Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Figs

"You mean to make me a medical girl?" Chang Jin asked back, but what Chang De said came to mind: There is nothing more despicable than slaves and medical girls.Has Changdeok returned to Jeju now?Thinking of Jeju, all the things that happened there flooded Jang Geum's mind like a huge wave. It is said that the county supervisors in Jingyi County on the east side of Yingzhou and Dajing County in the west are all safe and sound. But he was convicted and sent to prison.Of course, prison sentences are not immune.If Changde didn't go back, she might still be stranded somewhere in Hanyang.

"What's the matter, is it because medical ladies are not as classy as court ladies, so you don't like them?" Chang Jin was silent for a long time, thinking deeply about Chang De, but Yun Bai mistakenly thought that he hated the doctor girl.But in any case, who likes being a bitch. "I've heard that medical women are also called pharmacy whores..." "Sufei in the time of King Sejong the Great and Dieshang in the reign of King Sejo, they are all famous and famous medical girls. Moreover, the current emperor also strictly prohibits medical girls from engaging in work that violates their duties. The ethos of female doctors."

Yun Bai's tone was very sincere, which was quite different from usual. Jang Geum's heart was in turmoil.She was terrified by the renewed hope.In fact, the fate that the servants must give up hope to survive in mediocrity also made her fearful.Although Jang Geum wanted to learn the medical skills of saving lives rather than the cooking skills of killing people from the very beginning, the road to becoming an official medical girl is long and difficult.If there is anything she can't lose, it's only Zheng Hao... "Why do you keep silent?" "My lord, why do you want me to be a medical girl?"

"If you don't enter the tiger's lair, how can you catch tiger cubs! If you don't enter the palace, how can you find out the fox hiding in the palace?" "... Can I return to the palace if I become a medical girl?" "Then it's up to you!" Hearing "If you don't enter the palace, how can you find out the fox hiding in the palace", Jang Jin's spirit was lifted.The grievance that was suppressed at first because she couldn't return to the palace, now rose again in her heart. The innocent mother and Han Shanggong died of resentment.Now it seems that the culprit must be someone else, and it was this person's frame that led to the death of his mother and Han Shanggong.

It's like waking up from a dream.We must not just forget their grievances in weeping! "Please guide me in the maze." "Are you really going to be a medical girl?" "How can I become a doctor girl?" "You can't become a medical girl if you want to. You need to select a young and healthy woman from among the servants, so it's not you who choose the medical girl, but the medical girl who chooses you!" "Then why do you still want me to be a medical girl?" "When the number of medical women is insufficient, one must be selected from each department's maidservants to supplement each year. As long as you are willing to work hard, there is always a way. Besides, your contribution to saving the people of Jeju can also be recognized by the court. ?"

"But I once saved Japanese generals, and many people shouted that I must accept punishment." "Even the Holy One will reward you. Is there a higher voice than this under our Korean skies?" Suddenly, Yun Bai laughed out loud.It seems that only such laughter can be called the highest voice under the Korean sky. Initially, the system of medical women originated from the ruthless "Internal and External Laws" like a guillotine.In order to save the female family members of the harem who might die due to the inconvenience of receiving pulse diagnosis and medical treatment, according to Xu Dao and other Jishengyuan affairs* (Jisengyuan, a medical institution established in 1397, its main duties are to treat diseases for the poor and protect abandoned babies, In 1459, it was merged into the Huimin Administration——Translator's Note), and the female doctor system was created in the sixth year of Taizong.At that time, dozens of virgins were selected from the servants belonging to the warehouse and the palace secretary, and they were taught medical skills such as pulse-taking and acupuncture.

The duties of medical women are nothing more than treating various gynecological diseases, and also acting as midwives when necessary.In particular, the treatment of diseases that cannot be cured by taking medicine alone, as well as diseases that require direct contact with the body such as edema, abscesses, and toothaches, are all handled by female doctors.In addition, the medical ladies also have to undertake the work of judging whether the maid is a virgin. Those stubborn men would never let their daughters do this kind of thing, so at the beginning of the establishment of the system, only lowly maidservants were allowed to act as medical girls.

During the reign of King Sejo, the "Admonition and Punishment Act" was established, and the books studied by medical women were checked every month, and those who scored well were given a salary, and those who failed were sent to Huimin Bureau as maidservants. From the time of King Sejong, three to four young and talented medical women were selected for special education, and the most outstanding among them were appointed as trainers to be responsible for the education of medical women.The education of medical girls was initially under the responsibility of the Jishengyuan, and later merged into the Huimin Administration.Salaries are distributed to all medical women twice a year to arouse their enthusiasm.

The person who constructed the general framework for the medical woman system was Chengzong.At this time, medical women were divided into three levels: internal medicine, doctor seeing a doctor, and novice medicine, each performing its own duties and receiving its own salary.Beginners with particularly bad grades were sent back to their original places. Beginning in 1485, when the "Jingguo Dadian" was compiled, the imperial court selected three medical women with particularly outstanding grades and gave them monthly salaries.Those with poor grades were still sent to the Huimin Bureau, which was changed from the Huimin Bureau, to work as handmaids.

Before contacting medicine, medical women must start from "Thousand Characters" and "Book of Filial Piety".In addition, medical ethics must be noble in treating diseases and saving lives. Therefore, female doctors must familiarize themselves with the "Four Books", namely "Great Learning", "Mencius", and "The Doctrine of the Mean". medical books. By the time of Yan Shanjun, the originally fixed system of medical women began to deteriorate.Mr. Yanshan is lustful, so of course he won't let the doctor girl go easily.The prostitution of medical women was accelerated by recruiting beautiful women and horses from all over the country through the recruitment of red horses.It was from this period that medical women were also called medical prostitutes, or pharmacy prostitutes.Not only were medical women required to participate in various banquets with heavy make-up, they were also trained as prostitutes, served as messengers delivering extravagant gift lists, served as guards of honor when the palace held ceremonies, and were even entrusted with the task of delivering death-giving medicine.

They are proficient in poetry and talented, and also have medical skills, so medical women are very popular as prostitutes. After the current emperor came to the throne, he was committed to correcting the bad governance of Lord Yanshan, and strictly prohibited medical women from participating in various banquets and activities, especially focusing on disease treatment and nursing work in the Empress Dowager's Hall, and strictly ordered medical women to perform their duties.However, once the clear water becomes muddy, it is even more difficult to purify it.The female doctors are still summoned by various banquet occasions, increasingly despised by others, and degraded into untouchable pariahs. Despite this fact, Jang Geum is still immersed in the hope of being able to return to the palace.Yunbai worked in the inner hospital, which also made Jang Geum's hope a little more certain. "...When did you return to the inner hospital, my lord?" "It's not the internal hospital, but the Dian Medical Supervisor. Not long ago, there was a strange disease in Chazaixuan, and I was cured. Now they ask me to go back. Thinking that I can earn more wine money this way, I couldn't help but agree." gone." Yun Bai said it very peacefully, but it seems that he doesn't like to return to the central authority, as if he took this step out of helplessness.Although the wine money can be earned more, the time for setting up banquets and having fun has been greatly reduced. Dian Medical Supervision is one of the three major medical institutions, together with the Internal Hospital and Huimin Department, it constitutes the Three Medical Departments.The inner hospital is dedicated to treating the royal family members, while the Dian Medical Supervisor is responsible for the selection of doctors and the procurement of medicinal materials.Medical administrative affairs and medical education such as giving medicines by the monarch, planting medicinal materials, and obtaining medical talents are also the main responsibilities of the Dian Medical Supervision. The Huimin Department is an official office that treats diseases for ordinary people. In addition, the Living People's Department has also been established to treat infectious diseases and take care of the helpless patients. It can be regarded as a poor relief agency.However, when all the systems at that time were centered on the two classes of nobles, there was absolutely no reason for the medical activities that benefited the common people or the poor to proceed normally.Therefore, the poorer the people, the more they relied on the power of folk remedies or witchcraft. "Compared to Yushanfang, there will be more troubles here. How about it, do you still want to go?" Yun Bai, who was persuading in every possible way just now, became faintly worried when Jang Geum expressed his willingness. "Anyway, as long as you live, you can't get rid of your status as a bitch. In this case, why not do something to save people." "That's right! Ordinary maidservants can be romantic and get married, but your fate is even worse than theirs!" Although the determination was made, Jang Geum was still a little sad after hearing what Yun Bai said.It was only because of a momentary mistake of tongue that his father was killed and his mother was arrested, all because he could not bear the anger of being accused of being a pariah.She was still her original self, but now she was not even qualified to be a pariah, so she had to choose to be a medical girl who was treated as a prostitute. "If a woman is like a flower, after the flower fades, her husband and children will be her green leaves, but what about you, what are your green leaves?" Could it be that Jang Deok's interrogation had already foreshadowed Jang Geum's ending as a medical girl? Looking back on the past, Jang Geum has never bloomed. If you have to compare it with a tree, it can only be a fig.However, the fig tree also blossoms, but the flowers get into the fruit.So there is another name for figs, called hidden flowers.I can't see the gorgeous flowers, but get into the fruit, and even the petals become nutrients.The fig tree blooms but doesn't show off, just quietly turns into fruit... Now, Jang Geum has decided to become a fig. We went home together.Although there are a few vacations outside the palace, it is a pity that it is not a coincidence every time. Since a beard grew on a chin, Jang Geum met him for the first time. "Jang Geum, we finally got together again, it's like going back to the past, when you hadn't entered the palace, we were together all day long." "Yeah, who said otherwise." The slug who used to steal wine with his father has now become a majestic inner guard soldier. Speaking of the internal guards, the first thing that comes to Jang Geum's eyes is Zheng Hao, then the internal guards office where he went to deliver ripe fruits, the wide training field opposite the vegetable field, and the printing house where he borrowed books... Now, there is another figure added to the scenery that Jang Geum can never go back to. "I heard that you want to be a medical girl?" "Well, maybe." "Very good, Jang Geum, you will definitely become an excellent medical lady. The food you