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

"Ah? If...if it's like this, won't this Ministry of Revenue have two systems? Then...who should listen to whom in the end?" Li Shiji was confused for a moment, thinking that if it was like this, the Ministry of Revenue would be in chaos.

But Shen He beside him had already understood Ren Hao's intention, and immediately praised him, "Ren Gong's move of turning the tables is really brilliant."

"Wonderful? How is it wonderful?" Li Shiji was confused.

"My dear brother, your brain is usually very smart. Why is it that it becomes less smart after entering the palace today?" Ren Hao poured Li Shiji a cup of tea to wake him up, and told Li Shiji that the meaning of His Majesty's appointment of him as the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Revenue was to hand over all matters of the Ministry of Revenue to their own hands.

Except for the old Shangshu Liu, everyone else in the Ministry of Revenue is either the Prime Minister's men or Chen Yushi's men.

Your Majesty asked them to start with the Ministry of Revenue because it is the most important of the six ministries and the country's economic lifeline is in the hands of the Ministry of Revenue.

"Your Majesty really has good intentions." Li Shiji looked as if he had suddenly realized something and understood.

"Let's go." Ren Hao put on a black hat and led Shen He and Li Shiji into the palace to meet the emperor.

Since Ren Hao is now an official in the court, and he holds a token that allows him to enter and leave the palace at will, it is very convenient for him to see His Majesty the Emperor.

Soon, the three of them came to Tianlu Pavilion under the guidance of the old eunuch.

"My lord, I would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty."

The three of them bowed their heads and kowtowed to the ground, paying homage to the emperor in front of the imperial table.

"My three dear ministers, please don't be polite. Please take a seat." Wen Yan waved his hand and continued to eat.

The three of them sat down, and Ren Hao glanced at the imperial food on the imperial table.

"If you three haven't had breakfast yet, I'll ask eunuch to bring you some soup and pastries." Wen Yan asked, looking at the three of them.

"Your Majesty, the three of us have already had breakfast." Ren Hao replied.

"Then why are you three looking at me? Is there something wrong with my face?" Wen Yan asked, and then picked up the rice grains that fell on the table and put them into her mouth.

"Your Majesty, there are rumors among the people that your Majesty's daily meals are all delicacies from land and sea. However, today, I saw that your Majesty's meals are not delicacies from land and sea. In fact, your meals are not as good as the breakfasts of ministers."

After Ren Hao finished speaking, Shen He and Li Shiji beside him nodded.

From now on, if anyone in the capital dares to say that His Majesty eats delicacies every day, Li Shiji will be the first to disagree.

Your Majesty's breakfast is just ordinary white rice soup, white rice cake, and a small plate of pickled vegetables.

"Now the national treasury is empty, and the soldiers guarding the border can't get enough to eat. I would feel guilty if I were to eat delicacies every day." Wen Yan sighed, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and glanced at Ren Hao and Li Shiji.

On the one hand, she said that she was thrifty, but on the other hand, she was secretly asking Li Shiji and Ren Hao for money.

I'm living such a miserable life, and you two are both rich people, why don't you show some respect?

Li Shiji also heard the emperor's hidden meaning, and immediately knelt on the ground to express his position: "I am willing to share the hardships with your majesty and the soldiers guarding the border, and I am willing to offer 5,000 taels of silver and 50 shi of grain and grass."

"I am very pleased that you are so considerate of the soldiers on the frontier." Wen Yan nodded with satisfaction. Although five thousand taels of silver and fifty shi of grain and fodder were not much, there were not much left.

Since Li Shiji has already expressed his stance, it is impossible for Ren Hao to pretend to be stupid. He can only offer the same amount of silver and food.

As for Shen He next to him, he was quite embarrassed. He had no money and no food. What could he donate?

But he couldn't remain silent, since his lord and colleagues had already made offerings.

In the end, Shen He could only kneel down and say, "Although I have just entered the court and have no salary yet, Your Majesty is diligent and thrifty and sympathizes with the common hardships of the soldiers guarding the border. I deeply feel the same way. I am willing to do my best and give you all my salary next month."

"Okay, okay, I'll thank you for your kindness on behalf of the soldiers." Wen Yan nodded, then asked the old eunuch next to her to bring the pen and inkstone, and asked Ren Hao and Li Shiji to write a donation so that she could send someone to their house to get silver and food.

Ren Hao and Li Shiji were also speechless. His Majesty the Emperor was in such a hurry that he really didn't want to waste even a moment.

But nevertheless, they did it anyway.

After writing the donation, Wen Yan handed it to the old eunuch next to her, and then asked the three people what they wanted to see her for.

She didn't believe that the three of them came just to see how frugal she was in managing the household.

"Your Majesty, we need a number of doctors, assistant doctors and directors from various departments of the Ministry of Revenue." Ren Hao said bluntly without avoiding suspicion.

"Don't the Ministry of Revenue already have these staff? You just need to send them around at will. Why do you need to recruit them again?" Wen Yan asked.

Li Shiji who was standing beside him said, "Your Majesty, Minister Chen and his subordinates not only refused to obey our orders, but they also deliberately brought old documents from the Ministry of Revenue to the three of us. They said that they wanted us to understand, but in fact they were deliberately delaying the handover and were unwilling to obey our orders."

"How dare they do such a thing?" Wen Yan slammed the table in anger.

Although she knew that these people were either the prime minister's men or the censor's men, she did not expect them to be so bold as to bully even the Grand Marshal she had appointed and disobey her orders.

"Except for the old Shangshu, the rest of the officials in the Ministry of Revenue are either promoted by the Prime Minister or the Censor. They will definitely not obey my orders at will."

"I suggest that we recruit new doctors, assistant doctors and directors from various departments to directly replace them," Ren Hao proposed to the emperor.

Wen Yan fell silent at this time.

She originally wanted to let Ren Hao and others replace them one by one, but now she wants to replace them all at once, which will inevitably affect the operation of the Ministry of Households.

The Ministry of Revenue is the most important of the six ministries and there must be absolutely no chaos.

Ren Hao saw the emperor's worry and said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will never delay the normal operation of the Ministry of Revenue."

"How can you guarantee that?" Wen Yan asked.

"I have a more advanced set of Ministry of Revenue rules that can be used. The current Ministry of Revenue tax rules are outdated and chaotic, which makes it easy for officials to embezzle. It takes a lot of effort to check the Ministry of Revenue's tax records and household registration records for any year."

Ren Hao introduced to the emperor that his so-called more advanced records of the Ministry of Household Registration were actually copied from the modern tax bureau. The household registration and taxation of each county, village and town were merged, and then classified by county, village and town, with the years and months all marked outside the book.

This so-called merger means paying taxes according to household registration, setting up household departments in counties, towns and villages, which are directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households in Beijing and are not subject to the jurisdiction of local officials.

Previously, household registration and tax payment were separate, household registration was household registration, and tax was tax.

In the past, taxes were collected by the county from the prefecture, and then by the village from the county. Finally, the taxes were transported to the Ministry of Revenue in Beijing and paid into the national treasury.

Although this is simple and convenient, officials in counties, towns and villages are prone to corruption and false reporting when it comes to tax payment.