Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

In the cabinet office, Li Xinghe's cabinet meeting went very smoothly.

With Hua Yingmei absent, Shui Jing Tianping will speak on her behalf:

"Thanks to our generous sponsorship, research projects at various Japanese universities have proceeded smoothly, with approximately 60 national-level projects already underway. In addition, Japan's medical downturn has passed, and pharmaceutical research has seen a significant recovery. Furthermore, insurance companies, after thorough restructuring, have begun to regulate their investment practices."

Of course, due to Japan's numerous past bad debts, what Mizukage Tenpei didn't mention is that while Japan does have these national-level projects, they are generally collaborations with research labs at Chinese universities—essentially borrowing technology from others. The pharmaceutical downturn follows the same logic; it's essentially a Sino-Japanese technological collaboration followed by human trials in India. The so-called "reasonable and regulated investment" in the insurance industry simply involves researching and buying Chinese stocks.

Even Japan's struggling iron and steel and shipbuilding industries have reported booming orders this year. The iron and steel industry has begun to make a profit thanks to Australian iron ore and the appreciation of the RMB, while the shipbuilding industry has secured a large number of future orders.

Naturally, at this exchange rate, a portion of China's steel production capacity and a large number of engineers are relocating to Ukraine. There, a massive coal-steel-military conglomerate is being rebuilt. Many recent graduates, specializing in aircraft manufacturing engineering, firearms design, weapons systems engineering, information warfare technology, armored vehicle engineering, and intelligent drones, have suddenly become highly sought-after, facing a choice between working for Ukrainian asset management companies, the Ukrainian military, or remaining in China.

The 99A production line, the J-10C production line, and the PL-15 production line—three military assembly lines—were replicated in Japan, South Korea, and Ukraine.

Of course, there's even better news.

Shui Jingtianping kicked Li Xinghe, winked mischievously, and announced:

"The number of babies born this year is estimated to reach 300 million."

It's not because the economy has improved; on the contrary, it's because everyone is poor that they have no choice but to have more children.

In this logic, having children is only a necessary action when individuals are economically distressed to the point where they may be unable to support themselves and must rely on their families for mutual support; otherwise, the family cannot survive. Those who choose not to marry or have children are then expected to relinquish their social resources to families who are willing to have children.

Li Xinghe, who took the lead in having children, is considered a role model for the whole society. Everyone knows that he is very fertile, and there are even Buddhist temples and shrines that worship Li Xinghe as a saint of fertility.

Therefore, Li Xinghe happily announced:

"Very good. After five years of economic development, the Asia-Pacific Consortium has finally broken free from US control and has gradually grown stronger."

While major powers collectively enter their respective periods of trouble, medium-sized powers, whose economies depend on large economies but possess their own independence, enjoy all the advantages, and the good times are wonderful.

The higher-ups are all busy with their own things, while the lower-ups are just watching who gets attacked.

If you're willing to stir up trouble, there are latrines to stir up all over the world.

Li Xinghe also gave a summary of the world situation over the past five years:

"In the first two decades of the new century, powerful local nations with considerable autonomy could exert their influence in certain areas. But that's no longer the case. Any country whose economy cannot sustain itself must withdraw from the world stage. Ultimately, globalization centered on the United States has ended. Countries lacking industrial production capacity, such as Australia and New Zealand, should now pay the price for their past mistakes. These resource-rich countries may appear strong, but they lack the backbone and are easily defeated. Therefore, they can only rely on powerful nations with industrial production capacity."

"Other countries like Turkey and Argentina, whose economies were rotten to the core and were paying the price for their chaotic economic policies, one had decent industrial capacity and the other had decent agricultural capacity, but both died because of their failed economic adjustments. It can be said that only we succeeded in timely reform."

The applause continued inside the cabinet.

Some people were even whispering praises for Li Xinghe:

"Which other country is like this?"

"Yemen?"

"Rwanda?"

There are too few countries that possess industrial capabilities, maintain independence, and haven't been completely drained by China, this industrial Cthulhu.

Of these, only China, Japan, and South Korea have such a problem. South Korea was born with a disability, while Japan was born with a different parent company.

Li Xinghe's summary:

"Ultimately, only by having a strong industrial base, a voice in global trade and economics, and the ability to protect one's own industrial strength can a country gain an advantage in the next round of the struggle for global hegemony."

After boasting about himself at length, Li Xinghe concluded the cabinet meeting with a sense of satisfaction.

Shui Jingtianping pursed his lips and teased Li Xinghe with a smile:

"Alright, I knew you'd brag. You've really given me a good chance to boast today."

"But wait, don't leave yet. The Koreans have organized a huge delegation to comfort you, and they've already gone to the Royal Hospital."

