Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 800 Golden Needles Transmit National Policy, Controlling Meridians to Stabilize the World (Two Chapters Combined)
"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?" Jiao Shude was also a little confused. He didn't expect that when he came to see a doctor today, the patient would introduce him to an apprentice.

Director Liao said to Jiao Shude:
"What's wrong with that? Weren't you very satisfied with Fang Yan just now?"

Jiao Shude was somewhat dumbfounded:
"I may be willing, but others may not be!"

"Fang Yan, you're not happy?" Director Liao asked Fang Yan.

Seeing that Director Liao insisted on acting as the middleman, Jiao Shude quickly said:
"Director Liao, this is..."

Just then, he heard someone in a dialect say:

"I have long known that Teacher Jiao is a highly skilled doctor. It would be my great fortune to be able to become his student."

Director Liao laughed heartily:
"Listen to this, they even like using their own dialect."

"Now that Fang Yan has made his stance clear, it's up to you whether you want to take him on as an apprentice."

Jiao Shude looked at Fang Yan with some surprise. To be honest, he felt that Fang Yan was already at a level where he didn't need to learn from him. According to Li Zhengji and other sources, Fang Yan was quite well-rounded in all aspects, and so far, he had never encountered a patient he couldn't treat. In other words, Fang Yan's medical skills could solve almost all the diseases on the market.

Even if such a person were to become his apprentice, it would only mean having one more treatment method. Unexpectedly, Fang Yan readily agreed upon hearing Director Liao's words.

This attitude surprised Jiao Shude. This young man was too eager to learn.

But now that they've already said it, it's not easy for me to refuse.

He could only say:

"However, there's not much I can teach you about your current medical skills, young friend Fang."

Director Liao said:
"Hey, you're being too modest. Being able to hold a position in the Central Health Group means you're a nationally certified master of traditional Chinese medicine, and there's a lot you can teach."

Fang Yan also cupped his hands in a gesture of respect towards Jiao Shude.

I now feel somewhat like I was forced into becoming an apprentice.

However, Fang Yan knew that this person had high attainments in many fields of traditional Chinese medicine, such as internal medicine, gynecology, and pediatrics, and was especially good at treating arthralgia and spleen and stomach diseases. If he could become his disciple, he might be able to learn his unique skills in insect medicine.

He hasn't accepted Guan Qingwei as his apprentice yet, and his son-in-law Chen Yong hasn't taken over his mantle either.

Seeing Jiao Shude's hesitant manner, Director Liao said:

"If you really don't want to take this apprentice as your disciple, I won't force you."

Hearing Director Liao's words, Jiao Shude realized that he was being targeted.

He immediately dropped all pretense and hurriedly said:
"No, no... It's not that I don't want to take on apprentices, it's just that I feel it's a bit sudden, and I've never been in this situation before."

"Since Director Liao is acting as the middleman, and Fang Yan is a young and talented doctor, I am naturally willing to accept him."

Director Liao nodded and said with a smile:

"That's it..."

After saying that, he handed another cup of tea to Fang Yan:

"Fang Yan, serve tea to your master."

"..." Fang Yan felt that Director Liao was more anxious than him and Jiao Shude, and couldn't wait to make this happen.

Seeing that Fang Yan seemed a little stunned, he quickly gave her a meaningful look:
"Quick!"

Fang Yan quickly took the tea, then went to Jiao Shude and respectfully offered him the tea.
"Master, please have some tea!"

Jiao Shude composed himself and put aside Director Liao's somewhat coercive methods. In fact, he was quite satisfied with Fang Yan, even though his rule for accepting apprentices was only to acquaintances, such as children he had watched grow up in his friends' homes, or his own son-in-law.

Fang Yan doesn't fit this description, but judging from what others say about him, this young man is better than his current apprentices in every way. Even a genius like Li Zhengji is slightly inferior to Fang Yan.

Taking Fang Yan as an apprentice, aside from not having personally observed him for a long time, there really wasn't much to criticize.

And now we have no choice but to agree, since Director Liao is serious about getting this done.

As for the reason, Jiao Shude guessed that it was most likely to give dialects a halo effect.

Yes, that's right. Fang Yan's current mentors are Lu Donghua and Luo Youming. Needless to say, Lu Donghua's medical skills are only second or third-rate, and he can't compare with the top doctors in the capital.

The apprentices he taught were mostly unknown, except for those who spoke in dialect.

He's only good at fighting; nobody dares to mess with him.

Although Grandma Luo is very skilled and famous, she is only skilled in orthopedics. For other illnesses, she would advise patients to transfer to another hospital.

The two masters and the dialect are currently in completely mismatched situations.

Fang Yan desperately needs someone to enhance his reputation, just like Zhu Liangchun's two teachers, one being the imperial physician Ma Huiqing, and the other being his senior, Zhang Cigong, a health care doctor in the Central Medical Group.

With its own voice to carry the show, the dialect is considered to have achieved perfect status.

However, he didn't object. After thinking about it carefully, he realized it was a good thing!

Under any other circumstances, it would have been highly unlikely that Fang Yan and he would have had a master-disciple relationship in their lifetime; only Director Liao's actions could have created such a relationship.

Having figured this out, Jiao Shude stopped worrying and immediately accepted the tea offered by Fang Yan, nodding and smiling repeatedly.

"Good good!"

Fang Yan saw that Jiao Shude's smile seemed genuine, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Director Liao's methods were somewhat coercive.

If it were someone with a stronger temper, they probably would have made a scene.

However, Lao Liao is a shrewd man. If he didn't know how to treat people differently, he certainly wouldn't be in this position.

After seeing Jiao Shude take a sip of tea, Director Liao said loudly:
"Alright, I'll be your witness today, from now on you're master and disciple!"

Having said that, he shouted outside:

"Sister Wu!"

"Yes!" the nanny replied, then walked to the door.

"what happened?"

Director Liao said:
"Don't bother in the kitchen tonight. Call Chef Wang and ask him to come over and cook. Tell him I'm hosting a banquet at home and I need to entertain guests."

After hearing this, the nanny, Sister Wu, nodded:
"okay!"

Just as he was about to leave, Director Liao said again:

"Oh, and tell Xiao Chen to call Zhao Xiwu, Yue Meizhong, Cheng Xinnong, and Ren Yingqiu, and invite them over for a meal..."

He paused here, then asked Fang Yan:

"By the way, Fang Yan, who is your homeroom teacher?"

The dialect responded:
"When I first entered the school, I was taught by Professor Fang Yaozhong. Now, after the class was divided, I am taught by Professor Liu Duzhou."

He said to the nanny, Sister Wu:

"Then let's invite Fang Yaozhong and Liu Duzhou over. They know each other anyway, so let's have a lively gathering!"

Sister Wu said with disdain:
"Oh dear, I don't remember any of the names you mentioned. I'd better call Xiao Chen over."

Director Liao: "..."

It was clear this person was a real relative; he just scratched his head speechlessly and then asked Sister Wu to go and call someone.

After the nanny left, Director Liao said to Hu Daohu, who was standing to the side:
"Mr. Hu, you happen to be here too. Why don't you join in the fun tonight?"

Hu Daohu said with a smile:

"Great! This is fantastic news! I have to join in the fun!"

Next, Director Liao's assistant, Xiao Chen, was called over by Sister Wu and assigned the task of calling the school and the Huaxia Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine to summon people.

It's clear that Director Liao is determined to get Fang Yan and his group's matter settled today, and he also wants the people in the traditional Chinese medicine community to know about it.

In traditional Chinese medicine, it is very common for a person to have several masters; for example, Li Zhengji had many masters.

After completing the simple apprenticeship ceremony, Fang Yan...

Director Liao then began to talk about the contributions of dialects to the country.

You wouldn't believe it until you hear it; even the dialect is surprising. I never imagined I'd attracted so much investment from overseas Chinese businesses to the country.

For example, Fang Yan previously treated the stubborn eczema of an overseas Chinese businessman's wife, which greatly increased her confidence in traditional Chinese medicine. She then invested in and built a Lingnan medicinal herb planting base in Guangzhou.

Besides the pharmaceutical industry, other investments include manufacturing, small commodities, and various light industries.

In addition, there is Situ Jie, the grandson of Situ Meitang from the San Francisco Chinese Business Association. After learning about the Zhou family's affairs, he was inspired and directly planned to cooperate with the country to create a cross-border TCM street.

