If someone else had heard Li Yan's unceremonious question, even if he didn't dare to do so, he would have a little anger in his heart. However, Sun Simiao was very well-educated. After hearing this, he not only did not have any anger, but also thought carefully.

After a long time, he finally smiled helplessly and said, "Your Highness, this old minister can't understand."

"Haha, you are a fan of the authorities. I thought about this issue for a long time and finally let me come up with an explanation!" Li Yan said with a smile.

Sun Simiao's eyes lit up after hearing this. He knew that the King of Qi was in front of him. If he could get his guidance, know the reason for the low status of the doctor, and then he would find a way to make up for it. Maybe he could change the current situation. Thinking of this,

He couldn't help but bowed excitedly and said, "Please give me some advice!"

Li Yan looked at Sun Simiao's respectful look, but a faint smile flashed across the corner of his mouth, and said with great certainty: "Actually, this explanation is very simple, that is, since Shennong, there have been no real talents in medicine!"

"What? This...This..." Sun Simiao heard that Li Yan actually gave such an unexpected answer, which made him a little surprised for a moment. After a while, he realized and asked back with some anger, "Your Highness, Your Highness,"

Although the old minister is not talented, I am still full of talents in medicine. Bian Que, Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing and others are all famous doctors who have experienced great honors. How can I say that there is no talent in medicine?"

Looking at Sun Simiao's excited look, Li Yan smiled slightly. He wanted this effect. He said without any angrily: "Oh, then I'll ask you. Bian Que, Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, and Confucius

How about comparison?”

After hearing this, Sun Simiao was amused and crying. After a while, he said, "Your Highness, Confucius is a Confucian saint, and his status is comparable to that of my Taoist Lao Tzu. Although Bian Que and other famous doctors live countless people, how can they compare with saints?"

"Okay. Since you admit that there has never been a talent in medicine that can compare with Confucius and I, then I will ask you again, which one is more prosperous than Taoism and Confucianism?" Li Yan asked with a smile again.

There are traps in the question: Confucianism emphasizes accession to the world, and Taoism emphasizes birth. Therefore, it was destined from the beginning that Confucianism is more accepted by the world, and of course it will be more prosperous.

"Confucian disciples are everywhere in the court, and there are countless students. Although my Taoism has been vigorously promoted by the Emperor and His Majesty, it is still much worse than Confucianism." Sun Simiao didn't think so much, just smiled bitterly and honestly

He answered. He was not only a doctor, but also a Taoist priest, but neither of them was medicine nor Taoism. Both were as good as Confucianism passed down by Confucius.

"Yes, I'm still Confucius' teacher, but Taoism has been passed down to this day, but it is much worse than Confucianism. Do you know what the key is?" Li Yan asked with a smile.

"Old minister is stupid. Please give me advice!" Sun Simiao saw that Li Yan had been keeping a secret, and could not help but look anxious on his face, and he politely said slightly again.

"Well, this question is actually simple. The most important thing between the two is that Confucius spent his whole life and taught seventy-two students. Lao Tzu left Tongguan, leaving only a thousand words of Tao Te Ching.

These are the reasons that determine the prosperity of Confucianism and the decline of Taoism." Li Yan said confidently. Although he knew that his views were not tenable at all, as long as he could temporarily fool Sun Simiao, he would be considered a victory.

Sun Simiao is not a stupid person, otherwise he would not have become a famous doctor. He finally showed a sudden enlightenment when he heard this and said, "Your Highness, the old minister understands. What you want to say is open teaching!"

"Yes, Doctor Sun must also know that in medicine, almost all the father passes to son and son passes to grandson. Even if you accept disciples, the conditions are extremely harsh, and a person only accepts two or three disciples in his life.

Not to mention that compared with Confucianism, even Taoism is not even comparable to Taoism!" Li Yan said with a serious look on his face, "And compared with Confucianism, Taoism is actually inferior to public teaching. Confucius taught his disciples vigorously back then, which made

There are countless children of disciples, and the Confucian classics are deeply rooted in people's hearts; while Taoism only has an unfathomable Tao Te Ching, which makes future generations have their own explanations, extending them to countless schools, each with their own explanations, and even triggering internal struggles.

There is no internal unity, let alone compare with Confucianism that advocates great unity?”

Although Sun Simiao also felt that the reason Li Yan said was a bit one-sided, it was not without reason. If Lao Tzu had taught publicly like Confucius, Taoism would have never fallen to this point now. Not to mention medicine, all doctors would have been

Treat your medical skills as a treasure, and generally, there are very few outsourcing them besides descendants. This also makes medical skills unable to be communicated and cannot learn from their strengths and weaknesses. As a result, medicine will naturally decline day by day.

"Thank you for your advice. The old minister is willing to publicly show what you have learned throughout your life. But I would like to ask your superior to help me with this matter!" Sun Simiao is a real doctor. He knows the importance of inheriting medical skills, and does not cherish his own medical skills.

The thought would have been, otherwise, when he was over 100 years old, he would have written what he had learned throughout his life into "Qianjin Fang" and spread it to future generations. Therefore, when he heard that Li Yan wanted him to teach publicly, he immediately nodded in agreement, but he also knew this

It is definitely not possible to rely solely on yourself. You must be promoted by His Highness, the King of Qi in front of you.

"Hahaha~, Doctor Sun is indeed a famous doctor. Just this doctor's heart is enough to make the world admire him!" When Li Yan saw the other party agreeing, he immediately stood up excitedly and walked a few steps, without hesitation. He spoke loudly without hesitation.

Praise.

However, after Li Yan was excited, Sun Simiao frowned and asked again: "Your Highness, although it is a good thing to disclose medicine, the old minister has no idea for a moment. How dare you ask what your highness thinks?" After all, he is just a doctor.

In addition to being good at treating diseases and saving lives, he is really inferior to Li Yan in other aspects.

"Haha, this is easy to deal with. Since Doctor Sun knows the techniques of wound suture and other techniques created by this king on the battlefield, do you know how many Tang warriors have been saved by these new technologies?" Li Yan asked with a proud look on his face.

"This..." Sun Simiao only learned about the specific methods of surgery and other methods from the imperial physician who accompanied the army. As for how many soldiers he saved, he really didn't know. After all, these are all matters of the Ministry of War, and it is difficult for ordinary people to know.

"Hehe, I am the medical officer of this war. I made a rough count of all the wounded people and compared them with the number of casualties in previous wars of the Ministry of War. It turned out that after the new group of medical soldiers was added,

The use of new wound treatment technology has made the casualty rate of the Battle of Goguryeo only 30% of the previous wars, which means that ten people may die from injuries before, but after our treatment, only three people will die. After a war, there will be no more than 3 people.

Tens of thousands of soldiers survived because of our treatment, so adding the new medical soldiers to the Tang army has become a consensus among the important civil and military officials in the court!”

Li Yan smiled proudly, and his words were not exaggerated. Although there were also doctors accompanying the army in the Tang Dynasty, there were very few. In addition, the medical methods were backward, the injured soldiers could not receive effective treatment at all.

Most of the strokes that died in the war were aggravated and died. However, with Li Yan's medical staff, this situation was immediately greatly improved. In addition, new treatment methods such as alcohol disinfection and wound sutures are also added.

This greatly reduces the casualty rate.

"Your Highness lives countless people, which is really an infinite merit!" Sun Simiao also said with great admiration, but instead asked in confusion, "But what is the relationship between this matter and public lectures?"

"Haha, Doctor Sun doesn't understand?" Li Yan smiled, "If you want to form a medical soldier, you naturally need a large number of people. Although the medical soldier does not require too high medical skills, some first aid measures such as bandaging and treatment of wounds,

But it is a compulsory course. I think I am a huge army of a thousand men in the Tang Dynasty, and the number of medical soldiers I need is a very large number, so I must have a special training venue to provide a large number of medical soldiers for the Tang Dynasty army, but I think

It is expanded again on this venue, so that it will not only cultivate simple medical soldiers, but also form an institution similar to academy, coached by experienced doctors, and then recruit people all over the world who are interested in studying medicine, publicly teach and discuss medical skills.

I have already thought about it, and I will call it Datang Medical College!”

After hearing Li Yan's idea of ​​the medical school, Sun Simiao was stunned. He originally thought that Li Yan wanted to call on the doctors of the Tang Dynasty to give public lectures, but he did not expect that Li Yan's idea was even bigger, and he actually trained medical soldiers for the court through the help of his parents.

With the opportunity, he took advantage of the opportunity to form a Tang Medical College with all military backgrounds. With such a big deal, only His Royal Highness, the King of Qi in front of him dared to think and do it.

Although Sun Simiao was shocked by Li Yan's huge idea, he couldn't help but feel excited when the medical school was completed, and when the grand occasion of the Tang Dynasty's famous doctors gathered together, everyone learned from their strengths and weaknesses, and discussed gains and losses.

"Your Highness is a talented person. This move will benefit the country and the people, and will promote medicine together. I am not talented and I am willing to be your superiors and let your superiors drive you!" Sun Simiao bowed to the ground and said with a serious face.

"Hahaha~ With the talent of Doctor Sun, being a front pawn would be too insignificant. After I report to my father in the future, the position of the chief of the medical school will be the sir!" Li Yan also smiled happily.

Tao. With the improvement of living standards, medicine will definitely develop accordingly. However, with the current medical situation in the Tang Dynasty, it would be impossible to develop rapidly without his promotion. In addition, Lu Qing has already started to take action.

The problem of insufficient staff in medicine begins to become prominent, and this problem may become more serious in the future, so it is better to prepare sooner or later.

After discussing the medical school matter with Sun Simiao, Li Yan had just sent the person away and was about to go back to see if Xijun woke up? At this time, a servant suddenly reported that Li Zhi hurried to find his sixth brother.

(To be continued...)
Chapter completed!