Chapter 83 What is sold is not medicine, but prescriptions(1/2)
"You look at me very strangely."
In the carriage, Fang Chongyong noticed that Anaye's eyes seemed to be filled with scrutiny and hesitation.
"Well, my father told me yesterday that I can't inherit the medical clinic. The most I can do in the future is open a pharmacy."
Anaye said a little dejectedly.
At first glance, there may not seem to be much difference between a medical clinic and a drug store, but there is more to it than can be described in a few words. Going from a medical clinic to a drug store can almost be regarded as a drop in social class in the Tang Dynasty.
"If it were so easy to open a medical clinic, people who come to your home to propose marriage must have already crossed the threshold. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have both people and money?"
Fang Chongyong said slowly.
A poor boy fell in love with the daughter of a medical officer. After studying medicine, he married a beautiful woman. Then he opened his own medical clinic and became a royal doctor. Balabala's.
Such a story, just think about it, it is impossible to happen these days.
The prosperous Tang Dynasty was prosperous, but the invisible barriers and ceilings between social classes were also visible and ubiquitous.
To open a medical clinic, you must have a "business license." To have a business license, you must take the "medical department" of the imperial examination, or the professional examination of the Imperial Medical Office.
At the very least, you must have studied in the Imperial College and have a certain professional background, such as a family that has been practicing medicine for generations, to be able to obtain a business license.
These are invisible social thresholds and one of the guarantees for the social status of medical officers. This is a powerful force rooted in society and cannot be broken by just anyone. Even Ji Ge's imperial edict is of little use.
Anaye was stunned when he heard this, as if he had remembered something, and then smiled bitterly and said: "You are good at everything, but you are too direct when speaking."
When she was very young, she knew that her face was stunningly beautiful. But the strange thing was that even though her father was a medical officer and had a high social status, no one came to the house to propose marriage.
Now that I think about it, the man who marries her can only be from a military household, and her father will definitely look down on him. And no matter who he is, as long as he does not have a "license" as a medical officer, he will not be able to inherit this medical center. In the future, the medical center will be downgraded to a "pharmacy shop"
, will also fall down from the current social class.
Being well-matched is a very real problem in marriage. Anaye's situation is that her father doesn't like the people who want to marry her, and her father won't marry a girl with the blood of the Orchid from the Western Regions.
Be the royal wife.
"I treated military envoy Xin's wounds. He is already the youngest envoy in Hexi, and he is almost 30 years old now.
How old are you this year, and how can you be the deputy military envoy?"
Anaye asked curiously.
"Actually, I am also the Qianniuwei General of the imperial court, a member of the state army, and the envoy of the Baiting Army. I don't even know how many official positions I have now."
Fang Chongyong sighed helplessly.
For him, official positions in name only are for receiving salary. Official positions in name are even worse, each one is extremely troublesome.
For example, the deputy military envoy of the Baiting Army became a small official who did not do anything. In order to build a good relationship with those people, he had to solve some practical problems for them. Running from Baitinghai to Liangzhou City, his thighs
The insides were all bruised and bruised.
"Looking at you, I think being an official is quite easy."
Anaye couldn't help but sigh.
I heard that the child in front of her was one year younger than her and was already holding multiple jobs.
"Don't mention it anymore, it's all useless."
Fang Chongyong waved his hand, not wanting to tell Anaye that his father was Fang Youde, the governor of Youzhou. Everything he had now was the result of "Pin Daddy". Without his scumbag father, he would have nothing now.
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"that……"
Anaye hesitated to speak.
"Um?"
Fang Chongyong found that Anaye talked a lot today.
"I want to go to Chang'an to study medicine."
Anaye gritted her teeth and said.
"The doctors of the Tang Dynasty can basically be divided into three categories: those who are clearly doctors and only write books, and those who have written books and general medical theory but do not practice medicine. Of these three, only the first type can directly practice medicine.
But in any case, it is necessary to obtain government recognition. Without a government license, it is almost impossible to get rid of all kinds of troublesome entanglements.
The places where you can learn medical skills in Chang'an include the Imperial Medical Office under Taichang Temple, the Shang Yao Bureau under the Dianzhong Province, and the Yao Zang Bureau under the Prince's East Palace. The first one does not recruit female medical officers, and although the latter two recruit female medical officers, they are basically
They all serve the palace and are not allowed to marry for life.
If you are admitted to school, you will be guarded by palace eunuchs and treated like slaves in the palace.
