Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 168 To Chang'an

Of course Zhao Bi knew what Wang Pingan said. A big business should be considered carefully. It would be strange if Wang Pingan gave up a lot of benefits at this time.After all, their Zhao family doesn't have any deep friendship with Wang Ping'an. The last time they did a single medicinal material business, they also showed distrust, which will leave a bad impression on people!

Wang Pingan explained some things again, such as how to use high prices to collect medicines, let the local people understand that the medicinal material "mountain lacquer" can be exchanged for money, so they began to search and dig, first where to find the medicine; then gradually reduce the purchase The price forced the common people to start artificially cultivating Panax notoginseng, which will form a stable source of goods, so that they can purchase Sanqi in large quantities, enter the Chinese medicinal material market, and popularize it.

Although Zhao Bi is quite a dude, he still has some understanding of these business methods, and even put forward a few suggestions.Wang Pingan wrote the letter, sealed it and handed it to Zhao Bi, and sent someone back to Xuzhou along with a sanqi, and handed it to Zhao Qi.

Nothing to say tonight.Early the next morning, Wang Ping'an got up early and went straight to the left-behind mansion.Along the way, I heard a lot of people talking about yesterday's military parade, but the people don't care about the soldiers' drills. They are tired of watching the drills once a season. They are talking about who healed General Wei's eyes , As a result, one hundred thousand soldiers and civilians gambled together and lost money!
Wang Ping'an sounded funny, Wei Zhenyuan's move was really amazing, he endured it until the last moment when he was called "Lady of Tears", and as a result, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were defeated, and the whole city knew it, He is no longer a tearful lady, but a ruthless man!
When he arrived at Liushou Mansion, Wang Ping'an asked Feng Ningrong to accompany him to the White Horse Temple, Feng Ningrong readily agreed, put down his official duties, and personally accompanied him to the White Horse Temple.

As soon as he arrived at the White Horse Temple, he saw Nian Ku waiting outside the door, wearing a red cassock, and behind him stood the monks of the He Temple. It seemed that they were all waiting for this exciting moment!
After entering the temple, the ceremony was simple and not as cumbersome as imagined. Wang Pingan held the "Tripitaka" in front of the statue of Sakyamuni, read a passage excerpted by Nianku for him, and Nianku told him some more The allusions in Buddhism gave him a Dharma name, and the monks of the Hesi Temple continued to recite the Buddhist scriptures in unison, and it was considered a ceremony.

Since then, Wang Pingan has the status of a lay disciple of Baima Temple, which is a very advantageous status in the Tang Dynasty. If you want to win someone's trust, you only need to say that you have been inspired by the Buddha in the Buddhist ancestral court, and someone will often Believe he is a good man.Of course, this refers to the general situation.

Wang Pingan was holding in his hand a certificate given to him by Nianku, and he was amused in his heart, how could lay disciples also have this, he always thought that only official monks would have it, but even a fake monk like himself has it!
His Dharma name is Nianyou, which means don't forget the suffering of the world, always think about the world, and solve their problems for them.

After the ceremony, there was a vegetarian feast for Wang Ping'an and Feng Ningrong. They talked about Buddhist allusions and famous places in Luoyang. The atmosphere was harmonious!

After the matter was over, Wang Ping'an and Feng Ningrong returned to the city, and nothing else happened in the next few days.With the help of the two little girls, Wang Pingan sorted out one hundred commonly used medicinal recipes and handed them to Yin Jiucheng for engraving and printing.

What he meant was to publish a thinner book first, so that the price of the book is also cheaper. Firstly, it is to test the water first, and secondly, the tome of the medicinal diet book will not be officially published until he arrives in Chang'an and carefully sorts it out. .This approach is more rational and safer. After all, medical books are no better than others. Once there is a mistake, it will be a serious matter, so Yin Jiucheng naturally agreed and praised Wang Ping'an for doing things properly.

The trip to Luoyang took more than half a month. After discussing with Mi Xiaomiao, Wang Pingan and Mi Xiaomiao decided to get up and go to Chang'an, and told Feng Ningrong what he meant. His Royal Highness waited for a long time, so he gave up.

Another early morning, the convoy to Beijing set off again, leaving the ancient city of Luoyang and headed for Chang'an. Feng Ningrong and Wei Zhenyuan saw them off in person. Naturally, there was a lot of excitement. Hundreds of willow branches outside Guangcheng were snapped off!
Wei Zhenyuan gave Wang Pingan a saddle again, and lost another [-] guan bet, which was not bad at all. It is conceivable that he should have made a lot of money from that big bet.

Traveling in midsummer is naturally tiring, but luckily the time is not too tight, the car travels less than fifty miles a day, gets up late and rests early, and slowly sets off to Chang'an, but within a dozen days, he arrived in Chang'an!
Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty was not the same city as Chang'an in the Han Dynasty. In the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty decreed to build a new capital next to Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty. Yu Wenkai presided over the planning and named it Daxing City.After the fall of the Sui Dynasty, Tang Gaozu still used Daxing City as the capital, but changed the name to Chang'an.

The area of ​​Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty was huge, nearly ten times the size of the ancient city walls of Xi'an, nearly twice the size of the Yuan Dynasty, and [-]% larger than the Beijing city of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Compare, then the city of Chang'an is seven times larger than the city of Rome!

The center of the world, the city of gold, is synonymous with Chang'an City in this era!
Wang Ping'an and others came from the east, so they naturally had to go through the east gate, so they chose Yanxing Gate.

It is about 30 miles away from Chang'an City, and it is already prosperous. There are so many villages and towns outside the city, so many that it doesn't seem to be outside the city, and it is almost the same as inside Xuzhou City!

Now Wang Ping'an finally saw the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. He saw that the avenues were flat, with countless horses and carriages, and there were so many merchants speaking accents from various places that they could not be counted.His convoy is not small elsewhere, but compared with other convoys entering Beijing, it is nothing.

When he entered the vicinity of Chang'an, he saw three or four large caravans with more than 500 people, and even saw one of the super large caravans with more than [-] people. See, of course I can't believe it.

Mi Xiaomiao is from Chang'an, and he acted as a guide temporarily. He smiled at Wang Ping'an, "I'm not sick. Is this the first time I've come to Chang'an? Have you been here before?"

Wang Pingan thought: "Aren't you talking nonsense? How many times have I told you along the way that I have never been out of Xuzhou before!" He replied with a smile: "This is the first time I have come back, and there are many things I don't know about Chang'an. , and ask Master Mi to explain it to me in detail.”

This is what Mi Xiaomiao was waiting for, he smiled and said, "Then do you know what the world is?"

Wang Pingan hurriedly said: "I understand this word. The world means time, and the world means space. The word world means the sum of all things in the world, and we live in the world."

Mi Xiaomiao smiled again: "Then do you know where the center of the world is?"

Wang Pingan pointed to the distant city wall and said, "It's right here!"

Mi Xiaomiao laughed loudly, shook his head and said, "Everyone knows this. If you ask someone on the street where the center of the world is, they will all say it is in Chang'an. The key is, where is the center in Chang'an?"

Wang Ping'an thought: "It should be on the central axis of the city, under the emperor's seat, and it must have been planned like this when the capital city was built!" He put on a bewildered expression, shook his head and said, "I don't know, this is really important." Master Mi, you explained it to me, where is the central point?"

Mi Xiaomiao went to ask other people, Hamiti and others naturally knew, even Qiu Tingxuan, Zhao Bi and others knew, but everyone was the same as Wang Pingan, except for Qiu Tingxuan who did not change his face, all of them had expressions on their faces. With a blank expression, they asked one after another: "Where is it? I really don't know about this. Please explain, Mr. Mi."

Mi Xiaomiao said triumphantly: "I really have to ask my lord about this, because only my lord has seen it!"

Meng Xiaotian said: "My brother and I have seen it too!"

Meng Datian gave him a hand, and said with a smile: "We two are not counted as human beings, Master Mi doesn't need to count us in!"

Wang Ping'an grinned, how did you say that? It's too modest. If you two are not human, then what are we?

Mi Xiaomiao said: "Where is the center of the world? Of course it is at the emperor's place! Where the emperor is, it is naturally at his feet! At the feet of the emperor, at the feet of the emperor, that's what I mean!"

Everyone said in unison, expressing their knowledge. If it wasn't for Mr. Mi's explanation, they really wouldn't know that the foot of the emperor refers to the center of the world!
Talking and laughing, flattery.After walking for a long time, I came to the land ten miles away from the city.Qiu Tingxuan rushed to Wang Ping'an's side, and said, "No illness, I have something to tell you, let me take a step to talk."

Wang Pingan said in a low voice, "What's the matter?" He left the brigade with him and walked along the side of the road.

Qiu Tingxuan said: "Chang'an is right in front of you, after entering the city, where do you plan to rest?"

It turned out that this was the problem. For others, where to live should be considered, but for him, it was not difficult at all.Wang Pingan said: "Master Yuchi gave me a house, which is located on Zhuque Street. I went to his house to get the title deed, and then moved in."

Qiu Tingxuan frowned, and said in a low voice: "Brother Yu has something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not."

"But it's okay to say." Wang Pingan slowed down his horse, and seeing Qiu Tingxuan's expression, he probably said something bad.

Sure enough, I heard Qiu Tingxuan say: "I advise you not to live in Mrs. Yuchi's house directly, I do it for your own good. Before leaving, my father gave me thousands of warnings and instructions, saying that after entering Beijing, I will beg you Before being a confidant, you must never have a relationship with any party, because as long as I have a relationship with a certain party, others will no longer recognize me as a confidant, and the party who has a relationship does not necessarily have to praise me , with so many young talents, who cares who?"

The side he was referring to was the factions above the court. Although under Li Shimin's rule, the factions of the courtiers were not obvious, but they were also undercurrents, and there might be waves at any time. This point Everyone understands it, and there is no need to point it out.

Wang Pingan hummed, shook his head and said: "For me, this is not a problem. I am taking the medical exam, not the Jinshi exam. I don't need to seek my confidant. It doesn't matter who I get connected with. what!"

Qiu Tingxuan said hesitantly: "Brother Wang Xian, to be honest, I used to be quite jealous of you. I was also afraid that you would have an extra opponent in the Jinshi department. But people's minds are always changing. It is easy for me to guard against you, but How can we prevent people from all over the world?"

Paused, a little embarrassed, but he still said: "You have the recommendation of Mr. Yuchi, Mr. Niu and Mr. Feng, you can go directly to the Ministry of Shangshu and report. In other words, even if you don't take the exam, you can enter at least Imperial Medical Office. Since the road ahead is broad, why don’t you go ahead and take the examination of the Jinshi Department, maybe you can really be the first!”

Wang Pingan couldn't laugh or cry at once, he ate a few taels of dry food, others didn't know, he didn't know, it was impossible for him to pass the exam, even ordinary Jinshi!
Seeing Wang Ping'an's thoughts, Qiu Tingxuan said: "Xiang Wang, you have to try for a few times in a lifetime, right? When you were in Xuzhou, the old man in your family told you that you were right. It is really unrealistic for you to be a Jinshi. But things have changed. Now your reputation is famous enough. When others seek a confidant, they should kneel on the side of the road with a name scroll on their head! But what about you, the crown prince volunteered to be your confidant, what are you worried about, what else do you need to worry about?"

Wang Ping'an frowned deeply. In his heart, like ordinary people, he also fantasized about being like a high school student and parading through the streets on horseback.But I don't have any background, at most I just write better, but I can't just rely on writing to be the number one scholar, I have to have practical skills.What kind of skills do I have, except for the skills of prescribing medicines, I have nothing!
He sighed, and said, "Thank you Brother Qiu for your kindness, but I still like to be sure of what I do, so I'd better take the medical exam honestly! I know you're doing it for my own good, thank you, thank you!"

Qiu Tingxuan also sighed, and said: "You have been invited by His Royal Highness, which means that you have won his favor, and you have cured Mr. Feng's mother, and you have also received his support. To get their support is to get With the support of the eldest grandson! With the support of the current power minister, you... well, I have been wanting to say these words to you along the way, but I feel a little utilitarian. Now that Chang'an is in front of me, I have no choice but to say it. In the end How, make up your own mind!"

After speaking, Qiu Tingxuan shook his head and rode away.

Wang Ping'an was in a trance, should he really give it a try, how many times can he fight in life...

Someone was calling in front, and Hamidi shouted: "Everyone, hurry up and be energetic, we are going to the city soon, let's go to the city for dinner, don't delay outside the city!"

Everyone was excited, shouted, and drove the cart to the city. Wang Ping'an was thinking about things in his heart, and gradually fell behind.Not long after, except for the little guards and the little girl's carriage, there was no one else behind!
After reaching the gate of the city and crossing the suspension bridge, suddenly, someone shouted loudly: "Chang'an, I'm in Chang'an! Chang'an, I'm coming!"

Wang Pingan looked around and saw a young scholar, holding an umbrella in his hand, dancing and shouting at the gate of the city!
Ouyang Li and the others laughed loudly, and said: "This man must be coming to Beijing for the first time, so he is so excited, but shouting at the gate of the city, it is very unethical, I think he will be in trouble!"

Just as he said, the guards at the gate of the city were furious, and a soldier shouted: "There will be one every few days, yelling, don't be ashamed to show yourself!"

A few soldiers rushed forward and were about to drive the scholar away and let him go aside to cool off!

(End of this chapter)