At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

It seems that the two families hold a wedding together, which seems to have a different meaning, and it feels quite special.

But for most people, the so-called special means getting more rewards.

Food, drink, clothing, and money, officials, officials, ordinary people and the army of Yecheng, all received rewards, and everyone smiled happily.

Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang and others in the cabinet naturally did not forget to congratulate each other. Of course, they took the opportunity of eating during the lunch break to say a few words.

They only have a little time at this time, and they can only work hard at other times.

There is always something to do.

The previous political turmoil did not affect the cabinet.

The cabinet is all trusted ministers handpicked by Guo Peng, and the political turmoil outside will not affect the cabinet, but the [-] brothers in the cabinet are not ignorant of what is going on outside.

The beheading of a veteran entrepreneur and a well-known scholar is not a major event on the whole.

But Guo Peng's old friend was killed, and a scholar who followed him earlier was killed.

The two committed the crime of treason, and the specific content was to murder the little emperor.

It is said that after they were killed, Guo Peng didn't eat for two days and didn't see anyone for three days. In the end, Cheng Yu led the ministers to ask again and again, and Guo Peng barely resumed eating.

I don't know if it's true or not, but everyone is spreading rumors that Guo Peng doesn't seem to want to kill them. The reason why he wants to kill them is because someone insists on it.

The matter ended very quickly, and soon, no one continued to discuss.

Then the news of Guo Jin's marriage came, and Guo Peng rewarded the world, and the Wei officials who benefited immediately sat upright on their buttocks.

Chapter 702 Zhuge Liang decided to lose weight

The behavior of Wei officials sitting upright is obviously not an individual behavior, but a spontaneous behavior of a group.

For example, Xu Shu straightened his butt very quickly.

"If you ask me, this matter is really not what King Wei wanted. Zang Hong was a good friend of King Wei when he was in Luoyang Taixue. Hong is on the side to protect and accompany King Wei."

Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang sat together, sighed while eating: "Who would have thought that things would come to this point, who would have thought that they would want to murder Jinshang? Although Jinshang is young, he is the emperor after all. Shaoguo suspected that it was just... oh..."

Xu Shu was quite emotional about this.

While eating, Zhuge Liang looked up at Xu Shu.

"What are you looking at me for? There are rice grains on my face?"

Xu Shu touched his face strangely.

"Are you concerned about these things?"

Zhuge Liang swallowed the food in his mouth and asked.

"That's natural. Everyone is discussing this matter. It's the Xun family and a friend of the King of Wei. Such two people conspired against each other and murdered Jinshang. No matter how you think about it, it's surprising, right?"

"No matter how surprised it is, it's not something I should consider."

Zhuge Liang turned his head: "So many government affairs every day can't fill your head? Or is it that the reward from King Wei can't fill your stomach?"

"Well you Kong Ming, you hurt me again, I..."

Xu Shu suddenly realized something, and hurriedly asked: "Kong Ming, did you guess something again? You are very smart, tell me quickly, don't hide it."

"What can I think of? I'm just a villager."

Zhuge Liang ate in a leisurely manner: "It is my honor and the blessing of my ancestors to be honored to serve in the cabinet of the King of Wei. I don't have to worry about food and clothing, and I have a bright future. I'm too happy. Other things I don't think about it."

"No, no."

Xu Shu grabbed Zhuge Liang's sleeve: "You must know something, did brother Ziyu tell you? Tell me a little bit, what else can we hide between you and me?"

"Elder brother didn't tell me anything. Elder brother is not a high-ranking official, is he? How do you know?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head unhurriedly: "I mean, ordinary people can pay attention to this matter, but we have to think about other things."

"Other things?"

Xu Shu was a little confused.

"Can a dead person be resurrected?"

Zhuge Liang asked a seemingly nonchalant question.

"Naturally not, life and death have fate, this is the law of heaven."

Xu Shu frowned suspiciously.

"Since you also know that people cannot be resurrected after death, why are you still so concerned? What do the Xun family and the Zang family have to do with you? You want to have a relationship with them, but they still don't want to have a relationship with you."

Zhuge Liang gave Xu Shu a disgusted look: "The thing has already happened, so don't think about it so much, what you should think about is that the mistakes these people made cannot be repeated, and you have to understand that at this moment, with the status and status of you and me, you can't do it too much." Speaker."

"so what should I do now?"

Xu Shu looked at Zhuge Liang.

"Low your head and eat."

Zhuge Liang said: "Then, put your head down and work hard."

After speaking, Zhuge Liang began to eat with his head down, and stopped talking to Xu Shu.

Xu Shu looked dissatisfied at Zhuge Liang's starving appearance, and began to bury his head in eating.

Needless to say, after Duke Wei was promoted to King Wei, he received a lot of benefits, and the free and free meals also tasted a lot better.

It is said that Guo Peng felt that the food in the mansion could be improved, so he transferred a few old firemen from the army who were good at cooking to the mansion, and cooked for everyone with special cooking utensils for the army.

It is said that it is called an iron pot. Except for the army, only a few dignitaries can afford it now, and they have to make great contributions. Guo Peng specially rewarded cooks who can cook with iron pots to them so that they can eat stir-fried vegetables.

The feeling is really different. It was stewed at first, and some barbecued meat improves the taste from time to time, but in general, it is soupy, and the seasoning is relatively monotonous, purely salty.

But everyone has been eating like this since they were young, and they are used to it, and they don’t think there is anything wrong with it. Some people from poor families still think that the food in the cafeteria is delicious in the world.

But now after eating this thing called stir-fried vegetables, I obviously feel some changes, the taste is more, the color of the dishes has become very bright, and the smell is very fragrant.

I don't know what seasoning method the cook used. Everyone felt that the taste of this stir-fried dish was much better than the original stewed dish.

The original dishes were all white with no color, but now some stir-fried dishes show a different kind of dark red color, which is very fragrant. Everyone's mouth is full of oil, and they are very happy, so their appetites increase.

Those who could only eat one bowl of rice in the past can now eat two bowls, and those like Zhuge Liang who could eat two bowls before can now eat three bowls.

So Xu Shu suspected that Zhuge Liang was secretly working as a ranger without telling him. This guy eats more than him. Even though he looks good at eating, his taste is really unambiguous.

Zhuge Liang's mouth chewed so fast that he was amazed.

In the past few days, Xu Shu could clearly feel that Zhuge Liang had become fatter.

So he was blunt.

"Kong Ming, why do I feel that you seem to be... fat?"

"!!!"

Zhuge Liang was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and looked at Xu Shu in shock, his mouth that was chewing quickly also stopped.

"Why do you look at me like this? You are fat. You can clearly see that your face and stomach are fat."

Xu Shu pointed at Zhuge Liang's face and stomach solemnly.

"Really?"

Zhuge Liang asked.

"real."

"Don't tell lies?"

"When did I lie to you?"

Xu Shu shook his head: "Your wife never mentioned that you are fat? You shouldn't, it's obvious."

"No...no..."

"It's no wonder that you eat so much every day, eat three bowls in one meal, and sleep when you have time, so you will inevitably gain weight."

Xu Shu didn't take this matter to heart, but Zhuge Liang really cared about it.

Looking at the unfinished food in front of me, I once had the idea of ​​not wanting to continue eating.

But adhering to the concept of not wasting food, and the food was so delicious, Zhuge Liang endured the grief and ate all the food, and secretly vowed to start eating in moderation while chewing.

As a handsome man, Zhuge Liang has always been very satisfied with his appearance. If his appearance declines due to gaining weight, Zhuge Liang will not be able to bear it.

In the future, I will have to rely on this face to make a living.

Zhuge Liang, who is well versed in the unspoken rules of getting promoted and getting rich, decided to lose weight.

When Zhuge Liang was worried about his own future because of getting fat, Sima Fang was also worried about Sima's future.

Chapter 703 710 Er Sima's family is unhappy

Sima Fang should feel worried.

He couldn't help but not worry.

In fact, he started worrying more than two years ago, only more recently.

Because Xun Yu, the son of Xun's family in Yingchuan, who he was very optimistic about and recommended for his son Sima Lang to be an official, committed treason and was killed.

Sima Lang was recommended by Xun Yu to become an official, but it was not easy.

Sima Fang found Cao Cao by relying on his own relationship, Cao Cao went out to mediate with Xun Yu, and then Xun Yu recommended Sima Lang as an official.

The Sima family was very happy at that time.

The Sima family is not a traditional family of scholars, not a family of standard poets and books, but a family of scholars transformed from a military general family. family.

It was only from Sima Fang's generation that the Hanoi Sima family officially entered the family and transformed into a scholar family.

The Sima family can be said to be a kind of goalkeeper.

However, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, if you said that people were generals, they might not be happy.

So the Sima family was very unhappy.

A family of several generations can be regarded as a wealthy family for generations, but because they are military generals, they are not accepted by scholars, so they can only work hard to study and transform, and finally completed the transformation from generals to nobles in Sima Fang's generation. .

Sima Fang had eight sons, known as Sima Bada, who began to study and study since they were young.

Instead of joining the army, take the road of becoming an official with filial piety and honesty, and move forward to a more pure scholar family.

The families of generals have no future, but the families of scholars have a future. This is the general trend.

This point has been clearly understood by several generations of the Sima family, and everyone is moving in this direction.

Earlier, after Guo Peng captured Hanoi, the Sima family returned to live in Hanoi from the place of refuge.

At that time, Han Hao, the prefect of Hanoi, liked Sima Lang's talent, so he was willing to enlist him as an official, but Sima Lang rejected Han Hao's call.

Are you kidding me, a mere prefect of Hanoi, a local powerful man, what qualifications does he have to be the leader of the Sima clan?

After being called by you, I will become your old official and work for you for the rest of my life. No matter what, I have to weigh whether your weight is enough, right?

The Sima family had spent so much effort in transforming into a gentry family, and now that they finally saw the light of day, how could they lower their status and accept the call of a prefect who was born as a powerful landlord?

So Sima Lang rejected Han Hao with the support of Sima Fang.

Sima Fang once recommended Cao Cao to serve as an official in Beibei Wei during his tenure. He was kind to Cao Cao. Remember this kindness.

So when Sima Fang found Cao Cao and asked Cao Cao to mediate for Sima Lang, Cao Cao couldn't refuse.

The Sima family hoped to be recommended by famous nobles, and it would be best if the nobles from Yingchuan, because they wanted to embrace the thighs of the Yingchuan nobles. It will be able to break into the inner circle of the Yingchuan gentry in a fair manner.

The relationship between Cao Cao and the Chen family was not so good. When the Zhong family did not serve under Guo Peng's command, there was only the Xun family.

Cao Cao had some contacts with Xun Yu before, so he had the cheek to find Xun Yu, who was still the second-in-command of the government affairs office and a high-ranking official, and hoped that Xun Yu could call Sima Lang as a subordinate official and give Sima a little support.

Xun Yu himself didn't have much thought. Considering some previous friendships and Cao Cao's status as Guo Peng's wife and brother, he thought that he couldn't refute Cao Cao's face, otherwise it would be difficult to see each other in the future.