Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

This is obvious. As an old unit that inherited the militaristic characteristics of Japan and absorbed various shortcomings of the US military during the long-term US occupation, the South Korean army, which combines the flaws of two of the worst military units on Earth, would naturally resort to collective action when it revolts.

Just as Li Xinghe predicted, the 53rd Division was neither loyal nor chaste. They first forcibly broke into various restaurants in the luxurious streets of Busan, exchanged rifle bullets for a good meal, and then stormed into various alleys and red-light districts.

In the alleyways and glass-walled shops, the sounds of women weeping and wailing, along with unbearable curses, immediately filled the air.

Both the local soldiers who may have committed violence and the locals who were attacked experienced Black Monday today, watching helplessly as their investments in stocks, funds, and cryptocurrencies went to zero overnight. However, they chose to work harder to earn money, while the soldiers chose to vent their anger by having sex with zero dollars.

In terms of both treatment and quality, the South Korean military has achieved a result commensurate with its moral character.

Li Xinghe comforted Zhao Lieshu:

"If the government had raised soldiers' salaries to 200 million won a month earlier, none of this would have happened today."

In fact, improving soldiers' benefits is not difficult for the South Korean government. With an annual budget of 700 trillion won, raising soldiers' salaries to the minimum guaranteed level would only require an additional 1 trillion won.

But that just won't do. This money would rather be used to pay tribute to the United States, buy out the military-industrial complex, give to the tycoons, and be embezzled by officers than go to ordinary soldiers.

It can only be said that, in the choice between improving soldiers' treatment and reducing bullying and corruption in the military, and ensuring that the military is well-fed, the South Korean government creatively chose to deduct money and let the soldiers find their own solutions.

So, the soldiers, who had long been eating swill, used their M4 rifles to remind the paralyzed and incompetent South Korean government how the common soldiers had managed to generate income back then.

night.

While soldiers were out in the red-light districts of Busan and Daegu, Cao Pi was getting zero money, while Li Xinghe was at home, sitting on the bed with a pistol, taking care of Xinze Taifeng as she slept. Zhao Lieshu and Ping Yingmei pushed a wooden cabinet to block the window and covered the light with curtains, creating the illusion that no one was inside.

In such a tense situation, when the entire room is completely sealed off, the darkness gives people a deeper sense of feeling.

Li Xinghe felt his pajama pants hadn't even warmed up before they were pulled down.

Looking down, he saw Zhao Lieshu kneeling by the bed, her long hair styled like a housewife's flowing hair, and then she was prostrate beside him, giving her husband a psychological and physical massage.

To be fair, as a country that retains many flaws of Confucianism, the unique respect shown to the head of the family is indeed a peculiar custom. Zhao Lieshu didn't want Li Xinghe to remain tense and wanted him to relax a little.

Its tongue, enveloping the vast galaxy, swallowed slowly or quickly, gently absorbing the squeezed liquid.

Zhao Lieshu lifted her face and winked at Li Xinghe.

Li Xinghe felt that Zhao Lieshu was still too young and hadn't anticipated that Ping Yingmei was a schizophrenic. She was swallowing with her buttocks and legs sticking out, while Ping Yingmei's eyes were practically glowing green.

Sure enough, a little while later, when Zhao Lieshu was somewhat asleep, Li Xinghe's pajama bottoms were pulled down again.

However, to Li Xinghe's surprise, the one who climbed up this time was a beautiful young woman, Shinze Taifeng, who was pretending to be asleep.

She enveloped Little Star River with her warm, soft breasts, while giving it a flirtatious look and licking the sensitive area around Big Star River with her small, fragrant tongue.

Unfortunately, the little fool's pretense was too deliberate, which quickly alerted Zhao Lieshu and also made Ping Yingmei furious.

In the dark little bed, the three women huddled together and began to fight. Hira Emi, showing signs of her dark side, held down Shinsawa Taiho and used her fingers to fiercely punish this brat who dared to steal her mother's man.

So, while swallowing her father's precious treasure in the front, she was scolded by her mother with her finger in the back, and quickly turned from a little beauty into a silly little idiot with an ahoge face, lying on the bed trembling all over.

Meanwhile, Zhao Lieshu and Ping Yingmei crowded together, vying for the only great galaxy and excluding each other.

Faced with a professional athlete, Zhao Lieshu was defeated. She watched as Ping Yingmei turned around, sat on Li Xinghe's body, and slowly took Da Xinghe into her body, letting out a long sigh of relief.

"Stop making a fuss..."

Li Xinghe's protest was drowned out by the women.

After Ping Yingmei finished her business, she gave her position to Zhao Lieshu.

Not to be outdone, Zhao Lieshu also sat down, wanting to show Ping Yingmei who was the most gentle and kind wife in the family.

Lee Ju-yeon hid in a corner, secretly watching the drama unfold, and then, fiddling around, secretly took all the toilet paper.

After they finished, Zhao Lieshu gently and virtuously went to wipe her husband, only to find that the toilet paper was gone.

"Where's the paper? Who took it?"

"Ah, Lee Ju-yeon! I'm going to die, give me the paper."

Zhao Lieshu snuggled up in Li Juyan's bed with her silly younger sister, and then the silly younger sister smelled the increasingly familiar scent and kissed Zhao Lieshu.

……

next morning.

Zhao Juhuan drove home in a blur, his clothes disheveled.

Seeing Li Xinghe making breakfast in the kitchen, he lay on the sofa with a somewhat uneasy expression, and asked in a seemingly casual manner:

"Want a cigarette? Marijuana, K2, or something even stronger?"

"No, I've quit, completely quit."

Li Xinghe smiled.

Seeing that his brother-in-law was ungrateful, Zhao Juhuan sat alone in the living room smoking opium, his emotions fluctuating wildly.

"It's infuriating...infuriating...Everyone talks about following the rules, democracy, rules, the country, but what has the country given me? Dentist Shake..."

He is the eldest son of Zhao Qijun's elder brother, and theoretically the direct heir of the Zhao family, but unfortunately, he only served in the military. His current disheveled appearance certainly suggests he doesn't have the looks to be president.

The South Korean military's riot control operation had just begun that morning.

After a night, the Second Operations Command finally understood what to do and transferred the 39th Chungmu Township Division and the 35th Chunggyeong Township Division from nearby areas to suppress the local uprisings in Daegu and Busan.

By daytime, most of the South Korean troops from the 50th and 53rd Divisions had slunk back to their barracks, while a small number, realizing the gravity of their crimes, fled.

Subsequent investigations revealed that it wasn't just these two local divisions; numerous localized crises, large and small, had occurred across the South Korean military, which had been suffering greatly. Crimes such as dining and dashing, theft, robbery, and even gang rape were rampant, with nearly a thousand cases occurring overnight.

South Korean media finally came to their senses and began to report intensively on the South Korean military during the stock market crash:

"The stock market crash led to a local military uprising! But who can such an army protect?"

"The soldiers are like bandits, a truly pitiful sight."

However, there is still no word on who will be the next president of South Korea.

Previously, South Korean presidents took turns going to jail after leaving office, but things are different now; now, it's people preparing to run for the South Korean presidency.

Party candidates took turns serving time in prison, even planning their crimes and prison terms, effectively skipping the five years of their presidency and heading to jail ahead of schedule. Yoon Seok-yeol, Han Dong-hoon, Lee Jae-myung, Cho Kuk, and others rotated between prison, the National Assembly, and the presidential palace.

So nobody knows what the final result will be. Maybe someone who's in jail will be elected when they get out?

Zhao Qijun, who hadn't slept all night, returned home, awkwardly wiping the sweat from his brow.

"Alas, the local militia in the countryside is of poor quality and poorly trained. They were suddenly hit by a black stock market crash. I'm sorry to have made you laugh."

Li Xinghe could only respond with high emotional intelligence:

"It's alright. I believe that the special forces elites in the capital region are well-trained and will be able to repel North Korea's threats."

Nonsense, what do those legions in the capital region usually do?

They're all performing Kudjeta in Seoul.

Of course, they don't have to fight for food like the poor folks in the local divisions; those who succeeded through hardship all became presidents.

Having already experienced this, Li Xinghe prepared to return to Tokyo ahead of schedule. When he tried to contact the Japanese diplomatic team, he was surprised to find that he was alone.

"Where are Shigeru Ishiba and the others?"

"Oh? They took a plane and fled back to Tokyo last night."

They run incredibly fast.

Since they left Li Xinghe in South Korea, he can take advantage of the social unrest caused by the stock market crash to plant some seeds of trouble in advance.

He found Cho Gu-hwan downstairs, who was being summoned by two South Korean military police:

"Goo Hwan hyung, have you ever talked to me about the idea of ​​collaborating?"

Zhao Juhuan's already unpleasant appearance became even more apparent during the sudden questioning.

He looked at Li Xinghe and asked in confusion:

"Japan?"

Li Xinghe smiled calmly, his smile bright and sunny, like that of an angel:

"The United States, Japan, or North Korea, China, Russia—I can help you find partners if you want. With me, there are only offers and returns, not nationalities or ethnicities."

As a middle-aged man in his forties, Zhao Juhuan, whose life had seemingly come to an end, was suddenly moved and began to fawn over his brother-in-law.

"Do you think my face is suited for great advancement?"

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Author's Note: Thank you for your support. Here's 4900 words. A key point to note is that fast food in South Korea and Japan is only 20 minutes, not the 40-60 minutes typically seen in China. Furthermore, prices in the Okubo region have recently increased due to its popularity overseas. Therefore, in reality, meat prices in South Korea and Japan are only relatively cheaper than local incomes. Prices are based on telegrams.

Chapter 500: The New One Heart Society, Li Xinghe the Immortal of Tokyo (3600 words)

"China, the US, Japan, North Korea, Russia... you can choose to serve any of them."

Li Xinghe is like a walking treasure bag; he can dazzle Zhao Juhuan with just a few glimpses of the treasures he has inside.

"Me...really? Just me?"

As an ordinary, middle-aged, unattractive man climbing the ranks in a local military unit, Zhao Guhuan did harbor fantasies of advancing further. This was also the initial motivation behind his and a group of fraternities within the military to instigate a localized military uprising and call on the South Korean Ministry of National Defense to take action.

But when the South Korean military police came knocking on his door, Cho Gu-hwan wished he could shove his head into a trash can, fearing that his comrades in the army would betray him.

Li Xinghe sat down, gesturing for Zhao Juhuan to listen attentively:

"Of course, but before you join different people, you should think carefully about who is the most suitable for you. For example, if you want to cooperate with North Korea, at most you can only sell some internal intelligence. In fact, there are quite a few people who take this path."

Interestingly, the party with the clearest understanding of the situation in South Korea is its northern neighbor, North Korea. North Korea clearly possesses multiple high-level intelligence networks dedicated to gathering and analyzing information about South Korea's activities. This is similar to the fact that there are actually a large number of pro-communist elements within Taiwan's high-ranking officials.

After a brief moment of thought, Zhao Juhuan slammed his fist on the table and said:

"As expected, it's still Japan, isn't it?"

He chose to gain support from Japan, rather than from the US, China, North Korea, and Russia.

This brings us to another interesting fact: Japan has a very deep infiltration of South Korea and has long been colluding with South Korean right-wing chaebols, politicians, and media. There were clear signs of Japanese interference during Yoon Seok-yeol's coup attempt. It's at least certain that bureaucrats in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs made some promises to Yoon Seok-yeol and his close associates, although these promises were never fulfilled.

If Cho Gu-hwan defected to Japan, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, various foundations and corporations, and related South Korean conglomerates would provide him with support, enabling him to climb the ranks in the military quickly.

This is something that China, the US, North Korea, and Russia cannot do.

Despite the long-standing myth of American intelligence, the reality is that the US intelligence system in Japan and South Korea has actually been gradually declining. Back in 2021, the CIA shut down its intelligence gathering station in South Korea, leading to the farcical situation where employees went to a South Korean court to demand unpaid wages, only to be ruled by the court that working for the CIA did not constitute espionage.

In specific regional affairs, the United States must increasingly value the opinions and ideas of Japan and South Korea. If Japan and South Korea resolutely refuse to cooperate, then the United States will be powerless to do anything about it.

Without someone like Li Xinghe stationed in Tokyo, the United States' control over Japan would be severely ineffective.

In just 10 minutes, Zhao Juhuan decided to seek refuge with a powerful figure.

Zhao Juhuan shamelessly asked Li Xinghe for help:

“I need 3000 million won to avoid being sent to the military police court. I also need to bribe the Second Operations Command to see if they can promote me from middle commander to senior commander and transfer me from coordinating staff officer to regimental commander. The 50th and 53rd Divisions will be severely punished this time. If the leading officers give up their positions, we will have a chance.”

The South Korean military still uses the Japanese model of army corps – division – brigade – regiment – ​​large, medium and small platoons. A middle commander is only qualified to be a battalion commander, but if you can reach the rank of platoon leader, you are qualified to take on independent positions below the brigade level. For these second-line, local division commanders, promotion is actually very fast, but it has little real value.

Several high-ranking military officers in the 2024 Yoon Seok-yeol coup were local division commanders who climbed the ranks by gaining seniority, but turned out to be incredibly incompetent when it came to actually doing their jobs.

3000 million Korean won?

Li Xinghe almost laughed.

The South Korean military does indeed have this stingy problem; salaries in the military are meager, and they can't afford to spend much money on bribes.

Li Xinghe skillfully took out US dollars and handed them to him:

"Here's 1 million won. Keep the difference from the exchange rate for yourself, or figure out a way to buy a better car."

Upon receiving the 1 million won, Cho Gu-hwan's expression immediately changed.

He first bribed the two military police officers outside the door, and then began to confide in Li Xinghe.

The Isshin Society, founded by Chun Doo-hwan, although declared disbanded after the democratization movement, did not actually disband; instead, it secretly persisted within the military for a long time. Cho Gu-hwan was a member of this organization. As early as 2017, the South Korean military had contingency plans for a coup in Seoul. Officers were increasingly dissatisfied with their current treatment, especially after Yoon Seok-youl's coup attempt.

It's just a mutiny now, but it will definitely be a coup later.

Li Xinghe shook hands with him:

“Then let’s keep in touch. I think South Korea may not necessarily need to elect another democratically elected president. In fact, times are turning. Even the United States is abandoning the banner of human rights and the United Nations. Who’s to say we won’t go back to the past?”

Li Xinghe shook hands with his brother-in-law, who was more than two rounds older than him, and watched as he was taken away by the military police.

The times have changed dramatically. The United States, which once shaped human rights diplomacy during the Kennedy era and was committed to dismantling the world's colonial system after World War II, has gradually begun to see a return to the new Monroe Doctrine during Trump's second term. Calls have resurfaced advocating for the United States to send troops to occupy various strategic locations, such as the Panama Canal.

From Li Xinghe's perspective, the world will see a series of black swan events in the coming years, shaking the global economy and economic landscape.

Territory, sovereignty, and even the nation are no longer commodities that cannot be traded.