaven is thirsty for talent, and it is not ordinary!" ”
Zhang Zhongjing opened the lower part for Ying Shao, and Hua Tuo was good at golden needles, so he applied needles to Ying Shao. After some treatment, Liu Wei saw that Ying Shao's face had gradually become bloody, and his eyelids began to move slightly after being in a coma for several days, as if there were signs of awakening.
After a few more days, Ying Shao finally woke up and could eat some liquid food. Zhang Zhongjing took the pulse for him again, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It should be too guarded and there is no danger." Then he prescribed a few prescriptions for recuperating his body.
Ying Shao's condition gradually improved, and Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo's tasks were completed, and the two of them thought about going home. And how could Liu Wei easily let these two people slip away, after learning the news, he immediately invited them to a banquet in Mingguang Hall in the name of thanking them for curing Ying Shao.
Liu Wei sat in the main seat, and Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo knelt on the right hand. The three of them pushed the cup and changed the lamp, chatting very happily. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Liu Wei ordered people to withdraw the banquet, and was about to say that Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo would serve the court, but Zhang Zhongjing took the lead in asking: "The minister has something unclear, I don't know if Your Majesty can solve the minister's doubts?" ”
Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, so he had to hold back what he wanted to say, and asked curiously: "What happened to Zhang Changsha?" But it doesn't hurt to say it! ”
Zhang Zhongjing said: "The ministers came to live in Luoyang for a few days, and the residents of Luoyang and even the palace people used a clean environment and themselves to prevent the epidemic, which was said to be inspired by His Majesty's ingenuity in the palace, I don't know how His Majesty knew that this can prevent typhoid fever?" ”
"En......" Liu Wei was speechless for a while. Without microscopes and other equipment, it was difficult for him to explain to them the presence of viruses and germs.
After hesitating for a moment, he had no choice but to say to Zhang Zhongjing: "Now that the plague has broken out, there are reports of typhoid fever in all counties, and I have found that most of the villages that spread quickly have a bad environment and do not pay attention to hygiene. Therefore, when Zhongyuan was sick, the surrounding environment was cleaned, which really reduced the chance of infection. As for the reasoning, I don't know much about medicine, I don't know much about it. Zhang Changsha is a famous doctor of our time, so it is better to stay in the capital and study the mystery with me.
Zhang Zhongjing heard that there was a mystery in Liu Wei's words, and couldn't help but ponder. Liu Wei couldn't help him from thinking about it, and then said: "I am going to set up a Tai Hospital in the imperial court to take charge of the world's diseases, Li Min is healthy, and I want to build a medical hall and a medical hall in the capital to study the world's diseases and cultivate medical talents, I wonder if Zhang Changsha and Hua Shen Doctor can stay and help me?" ”
Faced with Liu Wei's step-by-step pressure without leaving a breath, Zhang Zhongjing couldn't think much about it. The Son of Heaven had to answer his question, and stood up and bowed: "The minister is willing to serve His Majesty." ”
Zhang Zhongjing was originally a Changsha Taishou and had a career for many years, so he did not have much resistance to entering the court as an official. And Liu Wei's sincere attitude towards talents also made him admire. Moreover, there was no conflict between serving as a Tai Hospital or building a medical hall or a medical hall with his desire to treat the people's pain, so when Liu Wei asked, he just thought about it a little and readily agreed.
Hua Tuo is different, he is hearty and strong by nature, indifferent to fame and fortune, likes to walk in the rivers and lakes, relieves the pain of the people of the world, and is not interested in entering the court as an official, let alone being bound to a doctor in a certain medical hall. So in the face of Liu Wei's call-up, he refused without even thinking about it.
"Your Majesty, the ambition of the grass people is not to enter the court as an official, but to cure the world's diseases, Your Majesty is gracious, and the grass people may be difficult to obey."
With such a direct refusal, the choked Liu Wei rolled his eyes. Zhang Zhongjing, who was on the side, was also secretly worried about Hua Tuo, and said in his heart: "Brother Yuanhua (Hua Tuo) is not an unwise person, how can he be so bold and offend the authority of the Son of Heaven." ”
In fact, Hua Tuo said this not because he was reckless and unwise, but through a few days of contact with Liu Bian, he found that Liu Biao was a polite corporal and an open-minded person. Therefore, Hua Tuo dared to speak like this with the attitude of eating Liu Bian.
