"Kafi Princess." Gao Pangshi suddenly turned around and said, "If I ask you to go to Edo, do you dare?"
Narita Kai was obviously unprepared for his question. He was stunned for a moment before reacting and said: "It's just Edo, why don't I dare? Even Kyoto and Osaka, I dare to go there."
Having said this, she paused for a moment and said with a puzzled expression: "But, what are you going to do in Edo? If you are talking about marriage with the Tokugawa family, it seems that I should not be the one to take part in this matter."
That's true. She herself is a concubine, but now she has to go all the way back to Japan to help her husband negotiate a marriage. What kind of thing is that? No matter how you look at it, it's extremely awkward, and it's even more inconsistent with etiquette.
Gao Pragmatic said: "You are not only going to Edo. In fact, before going to Edo, you have to go to Yusheng City with great fanfare. Of course, on the surface, you are just returning to your hometown to visit relatives, but in fact, you are going to go to Edo with great fanfare. Tokugawa Ieyasu reached some cooperation intentions..."
"Intention to cooperate?" Liu Xin is lucky that she is now a Chinese teacher. Words like "intention to cooperate" with a strong later style are not unfamiliar to her, but precisely because this word is quite ambiguous like Japanese, she suddenly I think Gao Wu is telling the truth.
Fortunately, there are no outsiders here, and Gao Pragmatic is not afraid to speak clearly. He smiled and said: "Yes, what I said is the cooperation intention... intention."
The word "intention" was once again clearly expressed in a stronger tone. Narita Kai couldn't see it yet. He was stunned for a while, and then thought about it and said: "My master's intention is to make it seem that I have agreed on something, but it cannot be made clear." Once it’s finalized, it won’t even be possible to form paper evidence, right?”
Gao Pingshi laughed, then turned to Liu Xin and said, "Secretary-General teaches well."
Liu Xin waved her hands repeatedly and said, "No, it's just the Third Lady Bingxue who is smart. I don't have any credit for it. If the Marquis wants to praise the Third Lady, he should praise himself."
Gao Pragmatic said to Kafihime: "You are probably right. What I want you to do is to delay and delay the hostile military actions that the Tokugawa family may launch against Tamana and Misaki."
Kaiji didn't look particularly happy, but was a little puzzled and said: "Is the master going to send troops for reinforcements? However, Tokugawa Zuofu may not be able to see this! He is an old fox, and he rarely makes decisions easily. Especially for big things, he often thinks about them for a long time and calculates everything before making a decision."
"You can rest assured that I have a clear and profound understanding of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and my decision is also very prudent. There is no place to look down on him." Gao Jingshi slightly restrained his smile and said seriously: "Since you have seen It’s relatively deep, so I might as well tell you clearly: No matter how sincere you are here, Tokugawa Ieyasu will know that you are there to delay him.”
Ji Feiji was shocked: "Really? That concubine..."
"You want to ask, if that's the case, then what else are you going to do?" Gao Pragmatic laughed and said confidently: "Tokugawa Ieyasu can see your intention of going here, but he will definitely be fooled - not because of our scheme. Gao Shen let him fall into the trap by mistake, but it was because he urgently needed to be 'delayed' at the moment."
Kafihime was so confused that she didn't react for a while, but Liu Xin understood and suddenly said: "Oh, I know what you mean. You mean that Tokugawa Ieyasu himself doesn't actually want to have a war with us, just because of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's He had to do this if he was forced to do so. Therefore, once he had an opportunity or an excuse to communicate, he would rather fall into the trap and lose face, or show Toyotomi Hideyoshi that he had been delayed for time, so that Toyotomi Hideyoshi believed that it was not the case. Is he feeling betrayed?"
When she said this, Kaiji also suddenly realized, and analyzed along the train of thought: "Master, if the Tokugawa Zuofu is really as the secretary-general analyzed, then if I really go to Edo, he will not only warmly entertain me , and may even send people to actively advise Toyotomi Taige, so that Taige also believes that the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance is a purely commercial organization and will not participate in the war between the two countries... I just don’t know if Taige will believe it. "
Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "Whether Toyotomi Hideyoshi believes it or not does not depend on whether Tokugawa Ieyasu's rhetoric is fanciful or full of loopholes, but only on whether I need to make him believe it."
Ji Feiji said in surprise: "Is there any reason why I don't need him to believe me?"
Gao pragmatically spread his hands and said, "How about you analyze it?"
