"The emperor has an order, and the emperor occasionally feels cold and is unwell, so this year's New Year is presided over by the crown prince to help the emperor!"

And the civil and military officials in the court were very surprised when they heard this, because now that the New Year is approaching, according to common sense, the emperor should come out in person to have fun with everyone and the people, at least to show the court officials the emperor's benevolence, right? But Emperor Li Yuan actually hid here, unwilling to come out, this is too weird. According to half a month ago, Li Yuan did not conduct a regular court, and no one was able to see Li Yuan during this time, and the crown prince Li Jiancheng handled the affairs, which made everyone feel unusual.

"You say, will the emperor ......?" someone speculated.

"Don't say it, don't say it, this is a forbidden word, don't say it!"

And Zhang Chao felt very surprised when he heard this, because Li Yuan had not seen him for half a month, as a national leader, if he was not seen for half a month, I am afraid that many rumors would have come out. Therefore, now many people have begun to speculate whether there will be something wrong with Li Yuan, which surprises everyone.

"Minister Zhang Chao, ask to see the emperor!" Zhang Chao said.

Zhang Chao wanted to ask to see Li Yuan to see what was going on. And Zhang Chao is in the front palace and after the Taiji Palace. The distance between the palaces, and then took the initiative to ask to see Li Yuan to see what was going on.

"The emperor occasionally feels cold, so I don't see you!" The guard outside the door said.

But Zhang Chao immediately asked: "Is it really a wind chill?" What kind of wind chill, it doesn't take a month to get better? ”

Zhang Chao felt surprised, even if Chinese medicine is not as effective as Western medicine, it is not even a month to be unable to cure the cold! Wind and cold are colds, and it doesn't take a month to treat colds with traditional Chinese medicine, right? Therefore, Zhang Chao felt that there was a problem.

"Please tell the emperor, now there are some rumors outside the court, if the emperor doesn't show up, then I'm afraid there will really be a problem." Zhang Chao said.

Soon, the guards came out again and said, "Please go in, the emperor wants to see you!" ”

"Ahh

Zhang Chao heard a person's sneezing sound from a distance, and then Zhang Chao took the initiative to ask: "Minister Zhang Chao has seen the emperor, is the emperor sick?" ”

"Well, this wind chill is really powerful! I've heard that there are rumors out there, so I'm here to meet you and refute them, otherwise you might really think I'm going to die! Li Yuan said.

And Zhang Chao immediately asked: "Then why is this wind and cold not getting better for a month?" ”

"How do I know, it's all the medicine prescribed by the Imperial Doctor!" Li Yuan said.

Zhang Chao was surprised, and then said, "Your Majesty, can you let me see the prescription?" Why can't I cure a cold after eating it for a month? ”

"Oh? Zhang Aiqing still knows medicine? Li Yuan asked.

"I don't understand medicine, but I still understand the usefulness of some commonly used medicines!" Zhang Chao replied.

Soon, the imperial doctor next to him also gave Zhang Chao the prescription, and then Zhang Chao looked at the prescription and immediately sneered.

"What kind of bullshit prescription is this!" Zhang Chao snorted.

"Zhang Aiqing, what's going on? Could it be that the prescription is poisonous? Li Yuan immediately said angrily, he first suspected that the prescriptions were poisonous.

And the imperial doctor next to him immediately shouted in panic: "Your Majesty, the minister is not, he is wronged!" ”

Zhang Chao immediately added: "Your Majesty, the prescription is not poisonous, but if you want to say that this prescription can cure the emperor's cold, it is indeed a little troublesome." ”

"How?" Li Yuan asked.

Zhang Chao immediately replied; "This prescription is actually just some bullshit supplements, which can replenish some vitality, and then let the emperor prevent your condition from worsening. To say that this prescription is indeed harmless, but it is also impossible to cure the disease, just some supplements to maintain the body. You can't eat dead people, but you can't cure diseases! ”

"What do you mean?" Li Yuan asked.