Li Xinghe slapped his forehead, suddenly realizing something.

The reason, of course, is that when Li Xinghe went to South Korea last year to organize political reforms, he boasted to the Koreans in Seoul that Zhao Lieshu was pregnant. So, in order to make up for the boast at the time, the whole family took fertility drugs and gave birth together.

As a result, Zhao Lieshu, Li Juyan, Nan Haonu, and Li Daiyao, four girls, have all been hospitalized. They also mistakenly infected Olympia, who arrived later, so now there are five pregnant women in the Royal Hospital.

Shui Jingtianping took out his phone and told Li Xinghe:

"That's not all. In the second half of last year, both Valeria and Kazumi Nagare became pregnant with their second child. Their due dates are in May and June, respectively."

The power structure in Li Xinghe's family is just that peculiar.

To ensure complete power balance and compromise within the family, all the women take turns getting pregnant, allowing for a very dignified way of yielding to each other. For example, recently Hua Yingmei has been making Mian Guanjin call her "Mom" in the hospital, while the Chief Cabinet Secretary's duties have been largely handed over to Shui Jingtianping.

It's a kind of rotation system. Some people are in charge of government affairs, while others are giving birth in hospitals. Every year, they switch roles again; those who have given birth return to the government, while those who have left the government go to the hospital.

Therefore, Li Xinghe suddenly realized why Shui Jingtianping had pulled him back.

Shui Jingtianping pulled Li Xinghe to his office, licked his lips, and casually took off his coat.

Currently, the power structure is significantly flawed.

The year before last it was Ayako Aso, last year it was Hanae Shikamikazuchi, and if Tenpei Mizukage doesn't get pregnant this year, and she rotates to the Royal Hospital next year, then this power rotation structure will be in trouble.

Therefore, Shui Jingtianping gripped Li Xinghe's hand tightly with considerable force:

"what about me?"

Li Xinghe naturally patted his chest and said, "I'm the same way."

The fake Xianzi emerged from the office break room, grinning wickedly.

"what about me?"

Then, Gao Jirui Mingzi, whom Shui Jingtianping had previously captured to act as a minor demon for Li Xinghe, also timidly stepped forward.

"I also……"

And that wasn't all; soon, officers from the Ninth Section of the Public Security Bureau also slipped in from nearby. Trapped in the office by the Water Mirror Balance, Li Xinghe was quickly rendered powerless by the shapely buttocks, transforming into a mere source of arousal.

Therefore, when cabinet officials went to Lee Sung-ha's office, they naturally only saw Secretary-General Takajo Satsuki, who was unaware of the situation and stood arrogantly on the Prime Minister's desk, receiving a report from the national secretaries.

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Qingshan headquarters.

Unbeknownst to Li Xinghe, Higashikawa Yukami, who was currently partying, was watching their Constantinople plan with Enola.

The 1.89-meter-tall "super high-speed rail lady," Dongchuan Xueshi, is eagerly watching Türkiye:

"This time it's my turn to put my skills to the test."

As the head of the operations department of the Aoyama Command, Higashikawa Yukami dispatched her most capable assistant: Zhang Xiaoqian's younger sister, the cunning and scheming Koshiyama Yui.

She was a rising star in the Qingshan Command and was dispatched to Cyprus to personally direct this local conflict that was causing turmoil in Europe and the Arab world in this European country located in Asia.

The residents of Cyprus certainly never imagined that the unrest in the eastern Mediterranean was orchestrated from a white holiday home.

The CIA employees who had arrived early, mainly to create chaos by handing out money, raised the following points:

"To be honest, the situation on the Levant coast is already very chaotic. If Türkiye gets into chaos as well, it will be really difficult to manage."

Yui Ooshima now appeared more composed, saying:

"Why not let all the extremists and lunatics from Libya and Syria, as well as the Kurdish separatists, gather in Constantinople? We need to station troops in the Middle East and control its oil resources. It won't work if we stay out of the way like China. If we're going to clean the hallway, instead of expecting the rats and cockroaches to hide, we should let them go to the neighbor's house."

The subordinates were even more conflicted:

"What if they lose?"

"Then they could only go directly into Europe and carry out bombings in Germany and France. Who has ever seen anyone run back to the Middle East?"

Yui Ooshima believes that either Türkiye or Europe will descend into chaos. In the end, only the coalition forces will benefit.

The subordinates were shocked; this move was truly despicable.

That's really unethical.

But under Yui Ooshima's arrangement, they had no choice but to obey and spend money to send more social unrest elements to Istanbul.

In an instant, almost all the ambitious people in the Eastern Mediterranean flocked to this city that the world longed for.

Only the Turks were hurt.

In the basement of his government residence in Ankara, Erdogan, who has ruled Türkiye for 29 years, was jumping up and down and cursing.

"Li Xinghe, you bastard!"

"Americans are bastards too!"

"Europeans, they're all dogs, they're all dogs!"

Erdogan couldn't hold back any longer.

He now faces two choices: either submit to the pressure from the EU and NATO, guaranteeing that Turkey's First Army Corps (three divisions) will not attack Istanbul, allowing the Istanbul people to continue their unrest, even to the point of forming their own citizens' committee. Wouldn't Istanbul then become independent in a few months through a referendum? Where is Lin Yonglin? Is he even here yet...?

The other option is to immediately order the First Army to carry out a brutal crackdown in the European part of Turkey, deploying tanks into the streets, helicopters into the air, and using machine guns, cannons, and incendiary bombs to teach the citizens of Istanbul a lesson. But if this were to happen, Turkey would face a severe economic blockade from all of Europe, and economic collapse would be imminent.

In fact, although the two choices are different, the result is the same.

If Istanbul becomes independent, Erdogan will be finished.

If the incendiary projectiles are launched, Erdogan might also be finished.

In a fit of rage, with the sentiment of "Waiting to die, is it acceptable for the country to perish? Within the country," the 88-year-old Erdogan, enraged, asserted that the EU at the very least needed Turkey to stop Russian expansion, and thus decisively stated:

"Implement military control over the four provinces of Istanbul, Edirne, Çanakkale, and Kırklarelli! Cut off all networks, cut off all supplies, and shut down Istanbul's water, electricity, and gas supply."

The First Army Group has been fully deployed; these are no ordinary thugs, we must strike hard!

Erdogan is indeed ruthless.

He refused to supply these places with flatbread and bread, intending to starve them to death.

In the cold days of early spring, without heating or running water, people in the parade would freeze to death every day.

Aside from freezing to death and starving to death, Erdogan did provide them with the only means of keeping warm.

"Incendiary bomb!"

Yes, helicopters and infantry fighting vehicles advancing through the streets and machine guns firing at civilians have gradually become the norm, while the incendiary bombs sprayed by helicopters bring people an unusually high temperature of warmth.

Within days, tens of thousands of protesters fell to Erdogan’s machine guns and Molotov cocktails.

Erdogan's atrocities quickly drew collective criticism from Europeans, who hurled insults at the Turkish Sultan and labeled him a "machine gun and incendiary dictator."

These incendiary bombs, which were sprayed in all directions, unsurprisingly caused massive city fires.

Tragically, the fire station had no water, and the fire trucks couldn't get any water either.

Everyone could only watch in despair as the fire raged through the city, gradually spreading and forming a scorching wind that carried sparks to ignite everything.

In Istanbul, a city of 1500 million people, countless people died in the fire, houses were charred and collapsed, and assets worth tens of billions were destroyed.

Erdogan's incendiary bombs ignited a massive fire that burned throughout Istanbul. If we disregard the wildfires in the United States and Canada, this fire is a mega-fire of a century's scale.

Almost all religious people are loudly proclaiming:

"Holy crap! Heavenly Fire Burns the City!"

Almost everyone knows that.

That's it, things have escalated to a point of no return.

Chapter 990: Armenian Massacre, July Ambush on Li Xinghe (5500 words)

"2032 is going to be very exciting."

Gao Tiao sat with his legs crossed in Li Xinghe's seat, flipping through a briefing on the situation in Europe.

Cabinet officials did nothing to respond and instead reported on the situation in their respective departments.

A rumor quickly spread through the cabinet and Tokyo political circles: Takajo Satsuki is the political successor designated by Lee Seong-ha.

Otherwise, there is no reason why Li Xinghe would not choose his shrewd wives, but instead let his secretary handle the prime minister's daily affairs, and even let her sit in his chair to convene cabinet meetings on his behalf.

Many people also secretly joked about Gao Tiaowuyue: although she is the political secretary-general, unfortunately she doesn't understand politics.

So, in a private setting, Takajo Satsuki went to Hitotsubashi University to pursue a systematic and formal education in political economy.

Unfortunately, Hitotsubashi University's political and economic studies are actually quite average, so even Takajo Satsuki doesn't believe what they teach.

The astute May immediately realized that these old men probably had their own political stance, so she attended some classes at Hitotsubashi University during the day and invited political economy experts from China in the afternoon to conduct cross-verification from multiple perspectives to prevent herself from being deceived.

Only through persistent learning can one make up for one's shortcomings.

Therefore, in recent May, Gao Tiao has been busy with both governing and writing political papers, spinning like a top all day long.

Speaking of the conflict in Türkiye, Gao Tiao showed off his progress in taking online classes with a Chinese political economy professor in May: