38. Pink eye
In the next month, the doctors in the Taiyi Department really felt the benefits of quick money. With those low-level physician apprentices treating everyone, those physician apprentices can receive about 30 cases every day, each of which earns eight big dollars, and earns several times a month, which is more than 10,000 yuan in the future life. There are even many doctors who want to choose to work overtime, and those people who don't know still think that these doctors are serving the people and working overtime so that the people can get their pain solved as soon as possible, and those people are also very moved. And even the next gratitude to the royal family is deeper, because this is the royal hospital. But Zhang Chao, who really knows them, doesn't know that they want money! You must know that if you work overtime at night, you can see a few more cases, and your income can increase by one-third in the next month.
And the income of a few yuan per month is almost comparable to the legal income of the current Tang Dynasty's eight- and nine-grade officials, and it is even more profitable than the officials of later generations. With a monthly income of more than 10,000 yuan, this is beyond the reach of some low-level officials in later generations, but at this time, an ordinary physician apprentice can also do it, which makes them feel like they are in a dream.
Those physician apprentices are all very generous, and many of them are very young, and when it comes to the centralized payment of wages at the end of the month, these guys are actually exposed in their true form, and they take the initiative to eat and drink, and then there are even some guys who go directly to Qing. Inside the building, I watched a cabaret show, and some even went straight to the woman. This money came too easily, originally they had a hard time, but now with Zhang Chao's rectification of the Imperial Medical Department, even a general physician apprentice at the bottom has earned so much money, which makes them very excited, why don't they enjoy it?
As for those who have some medical experience, that is even more profitable. Although the cases they treat are not many, they are all people who see serious diseases, and the consultation fee charged for each serious illness is not an ordinary eight big money, as little as 20 big money, and as much as even hundreds of big money. Although they see fewer doctors, they share more, which makes them very satisfied. This income is much more than the income they received as eunuchs. In addition, their personnel relationship is still attached to the Taiyi Department, so they can not only make money by treating people, but also rely on the Taiyi of the Taiyi Department to receive a salary and maintain their noble status as Taiyi.
As for the highest-grade imperial doctor, it is even more remarkable. They not only have post dividends, that is, although they don't have to go to the front line to see a doctor when they become the leaders of the Taiyi Department, they have dividends in this position, and they can get 2% to 5% dividends on the profits of the Taiyi Medical Department, so that they can make a lot of money, and now even if they are promoted, they are not willing to go, after all, other official positions can't make money! The Imperial Medical Department makes money like this, and it is legal and reasonable to make money, and other yamen don't have such good things, so whoever is promoted is a fool.
Of course, there are also a group of people who have taken out their ancestral prescriptions to obtain patents, and as a result, a number of people have obtained patent fees from these patents, and this income is even more bullish. Including Zhang Chao, they also took out the Liuwei Dihuang Pill for patent production, and then many old guys with kidney weakness also began to buy it, which was very popular among senior officials in Chang'an. Originally, the production cost was less than the cost of a big dollar, but when I arrived at this pill, each pill actually cost eight big dollars, which was almost a day's living expenses for an ordinary family. Anyway, these pills are also for the nobles, how can ordinary people afford to eat them? And ordinary people don't have a strong awareness of kidney supplementation, even if they eat it, they feel that it is a waste of money. Therefore, the sale of this Liuwei Dihuang Pill is mainly aimed at those nobles, especially those who have a certain age, so how can they not slaughter fat pigs fiercely? Every day, everyone watched these riches flow into the Imperial Doctor's Office like a great river, which made them envious to death. The entire Taiyi Department has become a local tyrant club, from the Tai Doctors to the ordinary physician apprentices, all of them are all very rich, which makes many officials in Chang'an envious.
Soon, from the New Year to the last court, the nine officials in the court also gathered here.
