"So, in the final analysis, your method is to sell some official positions in Taiwan that are still occupied by the Dutch, and then pay money to buy the official positions and want to take office, pay out of their own pockets again, and snatch back the land they govern, and then pay out of their own pockets again to build the land under their rule?" Lin Yi briefly summarized Xiao Mu's method, and then asked, "Such a buyer must not only have money to be able to afford the official position you are selling, but also have soldiers and generals in his hands, be able to compete with the Dutch, and finally have the ability to govern and develop Taiwan's economy, like this kind of buyer, where do you find it?" I think even Huang Taiji in Liaodong can't afford your official position. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Isn't there a suitable person right now?" Regarding the question raised by Lin Ye, Xiao Mu looked confident, and asked rhetorically.

"The right person right now? Who is it? Lin Yi asked subconsciously, but she didn't need Xiao Mu to tell her the answer, she had already guessed, "The suitable candidate you are talking about, could it be Zheng Zhilong who is about to recruit an in Fujian?" ”

"Yes, don't you think Zheng Zhilong is the most suitable candidate?" Xiao Mu replied, "The official position of the Ming Dynasty is still very valuable now, originally I discussed with the cabinet before, it is estimated that only the official position of a miscellaneous general is needed to recruit Zheng Zhilong, but if he can spend a lot of money to 'upgrade' his official position, then I will naturally gladly agree." ”

"It's just that now you don't even know if Zhao'an can succeed, and you start to think about taking money out of other people's pockets, and your idea is inevitably a little ahead of your time." Lin Yi still seemed to feel that Xiao Mu's idea was a little difficult to succeed - unlike the opportunity to sell "dinner together" just now, Lin Yi was actually very interested in Xiao Mu's idea of selling Zheng Zhilong's official position, and also thought it was a good idea, but she was worried that this idea did not seem to be easy to become a reality.

"You can add this idea to Zhao'an's policy, and let that Xiong Wencan find a way to talk to Zheng Zhilong." Xiao Mu replied, "Moreover, this is also a good deal for Zheng Zhilong, after all, if he follows the normal rhythm, he can get a miscellaneous general at most, and the influence will not be too great, and giving him the official position of Zhengyin General now will be of great benefit to him in the future, if I am Zheng Zhilong, I will not refuse to agree." ”

"Do you really want to give him a Zhengyin general? Isn't that too bold? Lin Yi asked, it was clear that her "courage" was not a word of praise, but a sloppy meaning, "Can the ministers of the court agree?" ”

"Why don't they agree? The official position I have sealed is not within the jurisdiction of the traditional two capitals and thirteen provinces, and if they don't agree, they will go and open up a territory by themselves, and I will directly give them the title of king! Xiao Mu was unimpressed by Lin Ye's worries, "If Zheng Zhilong can really pay money to solve the urgent needs of the imperial court, what does it matter if I make him a general soldier with a general seal at the same level as Hou Shilu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu?" ”

"No wonder you just said that you wouldn't sell the official position in the Liaodong region, it turned out to be what you meant." Lin Yi also felt that Xiao Mu's words had some truth, and Taiwan was also a "wild land" in the eyes of the literati and doctors at that time, and it should not bring much shock to them if they were given an official position in such an uncivilized place.

"But there shouldn't be any inhabitants on the island of Taiwan now, right? You gave Zheng Zhilong an official position in Taiwan, who will he manage after he takes office? Lin Yi continued to ask.

"That's why I want to give him a military general, not a civilian position. For example, if I give him the official post of the chief soldier of Taiwan, he only needs to manage the troops, and he can also buy land and build a house on the mainland, and arrange for his family to live on the mainland, but it does not mean that he has to move his family to Taiwan if he is given an official post in Taiwan. Xiao Mu replied, "As for the problem of the inhabitants of the island, it depends on whether he has ambitions or not." ”

"Look at his ambitions?" "What if he is ambitious, and what if he doesn't?" ”

"If he doesn't have ambitions, then he just gets the official position of a regular general with a seal, and he can gain more fame while honoring his ancestors, and then he will not go to the Dutch to grab land, nor will he go to Taiwan to take office, but will settle his family in the mainland and live a comfortable life with his family." Xiao Mu first explained the situation of "no ambition", "But I think that Zheng Zhilong can't be without ambition, and the official position that he bought with money, if he doesn't take office, he will definitely be unwilling." ”

"What will he do if he is unwilling?" Lin Yi continued to ask.

Xiao Mu continued to reply, "If he wants to take office and become a real 'Taiwan General Army', instead of just enjoying the treatment of a false title, then he must go to Taiwan to fight the Dutch for land and find ways to drive the Dutch away." Then, people were relocated from the mainland to Taiwan to settle for settlement, and gradually developed Taiwan, a 'wild land'. ”

"So, in fact, if he is ambitious, he can become the local emperor of Taiwan?" Lin Yi asked, "Can you, the true emperor of the Ming Dynasty, accept that there is such a powerful earth emperor in the region under your rule?" ”

"What if you can't accept it? And now this kind of soil emperor is not nothing, isn't the emperor Taiji of Liaodong also a soil emperor in the area under my rule? And he didn't serve me as the master of the Ming Dynasty, but set himself up as the king, and he was the 'Great Khan' at that time, according to the history that you and I originally knew, in a few years he would be directly called the emperor and become a veritable 'soil emperor'. Xiao Mu replied helplessly, "And even if Zheng Zhilong really becomes the emperor of Taiwan, it doesn't seem to be a bad thing for the current Ming Dynasty, after all, the current Taiwan is not under the control of the Ming Dynasty, if he can snatch it back from the Dutch, it is not a bad thing for the Ming Dynasty, and if he really has the ambition to be the emperor of the soil, it is bound to move people from the mainland to live in Taiwan, which is not a small good news for the Ming Dynasty." ”

"What's the good news?" Ringo asked.

"Because those who are willing to go to Taiwan with him must be young people who have suffered disasters and cannot eat, and are physically strong." Xiao Mu replied, "And these young people were originally the main force of the peasant army that overthrew the Ming Dynasty, and they followed Zheng Zhilong, how can it be regarded as a good thing for the Ming Dynasty?" ”