Chapter 6762: See the After Effects

Chapter 6762: See the After Effects
"Oh my god, why do you eat different from us?" Guo Jia, who was eating a pancake with fried dough sticks, saw the kitchen prepare a bowl of mutton soup with steamed buns for Chen Xi. He suddenly felt that his pancake with roasted mutton was not as delicious. Chen Xi's thing seemed to be more delicious.

"I can't eat barbecue recently, so I can only eat this kind of thing." Chen Xi said calmly, then he used a spoon to stir it twice and started eating it with chopped green onions.

"It's both mutton soup, but I feel like yours tastes a lot better than what we had before." Fa Zheng was also a little puzzled. He was a professional mutton eater and could tell the good from the bad.

"These are things that only poor people eat. You guys..." Chen Xi glanced at Fa Zheng and Guo Jia and said, only to find that both of them looked at him with contempt.

"I've seen many people who want to be poor people in this world." Jia Xu rolled the pancake by hand and said with a bit of sarcasm, "At least, my family, before I met Zichuan, didn't eat as well as the poor people. Speaking of poor people, could they eat the five big pieces of meat in your bowl once a year?"

Chen Xi looked at the mutton he had pushed aside. Each piece was about four or five millimeters thick, and he estimated that the total weight of the mutton was two taels. He nodded slowly, "That makes sense. It seems that this is indeed not something that poor people can eat. But I have decided to develop it into a staple food for poor people to keep healthy and ward off the cold in winter."

"I don't really believe what others say, but I have to believe it when you say it. For example, last year someone suddenly wanted to give the people of the world a whole New Year gift - a whole stewed pork rice on the first day of the new year. After my repeated persuasion, it was changed to before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month." Zhuge Liang said casually while chewing on a pancake and drinking rice wine, "A task that is theoretically impossible to complete has also been completed by someone, right?"

"It was a mess, actually." Chen Xi said with a pout. Actually, the test at the beginning of the year was also a test of logistics efficiency. It was just some bacon, and it could only be said to have barely passed. Chen Xi didn't know whether the bacon was made into braised pork rice. But when Chen Xi was wandering around with Liu Bei this year, he saw the bacon he had received during the Chinese New Year on the beam of an old soldier's house.

The bacon distributed during the Chinese New Year was finally used by the old soldier to make fried bacon with wild mushrooms for Chen Xi and Liu Bei. To be honest, wild mushrooms are super delicious but expensive, so it would be a waste to use them to stir-fry bacon, so Chen Xi mainly ate wild mushrooms in the large plate of fried bacon.

"Are you coming again this year?" Li You took a roll made by Zhuge Liang from Zhuge Liang's plate and started to eat it. Compared to the ones rolled and distributed in the kitchen, the ones in the Government Office usually have to be made by yourself.

"Come on." Chen Xi said without even looking up, "Anyway, Xianhe is in the front doing the logistics business, and I'm in the back doing the testing. We have to do the testing every year."

"That's true. This kind of thing really needs repeated testing to find out where the problem lies." Mi Zhu, who had just returned from the Chamber of Commerce and was having dinner at the Executive Yuan, also echoed this. If we were to say what the logistics industry promotes the most, at present, it is undoubtedly business, and Mi Zhu's business is business, so he is very proactive in promoting the development of the logistics industry.

Just as a group of people were chatting and eating dinner, the guards from the palace rushed over at the fastest speed with secret information.

To be honest, Huang Tao was not much faster than the official intelligence organization. The only reason why Huang Tao was faster this time was that he was present, and the official intelligence organization needed to translate the secret code. According to the official procedure, this kind of thing cannot be done in plain code. The time difference in transcoding allowed Huang Tao to deliver first-hand intelligence to Liu Bei. Without this, the efficiency of both sides would be basically the same.

After the guards at the palace handed over the secret report to the guards at the Government Affairs Office, they became idle.

"Your meals are actually the same as ours." After He Zhen, who had been on duty in Chang'an recently, handed the secret report to the guards of the Government Affairs Office, he looked at the meals of the guards at the Government Affairs Office. Surprisingly, they were the same as theirs, with grilled meat wrapped in a big pancake, with all kinds of miscellaneous side dishes and sauces inside, cut into several pieces and eaten one bite at a time. They were all rolled and cut directly in the kitchen.

"Don't you know, Brother He?" Cao Chuang glanced at He Zhen. "The food here is actually the same. We eat what the ministers eat. Of course, they may have their own special cooking, but the difference is not big. Today we have barbecued meat wrapped in pancakes, some side dishes, and millet porridge to go with it."

"I thought you guys could eat better than us. I've been on duty in Chang'an for two months. Every day I'm either shaping the trees in the garden or patrolling the periphery. I haven't seen a single senior official. I thought I was just some random soldier." He Zhen reached out and took a piece of burrito from Cao Chuang's food box and threw it into his mouth. "Why don't I see anyone? Isn't it said that there will be someone to guide you when you are a palace guard?"

The man who had actively guided the palace guards before has been reduced to pieces, and Wu Anjun is said to have encountered a ghost recently. He is actively hunting down ghosts and gods who dare to challenge him. No one knows what will happen next.

This should be a rumor. Chen Xi also heard it from Liu Tong. Liu Tong said that Si Niang extorted this information from Marquis Huaiyin. But Chen Xi always felt that it was not very reliable. In this day and age, there are still ghosts and gods who dare to provoke Wu Anjun? How many lives are there!

I think it was probably Han Xin who spread rumors for no reason, and Si Niang said something wrong, so Liu Tong had fun and spread it blindly to Chen Xi.

However, Bai Qi recently moved from the side hall of Weiyang Palace where he lived to Jianzhang Palace. It seems that he had a conflict with Han Xin. In this case, it is understandable why Han Xin spread rumors. Everything is normal!
"That's what he said, but it all depends on luck." Cao Chuang looked at the old man who was patrolling nearby, greeted him, and felt a little relaxed.

There is no way. The main duty of thousands of palace guards is to protect Liu Tong. They don't have to worry about anything else. Originally, such a large number of palace guards should protect the entire royal family. Now there is no royal family, only a princess and a concubine. The workload has plummeted to one percent. How can they not relax?

In fact, except for the guys on duty in the core area, the main responsibility of the guys in the periphery has been to shape the trees and the stones brought from the Qinling Mountains every day since eight years ago, and then to create new shapes.

And He Zhen, a master who has achieved the sixth level of smelting and can open the Nineteen Swords of Hidden God, has not yet had his turn to patrol the core area, so much so that he is somewhat relaxed and is beginning to wonder how he is going to get through the day.

"This is even more leisurely than when I was in Youzhou." He Zhen sighed, "The food is good, but it's too leisurely. Sometimes I wonder why I came here. It feels like I've been busy all my life, and I just want to stop here to slow down, relax, and empty myself. Recently, I even have time to do nothing and be in a daze."

"Yes, that's how it is for the palace guards. Working here for two years is probably just to relax. And every three months, doctors from the Medical Academy come to do physical examinations and give us some medicine for recuperation and to solve hidden injuries. Plus, the food is good, and it feels like it's just for us to relax. To be honest, this period of time is the most relaxing time in all these decades." Cao Chuang said with some ease.

To be honest, this kind of relaxed environment, slow pace, good food, physical examination and recuperation once every three months, really allows these guys to relax.

Those who could serve as the imperial guards in Weiyang Palace had to have at least reached the fourth level of smelting. The experiences of this group of people had made their nerves somewhat tense, and some of the aftereffects of the battlefield also needed to be adjusted. A two-year relaxation period to alleviate the symptoms would also be beneficial to their condition.

To put it bluntly, this relaxed environment and the three-month physical examinations and maintenance are actually intended to extend the service life of these elite equipment. Machines need maintenance after being used for a long time, let alone people.

Especially those who can come to Weiyang Palace for rotation are the best veterans. Even if it is just to relax, prolong life, adjust mentality, etc., in Chen Xi's opinion, it is worth it. After all, if veterans of this level choose to go crazy because of the sequelae of the battlefield...

To be honest, it is really difficult to deal with. Even if there are veterans of the same level who can handle it, their exaggerated combat power can really cause a large number of casualties in a short period of time.

"I've adjusted everything at the Youzhou Ranch. It's too relaxed here. I feel like no one is working well." He Zhen poured a bowl of rice wine distributed to Cao Chuang by the kitchen, smacked his lips twice, and felt that life was indeed comfortable.

"You are the only one who has so many problems. I will report you tomorrow and have you transferred to the horse farm." Cao Chuang said unhappily. Then he thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Will you participate in the competition?"

"Participate in the competition? Oh oh oh, you mean the grand martial arts performance at the end of the year." After all, He Zhen had been a scout and had been collecting a lot of intelligence recently. Even though he had just arrived, he knew about the grand martial arts performance.

"Yes, there are many rewards. I plan to participate, but I don't think it will happen." Cao Chuang sighed and said, "This is the damn world consciousness curse. Damn it, I've fallen from the fifth level of smelting to the fourth level. Isn't this bullying?"

"Is this God's fault?" He Zhen glanced at his younger brother. "Look at me, I'm still at level 6. If you're new, practice more. The more you practice, the better you'll naturally be."

"That's easy to say." Cao Chuang sighed and said, "Are you sure you can make it into the top 100?"

"It's not a big problem." He Zhen thought for a while and said, as the brother who pioneered the Nineteen Slashes, he was still a little confident in his own fighting ability. "As for you, I guess you can't even hope to get a thousand. You're not as good as Henghe at that time. Be more careful. When the time comes, maybe the general will take a look."

Cao Chuang was silent for a while after hearing this. He was able to break through the Fleeting Light because some idiot dared to attack Liu Bei. The Fleeting Light that had been stuck for many years was used directly in a desperate situation. If Liu Bei was watching on the field, Cao Chuang felt that he would have to work harder.

"Huh?" Just when Cao Chuang made up his mind, he suddenly caught a message from a few minutes in the future, and his eyes lit up.

"Brother He, your sister-in-law is from Xuzhou, right?" Cao Chuang asked He Zhen.

"Yes, what's wrong? Do you want to eat the dishes cooked by your sister-in-law?" He Zhen scolded with a smile.

"Sikong Cao has abdicated." Cao Chuang said very seriously. Although they were all fleeting glimpses, one of Cao Chuang's fleeting glimpses was in the cracks of the future, which would bring Cao Chuang some future information from time to time. Although this information would only be from a few minutes later and could not be controlled by Cao Chuang, sometimes he would get some very surprising news.

"?" He Zhen was stunned for a moment, then began to think about what Cao Chuang meant, and Cao Chuang did not explain.

"Are you really abdicating?" He Zhen asked seriously.

"Yes, in three or four minutes at most, Brother Jing who comes out of the Government Affairs Office will secretly tell us." Cao Chuang nodded and said.

"Forget it. This has little to do with me. Although my wife's family has been affected, it is not serious, and my wife has not mentioned this on her own initiative. It is better for me not to get involved. My wife probably doesn't want me to get involved in such things." He Zhen thought about it and refused. There was no need to get involved. He and Cao did not have any deep hatred. As for the fact that his brother died under Cao Cao's command during the civil war, He Zhen was quite open-minded about this kind of hatred and would not hold it against Cao Cao.

"Then you can take over my shift for a while." Cao Chuang said to He Zhen. He Zhen nodded. Although he would not take the initiative to deal with Cao Cao, he would still do things to help him.

After saying a few words to He Zhen, Cao Chuang simply turned into a floating light and disappeared from the spot. There were many brothers from Xuzhou serving as personal guards in Weiyang Palace. This news was good news for these brothers anyway.

"Prime Minister Cao has fallen." After reading the secret report, Guo Jia handed the entire secret report and the information sent by Cao Ang to Zhuge Liang, and then said concisely.

"What the hell, how did Cao Sikong fall inexplicably?" Chen Xi looked at Guo Jia in confusion, "Wasn't he fine before? With Gongtai, Xun Wenruo and others, it shouldn't be like this, what do they do for a living?"

Zhuge Liang ignored Chen Xi's words, took the secret report handed to him by Guo Jia and read it quickly. After reading it quickly, he looked at Chen Xi and asked, "The title of marquis can be inherited without replacement. It's no problem for Cao Sikong to abdicate and Cao Zixiu to succeed. But can official positions be privately transferred without the consent of the country?"

Zhuge Liang did not dwell on how Cao Cao fell, but stood in front of the state law and directly asked the most essential point of the matter. I, Zhuge Liang, have nothing to say about the inheritance of the title, but can Cao Cao also inherit the official position of the state privately?

In the great Han Dynasty, could the official positions of the Three Dukes be transferred directly to other people without the permission of the state?
Hereditary nobility was the way it was done in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. No matter how bad the recommendation system of the Han Dynasty was, it at least had to go through a set of procedures. Your father was the Sikong appointed by the state, so he could command a group of officers. After your father fell, you, Cao Ang, took over as Sikong and continued to command a group of officers?
Who are you?

"Cao Zixiu controls the generals of Kandahar in his capacity as the Marquis of Wei. His current rank is only that of a regular attendant of the Central Court." Chen Xi said expressionlessly.

Although many of the Zhongchao Changshi were eunuchs, some of them were not. Cao Ang's rank was of this rank, which was not low. After all, no one who could enter the Zhongchao had a too low rank. After all, he was Cao Cao's son. But if you want to talk about how high the rank was, it was nothing compared to the two thousand stones for those present.

In addition, the position of the Grand Eunuch is only meaningful if you are at the center. If you are not at the center, then the position can basically be considered a gimmick. Cao Ang is such a gimmick.

But regardless of whether it is a gimmick or not, the position of the eunuch cannot command the military, let alone control the more than 100,000 troops in Kandahar. The soldiers are stationed in one place and are in charge of all internal and external affairs. This is not lower than the level of two thousand stones, but a level that only those present have.

"Marquis of Wei is a title, not a real position. All the general affairs of Kandahar should be gathered in Chang'an. It is a war zone, not an independent vassal state." Zhuge Liang looked at Chen Xi and said with a smile. He had been waiting for this opportunity before, and now the opportunity has come.

There is no need to do anything extra, just follow the rules and procedures. The title can be inherited, but the official position cannot. Cao has fallen, and the Three Dukes are not Cao Ang. How can a mere eunuch be in charge of the general affairs of the war zone and command the inside and outside? Who do you think you are?

"Lord Cao has only abdicated, but it has not been approved yet. Now it is Cao Ang who is temporarily taking over Lord Cao's previous position and exercising his duties." Chen Xi said with a complicated expression. He had realized that Zhuge Liang had already won the game at this point, because if Cao Cao abdicated completely, Cao Ang would not be able to take over according to the rules. Cao Ang could only take over the title, but not the power.

After all, the power was granted by the state, not by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao had no way of nominating his own son as one of the Three Dukes. The current situation was unrealistic in any case.

This is actually a loophole, a link that normally would not be considered if the people did not report it and the officials did not investigate it. But if Zhuge Liang showed up, this thing would be a dead end - what qualifications do you, Cao Cao, have to grant Cao Ang the position of controlling Kandahar? Is this the official position you, Cao Cao, can give him?

Even if it is hereditary nobility, it is not a reason for you, Cao Cao, to be one of the Three Dukes and your son can also be one of the Three Dukes at this age. Who do you think you are, Cao Cao, to regard the laws of the Han Dynasty as nothing?
"Then pass it. Why shouldn't an old minister like me pass it?" Zhuge Liang looked at Chen Xi calmly. Chen Xi was somewhat torn.

If he agreed to Cao Cao's abdication, Cao Ang would have to face the problem of losing his legal legitimacy. The Marquis of Wei was the Marquis of Wei, and the Three Dukes were the Three Dukes. He commanded this group of people not because of his high rank, but because he was the Sikong of the Han Dynasty.

If they did not agree to Cao Cao's abdication, then they would send Cao Cao back. Everything that had happened before would become a joke. It would be better to kill Cao Cao. At least he would still be dignified after death. If they forcibly sent him back...

It was an inglorious death, and it could even be considered as an explanation given by the Han Dynasty to Cao Cao.

"Agree to Sikong's request to retire and not enter Chang'an. Grant Cao Ang a seal and let him control Kandahar to see the results." Just when Chen Xi was in a dilemma, Li You turned his head to look at Zhuge Liang and gave a clear answer.

I am lying down, I don't want to work at all, miserable