"Your Majesty, the ministers have played the emperor, recently, the imperial doctors of the Imperial Physician Department have often been in and out of Flower Street and Willow Lane, and even eat and drink without moderation, please punish the emperor." "Yes! Your Majesty, the Imperial Physician of the Imperial Physician's Department is to treat the emperor and the nobles, and they often go in groups to have fun, where is the demeanor of a doctor? "Yes! Your Majesty, this is too embarrassing, this is to discredit you, Your Majesty! ”……
A large number of people began to spray the Imperial Medical Department, obviously very unhappy with this Imperial Medical Department.
And Zhang Chao took a look at these people who started the performance, and Zhang Chao immediately realized that these officials who started the performance were very interesting. The vast majority of them were officials of the palace province and were in charge of the royal housekeeping. In the Tang Dynasty, there were two sets of eunuchs about the emperor's inner servants, one was the inner service province, which was composed of eunuch eunuchs. And the other set of teams is the palace province, and the people in the palace province are not eunuchs. However, these two yamen have their own division of labor, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is mainly responsible for the affairs of the palace. Palace, so it is generally managed by eunuchs. The palace province is generally responsible for the connection between the palace and the foreign court, and the affairs in charge are rarely involved. Palace, so most of them are held by normal male officials, not eunuchs.
However, of course, the officials of the palace province were very dissatisfied with the Imperial Medical Department, because everyone was working for the emperor, and the officials of the Imperial Medical Department were the emperor's personal doctors, and they thought that they were not low! But those officials in the palace province also serve the emperor, why can the officials of the Imperial Medical Department eat so much, but they can only live on those dead wages? Of course, this one is to be compared. If they are compared to ordinary people, then naturally they are much taller. But man's desire. The hope is endless, they see that people with the same status as them actually earn so much more out of thin air, can they not be jealous of this? They all do the same work, but the division of labor is different, but the income and treatment are so different, they will naturally not be reconciled.
"This matter, I will consider solving it after the court visits!" Li Yuan said.
And those guys were also a little depressed when they saw that Li Yuan actually favored the Imperial Medical Department and was unwilling to solve it openly. But there was nothing good to do, so I could only endure it.
And they don't know that Li Yuan is short of people now! Just this month, Li Yuan's income from the Imperial Medical Department is definitely not low, and the wealth that Li Yuan got from the Imperial Medical Department in this month can maintain the operation of the palace for a month. After this month, the Imperial Medical Department was already self-sufficient, and there was no need for Li Yuan to allocate funds from the treasury to support them. Even the Imperial Medical Department helped Li Yuan gain the hearts of the people, because the people got medical treatment, and they were still seen by the imperial doctors, which was very helpful to the stability of the people's hearts. In this way, Li Yuan obtained a lot of money with the help of the imperial doctors, and also won the hearts of the people, of course he had to favor the imperial doctors. As a leader, you must give preference to those departments that help you reap the benefits.
And just relying on the dividends of the Imperial Medical Department is enough to maintain the operation of the entire palace according to the current standards, so Li Yuan naturally will not favor those who cannot bring benefits to him. Other internal servants and officials can't generate income for the palace, so why does Li Yuan favor them? Not only can they not generate income for the leader, but they also have to ask the leader what he wants this and that, can the leader be happy? So when they come to sue now, they are simply suing accomplices in front of the mastermind. You must know that in this reform of the Taiyi Administration, Li Yuan is the biggest beneficiary. Li Yuan, the emperor, is the biggest vested interest, the person who gets the most dividends, is it possible for you to let the vested interest punish the person who brings them benefits?
Soon, the routine court meeting was dismissed, and Li Yuan first met Zhang Chao in the Liangyi Palace.
"Zhang Aiqing, this time you have brought great wealth to my palace. The wealth of the Imperial Physician's Department alone is enough to maintain the current operation of the Imperial Palace, and if after a while, my Imperial Palace will not only not need the appropriation of the treasury, but will be able to support the treasury in turn, which is great! Li Yuan said with a smile.