The Huo family of Hong Kong donated $60 simply because they saw news about the dialect, to support the development of traditional Chinese medicine in the country.

In addition, some overseas Chinese businessmen have directly invested in the Huaxia Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute, hoping to help develop some commercially viable traditional Chinese medicines for emergency treatment, anesthesia, and disease prevention.

It was only then that Jiao Shude realized that Fang Yan was not just a genius doctor, but also someone who used his medical skills to leverage the times, and was a key figure in enabling the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office to accomplish such a great task.

No wonder Director Liao insisted that Jiao Shude, the "imperial physician," take Fang Yan as his apprentice.

Not only Jiao Shude understood, but Fang Yan himself also realized it.

The reason why Director Liao treated me so well and valued me so much is now revealed.

What I did was enough to create a chain reaction, allowing them to carry out their work smoothly and complete plans they never dared to imagine before.

Old Hu secretly analyzed the situation. No wonder they were giving him the green light everywhere. He originally thought it was because of his identity, but now it seems that Fang Yan was also a big reason behind it. He had bet on Fang Yan based on his gut feeling, and he didn't expect to be right.

The influence of dialects in the future will definitely be much greater than I previously estimated.

Of course, this requires him to continue to exert influence.

Thinking about this, Lao Hu felt that more people should be allowed to return to China for medical treatment; that would be the best approach.

He immediately thought that they should speed up the process of making movies and TV series.

This is the only way to influence more talented people.

……

After chatting for a while, people started arriving.

Zhao Xiwu and Cheng Xinnong arrived first.

Both of these individuals are from the Huaxia Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Zhao Xiwu is also the mentor of Guan Youbo, a close friend of Jiao Shude. Upon meeting him, Jiao Shude displayed considerable respect.

"I heard you're going to take Fang Yan as your apprentice, that's great news!" Zhao Xiwu said to Jiao Shude with a smile.

If he hadn't said a few years ago that he wouldn't be taking on any more apprentices, Zhao Xiwu would actually have really wanted to take Fang Yan as his disciple.

Unexpectedly, Jiao Shude actually made a move. Jiao Shude scratched his head and said:
"It was all overseen by Director Liao..."

Cheng Xinnong, who was standing to the side, came to Fang Yan. The two had not seen each other for a while. Unexpectedly, Fang Yan was becoming an apprentice under Director Liao.

Old Cheng was a little annoyed. He had taught the boy half of the Three Talents Needle Technique, but he hadn't seen the boy become his apprentice. Now that he had met Jiao Shude, the boy had become his apprentice.

However, considering that Jiao Shude had just said that it was Director Liao who was in charge, Old Cheng roughly figured out what was going on.

Having Jiao Shude as a master can enhance the prestige of one's dialect identity.

The same applies to Jiao Shude.

"Congratulations! Congratulations!" Old Cheng said to Fang Yan.

Fang Yan quickly returned the greeting with a cupped hand.

In a sense, Master Cheng was practically Fang Yan's mentor. He taught her skills and always thought of her when there were good things to do. Although they didn't formally become his disciples, almost everyone who knew them regarded Master Cheng as Fang Yan's mentor.

Just like Zhu Liangchun, although Fang Yan did not become his apprentice, Zhu Liangchun taught him a lot about insect medicine, and he was the first to support her with practical actions regarding the special heart-saving soup.

This happened so suddenly that the old man was clearly a little emotional when he heard it, and he understood Fang Yan's perspective quite well.

He explained to Old Cheng in a low voice:

"We met here today because Director Liao was in charge."

Of course, Mr. Cheng was not a petty person. After hearing Fang Yan's explanation, his attitude immediately softened.

Speaking in dialect:

"Dr. Jiao is amazing. Anyway, if you become his apprentice, you should study hard and try to learn all his skills."

Old Cheng is still considering the dialect's importance. Knowing what the dialect's strengths are, he immediately gave him advice: learn as much as you can, and ideally, bring out all of Jiao Shude's most treasured knowledge.

To say that Jiao Shude was able to serve as the health care worker for the leaders, he actually had some skills.

You really have to admire them for that.

Then, one after another, other teachers from the school arrived.

The two homeroom teachers are Fang Yaozhong and Liu Duzhou.