cook is eaten up in a short time, and there is nothing left. In contrast, a medical lady who relieves the suffering of patients is much better. " "What's good, have you seen your father?" De Jiu's daughter-in-law walked down the steps, grinning and yelling loudly, it seems that De Jiu stole the distiller's grains again this time. "This friend, while I was not paying attention, went to touch the red ant wine again. He knew how to eat it, and he couldn't even find a person when he was working." Amid De Jiu's daughter-in-law's panting and cursing, Chang Jin and Yi Yi looked at each other and giggled.If there is one thing that has not changed from the past to the present, it is the never-tiring nagging of De Jiu's daughter-in-law. "What are you laughing at? You think your mother is ridiculous, don't you? Prodigal son, are your mother and I so funny?" "When did I think my mother was ridiculous? Why did you say that?" Although De Jiu's daughter-in-law was very unhappy, Yi Yi couldn't help laughing.One is like his father, although sometimes he is a bit plain, but after all he is a kind young man who will not harm others. Jang Geum repeatedly looked at Yi Yi's face.Perhaps only those who have eliminated greed can have such a pure and bright look. "This idiot, he stole wine and drank it in broad daylight, and he didn't know where he died? Jang Geum! You go to Mo Jie's brothel to get back the money for the drink!" "Mom, let me go!" "Brat, who told you to go?" "It's different who goes? Just ask for the money for the drinks!" "I hate it! Once you get the wine money, why don't you spend it first?" "How could it be? I'll come back as soon as I go, please believe me!" "Oh, brat! You want me to believe that your surname is Jiang, unless everyone in the world is dead!" "Anyway, how can you ask a girl to go to a brothel? Besides, Jang Geum has to study medicine." "What kind of medical skills are you learning... It's better than anything else to stay at home and help me with some work." "Anyway, I'll get back the money for the drink soon, mother, you'd better go find my father." A ray disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye, leaving only the lazy Chunhui and awkward silence in the yard. Seeing the embarrassment of Deku's daughter-in-law, Jang Geum quietly got up and walked away to the vegetable garden behind the house.There is a flat piece of land across the road from the winery, which has been reclaimed and became the current vegetable garden.Recently, apart from studying medical skills, Jang Geum has devoted all his time to tending this vegetable field. There was just a spring rain the day before yesterday, and all the vegetables turned green overnight.The mugwort in the platycodon field is already so green that it can't be controlled. It won't be long before this place will become a mugwort field.The most hateful thing is the mugwort roots, if left alone for a day, they will occupy the entire vegetable field with their tenacious vitality. There are also unbelievably many leek seedlings.There are many leek seedlings, so the seedlings must be thinned after a certain period of time.The soft part is edible, the bulb is good for the stomach and intestines, and it can also be used for burns. In short, this is a perennial herb that can be put to good use. The lettuce has just grown, but it is diligently growing soft young leaves.The lettuce wrapped rice almost broke the cheeks of De Jiu's family of three. After the meal, they took a good nap, which was only two days ago.Lettuce has analgesic and hypnotic effects, and eating more will help you sleep. The purple-flowered Bogai grass is a medicinal material for treating hematemesis and stopping nosebleeds. Together with cress, shepherd's purse, sage weed, chickweed, turnip, and radish, it is also known as the seven grasses of spring.And womb cabbage... At first, I was worried that it might be too early to sow the mango seeds, but unexpectedly the pale yellow leaves were eagerly covered with folds.If it is used to make Chinese cabbage pancakes, it is enough for four people to eat.Even in the cold winter, it is full of greenery and will not wither. The reason why it is called pine tree is the meaning of evergreen pine tree.The so-called hundred vegetables are not as good as cabbage, which means that even a hundred kinds of vegetables are not as good as white vegetables.If you eat cabbage all spring, you don't have to worry about catching a cold in winter. Thinking about it carefully, I have a predestined relationship with Sicai.After leaving Chazaixuan, he still made pancakes with cabbage cabbage for Yunbai; he held the wife’s ceremony safely even though he lost the flour, thanks to the cabbage dumplings; he risked his life to make rice with cabbage cabbage for the envoys of the Ming Dynasty... Immersed in chaotic thoughts, Jang Jin picked off a womb cabbage leaf with his hands that had grasped the soil, and chewed it.The mouth is immediately filled with a slightly earthy fragrance. "Jang Geum! Jang Geum!" Deok-gu's daughter-in-law in front of the winery greeted Jang Geum out of breath.Jang Jin, who was squatting on the ground, got up suddenly, but felt a slight dizziness over his head. "Jang Geum, someone is looking for you." The man in the blue collar is clearly Zheng Hao!He must have noticed Jang Geum, and was running towards this side at a fast pace. Jang Jin saw everything in his eyes, but he was desperately picking womb cabbage leaves in his hands. "Nenny Xu!" Mrs. Xu?That title is outdated nowadays.Zheng Hao and Jang Geum avoided each other's eyes and smiled embarrassedly.Someone should break this awkward silence. "I thought you were still in Busanpo..." "He has been reinstated as an internal guard." "congratulations!" "Busanpo is too far away, I have been trying to find ways to come back. Finally, because of the merits of sweeping up the Japanese pirates, His Highness listened to my earnest request." Jang Geum felt ashamed to face Jung Ho.Now she is not even as good as a pariah, but she wants to become a pharmacy prostitute.It's time to let him go.What a cruel fate, I have never fully enjoyed even a moment of fate... "My lord, I am studying medicine." "Really? I've already guessed it. Back then, all the medical officials in Jeju were helpless with the Japanese general's illness. In the end, it was not cured by your skills." "It was just a blind cat meeting a dead mouse. I was lucky. Now I want to really learn medicine." "It is said that after receiving education, you can become a local medical officer, and if your grades are outstanding, you can become a trainer in charge of education affairs." "I...I want to be a medical girl in the inner hospital." "The female doctor in the internal hospital? You mean you want to re-enter the palace?" "yes." Zheng Hao was speechless and thought for a long time.He was a little at a loss, it seemed that he didn't understand Jang Geum's original intention of returning to the palace.Looking at Zheng Hao's appearance, Jang Geum felt his nose sore. "Do you know how dangerous the inner hospital is?" "I know." "If your condition is critical, or if someone dies, you will experience great pain, and even being exiled to the frontier is not impossible. If the monarch dies, the medical officers in the internal hospital who are in charge of treatment may inevitably die." "How can a mere medical woman directly undertake the royal family's medical care? You don't have to worry too much." "That's not all I'm worried about, the medical officers... are in danger..." Zheng Hao was very excited and stuttered.He stared at Jang Geum's face, let out a long breath, finally turned his head away, and his breathing became short of breath.When I was depressed, the breeze blew gently, and even my forehead felt a little itchy.The vegetables in the vegetable field whispered in the breeze, but Zheng Hao and Jang Geum standing in the middle had nothing to say. In fact, there are indeed frequent turmoil in the internal hospital.Seeing a doctor for the nobles of the royal family, even if the disease improves, the medical officer is often criticized and criticized.When the monarch's own illness has improved, he often thinks of rewarding medical officials with ranks and official positions, but the opposition is one after another, like a torrential rain.This is the reason why officials who despise medical officials as aliens are actively dissuading the monarch.Even if a very trivial problem occurs, it must be severely punished. Therefore, there are quite a few medical officials who are wise and safe.The more timid and fearful a person is, the easier it is to become vicious and vicious, and doctors and officials often slander and frame each other. This is all due to the defensive instinct of self-protection.However, the real reason why they have no greed for high officials and magnates is money.Needless to say about the work in the internal hospital, just being entrusted with the job of reviewing medicines to purchase medicinal materials, they have the opportunity to collude with businessmen, work hand in hand, and make a fortune.In addition, when accompanying them on missions to China, medical officials can also accumulate a large amount of wealth through secret transactions.As long as you don't offend the two groups of nobles, there is no need for them to rack their brains to elevate their status. From this point of view, Zheng Hao's worries are not unfounded, because he knows Jang Geum's nature better than anyone else.It is absolutely impossible for a medical woman who persists in her beliefs to live a peaceful life in a dirty inner hospital.Something unprecedented flashed in Jang Geum's eyes, which had always been pure and innocent, and it was resentment!Zheng Hao couldn't help feeling even more distressed. Jang Geum knelt down and continued to pick apart the messy leek leaves. Did she know that Zheng Hao was burning with worry for her?Compared with her slender neck and slender waist, her fingers are surprisingly thick.Ten years of career in the imperial dining room, spring, summer, autumn and winter are not avoided Soaking your hands in the water in the cold and heat, slowly became like this.Now, she wanted to use these hands to touch the patient's affected area. "If you really want to be a doctor girl, please treat me first!" Jang Geum raised his crystal clear eyes to look at Zheng Hao. "What's wrong with you?" "yes." "But I'm not a medical girl yet, even if I'm a medical girl, I can only treat women. You'd better see the medical officer quickly." "Actually, there's no need to take the pulse. Just listen to me and tell me about the symptoms, and just give me a prescription." Jang Geum clapped his hands lightly and stood up.She seemed very unconfident, ready to listen carefully to what Zheng Hao had to say. "It's right here. It seems that something heavy has been drilled into it. I can't press it down, and I can't wipe it off. I want to just goug it out, but when I think about it, the pain becomes unbearable..." Zheng Hao pointed to his chest and spoke very plainly.Jang Jin frowned and listened seriously. "Since when did you start feeling these symptoms?" "Well, it seems to start when I saw a woman making dumplings." "The woman making dumplings?" "This is the woman who made dumplings by herself and gave them to the mother of the maid who stole her flour." Chang Jin's eyes immediately filled with sorrow, he fell to the ground as if he had collapsed, and stroked the leek leaves again.Zheng Hao stood opposite him, and simply broke the casserole and asked the end. "Why don't you give me a diagnosis?" "I have nothing to say." "Okay, then I'll make a diagnosis for myself, do you want to hear it?" "grown ups!" "If this is just my unilateral wish...it must be lovesickness." "Please goug it out!" Jang Geum shouted without hesitation.The extremely decisive tone made Zheng Hao feel hurt, and then roared angrily. "Can people's hearts be easily plucked out?" "I once read a medical book that only recorded instances of witchcraft healing. It was about a small tribe in China where a sorcerer cured a lovesick young man by stroking the head with leaves. .It is not the heart, but the head. From this we can see that the longing for others does not originate in the heart, but in the head. So it can be plucked out." "If that's the case, please cure me. Whether it's the mind or the heart, I can't stand it anymore. Please cure me, otherwise I really can't live." Zheng Hao was a little panicked.How deep the heartache has been for a long time, to make such a docile person so unreasonable.I really knew this earlier, why bother! "I can only appreciate your lord's friendship. In fact, no matter now, or before I met you for the first time, I am just the king's woman. I have learned not to give my heart to others, nor to accept others' hearts." "But now you've got rid of your status as a court lady!" "Once a woman becomes a palace maid, she can only serve the king for the rest of her life, even if she is expelled from the palace. Besides, I am still just a humble servant." "Just for this? The reason why you rejected me flatly is because of my identity?" "Isn't that enough? Isn't the identity between the adults and me from the very beginning?" Chang Jin was so excited that he simply poured out all the thoughts in his heart that had been suppressed for a long time.Zheng Hao seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and then said. "I'm very happy to hear you say that. Fortunately, it's not my one-sided lovesickness. But what are you worried about? When I came, I had already decided to give up everything." "Abandon everything?" "Except for this heart, I would rather give up everything I have!" Hearing what Zheng Hao said, Jang Geum suddenly thought of his father and mother.When parents leave this world, are they also so lingering?Although we can't know their mood at that time, we can be sure that they are happy, because they finally found a place only for two people. If you were with him, even if you lay on the reed mat spread on the ice, you wouldn't feel cold, would you?However, Zheng Hao is not his father after all.Father is a person who can abandon everything. Before he met his mother, he had already regarded himself as a dying person... Compared with his father, there are too many things that Zheng Hao needs to let go of and give up.This is the reason why Jang Geum can't accept Zheng Hao's heart. "I've made up my mind to be a medical girl, but my lord and I have completely different paths." "It's really suffocating me. Don't you just want to change my mind and you can't change your mind?" "If you are willing to change your mind, everything will be fine. If I change my mind, everything will be very difficult. Therefore, it is only right for you to change your mind, my lord." "This is absolutely impossible!" "grown ups!" "Okay. If that's the case, this question might as well be left for a later decision. But I still ask you to take back your idea of ​​returning to the palace." "But I have unspeakable difficulties." "Then let's talk about it here. If it is because of curing diseases and saving lives, there are so many patients outside the palace, isn't it much more than inside the palace?" "So far, please go back!" Jang Geum resolutely and completely ignored Zheng Hao's affectionate appeal.Although her heart has long been torn to pieces, she has never understood her situation soberly like now. "I don't deserve the favor you gave me, but I will never forget it until I die. Please take this with you too." What Jang Geum took out was a three-color fringed ribbon.Jung-ho stares at Jang-geum sadly and hopelessly, like a captured beast. "It doesn't seem to be mine." Jang Geum hopes that Zheng Hao can treasure this object.This is the father's relic, and it is also the thread of marriage that was lost to save him. The sad and lonely life on Jeju Island is supported by it.It may also be a comfort to think that the three-color tassel streamer can be owned by Zheng Hao. Jang Geum handed the streamer to Zheng Hao as if throwing it away, then turned and left.Zheng Hao stood there blankly, and it took him a long time to catch up from behind and grab Jang Geum's wrist. "I can't let you leave like this." "Please let go!" "As long as you agree not to return to the palace, I will let you go." "grown ups!" "Let go of your hands!" With a roar like thunder, a panting one was staring at Zheng Hao.Looking at his ferocious look, I really don't know that there is such deep anger and resentment hidden behind this kind face.Zheng Hao didn't even blink his eyes, and still refused to let go of Jang Geum's hand. "Don't hurry up and let me go!" "Although I don't know who you are, you'd better stay out of your own business!" "How dare you molest a woman from a good family in broad daylight, what crime should you be?" "What is the crime of slandering the two classes of nobles, do you know?" The two men roared and confronted each other with an unprecedented ferocious expression on their faces. It seemed that neither of them would give up. Jang Geum begged Jung Ho in every possible way. "I don't want you to be hurt because of me. Please, go back!" Even so, Zheng Hao still refused to let go, Jang Geum had no choice but to break free from Zheng Hao's hand, turned and ran away.A feeling of collapsing all over the body hit Jang Geum.At this time, Yiyi took a step forward, pulled Jang Geum up and left, until he crossed the vegetable field and disappeared into the wine shop, Jang Geum didn't look back even once. Back then at the Hainan Wharf, Zheng Hao swore that he would never miss Jang Geum again in this life, but this time he watched her go.At that time, there was nothing he could do but to send her away, but now Jang Geum flatly refused. Where Jang Geum left, untended leek leaves swayed in the wind.Zheng Hao felt that he had been abandoned like this leek leaf. He was reluctant to leave for a long time, and secretly hoped that Jang Geum's figure would appear in front of him again. Zheng Hao knelt on one knee at the place where Jang Geum had squatted. He dug up the soil and replanted the leek seedlings that grew out of Jang Geum.Jang Geum still didn't show up until there was nothing else to do. When summer comes, Jang Geum enters the Huimin Department to receive education for medical women under the recommendation of Zheng Yunbai, the sixth-rank master of Dian Medical Supervision. Before formal medical study, one must first be proficient in "Thousand Characters" and "Book of Filial Piety". For Jang Geum, there is nothing more boring than this. It's the same when.While the young students were busy working on the "Four Books", Chang Jin regarded Yun Bai as his personal teacher, and secretly became familiar with pulse-taking and acupuncture. At night, Chang Jin was reluctant to sleep, and studied various medical classics such as "Tongren Jing" and "Country Medicine Jisheng Integrated Prescription".In particular, Jang Geum finished reading all 30 volumes of the complete works of "Xiang Yao Ji Sheng Cheng Fang" written by Jin Xishan in the first year of King Seongjong, which really made Yun Bai click his tongue in amazement.The book contains a total of 338 kinds of disease symptoms and 2,803 kinds of prescriptions. After summarizing the medical knowledge handed down to the present, it classifies various diseases and puts forward prescriptions respectively.Jang Geum recited all the content in his heart without missing a single word. The official office that governs Seoul, the capital of North Korea, is Hanchengfu, which is divided into five departments: East, West, South, North, and Central, and the five departments are subdivided into fifty-two squares.Bu is equivalent to today's district, Fang is equivalent to today's hole. Huimin Department is located in Dapingfang (Dapingfang, today's Euljiro) in the south, while Dianyijian is located in Jianpingfang (Jianpingfang, today's Jianzhidong) in the middle.From the Huimin Department to the Dian Medical Supervision, you need to climb over a low hill in the middle.Whenever the sun shines, the hill covered with loess will be covered with a layer of bronze, so it is also called Qiu Lijie, that is, copper hill. Walking over the Tongqiu towards Dianyijian, the first thing that catches the eye is the pavilion of Gyeongbokgung Palace.At this time, Jang Geum always hoped that the day of returning to the palace would come sooner, so as to comfort himself for his painstaking efforts in studying medical skills. The female doctors of the Inner Hospital, also known as the female doctors of the Internal Bureau, usually have a staff of only 12. Compared with the Huimin Administration, which has a staff of 70, the requirements for female doctors are stricter.Jang Geum strongly wishes to be assigned to the inner hospital. The Inner Hospital is located on the west side of the Hall of Renzheng. Just from its location, it can be seen that it is significantly different from the Huimin Administration outside the palace.When he was still in the Imperial Dining Room, Jang Geum never expected that this fascinating inner hospital building on the path leading to the backyard would form an indissoluble bond with his life. "Madam, turn your nose up to the weather, and the entrance of the five grains to receive the earth's qi. The two qis of heaven and earth flow through the human body, and they are mixed and transformed into essence qi. The spirit is yang, and the body is yin. If the middle qi circulates in it, it is unrestrained, unobstructed, and unobstructed. The meridians are If the thoroughfare is blocked, diseases will occur. The meridians of the husband are densely distributed in the viscera of the whole body. From this point of view, the cause of the disease lies. If the hair is deep and subtle, and the operation is performed according to the acupoints, the Qi and blood will be unblocked, and the disease will be harmonious. , for the needle." At first, Yun Bai only explained the principles of acupuncture to treat diseases, and seldom touched on the actual acupuncture.The same is true for pulse-taking and moxibustion. Compared with theory, Jang Geum wants to learn practical techniques as soon as possible, and he is very anxious about this. A month or so passed like this, Chang Jin couldn't wait anymore, so he urged Yun Bai again and again. "If it's just a theory, I can slowly experience it myself. I want to learn acupuncture and moxibustion that can treat patients." "Can the theory be experienced by yourself?" "Yes. Can't you learn by reading?" "Really? Go back and learn how to diagnose the pulse first, and then come to me." It seems that Yunbai is going to teach Jang Geum how to feel the pulse.Therefore, Chang Jin read all the related medical techniques such as "Mai Jing" and "Compiled Chart Pulse Jue", and then came to Yun Bai. "My lord, I have grasped the pulse diagnosis." "Oh, really? Then you go back and read the book about Materia Medica." The so-called herbal medicine refers to the natural medicinal materials based on the bark of the herb. There are thousands of kinds of herbal medicines, and there are as many as two to three hundred kinds of herbal medicines used in actual prescriptions.Jang Geum has mastered about a hundred of the most commonly used ones. "I have already studied Materia Medica according to your instructions." "Very good, it's time to learn acupuncture and moxibustion." Following Yun Bai's instructions, Chang Geum quickly recited the "Nine Needles and Twelve Original Chapters" of the "Huangdi Neijing Lingshu Chapter", which is known as the classic of acupuncture and moxibustion. "My lord, I have also finished learning the acupuncture and moxibustion you mentioned." "Really? Can you tell me about the types of needles?" "Yes. There are nine types of needles, namely the blunt needle, the member needle, the 鍉 needle, the sharp needle, the beryllium needle, the sharp needle, the filiform needle, the long needle, and the big needle." "Then you go on to talk about what a needle is." "The needle is one inch and six minutes long. The tip of the needle is as thin as a mosquito's lip. It can easily enter the body when the needle is inserted. If the needle is left on the acupuncture point for a long time, it can eliminate symptoms such as rhinitis." "Have you memorized all my questions by heart? It seems that you really put in a lot of effort." "Then you teach me acupuncture now?" "You have already learned all the theories, and I have nothing to teach you. You can just inject needles on me." "My lord, what's wrong with you..." "You can see for yourself, don't you?" In Jeju Island, Jang Geum once saw a doctor and tried to give acupuncture, but at that time it was only due to helplessness, and he did not actually apply the knowledge he had learned, let alone have a clear understanding of acupuncture and moxibustion. Changde is just a medical girl who is proficient in medicinal materials, not to mention that she only taught Janggeum a little, so she went to Hanyang. After muttering for a long time, Yun Bai stretched out his left arm. "You should know the sequence of stitches!" "Yes. First take the pulse, then find the appropriate acupuncture point, and finally select the acupuncture point and give the needle." "It seems that you are very clear. So what is the so-called cutting of the pulse?" "Generally speaking, it is the radial artery on the inner side of the wrist close to the thumb, or it can be the common carotid artery, superficial cephalic artery, facial artery, brachial artery, femoral artery, popliteal artery, orthopedic artery, etc. In addition, because children's wrist The pulse condition of the part is weak, which can be measured through the temple." "What are you investigating during the pulse diagnosis?" "Investigate the frequency, strength, delay, and regularity of the pulse, and diagnose the deficiency and excess of the internal organs through the above pulse conditions." "Okay, the answer is very smooth. Let me ask you again, how do you get the pulse?" "Press the fingertips of the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger neatly on the left and right pulsation parts of the wrist, and increase and decrease the force of the fingertips in turn to observe the pulse condition." "Very good. Then you know what kinds of pulse conditions there are?" "Usually there are floating, sinking, late, counting, empty, solid, slippery, astringent, long, short, flooding, slight, tight, slow, soft, thin, falling, scattered, etc. There are also many other pulse conditions." "Okay, let's start picking points now." 长今只是瞟了一眼云白的神色，就拉过椅子坐下了。现在，长今显得很没有自信，大不如刚才晓畅无碍的回答。 “干吗这么慢腾腾的呀？” “大人，真的要按我的判断治疗吗？” “真麻烦，非得让我说两遍吗？” 长今让云白不耐烦的语气吓得身子一震，下意识地把手伸了过去。果然，长今感觉到云白跳动的脉搏。据说，所有内脏器官的生机状况都凝结于脉象之中，包含着肝脏的力量、胰脏的力量，肺的力量也在其中。 仔细把完了左右两侧的桡骨动脉，长今感觉云白肝脏的力量较弱，应该是过量饮酒引起了炎症。长今判断云白肝功能弱化，便决定以针灸调节经络，疏通堵塞的气血。 看样子，云白是打算把全身都交付给长今了，他只是注视着长今的动作。不论是把脉、选针，还是取穴，云白全然不露声色。直到长今取穴完毕，云白才磨磨蹭蹭地换了个姿势，重新坐好。 “打算怎么下药啊？” “是。我正在考虑是不是配合使用解酒清肝汤，既解酒毒，又能保养肝脏。” “好的，往后你不用来这里了。” 云白漫不经心地说着，并将长今插在自己身上的针粗暴地拔了出来。 “您这是什么意思……” “我没什么好教你的了，你不来亦可，就是这个意思。” “大人的话我不能理解。我才刚刚开始学习，您怎么会没的教我呢？” “俗话说得好，人看从小，马看蹄爪。” “大人是说我没有成为医女的资质。” “大言不惭说什么自己看书就能学会，我今天随便考你一下，你可真行啊！连把脉都不懂也敢捧着针筒招摇过市吗？” “可我都是按照大人您的吩咐……” “那好，真要是听我的那也行，以后不用再来这里了！” 最后抛下一句硬邦邦的话，云白猛地起身离开了。长今在稀里糊涂中挨了当头棒喝，只觉得后脑勺火辣辣的，她苦笑不得，却也无可奈何，耳朵垂儿阵阵发热。长今郁闷之极，却是怎么也想不通到底哪儿招惹了云白。莫名其妙地剩下自己在那里，长今真是狼狈不堪。 上课结束之后，长今总是自然而然地朝典医监走去，然而每次都过不了铜丘，便又原路折回了。请求云白原谅倒也不难，难的是不知道自己究竟错在何处，又怎么冒冒失失地去认错呢，否则只会引来更为严厉的斥责。 想起云白竟是这么讨厌自己，长今哪里还有看书的兴致啊。所有的事情都变得索然无味，长今无所事事了，只有暮夏时节的艾草在节节长高。若不是这样粗率迅速的生长，又怎能 被称作艾草呢。 趁着菜地还没荒芜，长今想去拾掇一番，便拿起锄头出去了，恰好一道进来，两人迎面碰了个正着。 "where to?" “嗯，去菜地呀。” “大热天的，去那儿干什么呀。别去了，你坐这儿。” 一道拉着长今坐到院子里的木头板床上，认真地端详着长今的脸庞。 “最近你瘦了好多。是不是读书很辛苦啊？” “嗯，可能是天太热了吧。” “还说什么学医救人呢，看看你现在的样子，能救谁啊。依我看呀，应该吃药的不是别人，而是你。你真应该吃贴补药了。” “不是的！什么补药不补药的……” 一听一道说到补药，长今心虚胆怯，立刻就跳了起来。不料一道也不是说说就算了的，没过几天，他果然就买回了补药。 “本来是想问问你的，又怕你嫌我罗嗦，所以我就直接去找了个医术高明的大夫，给你抓了贴药。” “瞎忙活。你的心意我领了，可我真的没事，你还是拿给大婶去吧。” “学医的人竟然说出这么外行的话。我抓的补药只适合你的身体，给我娘吃能有效吗？” “适合我的身体？你怎么知道我的身体怎么样？” “我当然不知道啦。大夫这也问，那也问，害得我回答了半天。” “大夫都问什么了？” “唉，别提了。那可真是打破沙锅问到底了，弄得我浑身直冒冷汗呢。什么个头高低呀，长脸圆脸呀，手脚长短呀，下身结不结实呀，出汗多不多呀，还有消化好不好呀……你小的时候不是经常像男孩子那样卷起裙子来玩吗？幸亏当时我偷偷看过你的小腿，要不然我怎么能知道女孩子家的下身怎么样呢？哎哟，简直是什么都打听！” 大夫询问消化正常与否这是理所当然的事，但是为什么还要追问身体构造之类的呢，长今不得而知。无需把脉，只听听容貌长相如何就可以开药，真是闻所未闻。这时候又不能去问云白，长今的心里越发郁闷了。 一道把所有的热情统统倾注在煎药上，先用旺火煮沸，再转移到文火上慢慢煎熬，一天到晚，寸步不离，挨了母亲的责骂，他也只是微微一笑，心思全在扇子上了。 “娘！药效灵不灵，就看诚不诚。万一弄不好，那可多危险啊！” 如果嫌母亲唠叨时间长了，一道就拿这句话搪塞，心里只惦记着药效会不会减弱。 “我不是跟你说过了吗，把补药给大婶吃。” “不行，不行！如果把补药给娘吃，我爹还不更遭殃啊。” 长今越来越不好意思，责怪了他几湖，可是一道还是自顾自说些风马牛不相及的废话。 “大叔怎么啦？” “我娘现在还没进补呢，就已经浑身是劲了，这要是吃了补药，哼！” 长今怒目而视，一道依旧微笑不止。 “大夫说了，药，贵在真诚。开方者的真诚，煎药者的真诚，病人坚信服完药病情就会好转的真诚……如果这三种真诚不能融合搭配，就算天下名医的方子都没用。这就是药！” 说者无心，听者有意，长今的脑海中突然浮现出鹿古和水月兄妹的传说。 按照一个和尚的药方，兄妹二人采来了九十九种草药给病重的母亲服下，却在采摘最后一种草药五加皮的时候，不幸掉落悬崖摔死了。 听故事的时候，长今曾经问道。 “可是那位母亲呢，她不是已经服用了九十九种草药吗，难道会因为最后一种草药五加皮没吃而去世吗？” 长德说，传说之中没提后面的结果，要是想知道你就自己去猜吧。然而后来的事情纷纷扰扰，长今也就渐渐淡忘了。 “应该活下来了吧。” 看着扇扇子的一道，长今梦呓似的自言自语。 "what?" “我是说水月和鹿古的母亲，她肯定活下来了。” “我说你身体虚弱吧，恐怕还很严重呢。大白天的睁着眼睛说梦话……” 一道很响亮地连连咂舌，满脸担忧地看着长今。然而，长今的脑海里早已经充满了另外的想法。 “我出去一下，马上回来。” “药都好了，你去哪儿啊？” “回来再吃！” 一道叫喊着追出来，长今已经头也不回地跑远了。 在去找云白的路上，有关五加皮的想法挥之不去。尽管遗落了和尚药方里的最后一味草药，但是兄妹二人的母亲还是可以痊愈的。在寻找九十九种草药的过程中，他们所表现出来的虔诚比什么都重要。九十九种草药，再加上最后一种名为真诚的药材，鹿古和水月兄妹其实已经凑足了百草。当典医监的瓦房屋顶映入眼帘时，长今还是胆怯了。如果连云白都对她置之不理，那长今真是无处可去了。所以不管他怎么呵斥痛骂，都要心甘情愿地接受。 开门之前，长今首先连做几次深呼吸。典医监的房屋是王宫与民宅之间的折中样式，今天显得格外庞大而坚固。只要云白能够再次接纳自己，哪怕是对着典医监的圆柱跪拜磕头呢，长今也是心甘情愿。 一把小铡刀放在面前，云白正坐在地上切药。 “大人！我错了，请原谅我吧。” "..." “是我太贪心了，一心只求速成，忽略了诚心。” 虽然没有应答，但也没有当即受到责骂，长今心里已经很庆幸了。 云白把切得又细又小的药材放到药秤上，开始秤重量了。他仔细观察着刻在药秤上的刻度，一派小心，确保分毫不差。 也许是忘记了说话，也许根本就没有意识到长今的存在，云白只是心平气和地称药。这就是那个晴天白日也酒气熏天的人吗，这就是那个把菜地当成热炕头倒下便睡的人吗？长今跪得双膝麻木，几乎要痉挛了，却也只能咬紧牙关硬挺着，虔诚地等待云白开口。 当云白终于张开金口，长今的双腿也已经麻痹得失去了知觉。 “一个合格的医生，望、闻、问、切四者缺一不可，哪样都不能疏忽。观察病人的气色，直接听取病情，详细询问各种情况，然后才能把脉。而你呢，只依靠从书上死记硬背得来的粗浅知识，就把望、闻、问三个步骤都给省略了。” 现在，云白把已经秤好的药材放到大小均等的朝鲜土纸上。这些药材包括槭叶草、榆根皮、仙鹤草、灵芝、龙葵、天参等成分，应该是用于治疗肠胃疾病的。 “书籍上面记载的东西终归是他人的经验。一味相信他人的经验，恐怕就连伤风感冒之类的小毛病都治不了。就算望、闻、问、切一样不落，可根据病人的状态和体质，处方仍有数十种之多。你把这些都忘了。” 长今无地自容，哪里还敢抬起头来。以前以为理论通过书籍便可以掌握，所以一心催促云白传授秘方，现在想来，真是又惭愧又愚蠢。 “你认为人为什么会生病？” “这个嘛……说上说，病人大致分两种，一种是精气不足，一种是精气过盛。” “说详细些。” “前者称为虚症，后者称为实症。具体到治疗也有所不同，虚症要补，采取的是激发气血的方法，而实症要泻，以便排除体内淤积的恶气。” “不错！不过，这还并非全部。即使是相同的病，对于有些人有效的药却不一定适合另外的人，有时甚至还有害。就拿吃饭来说吧，同样的饭有的人吃了可能起风疹，而有的人吃了可能安然无恙。至于究竟是为什么，我到现在也拿不准，人天生就有五脏六腑的虚实之分，根据虚实不同，病情的发展也就相应地有所区别。当然，这只是我个人的猜测。” “您的意思是说，即使得了相同的病，也要根据原因和病情不同而开不同的处方，是这样吗？” “对。人的身体各种各样、千差万别，必须根据天生特性的不同，与自然相疏通。所谓的治愈疾病，其实就是打通人体内部被堵塞的与自然的疏通之路。” “可是大人，五脏六腑的虚实因人而异，我们怎么加以判断，并进行准确的治疗呢？” “这个道理我也说不上来，将来你自己去领悟吧。” 长今大吃一惊，立刻抬起头来。难道他相信自己还有成为医女的可能？仿佛拔过罐子一般，一股滚烫的暖流在长今的心里翻涌。 “与医术相关的理论搀杂着各种假说臆断，孰是孰非还很难说得清楚，只能依据病人的病情好转与否来做出判断，并且也只能在治疗大量病人的基础上积累经验，除此之外，别无他法。” “这条路太遥远了，简直看不见尽头啊。” “只能靠领悟了。” “领悟？” “从经验中悟出神妙之理！” “太难了。听完大人的一席话，我更没有信心了。” “必须从你心中清除掉困扰你的怨恨。” 云白分出二十服药材，这才正视长今，继续说道。 “我之所以告诉你不入虎穴，焉得虎子，为的是激发你的欲望和热情。但是，如果你眼里只有憎恶和仇恨，恐怕不等抓到她们，你就先被她们抓去了。” “大人哪里是让我当医女啊，分明是让我当仙女嘛。” 听完这话，云白哈哈大笑。 “憎恨可恨之人，这是人之常情。但如果想成为一名优秀的医女，那就必须超越这一切。不错，我就是让你成为神仙！” “您这简直是念咒啊，太过分了吧。” “人如果太执著于某种情感，往往会引起命运和健康的变化。愤怒和憎恶日积月累，首先会伤害肝脏，接着可能引起脾脏和胃肠的疾病。因为五脏六腑既是各自独立的生命体，也相互作用，互为影响。与人恩德也即与己恩德，也是同样的道理。” “与人恩德已经不容易了，何况是自己憎恨的人呢，岂不是难上加难吗？” “要是容易的话，那狗啊牛啊不都能做到了吗？正因为难上加难，所以才让你去做啊。并且我相信，你一定能够做到！” 云白说得轻松，长今听得哽咽难言。终于，云白愿意接纳自己为弟子了，就像学习料理时那样，有幸碰上了举世无双的卓越的老师。值得信赖和托付的人，现在也就只有云白了。想到这里，长今忽然又觉得不安，凡是对自己好的人，无不痛苦地离开了这个世界…… 长今决定从现在开始，尽量不见云白，因为越是值得珍惜的人，就越应该真心爱护，并且只有珍之重之，才能够长久仰望。现在，必须以心灵代替眼睛，去凝视，去感知。就像对政浩一样…… 就像咕咚一声咽下了炙烤在火上的石块，一团滚烫而沉重的悲伤扫过内脏，径直跌落下去。