Lin Ye and Xiao Mu themselves knew very well that what he just said was just a joke, after all, if Xiao Mu, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, kept falling asleep, it would be a catastrophic thing for Da Ming, Xiao Mu or Lin Ye.

"Now I finally understand why Yuan Chonghuan in history was killed by Emperor Chongzhen, right?" Lin Yi asked, "Obviously, I boasted in front of you about the Haikou of 'Five Years of Pingliao', but within a few days, Huang Taiji went directly to the capital. Fortunately, Yuan Chonghuan had just taken office when Huang Taiji called this time, otherwise, the impeachment of him by the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee would definitely be more violent, even if you, the emperor, didn't want to kill him. ”

"Hmm." Xiao Mu nodded solemnly, "At least this time Yuan Chonghuan doesn't have to lose his life, and I can also avoid letting Emperor Chongzhen bear a historical stain of 'accidentally killing loyal ministers'." ”

"So you've figured out how to deal with this?" Ringo asked.

"Of course not, I just learned from you that there is such a thing, how can I think of a way to deal with it so quickly?" Xiao Mu replied, "It's just one thing for sure, that is, I will definitely not give the order to kill Yuan Chonghuan." ”

"Since I crossed over to the Ming Dynasty, I have never given an order to kill anyone." Xiao Mu added.

……

The next day, Xiao Mu summoned Yuan Chonghuan.

Although Huang Taiji has withdrawn, the Liaodong Army is still repairing in the capital, or the repair is also secondary in a sense, the most important point is because Yuan Chonghuan suffered the crazy impeachment of the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and if he directly leads the troops back to Liaodong before the emperor wakes up, he is likely to be charged with a more serious crime of "attempting rebellion", after all, impeachment is the ultimate goal, and impeachment for what reason is just a means.

"Yuan Chonghuan, you are guilty!" This is the first thing Xiao Mu said after Yuan Chonghuan finished a complete set of prostrations, Xiao Mu's physical condition today is much better than when he just woke up yesterday, at least he can sit on the dragon chair smoothly, instead of lying down like yesterday.

"The minister is guilty." Yuan Chonghuan knelt on the ground and replied very sincerely.

"If you are convicted, you are saved." Xiao Mu did not dwell too much with Yuan Chonghuan on what crime he was, nor did he ask whether there was a difference between Yuan Chonghuan's self-confessed crime and the impeachment of him by the ministers of the DPRK and China, as well as his own understanding of his crime, because Xiao Mu also knew that the real reason for the impeachment of Yuan Chonghuan by the ministers of the DPRK and China was just a means they used to impeach.

"I have decided to let Wang Zaijin take your place as the Jiliao Governor, what do you have to say?" Xiao Mu continued to ask.

"Lord Wang has been in Liaodong for a long time, and he knows the method of war of Jiannu, and the minister has no objections." Yuan Chonghuan had made full psychological preparations before meeting the emperor, that is, his official position as the governor of Jiliao would definitely not be able to be kept - even if the emperor still had confidence in him, he could not ignore the opinions and opinions of the ministers of the court and the central government, and he could not let himself continue to be in charge of Liaodong under the balance between the two. What's more, judging from the current situation, the emperor does not have much confidence in himself.

Therefore, even if there were many different opinions with the military department Shangshu Wang Zaijin on the strategic policy of Liaodong before this, and the strategic concepts of the two could even be said to be far from each other, Yuan Chonghuan did not raise any objections, because he knew very well that the emperor's decision to let Wang Zaijin replace him in charge of Liaodong was already a foregone conclusion, and he would be guilty, even if he opposed it, it would not have any effect.

"To the east of Fujian's sea, there is a big island, called Taiwan, do you know?" Xiao Mu continued to speak, but this time the topic he mentioned was a little larger than before.

"I know a little bit about it." Although he didn't know the emperor's intention in asking this, Yuan Chonghuan still replied honestly.

"I am determined to appoint you as the governor of Taiwan, I wonder if you are willing?" Xiao Mu continued to ask.

Yuan Chonghuan was a little shocked by the emperor's question, he imagined that he was cut to the people, and he also imagined that he was exiled to the army, but he never thought that he would be appointed by the emperor as a "governor" who was not within the scope of the Ming Dynasty, two capitals and thirteen provinces.

Xiao Mu also saw Yuan Chonghuan's astonishment, so he continued to explain, "Previously, the Fujian Navy Division was attacked by the Haikou Zheng Zhilong and almost wiped out the entire army, and later the Fujian Governor Xiong Wencan Shangshu proposed a strategy to appease him, which originally went smoothly, and then Huang Taiji led troops to commit crimes, and Zheng Zhilong was repeated. Now that Mao Wenlong has attacked Shenyang and Liaoyang, Huang Taiji has been forced to withdraw his troops, and he thinks that after the news reaches Fujian, the strategy of appeasing Zheng Zhilong can be implemented smoothly. ”

"If Zheng Zhilong accepts the appeasement, I have decided to grant him the official position of the commander-in-chief of Taiwan." Xiao Mu added.

Although the emperor just said a lot of things that he had never paid serious attention to before, Yuan Chonghuan still understood the intention of the emperor's arrangement, which was nothing more than that Zheng Zhilong, who was newly recruited, was very likely to send himself as the governor of Taiwan, so he could naturally contain him and let him serve the imperial court with all his might.

"I sent you to be the governor of Taiwan, not just to contain Zheng Zhilong." Xiao Mu continued, "Although my Ming Dynasty has a territory of thousands of miles, but with the size of the world, the land controlled by the Ming Dynasty is still too little, from Taiwan to the sea and then sail south, there are countless large islands, its climate is warm, rice crops are harvested three times a year, and the sea trade is extremely profitable, there are many Chinese Han people on the island who fled to the famine, but now they are in the hands of Xiyi, I hope that after you arrive in Taiwan, you and Zheng Zhilong will open up the territory for my Ming Dynasty at sea, and if the Ming Dynasty encounters a famine in the future, you can allocate grain relief from Nanyang." ”

"The minister must do his best." Listening to the emperor's words, Yuan Chonghuan was undoubtedly excited, it was obvious that although the ministers of the DPRK and China had impeached him for relief, and the emperor had to remove his official position in Liaodong, but judging from the emperor's description just now, Banzai undoubtedly still had great expectations for himself.

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger, although Aiqing shows her strength in Nanyang, Taiwan, I will also send you some helpers who are good at business and good at business." Xiao Mu finally encouraged again, and his title for Yuan Chonghuan changed back to "Aiqing".

……

"Who are the helpers you plan to send to Yuan Chonghuan, why did I never know?" After Yuan Chonghuan left, Lin Yi asked.

"Of course it wasn't conjured up in a vacuum." Xiao Mu replied, "I plan to send Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku as Yuan Chonghuan's helpers, as businessmen, it is obvious that they have extraordinary abilities, but their previous abilities have not been used in the right place. ”8)