There were also older generation figures from the school, such as Ren Yingqiu and Yue Meizhong. They had already learned about the matter briefly over the phone before arriving, and were curious about how it all started.

This morning, Liu Duzhou ran into Jiao Shude at Xiyuan Hospital, but they didn't talk about this matter then. Now, this afternoon, he's going to take Fang Yan as his apprentice.

Now that Fang Yan has taken on a disciple, he and Li Zhengji are considered fellow disciples.

After the group arrived and exchanged pleasantries and inquiries, they finally understood what had happened. It was all Director Liao's doing; he was gilding the dialect.

If they didn't know that Fang Yan and Director Liao were unrelated, they would probably all have thought that Fang Yan was a descendant of Director Liao.

This is an unreasonable, semi-forced apprenticeship, and they even have to call so many people to watch.

Director Liao is really going all out.

They hadn't heard about the contributions of dialects that Director Liao had mentioned earlier, and at this moment they just thought Jiao Shude had a really good attitude, being so cheerful about this. But looking back, it wasn't a bad deal. Dialects were definitely a good apprentice. Forcing someone to eat shit and forcing them to accept gold are two completely different concepts.

Dialects are like shining gold; everyone agrees on that.

Once everyone had arrived, the kitchen began serving the dishes shortly afterward.

Fang Yan could tell from the dishes that they must have been prepared by a chef of state banquet caliber.

The craftsmanship is absolutely superb.

Director Liao invited everyone to sit down at the table.

Before the meal, everyone was poured a round of drinks, and then the leader began his speech:

"Everyone here is a pillar of our country's traditional Chinese medicine cause! Let me first raise a toast to you all."

After speaking, he raised his glass and toasted everyone, and the others also raised their glasses.

After finishing his drink, Director Liao said:

"Today is a memorable day. With everyone's witness, Fang Yan has officially become a disciple of Comrade Jiao Shude. I am honored to be one of the witnesses..."

"From now on, Fang Yan is Comrade Jiao Shude's apprentice. I hope that Fang Yan can learn from his experience, improve his medical skills, and create new glories in the cause of traditional Chinese medicine."

Fang Yan nodded:
"I will definitely work hard! I will live up to Director Liao's expectations and not disgrace my mentor."

After hearing the dialect spoken, Director Liao looked at Jiao Shude and asked:

"Dr. Jiao?"

Jiao Shude quickly said:
"I will definitely teach you everything I know, without holding back! I will teach you all my best skills."

After saying this, he turned to his son-in-law and apprentice standing to the side and said:
"Chen Yong, take out that book, 'A Preliminary Discussion on Paralysis,' and give it to your junior brother Fang!"

Soon, Chen Yong took out a handwritten note from the medical kit.

Jiao Shude handed the notebook to Fang Yan, who quickly stood up and took it with both hands.

Then they heard Jiao Shude say to Fang Yan:

"This book is based on the various discussions of predecessors, references modern literature, and combines my more than 20 years of clinical experience in diagnosing and treating arthralgia with joint and limb deformities and bone damage using the principles and methods of traditional Chinese medicine. It summarizes and systematically organizes the characteristics of its etiology and pathogenesis, pulse manifestations, syndrome differentiation, and treatment methods and prescriptions."

Fang Yan nodded.

Old Cheng, standing to the side, asked curiously:

"Did you choose the name 'Wang Bi' yourself?"

Jiao Shude said:
"Yes, I think 'paralysis' can include a class of diseases diagnosed by modern medicine, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and tuberculous arthritis, which involve joint deformities and bone damage."

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly realized that although Jiao Shude was an imperial physician, he had not stopped his academic and clinical research.

Jiao Shude said to Fang Yan:

"It uses some of the therapies that I am quite good at. You can take a look when you have time."

"Also, you can ask Zhengji. He has learned a lot from me. You can share your knowledge with him and maybe you can get some new insights."

Fang Yan nodded and replied respectfully:

"Okay, thank you Master!"

In front of so many people, Jiao Shude's feelings upon hearing the word "Master" were somewhat different from before.

These are all prominent figures in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, so I feel quite prestigious.

It's strange how this person is. He was a little uncomfortable with Director Liao's coercion just now, but now, after only a short while, he's gotten used to it.

