If You Are Asked to Take Charge of the Household Department, Are You More Greedy Than He Shen?

The fifty-eighth year of Qianlong. Chen Ang, the Minister of Household Affairs, reported He Shen on charges of corruption, power manipulation, deception and other crimes in the court hall. Emperor Qianlong was furious and immediately dismissed Heshen from all his posts and put him on death row. Afterwards, Chen Ang was appointed as the Minister of Household Affairs to manage the money bag of the Qing Dynasty. Then the entire Qing Dynasty entered the Chen Ang era. There is a folk rumor: "There are a total of ten taels of taxable silver in the world, and Chen Ang only has eight taels." The unspoken rule of the officialdom: "All the ninth and eighteenth grades of the imperial court fall into the hands of Lu Zhongtang." Soon after, He Shen, who was on death row, handed Qianlong a secret message through his connections. After seeing the secret fold, Qianlong said angrily: "I asked Chen Ang to take charge of the household department. I didn't expect him to be more greedy than He Shen." So Qianlong ordered He Shen to be released, and then the two formulated the "Pig Raising Plan" that was ridiculed by future generations for thousands of years. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.