Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

Yes, there was a coup.

This was the first military coup since World War II, resulting from a collective rebellion within the Self-Defense Forces.

The streets and alleys were filled with bewildered people.

On billboards in the bustling streets, official messages provided by the Congressional Press Service were continuously displayed on a loop:

"Last night, Colonel Naoo Maeda, Chief of Staff of the 1st Division, conspired with his associates from the Great Japanese Empire Restoration Association to stage the Nagatacho coup. They dispatched hundreds of far-right extremists to create chaos in Tokyo and storm the Diet building, but fortunately, they were suppressed by other valiant troops. Naoo Maeda has now been killed..."

"Please rest assured, citizens, Colonel Naoto Maeda and several of his accomplices have been killed. The valiant Tokyo Metropolitan Defense Force is safe and sound. First Division Commander Seiji Toriumi heroically sacrificed his life in the battle to suppress the rebels. Specific investigation details will be released later (never to be released)..."

"The Diet has made an emergency decision to form a special Tokyo garrison and to readjust the deployment of military forces..."

Japan's media matrix has a peculiar magic.

That is, as long as they adopt a 'relaxed' and 'confident' attitude when they talk about things, it's as if this coup is nothing.

Naoto Maeda and several accomplices, that's about a dozen people, which doesn't sound like many.

If we ignore the shattered bodies and damaged military vehicles strewn across the roads, and forget the shocking comments from military enthusiasts who calculated the 'annihilation of the First Division Company' based on vehicle damage figures, the matter will quickly pass. After all, with bulldozers on the road, the bodies of people and vehicles are pushed aside, and Tokyo returns to order.

Those who need to go to work should go to work, and those who need to pretend to go to work should go to the coffee shop and pretend.

Just like the Okinawa independence conflict, which resulted in the death of Kenichiro Nagumo and the capture of more than a thousand prisoners, theoretically a national-level disaster, the Japanese media were able to gloss over it lightly, and the Japanese people forgot about it after a few days.

The feeling is like everyone sitting together on a runaway train, pretending to sway, as if the train is still moving normally.

7:30 a.m.

A spokesperson for the Japanese government announced:

"We have 100% evidence to confirm that the South Korean intelligence agency was involved in the Maeda coup in September, and we are even more certain that South Korea sent mercenaries to land in the Okinawa Islands to participate in guerrilla warfare. Hereby, the Japanese government will issue the most serious warning to the South Korean government and suspend imports and exports of related industries, including semiconductor-related hydrogen fluoride and photoresist, fine chemicals, automobiles, aircraft, ships, fiber chemicals, and transportation machinery, until the South Korean government withdraws the South Korean mercenaries from the Okinawa guerrillas and issues a formal apology."

In this evasive and blame-shifting statement, the extremely serious coup was glossed over at the beginning, and then the criticism of South Korea was turned on when South Korean mercenaries landed in Okinawa.

Japan

People have long been used to criticizing South Korea. Under the guidance of the government and parliament, they immediately flocked to insult South Korea, forgetting to pay attention to more details of the investigation into the coup.

Humorous comments from Japanese netizens:

"If I can't fight the US, can't I fight South Korea?"

"This is clearly a CIA operation, but Kcia is in charge. Is this how dogs take the blame for their owners?"

"There are at least 2000 Chinese mercenaries, while there are only a few hundred South Korean mercenaries. Now, there are Chinese people living with the locals all over Okinawa, and they are even planning to promote Chinese language teaching, so why only blame South Korea?"

“(Reply) Because if a son does not speak, it is the father’s fault. But an older brother can hit his younger brother.”

The classic East Asian Confucian trope never goes out of style: China is the father, so the son can't say the father is wrong; but Japan is the older brother of Korea, so it's only natural for the older brother to beat the younger brother.

"(Back) What era are we living in? South Korea is no longer worthy of being called the younger brother, it's only worthy of being called the grandson."

Neighboring South Korea was immediately caught in the crossfire.

However, they are not entirely innocent either. South Korea played a significant role in Maeda Naoo's coup, and the South Korean mercenaries in the Ryukyu Independence Army were sent by the South Korean government itself as retaliation for Japan's overbearing behavior during the Dokdo sovereignty crisis.

8 o'clock in the morning.

Li Xinghe is still unable to sleep, as he is directing his troops to remove the fragments of Japanese corpses.

Yoshiko took off her costume and quietly leaned close to him, saying:

"The Emperor and Empress wish to meet you."

Li Xinghe was shocked.

Oh no, could it be that they're coming to hold him accountable because they demolished his house twice and killed a large group of Imperial Household Agency officials?

