Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

Li Xinghe unintentionally touched on Shiba Shigeru's painful past again.

In the end, Shigeru Ishiba only finalized the launching ceremonies for Ryujo and Hōshō; he neither found the attackers nor...

He can discipline his subordinates.

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Subsequently, the emergency setup for the launching ceremony quickly took shape.

General Jacqueline attended the event along with other U.S. military commanders stationed in Japan and performed a U.S.-Japan friendship demonstration with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

Although the two converted coast guard vessels were surprisingly dilapidated, it did not prevent the official media from defining them as "massive surface warships that can be rapidly produced and expanded with the support of civilian technology." The F-35Bs borrowed from the Seventh Fleet performed vertical take-off and landing on the deck, successfully making the front page of the newspaper.

Various political forces showed up in front of the ship, and even Fumio Kishida, who had been shot in the buttocks, made a forced appearance to show that he was fine.

After the ceremony, Koizumi and his son got into the same car as Li Xinghe.

Do you really think Shigeru Ishiba will step down? Others don't think so.

Shinjiro Koizumi still harbored doubts.

Li Xinghe pointed to the 7888 yen special-priced rice displayed at the supermarket entrance, then turned to Koizumi and said:

"How can we hasten his resignation? Isn't this a ready-made reason?"

While the warship was being launched at the dock, Kannon-taki Aotori was on the other side of the city, presiding over an underground meeting of the four major Tokyo Red Terror organizations: the New World Research Institute, the Central Nuclear Faction, the Revolutionary Labor Union, and the Revolutionary Co-operative.

Despite the deep-seated hatred between the various factions, Mama Bluebird's "selling rice" plan received unanimous approval.

As the main importer, Li Daiyao smuggled rice from China at 2 yuan per kilogram, then used a price balancing committee license issued by Higashikawa Yukimi to bring it into the country tax-free. This immediately multiplied the price by 100, turning it into a precious rice at 200 yuan per kilogram. Even at this price, it was not considered expensive in Tokyo.

Then the rice and various vegetables were wholesaled to these red organizations and handed over to them for underground sales.

To this end, the four major red terrorist organizations also entered into a non-aggression pact, competing with the gangs for control of the underground black market.

As the Communist underground organization made its full-scale infiltration, order at the grassroots level in Tokyo descended into chaos. The black market for rice and vegetables surged like a raging tide, disrupting the operations of ordinary supermarkets. While large supermarkets dared not openly engage in smuggling, various smaller supermarkets had already fully integrated into the supply channels of these smuggled goods.

The era of nationwide rice reselling has arrived.

This is only the first phase.

Because smuggling organizations can only operate in Tokyo's underground markets, while there is another huge illegal group in Japan.

That's the US military!

U.S. military officers saw a business opportunity and began reselling the logistical rice from the military bases themselves.

These logistical supplies of rice were provided by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. The US military officers didn't spend any money at all; they just drove their Humvees out, found the restaurants, and asked in broken Japanese, "Want some rice? Half price!"

The US military was eager to sell, and the shop owner wanted to buy; the two sides hit it off immediately and shook hands.

Thus, a deal was quickly struck.

Pay in one hand and deliver in one hand.

After all the rice in the warehouse was sold out, the dim-witted U.S. military officers began looking for new sources of supply.

Over time, they established contact with the underground Communist Party members.

The Communist Party sent them Chinese rice, but the US military replaced the cheapest supermarket rice with US military-supplied bags, loaded them onto Humvees, and shipped them to restaurants.

The most flamboyant U.S. military personnel became the most aggressive group in reselling rice.

Anyway, even if the police find them, there's nothing they can do; they have absolute extraterritorial rights.

In the car, Koizumi and his son looked at the rice and both knew that there were serious problems with the current economic order.

Li Xinghe mocked:

“Even the underground Communist Party is cooperating with the US military to sell rice, and the economic order is in chaos. Prime Minister Ishiba must be held responsible for this.”

It's not just the US military.

If US military personnel can sell rice on the street, then can diplomats with diplomatic immunity also sell rice?

