After a busy period of work, Hai Liu took the officials and wrote down the results in front of Ma De.

"Master, there are fifty-eight copies in total, except for the four prefects and the three governors of Zhizhou, everyone's results are here." Hailiu said.

"Hmm!" Ma De nodded, turned his head and smiled at Shi Shilun, "Master Shi! ”

"The lower official is here!" Shi Shilun was discussing with Lu Longqi what kind of calculation Ma De was making, and when he heard Ma De calling himself, he hurriedly stood up and answered.

"Please use official defense to seal these things!"

“…… What do you say, sir? Sealed these? Pointing to the pile of fifty-eight pieces of paper, Shi Shilun asked puzzled. In fact, it's not just him, others are also inexplicable. What is there to seal on these papers? It is also necessary to use the official defense of the Yamen.

"Yes, that's it! …… These things, Benfu won't look at them for the time being, and others won't let them see them! Mader laughed.

"May I ask Lord Futai, what do you mean by this?" Wang Xinlan asked cautiously.

"Hehe, Lord Wang, please wait a moment!" Ma De put his hands behind his back, glanced at the officials present, and then said with the pile of papers: "...... Everyone may think that this is just a piece of paper, but in Benfu's eyes, these papers are everyone's answer to their own tenure as an official! The answer here is your guarantee of the well-being of the people under your jurisdiction and your prediction of your own future! ”

"My lord, the lower officials don't understand!" Zhang Kai asked with his fists clenched.

"Don't understand? Haha, let's make it clearer! …… Xu Yue and the three dismissed their posts, and Anhui Province vacated three candidates for the prefect! The duties of these three prefects will be temporarily represented by Benfu, the political envoy Lu, and the envoy Shi. Two years later, when our last letter of guarantee for only one penny expires, among all the adults who have given answers here, three people with outstanding political achievements will be jointly promoted by the three of us to take over as the prefects of these three prefectures. Mader smiled.

"My lord, what you said is true?" A magistrate stood up and asked cautiously.

Since he dared to say this in front of so many people, Benfu naturally had to keep his word. No matter how thick-skinned I am Made, I don't dare to deceive the officials of a province with lies! Mader replied.

"Lord Futai, I'm afraid the imperial court won't let the seats of the three prefects be empty for two years, right?" Wang Xinlan asked again.

"That's a good question, Lord Wang. However, it is definitely not enough to just say it, you can wait and see! Mader smiled.

"Lord Futai......" The confidence attached to Ma De's words made everyone completely understand how powerful his hole cards were, and even the time for the imperial court to arrange the prefect could be postponed, and the energy required for this was really not a little bit. Therefore, when the magistrate asked again, there was already a trace of excitement in his tone...... From the prefect to the prefect, it is from the seventh grade to the fourth grade, and what is needed here is not just ten, eight or even decades for ordinary officials, but it often represents a lot of money and relationships! According to Ma De, two years later, three of these seven-rank officials will be able to take over as the prefect, although the probability is smaller, but it is far greater than spending money to get through the relationship. There are many monks and little porridge, and sometimes even if you spend money, you can't get an official position like the prefect. You don't see, how many donors are still waiting to fill the vacancy! This is only two years, and there is a joint recommendation from three senior officials in a province......

"Lord Futai," the magistrate held back his mood and asked Ma De, "May I ask what standard you mean by 'outstanding political performance'?" ”

"Hehe, the answer you are giving now is one of the criteria!" Ma De replied with a smile, "Two years later, the Benfu Society will send people to visit various places to calculate the approximate annual income of the people in various places, and then compare it with your answers today, and the higher the chances of improvement." ”

"Oh......" Dozens of magistrates were "buzzing" again, most of them didn't know how to increase the income of the people, but they didn't think of this for the time being, promotion, this is the thing they pay the most attention to now. They are either happy or unhappy now. However, most of the magistrates are very calm. Ma De's change of face just now made these people feel a little worried, I don't know what he wants to do, because they are afraid of being caught by Ma De and have some excuse to clean it up, so they don't dare to write high when estimating, nor dare to set too low, but it is more in line with the actual situation in their hearts. Of course, this does not include those who do not learn and do not care, do not care about people's livelihood, or are bold.

"Don't worry, everyone, it's not finished yet!" Ma De waved his hand, and then smiled: "The standard of excellent political performance is not just this, after all, some places in our Anhui are easy to make money, and some places are not very easy to develop, and besides, just by how much money is made, I am afraid that our academic and political king will not be able to see it, saying that I only care about the smell of copper and do not pay attention to education!" …… Do you think so? ”

"Lord Futai said it was funny!" Wang Xinlan's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly said. He hadn't thought of it that way. Xuezheng is actually a fat shortage, and he was able to stand firm in the storm of Anhui officialdom last year, of course, because he had nothing to do with the relief of the victims, and there were also many factors that were inseparable from the fact that he had always been careful as an official. Xu Yue and the others did everything they could to him, and he only helped to say a little bit, and once the wind was not in the right direction, he immediately remained silent. Now that Ma De has entered Anhui strongly, how can he provoke fire at this moment?

"Hehe," seeing Wang Xinlan's cautious performance, Ma De smiled slightly, and continued: "In terms of officials' political achievements, in addition to the good or bad lives of the people, this official also has to examine your official reputation!" If you mess up the topic for the evaluation in two years, you will definitely suffer, Benfu is here to remind you of a reminder, you don't have to forget this! …… Of course, your previous reputation officials will not care, just look at your performance in the past two years. I think two years should be enough for everyone to do something, right? ”

"Please rest assured, Lord Futai, the inferior rank will not dare to disappoint the adult!" After discussing for a while, the fifty-one prefects and the seven prefects of Sanzhou replied in unison.

"Don't worry, there's more! ......" Looking at this group of magistrates, Ma De smiled again, "There are those who are rewarded, and naturally there are those who are punished!" …… The best of the three will be promoted to the prefect, however, Benfu will also elect three officials in the province to be the worst officials in the past two years and depose them! Remember, it's also within two years! ”

"......" There is really no free lunch in the world! Seeing only Ma De's face-changing stunt again, the officials present were not too surprised...... They already have a certain amount of mental capacity.

"Survival of the fittest! That's what Benfu wants to tell you! You'd better think about it after you go back......" After Ma De finished speaking to the county magistrates, he said to Shi Shilun: "Lord Shi, after these answer sheets are sealed, please send them to the Xuezheng Yamen and hand them over to Lord Wang!" ”

"Give it to me?" Wang Xinlan was shocked, what did Ma De want to do?

"Not bad! Mr. Wang, you are our Anhui Xuetai people. As a teacher, it goes without saying that character and learning, and you have worked in our Anhui for so many years, everyone naturally trusts you. After these answer sheets are sealed, they will be handed over to you for safekeeping, and this Fu can rest assured. Mader said.

"Lord Futai has won the prize. However, since Lord Futai can trust the lower officials, the lower officials naturally dare not refuse! Wang Xinlan was overjoyed, this answer sheet was actually not very important. However, how could he not understand the meaning of Marder's gesture of giving him the task of safekeeping? This shows that Ma De does not want to be his enemy, which makes him feel more at ease because he has a leg with Xu Yue and others and is afraid that Ma De will settle accounts afterwards.

"Alright, that's all for today. Everyone has come from afar, please do a lot of Haihan! Ma De bowed to these magistrates.

"Don't dare!"

……

"Hailiu, send you out for me! …… Lord Wang, Lord Lu, Lord Shi, and General Zhao will stay. …… Several prefects, as well as three governors of Zhizhou, please stay for a while. Mader added.

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"You came all the way from Russia, both cars and people, and it will take at least half a year. I really don't understand, it's freezing and the road is far away, how did you get here? Mo asked as he stared at Yesenia.

Yesenia was angry and wanted to turn around for a while, and she also revealed to Mo Jing that she had encountered a Qing team on the road. As a result, Mo Jing immediately changed her mind and agreed that she and her team would stay in Nebuchu for the time being, and made good arrangements for them. Now, Yesenia was invited to her room by Mo Jing to have tea and "chat" together.

"Your tea is delicious, ma'am. I have to admit that you Orientals are actually very friendly and welcoming! Yesenia didn't answer Mo Jing's words, just drank tea vigorously, and at the same time kept praising Mo Jing.

"If you like it, I can send you some tea!" Mo Jing smiled slightly.

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"It's nothing, our country is the homeland of tea. …… By the way, Yesenia, you haven't answered my question yet! Mo Jing said with a smile again.

"Oh! In fact, we have been rushing this road for a year. Madame, I'm afraid you don't know something. We people were the ...... who lived in Paris," Yesenia's tone was a little more sentimental.

"Paris? I've been to Notre Dame! …… Listening to your tone, what seems to be going on there? Mo Jing asked.

"Have you been to the West? Oh my God, very few people from the East go to the West! You are amazing, ma'am! Yesenia was surprised.

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"Oh, that's right! ......" Yesenia did not hide it, and intermittently explained the matter to Mo Jing.