Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

Residents not only make offerings, they also have votes.

Soon, he changed into a Wufu suit and followed Chiro Mamori to a conference hall in Itabashi District, Tokyo.

This place is full of old men and women, holding a mobilization meeting for the "New Election in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area".

The Shinto Political Union is a very crazy and stupid extreme right-wing organization.

There is a theory that the Liberal Democratic Party is the most moderate right-wing faction in Japanese politics, so they can stay in politics for a long time.

Although Li Xinghe did not think this statement was correct, because the ruling party was often like this. But watching the people of the Shinto-Political Union seriously discussing cerebral theories such as "the emperor is supreme", using various strange man-made religious concepts "reinvented" during the Meiji Restoration to argue for the supreme kingdom of Japan, it really made people dream that they were going back to the Warring States period and standing shoulder to shoulder with Oda Nobunaga.

If the LDP establishment had not been sitting on the demon-suppressing toilet of the Japanese right-wing demons and monsters, it would be hard to imagine what weird things they would do after coming to power. The Shinto Federation is already quite anthropomorphic, because there are also the All Japan Buddhist Association, Tendai Sect, Soka Gakkai, etc. in line behind them, not to mention the Unification Church, World Salvation Church, Kurozumi Church, Sokyo Shinko, Lord of Light Church and other evil cults.

If this toilet explodes, the shit and urine soup created by the religious extreme right represented by the United Front for Religious Affairs will probably flood the entire East Asia.

The meeting was very boring. It just argued about the spirit of Shintoism and then discussed who they would vote for in the Tokyo election.

Off the field, Chiro Mamori explained to his grandson:

"There is a rather troublesome situation in the House of Representatives election promoted by the Shinto-Shokai Alliance. The political momentum of the Shinto-Shokai Alliance is declining. They hope to nominate another female representative to the Senate after Arimura Jiko."

Arimura Jiko is a member of the Senate. The Japanese Senate is the upper house of nobles with relatively little power. It is customary to supervise the House of Representatives. As the wife of a Malaysian Chinese, Arimura Jiko firmly supports the extreme right-wing anti-abortion, anti-separation of husband and wife surnames, and the revival of the emperor system. She is also pro-Taiwan and anti-China. This kind of right-wing cerebral palsy that fits the attitude of the Shinto-Shoin Alliance is their favorite target.

Of course, it is said that the political impetus of the Shinto Political Alliance is declining, but in fact, most of the Liberal Democratic Party members are members of the Shinto Political Alliance Consultation Council, and they all need the endorsement of the fixed voters of the Shinto Political Alliance. So this is also the reason why a large number of highly educated members will sit down with these idiots to discuss the spirit of Shintoism.

They really have votes.

Silly votes are also real votes.

What's more, these idiots are very rich. Every shrine makes a lot of money from the sale of talismans every year, and they don't pay any taxes.

Although the Shrine Headquarters, the Shinto Federation and the Agricultural Cooperatives are similar in that they are all high-level forces that bind and exploit the lower-level shrines and are highly integrated with the Liberal Democratic Party, the Shinto Federation is not like the Agricultural Cooperatives that monopolize agriculture and cause public resentment. As a group of talisman sellers, they are naturally well off no matter how they get by.

Li Xinghe complained:

"Why not just find another character like Satomi Ishihara?"

But no.

Chiro Mamori thought Li Xinghe was younger, and explained in detail:

"It's difficult. You, a little boy, won't notice it, but in the Shinto Federation, women from the main families of the various shrines are also discriminated against."

Because although Ishihara Satomi and the Soka Gakkai to which she belongs have strict rules, they are after all a religious group that split from the Hokke sect of Buddhism, and are at least a legitimate sect.

The Shinto Federation is a purely feudal collection of various Japanese rural shrines.

In order to obtain the huge profits from selling religious supplies, the shrine headquarters, the Shinto Federation, and the major shrines fought to the death over whether women had heirs, and even fathers and sons and brothers and sisters killed each other. Therefore, under the manipulation of the shrine headquarters, Shintoism still highly favors men over women, so that the shrine headquarters can legitimately deprive the subordinate shrines and send their own people to be chief priests to make money.

Li Xinghe pretends to be a good baby:

"If I hadn't returned, would our family have been deprived of several shrines as well?"

Chiro Mamori was very pleased with his grandson's understanding:

"Of course. Not only will they be taken away, but even their family status may be given to others. So it's great that you're back. Grandpa and grandma will give you whatever you want."

In a trance, Li Xinghe really thought that he had traveled back to the Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan. It was already the 21st century, and the Shinto Alliance was still doing these little tricks.

However, due to various reasons, these Shinto families are extremely short of heirs. During the meetings, 50 years old are considered young, 70 years old are still in their prime, and 90 years old are considered old and strong.

Therefore, whether or not a Shinto family has a legitimate male heir is a very crucial difference.

