Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 791 Inspiration Temple Pedestrian Street Project
Wang Pingan smiled and said: "Menxia Province is a leisurely yamen, and there is no official business all day long. Seeing that there is nothing to do, in order not to waste time, so I decided to go to the street to find a place to eat and drink Point. Uncle, do you want to go together? With my nephew as the host, let's have a good drink."

Changsun Wuji said angrily: "What do you mean by not wasting time, so you are on duty? Is sitting in the yamen a waste of time?"

Wang Pingan hurriedly said: "No, nephew doesn't mean that. It's fine in the yamen. Why don't you go to the street to learn about the people's livelihood and the living conditions of the people? Isn't it better than just sitting around! If my uncle doesn't have time, the nephew I went alone. Alas, it is very hard to understand the people’s livelihood. I have to listen to the sufferings of the people and solve their problems for the people. Just thinking about it makes me feel hard. If you work harder, you have to admit it!"

Changsun Wuji laughed happily, and said: "Quiet, you go to the street to eat, drink and have fun, it turned out to be a hard job, why don't we switch, you..."

Speaking of this, he felt that it was better not to talk about it. In case Wang Ping'an's "filial piety" broke out and he really wanted to take on some official duties, wouldn't his control over the family's provinces be weakened? Let him go to the streets to work hard!

Changsun Wuji waved his hand and said: "Forget it, you are so stubborn, no matter what you say, you are talking for nothing, you go to the street to play, remember to wear casual clothes, and don't ostentatiously pass through the market and attract people's onlookers!"

Wang Pingan laughed a few times, and said: "Actually, my nephew really likes to wear official uniforms to the streets. If he goes to a tavern to eat, the store will definitely ask for less money for the drinks!" After finishing speaking, he cupped his fists at Zhangsun Wuji, said goodbye and left.

As soon as the others left, Changsun Wuji couldn't help it anymore. With a joyful smile on his face, he said to himself: "Zhier wants me to parade for him? Oh, he is really a filial child! This is a big deal , I have to prepare in advance."

Changsun Wuji said loudly: "Come here, go and call Master Chu and Master Fang to come to this old man!"

Wang Ping'an walked out of the backyard and walked to the courtyard in front of the lobby. Just as he was about to walk, he saw a person running out of the wing room, it was Xu Jingzong.

Xu Jingzong called out: "Wang Xiang, Wang Xiang, long time no see, how is your old man?" Trembling with fat, he ran over and saluted Wang Ping'an.

Wang Pingan was overjoyed when he saw him, and said: "Isn't this Old Xu? Why have you gained so much weight? Your stomach is really big!" As he said, he stretched out a finger and poked Xu Jingzong's. abdomen.

Xu Jingzong laughed when he poked him, and said: "Master Wang, your men went to my place the day before yesterday and said that they wanted to send bonuses to the Ganye Temple. The next official will do so. The money is ready. You said Whenever we send it, we will send it at any time."

Wang Pingan hummed, and said: "From now on, on the first day of each month, you can send the money. This matter is very important. The emperor personally asked about it, so it must not be deducted, understand?"

Xu Jingzong smiled and said: "Not only won't deduct, but I also want to give them more, so that they can have more opportunities to make money." He turned his head to look at the wing room, and said: "President Wang, is there anything else you can do? After finishing, if you are not busy, how about having a drink together later? I haven't had a drink with Wang Xiang for a long time."

Wang Pingan said: "Okay, it just so happens that you are free today, you go to work, I will go outside to look at the scenery on the street, and wait for you by the way."

Xu Jingzong hurriedly said: "The next official will come out soon, and he will finish the matter at hand in a moment." He ran back to the wing with his big belly trembling again.

Wang Pingan walked out of Shangshu Province slowly, and waited for Xu Jingzong at the door. After waiting for a short while, Xu Jingzong ran out wheezing, saying: "Okay, okay, it's over, Mr. Wang has been waiting for a long time!"

Wang Pingan said with a smile: "There's no such thing as waiting, it's just in front of the feet. By the way, what do you want to do in Shangshu Province?"

Xu Jingzong waved an envelope in his hand, and said: "I want an approval letter. Tomorrow Lingling Temple plans to hold a temple fair, which will be lectured by Master Xuanzang. I would like to ask the Ministry of Finance to send an official from the Household Department to attend. It will be easier to calculate the tax at that time." Ah, so as not to say that the subordinate officials refuse to pay taxes again."

Wang Ping'an wondered: "Temple fair? Why is this kind of thing related to paying taxes?"

Xu Jingzong said with a smile: "Don't you have to do business when you hold a temple fair? Let's get in the car and talk about it!"

