The capital Zhao returned to Jinggongfang and became the minister of Gaofu.
Gao Jingshi had just returned home and walked downstairs to Guanhai where he usually lived, and seemed to feel someone watching him. He looked up and saw that it was Liu Xin who was sticking her head out of the window on the second floor and watching Gao Yingshi coming. At this moment, Gao Yingshi looked up at her and smiled brightly, showing no shyness of an ordinary woman.
Gao Pragmatic smiled unconsciously and walked forward. As soon as he went upstairs, before he could ask Liu Xin what was going on here, Liu Xin spoke first: "It seems like there is something happy for Master Situ today?"
When others call Gao Jingshi "Da Situ", they sound particularly respectful or polite, but when it comes from Liu Xin's mouth, it always makes Gao Jingshi feel a little bit ridiculed.
Gao Pragmatic quite appreciates this uniqueness, and this different tone of voice makes him feel particularly cordial. However, in response to Liu Xin's words, he raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Why do you see that?"
"Didn't Teacher Gao say that people's thoughts are always hidden inadvertently, or something can always be observed from their eyes, gait, behavior, etc." Liu Xin said with a smile: "I am a student Although he is not very smart, he still has a good attitude towards learning.”
Gao pragmatic just prolonged his tone and said "oh", obviously with rhetorical questioning.
"Why, Teacher Gao doesn't believe it?" Liu Xin chuckled, stood up, walked to Gao Pingshi, walked around him with deliberately slow steps, and looked him up and down at the same time. Then he said: "Since Teacher Gao said these words, I have been observing you very carefully during this period of time, your eyes, your gait, your habits and behavior, etc..."
"That's really hard for you." Gao pragmatically laughed and asked, "Then what conclusion did you draw, or what insights did you have?"
Liu Xin pouted slightly: "Well, this thing is really unpredictable but I can tell the difference between you today and usual."
Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised, even a little doubtful, and said: "Really? I asked myself that I have been quite serious about learning 'emotions and anger are invisible' over the years. How could you detect any abnormalities?"
Liu Xin laughed and said, "So it turns out that this inexpressible expression of joy and anger was also learned?"
Gao Pragmatic said matter-of-factly: "That's natural. Is there anyone in this world who is born with the ability to express emotion and anger? If so, I'm afraid he has facial paralysis."
Liu Xin couldn't help laughing, and burst into laughter. Then she suppressed her laughter and explained, "Okay, okay, I noticed the difference from your steps."
"Oh?" Gao Pragmatic was doubtful.
Although Liu Xin was still smiling, she stopped joking and said: "Your pace is neither fast nor slow, and it is quite steady, even a bit like a martial arts practitioner. Today, there is something different, you have become more brisk. You are returning home on duty, and you are not returning home from a brothel. Apart from some good news from the court, what other explanation can there be for you?"
Gao Pingshi laughed: "You are observing me so intently, are you not afraid that I will misunderstand you?" The implication is that he does not deny that Liu Xin's words are reasonable.
"Misunderstanding?" Liu Xin was not a lady born and raised in the Ming Dynasty. She was not shy when she heard this. Instead, she tilted her head and asked slightly provocatively: "What if you have a misunderstanding?"
"Uh..." This time it was Gao Pragmatic's turn to be speechless, but he was not slow to respond and quickly replied: "Ah, that's quite serious."
"Really?" Liu Xin seemed to have guessed what Gao Pingshi was going to say, but she said first: "You won't kill me to silence me for this matter, right?"
Gao Pragmatic was stunned and shook his head: "I'm not crazy. Why kill you? But it may scare you more than killing you."
"If you say... that kind of thing." Liu Xin coughed slightly. Although her eyes were slightly averted, her tone was quite calm: "How did you know that I would be afraid?"
"Huh?" Gao Pingshi was really startled.
"Anyway, the most you can do is talk." Liu Xin pursed her lips and said, "With your power and wealth, what kind of woman can't you want? Even the women in the palace..."
"Shut up, you!" Gao Pingshi was taken aback and quickly covered her mouth, glaring and saying, "Are you trying to kill me?"
Liu Xin's mouth was covered by him, and she should not have any expression, but her eyes turned into two crescent moons when she smiled. Gao Pingshi didn't know her current expression, so he couldn't help but let go of his hand angrily, and said at the same time: " That matter… the situation is different, it’s complicated anyway.”
Liu Xin didn't seem to think it was a big deal when he covered her mouth, and she didn't care about this action. Instead, she laughed out loud as soon as he let go of his hand. After he finished speaking, she said: "So you also know that it is a capital crime. Yeah? But don’t worry, as long as there is no evidence and it is made public and everyone in the world knows it, your uncle, the emperor, will definitely not admit it, let alone kill you. "
Seeing that she was getting more explicit as she spoke, Gao Pangshi couldn't help but glance left and right subconsciously, but Liu Xin said: "Don't look, the people in the black top have retreated far away. As long as you don't shout for help, even if I shout for help, Even if I don’t, they won’t come.” He said with a special wink.
Gao Pangshi glared at her angrily and said, "Do you trust me too much? Are you afraid that my brain will suddenly get hot and I will really do something?"
Liu Xin shook her head: "Not afraid."
Gao Pragmatic was really surprised. He thought about it seriously and then joked: "You must be too arrogant and underestimate your appearance, right?"
"That's not true." Liu Xin continued to shake her head, and then said: "There is something you may not know."
"What's up?"
"Best friends often talk about everything." Liu Xin raised her eyebrows and looked at Gao Pragmatic with a smile.
Gao Pragmatic intuitively felt something was wrong and asked suspiciously: "For example?"
"The relationship between Madam and I should be called best friends, you should have known this for a long time." Liu Xin asked, tilting her head.
"I guessed it, otherwise you wouldn't have been so concerned about the fourth princess."
"He is indeed the smartest person in the world." Liu Xin smiled and said, "So there are many things that my lady has told me."
"For example?"
"For example, 'The peak is so beautiful when you look at it from a distance, and it's hard to write down the wonderful music on the wall.'" Liu Xin blinked: "Do you want me to give you more details?"
"It seems that Zhiting did tell you a lot of things, but..." Gao Pingshi shook his head: "I still think you are tricking me."
Liu Xin rolled her eyes and said helplessly: "Okay, let me ask another question to prove it: did you see it in the deep pool that night?"
"Gan!" Gao Pingshi's eyes widened: "She even told you this?"
Liu Xin still smiled and "comforted" Gao Pingshi: "You are so smart, you must be able to figure out why she did this, right?"
This was a bit weird. Gao Pragmatic really started thinking along these words, and after a while, his expression became a little weird.
Liu Xin's expression remained normal, she even shrugged and said, "It seems you have figured it out?"
Gao Pingshi looked a little embarrassed, coughed lightly and said, "Well... I'm sorry."
"There is nothing to be sorry for." Liu Xin curled her lips: "She didn't know much about me at that time, but she hoped that I could help her, so she naturally had to act sincere and sincere. According to her thoughts, if not If she says something that cannot be said to outsiders, how can she make me trust her, be willing to help her, and even... hook up with myself."
Gao Pingshi smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't even know she had this...means."
"Men always think they know a woman very well, especially a woman like her who is willing to devote everything to you."
Liu Xin seemed a little emotional and paused for a long time before continuing: "But in fact, this kind of thinking will blind you. She may not understand anything in front of you, and she needs your guidance to do everything well, but you don't You will know how much ability she has hidden for you and how much she has changed her mind for you."
Gao Pragmatic didn't refute or even answer.
Liu Xin sighed: "How can a girl who has taken charge of the government at a young age and led the Huang clan chieftain clan in southern Guangxi be so simple and naive? Whether she is simple or naive, she is just leaving it to you alone. Just say Now, the only person in southern Xinjiang who can bare his teeth at her without being punished... is Gao Yuan."
Well, of course Gao Yuan wouldn't, that was her infant son.
Gao pragmatic nodded, but did not speak. After a while, he asked: "Why did you suddenly tell me these things today? What is Zhiting... going to do?"
"Awesome, awesome." Liu Xin laughed: "There are rumors outside that Gao Longwen can see into people's hearts. It seems that he really has some skills... Well, something happened in southern Xinjiang recently. It was said that the Portuguese Governor of Malacca sent a letter to Huangdu President, ask her what Siam’s intention is in gathering an army in southern Siam.”
Gao Pragmatic's eyes narrowed and he frowned: "Is this true or false?"
"You mean to gather the army in Siam?" Liu Xin asked.
"nature."
"It's true." Liu Xin spread her hands and said: "At present, in addition to your nephew Siam's patrol envoy Gao Ruichu, and the army under the Cambodian general and Siam's garrison envoy Musali, there are also other forces assembled in Siam. There are 20,000 Dingnan garrison troops."
Good guy, Siam already has two troops, the Fourth Division of Dingnan Garrison and the Siam Independent Garrison Division, with a total of 50,000 troops. Now an additional 20,000 people from the Dingnan Garrison Corps have been released, which makes the army 70,000 strong. This force was even stronger than when Huang Zhiting swept through half of Myanmar.
Gao Pragmatic narrowed his eyes: "The construction of Dingnan City has not been completed yet, and Zhiting wants to use troops against the countries of the Malay Peninsula?"
"What if I tell you again that the 20,000 Dingnan garrison troops are just an illusion?"
As expected, Gao pragmatic frowned immediately: "What do you mean?"
"It literally means that the so-called 20,000 Dingnan garrison troops are actually only more than 1,000 people - their role is to pretend that there are more than 20,000 people."
Gao pragmatic fell silent, thought carefully for a while, and then asked: "Then her real target is not Surok, Tai Ni, Terengganu, Pahang, Johor and other countries...but Malacca?"
Liu Xin stroked her hands and said: "They are indeed a couple. They really have a good understanding. Yes, Huang Dutong didn't pay attention to the Malay countries at all. The Portuguese asked about Siam's gathering of troops in southern Siam because they were worried about Siam. The power of the kingdom or the capital continued to move south, wiping out the Malay countries that originally existed as a buffer zone, and directly threatening the security of Malacca from the land.
However, Huang Dutong did not intend to waste time on the Malay countries from the beginning and give the Portuguese time to prepare for war. She planned to pretend to gather troops on land to make the Portuguese misjudge the situation and think that even if Beijing went south, it would fight. The advantage on landing was directly overtaken.
In fact, she planned to use the fleet to carry people and march directly to the city of Malacca by sea, establishing Jinghua's advantage in the Malay Peninsula in one fell swoop and ensuring that the entire southern Xinjiang would no longer have worries. "
Gao pragmatic sighed and said softly: "I'm afraid it's more than that."
"Oh?" Liu Xin asked, "Is there any other reason or purpose?"
Gao pragmatic closed his eyes and said calmly: "When she was still in the capital, I once told her that the day Beijing captured the city of Malacca would be the beginning of controlling the two oceans."
Liu Xin suddenly realized. The two oceans here are of course not the two oceans of Jinghua's current "Two Ocean Fleet". The two ocean fleets refer to the Eastern Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet. Basically, Fujian is the boundary, the Eastern Fleet is responsible for the north, and the Nanyang is responsible for the south. A division of fleet responsibilities.
The two oceans here are the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Once Jinghua controls Malacca, it means that its maritime sphere of influence officially extends from the southwest Pacific to the eastern Indian Ocean. And because Malacca, the most important throat channel, is controlled by it, any Western power that wants to enter Nanyang in the future must look at Jinghua's face.
Of course, the Spanish were a slight exception. Their treasure fleet had a direct sea route from the Americas across the Pacific to Luzon (Philippines). However, the Spanish are in trouble in Europe. They are currently busy fighting England and France on sea and land respectively. At the same time, the Netherlands War also broke out. If there is no accident, Spain will not be able to live in peace for at least the next few decades. , don’t worry that it still has the power to cause trouble on the other side of the earth.
These situations, which actually happened, were introduced to Huang Zhiting by Gao Jingshi, and those that would probably happen due to historical inertia, Gao Jingshi also told Huang Zhiting in the name of his own inference, so Huang Zhiting had long wanted to take advantage of this. Opportunity to quickly capture the crucial city of Malacca and the entire Malay Peninsula. However, Jinghua herself was tired of fighting before, so Gao Pragmatic cooled her down and told her not to worry.
Now, more than half a year has passed, but Huang Zhiting brought up the old matter again and asked Liu Xin to come forward to mention it. This had to make Gao Pingshi a little surprised. He didn't understand why Huang Zhiting was so anxious.
"Controlling the two oceans" certainly sounds cool, but the reason why Gao Pragmatic wants to control the two oceans is actually from the perspective of the Ming Dynasty.
As long as Jinghua can control the two oceans, even if the danger of the Little Glacier reaches its peak in the future and Ming Dynasty is struggling to cope with it, it can at least ensure that it can receive blood transfusions from the Nanyang region to alleviate the disaster caused by the weather and tide over the difficulties smoothly.
However, Huang Zhiting's reason for being so eager to control the two oceans does not seem to be sufficient. Liu Xin was only entrusted by Huang Zhiting to tell Gao Yingshi about this matter. Of course, it must have included the task of helping to persuade Gao Yingshi to agree. However, she did not know Huang Zhiting's motives. She only thought that Huang Zhiting was to save Dingnan from Malacca. threatened by the Portuguese power.
Is it really that simple?
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