Zhang Chao immediately explained this prescription to Li Yuan, in fact, it is the kind that is not poisonous, but it is also incurable. And the use of this prescription is to replenish vitality, and then let Li Yuan use his own immunity to cure this wind cold. Although it can be cured of a cold in the end, this process will continue for a long time, and it will take a long time compared to those drugs that directly treat the symptoms, which is the reason why Li Yuan has not cured a cold for a month.

"Bastard! Actually prescribe such bullshit supplements to me, and let me suffer for so long? Li Yuan shouted angrily.

And the imperial doctor immediately cried: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, the minister is guilty!" ”

"Your Majesty, in fact, you can't blame all those imperial doctors!" Zhang Chao said.

"Oh? Zhang Chao, what do you mean by that? Li Yuan asked.

Zhang Chao smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, in fact, in the final analysis, it is the emperor that your power is too great." The first thing they need to do is not to treat the disease, but to be careful not to lose their heads. Your Majesty, after all, you must not be careless when treating a noble person like you. If something goes wrong, I'm afraid they're all going to lose their heads. Since ancient times, there has been no shortage of people because the previous emperor drove to the west, and as a result, the new emperor killed the imperial doctor who treated the previous emperor in order to show his caution, and even implicated their families. ”

"Therefore, there are many imperial doctors who have to do not cure the disease, but to save their lives! What they have to do is not to think about curing the disease, they can't make mistakes in the pharmacy in the first place. These imperial doctors, one by one, are also counting on not seeking merit but seeking no fault, even if they can't cure the nobles in the palace, but first of all, they can't make mistakes. The prescriptions they prescribe cannot be expected to cure the disease in the first place, and what they have to do is to ensure that the prescription is harmless. However, if the medicine is poisonous, how can a prescription for curing diseases be completely harmless? Drugs all have the idea of fighting poison with poison, so all drugs cannot be harmless. In order to avoid accidents, these imperial doctors also said that they could not cure you and could not eat any tonic that would not kill you, so that even if they were held accountable at that time, they would not be able to hold him accountable. As for the emperor and those nobles, it is difficult to endure a long time of illness and suffering, and finally rely on those tonic drugs to stimulate the self-healing ability in the body, and then this can be cured. ”

When Li Yuan heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Could it be that they treat me like this? Is this the kind of suffering that I have suffered for a month? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty!" The Imperial Physician immediately pleaded again.

Zhang Chao continued: "Your Majesty, in fact, there is another reason, these imperial doctors can only be blamed for their medical skills in the country, and they cannot be regarded as the top doctors in the country. ”

"What? Aren't they considered top doctors? So what am I spending money to support them for? Li Yuan said angrily.

Zhang Chao sneered and said: "Your Majesty, the virtues of these doctors of the Imperial Medical Department, they all came to the palace to retire and eat idle meals. Their medical skills are the kind of guys who are less than half a bottle dangling, and a really good doctor will not come here to treat a nobleman? ”

"Why? Could it be that the money and status I have given are not enough? Li Yuan still asked.

Zhang Chao still said: "In fact, the more skilled people are, the more they know the fragility of life. And they know that the emperor is also a human being, and he will also die. And if you treat the emperor or a nobleman, if you are not cured at that time, the final result is that you may be beheaded by the angry emperor. The glory and wealth of these imperial doctors, the city's emptiness, is completely the emperor, you can take it back with a word, and even die without a place to bury. Anyone will die, and if the emperor and you all go west one day, will the new emperor show his 'filial piety' by cutting off the heads of those imperial doctors in order to express his filial piety? If so, then I'm afraid no one would want to be a doctor. ”

Zhang Chao had been in the central government for more than 20 years, and it was not that he had no contact with the doctors in the central health department. The doctors who go to the central health department, that is, the imperial doctors of the new era, in fact, they are all bureaucrats, and the bureaucratic composition is far more than the composition of a doctor. They are not highly skilled in medicine, which is why they sharpen their heads and drill into the high-ranking officials, and then hope to gain enough social status. But these guys have all used their brains to drill camps, and there are a lot fewer opportunities to actually study medical skills. Expect this kind of person to have high medical skills, this Zhang Chao absolutely does not believe it.

And those really clever doctors, they know very well the fragility of life, they don't go to the high-ranking nobles. Because if you are sure of the disease, you will be rewarded, but if you are not cured, you will inevitably die without a place to be buried, and even involve your family. However, where in this world are there any immortal people? People must die, so if it really comes to the point where they will definitely die, then no matter how good a doctor is, he will not be able to cure him. Therefore, those really clever doctors know this very well, they will never go to those nobles to see a doctor, if the time is bound to die, then those noble people's family members and friends may also show "filial piety", put the responsibility on the doctor, so that the doctor has become the punching bag of those nobles.

Therefore, these doctors who have entered the Taiyi Department, their medical skills will definitely not be very high, plus they have entered the Taiyi Department, and most of their time is used to drill camps, so the final result is probably that their medical skills continue to regress, and finally even step by step towards a bureaucratic career, no longer a simple doctor. In fact, it is absolutely wrong to bureaucratic the imperial doctor, because this can turn a good doctor into a bureaucrat. Doctors and bureaucrats are two completely different enemies, and if they are forced to integrate together, they will inevitably face the bureaucratization of doctors in the end, and in the end, they will lose their medical skills.

"You mean to say that these guys don't dare to prescribe drugs?" Li Yuan asked.

"Yes, the emperor, they don't dare to prescribe medicine, if there is a slight problem with the prescription, then I am afraid that in the end, the emperor will cut off his head, and even his family will be implicated!" Zhang Chao said.

Of course, Zhang Chao will not directly say that this is actually the role of imperial power, and the supremacy of imperial power has caused those doctors to be afraid, and in the end they can only think about saving their lives first, rather than considering curing the disease. In this way, doctors did not dare to prescribe medicine to those nobles, and in the end, everyone was in trouble.

Li Yuan immediately asked: "Then you hurry up and prescribe medicine to me, don't prescribe such bullshit supplements!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" The Imperial Physician said immediately.

Li Yuan then thought about it for a while, and then said, "Do you have any way to make these imperial doctors dare to prescribe medicine?" ”

"Your Majesty, if you don't solve their worries, then no one can solve them." Zhang Chao replied.

Li Yuan thought about it seriously, if in the future, these imperial doctors were in line with the idea of not seeking merit but seeking no fault, then how could those people in the palace still be seriously treated by the imperial doctor? If the Imperial Physician does not treat the disease seriously, then how can those nobles be able to receive effective treatment? Therefore, if you want to solve the reason why this imperial doctor does not dare to treat the disease, in fact, the most important thing is to dispel their doubts and let them dare to prescribe medicine, rather than letting them do not seek merit but seek no fault in order to save their lives.

If the imperial doctors are like this, they don't seek merit but no fault, then the royal family will suffer in the end. But how to solve the worries of these imperial doctors is also a huge problem.

Zhang Chao looked at Li Yuan very hesitantly, and then took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, it is better for you to issue an edict, if the imperial doctor treats anyone in the palace in the future, including the emperor's treatment, it cannot be cured, then as long as there is no mistake, it cannot be punished." Even if something goes wrong, as long as it is not intentional, it can be avoided from death and the family will not be implicated. I think this should be able to solve the worries of those imperial doctors. ”

Li Yuan thought for a while, and then said, "Okay, let's do it!" If these imperial doctors are allowed to think about saving their lives all day long, instead of thinking about curing diseases, then it will be us royals who will be unlucky in the end. Therefore, it is still necessary to relieve them of worries. ”

"The emperor is wise!" Zhang Chao said.

And Zhang Chao's eyes rolled for a moment, and then said, "Your Majesty, why don't you let me rectify the Imperial Medical Department!" As long as I put the Imperial Medical Department in order, I think I can make a medical skill for the emperor, and you don't need the emperor to bear the expenses of the Imperial Medical Department, but can bring huge benefits to the emperor. In this way, the emperor can save a lot of money to feed these imperial doctors, and he can get huge benefits. When the time comes, the money will also go to the emperor's pocket, and the emperor will live a more comfortable life in the case of one or the other? ”

"How could there be such a good thing?" Li Yuan obviously couldn't believe that not only did the Imperial Medical Department not need the emperor to allocate funds to maintain it, but also took the initiative to generate income for the emperor.