The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 164 The God of Medicine Saves Life
Wanli invited the genius doctor Li Shizhen to come and prevent the civil servants from giving him medicine.

If the civil servants want to kill the emperor now, this is the only trick they can use.

As long as he can guard against this move, the civil servants will be unable to do anything to him.

Therefore, the miraculous doctor Li Shizhen or the Li Shizhen family is his life-saving talisman.

Naturally, he has to be nice to others, as nice as he can be.

It is now obvious that the wish of the legendary doctor Li Shizhen was to publish the "Compendium of Materia Medica" during his lifetime.

He decided to help the person realize this wish first before doing anything else.

This is not very difficult for him.

The Yangxin Palace is currently printing "The Twelve Chapters of the Great Ming Military Classics", and the craftsmen, tools, materials, etc. are all ready.

He simply took the genius doctor Li Shizhen and Deng Zilong to the Yangxin Palace.

It is spring now, the sun is shining brightly, and it is the warmest time of the day. It feels so comfortable to feel the warm sun on your body.

But no one was basking in the sun in the Yangxin Palace, everyone was busy.

At this time, the surrounding houses of the Hall of Mental Cultivation were converted into printing workshops. Each of the ten houses had four ink pads, for a total of forty ink pads.

Adding the original twenty seal pads in the west wing hall, there are sixty seal pads in total, and there are more than three hundred craftsmen in one team alone.

That guy, the whole Yangxin Palace was filled with the fragrance of ink, and there were busy figures everywhere.

Li Tingji was also very busy at this time. He was not only busy writing articles, but also busy printing books.

However, when he heard that Wanli was coming, he quickly put down his work and went out to greet him.

After the emperor and his ministers exchanged greetings, Wanli could not help but ask, "Er Zhang, how is the printing of the Twelve Military Classics going?"

This, you want one hundred thousand sets, and some of them are not just one copy.

Li Tingji explained carefully, "Your Majesty, we only started printing in early February, so it has only been two months. I have only selected the ones with fewer words to be printed first. The ones with more words will probably take another two or three months."

Will it take another two or three months to print?
Wanli simply asked, "Which ones have been printed, and which ones haven't?"

Li Tingji listed them one by one, saying, "Eight books, including The Art of War by Sun Tzu, The Art of War by Wu Zi, The Art of Law by Sima, The Three Strategies, Wei Liao Zi, Questions and Answers by Li Weigong, The Continuation of the Military Classic, and The Military Compilation, have already been printed.

The Six Strategies are currently being printed, while the New Book of Effectiveness, Records of Military Training, and The Compilation of Charts for the Maritime Affairs have not yet begun printing.

Isn’t two-thirds of it printed?

Wanli was quite puzzled and asked, "You printed eight of the twelve volumes in two months. The remaining four volumes will take another two or three months?"

You don't know the word count.

Li Tingji quickly explained, “Your Majesty, the number of words in The Art of War by Sun Tzu, The Art of War by Wu Zi, The Art of Sima, The Three Strategies, Wei Liao Zi, Questions and Answers by Li Weigong, Sequel to the Martial Classics, and The Military Compilation is not large. The longest is only over ten thousand words, and the shortest is only about three thousand.

"Six Strategies" has more than 20,000 words, "New Book of Effectiveness" has more than 70,000 words, "Records of Training Soldiers" has more than 110,000 words, and "Compilation of Charts of the Sea" has more than 260,000 words. It would be considered good if they were printed in two or three months.

Duke Peng also said that since they only cover one book a month, the eight books they have printed will last until the end of the year, so there is no need to rush.

Uh, there are so many words in the military book written by Qi Jiguang?
And there is Hu Zongxian. How many people did this guy find to compile the "Chou Hai Tu Bian"?

No wonder some books are not available on the market. They have many words and the investment is high. If no one buys them after printing, it will be a huge loss.

Wanli thought for a moment and then asked, "When will the Six Strategies be finished?"

Li Tingji estimated, "It will be finished in a few days."

That's about it.

Wanli pondered, "The classes at the Military Academy only start in early March. We'll be almost done with the nine military books this year. It will be fine if the other three can be printed by the end of the year.

How about this, after you finish printing Six Secret Teachings, you can transfer half of the staff to print medical books for Doctor Li."

Medical book?

Why do you print all kinds of books?
Li Tingji asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, how many medical books should be printed? How many words should be printed? How many copies should be printed?"

Wanli asked directly, "Divine Doctor Li, how many words are there in the medical books you compiled? Why not just print the whole set at once?"

Is that so good?

Li Shizhen said excitedly, "Your Majesty, of the medical books I have compiled, only 'A Study of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians', 'Binghu Pulse Theory', 'Illustrated Theory of the Five Zang Organs', and 'Compendium of Materia Medica' are worth printing. Don't waste paper and ink on the others.

"The Study of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians," "Binghu Pulse Theory," and "Illustrated Theory of the Five Zang Organs" are all one volume, totaling only tens of thousands of words. "Compendium of Materia Medica" is fifty-two volumes, roughly two million words.

