Duanmu Fenglei said very tactfully, in fact, he was threatening Ma Xiaoyao, if he didn't agree to his request, don't want to get the orchid leaf grass, this hand is very insidious, and it can be regarded as directly holding Ma Xiaoyao's lifeline.

Ma Xiaoyao's face twitched a few times: "Okay...... I stay...... Help you ......" these words can be said to be said through gritted teeth, he hates being threatened the most.

"Good!" Seeing that Ma Xiaoyao agreed, Duanmu Fenglei laughed: "I knew you would agree!" From now on, you will be the minister I appointed, and all officials in the country will be under your control, even those relatives of the emperor and the country, they will also be subject to you. Speaking of this, Duanmu Fenglei added: "Let go and do it!" I'll help you carry any basket! ”

"Since I promised you, I will definitely help you, but ......" Speaking of this, Ma Xiaoyao paused: "I am a little tough and rude in doing things, and if I don't do it well, I will hurt some people...... When the time comes......"

"It doesn't matter." Duanmu Fenglei waved his hand very generously: "As long as you do things reasonably, no matter how big the incident is, I will put pressure on you." ”

"I'm relieved to have your words." Ma Yao nodded.

……

In this way, Ma Xiaoyao became the minister of the Qincha, and then began to drastically rectify those problematic princes and ministers.

At first, these princes and ministers did not take Ma Xiaoyao in their eyes, thinking that Ma Xiaoyao was a useless guy who could not threaten them at all, besides, to investigate them, there must be conclusive evidence, Ma Xiaoyao was a newcomer, and he was alone, and it was impossible to get evidence.

But after a few days, these princes and ministers got tired of it, or they were worried, because this horse was too good to toss people, and there were a lot of ghost ideas, so that these princes and ministers couldn't guard against it.

The first thing Ma Xiaoyao did when he took office was to find a group of more upright subordinates, and then sent these subordinates out to collect evidence of the princes and ministers violating the law, and then Ma Xiaoyao set up a "public opinion poll" agency, and went below every day to ask the opinions of the people, as long as it was reported by the people, it was all recorded, and then the case-solving personnel went to investigate and collect evidence, if the facts were clear and true, they would be dealt with seriously.

In the past few days, there have been more than a dozen officials planted in Ma Xiaoyao's hands, but they are all petty officials.

That afternoon, Ma Xiaoyao sat alone in his study and pondered.

After many days of investigation, he found that many princes and ministers had oppressed the people and acted recklessly, but the hateful thing was that he could not find evidence! He's really attentive, but ...... After all, he is a person, his energy is limited, he can't be busy at all, and sometimes a negligence allows those princes and ministers to take advantage of the loopholes.

Duanmu Fenglei also often put pressure on Ma Xiaoyao, asking Ma Xiaoyao to quickly arrest a few typical characters to deter those ministers with unclean hands and feet, and at the same time prove to the people that he Duanmu Fenglei is a Ming Jun!

"Alas......" Ma Xiaoyao sighed softly: "There are not enough people...... Weak heart...... Oh my orchid grass...... When will you give it to me......" Ma Xiaoyao found some honest subordinates, but these subordinates were average in ability and couldn't help much at all.

"Your Excellency." A subordinate walked in quickly and handed a thick notebook to Ma Xiaoyao: "I found everything you wanted." ”

"Oh, that's fast." Ma Xiaoyao praised it, and then opened the book to read: "The record is very neat and clear, well, the person who wrote this book was attentive." When he turned to the back, Ma Xiaoyao stopped: "What does the alternate official mean by this?" ”

"It's a person who has a name, but no actual position." "There are so many people who have participated in the imperial examinations over the years, and there are simply not so many places to settle them, so we let them wait, and when they have a suitable position, let them take office, and we usually call these people alternate officials," he explained. ”

"Oh...... Is the number of alternate officers high? Ma Xiaoyao then asked.

"Many! Too much! The subordinate nodded: "According to my estimates, there are hundreds of thousands of people." ”

"How much?" Ma Xiaoyao was stunned.

"Hundreds of thousands." The subordinate replied: "This is only a conservative estimate, maybe it has exceeded a million." ”

"Good fellows." Ma Xiaoyao smacked his tongue secretly: "It's really enough." ”

"My lord, let me tell you, the current alternate officials have become a burden to the imperial court, although they don't work, but the imperial court also has to give them a salary, that is, to raise them for nothing! Every year, the imperial court loses a lot of silver......" his subordinates said with a wry smile.