Sure enough, Hua Tuo's straightforward refusal made Liu Wei not feel sorry, but patiently persuaded him: "Hua Shenyi's ambition is really admirable, in fact, staying in Beijing as an official and traveling to the world as a doctor are both for the country and the people, but they have the same goal." Imagine how much one person can do? If Hua Shen Doctor can teach countless students who are comparable to his own ability, he can achieve his wish to cure all diseases in the world! ”
Liu Biao's words were very reasonable, and he couldn't help but make Hua Tuo's heart move. However, his long-term life as a traveling doctor made his temperament idle, and he still resisted being an official, and finally refused Liu Argue: "Your Majesty is gracious, and the grass people are very moved." It's just that the grass people are used to being idle, and they really don't want to enter the court as officials, so they still ask Your Majesty to take back the emperor's order. ”
Hua Tuo's refusal again made Liu Wei stunned, and he couldn't imagine that his bitter heart still couldn't persuade Hua Tuo's temper. Although I was a little angry, I was prepared for this. Liu Wei pretended to be angry, and said with a cold snort: "Since Doctor Hua is so ambitious and can't look down on my little temple, I will no longer be reluctant to keep it, please go back!" ”
Liu Wei unceremoniously ordered the expulsion, and Hua Tuo didn't want to stay longer, so he retreated. However, before he could walk out of the main hall, he heard Liu Wei say to Zhang Zhongjing: "Zhongjing, today I ordered someone to draw a map of the structure of the human body, which is helpful for curing diseases and saving people." You can take a closer look with me. ”
Hua Tuo couldn't help but stop when he heard Liu Wei say this, and when he looked back, Liu Wei pulled Zhang Zhongjing to a wall, pulled down the curtain on the wall, and a delicate structural diagram of human internal organs appeared in front of him.
This was drawn by Liu Wei according to the memories of his previous life. The location and structure of internal organs such as the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys are drawn on it, and Hua Tuo once performed some surgeries on the patient, and recognized some of these organs at a glance, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
As if realizing that Hua Tuo did not leave, Liu Wei turned back dissatisfiedly and said coldly: "Why is Doctor Hua still staying here, don't you know the way out?" Come on, send Doctor Hua out of the palace for me! ”
As soon as Liu Wei's words fell, two guards immediately came over and stood around Hua Tuo and made a gesture of please.
Hua Tuo blushed, and reluctantly followed the guards out of the palace.
Returning to the post house where he lived temporarily, Hua Tuo, whose mind had already been left in the Mingguang Palace, fidgeted and waited for Zhang Zhongjing to come back and ask what was going on. Unexpectedly, it wasn't until it was getting late that I saw Zhang Zhongjing walking into the post house with a red face and a full stomach.
Seeing him come in, Hua Tuo immediately greeted him and asked, "How?" ”
Zhang Zhongjing nodded. "The palace cuisine is different from other places, Your Majesty graciously left me to eat snacks, which really made me have a full meal!"
Hua Tuo waited for Zhang Zhongjing to come back, he was anxious and didn't eat, he was already hungry at this time, and he couldn't get angry when he saw Zhang Zhongjing's leisurely appearance after eating. It's just that I'm worried about the visceral structure diagram in my heart, and it's not easy to have a seizure, so I have to say anxiously: "Zhongjing, what I'm asking is how you talked with Your Majesty?" ”
Zhang Zhongjing stroked his beard lightly and said proudly: "Very good, very good." His Majesty will announce tomorrow that he will be the director of the Tai Hospital, with a rank of 2,000 stones, and will be in charge of the diseases of the people in the world. ”
Hua Tuo heard that Zhang Zhongjing was deliberately avoiding the question he wanted to know, and he was extremely angry, and said angrily: "I was asking Zhongjing and His Majesty how the picture is!" ”
Zhang Zhongjing pretended to wake up from a dream, patted his forehead, and said in surprise: "It turns out that Brother Yuanhua asked about this!" ”
"What's that!" Hua Tuo said angrily.
"It's exquisite!" Zhang Zhongjing exclaimed.
Then he looked around, lowered his voice and said, "This picture is made by Your Majesty secretly dissecting the bodies of more than a dozen death row prisoners and ordering someone to study the structure of their internal organs, which will be of great benefit to us in the future practice of medicine and saving people!" ”
Hua Tuo nodded again and again. In fact, in the process of practicing medicine in the past, he also suffered from the lack of understanding of the internal structure of the human body, and had the idea of stealing corpses to study, but this kind of behavior is inconsistent with the current moral concept, and secondly, desecrating corpses is also a serious crime in this era, so he does not dare to do this thing that is unpopular in the world.