Wang Ping'an asked the guards to lead the white dragon horse to follow, while he and Xu Jingzong got into the carriage.

After getting into the carriage, Xu Jingzong wiped his sweat and said, "This is what I plan to do. Tomorrow's temple fair will sell some small Buddhist objects. First, I will ask Master Xuanzang to bless the small objects with mana, and then sell them at a higher price. Like small gourds, small rosary beads and so on, if you buy them at street stalls, they only cost two cents each, but if Master Xuanzang blesses them with mana, they will be sold for two cents, and the common people will snap them up like crazy! "

Oh, Wang Pingan thought: "This is really a good business with huge profits." He asked: "Does Master Xuanzang agree with this method of making money? It's amazing that he is willing to do business with you! "

Xu Jingzong shook his head and said, "It's a business for the lower officials, but it's not for Master Xuanzang. The construction of the Tongtian Stupa requires a lot of property, and as the scale gets bigger and bigger, it takes up more and more land. The bigger it is, the more money it needs, and it’s impossible to find a way to raise it, so Master Xuanzang is also willing to do things and hold temple fairs, so that more people can become Buddhist disciples!"

Wang Pingan nodded and said, "That's true. What is the topic of tomorrow's temple fair? Is it simply for Master Xuanzang to give a lecture?"

Xu Jingzong said: "No. The lower officials came up with an idea. Every time a floor of the Tongtian Pagoda is built, a big temple fair will be held. I came up with a new word called letting the people witness the completion of the Tongtian Pagoda. The common people can mention it. Opinion, talk about how to build the Tongtian Pagoda, which can better show the demeanor of the world's number one pagoda!"

Wang Ping'an was very surprised, this Xu Jingzong is really a talent for doing business, he even figured out the method of interaction!He asked: "Isn't the blueprint for the construction of the Tongtian Pagoda already drawn up? Could it be that you really have to modify it temporarily based on the suggestions of the people?"

Xu Jingzong chuckled a few times, and said: "Of course not. Anyway, the common people only make suggestions, and the lower officials only collect and organize them, and then announce them to the public, saying that they have adopted most of the people's suggestions, so the next level should be repaired in this way, or Let’s build it according to the blueprint, since others don’t know about it, so I really think that the tower was built according to most people’s suggestions!”

Wang Pingan also laughed, and said with a smile: "If you do business like this, I dare not say that there will be no successors, but it is certain that there will be no one before. By the way, just now you said that the nuns of Ganye Temple have a chance to make money , what do you mean, also let them bless small objects with some mana?"

Xu Jingzong patted his thigh and said with a smile: "Well, Prime Minister Wang is Prime Minister Wang. Sure enough, you can guess it before the official said it. This is indeed what the official intends. Think about it, Prime Minister Wang. If a small object is blessed by Master Xuanzang, but it is made by the nuns of Ganye Temple, the price will skyrocket, this is a good business!"

Wang Pingan frowned, and said: "You don't want those former concubines to do handwork, do you? They are all used to being pampered, I'm afraid they can't do it? Ah, I understand, it's just a name. , aren't you a liar!"

Xu Jingzong hurriedly said: "Wang Xiang is joking, the most honest person is a subordinate official, how can he deceive people! Think about it, Wang Xiang, to make a small object and let the craftsmen make it. For example, the rosary, as long as it is made by those If the gods and nuns are put on the rope, it’s over, this is also called production, and it’s the last procedure, the most critical procedure!”

"You said everything!" Wang Pingan said.Suddenly I heard Ouyang Li's questioning outside the car.

Ouyang Li said: "Master, are we going to the Inspiration Temple? We are going in that direction!"

Wang Pingan glanced out of the car, and saw that he was heading towards the Inspiration Temple. He said, "Alright, let's go to the Inspiration Temple. I haven't seen Master Xuanzang for a long time. I just want to pay a visit."

Not long after, the carriage arrived at the Inspiration Temple.When Wang Pingan got out of the carriage, he saw that the Lingling Temple had changed drastically. The old temple had been demolished, and the new Tongtian Pagoda was being built. , all surrounded by a bunch of people.

Wang Pingan pointed to the Tongtian Stupa and asked, "A few days ago, I heard someone mention that the pagoda was almost built. Why does it look like only one floor has been built now? It's not that it's almost the same, but it's too bad too much."

Xu Jingzong said with a smile: "Whenever people ask, the lower officials will say the same, so as to attract attention! The people in Chang'an city know the progress, but the outsiders don't. They heard that the tower is almost finished. , naturally come to Beijing to take a look. Once they come to see, won't we have an extra income here!"

