Madam, protect me!

It was another noon, Li Nuo and Zhao Zhiyi walked out of the academy.

There were some masters secretly guarding the princess. Whenever Li Nuo went out, she would accompany him almost all the time. He had nothing to worry about in terms of safety.

She didn't need Yiren's protection, so she simply practiced at home.

Ever since the Yin-Yang family predicted that she would be promoted to a master this year, she has been working hard towards this goal.

The Sixth Princess took him away from the embassy every day and sent him back.

Li Nuo was inseparable from the Sixth Princess during the day, and slept with Yiren at night. He was busy every day, and his life was fulfilling.

Even after being away from home for a month, he missed Jiaren and An Ning even more.

Jiaren was okay, sometimes he could secretly treat Yiren as Jiaren in his heart, anyway, she didn't know.

An Ning was irreplaceable.

Although the Sixth Princess was also a princess, she was not An Ning after all.

Li Nuo has dreamed of them every night these days, and sometimes even of Phoenix, but he can only look at their portraits for comfort.

Fortunately, he was well prepared. When he came to Zhao State, he brought their portraits with him.

When passing by the palace, Li Nuo found that there were no more people queuing at the door to see a doctor, and couldn't help asking: "Why is there no one here to see a doctor? Have they seen all the patients near the capital?"

Zhao Zhiyi shook his head and said: "Since several princes asked doctors to see the people for free, even the people who are not sick want to come and see. The queue at the door of the palace is from morning to night, and it is impossible to see them. The people who didn't see the disease are very resentful about this. Later, some chaos happened, and the free clinic could not continue..."

Li Nuo didn't pay attention to this matter these days. I don't know that a lot of things happened in just a few days.

First of all, there are too many people seeing a doctor, and only a small number of people can see the disease. Most of the people who can't see the disease are very resentful. Because of the queue, many conflicts broke out.

Secondly, doctors are not ordinary doctors. Their consultation fees are shockingly high. They usually treat dignitaries.

Asking them to provide free consultation every day is a huge expense, far more than providing porridge. In order to compete for the throne in the past six months, several princes have almost invested all their wealth. This is just a superficial free consultation. The people don’t have to pay for medical treatment and medicine, but they are the ones who pay.

None of the four princes can afford the daily expenditure of several thousand taels of silver.

In order to save a little money, the fourth prince did not invite doctors on the last day, but invited several ordinary doctors.

As a result, a doctor accidentally killed someone while giving acupuncture.

After causing a death, he paid a large sum of silver to the patient’s family and stopped the free consultation.

The other three princes took him as a warning and cancelled the free consultation.

Many people who heard about this and came from farther places were not happy and complained more deeply, and they cursed the four princes behind their backs.

This was supposed to be a good thing, but it ended up like this.

Zhao Zhiyi sighed and said, "Lord Li, do you think it's wrong to do good things?"

Li Nuo shook his head and said, "There's nothing wrong with doing good things, but even if the original intention is good, if the right method is not used, it will often lead to bad results. From the beginning, free medical treatment should not be provided. Even if only a very small fee is charged, it can block the vast majority of people who want to join in the fun and allow patients who really need it to get treatment..."

Human nature is complicated, and good intentions may not necessarily lead to good things.

Li Nuo himself did not think of this at the time.

However, this incident made Li Nuo think of a direction in which he could establish political achievements.

The fourth prince has made some achievements in public security, and the next step is to focus on medical care.

The people's demand for medical care may only be below food, clothing, housing and transportation.

But no matter which country, medical care is more for the upper class.

It is difficult and expensive for the people to see a doctor, which is the current situation in all countries.

There are many reasons for this, and the scarcity of medical resources is the biggest reason.

There are few doctors, and the top doctors will be recruited to the court to serve the royal family.

Ordinary doctors are usually recruited by dignitaries to become full-time doctors in their houses. Li Mansion has such doctors.

And those doctors who have not yet entered the medical field will give priority to serving the rich.

In folk clinics, the level of doctors varies, the cost of diagnosis and treatment is high, and the price of medicinal materials is expensive. Ordinary people can't afford it at all.

In addition, the imperfect medical system is also an important reason for this phenomenon.

There are few doctors, and they are monopolized by the upper class. Even in places like the capital, there are very few clinics, not to mention local prefectures. In some remote places, people have no way to seek medical treatment, and they can only rely on luck when they are sick.

In terms of medical care, they still have a lot to do.

After returning to the embassy, ​​Li Nuo told Zhao Zhiyi about his idea, and the two hit it off.

Yiren was practicing swordplay in the open space, while Zhao Zhiyi sat on a stone bench in the yard and asked Li Nuo, "Where should we start?"

Li Nuo thought for a moment and said, "Medical reform is a long-term thing. It may take decades or even hundreds of years to completely change the status quo. It is better to start from the capital and advance step by step..."

The scarcity of medical resources is undoubtedly a problem that needs to be solved urgently.

A feasible approach is for the imperial court to take the lead in opening medical schools in various places to train more doctors and ensure that people in every part of the country can receive basic medical care.

But this not only requires a lot of time, but also requires a huge investment, and there is no return in the short term.

This is not something that requires return. Instead, it requires the state to subsidize and continue to invest from other places.

Although Zhao Zhiyi agreed with Li Nuo's idea, this first step was difficult to achieve. Even starting from Kyoto, the amount of silver required was an unimaginable amount, and it was impossible for the national treasury to allocate it to them.

All princes need to raise their own money if they want to achieve any political achievements.

The royal brother can no longer afford much money.

Moreover, as Li Nuo said, this will not happen overnight, and the time is far from enough.

Li Nuo soon learned the difficulty of this matter from the Sixth Princess.

One difficulty is that there is no money. In the process of the prince seizing the heir, the various ministries in the court will not have obvious bias. Unless, as before, His Majesty explicitly orders him to be responsible for setting up the anti-theft department, all ministries will fully cooperate.

Simply in the name of the Fourth Prince, the Ministry of Revenue will not allocate funds.

Before His Majesty makes a decision, they cannot show any obvious preference for a certain prince.

Li Nuo thought for a moment, then suddenly looked at Zhao Zhiyi and asked, "What if it's in your name, the Sixth Princess?"

Zhao Zhiyi was slightly stunned and said uncertainly: "Me?"

Li Nuo nodded and said: "You are not participating in the fight for the heir, but you are just making a suggestion to the court to improve people's livelihood and benefit the people. Isn't this okay?"

Zhao Zhiyi was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes, yes, but..."

Li Nuo said: "You are the biological sister of the fourth prince. Although the political achievements you have done are not his fault, everyone knows that you represent the fourth prince. When the time comes, let the fourth prince play some part in it." Power, people can always see it..."

Zhao Zhiyi nodded and said: "Even if it is not for the sake of the emperor, but for the people of Zhao country, it is still necessary to do this. If the princess's house comes forward, it does not even need the consent of the three provinces..."

The political situation of Zhao State is different from that of Daxia.

The highest organization of Daxia is the three provinces. Only after the approval of the three provinces can it be handed over to the Sixth Ministry and other yamen for execution.

However, the three provinces of Zhao State decentralized a large part of their power to the six ministries.

If the amount involved is not large, the Ministry of Accounts can make the final decision on allocating funds.

The Minister of Revenue invited Li Nuo to his home for dinner two days ago, but he was too busy and never bothered to attend...

Money matters shouldn't be a big problem.

The next difficulty is the people.

You must have teachers to open a medical school. It is best for medical school teachers to be high-level doctors. However, for doctors of this level, time is very precious and the cost of diagnosis and treatment is astronomical. It can cost hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver every minute. The prince couldn't afford it.

Not to mention high-level doctors, low-level doctors charge high fees.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development can allocate money to build colleges, but it will never allocate money to pay them sky-high wages.

Li Nuo can give lectures, but he is only one person, and the academy cannot take care of him. He is really too busy...

Just when Li Nuo was in trouble, two figures walked in from outside.

The Minister of Hubu walked to the courtyard, first bowed to Zhao Zhiyi, and then said to Li Nuo with a smile: "Brother Li, I asked you to invite you several times but you didn't come. This time I come in person, you should be rewarded." ?”

Then, he looked at an old man with a white beard next to him and said: "This is Dr. Gusun, the King of Medicine. I heard that you cured my mother's disease, so I insisted on coming to see you, saying that I wanted to discuss medicine with you... …”