"This is indeed a problem......" Ma Xiaoyao touched his bare chin: "Maybe...... I can help them improve their living conditions......"

The subordinates were stunned: "Do you have a way?" ”

The corners of Ma Xiaoyao's mouth curled slightly, revealing an unfathomable smile: "With these people, what else do I have to fear?" These alternate officials are a sharp sword! Kill whoever you want, who dares to provoke?! ”

"Your Excellency...... What do you mean by that...... Why can't I understand......" The subordinates were full of doubt.

Ma Xiaoyao slapped the notebook on the table and said with a smile: "You don't understand, it's right!" If you can understand, then you are the minister! Alright, I'm not kidding you...... I am now giving you a task, and you must complete it with quality and quantity, and there is no room for sloppiness. ”

"My lord, you said that as long as I can do it, I will do my best to complete it." The subordinate nodded heavily.

"You go out and spread the word that I can help those alternate officials arrange positions, and it's all fat." Ma Yao commanded.

"That's it?" The subordinates were stunned, he just saw what Ma Xiaoyao said solemnly, and thought it was something important, but who knew that it was such a trivial matter.

"If you do this well, I will take credit for you and reward you well in return." Ma Xiaoyao smiled: "Remember, spread the news widely, and it is best to let all the alternate officials know." ”

"Hey, I'll do it." The men turned and left.

Ma Xiaoyao leaned back in the chair, tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and said with a smile: "Look how I clean you up." ”

……

As soon as the news spread, a large number of alternate officials came to look for Ma Xiaoyao, and none of them came empty-handed, everyone carried gifts, expensive gifts, but in the end Ma Xiaoyao did not accept these gifts.

It took several days for Ma Xiaoyao to receive all the alternate officials, and after a brief exchange, he had some understanding of these alternate officials, and these people were still capable, but the opportunity was not good, and they didn't catch up with the good time.

But now it's okay, they've run into the horse! Give them a chance to show their talents!

Next, Ma Xiaoyao divided all the alternate officials into several groups, and then asked these alternate officials to investigate those princes and ministers, and Ma Xiaoyao made a promise that as long as the princes and ministers were found to have violated the law, they would be taken down on the spot, and then these alternate officials would take over their positions.

That's a good rule!

As long as those princes and ministers are pulled off the horse, then these alternate officials will be settled.

All the alternate officials have made every effort to investigate those princes and ministers, as the so-called number of people is powerful, and these alternate officials have been in the imperial city for many years, and have a very wide range of contacts and popularity, as soon as they go crazy, those princes and ministers can't stand it.

In the end, these princes and ministers could only go to Duanmu Fenglei for help, hoping that Duanmu Fenglei would stop Ma Xiaoyao and not let Ma Xiaoyao be so crazy.

Duanmu Fenglei was full of promises on the surface, but when he turned around, he threw the matter behind, Ma Xiaoyao was handpicked by him, and he asked Ma Xiaoyao to investigate these princes and ministers, and now that it has an effect, Duanmu Fenglei is too late to be happy, how can he punish Ma Xiaoyao?

Duanmu Fenglei pretended to be confused, and Ma Xiaoyao was forced too tightly, these princes and ministers immediately panicked, and finally they had to go to visit Ma Xiaoyao, hoping that Ma Xiaoyao could raise his noble hand and let them go, and the conditions were opened casually, no matter what conditions Ma Xiaoyao offered, they would agree.

Ma Xiaoyao is not as good at talking as Duanmu Fenglei, he directly blasted these princes and ministers out, and also put down cruel words: No matter who it is, as long as it violates the royal law, it must be dealt with seriously, and it should be killed, it should be imprisoned, and it should be removed from office...... No toleration! Of course, if you can turn yourself in and admit your guilt and report others for meritorious service, you can be given a lighter punishment.

Ma Xiaoyao is just a helmsman, what really scares these princes and ministers is those alternate officials, these alternate officials are even more fierce than jackals, don't talk about problems if you have a problem, I will definitely find out for you, no problem...... They will also toss you hard, and they will not stop if they don't toss you half to death.

This involves a problem of distribution of interests, and only by pulling these princes and ministers off the horse can they, the alternate officials, take the position! For the sake of their own future, they can only deal with these princes and ministers.

Although the means are a little despicable, the effect is excellent.

No, in just a few days, a large number of princes and ministers were pulled off the horse, and Ma Xiaoyao was not soft, and directly beheaded those who did a lot of evil, and those who were slightly lighter were sent directly to the prison, of course, in the process of execution, there were also a group of people who wanted to resist, or wanted to assassinate Ma Xiaoyao, but they were all suppressed by the soldiers, Duanmu Fenglei was ruthless this time, he not only gave Ma Xiaoyao the right to cut first and then play, but also mobilized a group of soldiers to protect Ma Xiaoyao, so that Ma Xiaoyao could let go of his hands and do it.

was rectified by Ma Xiaoyao like this, and the wind of officialdom was suddenly clear! Almost no one dares to do bad things anymore.

Next, Ma Xiaoyao gave Duanmu Fenglei a trick, that is, to implement the rotation system, so that officials above the fifth grade will be rotated every once in a while, you take his place, he takes your place, this has two advantages, first, in the face of different environments, dealing with different things, a time, the ability will definitely be improved, second, it can effectively prevent the occurrence of violations of laws and disciplines, for example, a person has been a prefect for three years, and then he was forcibly transferred away and replaced with a new person, After this person takes over the prefect, he will definitely check the old accounts of the past, and at this time he can find out whether the previous prefect is honest or mediocre, which can be regarded as a kind of supervision in disguise, of course, in order to prevent collusion and cover-up, it is necessary to send people to investigate thoroughly from time to time, and it is best to send some people who have a bad relationship with the other party, so that there will be no cover-up.

In the end, it is necessary to make cruel laws to restrain these people, to make them afraid, and only by being afraid will they not dare to break the law.

Anyway, Ma Xiaoyao came according to his own ideas, how to be effective and how to come, anyway, he is an outsider, and he has no relatives or friends here, so he has a lot less scruples.

I don't know when Ma Xiaoyao has an extra nickname, "Executioner", this nickname is given by those princes and ministers, and through this nickname, you can see how much these princes and ministers hold grudges and are afraid of Ma Xiaoyao.

Duanmu Fenglei was happy, he really didn't see the wrong person, Ma Xiaoyao really helped him solve a big problem.

Things were almost done, Ma Xiaoyao entered the palace to ask for Lan Ye Cao, this time Duanmu Fenglei did not refuse again, and directly handed over Lan Ye Cao to Ma Xiaoyao.

"How do I take it?" Ma Xiaoyao asked.

"Stir up and swallow directly." Duanmu Fenglei said: "It will be effective in about a day." ”

Ma Xiaoyao nodded: "I came here today, on the one hand, to ask for orchid grass, and on the other hand, to bid you farewell." ”

"Resignation?" Duanmu Fenglei was stunned: "You want to go?" ”

"Yes." Ma Yao nodded.

"This ...... You are a good official, why do you want to leave? Duanmu Fenglei asked, "Is it because the treatment is not good enough?" Or do you think the official is not big enough? ”

"Neither." Ma Xiaoyao shook his head: "I like to be alone, I don't like to be restrained ......"

"Think about it again, through this period of observation, I found that you are very suitable for being an official, and I still trust you very much, I very much hope that you will continue to be a ......" Duanmu Fenglei persuaded him.

"Your Majesty! Thank you for taking care of me during this time, I will come to see you when I have the opportunity in the future. After saying this, Ma Xiaoyao turned around and left, walking very chicly without the slightest hesitation.

Duanmu Fenglei sighed softly: "This horse is free...... It's really a bit ignorant of lifting...... I trust him so much and reuse him, he doesn't even think about reciprocating...... In that case, don't blame me for using the tricks......"

……

After only one day, Ma Xiaoyao came back, his face full of anger: "Didn't you persuade you to use the orchid leaf grass, it only takes one day to unlock my dantian?" Why is it that so far, only half of it has been solved? ”

"If you want to unlock the remaining half of the dantian, you have to continue to stay and be an official." Duanmu Fenglei said lightly.

"You count me?!" Ma Xiaoyao's eyes were cold.

"I was forced by you, too." Duanmu Fenglei didn't feel the slightest guilt, but said confidently: "If you honestly stay as an official, I won't make such a decision." ”