If today's son has already drawn the picture of the human internal organs of his dream, how can he not make Hua Tuo's heart moved, and asked Zhang Zhongjing eagerly: "Can Zhongjing draw this picture with me for reference." ”
Zhang Zhongjing shook his head with a smile and said, "This picture is a secret of the Tai Hospital, and non-confidential personnel of the Tai Hospital are not allowed to watch it." Therefore, it is difficult for the little brother to obey his fate. ”
Hua Tuo was in a hurry and shouted: "Zhong Jing is mistaken, just now you also said that this picture is very beneficial to our medical skills, if it is shelved, how can it benefit the world?" ”
Zhang Zhongjing retorted: "This picture is made by the Son of Heaven, and how to use nature is determined by the Son of Heaven." His Majesty was afraid that this picture would be used by traitors in the outside world, so it was listed as a secret of the Imperial Hospital. Brother Yuanhua is not a person from the hospital, please don't embarrass the little brother. ”
Hua Tuo heard that the meaning of Zhang Zhongjing's words was to remind him that he only saw the picture when he joined the Tai Hospital, and couldn't help but feel in a dilemma. On the one hand, it is the great growth of his medical skills, and on the other hand, it is the constraint on freedom and ideals, Hua Tuojin frowned and sat back in his chair and thought about it.
Looking at the painful look on Hua Tuo's face, Zhang Zhongjing felt a burst of amusement in his heart. Not wanting to embarrass him any longer, she pulled out a scroll from her sleeve and stuffed it to him.
Hua Tuo was stunned for a moment, and unfolded the scroll, which was the diagram of the human body structure.
"Zhongjing, this is ......" Hua Tuo's face was full of excitement and puzzlement.
Zhang Zhongjing said faintly: "What you said just now is not what Your Majesty meant, but I am angry that you have repeatedly failed Your Majesty's hospitality, and I did it deliberately. In fact, this picture is of great significance, and His Majesty and I both think that only Brother Yuanhua can carry it forward. Although His Majesty is thirsty for talent, I really hope that you can stay in the capital to study this map, but His Majesty also knows that Brother Yuanhua is indifferent by nature and has lofty ambitions, so he can't force it, so he gave this picture to Brother Yuanhua, hoping that Brother Yuanhua can improve his medical skills and relieve the pain of the people. As for the opening of the medical center and the medical hall, His Majesty will find someone else. ”
Hua Tuo was moved after listening to what Zhang Zhongjing said, clutched the painting scroll and was silent for a while, suddenly stood up, pulled Zhang Zhongjing's sleeve and said, "Zhongjing, hurry up and follow me into the palace!" ”
Zhang Zhongjing was startled, and hurriedly persuaded: "Why did Yuanhua enter the palace?" At this time, the weather is late, and I am afraid that Your Majesty has already gone to bed. ”
"If you don't go at this time, I'm afraid it will be too late for Your Majesty to announce the edict tomorrow!" Hua Tuo couldn't help but pull Zhang Zhongjing out of the door, called the carriage of the post house, and ran to the palace.
At this time, Liu Wei, who was in the Dragon Garden, had not yet fallen asleep, and when he heard Huangmen tell Hua Tuo Zhang Zhongjing to ask to see him, he understood what was going on, so he asked Huangmen to lead the two to meet in the lobby.
As soon as he saw Liu Wei, Hua Tuo leaned down and bowed, and said: "The people of the mountains and wilderness are foolish, and they have repeatedly failed Your Majesty's hospitality, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive your sins!" ”
Liu Wei hurriedly helped Hua Tuo up and said: "Doctor Hua is indifferent to fame and fortune, and has great ambitions, I deeply admire him, how can I blame him!" ”
Hua Tuo couldn't afford it, still knelt on the ground and said in a snorting voice: "Your Majesty has a broad mind, and the grass people are not as good as just in case." The grass people are willing to stay in the capital to do things for His Majesty. ”
Liu Bian's eyes were also red, and he said in a sad voice: "I Liuhua Divine Doctor opened a museum in the capital to teach apprentices, in order to be able to expand his medical skills and benefit more people, rather than just serving the eunuchs and magnates. If Doctor Hua is unhappy in the capital, I promise you to leave at any time, and I will never stop it, and I will come and go freely. ”
Hua Tuo was moved by Liu Wei's words, and the whole lay on the ground, crying: "Your Majesty's grace, the grass people remember it in their hearts, and they are willing to go to the soup for Your Majesty and die without resigning!" ”
The monarchs and ministers wept bitterly.
Zhang Zhongjing, who was watching them crying from the sidelines, sighed secretly in his heart: "Your Majesty's maneuvering skills are really powerful, even an old stubborn like Hua Tuo is convinced." ”
At the next day's court meeting, Liu Wei announced the establishment of the Tai Hospital, and built the Han Empire National Public Hospital and the Imperial Medical Center near the Ming Hall in Luoyang. Zhang Ji was the president of the Taishou Hospital, Hua Tuo was the director of the hospital (deputy to the president) and the director of the National Public Medical Center of the Han Empire, and Zhang Ji was the doctor of the Imperial Medical Museum, and Hua Tuo was the professor, specializing in teaching medical skills and cultivating medical talents for the empire.
(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter)