A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 61 Physicians
A middle-aged man rushed out of the house with a child of about seven or eight years old in his arms, calling anxiously.

The child's eyes were closed and he was obviously unconscious. His face was red, and if someone touched him, he would find that his forehead was hot.

The neighbors all stuck their heads out, looking at the man with pity in their eyes.

Someone shouted: "Zhuzhu's father, Huazui'er, has already driven his old donkey to the county seat, so don't waste your time here!"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man stomped his feet anxiously. After thinking about it, he simply ran away and ran out of the town. From inside the dilapidated wooden house, a woman's crying voice could be heard.

Yan Ya stared at all this in a daze, he had not yet realized what happened.

Since the child is about to die, then quickly find the doctor. This is a donkey cart and it is running wildly with the child. What is it doing?Aren't you afraid that a good child will get sick if you go through all this trouble?
At this time, several old ladies ran over to comfort the crying woman. The other neighbors couldn't help but talk about it. Yan Ling quickly listened carefully:
"Is that pillar Fengxie?"

"I see that Zhuzi's face is very red. He is already weak. I'm afraid..."

"Oh, I don't know how long it will take to run to another town like this. Even if there was rescue in the first place, I guess now..."

"Okay, okay, don't say a few words."

Still confused.

He simply walked up to a villager, saluted, and asked politely:
"Old man, could you please tell me, was that child sick just now? Why didn't you go and ask a doctor quickly, but you did these things?"

The old man was idle. Seeing that he was polite and scholarly, he was naturally happy to answer:
"Sir, you don't know something."

"In this town of ours, there has never been a doctor. Minor illnesses can be dealt with by oneself. Serious illnesses can be treated in the county. For acute illnesses, one can only wait to die. But this person suffered from a serious illness. After walking all these roads and being sent to the county, I went to Jiufen ten minutes early. If you’re lucky, you’ll get a traveling doctor, but if you’re not lucky, then you’ll bet on whether this person can hold on.”

"When the old family leader was here, each of our towns was assigned a doctor, so our life is a little better now."

"Who would have thought that the doctor died of old age not long ago without leaving any apprentices. Now, let's report it to the master and say that we are looking for him. But there has been no movement for ten and a half months. The people in our town can only I hope there is no sudden illness, otherwise my life will be taken away by Yama!"

He lowered his voice: "I think that kid Zhuzhu is probably Xuan... oh, what an honest kid."

He was still sighing, but Yan Ya was already furious.

He was still young and in his prime of life, but now he regarded himself as the parent of the other party in the book, and he was furious when he heard about the injustice.

"How unreasonable!" He blushed: "How dare the person in charge of such a matter of human life and fate delay it! It's so useless, what kind of affairs are you managing? You must investigate and deal with it when you get back!"

He did not suppress his voice, which caused the people around him to look at him in surprise, but Yan Ya didn't care about it. He called a soldier: "Get on my horse and take the child to see the doctor quickly without delay." ."

Only then did the old man realize that the strong men behind this man were actually his guards. He immediately knew that the man had an extraordinary background, and he couldn't help asking hesitantly: "Sir, no, sir, who are you?"

Yan Ya did not speak, but the soldier beside him lifted his robes and showed his waistband: "This is the current head of the family, the contemporary Duke of Yue! Your Excellency has made it clear that he is the one who makes the decision for you, why don't you quickly thank me? "

"The Duke of Yue!" someone exclaimed. He was a big shot. Even the county government officials and Wen Quxing's ministers would kowtow when they saw him!In their eyes, the county master was already supreme, and now there was a high-ranking Duke!
The old man was even more dumbfounded. He never imagined that the kind young man in front of him was actually their long-famous head of the family!

"Uncle! Don't be stunned!" A middle-aged man pulled him, and he came back to his senses. He hurriedly bowed down with everyone, shouting:

"Meet the Duke!"

Those who were bold saw that the young Duke was quite easy to talk to, so he boldly spoke:
"My lord, do you really know how to deal with the master in charge and send us the doctor?"

"Bold! How can what the Duke said be false?" the soldier scolded.

Yan Ya waved his hand to stop him. He took two steps forward, helped the old man up, and announced loudly:
"Folks, please rest assured, I am not only the Duke of Yue, but also the head of your family! I will personally take care of this matter, and the doctor will arrive soon. I will never let you continue to suffer from this disease!"

The villagers looked at each other, with touched expressions on their faces, and some were relieved. It was obvious that they no longer had to worry about getting sick, and some of them were smart enough to kowtow on the ground: "Thank you, Mr. Guo Gong!"

"Master Qingtian!"

"The master is wise!"

Yan Ya hurriedly helped them up one by one. Hearing the praises, he couldn't help but blush a little. The soles of his feet were soft, but he was a little overwhelmed by the praises of the townspeople.

"Let's go!" His voice was a little excited, and he couldn't wait to deal with the dead man.

But he didn't expect that things were more complicated than he thought.

As soon as someone brought the person in charge, he threw a tea cup in front of him and angrily scolded him for being irresponsible, causing the villagers to suffer from illness.

Unexpectedly, the other party was trembling in fear, but when he heard what was going on, he called out to Qu:

"Your Excellency, I have already sent people to Yin County and even several other counties to find doctors. However, this is a lowly profession. Not many people are willing to do it. The few who are in the county are not yet here." I would like to come to this small town.”

"I sent people to Wenzhou Mansion to invite you, but I haven't returned yet. Sir, you are really not lazy!"

Yan Ya suddenly had thousands of words in his heart that he didn't know how to pour out.

If I can't find it, what can I do?Moreover, they have already sent people to the next door house to recruit people. You really can't say half of it about their work attitude.

This was the first time for the young Duke to handle affairs alone, and he was immediately in trouble.

It can only be blamed on the low status of doctors in ancient times, and there were not many people practicing medicine.

"A man of witchcraft, medicine, music, and craftsmanship is looked down upon by a gentleman." This is the attitude of literati towards the profession of doctors, which has reached the point of "disdain".

After all, in ancient times, doctors were first born in the form of "witchcraft". In addition, they were able to cure people's diseases, so they were naturally bound to those magical things.

But for scholar-bureaucrats and literati, these things were the most disgusting.Just imagine, you have been studying hard for ten years, and you have been working hard for decades in an official position. You have finally come to the court and become a minor official of the seventh or eighth grade. At this time, a guy appears——

Dance to the gods every day, randomly draw a few lots, get some dirty talisman water for the emperor to drink, and make him obey his orders...

Don't you hate it?

Moreover, these witch doctors themselves are indeed unclean. They have no ability to govern the country and can only use the so-called "God's will" to solve state affairs. It is impossible for the government to remain in chaos.

When the scholar-officials took control of the mainstream of public opinion, they naturally wanted to belittle these people as much as possible.

Moreover, folk magicians have also caused many tragedies, so their reputation is getting worse and worse.

So the "witches" were suppressed, and the "doctors" also suffered.

In the end, it became clear that no matter how much a doctor's income was, it was better than that of farmers who were suffering from land tax, no one was willing to practice medicine. After all, it was a "low-quality job" and in the eyes of others, it was "not following the right path."

To put it bluntly, if you go to practice medicine, you are lowering your status...

Only those who can't survive will do this.

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(End of this chapter)