Li Yuan was really shocked by Zhang Chao's method of turning decay into magic, because since ancient times, the treasury has allocated funds for the royal enjoyment, and there are even many legends that some emperors are extremely poor and luxurious, constantly asking for money from the treasury to enjoy, and finally the country has no money. But now Li Yuan not only does not have to ask for money from the treasury, but can also make the palace self-sufficient, and then paste it upside down to feed the treasury, this is simply a strange news in the world, even if Li Yuan has not heard of it for so many years. Who will dare to say that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is a faint monarch and an emperor who is poor and extravagant? When the time comes, the treasury will still need royal money to feed back, so are you embarrassed?
"Your Majesty, the money that the Imperial Physician Department has handed over to the emperor is only limited. If the emperor thinks that the money is unlimited, then it will definitely not work in the future. Therefore, the emperor must not think that the Imperial Medical Department is an ATM, so it is still necessary to be thrifty. Zhang Chao said.
Zhang Chao knew that Li Yuan was very happy now, but he still had to dissuade him, otherwise Li Yuan would really want to knock the fox's tail into the sky next. At that time, once the emperor thought that he had money, he could enjoy it hard, and no matter how much the Imperial Medical Department could make money, it would not be able to meet the emperor's growing demand for enjoyment. Therefore, Zhang Chao must dissuade the emperor, otherwise he is afraid that he will continue to increase expenses in the palace in the future, and the Imperial Medical Department will also be in trouble.
"Well, that's a good one. Although the money from the Imperial Doctor's Department has been able to keep the palace running, it must be saved. If you continue to increase the expenses in the palace, it will definitely not be enough. Necessary frugality, that's still needed. This money is not for me to enjoy, and now that the world has decided to use it, there are still a lot of places to use money, so you should still be frugal! Li Yuan said.
"The emperor is wise!" Zhang Chao replied.
And Li Yuan next said: "Zhang Aiqing, this time, there are some eunuchs and yamen in the palace who are also dissatisfied with this, they can't get used to those imperial doctors being so immoral, what do you say?" Do you want the doctors to be more restrained, don't spend it everywhere if you have money, how bad the impact is! ”
"Your Majesty, the reason why they are dissatisfied with those imperial doctors is not because of these. They must have turned into a bunny. Zhang Chao said unceremoniously.
"Rabbit?" Li Yuan didn't quite understand what this meant.
"They've got pink eye in their eyes!" Zhang Chao explained.
Hearing about pink eye, Li Yuan immediately understood what it meant. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is the income of those guys, and the income of the doctors is a lot, much more than those who do other jobs. Even if it is an ordinary apprentice of the Imperial Doctor's Department, the income is no lower than that of the eight or nine officials of the imperial court. With such a high income, who doesn't blush! Originally, as officials, they had a very high income as an official, but now an apprentice with no grade or rank in the Imperial Medical Department earns more than himself, which makes them all red-eyed. Because they worked hard to become officials, they finally became officials through various means, but their income was not as high as that of a doctor's apprenticeship, how could they not be depressed? If the income of being an official is not as good as that of a physician apprentice, they are too boring to be an official, right?
Therefore, since they can't affect the income of the Taiyi Department, they are also a lot red-eyed, and they can all want to prevent the Taiyi of the Taiyi Department from obtaining these incomes. If you can't get it yourself, then you won't let others get it, this is what many people think. In the final analysis, it is still a hatred of the rich, these officials actually have a hatred of the rich, and they are not used to seeing people with a lower status than themselves but their incomes are so much higher than their own, who can be willing!
"Your Majesty, if you want to solve their mentality, it's not that complicated, just let them all get money together. When the time comes, not only will the emperor be able to calm their grievances, but he will also be able to continue to increase the emperor's income, and when the time comes, he will better feed back to the treasury! Zhang Chao replied.
"Oh? Can other yamen also generate income? Li Yuan asked with a peach blossom face, and his eyes became "Brother Kong Fang" with round holes.
No matter who it is, they are greedy for money, and Li Yuan, the emperor, is definitely a greedy guy, because the emperor is also a human being, and he also spends money, and he spends more money than many people. If he doesn't know the price of firewood and rice, of course he knows the benefits of increasing his income.