Oh my god, about two million words!

Li Tingji's eyes bulged when he heard this. Wanli continued to ask, "Do you know how many people in the community know about medicine?"

This one.

Li Shizhen estimated, "There are only about 10,000 legitimate medical families with inherited medical traditions. I don't know how many people have learned medicine through other means."

Then give me more.

In fact, the development of medicine is also quite profitable, especially making money from foreign countries.

Today's Ming Dynasty medicine is unparalleled in the world, and this industry must be developed. Otherwise, if foreign countries are allowed to develop it, they will be making money from the Ming Dynasty.

Wanli thought about it carefully, and then said decisively: "Then print 100,000 copies."

what?
Li Tingji was stunned when he heard this.

There are only more than 10,000 medical households. If you give us 100,000 sets, that would be more than 2 million words!

He was stunned for a moment, then he quickly bowed and said, "I understand."

Li Shizhen was so excited when he heard this.

The Emperor said that there would definitely be no problem with printing it. He never thought that he would see the medical book he spent half his life compiling be published in his lifetime.

He couldn't help but bow repeatedly and said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

Wanli shook his head slightly, then beckoned, "Divine Doctor Li, please come with me to the main hall. Er Zhang, go and do your work. The others will wait outside."

Upon hearing this, Li Shizhen hurriedly followed Wanli into the huge main hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Wanli did not find a place to sit. He directly brought Li Shizhen to the center of the main hall and said solemnly: "Divine Doctor Li, I summoned you here because I want you to treat me, several concubines, princes, and princesses.

I have punished too many corrupt officials and traitors, and I will continue to punish them. They definitely don't want me to live. Assassinating them is impossible. I am worried that they will drug me."

what?
When Li Shizhen heard this, he couldn't help but look shocked.

Someone wants to assassinate the current emperor!
His Majesty meant for him to be the one to prevent people from drugging him!
Can he shoulder this heavy responsibility?
He pondered for a while with a serious expression on his face, and then said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that I will not live long."

I can see this.

Wanli said with hope on his face, "Divine Doctor Li, your sons should have inherited your true teachings, right? It should be almost the same if they come?"

How do you say this?

Li Shizhen said solemnly, "Your Majesty, I have four sons, but only my eldest son, Jianzhong, has inherited my true teachings. The other three sons are far inferior to Jianzhong.

However, Jianzhong passed the imperial examination early in life and has been serving in various places. He is currently serving as a magistrate in Yongchang Prefecture, Yunnan, so he did not come with me.

The Tongpan of the government office was only of the sixth rank, and Li Jianzhong only had the title of Juren, so the Tongpan position should have ended there.

Wanli thought about it carefully, then said decisively: "I will transfer Jianzhong to Beijing to serve as the director of the Imperial Hospital. It is just right. I want to reorganize all the medical institutions in the Ming Dynasty and train more doctors who are proficient in medical skills."

Director of the Imperial Medical Service?
That’s the fifth rank!

And he is also the best among doctors in the world.

The director of the Imperial Medical Service is to doctors what the scholars of the Hanlin Academy are to all the scholars in the world.

Upon hearing this, Li Shizhen hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

Wanli waved his hand slightly, then explained in detail: "Your family will live in the Wanshou Palace. You don't have to do anything else every day, just sit on duty in the Qianqing Palace. When you have nothing to do, you can prescribe some health-preserving prescriptions for me and the concubines to take good care of them."

This one.

Li Shizhen hesitated for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, I am terrified. When it comes to health preservation, I am not as good as Wan Mi Zhai. Moreover, Wan Mi Zhai is proficient in gynecology and pediatrics, and I am far inferior to him.

Wan Mi Zhai has written more medical books than I do, including "The Wan Family's Secret of Raising Infants," "Explanation of Pediatrics," "Explanation of Gynecology," "The Secret of Smallpox," "Excerpts from Treating Colds," "The Four Essentials of Health Preservation," "A Summary of Life-Saving Songs," and "A Summary of Promoting the Development of Heirs," all of which are rare and extensive works."

what?
There are miracle doctors in this world who are even better than you!
Wanli couldn't help but ask, "Where is Wan Mi Zhai now?"

Li Shizhen sighed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, Wan Mi Zhai has passed away for several years. However, all ten of his sons inherited his true teachings and are now famous doctors in Huguang.

Wan Mi Zhai and I are both from Huangzhou Prefecture. I have discussed medicine with Wan Mi Zhai and the other sons of the Wan family. They are all rare and miraculous doctors. If Your Majesty wishes to maintain his health, there will be no problem in recruiting them to the capital."

All ten disciples of Wan Mi Zhai have received the true teachings!

That would be great.

Upon hearing this, Wanli said without hesitation: "Okay, I will have Zilong send a navy express ship to Huguang to bring the Wan Mi Zhai disciples to Beijing."

(End of this chapter)