On this day, suddenly the maid beside him hurriedly walked in and saluted Ning Yunxiao and said, "Niangniang, the guard you sent to take care of the medical hall has returned, saying that there is something important to report to Niangniang, and the slave maid asked him to wait outside the palace." ”

Even if these guards are Ning Yunxiao's henchmen, they can't enter the hall without being summoned, and they can't bring weapons without special circumstances when they enter the hall.

Sensing that something seemed to be wrong, Ning Yunxiao hurriedly sat up and said to the servant, "Let him in." ”

The servant went out, and after a while, the guards who had already checked it entered the main hall, saluted Ning Yunxiao and said, "See the queen mother." ”

"No courtesy. I heard that you have something important to report to the palace, but what happened to the hospital? Ning Yunxiao was also very anxious, after all, the matter of the medical hall was handed over to her by Li Yiyan, so she didn't dare to slack off at all.

Indeed, Niangniang didn't know that in the first few days of the opening of the hospital, those people who couldn't afford to see the disease heard that they came to the hospital to see the disease, and thanked the emperor for his grace. A good thing indeed. The guard nodded and said to Ning Yunxiao.

Ning Yunxiao was puzzled, wasn't this exactly what she wanted to see? Puzzled, he asked: "Isn't this just a relief for the people and a prerogative?" Is there anything wrong? She held the handkerchief in her hand that wiped her sweat on weekdays, and was slightly anxious.

The guard hurriedly said: "It's just that these days, when the little one went to check again, he found that there seemed to be no harmony between the doctors in this medical hall and the people who saw the patients, but there were often some contradictions. ”

"But those doctors don't get paid to see a doctor?" This is a concern for many of them, for fear that the doctors are only concerned with taking money and ignoring the diseases of the common people.

But unexpectedly, the guard shook his head. "After a few days of observation, it seems that things are not as Niangniang thinks." As he spoke, he thought for a moment, as if he was recalling the scenes of the past few days.

"At first, the little ones thought that those doctors were not doing well with the money given by the emperor, so they went to visit some people. He also disguised himself as a doctor and chatted with one of the doctors for a few words, and then he knew the problem. The guard paused, and continued to add two more words.

"Oh? Tell me about it? Ning Yunxiao was also curious, it sounded like this matter was not as simple as he imagined.

"Back to Niangniang's words, the little one learned through chatting with them that these doctors were also conscientious in their duties and did not neglect in the slightest. I think it's also the benevolence of a doctor. It's just that there are some problems with this overhead. It seems that there is some turnover and a tight meal. The guard replied hurriedly.

When Ning Yunxiao heard this, he was even more puzzled and a little angry. "Hungry? The emperor has allocated thousands of taels of silver, but only a few months have passed, and all of them have been spent? These people use ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum for medical treatment, can't they? ”

"Niangniang was angry, the little one was full of doubts at first, so I came to report to Niangniang after many inquiries, the medicine was indeed an ordinary medicine, and the small one also asked the doctor of the hospital with a prescription, and the doctor said that it was not as expensive as the medicine they prescribed that day, but the number of patients was really huge......" The guard hurriedly comforted.

Ning Yunxiao's anger subsided a little, remembering the scene when he was stopped when he went out of the palace to hunt that day, he suddenly said to the maids beside him: "The leader of the Imperial Forest Army who was sent to check all over the capital that day is now in the palace?" ”

"If you go back to your mother, there is nothing in the palace these days, and you should be there." The servant replied immediately. "Do you need a slave to invite the maid over?"

Ning Yunxiao nodded, and said to the girl: "You go and ask the leader of the Imperial Forest Army to come over immediately, and by the way, bring two or three soldiers who went with you that day." The girl took the command and went.

Seeing that the girl had left the hall, Ning Yunxiao looked at the guards standing in the hall again, and continued to ask, "Do you know what kind of illness these people are seeing?" What are the rare major diseases? ”

After thinking for a moment, the guard shook his head and said, "These are all daily minor illnesses and calamities, and I heard the doctor say that the biggest illness is probably the fever caused by those elderly farmers." ”

Ning Yunxiao lowered his eyes and was silent. After a while, the maidservant she had sent to invite the leader of the Imperial Guards had already brought someone. When those people saw Ning Yunxiao, they stood still in front of the hall, bowed and said, "See the queen's mother." ”

"A few people don't have to be polite. This palace has called you here today because I have something to ask you. Ning Yunxiao looked at the few people standing in front of the hall, cleared his throat and said.

Those people looked at each other, and the leader of the Imperial Forest Army had no choice but to reply: "When I came just now, I had already heard from my aunt that it was related to the matter of the sunrise palace. Therefore, I brought a few people who had some impressions of the events of that day, and the mother just asked. ”

Ning Yunxiao nodded, and asked at these people: "This palace asks you, that day you went to the capital to check the living conditions of the people on the outskirts of the city, do you remember how many people were sick and couldn't afford to get money for treatment?" ”

"This ......" The people were stunned for a moment, and then lowered their eyes and thought for a long time, and then one of them spoke: "Back to Niangniang, we didn't go through all the villages in the capital that day. However, based on the estimates of some of the villages visited, the number of sick people should be more than 600. ”

"How so?" Ning Yunxiao was a little puzzled. After all, she was still not very familiar with the villages near the capital.

The leader of the Imperial Forest Army took over at this time and replied, "Niangniang, you don't know anything. In this capital, the east, west, north and south markets stand side by side, and the fang market is gradually separated, all of which are a lively scene, so there are no villages within dozens of miles of the imperial city. However, the suburbs are mostly inhabited by villages of a few dozen or more than a hundred people. There are about a dozen villages on all sides around the capital, not counting the mountain valleys, and the other flatter places. ”

"In this way, the situation in the village we saw that day was the most serious, and the combined population of these dozen villages was only a little over 500. Is that what it means? Ning Yunxiao took over and said.

That's exactly what it means. If you think about it, counting the few people in the capital, it is only more than 600 people. The leader of the Imperial Guards replied. There was a lot of seriousness in his eyes.

Ning Yunxiao thought about it for a while, and asked the guard to fetch all the prescription lists that the medical hall had been in place since it opened, saying that he wanted to write an account book and figure out which link had gone wrong.

Ning Yunxiao asked the people of the Imperial Forest Army to go back first, only saying that if there was anything else, they would let people go to them. And the men saluted and departed. She asked the girl to inquire about the prices of the medicinal materials in the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor that day in today's market, and also asked her to list the prices of some common medicinal materials on the market today. It's good to figure out what the daily expenses of this hospital should be.

Soon, the little girl in the palace took the medicine list, and by the way, she brought the little medicine boy who grabbed the medicine in the Tai Hospital. said that he was afraid that the queen mother still had something to ask. Ning Yunxiao nodded approvingly, took the list marked with the price code, and found the abacus again.

Ning Yunxiao was meticulous on the side, and the people below didn't dare to disturb, just waiting on the side. Seeing Ning Yunxiao fiddling with the abacus in one hand and the list in the other, his face became much more gloomy.

It took about a stick of incense before Ning Yunxiao had some clues, sorted out the calculated account book carefully, then glanced at the account book in front of him, sighed and said to himself: "It stands to reason that according to the account book that the palace has just calculated, this thousand taels of silver can be used for more than half a year." This year, it will not exceed two thousand taels of silver......"

"Niangniang, you can rest first and eat some pastries." The little girl next to her presented the cloud cake that had just been made and put it in front of Ning Yunxiao. "I can't tell this account for a while, so let's wait for the list in the medical hall to come."

Ning Yunxiao nodded and felt that it made sense, so he had to put down the account book in front of him first, picked up the cloud cake and tasted it. He looked at the little medicine boy who had just come here and said, "Come here, this palace will ask you a few questions." ”

The boy took two steps forward. "Just ask, the queen." Ning Yunxiao nodded, took Fang Cai's medicine list and asked, "What are the precious herbs in these medicinal herbs?" ”

The little boy took the list and read it carefully, then handed it back and said, "If you go back to Niangniang, these are all ordinary herbs for treating fever, nothing special." ”

Ning Yunxiao looked at the little boy in front of him and was silent, thought about it and sighed. At this time, the guards sent to the infirmary returned. What he was holding in his hand was the prescription prescribed by these doctors, Ning Yunxiao took it and looked at it again, looked at the little boy and asked, "What are the precious herbs in here?" ”

The list was nearly a foot high, and Ning Yunxiao, who was stacked together, had his eyes dazzled, and he took out a few and handed them to the little medicine boy, and after he saw them, he shook his head and replied, "All of them are ordinary herbs." ”

Ning Yunxiao was even more angry now, she dismissed everyone and counted for nearly an hour, but she didn't expect to be surprised when she calculated it. This is only a month, and the previous 1,000 taels of silver have been used, not counting, and hundreds of taels of credit have been used for some expenses on weekdays! In this way, it will take tens of thousands of taels of silver in a year!

"Why is there such a big gap?" Ning Yunxiao looked at the guard in front of him, but the guard couldn't say why. I only said one thing I heard from the doctor in the hospital earlier. "These people have heard that it doesn't cost any silver taels to come here to see a doctor, so they come here to ask for a while no matter where they feel unwell."

Ning Yunxiao frowned when he heard this. That's not a good thing.

"Not only that, but I also heard that several medical centers in the capital are about to close because of this." That's the problem.

Ning Yunxiao looked at the guards in front of him, and after being silent for a moment, he asked the palace people beside him, "What time is it?" ”

"If you know Niangniang, there is still an hour before it gets dark, is there something wrong with you?" The little girl replied. Ning Yunxiao listened, waved his hand, and ordered: "Since this is the case, then go again tomorrow, you can arrange it, and the palace will go out of the palace tomorrow." ”

On the second day, just after breakfast, Ning Yunxiao took people to a medical center set up in Beijing. In order to avoid the limelight, she specially changed into ordinary people's clothes, just as a private interview. As soon as he got out of the carriage, he heard what seemed to be an argument in the infirmary.

"And say that you can take care of the disease without spending money, we little people really believe it! I didn't expect it, but some quacks followed the court to cooperate with us! A woman's shrill voice reached Ning Yunxiao's ears first.

"That's right! It's just a few small herbs, and these quacks don't want to give it to us. What else do you say about the expenses of the imperial court! Those who were instigated also joined in. Ning Yunxiao didn't have time to ask what was going on, but he heard the person next to him say that it seemed that the doctor didn't see a doctor.

Ning Yunxiao was about to walk in and ask what was going on, but he didn't expect a fight to suddenly break out inside.