After Li Xinghe's return, the Jian family not only moved up in seats, but also gained a lot of say.

When they learned that Li Xinghe had already conceived a child at the mere 18 years old, these old men and women did not hide their envy at all.

It is no wonder that the family relies heavily on close relatives marrying each other. If a Shinto family marries outsiders at will, the shrines and temples will probably be divided up. This is a deformed inheritance model that cannot be avoided.

After a boring meeting one day, Li Xinghe went home and complained to Jian Meixun with a frown on his face:

"After talking to these crazy people for a whole day, I feel unclean."

Jian Meixun pulled the child with amusement:

"Wash yourself up, you must be really tired today."

To Li Xinghe, the entire Shen Zheng League gave him the feeling of a crazy senior citizens club.

This bunch of old men and women control a medieval religious world. They are extremely rich, extremely stupid, and extremely crazy. However, under the politics of votes, politicians of all stripes are proud to contact them to get group votes.

So they are trained to be more stupid, richer and more crazy.

In the voting system, there is no one more sick than them.

However, politicians need their votes very much, especially with the upcoming new general election in Tokyo. LDP politicians would like to sleep in their shrines and rely on them to mobilize residents to vote.

Just as Li Xinghe was washing his hair and face, there was a noise outside the house.

Li Xinghe walked out of the room and heard Jian Meixun say:

"Your grandmother Hongzi's relatives are here. Her aunt married to Hanabatake Shrine in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, and brought her daughter to visit her."

The two of them were in the living room.

Grandma Jian Hongzi's aunt is 7 years younger than her, probably around 50 years old, a well-maintained middle-aged woman. Her daughter is of course not very old, and looks like she just graduated from college.

This is a beautiful woman who looks gentle and virtuous, like the traditional Yamato Nadeshiko. She has long, smooth and soft hair hanging down her shoulders, and her round oval face is wrapped in fine hair parted in the middle. She has two beautiful, sparkling eyes, as if she can always express her emotions appropriately, making people feel refreshed when they see her. Judging from her appearance, she is the kind of classic tall, black, straight-haired beauty senior who is very stereotyped in the Japanese impression.

But if you look closely, you can see the plump waist and hip curves and the hidden breasts in the bulging chest. Even the Wu clothing, which does not show the body shape at all, is stretched out in such a stylish way that it is hard to imagine wearing other clothes.

Li Xinghe and Jian Meixun sat in the side hall, watching the two old women perform on the same stage.

Jian Meixun pointed at the young girl and teased Li Xinghe:

"Legally, you should call her Grandma Yuzhi. But according to age, she is three years older than you. Remember to call her Grandma later."

"what the hell!"

Li Xinghe was speechless.

In front of relatives, Grandma Hongzi finally straightened her back and was even able to look down on her aunt and get angry.

The old man's boring desire to win made Grandma Hongzi very complacent.

When she came down to change the tea, she deliberately showed off to her grandson:

"Hanabata Oushi Shrine is a large shrine in Adachi Ward. They always pretended to be from the city in front of me, secretly discriminating against us because we are from the countryside. Now that they hear that we have a son and a grandson, they feel that they are great and want to come and share in the good fortune."

In short, just like most shrines are facing a succession crisis and a considerable number of families have been unable to produce male offspring, this large shrine in Adachi Ward is also a typical example of having no sons. If they still cannot produce a son, they will be interfered with by the shrine headquarters, who will send people to replace their positions as shrine chiefs and seize their property.

Li Xinghe took out his phone and searched:

"Hanabata Ohusu Tamae, graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo. Daughter of the president of Hanabata Food and Light Industries, member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Committee of the Liberal Democratic Party, member of the Shinto Forum, and currently a councillor in Adachi Ward, Tokyo. Wow! What a high status."

Perhaps because the sound was a little loud, Miss Yuzhi in the living room gently moved her hips, lowered her breasts, and saluted gracefully towards the side room:

"No, no, the Tokyo ward councillors have announced their collective resignation, and are now preparing for the next round of political elections. It's hard to say whether they will be elected."

Since she had heard it, Jian Meixun opened the door according to etiquette and escorted Li Xinghe to salute.

The ceremony is over.

Li Xinghe looked up and found that the way she looked at him was a little strange.

Li Xinghe's heart skipped a beat.

District councillor?

It can't be such a coincidence, right?

During the national fitness activity in the middle of the night that day, among the people being chased and beaten by Li Xinghe's men, was this young lady who was only 3 years older than him?

Although he was wearing a mask, he was seen by some people at close range when he escorted the woman away from the detention site. Li Xinghe was not sure whether she saw through him.

But that’s not what we are talking about today.

Hanabata Oushi's aunt pulled Ma Hongzi anxiously:

"Our family, well... urgently needs a boy. The arranged marriage should be fulfilled, right?"

After hearing this, Li Xinghe almost fainted.

The Shinto family is really sick. In this era, are they still arranging marriages by fate?