Kaiji immediately realized that this was a test from her master. It was very likely that whether she could successfully pass the test would determine whether she would have the opportunity to "go on a mission".
To be fair, Ji Feiji was not very interested in "going on an envoy", but Gao Pragmatic's initial guess was more accurate: she was indeed interested in commanding the defense of Jade Rope City. However, she did know that her status was not suitable for this, so her previous answer to Gao Pragmatic was not insincere, and might even be a little too true.
However, although she was much more interested in commanding operations than being an envoy, she clearly realized that she could not give up this great opportunity.
As she stayed in the Gaofu for a longer period of time, some characteristics of the Gaofu that were different from other large families became more and more obvious. One of the biggest characteristics was Gao's pragmatic attitude towards the women in the house.
Unlike other family heads who would like to lock their women in their rooms without stepping out, Gao Pingshi places no restrictions on his wife Huang Zhiting. He not only allows her to lead the troops in the war, but also lets her sit in charge on his behalf. The southern Xinjiang countries with a radius of thousands of miles.
Even though Ji Feiji had heard many times about the power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and perhaps Huang Zhiting's every move was observed and recorded by people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, she still felt very shocked that Gao Pragmatic could give his wife such great freedom and power. .
After all, even in Japan, where female governors are allowed to exist, it is rare to hear that in a family where the male governor is the master, the wife actually holds such huge real power. The performance of another woman in Gao's mansion further highlights Gao's pragmatic attitude: this woman is naturally Liu Xin.
As the Secretary-General of the Jinghua Secretariat, Liu Xin can be said to be Gao Pragmatic's most formal chief of staff. There is no need to explain how important the responsibilities and powers of the chief of staff are. Just like the relationship between the top leader and the office director in modern Red Dynasty government agencies, they must be close. The director's usual statements can certainly represent the attitude of the top leader to a large extent. To say that he is the shadow of the top leader may be a bit too much, but it is probably not much different.
Such an important and pragmatic position can be assigned to a woman, which shows how unique my master's employment style is. At the same time, what is even more special is Liu Xin's usual style, especially her behavior in front of Gao Pragmatic.
Unlike Mongoose, who is somewhat ignorant of worldly affairs, Kahihime, as an outstanding warrior of the Narita family, knows a lot of things. Among them, there are not only serious talents such as understanding and coordinating family relations (under the daimyo political structure), combat command, swordsmanship and horsemanship, but also how to serve your husband in the future.
Because of this, she was able to see some things during the days she entered the Gao Mansion. For example, Liu Xin's high status in the Gao Mansion is not just because she has an elder brother who is deeply trusted by Gao Jingshi, nor is it because she has any personal relationship with Gao Jingshi. She can have such a status. Ji Feiji thinks it is mainly because Of course she cannot know about personal abilities - time travel and rebirth.
In this way, Ji Feiji will naturally think that if she wants to improve her status in the eyes of the master, the most important thing is probably not to be a husband and raise children, but to show her talents and use them so that she can do more important things. Help him.
Kafihime thinks that her most obvious talent is fighting, so her thoughts always revolve around commanding wars. Unfortunately, Gao Pragmatic seemed to think that the current situation in Kanto was far from dangerous, and that she could calmly plan the situation and take advantage of the situation. In the end, she was given a political mission instead of a military mission.
Even judging from what he just said, as long as he is willing to take on this political task, it is almost a task that is bound to succeed and does not pose too many challenges.
Kaiji had a sense of crisis and thought that this might be a sign that the master did not trust her ability enough. But she also knew clearly that it was absolutely impossible to refuse the task under such circumstances. It would only lead to disgust and disappointment, and that would be the end of it.
The only correct thing to do at this time is to accept the task without hesitation, and to do everything possible to not only complete the task itself properly, but also to create unexpected surprises and achieve certain effects that even the master did not expect. Now, if you want to take on this task, you must first answer the test questions that the master asked at this time.
Because it was of great importance to her, Kaiji did not dare to answer easily. Instead, she thought carefully, then opened her red lips and spoke eloquently: "I dare to guess that the master should be interested in Toyotomi Taikaku's wisdom." I know that he is not that easy to be fooled. Therefore, even if Tokugawa Zuofu uses the excuse of being deceived by the Maritime Trade Alliance in the future and fails to capture the two castles of Tamaki and Misaki in time, Toyotomi Taikaku may not really believe it. .
In other words, no matter how good Tokugawa Zuofu's excuses are, and no matter how convincing he is of being deceived, Toyotomi Taikoo will not believe him, but he has a way to make him believe that these things are true. "
"How can I make him believe in Tokugawa Ieyasu?" Gao pragmatically interjected and asked.
"Of course I will cooperate with Zuofu to act for him." Kaiji looked at Gao pragmatically with her beautiful eyes: "Although I don't know how many secret chess the Sea Trade Alliance has laid in Kanto, and even in Japan as a whole, it must be enough. I will use it to sing a good show for Taige."
Gao Jingshi nodded slightly and said: "With the little information you have, it's understandable that you can't guess the specific arrangements. However, there is no rush on these matters. I can tell you slowly later. You can continue to analyze first."
"Yes, Master." Although Kahihime was born as a Hime Samurai, she indeed had the traditional docility of Japanese women. She immediately changed the subject in accordance with the high and pragmatic requirements and said: "Although I have such ability, I may not necessarily need to be like this. Do it, because I don’t want Toyotomi Taikaku to be persuaded by the Tokugawa Zuofu to maintain peaceful relations with the Sea Trade Alliance."
"Isn't it good to maintain peaceful relations?" Gao Pragmatic interrupted again and asked with a chuckle: "Peaceful relations can ensure that the Sea Trade Alliance continues to maintain trade with Japan, and then benefit from such trade in the long term."
"If the master is just the person who talks about the Sea Trade Alliance, then this conclusion may be correct, but the master's identity is more than that." A gleam flashed in Jia Feiji's beautiful eyes, and she said slowly: "The master is the Nanning Marquis of the Ming Dynasty. , and is about to become the youngest pavilion elder in the Ming Dynasty, my ideal is definitely not just to earn some gold and silver in Japan."
Gao Pragmatic didn't comment, just smiled and said: "Continue talking."
"Yes, sir." Ji Feiji changed the topic again and said: "Since my primary identity is an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, then when the two countries are at war, the thing that I need to worry about most is probably making His Majesty the Emperor suspicious—— For example, I doubt in my mind whether your interests in Japan are more important or the victory of Ming Dynasty.
The most direct and simple way for His Majesty the Emperor to dispel such doubts is for the Maritime Trade Alliance to conflict with Toyotomi Taikaku. The more intense the conflict, the better. It is best to go to war directly! This is the fundamental reason why I don’t want Toyotomi Taikaku to be persuaded by Tokugawa Zuofu. "
Gao Pragmatic nodded slightly in approval, but then said: "Since I was preparing for war, how do you explain why I sent you to delay Tokugawa Ieyasu?"
"Sir, this issue has been discussed before." Kaiji said: "Sir, what I mean is that although we have to fight, it is best to fight later, and it is best to make Toyotomi Taikoo more suspicious of Tokugawa Zuofu through this incident. loyalty, or even simply provoke a conflict between the two of them. In this way, the two of them cannot form a joint force, and even if the Maritime Trade Alliance goes to war with Japan, the pressure it will receive will be much less."
Gao Pingshi laughed, turned to Liu Xin and asked: "Secretary-General, what do you think of Jia Feiji's answer?"
"It's not for my staff to evaluate the Third Madam's answer." That's what Liu Xin said, but she continued: "But I also agree with the Third Madam's views."
Gao Pragmatic nodded and turned to Kafei Ji: "Let me summarize it for you: What I want is for the Maritime Trade Alliance and Japan to go to war in name, but in fact not to start a full-scale war for the time being. At the same time, if we can still It would be even better to provoke conflicts between Toyotomi and Tokugawa."
Ji Feiji said obediently: "Yes, it is as simple and clear as the master said."
Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "Okay, this is what you have to do next."
"Yes, sir, I will take care of it." Ji Feiji replied.
Gao pragmatically looked at her and asked, "What do you need?"
Faced with this problem, Kaiji hesitated for a moment and said: "It requires full cooperation from the Kanto side, including some secret chess..."
Gao Pragmatic waved his hand: "The Secretary-General will give you the list later, and all the forces of the Maritime Trade Alliance in Japan will cooperate with your actions."
Ji Fei said gratefully: "Thank you for your trust, Master. Ji Fei will do his best."
"Pay attention to safety." Gao Pragmatic nodded and said: "Jia Fei, remember, since you are already a member of my Gao family, although the things in Japan are not small, they are not as important as you together."
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