He chuckled and said to the dialect:

"You're welcome. It's just that you all have a lot of studies right now, so it's not easy for me to teach you. If there's anything you want to learn, just let me know."

Fang Yan nodded.

Just then, Director Liao suddenly spoke up and asked Liu Duzhou, who was quietly eating his food, "..."
"Professor Liu, are the students in the dialect group having a heavy academic workload now?"

"How much of the dialect knowledge from textbooks hasn't been learned?"

Liu Duzhou hadn't expected to be called on. He immediately realized that the leader was unhappy with the current course arrangement, so he quickly said:

"Um... the curriculum is already being revised. Actually, he doesn't have much to learn. After the curriculum is adjusted, he should have more free time."

Upon hearing this, Director Liao said:
"Let me tell you, I still have tasks for Fang Yan. I don't want him to participate in any unnecessary projects at school. I can't control what other people do, but I have to make sure he has time for activities, just like you fifth-year students. At least he should have time to come out every day."

Faced with Director Liao's request, Liu Duzhou quickly replied:

"Don't worry about that. Now that they've been divided into smaller classes, Fang Yan and his classmates are in the elite class. We're developing a new curriculum that's as clinically relevant as possible."

"They will have more time in the future."

Director Liao nodded upon hearing this and said:

"Exactly! He's the head of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. How can he be expected to teach the same classes as first-year students from worker-peasant-soldier universities? You guys did a great job! I'll commend you to the Ministry of Health later."

"Although I don't understand education, I know that the students in Fangyan's class are different, and the conventional education method will definitely not work."

Yue Meizhong, who was standing to the side, said:
"That's right, so we're preparing to do graduate programs."

"Graduate program?" Director Liao looked at Yue Meizhong.

Professor Yue Meizhong said:

"The postgraduate program is designed for students like them. The current education model is not keeping up with their knowledge reserves. They have already mastered many things outside of school. In order to help them achieve the purpose of education, we are preparing to open a postgraduate program."

"The people in this graduate program shoulder several important responsibilities. First, they are engaged in academic research, studying classic literature while practicing clinically with their teachers and participating in various new therapies and trials. Second, they are responsible for education, compiling textbooks and promoting the inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge. Third, they are involved in international exchanges, promoting traditional Chinese medicine abroad. Fourth, they participate in the fight against the epidemic, participating in epidemic research and combating it to protect everyone's health. Fifth, they are responsible for academic inheritance and standardization, taking over academic knowledge from their predecessors and participating in the formulation and promotion of industry standards. Sixth, they are tackling difficult problems: like the Fangyan team, they are challenging incurable diseases that Western medicine cannot cure, expanding the influence of traditional Chinese medicine, and producing more clinical results."

After hearing what Yue Meizhong said, Director Liao nodded in understanding.

He said to Yue Meizhong:
"Professor Yue is right, this graduate program should be established!"

"The higher-ups hope that we can cultivate more TCM talents, not just Fang Yan, but the more the better, and the greater the influence the better. We can cure what Western medicine cannot, so that we can attract more people to come."

Yue Meizhong said:
“We are working in that direction.”

This was the first time Fang Yan had heard someone bring up the topic of postgraduate programs in Traditional Chinese Medicine so openly. It was practically an open invitation for Fang Yan to start preparing for postgraduate studies.

Although he already knew this, it could be considered a signal of goodwill from Yue Meizhong.

At this moment, Director Liao turned to Jiao Shude and said:
"By the way, now that Fang Yan has time later, can she go with Dr. Jiao to see a doctor?"

"Clinical learning, that should be the fastest way, right?"

“If you just give him a small notebook to look at and let him discuss it with Li Zhengji in the class, he will definitely not learn as quickly as he does by following you.”

Director Liao's intention is clear: he has now made use of the spare time available for dialects.

So now we need to make good use of this time.

Jiao Shude offered some books and sent him on his way, but Director Liao felt that this was not enough and that he had to personally take charge.

Jiao Shude was also somewhat amused and exasperated. He hadn't intended to be perfunctory, so why did she always seem to be on guard against him?

He nodded and said:

"As long as it's not for treating an important leader, of course you can bring your dialect along."

PS: The basic chapter of 6000 words has been updated.

There will be an extra chapter later!

(End of this chapter)