The author says:

Author's words: Thank you for your support, 4700 words are dedicated. There are some minor bugs, and I didn't describe the Shinto Federation, Japan Conference, and Keidanren under the Liberal Democratic Party in detail. I will fix it quickly. Now Li Xinghe is also the shrine master.

Chapter 440: The Great Priestess Stays Home, and the Four Girls Take Turns to Work

"This... this can't be taken seriously, I'm just kidding."

When the aunt who used to be so arrogant and thought she was a member of the inner circle bowed her head in front of her, Grandma Jian Hongzi was so happy that she even turned her head away and refused to admit it.

The so-called arranged marriage was indeed something Jian Hongzi and her aunt had agreed upon, but it was just a casual chat at the dinner table to bring them closer.

Moreover, from a basic rational consideration, after Jian Meixun and Chiyo Hinahiki had sold Li Xinghe once respectively, the Jian family only had this one boy and could no longer afford to sell him. If they sold him again, they would have to consider the danger of piecing together the body parts in a trash can.

Grandma Hongzi quickly shook her head:

"No time, no time, really, there are still many people in my family who need heirs."

At this time, Grandma Fangzi of the Hanabata Oushi family could no longer hold back. She grabbed Hongzi's arm and begged:

"Hongzi, the Hanabata Oushi family is really in a tough situation. I'm not kidding you."

Miss Yuzhi, who was sitting upright with her long hair falling on her hips, also spoke seriously:

"Yes, the shrine headquarters has issued a warning to our family. If there is no heir to the shrine, they will consider sending the chief priest of the headquarters to seize our family's property."

This time, Jian Hongzi was really in trouble.

She was in trouble.

The house of my relatives must be protected, but the male members of my own family have been sold several times and there is no way to transfer the ownership.

Can Shinto shrines have female chief priests?

It is possible, but it is difficult. Many local shrines have been forced to withdraw from the Shrine Office.

Can I open the back door?

Yes, but only for prominent families, such as branches of the imperial family or women of the Tokugawa clan, who serve as nominal priests in various high-level shrines.

In order to seize the financial resources of various local shrines, the Shrine Headquarters has been using the excuse of favoring sons over daughters to continuously attack and seize shrine families that have no male descendants.

The Hanabata Oushi family was targeted.

Because their shrine happens to be located in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, which is considered a prosperous area, and there are many believers nearby.

Then, the shrine headquarters issued them a warning order, stating that if there was no heir for a long time, the shrine headquarters would send someone.

However, when the Hanabata Oushi family brought forward Miss Tamae, the legitimate heir, the shrine headquarters refused to recognize her.

Actually, the argumentation process of the shrine headquarters is very strange.

Grandma Fangzi looked miserable:

"The shrine office did not use the reason of male offspring, but said... Tamae had already entered politics, and theoretically could not hold two main jobs at the same time. Therefore, either Tamae returned home to be a female priestess, or Tamae gave birth to a child to inherit the family line."

Anyway, a person cannot be split into two halves. You either give up your position as district councilor or give up the Jiachuan Shrine.

How did Hanabata Ousu Tamae become the district councillor?

Their own shrine is located at the northernmost end of Adachi Ward, separated from Kawaguchi City where the Ma family lives by a river. Although this river separates the boundary between the upper class in Tokyo and the rural people in Saitama, it is very easy to get a seat in the district council because it is located at the city boundary. The shrine mobilized 2000 believers to rush in and help the family win the seat of councilor.

Her position as a member of parliament was supported by a solid vote bank, which of course was the Hanabata constituency inherited from her father's family.

Miss Tamae, who just graduated, certainly doesn't know much about politics and is currently in the training stage. But as long as the shrine can guarantee to attract 2000 voters, she can keep her family's position as a member of parliament.

The shrine headquarters has grasped this point.

If Hanabata Oushi Shrine wants to maintain its iron support as a district councilor, it must have the support of the political party of the Shinto-Political Association. But because there are no male members in the family, the shrine office can find a reason to send people to seize the family. If the Hanabata Oushi family wants to keep their family, they can only announce their withdrawal from the shrine office with their daughter. But once they announce their withdrawal, the shrine office can mobilize the Shinto-Political Association to withdraw their political support for their family, and then seize their votes and seats in the parliament.

Therefore, the Hanabata Oushi family was completely caught in a dilemma between the seat for parliamentarian and the shrine.

Moreover, after decades of bloody battles, everyone knows what the shrine office is like. Whether losing a seat in parliament or losing the shrine, the final result will be the loss of both people and money.

Jian Hongzi suggested:

"Looking for a son-in-law temporarily?"

"Do you think the shrine headquarters will recognize it? And no one else will recognize it." But Grandma Fangzi wisely pointed out the unreasonableness.

If a son-in-law wants to inherit the family business, the shrine headquarters will intervene and require reasonable certification.