Wait a minute, how many divisions does this old man have?

Moreover, killing the Imperial Household Agency officials was actually a good thing for the Imperial Family.

He beckoned Valeria and her closest Ukrainian female soldiers to follow him so they could all go to the Royal Palace for a look around.

In addition, Li Xinghe also instructed Jiazi:

"Don't tell anyone."

"what?"

"I don't want others to know that I beat or threatened the elderly."

Hitting an elderly person is wrong.

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Chapter 592: Beating the Crown Prince, Occupying the Imperial Palace to Build a Fortress, and the Red Tokyo Bay (4700 words)

How can you visit the Imperial Family without bringing along the bomb witch, Hayashi Yuko?

It was she who, just a few days ago, nearly turned the Imperial Palace upside down with the explosion. That accident, which blew up the entire inner palace, provided Li Xinghe with considerable convenience.

It just so happens that Lin Youzi also participated in the anti-repression activities last night, so she was leading the military medical team nearby to treat the wounded soldiers. Li Xinghe went to call her, and together with Jiazi, they drove to the Imperial Palace, which was not far away.

At this time, the Imperial Palace, before it could be repaired from its original state, was bombed again, destroying the front hall and leaving a scene of devastation. Houses were collapsed, trees were withered, and flowerbeds were ruined, resembling a war zone in Syria. Not only were there few police officers at the entrance of the Imperial Palace, but a group of family members of the Imperial Household Agency and Imperial Palace police were also causing trouble, demanding compensation and damages.

These family members were not poor; in addition to demanding compensation, they also demanded the maintenance of the Imperial Household Agency's hereditary system, where the son succeeds the patriarch of the old bureaucratic family upon death. It was through this closed internal succession that the Imperial Household Agency controlled the Imperial Family for decades.

"It's so beautiful." Lin Youzi took a deep breath, as if she could smell the ashes of the Emperor.

"These are all your outstanding achievements. Keep up the good work, and try to blow this place up to the sky."

Li Xinghe praised her.

"what?"

Princess Kako, who was focused on driving, turned around in confusion and saw two people with mysterious expressions, as if something good was about to happen.

The Imperial Palace building isn't very large. After parking and going downstairs, you'll see a short old man, about 1.6 meters tall, arm in arm with a woman who is slightly taller than him, greeting you at the entrance.

"Uncle, this is Jian Xinghe, we are good friends."

"This is Lin Youzi, the head of the Liaison Office of the Joint Command."

Jiazi grabbed Li Xinghe's arm and mustered up her courage to go up and say hello.

For the Imperial Family, Kako's succession to the Ryukyu Shō clan and becoming the mistress of Ryukyu was actually a way to expand the Imperial Family, so Naruhito's initial impression of Lee Seong-ha was fairly good.

Deren asked with a smile:

"The palace seems to be getting unsafe?"

Li Xinghe didn't understand and said:

"Shall I send you more guards?"

Li Xinghe had too many tricks up his sleeve, and he immediately began to covet a position in the Royal Police.

Since we've already killed so many policemen, we might as well replace them with Li Xinghe's men to help the Japanese Imperial Family guard the Imperial Palace. Don't ask us what we're digging or building inside the Imperial Palace; just tell us if we've secured it. I guarantee no one will bomb the Imperial Palace again.

Deren was puzzled; the kid hadn't understood.

"Um... I mean, this land is a bit unsafe."

Li Xinghe then said:

"How about I increase the garrison for you? I'll station two special operations companies, one air defense missile company, and one engineering company here. I guarantee it will be impregnable."

Yes, the Imperial Palace is so big, it's not appropriate for me to send police. I'll just send troops to garrison it.

First, build a reinforced concrete wall around the city moat, then build a permanent base, install turrets and anti-aircraft missiles, and absolutely no one can break through it.

Seeing that the elderly couple still disagreed, Li Xinghe began to threaten them:

"Neither left nor right works, so what do you want to do? How about this, I'll send troops to dig a nuclear-proof and riot-proof basement for you in the Imperial Palace, and you can live in the basement."

Neither Naruhito nor Masako had ever seen such a domineering son-in-law, but since they were both mild-mannered, they could only look to Princess Kako for help.

Jiazi hurriedly whispered to Li Xinghe:

"Ahem, what Uncle means is that if they move away from the Imperial Palace, they will be... um... nowhere to live."

Nowhere to stay? That's easy to solve.

With so many imperial buildings in Tokyo, why can't they just stay anywhere they want? The villa where Yoshiko's parents, the irresponsible Fumihito and his wife, lived cost them tens of billions of yen in taxes. Why not just take that nice house away from them?

Li Xinghe slammed his fist on the table and stood up immediately:

"How could you not have a place to stay? You wait here, I'll send troops right now to kick the Akishino family out of the Akasaka Palace. Cough cough, I didn't mention Yoshiko, I know you live alone."

Yoshiko rolled her eyes in anger.

The elderly couple trembled with fear at Li Xinghe's arrogance; they had never seen such a thuggish young man.

If Wenren and his family were really driven away, the two brothers would start fighting amongst themselves, wouldn't that make them a laughing stock?

"No, no, we want to go back to live at Akasaka Palace."

De Ren was drenched in cold sweat and had no choice but to be honest.

Akasaka Imperial Palace is a large urban park located west of the Imperial Palace and Nagata-cho. It houses the main members of the Tokyo Imperial Family, especially the Akishino family, known for their notorious troublemaking. Li Xinghe frequently visits Kako's house to have affairs with her, infuriating Fumihito, because they live on the southeast side of Akasaka Imperial Palace, allowing Li Xinghe easy access by car.

At this point, Li Xinghe already understood.

He just regretted that his earlier attempt to trick Emperor Naruhito and his wife into relinquishing control of the Imperial Palace had failed.

The elderly couple, Naruhito and his wife, wanted to move to the Akasaka Imperial Palace to escape the troublesome place there. However, because the Imperial Household Agency had been half-destroyed by terrorists and the Imperial Palace had been hit by artillery fire, no one could make a decision for them. So they came to ask Li Xinghe for his opinion, which was actually hoping someone would vouch for them.

To be fair, this elderly couple is quite pitiful. Now they even need someone to sign off on moving, which is not much different from the elderly who have been thrown into a nursing home.

"Okay, on behalf of Section Nine of the Public Security Bureau, I approve."

This is equivalent to changing the guardian of the elderly couple, Naruhito and his wife, from the Imperial Household Agency to Li Xinghe.

Li Xinghe readily signed the agreement, but he still had his eye on the palace restoration project.

Given the Imperial Household Agency's notorious habit, they even hire three people specifically to handle posting on Instagram for palace staff, increasing...

With an expenditure of 30 million yen, it's practically the same as the Qing Dynasty's Imperial Household Department. Why give them the opportunity?

Why not just seize it ourselves? We can build some tunnels and use them to arrest the Emperor and Empress and members of parliament whenever we want.

Under Li Xinghe's threatening phone call, the remaining forces of the Imperial Household Agency had no choice but to relinquish their hold on the lucrative opportunity and hand over the restoration project of the Imperial Palace to Li Xinghe for management.

Not long after, Wen Ren, who had been disciplined by Li Xinghe, came over and started showing off:

"You brat, how could you hog the entire palace restoration project for yourself? Your father-in-law..."

Wenren probably thought, "My daughter is with Li Xinghe now, and I'm practically her father-in-law, so shouldn't you give me some face? Share some money with me?"

"Old man, what are you pretending to be, Mio?"

Li Xinghe stepped forward and knocked Wen Ren down with two punches. He breathed a long sigh of relief, finally feeling better.

If you don't beat up the Japanese Imperial Family when you enter the Imperial Palace, it feels like you've wasted your trip.

If Li Xinghe were to punch Deren three times, he was afraid of accidentally killing the old man, who had no particularly bad reputation, and causing trouble. It would be much more satisfying to beat up Wenren, that stinking imperial younger brother. His reputation was already infamous, and he was still in decent shape.

Then Li Xinghe walked out of the imperial palace with an air of nonchalance.

Well, this place is just so-so.

Jiazi stuck out her tongue and ran off with Li Xinghe.

Old Man Wenren?

Not familiar with it.

……

Li Xinghe didn't have time to sleep that day.

Under the allocation of the Cabinet Office, Li Xinghe's Public Security Section 9 was granted a newly built office site adjacent to the Cabinet Office. The Central Contract Building No. 9, which had not yet been named, became the exclusive office space for Public Security Section 9.

All the female police officers from the Ninth Police Division rushed over, cheering as they hung a large sign at the entrance.

"Police Section Nine has been established!"

Higashikawa Yukami led everyone in inspecting the building.

"This building is currently under our jurisdiction, and we can relocate some of our subordinate units here. If there are any vacancies in the future, other departments may also use it."

Having been exposed to Li Xinghe's work, Ryuzaki Hibari had also seen the Fifth Republic. He immediately changed the entrance sign scene to the security room scene, and then started making jokes: