The famous physicians of the common people all felt extremely complicated about the emperor's proposal.
They had never felt this way before, but at this moment, it was real.
Since when did the emperor care about the inheritance and development of doctors?
Would the country care about the development of medicine?
Would the country use its administrative power to help doctors establish schools and ensure their inheritance?
"Not only do we need to establish schools, we also need to raise the status of doctors. Doctors who save the dying and heal the injured are not lowly people, and they cannot be lower than anyone else. At the very least, they cannot be lower than officials. Rest assured, as long as you don't forget your original intention of saving the dying and healing the injured, We will give you the treatment you deserve."
The emperor gave such a promise and quickly drafted the relevant regulations, including proposals for the country to vigorously develop medical standards and improve the treatment of doctors.
Led by the Imperial Academy of Medicine, several hundred famous physicians of the country gathered in the capital for a meeting.
Together, they elected a few highly skilled and respected physicians to lead the establishment of the new Ministry of Medical Affairs of the Daqin, with the positions of Minister of Medical Affairs, Left and Right Assistant Ministers, and a headquarters in Beijing and a branch in Nanjing to oversee the development of the entire country's medical industry.
This event had a massive impact on Great Qin's traditional officialdom. It made people realize that in Great Qin, not only could one become an official by reading the Four Books and Five Classics, but one could also become an official by learning how to make firearms, learn how to control locusts, and now, one could also become an official by learning medicine.
Emperor Wu of Han dismissed the Hundred Schools of Thought and revered Confucianism. Only Confucians could become officials. This caused the legacy of the Hundred Schools of Thought to lose its greatest significance. Xiao Ruxun had no interest in rebuilding the Hundred Schools of Thought, but he was very interested in letting professionals do their work.
As long as people from all walks of life knew that they could rely on their superb skills to become officials, then people would naturally invest in the various professions, and all professions would be able to develop.
This wasn't just a way to break the monopoly of the Confucian school on official positions, it was also a way to develop some of the weaker but very meaningful professions.
There was an endless stream of people who relied on their unique skills to become officials in the government. Some of the traditional officials could already feel the impact of the tide of the era led by the emperor. They felt that this traditional country was undergoing some subtle changes, but these changes would inevitably cause a violent reaction.
One month after the Medical Department was announced, the Medical Department was officially established.
On the day of its establishment, His Majesty the Emperor of the Daqin, Xiao Ruxun, personally came to attend the ceremony. He wrote the words "Doctors with the Heart of Parents" on the spot and gifted it to the newly established Medical Department. He also gave a speech about the hope that all doctors would uphold the heart of parents and carry out the ancient tradition of saving lives and helping the wounded.
"The establishment of the Medical Department is not to let doctors fight to become officials. All doctors must understand that learning medicine is not for the sake of becoming an official. The establishment of the Medical Department in Daqin is for the better development of medical skills, for there to be more doctors, and for the best and kindest doctors to receive the encouragement and rewards they deserve.
No matter when, a healer will always be a healer. Healing the wounded and dying is a duty that a healer can never forget. There are still countless patients in Daqin who are struggling in pain and can lose their lives at any time. Your duty is to save them. "
Xiao Ruxun came up with a series of benefits and rules for doctors.
Xiao Ruxun ordered for all doctors in the country to be unified. He announced that all doctors in the country should report to the capital of each province, stating their years of practice and the diseases they are good at. The Governor of each province would be in charge of the statistics and send them to the Medical Department in Beijing for the record.
The Medical Department had to categorize all the diseases in the TCM system in the shortest time possible. They had to divide the diseases and the corresponding treatment methods. They had to divide the doctors into different categories, whether they were good at treating diseases or injuries, internal medicine or surgery. They had to be categorized and come up with a set of effective and unified national standards.
They had to end the history of doctors going their own way.
A unified country must have a unified standard.
Apart from that, the Medical Department also had to send capable people to the capital of each province to assess the standards and strength of the local doctors. They would then issue a medical license to qualified doctors and set the relevant treatment. After that, the government would give them a certain amount of benefits on a monthly basis and bring them into the Huimin Pharmacy in the capital.
There must be a clear regulation on the fees for each medical practice and the prices of the various herbs. No one was allowed to set the price on their own.
As for those quacks, fake doctors, and shamans, they would not be given a medical license. If they wanted to practice medicine in the Daqin's territory, they would have to be certified and licensed by the Huimin Pharmacy.
If they practiced medicine without a license, they would be punished regardless of the consequences. The local government would be responsible for the punishment. The lightest punishment would be imprisonment for three to five months, and the heaviest punishment would be beheading in public.
All the villages in the country would have to make sure that every villager knows what a medical license looks like. Before seeing a doctor, they would have to show the national medical license. Without a medical license, they would not be allowed to practice medicine.
Who would know what the standard of a doctor would be?
Xiao Ruxun organized a group of officials with experience in administration and organization into the newly established Medical Department. They were selected to form the Medical Department with professional and capable doctors. The professionals would give professional advice and methods, and the administrative officials would be responsible for the specific implementation.
The Medical Department's Minister was in charge of the headquarters in Beijing. The two assistant ministers of the Medical Department took turns to be in Nanjing to prepare for a series of medical problems in Jiangbei and Jiangnan, especially the most important one at the moment.
On the second day after the Medical Department was established, a plenary meeting was held under the care of Xiao Ruxun. It was a plenary meeting of 500 people on the issue of schistosomiasis that was wreaking havoc in the Jiangnan region. The meeting was mainly composed of doctors who came from the Jiangnan epidemic area and were familiar with schistosomiasis.
The specific content of the meeting was about how to more conveniently and quickly conquer this disease. At present, the known number of patients had exceeded 600,000. This number was very frightening. If they did not find a fast and economical treatment method as soon as possible, it would be the shame of China's doctors.
In addition, Xiao Ruxun also arranged for a group of people to discuss how to maintain a stable supply of some commonly used medicine. For example, setting a scale and arranging for people to plant it together. It was necessary to start a unified large-scale planting of medicinal ingredients, and then steadily supply it to each province's Huimin Pharmaceutical Bureau.
At the same time, Xiao Ruxun considered that it would be at least five to eight years before he could see the results of the medical development. During this time, how would he prepare for the high demand for medical treatment?
Could it be that he could only watch helplessly as so many patients died in pain?
Could a small disease take their lives?
Xiao Ruxun knew that he could not do it.
After thinking about it, Xiao Ruxun suddenly remembered that he had found a 1970's "Barefoot Doctor's Handbook" in the old book section of a survival camp's library.
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