Huimin Pharmacy has appeared since Wang Anshi's reform in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was established and abandoned in the Song Dynasty, and it was not established permanently until the Yuan Dynasty.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Huimin Pharmacy, Yangjiyuan (an orphanage for the elderly) and Luzeyuan (cemetery) all became standard facilities in the city.

It's a pity that after the Qing army entered the customs, the people-benefiting pharmacies in various places were destroyed, and this policy of benefiting the people was abolished.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Huimin Pharmacy was quite good. At that time, the pharmacy had its own medicine fields and specialized doctors who had been practicing medicine for generations, treating people and prescribing medicines for free.

However, by the Chenghua year, Emperor Chenghua's reputation in history was similar to that of Han Dynasty, and he was considered a relatively generous emperor.

But similar to Wenjing, under the loose governance style, the grassroots in various places were rapidly strengthened. The policy of suppressing mergers that was still implemented in the early Ming Dynasty was quickly relaxed during the Chenghua period. The fish scale inventory was also gradually distorted at this time, and finally the court completely

Loss of control at the grassroots level.

There was also a policy during the Chenghua period that allowed the government to sell official land.

It was at this time that local governments began to sell off the official land they controlled.

In fact, this policy was not unreasonable. At that time, official land cultivation was inefficient and needed to be managed by people. Tenants who rented official land often occupied the land for generations and paid only a small amount of taxes to the government.

At that time, the number of yamen personnel in various places was increasing rapidly, yamen funds were drying up, and various projects of the imperial court required money.

When the court did not give money, local government offices could only sell the official land in their hands.

As a result, the number of official lands decreased sharply during the Chenghua period. A large number of officials and relatives took the opportunity to buy land, and local powerful officials even gobbled up the best official lands.

The medicine fields of Huimin Pharmacy were also sold in Chenghua. From this time on, Huimin Pharmacy, which lost its cheap medicinal materials, gradually turned into a clinic that could only treat minor illnesses.

The loosening of the medical household system will lead to the rapid loss of a large number of medical households. They will either open their own pharmacies or medical clinics, or simply give up and change from medical to imperial examination.

Su Ze thought for a while and decided to go to Huimin Medical Bureau first. He was just here to ask for free prostitution and didn't really want to see a doctor.

Huimin Pharmacy is located near the west gate, not far from the government office. Su Ze led the horse and quickly arrived in front of Huimin Pharmacy.

It has to be said that as a model project of the Ming Dynasty, Huimin Pharmacy has a good reputation.

The two characters "Hui Min" are written on the tall archway. It is said that this is a unified style across the country and was handwritten by Emperor Hongwu himself.

Doesn’t it mean that Huimin Pharmacy is in decline now? Judging from the appearance of this facade, it should be that the daily maintenance is good.

Su Ze walked into Huimin Pharmacy and saw that it was empty with only a few patients.

[I found that at the pharmacy where you can learn the skill "Medical Skills", do you want to learn it? 】

"study."

After learning the medical skills, Su Ze was about to leave when two people walked in from the main entrance of the medical office and blocked Su Ze's way out.

An old man wearing the uniform of a medical officer was respectfully following behind a slender young man in brocade clothes, nodding and bowing and saying something.

Women disguised as men?

Su Ze quickly noticed the walking posture of this young man in brocade. Her dress was not as good as Lin Mojun's, and she smelled faintly of powder. Was it so common for women to dress up as men in the Ming Dynasty?

But think about the trend of this era. Nowadays, every festival in the Jiangnan area, the women in the boudoir will wear men's clothes to go on an outing. Various erotic novels are publicly printed and distributed, and there are even literati who specialize in writing such books.

In the coastal areas of Fujian, before the Ming Dynasty, there was a tradition of women heading the household. Zhu Xi once criticized his hometown for "taking companions as wives and running away with wild partners". The atmosphere in Fujian was still open.

However, those who can travel in men's clothing are probably the female relatives of officials and gentry.

The atmosphere of freedom can only be enjoyed by the upper class, and ordinary people will be tricked to death by ethics.

Su Ze didn't want to cause trouble. He wanted to go around and leave, but his attention was attracted by the conversation between the two.
Chapter completed!