Chapter 363 Black Box Operation
Chen Xi is helpless about the current situation and can only think of ways to shift the focus to education and strive to make the next generation of female students independent and self-reliant. At least don't quit your job directly. I can give you maternity leave.
Chen Xi even invited Diao Chan, Cai Wenji and others to do ideological work for the female officials in Luoyang who had resigned, but unfortunately, the effect was minimal.
Later, Chen Xi himself gave up and could only place his hopes on the next generation of female students and provide them with necessary guidance. Chen Xi also specially compiled a set of teaching materials suitable for female students to encourage them to work hard to become bigger and stronger.
During the period when the female official in Luoyang had just taken office, the changes were unusually great. Some buildings were demolished, making the entire city layout much more reasonable, and it also looked more prosperous than before.
Most of the plans led by Chen Xi and others were practical in nature, and the finished products were so unbearable to look at. Xun Yu, Lu Su and others had no idea about decoration.
In the hands of these female officials, the cultural atmosphere and living environment became perfect.
As for the price? Maybe it was just a little more money, but for Chen Xi, things that could be solved with money were not problems at all.
In order to set an example, Chen Xi specially found two relatively important positions for Diao Chan and Cai Wenji, one was the palace steward and the other was the librarian.
There is nothing much to say about Diao Chan's palace steward. There are not many people left in the entire palace, except Empress He and the eldest princess. Basically, his job is to prepare supplies for these two and enforce the rules and regulations of the palace.
The palace was guarded by the Yulin Army, and the eunuchs and palace maids were managed by the old minister Qian Shuo, so there was basically nothing to do. However, the treatment of the official position was a real third-rank official. In addition, since it was in front of the palace, everyone who saw him had to call him the general manager.
Compared with a group of grown men, Diao Chan is indeed more suitable to handle such matters. After all, it would be a waste of talent for the princess to go directly to Xun Yu and others for some problems. So Diao Chan was pushed to the princess' side as a secretary.
Being a librarian is also a good job for Cai Wenji. First of all, as an administrator, Cai Wenji can borrow the latest books in the library at any time, and can take them away at will after get off work. For the academic master Cai Wenji, it is simply a paradise.
After all, he is an administrator, not a staff member, and he has many people under him who are responsible for the work. It is a not-so-small job, but he is also responsible for correcting errors in certain books.
Cai Wenji was not just a vase. She held a zither in her left hand and books in her right hand. The scholars she attracted could fill the entire Luoyang.
Moreover, with the help of his father Cai Yong who built the Dongguan Library, he had already read nearly 100,000 volumes of books. It can be said that he is familiar with all kinds of knowledge. Chen Xi is relieved to have such a top student in charge.
In fact, a better choice would be the great scholar Cai Yong. Unfortunately, Cai Yong, like Lu Zhi, could not accept Guo Hao and Chen Xi's attempt to recreate the splendor of the Hundred Schools of Thought. He flatly rejected Chen Xi's invitation and went straight into the Imperial Academy to teach.
As a librarian, the treatment was basically equivalent to that of a third-rank official in the imperial court, so there were so many people competing for the position that many of the characters who had been killed were all furious and jumped out one after another.
Even though there are Xu Gan, one of the Seven Sages of the Jian'an Period, Chen Hua, the future Minister of the Wu State, and even Li Qingzhao, who appeared on a recruitment order, there are still a lot of ruthless people eyeing them covetously.
The biggest threat among them is Li Qingzhao. As one of the four great talented women, Li Qingzhao is as good as Cai Wenji in figure, appearance and talent. It is estimated that Cai Wenji will win only in the aspect of playing the zither.
But Li Qingzhao was a poet, and there was no doubt that her poems were better than Cai Wenji's.
Surrounded by powerful enemies, Chen Xi started to play black box games. No matter how ruthless these people were, they were obviously no match for Cai Wenji who had Chen Xi standing behind them.
Even Chen Xi didn't do anything shady. He just dropped three exams. After the exams, Cai Wenji got the highest score. She then successfully ran for the position of librarian and became one of the role models for women.
Cai Wenji was not first in every exam, not even second or third. But when the scores of the three exams were combined, Cai Wenji instantly became first.
During the whole process, Chen Xi did not reveal any of the questions, it was all Cai Wenji's real talent and knowledge, which was also recognized by all the contestants.
The black box that Chen Xi made was three questions he personally selected, all three questions that Cai Wenji was very proficient in, while the other contestants were not very good at one or two of the questions, so the final total score was terrible.
At that time, the people in the Government Affairs Office couldn't even look at Chen Xi and felt ashamed.
Any wise person can see the trick at a glance. How can it be such a coincidence? Everyone has their weaknesses in the three questions.
Chen Xi simply overlapped the things that everyone was not good at and then came up with three questions.
Everyone on the third floor of the Government Affairs Hall is a smart guy, and no one said anything. Since all three questions Chen Xi answered were related to books, you can't say that Chen Xi cheated. You can only say that some people are just lucky.
However, after Chen Xi handled the matter properly, everyone was satisfied and the matter was left unresolved.
Chen Xi sent those with strong abilities to the Government Affairs Office to help out and hone their skills, and those with weaker abilities were sent to counties near Luoyang to serve as officials.
Anyway, after a series of dazzling operations, everyone is a beneficiary, so naturally there is no resistance to Chen Xi's arrangements.
With the lessons learned from the previous experience, Li Ru and others had no idea about letting Lu Lingqi go. They nodded one after another, agreeing with Chen Xi's approach.
"What about Guan Ping? Let him recruit soldiers locally?" Jia Xu asked suddenly.
"Just send him to Yizhou. It's a good opportunity to keep Zilong in Luoyang to build a blast furnace for steelmaking. Then we can build it near various coal mines and iron mines to facilitate production!" Chen Xi said shamelessly.
Only he would have the nerve to say such a thing as leaving behind a tool to break the boundary and giving Liu Bei the ability to use internal energy to leave his body. Even the black-hearted Li Ru was thinking about how to compensate Liu Bei.
"If we can't win, just send more supplies over. I heard from the general that there are tough guys in southern Xinjiang." Chen Xi shrugged and said indifferently.
The current imperial court lacks livestock and construction, but it has no shortage of materials used in war. The brilliant results of the alliance with the three waves of families directly made Chen Xi's starting capital soar.
They reproduce rapidly in a short period of time, just like mitosis, one divides into two, two divides into four, growing exponentially.
For this purpose, Chen Xi had almost captured all the idle people in Luoyang, Chang'an and other areas. Millions of strong laborers were working frantically, making the supplies at Chen Xi's hands more and more abundant. Chen Xi had even begun planning to popularize light armor throughout the army.
You should know that this light armor is made entirely of hard steel, with a layer of steel on the outside and a layer of leather on the inside, and all of it is warmed through large-scale secret techniques to ensure that it can be used after .
Using the professional terminology of players, it means starting to popularize green suits throughout the army, highlighting a country's wealth.
You should know that this kind of green suit is usually worn by veterans. It is a magical thing that can at least increase the chance of winning on the battlefield by 10%. If it can be popularized throughout the army, the amount of steel and fur it would cost would be an astronomical figure.
However, Chen Xi's plan was just one. For a country that had just stabilized, it was a bit of a war of aggression. Chen Xi only planned to let Zhao Yun help expand the number of blast furnaces so that he could free up his hands to do such a crazy thing later.
Under the Weiyang Palace, Huo Qubing suddenly jumped up, directly shattering the virtual battlefield with Han Xin and Bai Qi.
"Hey, kid, what are you doing?!"
Han Xin, who was originally in high spirits, suddenly became furious. He was just about to use a big move to defeat Bai Qi and Huo Qubing, but Huo Qubing directly overturned the battlefield. How could he not be angry?
"Jiang Boyue! That kid Jiang Boyue is back!"
Huo Qubing was extremely excited. The colorful world outside was so wonderful. What was the point of staying underground all day and watching two perverted military gods fighting with each other? He failed to capture the Huns' military soul last time, so this time when he went out, he would definitely grind the Huns into ashes!
"Jiang Boyao? Is that the guy you possessed before?" Han Xin touched his chin, recalling what Huo Qubing had said before.
"It's useless. An internal energy leaving the body can't help us shield ourselves from the bombardment of the heavens. Moreover, with the completion of the Nine Cauldrons, the national destiny underground is almost becoming a reality. Now even a thought can't be transmitted. What's the point of him coming back!"
Han Xin became more and more frustrated as he spoke. It was indeed a good thing to have Bai Qi and Huo Qubing as his opponents. The three of them often fought to a stalemate.
However, the world of mind images is still imperfect. Without the participation of highly trained military gods and logistical advisers, they can only treat this as a game. It is a world away from the real battlefield.
For most scumbags, it is definitely enough, but unfortunately none of the three of them are easy to deal with, and the disharmony in their commands is driving them crazy.
"Jiang Wei is different. He awakened me. As long as we can contact the current general through him, we will be free!"
Huo Qubing became more and more excited as he spoke. Then he sat cross-legged on the ground and used all his spiritual power to communicate with Jiang Wei.
If it was before the Nine Cauldrons were built, he would have already run into Jiang Wei's body. Unfortunately, the Nine Cauldrons stabilized the country's destiny, which was a disaster for the three of them.
Jiang Wei vaguely felt the call and instantly realized that this might be a call from Marquis Guanjun. After reporting the intelligence, he immediately invited Guo Hao to go to Weiyang Palace to find out what was going on.
Of course Guo Hao agreed. He had seen it when he transformed into the three-legged golden crow. There were three golden gas clouds in the Weiyang Palace, but there was no manifestation of luck.
It’s a pity that he found nothing in the Weiyang Palace. Han Xin and the other two shouted themselves hoarse in the underground but still failed to make any contact, and in the end, the matter was left unresolved.
Therefore, Guo Hao was very interested in the feeling that Jiang Wei mentioned, and he took Jiang Wei directly into the Weiyang Palace.
"Here he comes, here he comes, you two help me!" When Huo Qubing felt Jiang Wei coming above his head, he couldn't hide his excitement at all.