This is to read the business scriptures to the extreme, and use everything to the extreme!

Wang Pingan said: "The annual tax revenue generated by the construction of this tower is estimated to be much higher than the grain tax of the entire Gyeonggi region?"

Xu Jingzong said: "In just two months, it has exceeded the grain tax in the Gyeonggi area. If calculated on an annual basis, it is more than several times. I never thought that the cost of building a pagoda can be changed. It's really unexpected to make money!"

The two people were talking and walked to the edge of a big tree. Because the construction site was too dusty, they didn't go any further, but just looked at it from a distance.

Suddenly, someone under the tree shouted: "Little Ping An Miracle Doctor, is it Ping An Xiao Miracle Doctor?"

Wang Pingan turned his head and saw a group of people kneeling under the big tree. There was a small altar under the tree with an incense burner on it. It seemed that these people were burning incense and praying.The person who spoke was a young man, and beside him were two elderly people, who looked like a family of three.

The young man was lying in front of the incense burner, it seemed that he was praying for something just now, while the two old men beside him were very haggard and looked sick.

Wang Ping'an knew at a glance that the young man brought his parents along and was praying to the gods and Buddhas to cure his parents' illness.He immediately stepped forward and said, "Yes, I am Wang Ping'an. What's the matter, there is a patient in your family, but this old man?"

He was wearing a purple official uniform, and he was a high-ranking official at a glance. If he came over in response, ordinary people would not dare to approach him.But as soon as he spoke to him and came over, the people under the tree gathered together and looked at Wang Pingan eagerly.

There were about [-] or [-] people around, almost all of them were scholars wearing scribe scarves, while the young men and the two old men, although the clothes they wore were not very good, they were clean and decent, and they were a bit big The appearance of a person of Tang culture.

Wang Pingan cupped his hands at them, walked to the incense table, and looked at the two old people.The old man had a similar expression and was very surprised, but he didn't make a sound. He just knelt on the ground and saluted Wang Ping'an.

The young man was surprised and delighted, he is a native of Chang'an, of course he knew who Wang Ping'an was, but in the past Wang Ping'an was just a scholar who was taking an exam, and it was quite easy to ask him to see a doctor, all he had to do was wait in line.But later on, Wang Ping'an made great progress until he became the prime minister, let alone begging him to see a doctor, it was difficult to see him.

He just yelled out because he suddenly recognized Wang Ping'an. He didn't expect that Wang Ping'an was still so approachable, and he didn't have the slightest air of being superior to others and not talking to the people.

The young man knelt in front of Wang Ping'an, and said, "The villain's surname is Ju. My father makes a living by teaching, and my mother does housework. I don't want to think that half a month ago, both of them fell ill and sought medical treatment everywhere to no avail. I had to come to the Inspiration Temple to pray for blessings. I don't want to meet Wang Ping'an." I’m sorry for Wang Xiangye, please take pity on Wang Xiangye and see a doctor for the student’s parents!” As he said, he kowtowed to Wang Ping’an again and again.

Wang Pingan said: "It doesn't have to be like this. Who doesn't feel distressed and anxious when their parents are sick? Since I have encountered it, I will naturally take a look for them."

The scholars around him thanked him together. It seems that they are all Mr. Ju's students.

Wang Pingan came to the Ju couple, squatted down, and said: "You two old people, don't kneel, sit down and talk!"

Xu Jingzong shouted from behind: "Quickly, bring a horse tie to Wang Xiang."

Mazahu stools are essential items for rich people to go out. The coachman immediately moved down two, one for Xu Jingzong and one for Wang Pingan.

Wang Pingan took the Maza and gave it to Mrs. Ju instead of sitting on it himself. Xu Jingzong was very knowledgeable and immediately gave his own to Mrs. Ju.

Wang Pingan said: "I haven't seen a doctor for a while, and I don't know if my medical skills are unfamiliar. I'm too busy with affairs in the court, so that I have delayed the study of medical skills!"

The younger generation of the Ju family hurriedly said: "Wang Xiangye sits in Dongtai, heals the country, and heals people when he sees a doctor. Compared with people, the country is more important!"

Wang Pingan glanced at him and said: "People-oriented, the country is also made up of the people, without the people, where is the country?" Tell me how you got sick!"

The younger generation of the Ju family responded, and said: "A few days ago, my parents were washing clothes at home, and they both got sick. It happened that the student was not at home for a few days, and my parents thought it was just a minor problem, so they didn't go to the doctor in time, and now they are seriously ill. gone."

Wang Ping'an snorted, and before he could speak, Xu Jingzong said, "Washing clothes? Can you get sick even if you wash clothes?"

(End of this chapter)