Of course, a female medical officer does not rule out being attracted by a saint or a noble from the palace, and directly becomes a concubine or something. In that case, her identity will change, and she will no longer be a medical officer. In short, once she steps into it, there is almost no possibility of leaving the palace.
This road is very narrow and difficult to walk, have you really thought about it?"
After Fang Chongyong finished speaking, he saw Anaye's pretty face turning red and white, her long brown hair trembling, and her watery blue eyes filled with fear.
When a woman learns medicine, she specializes in treating noble ladies in the palace, and even becomes a concubine directly after being attracted by her?
Anaye actually just wanted to inherit her father's medical clinic. Before she got on the carriage today, she wanted to go to Chang'an to study and return, and get a "license" from the medical clinic to practice medicine in Liangzhou City.
She didn't expect that this road would be a dead end, at least not the one she wanted to take.
What Anaye doesn't know is that Liangzhou Prefecture can actually issue medical licenses, but the difficulty lies not in who issues the licenses, but in the "diploma" of the doctor himself.
This is the common interest of the entire medical class, and no one is willing to open this back door.
If you want to open a medical clinic, you must have a diploma. There is no rationality in itself. It is just to prevent some people from entering this industry. It is such a simple and straightforward truth.
"It's so complicated over there in Chang'an."
Anaye sighed with some fear.
After getting along with him, she felt that Fang Chongyong was really a good person. He didn't have the airs of those powerful children. If she had any questions, he would always answer them.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It is completely unclear that Fang Chongyong is already an official with considerable power!
"Actually, it's not that there is no way. It's just that I can't use this method."
Fang Chongyong said slowly.
"any solution?"
Anaye grabbed Fang Chongyong's hand excitedly and held on tightly.
"That is, you become a Taoist priest and then practice medicine as a Taoist doctor."
Fang Zhongyong calmly took his hand out of the opponent's slightly rough palm.
"To put it simply, this matter can be divided into three steps.
The first step is to enter the Imperial Medical Office as a male to learn medical skills. There are many classics there, and there are also many female relatives of bureaucrats studying there. They can study and live in the Imperial Medical Office schools, but they cannot graduate.
The second step is that after you complete your studies, you will be dropped out of school and then become a female Taoist priest.
The third step is that I will find a noble person for you, and she will be the guarantee to vindicate your medical skills. Then you can get the Taoist doctor's qualification certificate and open a medical clinic."
The method he mentioned is actually the path taken by many daughters of bureaucrats. These "female doctors" often serve the female relatives of bureaucratic families. Those who actually open medical clinics and show their faces outside are very rare.
"The problem now is that I can't find that kind of noble person."
Fang Chongyong spread his hands to Anaye and said.
"At least it's much better than entering the palace directly."
Anaye breathed a sigh of relief and said that she felt that the method mentioned by Fang Chongyong was quite reliable.
"Chang'an... is not a place for people like you. I think it's like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den."
Fang Chongyong sighed and continued to ask: "Why are you so persistent in going to Chang'an?"
"Because my mother was in Chang'an. She was attracted by a powerful man and went to Chang'an with him, so I must go to Chang'an to see what good things there are there! It's worth her abandoning us!"
Anaye said through gritted teeth.
A woman is attracted and then taken away directly... This seems to be in line with the behavior of the powerful people in Chang'an. From Brother Ji to Wuling Nianshao, everyone seems to like this.
Of course Anaye, a child, did not understand the pain her mother had gone through back then. Orders from powerful people were not something that a border town medical officer could refuse.
Maybe my husband is currently guilty of something, which is too miserable.
Fang Zhongyong felt sad and couldn't bear to tell Anaye these speculations.
"Your mother has a new life, so don't bother her."
Fang Chongyong comforted Anaye and said.
Unexpectedly, Anaye had been talking to him and Yan Yuese from the bottom of her heart along the way. She even told Fang Chongyong what flowers and colors she liked. But after hearing these words, she stopped talking and went to Bai Tinghai.
No one said a word on the road and never put on a good face.
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After the Battle of Dafeichuan, in order to prevent the Tang army from entering Menyuan from the Hexi Corridor, Tubo built a city and sent troops to guard the important pass of Laohugou Pass, and built the ancient city of Jinbatai here. The specific time was the third year of Xianheng (673 AD)
), Tubo named it "New City".
After that, the Tang army in Hexi was in a comprehensive strategic passive situation. As long as the Tubo army wanted to, they could rush into Dadou Valley from a high position at any time and cut off the Hexi Corridor. In this way, they could contain the Hexi Jiedu Prefecture, Anxi Protectorate, and Beiting of the Tang Dynasty.
To be continued...