At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

Ren Hao said to the maid Qingzhu next to him: "Qingzhu, next time Master Li comes to our house, if I am here, you can let him in directly without making him wait."

"Okay, sir." Qingzhu nodded.

Then Ren Hao ordered Qingzhu to prepare ten large plates of marinated venison and ten kilograms of grass.

Afterwards, Ren Hao led the two of them to the guest room for entertaining guests.

At this time, Liu Min and Shen He were talking in the guest room.

When the two saw Ren Hao coming, they stood up at the same time.

"master."

"Mr. Ren." The two greeted Ren Hao.

Ren Hao waved his hand, motioning for the two to take a seat.

"Mr. Ren, who is this gentleman?"

Li Shiji looked Shen He up and down.

Before Ren Hao could introduce him, Liang Hao snorted first and said with a disdainful tone: "Isn't he just a southern barbarian?"

"Liang Hao, don't be so rude." Li Shiji scolded him immediately. How could he not see that the other party was a southern barbarian.

But for a southern barbarian to appear in the capital and sit in Ren Hao's house, he must have something extraordinary.

Afterwards, Li Shiji apologized to Shen He: "I am really sorry, sir. My guard is used to speaking rudely. Please forgive me."

"It's okay, it's okay. Your guard is right. I am indeed a southern barbarian." Shen He was not angry. Instead, he admitted it very generously.

Ren Hao immediately introduced: "Mr. Li, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Shen He, from the Linnan aristocratic family Shen."

"This is the royal relative Li, Li Shiji." Ren Hao introduced Li Shiji to Shen He.

"Nice to meet you." The two of them clasped their fists to each other.

"Oh, right."

"He is now a guest in my house and also serves as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue." Ren Hao added, then invited everyone to sit down and eat meat and drink wine.

Ministry of Revenue Left Vice Minister?

Although Li Shiji was a little confused, he didn't ask anything.

As for Liang Hao next to him, he couldn't help but burst into laughter, and even accidentally spit out saliva.

"Guard Liang, why are you suddenly laughing?" Ren Hao asked in confusion.

"Although Liang has never been an official in the imperial court, he knows the various positions in the Ministry of Revenue, but he has never heard of any left assistant minister."

"Master Ren, have you been deceived by this southern barbarian?" Liang Hao glanced at Shen He again. He thought that even if there were no people in the court, they would not allow southern barbarians to serve as officials.

Shen He did not get angry when Liang Hao kept calling him a southern barbarian. Instead, he explained to Liang Hao that the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was appointed by Ren Hao.

puff.

When Li Shiji heard that it was Ren Hao who conferred the title, he immediately spat out the thatched cottage cheese that he had just drunk.

Privately appointing officials is tantamount to blatant treason.

Liang Hao's eyes widened immediately, thinking that Ren Hao was really audacious. Not only did he recruit followers in the capital, but now he even boldly began to appoint officials privately?

Is this a rebellion?

"Master Ren, how many lives do you have? How dare you appoint officials privately?" Liang Hao asked with his eyes wide open.

"I only have one life." Ren Hao picked up the ear cup, took a sip of the Maotai slowly, then opened his mouth and took a bite of the venison that Qingzhu fed to him.

"You only have one life, and you dare to appoint officials privately?"

"In a few days, when you become bolder, will you even confer an official title on the servants beside you?" Liang Hao glanced at Qingzhu who was helping Ren Hao pick up venison with chopsticks.

"If the emperor allows it, it's not impossible." Ren Hao said jokingly.

Li Shiji hurriedly stopped him and said, "Master Ren, you can't say such treasonous words. If this gets to His Majesty's ears, you will definitely be dead!!!"

"Young Master, I think Master Ren has gone crazy. We'd better not get too close to him to avoid getting into trouble in the future." Liang Hao stood up and said.

Ren Hao saw that Li Shiji and Liang Hao were both in a panic, so he said, "Why are you panicking? I didn't appoint Shen He as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue randomly. I did it with the permission of His Majesty."

"That's right. My Ren Gong is now the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Revenue, who is on the same rank as the Shangshu." Shen He nodded repeatedly.

"Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Revenue?" Li Shiji was suddenly stunned and completely confused.

Ren Hao nodded and explained the whole story. He was appointed as the Grand Chancellor of the Ministry of Revenue by the emperor, and he was also allowed to directly appoint two vice ministers of the Ministry of Revenue.

Depend on.

"If that's the case, why didn't you say so earlier?"

"My master has been worrying for nothing." Liang Hao snorted and sat down again.

"You don't let me speak, and you keep chattering there." Ren Hao shrugged helplessly.

"Since it's just a misunderstanding, it's fine."

"Come on, let's raise a toast to celebrate Master Ren. Oh no, let's drink to Master Ren."

"I wish him success in his future career!!!" Li Shiji raised his glass first, followed by Liu Min and Shen He, but Liang Hao did not move.

In the end, Li Shiji glared at Liang Hao, and he reluctantly raised his glass.

This Liang Hao really doesn't understand anything. He eats and drinks Ren Hao's food, yet he still acts like a show-off.

If it weren't for Li Shiji's sake, Ren Hao would have kicked Liang Hao out long ago.

"Forget about having a successful career. I just hope to live in peace in the court." Ren Hao raised the cup in his ear, smiled, and drank it first.

Then several people drank it all in one gulp, and Qingzhu next to them picked up the wine jug and refilled the wine for everyone.

……

After a few rounds of Maozi, everyone was too drunk to bear it anymore and lay down. Only Ren Hao and Li Shiji were left in the huge guest room.

Qingzhu beside them added some venison for the two of them. Ren Hao picked up the ear cup and asked, "Mr. Li, you are returning to the capital today to report. Did His Majesty give you anything as a reward?"

If Ren Hao didn't bring this up, Li Shiji would have felt better.

But when this matter was brought up, Li Shiji felt worse than if he had eaten a fly.

Although his father Li Shu said that His Majesty did not exterminate their Li family, that was the greatest reward.

But for Li Shiji, it was still a little hard to accept.

After all, even if there is no credit, it still requires hard work.

He was busy dealing with a lot of messes in Anyang, but in the end he got no reward at all, which was really frustrating.

"Oh, don't mention it." Li Shiji sighed indescribably and directly picked up the ear cup and poured himself a glass.

"Your Majesty did not reward me with anything, but just asked me to go back and rest."

"But it's also true. The Anyang incident was caused by my cousin Yi of the Li family. Your Majesty did not use this incident to destroy our Li family. This can be considered a reward." Li Shiji quoted his father's words and forced himself to comfort himself.