Cheng Shuiyao briefly told the story of this incident, Xiao Ji was a little helpless when she heard it, but she didn't say anything, just asked the housekeeper to find someone to repair the eaves.

"Okay, you're tired for a day, so it's better to rest early," Cheng Shuiyao suddenly saw the dark green under Xiao Ji's eyes, and instantly realized that he hadn't rested much today, and hurriedly urged him to go back to the house to sleep.

Xiao Ji was indeed a little sleepy, nodded, and asked Cheng Shuiyao to rest earlier and leave here.

Cheng Shuiyao watched him leave and sighed softly.

The current things are really complicated, and Xiao Ji is really hard.

The next day, it was just dawn.

Xiao Ji stood at the gate of the palace, waiting for the palace gate to open.

"General Xiao, why did you come so early today, is there something that can't be done?" The guard in charge of guarding the palace gate greeted with a smile and moved out of the way as he spoke.

"It's not a big deal, but it's a tricky matter, in short, it's better for me to report first," Xiao Ji replied, and didn't have time to say anything, so he walked straight inside.

"What's so in a hurry?" The guards who came late only saw Xiao Ji's back and asked curiously.

"I don't know, but it's not something we can manage, hurry up and stand up!" The guard before couldn't say clearly, so he could only urge him to stand up quickly.

In the palace, the emperor was having breakfast.

"Your Majesty, General Xiao is here," Gonggong Chen walked in quickly and said with a smile.

"What is he doing here?" The emperor frowned when he heard this, and he didn't care about the unfinished meal in his hand, so he said directly, "Let him go to the front hall and wait." ”

Xiao Ji must have had something happen again when he entered the palace at this time, and he still had to deal with it as soon as possible.

"Yes," Gonggong Chen nodded, and quickly went out to convey.

After half a pillar of incense, the emperor had already packed up and came to the front hall.

"See the emperor," Xiao Ji saluted perfunctorily as always.

"Hurry up and say something," the emperor didn't bother to look at him saluting, and hurriedly spoke, "Wang Song of Monroe is ready to move now, it seems that he is going to annex the last country between us and their country, and I think that Wang Song's current measures are very likely to be ready to capture the Central Plains in one fell swoop." ”

"Monroe?" The emperor repeated these three words and suddenly realized the seriousness of the matter.

He is naturally not unfamiliar with the name Wang Song, after all, this person has begun to expand his power a long time ago, and Xiao Ji once reminded him to pay attention to this person at that time, and now, Xiao Ji's prophecy has come true.

This has to be guarded against!

"In your opinion, what should it be?" The Emperor looked up at Xiao Ji, waiting for his opinion.

"In the opinion of the micro-ministers, we should strengthen our forces on the border, focus on the dynamics of the Monroe Kingdom, and grasp their plans in advance, so that we can prevent problems before they occur."

Xiao Ji thought about countermeasures all night, and it was effortless to say it now.

"Reinforcement?" The emperor seemed to be shocked when he heard something, and immediately furrowed his eyebrows, "You must know that the treasury is not full recently, there is no way to prepare too much food and grass and other things, and we are no longer strong enough troops. ”

"I know that our treasury is not full now, but we have to guard against foreign invasions, so in the opinion of my subordinates, it is better to start conscripting now, so that when we are really violated, we will have the strength to fight."

Xiao Ji arched his hand, and when he spoke, he was very serious, and he didn't look like he was joking.

He knew better than anyone what the treasury was looking like now, but he had to think about it.

Otherwise, no matter how strong his ability to lead troops is, he will not be able to resist foreign invasions.

"This matter can't be decided so blindly, go back and gather the ministers to discuss it together," the emperor pinched his eyebrows, feeling that this matter was very tricky.

"By the way, His Majesty has a view on the issue of saving the finances," Xiao Ji said suddenly.

"What can you do, tell me quickly," the emperor was interested when he heard this, and hurriedly looked up at him.

"The first point is that our taxes are a bit heavy today, especially on merchants, and if we reduce taxes a little, it will definitely promote market trade, so that our commodity circulation will be strengthened, and it will help to replenish the treasury."

Xiao Ji didn't hesitate at all, and spoke directly.

The Emperor didn't stop him, but just looked at him expectantly, hoping that he would say something else.

"The second point is that in terms of our current trade situation, if we trade with other countries, it must be our Central Plains that will benefit, so we might as well establish trade relations with more countries."

Xiao Ji paused for a moment, and without waiting for the emperor to speak, he continued directly, "Third, it is best for us to dedicate some high-quality land to growing grain, so as to increase grain production. ”

"There is some truth in your methods, but it may be a little difficult to do specific things," the emperor, knocking on the chair under his hand, did not say that he disagreed, but replied ambiguously, and then lowered his head and began to ponder.

Xiao Ji saw that his idea could be implemented, and immediately said, "This is the only measure that can improve our country's finances at the moment, and if our finances are not dealt with, it may cause some unnecessary problems." ”

His words can be said to have sounded the alarm for the emperor.

The emperor no longer hesitated, and immediately looked at Chen Gong and said openly, "Call the six Shangshu and the prime minister, and I want to discuss this matter with them." ”

In this way, the emperor's heart is actually willing to reform, so it would be good.

Xiao Ji breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that this matter should go more smoothly, after all, the power to make decisions was in the hands of the emperor.

So, it didn't take long for the ministers involved to quickly gather in the palace, but they didn't know what was going on, so they could only look at each other in embarrassment.

The prime minister stood at the front, staring at the dragon chair with an unchanged face, and had no idea of communicating with other ministers at all.

Others may not know, but he has already received the news that Xiao Ji has entered the palace early in the morning.

Soon after Xiao Ji entered the palace, the emperor ordered them to rush over, and it is conceivable that this matter must be related to Xiao Ji.

What kind of moth are you going to make?

The prime minister couldn't figure it out, so he could only wait and see what happened.

Not long after, the emperor and Xiao Ji came here one after another.

"I've seen the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor," everyone saluted in unison.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat," the emperor said as he sat down, staring at a few of them and repeating what had just happened.