Even if they are caught, the diplomats can simply return home.

If diplomats can sell rice everywhere, can ordinary soldiers of the Ryukyu Self-Defense Force also sell rice?

They've been smuggling rice to places like Kagoshima Prefecture for months, and this time they've expanded their smuggling operations to Osaka and Kyoto.

Thus, another member joined the group that was smuggling rice under the guise of "Ryukyu Self-Defense Force" military vessels.

Koizumi Shinjiro said uneasily:

"Almost 30% of the rice on the market enters Japan through various shady channels. It's either the Price Equilibrium Committee left over from when I was the former prime minister, or US military bases and various diplomatic offices, or even the Ryukyu Self-Defense Force secretly and openly selling so-called military rice. The entire agricultural cooperative is going crazy!"

Yes, the agricultural association and the agricultural and forestry councilors are going crazy. They are now frantically searching for people to fight back.

Li Xinghe emphasized:

"The agricultural cooperatives have put themselves in opposition to the Japanese people!"

The price problem has been going on for several years now, and it has turned Li Xinghe into a multi-millionaire.

The problem is that the closed price system created by the farmers' cooperatives is useless except to harm the people.

Of course, Li Xinghe would oppose the Farmers' Association, but he couldn't really destroy it.

Without them and various middlemen hoarding and speculating, driving up prices, how could Li Xinghe, as the biggest villain, highlight his wisdom and prowess?

At the very least, he should have dealt with this experience pack himself when Li Xinghe took over.

The rice problem has become the core of economic turmoil.

But Junichiro Koizumi turned his attention to asking about the United States:

"Tell me, what exactly does the United States want to do? This old man can't understand it anymore."

Li Xinghe frankly stated:

"They want Japan to form a defense alliance with South Korea, the Philippines, and of course Taiwan. Of course, they want us to raise the funds and procure the equipment ourselves. The US wants us to protect ourselves and sacrifice ourselves as human shields for the US. And remember to pay tribute."

It's not that complicated. Vance just wants $1000 billion, while simultaneously withdrawing more US troops from Japan, arming Japan, and forcing Japan to resist China's rise and invasion.

If Japan resists, it will become a human shield for the United States.

If Japan does not resist, then the United States will knock its head off.

Koizumi seemed slightly dissatisfied:

"Do dogs have to bring their own dog food?!"

Li Xinghe was very certain:

"At least that's what it's like to be a dog for America."

Afterwards, Koizumi and his son discussed things with Li Xinghe all the way. When Li Xinghe asked how Koizumi would return to the core of politics, Li Xinghe pointed to the US military Humvees speeding away by the roadside.

The three understood immediately, and then fell silent.

The Koizumi father and son have always been part of an unpopular neoliberal reformist group in Japanese politics. Their ties with the United States and their poor reputation naturally meant they would agree to this.

……

After getting off the bus, Li Xinghe was about to go find Zhao Lieshu, but was pulled into the bus by Lao Wu who was passing by.

Old Wu felt confused about Li Xinghe.

He felt that Li Xinghe's recent actions had been quite bold:

"I would like you to elaborate on your vision for the future development of our group."

Li Xinghe said:

“We will follow Vance’s plan and organize an Asian version of a mini-NATO. Of course, I will play a leading role in it.”

"what idea?"

Wu Jianzhong felt that he was going to lose his hair.

Li Xinghe became serious:

"The current diplomatic problem is that the United States is prepared to withdraw from Asia, and neither Trump nor Vance has any intention of continuing to resist. They want to form an East Asian NATO so that they can protect themselves. But China cannot provide security protection for other countries. This is the predicament that others can't even be your dogs because you don't protect them."

Old Wu gestured for Li Xinghe to continue the conversation:

"Leaving aside economic development, you and I both understand that what China's neighboring countries need is security! Pakistan needs to confront India, the five Central Asian countries need to ensure their political leaders can step down alive, Myanmar needs the stable existence of its military government, and Australia needs help."

They block Indonesia and India, South Korea needs someone to keep North Korea in check, and Singapore needs someone to guard against Malaysia. We all know that if you want to be someone's father, you first need to actually act like one!

This is another lingering issue of non-interference in internal affairs. As a new diplomatic principle introduced in response to the disorder of the Cold War, it has, in fact, failed to provide a cornerstone for a new diplomatic order centered on China, even though it has avoided too many international disputes after China focused on economic development and achieved significant progress in economic development, becoming the world's leading industrial nation.

Because what neighboring countries often need is not development, but security.

"It's probably difficult to make a quick shift in the next few years. Our country has only just started operating a joint venture security company between the two countries. It will take time and experience to leapfrog to transnational military cooperation."

Wu Jianzhong was worried about this, because the normal state of the country cannot be changed overnight.

Li Xinghe, however, had his own method:

"Can an elephant be hidden in a refrigerator? No. When others need you to provide security, and you fail to do so, it is a failure to follow the historical trend."

"When ideals and reality don't quite align, I hope to revise the theory based on reality. For example, I could reinterpret the principle of non-interference in internal affairs, making any country that wants security protection from our stationed troops an internal affair of our country. Or, according to my goal, we could establish an international actor, such as an 'Asian Security Organization,' to indirectly provide security protection."

The trillions of dollars in trade surplus each year certainly didn't come for nothing. Countries that pay you not only expect high-quality, low-priced industrial goods, but also need you to provide for an international order.

It's not just about the economic order centered on the RMB, but also about the new security order surrounding the People's Liberation Army.

If you can't provide them with security, then they'd naturally be more willing to turn around and kneel before the United States.

Therefore, given that a theory of external intervention cannot be fully developed in the short term, forming a non-state, transnational military actor to conduct semi-auxiliary military defense is a reliable approach. This is Li Xinghe's personal idea.

Since Vance wants to create a democratic defense force and an Asian NATO, then let's steal this organization.

Wu Jianzhong rubbed his hair:

"Write a report, and I'll help you submit it."

He was indeed good to Li Xinghe.

Even a biological son wouldn't be this good.

Li Xinghe casually mentioned:

"By the way, I built two garbage sampans, intending to trick Japan and the United States into placing 16 F-35Bs on them. I'll send you the ship's identification codes; just sink them if needed. But some of the crew members are our people, so let me know before you shoot."

"You kid..."

Wu Jianzhong no longer knows how to comment on this.

Li Xinghe was smug:

"This is called using foreigners' chickens to lay our own eggs."

Old Wu pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked:

"You mean, you're that tadpole?"

Li Xinghe's laughter stopped abruptly.

Considering that this gestation bed jointly constructed by the United States, Japan, and South Korea is precisely the tadpole, Li Xinghe, the offspring, led to a series of chaotic events after the egg was laid. Therefore, although Wu Jianzhong made a slip of the tongue, he suppressed a laugh.

What he said was actually... correct.

The author says:

Author's Note: Thank you all for your support. 5100 words. I feel better today than yesterday. Continuing to ask for monthly tickets and urging for more updates.

Chapter 646: As expected, it's the Ministry of Public Security! Taking turns sleeping with the section chief (4400 words)

The next day.

The Public Security Section 9, located next to the Cabinet Residence, began its first internal disciplinary crackdown since the Prime Minister's dog-scratching incident.

Shigeru Ishiba's most trusted secretary, Mao Yoshimura, who had assisted him for 20 years, personally came to Public Security Section 9 to listen to the disciplinary rectification and write a report on Li Xinghe.

The police inspector first internally questioned Hibari Ryuzaki, the inspector of Public Security Section 9:

"Is it true that many female police officers in Section 9 of the Public Security Bureau behave inappropriately?!"

The dignified and elegant female inspector blushed slightly, then quickly shook her head and waved her hands, offering a reasoned rebuttal:

"No. As the inspector of this department, I fully understand the importance of this department, so there is absolutely no issue of misconduct! If you don't believe me, you can check the financial and hotel records of all the female officers in this department at any time, and I can guarantee that there really is nothing wrong!"

It really doesn't.