Chapter 50 2. A non-mainstream technical officer

Li Yuqing, a little-known official, was originally a doctor of Guozijian, and later served as the magistrate of Changzhou, located in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province.During Li Yuqing's tenure, he acted vigorously and never tolerated evil forces. He used vicious methods and was ruthless. The series of "cracking down on gangsters" in Changzhou shocked all walks of life.There is no most ruthless, only more ruthless. Earlier, the local underworld dominated one side, and since Mr. Li took office, all local forces have been silent.This shows that as long as an official is ruthless, he is not afraid. The so-called "vicious and cunning officials" in the local area are just vassals of the yamen. They can bully men and women when they need it, and kick them away when they don't.In such a conflict of direct interests, one party must choose to compromise.

Li Yuqing is an upright and accomplished official. During his tenure, the social atmosphere in Changzhou has changed. Corrupt officials and rascals have been punished by him, and the big guys dare not be angry or speak out.At that time, there was a medical officer who did many bad things, and lived in fear every day. According to Mr. Li's cleaning speed, it would soon be his turn, so the medical officer acted first.The medical officer knows very well that "the enemy has conflicting interests, and life and death are inseparable." Since he has chosen Mr. Li as the enemy, there is only one way to go to the dark, either you die or I die. "Luo Zhijing Containing the Enemy": "A gentleman is against a villain, and he is also a villain. A villain is friends with a gentleman, and he is also a gentleman." This passage fully illustrates the dialectical relationship between a gentleman and a villain, that is, in the process of struggle, there is no The so-called distinction between a gentleman and a villain, a gentleman and a villain are enemies, he becomes a villain, and vice versa, a villain and a gentleman are friendly, and they naturally become a gentleman. The two personality identities in Confucianism come into play in officialdom struggles. Not much effect. The "Luo Zhi Jing" is too extreme, but it is true in reality.Sometimes I have been thinking about what to do to study history, but in the end, don't I just keep repeating mistakes?The classic works of the predecessors made it quite clear, but later generations often stumbled on it. Perhaps studying history is to discover new mistakes in the process of repeating mistakes.The medical officer took action and used his expertise to poison Li Yuqing directly.Li Yuqing vomited and diarrhoea, breathed in but not out. Before he died, he suddenly realized that it was caused by the medical officer.Li Zhizhou, who had his last breath left, ordered someone to carry him to the state capital for promotion, summoned the medical officer, and beat him to death on the spot. After that, he also passed away and was buried in Hengshan.The doctor's poisoning was not thorough enough, and Li Yuqing counterattacked in the last wave. In the end, the two died together and gave their lives for the struggle.Many years later, the local people are still in awe of Li Yuqing, passing by his grave, dismounting and walking slowly.Seriously ill patients in the family went to his grave to collect soil and sprinkled it on the bed mat ("Song Barnyard Notes").

There is something puzzling in this incident. Why did the medical officer fight with the Master Zhizhou?This is actually a direct interest infringement relationship.Li Yuqing acted vigorously and wanted to have a big change in Changzhou.The gang of corrupt people naturally felt the pressure from the Yamen, and their interests were directly "violated" by the Yamen.Seeing that he couldn't get away, the medical officer had to come up with a trick to kill the fish and break the net.Poisoning a leader requires taking huge risks.If the official of the imperial court dies in office for no reason, it will definitely attract the attention of the relevant departments. If the local forces cannot settle the relevant departments, they have to invite the relevant suspects to the relevant departments to "drink tea" as guests.In this example, it can be seen that the medical officer was forced to do so, and his life and interests were seriously threatened by Li Yuqing. If he did not take action, he would be the next to die.Rather than sit and wait for death, it is better to take a blow. The power of a medical officer cannot compete with Master Zhizhou after all. Give it a go.Medical officials in the Song Dynasty belonged to technical officials, also known as "trickster officials", which generally refers to specialized technical personnel serving in the imperial court, such as astronomical officials, calligraphers, and painting officials.Technical officials are a team outside the system, which is fundamentally different from the ruling civil servant group. They are more similar to officials, and they specialize in providing services to the emperor and ministers.Orthodox imperial examinations, favors, and civil officials and scholar-bureaucrats who recommended them to become officials actually looked down on them. In the political environment of the Song Dynasty's official "emphasis on literature" when regaining lost ground was not as good as winning the champion in the exam, it was not uncommon for technical officials not to entertain them.Technical officers face four major problems, that is, difficult promotion, poor treatment, no power, and low status. Because promotion is particularly difficult, the salary is not high, which leads to low social status.Taking medical officials as an example, there was a medical official academy in the Song Dynasty, which stipulated that there were fourteen ranks of medical officials, such as Doctor Chengquan, Doctor Pinghe, Doctor Hanlin, and Baoan Lang.In the early Song Dynasty, it was stipulated that technical officers should be promoted every ten years, and Song Renzong Qingli changed it to be promoted every five years. This is far from the system of civil servants who are promoted every three years.Gou can endure loneliness and spend a lifetime at leisure. If you want to improve your material life, you have to use your own mind, and then struggle is inevitable.

