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

All the officials of the Ministry of Revenue looked at Chen Lang.

Chen Lang's face showed no emotion at this moment, but he was extremely unhappy in his heart.

All the officials in the Ministry of Revenue thought that Chen Lang would take over from the old Minister Liu and become the new Minister of Revenue.

But in the end, they never expected that His Majesty the Emperor would actually ignore Chen Lang.

You have to know that Chen Lang worked as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue for a full twenty years. Even if he had no merit, he had worked hard.

At least Chen Lang should be appointed as an acting minister, or at worst he should be given an acting minister to exercise power.

The officials of the Ministry of Revenue were all secretly standing up for Chen Lang, but no one dared to stand up.

In the end, it was Gao Chen who stood up and spoke up for Chen Lang.

After all, if Ren Hao really holds power, he will not be far from returning home to farm.

"Your Majesty, I oppose the appointment of Sikong to control the Ministry of Revenue."

Gao Chen stood out from the team and set an example for the officials from the Ministry of Revenue.

"I object, too."

With Gao Chen's stance, the other officials from the Ministry of Revenue followed suit and stood up.

They all want to support Chen Lang.

Wen Yan was secretly unhappy, but still asked, "Why do you object?"

"Ren Sikong has just been in the Ministry of Revenue for a few days. Not only did he not review the old household and tax records of the Ministry of Revenue, he also abused his power to recruit officials of all ranks in the Ministry of Revenue."

"If we hand over the power of Shangshu to Ren Sikong now, it will probably cause trouble." Chen Lang stood up and said, then secretly looked at Zhao Pingan in front of him, hoping that Zhao Pingan could speak for him.

After all, he is also Zhao Ping'an's disciple.

"Your Highness and I suggest that Minister Chen take over the power of the Minister."

"He has been in office for twenty years and is familiar with all matters of the Ministry of Revenue." After Gao Chen made his suggestion to Wen Yan, the other officials of the Ministry of Revenue also echoed his voice, requesting His Majesty to grant Minister Chen the power to act as the Shangshu.

"I, your humble servant, also think that it would be more appropriate to grant the power of acting minister to Minister Chen."

"During this time as the Minister of Revenue, Ren Hao has accomplished nothing except abusing his power."

Zhao Ping'an stepped forward at the right moment to speak for Chen Lang, and in order to prevent Ren Hao from gaining a foothold in the Ministry of Revenue, he also brought up Ren Hao's previous remarks.

"I still remember that Sikong Ren once boasted that if he was given the right to mint coins, the national treasury would be more than full within a month."

"But now the agreed time has long passed, and we have not seen Ren Sikong take out a single cent."

As soon as Zhao Ping'an said this, all the ministers started talking and finally remembered this matter.

Wen Yan frowned secretly.

"Your Majesty, you wouldn't have forgotten about this, would you?" Zhao Ping'an reminded.

"Oh, if the Prime Minister hadn't mentioned this, I would have really forgotten about it." Wen Yan nodded as if she remembered it, but in fact, how could she forget such an important thing.

She had never asked about this matter in the court because she was afraid that Ren Hao would not be able to stop Haikou from speaking out for the time being.

But now that Zhao Ping'an mentioned this, she could only bite the bullet and ask, "Ren Aiqing, how much money have you earned for me during this period? Can it be enough to make up for your previous promise?"

"I have already prepared five thousand kilograms of silver and eight thousand kilograms of copper coins for Your Majesty."

"It's just that Your Majesty has been busy with government affairs recently, and I have not dared to disturb Your Majesty." Ren Hao reported confidently.

what.

Five thousand kilograms of silver and eight thousand kilograms of copper coins?

All the ministers looked confused, even Xu Tianyin looked surprised.

This so-called kilogram number is really unheard of.

The ministers nearby knew that the Xu family was the richest in Beijing, so they immediately asked quietly: "Minister Wu, this... 5,000 kilograms of silver and 8,000 kilograms of copper coins, how much is this in total?"

"I don't know." Xu Tianyin shook his head. He had never heard of such a strange number.

After all, weight is calculated in stones. This is the first time I've heard of kilograms.

"What is this so-called kilogram?" Wen Yan asked in confusion.

"Your Majesty, this so-called kilogram is a new counting method I learned from an old man. These fifteen kilograms are equivalent to the weight of one stone." Ren Hao explained to Wen Yan.

After all, he couldn't tell Wen Yan that this was a modern counting method.

One stone of Han stone weighs thirty jin, or fifteen kilograms.

"Hmph, who cares about the new counting or not, where are the silver and copper coins you mentioned?" Zhao Ping'an asked hurriedly.

"I think."

"They have almost been carried out of the palace by General Wuming. Your Majesty, please have someone carry them into the palace." Ren Hao said without any panic.

"Yes." Wen Yan waved his hand, and the old eunuch personally led a group of imperial guards out of the hall and brought all the silver and copper coins into the hall.

This makes fifty boxes in total.

Each box was filled with silver bars and copper bars.

The weight of each strip is a standard one kilogram.

However, Zhao Ping'an did not believe this count. He was afraid that Ren Hao was fooling people, so he asked the officials of the Ministry of Revenue to re-weigh according to the Han Shi method and finally calculate the total number of taels.

"Ren Sikong, it's not too late for you to admit your mistake now."

"If the money is not enough to fill the national treasury after weighing, you will be guilty of deceiving the emperor." Zhao Ping'an glanced at Ren Hao and smiled sinisterly.

"If you don't mind the trouble, just weigh it casually." Ren Hao smiled fearlessly and let Chen Lang and the others weigh it casually.

Chen Lang and Gao Chen, along with other officials from the Ministry of Revenue, took out their weighing tools and began to weigh and calculate in the hall.

After more than two hours of weighing and settling, the total amount of silver, including copper coins, was 2.4 million taels.

After Chen Lang figured out the overall plan, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief while also secretly gloating over the misfortune.

Two million four hundred thousand pieces of silver were a lot, but they were not enough to fill the national treasury.

You have to know that the national treasury allocates tens of millions of taels of silver to the border every year.

Humph, with only 2.4 million, you dare to say that the national treasury is full? This is just a boast, and it is not to be trusted.

"Ren Sikong, you dare to boast about a mere 2.4 million silver? What crime do you dare to take?" Zhao Ping'an immediately attacked Ren Hao, and at the same time, he reported to the emperor Wen Yan: "Your Majesty, Ren Sikong tried to use kilograms to count and deceive the emperor, and he should be executed according to the law!"

"Your Majesty, please punish me severely."

All the ministers and officials in the court echoed the voice.

Seeing that all the ministers and officials wanted him dead, Ren Hao immediately turned his gaze to Censor Chen, hoping that he could come forward and speak for him.

But when Censor Chen saw that the wind was blowing in the wrong direction, he acted as if he was not familiar with Ren Hao and directly urged him to severely punish Ren Hao.

At the same time, I also hope that Your Majesty can hand Ren Hao over to the Censorate for handling.

Wen Yan frowned, she didn't expect Ren Hao to be so unable to handle such a big task.

How could this one million taels of money be enough to fill the national treasury?