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

Ren Hao naturally knew what Eriyuki was thinking.

She was worried that Shi Huan was not strong enough, and that she would become Shi Huan's nanny and take good care of Shi Huan along the way, so she refused to let Shi Huan go.

But Ren Hao knew best how strong Shi Huan was.

This allowed Shi Huan to follow Eriyuki, which not only gave him some experience, but also helped to relieve some of the pressure for Eriyuki.

After all, the journey from the Central Plains to the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty is long.

"Li Xue, you don't have to protect him. You just need to protect the carriage loaded with silver. As for the bandits, just leave them to Shi Huan to deal with."

Ren Hao still insisted on letting Shi Huan go with him and asked Huili Xue to relax.

Seeing Ren Hao was so determined, Hui Lixue had no choice but to compromise and said, "Master, if you really want me to relax, don't let that kid deal with the bandits. Just let him protect the silver in the carriage."

"Okay, it's up to you." Ren Hao nodded and no longer insisted.

"Master, the 50,000 taels of silver have been loaded into the car." Cai Lun came in and reported.

"Thank you for your hard work." Ren Hao nodded.

"Master, do I need to go to the market to hire some manpower? This will make it easier for me to take care of Miss Hui and Young Master Shi on the way." Cai Lun said with good intentions.

The manpower that Cai Lun mentioned refers to followers and rangers.

This follower only costs twenty copper coins a day, and the ranger only costs one hundred copper coins a day.

At that time, there was no such thing as escort agencies. Official escorts were escorted by the imperial army, while private escorts had to rely on retainers.

If you don't have any retainers, you have to hire followers and rangers.

The followers are responsible for taking care of the food, daily life and transportation of the entire escort team, while the rangers are responsible for protecting the escort and fighting against bandits.

As for the origin of the term "ranger", it refers to those people who are not as powerful as retainers but have some strength and want to make a living.

Although Cai Lun's intentions were good, Eriyuki didn't appreciate it at all.

Before Ren Hao could speak, Hui Lixue coldly refused: "Don't cause trouble for me."

"Ah this..." Cai Lun looked at Ren Hao somewhat embarrassedly.

"Let her be." Ren Hao waved his hand and felt that there was no need to hire any followers or rangers.

After all, Eryuki is a person who is very afraid of trouble.

In order to ensure the smooth escort of this trip, Ren Hao also asked Zhang Tong to bring Heifeng over and let Huiliyuki ride it.

Heifeng has now been completely tamed by Zhang Tong, and can be easily controlled even without him by his side.

When they were about to leave, Ren Hao couldn't help but give Shi Huan a few more instructions, asking him to listen more to Huiliyuki and not to act on his own.

"Master, please rest assured. I will not cause any trouble to my sister along the way." Shi Huan nodded and assured Ren Hao, feeling extremely excited.

After all, this was his first time working for Ren Hao, and he had to go to such a far place.

If this isn't exciting, it's all fake.

"Then I wish you a safe journey." After Ren Hao finished speaking, he patted the horse's butt, and the carriage carrying 50,000 taels of silver slowly drove towards the outside of the city, while Hui Liyuki riding on Hei Feng accompanied it.

Only after the two men disappeared on the street did Ren Hao withdraw his gaze and return home.

Now that the joint examination in the mansion has ended, Li Shiji and Shen He are both grading papers in the study.

Ren Hao did not disturb them. He just asked Cai Lun to bring them some midnight snacks later and went back to his room to catch up on his sleep.

……

By the time Ren Hao woke up, it was already the next morning.

If Shen He and Li Shiji hadn't asked Qingzhu to go into the room and wake Ren Hao up, Ren Hao would probably have slept until the afternoon.

"You two got up early enough." Ren Hao walked out of the house, yawning.

Shen He just smiled and said nothing, so Li Shiji couldn't help but complain: "It's almost noon, it's still early? We're not going to call you, are you planning to sleep until tomorrow?"

"Haha, that won't happen." Ren Hao waved his hand, sat on the chair next to him and picked up the teacup.

"Mr. Ren, we have already reviewed the papers of the talented scholars outside the capital."

"There are ten talented people who can answer these four questions."

"There are a total of twenty people who are talented in answering three questions." Shen He reported to Ren Hao.

As for those who got two or one question right, Shen He and Li Shiji did not count them. They just selected those who answered better to make up the remaining fifty people.

"Brother Ren, we have recruited so many people at once, how should we distribute the official positions among them?" Li Shiji asked the doubts in his mind. He was so busy solving the questions before that he forgot such an important matter.

You should know that the total number of officials in the Ministry of Revenue is only about twenty people.

Now we directly recruit one hundred people, which is five times the number of people in the original Ministry of Households.

Shen He also looked at Ren Hao at this time, wanting to know what his plan was.

"Good question. I was just about to tell you that." Ren Hao nodded and put down the teacup in his hand.

Since they recruited so many people, the original Ministry of Households system was no longer applicable.

The Ministry of Revenue, as an important department among the Six Ministries, was in charge of the national treasury, tax payment, household registration, land and other matters, but in terms of the number of employees it was the department with the fewest people in office.

Let’s not talk about the efficiency issue for now, it’s so tiring that it’s enough to make people die.

The reason why Ren Hao recruited so many people was to split the Ministry of Revenue system and directly copy the modern system to set up four departments.

They are the State-Owned Department, the Taxation Department, the Household Registration Department, and the Land Department.

The State Administration was responsible for treasury expenditures, managing the stone salary, and managing the court and royal properties.

The Taxation Department is responsible for settling tax payment issues.

The Household Registration Department is responsible for population statistics, as well as marriage and other livelihood issues.

The Land Bureau was responsible for recording the land grants given by the emperor to the princes, counting the land owned by the gentry, and managing the land resources owned by the court.

Each department has two doctors, six assistant doctors, and about twenty principals.

"You have set up four departments, so what should we do?" Li Shiji couldn't help but ask.

After all, the establishment of these four departments means that power is dispersed.

What to do?

Isn't it nice to drink tea and live a leisurely life every day?

Ren Hao curled his lips and said to Li Shiji: "You are responsible for the transfer of the Ministry of Revenue's political affairs and the supervision of the work of the four departments."

"What about you?" Li Shiji asked.

"I am responsible for reporting to the emperor, or conveying the emperor's will to you, as well as making strategic plans." Ren Hao replied.

Li Shiji nodded and asked how to appoint and dismiss officials from these four departments.

You should know that the number of people who answered the four questions correctly far exceeded the number of positions set up in the various departments.

"The officials of each department will not be appointed or dismissed yet. Those who answered the four questions correctly will be temporarily appointed or dismissed as Yuanwailang first. As for the rest, they will all be temporarily appointed or dismissed as principals."

"Whoever does a better job in the future will be appointed or dismissed." Ren Hao had already thought about the appointment and dismissal issues, and said without any hurry.