Although the treatment of technical officers and Chinese medical officers is average, the gray income is quite rich.The medical market in the Song Dynasty was relatively developed and chaotic. According to the "Notes of Laoxue'an", Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty made Lin'an the capital. When the emperor came, it was like a magnet, and all the scholars, merchants and businessmen from all over the world went to Lin'an, the new capital.The government building was opened, and the vermilion wall was painted with a new look, which was used by the majority of businessmen as advertising bulletins, such as "Wang Fangfangqi Sheng Ophthalmology, Lu Guanren Encountering Immortal Wind Medicine", "Dry and Wet Beriberi Four Seasons Pills, Severe Headwind" ", "Three Dynasties Royal Wrap Chen Zhongyi, Fourth Confucian Doctor Lu Dacheng", "Tokyo Shi Chaoyi's son-in-law Le Zhubo Pharmacy, Xishu Mr. Fei's nephew Kou Baoyi Hexagram Shop", so many dozens of couplets, medical advertisements accounted for the vast majority.Medical officials and famous doctors within the system charge far more than private quack doctors.Whenever there is an epidemic in a local area, the imperial court will send medical officials on business trips, and the local government will give a lot of treatment fees.For example, in the 10th year of Song Shenzong Xining (1077), miasma plague was prevalent in the Guangnan army. Three medical officers were selected by the Medical Official Academy, and fifty pieces of silk were given to them. They were sent to Guizhou and several people were cured. ("Continued Zizhi Tongjian Changbian") The cost of practicing medicine for doctors in the Song Dynasty was usually negotiated between the two parties, or the doctor asked for a price, plus a reward from the patient.A serious illness will cost at least ten guan, and at most three thousand guan.For example, Di Gonglang Zhou only suffered from hernia. At that time, a doctor cured him with acupuncture and moxibustion. He gave ten guanqian and three pieces of silk. After half a month, the disease recurred, and he went to the doctor again and disappeared.During Renzong's time, the father of Guo Xing, a scholar from Huazhou, Shaanxi, was ill. The doctor offered a price of 100 guan, and he would not do anything less!In the end, Guo Xing had no choice but to follow him, and he cured his father just now.This phenomenon of extortionate prices is not uncommon. Duan Chengwu, a famous doctor in Yixing, once charged 500 guan for a doctor ("Price Research in Song Dynasty").Song Gaozong's imperial physician Wang Jixian was an exception. Qin Hui asked his wife Wang to worship him, which shows that he is a dignitary and is a typical representative of medical officials.

According to the official regulations of the Song Dynasty, when the royal family and ministers were sick, the emperor sent an imperial doctor to diagnose and treat them. Under the banner of the emperor, the fox pretends to be the tiger.The golden signboard of the emperor has become their sharp weapon for extortion and bribery, which is completely "legal" harm.The emperor became taken advantage of here, and he didn't know the various activities that the medical officer did in it.The medical officer usually asks for the price straightforwardly, and the price is definitely not something that can be paid by three dollars or two. If the sick master does not give a reward, he will bluntly tell you that the time of death is coming.Because it is a doctor sent by the emperor, you have to take the poison if you prescribe it, and the family members dare not ask.The loophole is here. If the family members have a word of criticism, it is doubting the emperor's good intentions. What is your family's attitude?When the imperial doctor returned home, he reported that a certain clan or minister had no cure and died!When the emperor was sad, it was done, ordered to bury him, and ordered his servant to preside over the funeral for the deceased.This time it was the servant's turn to play, and the man had already been killed by the medical officer in front of him, so he had no choice but to extort money. In a funeral, the bereaved family basically went bankrupt. language.During the Qingli period of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, the emperor ordered a certain family to be buried, but the family refused to accept it, and they could solve the problem by themselves without bothering the court ("Stone Forest Swallows").

The second principle of struggle in the officialdom emerged, that is, the infringement of direct or indirect interests will inevitably lead to struggle.Non-mainstream technical officials are still so rampant, one can imagine how bloody mainstream civil servants and scholar-bureaucrats must be.