Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

What do you think we can discuss this time?

Facing the cameras of domestic media, Li Xinghe humorously joked in fluent Chinese:

"There's nothing we can't talk about; everything is open to discussion. Security, resources, talent, tourism, industry—I hope everyone can be bold enough to discuss these issues. But there's only one condition..."

"What premise?"

Li Xinghe patted his cheek humorously:

"Let's talk, but don't slap me in the face. My face is worth a lot."

The lame joke was met with thunderous applause.

The first day's banquet was mostly empty; it was all about eating and drinking for free. Li Xinghe announced...

After the opening ceremony, he only allowed his staff to discuss things privately. After all, if it really came to betraying the country, he would talk to Lao Wu.

Just when everyone was overjoyed and saw a peaceful future in every sense, an uninvited guest suddenly arrived.

Vance did not call Li Xinghe to inform him, nor did he tell General Jacqueline. Instead, he directly sent his newly appointed State Assistant, Elbridge Colby, a right-wing politician who advocates smashing Taiwan to pieces on the Taiwan Strait issue, to participate in the discussions at the Northeast Asia Security Summit.

His sudden arrival cast a shadow over the summit, leaving Li Xinghe and General Jacqueline with no choice but to respond.

Colby reminded Li Xinghe and Jacqueline:

"General, Director of SPPC, I have no intention of criticizing your governance strategy in Japan, but it seems that the speed at which Japan has yielded and the degree to which it has bent its knees are much greater than we expected."

Grandma Jacqueline slammed her fist on the table in anger at Senator Colby:

"The $11 billion U.S. military reinforcement plan for Japan during the Biden era was cut by Trump, and the originally planned new Joint Command became the current U.S.-Japan Combined Command. We do not have enough manpower and can only recruit mercenaries who have fled to other countries. We lack sufficient military equipment and have to purchase everything ourselves. In fact, the United States has never given us any extra financial support."

Li Xinghe also added:

"I can only make money from the Chinese while building a defensive line to hinder the Chinese army. Due to insufficient funding, the new US military base in the Ryukyu Islands has not even had its foundation laid yet."

Leaving aside the nearly $20 billion that Li Xinghe had in the bank, and the $60 billion debt that the Japanese government was expected to pay in four years, Li Xinghe always said he had no money and that he should ask the Chinese for money if asked again.

The two sides were deadlocked on this issue.

Colby represents the interests of the far right, but Li Xinghe and Jacqueline are not going to give in.

Li Xinghe questioned:

"Can you get the USS Washington and USS Kennedy out of the shipyard and here to us right away?"

Colby shook his head:

"No. But you must make a commitment to the free world nonetheless. I will."

Li Xinghe then asked him:

"Can you confidently guarantee to me that America will make a triumphant return in eight years?"

The reason for this tit-for-tat confrontation, and the deliberate mention of eight years from now, is that the United States and the U.S. military have many planned projects, all scheduled between 2036 and 2038, including new nuclear missile rockets, Ngad aircraft, the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier, and the Ddgx destroyer.

Meanwhile, around 2037, the older Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, Ticonderoga cruisers, and the first few Nimitz-class aircraft carriers will all be entering the decommissioning process.

美军赌咒发誓出了好几份未来计划，宣称自己将在8年后的新老交替的世代交替之时，在2027、2030、2035、2038等几个年份实现对中反超。就是这个时间点不断推迟。从2016年开始算，已经推迟20年不止了。

Therefore, Colby could not make a commitment.

The two sides parted on bad terms.

That evening, at the banquet of the Northeast Asia Security Summit, Li Xinghe once again began his chameleon-like performance:

"As Minister in Charge of Cabinet Affairs, on behalf of the U.S.-Japan Allied Forces and the Japan Self-Defense Forces, I hereby make a permanent commitment to the entire nation and to our friendly neighbors in Northeast Asia that Japan will never wage a war of aggression. We acknowledge the immense harm we caused to all nations during World War II and feel deep remorse for it. On behalf of the nation, I extend my condolences to the victims."

After a three-minute silence, as everyone stood up, Li Xinghe continued:

"I will introduce Japan's new Self-Defense Forces to the friendly countries of Northeast Asia. Apart from Defense Minister Gen Nakatani remaining in his post, there are significant personnel changes. Chief of the General Staff Satoshi Saito, Maritime Self-Defense Force Koji Yagi, Air Self-Defense Force Takuto Ogasawara, Ground Self-Defense Force Hiroki Kobayashi, and Vice Minister of Defense Manabu Banami will form a solid bulwark to protect national peace and consolidate peace in Northeast Asia under my leadership."

Li Xinghe was essentially telling the outside world, especially the Japanese, that he had already dealt with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, and that anyone who wanted to rebel should carefully consider their own capabilities.

All countries felt that Li Xinghe seemed to have the situation under control and was showing goodwill to everyone.

As a result, Li Xinghe dropped another bombshell:

"At the same time, Japan will build a medium-sized aircraft carrier for self-defense and develop short-range self-defense missiles."

Chinese, South Koreans, and North Koreans watching the live stream were breathless, and Russians were completely dumbfounded.

The diplomatic team on site looked completely bewildered.

Dude, were all those safety promises you just made just bullshit?

Why don't you go back 3 minutes and listen to what you just said about reflecting on the war, not invading, and refusing to go back to the past? Are you just throwing that into the latrine?

Is your brain divided into two parts, each independent of the others?

To everyone's surprise, Li Xinghe continued:

"However, due to our lack of sufficient manpower, design capabilities, and construction experience, we have entrusted this work to the design teams of Jiangnan Shipyard and Dalian Shipyard in China, and are advancing it through Sino-Japanese cooperation. The preliminary work is expected to be completed around 2035, construction will begin in 2038, the ship is expected to be launched in 2045, and it will be commissioned in 2050. Japan will invest US$100 billion in research and construction, and hopes that China will carefully and seriously consider the cooperation."

What kind of sweet fart are you letting out?

20000 trillion yen for a dilapidated ship that won't be built until 2050?

Isn't this just a modern-day form of offering sacrifices?

What about the United States?

Li Xinghe certainly hadn't forgotten America:

"Japan will procure entirely new self-defense fighter jets for its new aircraft carrier. This will be done after we carefully consider rescheduling our procurement plans from the United States, and then we will put out tenders to American fighter jet manufacturers. The price will be no less than $300 billion."

Using Chinese ships to transport American planes.

Putting everything else aside, the shipboard testing alone would be absolutely impossible for them to pass.

Both the romantic relationship and the other affair were fabricated; Li Xinghe was simply spending money to solidify his position.

Everyone burst into laughter.

……

The Japanese right wing is furious about Li Xinghe's performance at the security summit, where he danced in the face of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, calling him a traitor.

He went to torture himself again.

Many people ask:

"Li Xinghe acts recklessly every day, doesn't Koizumi care?"

It would have been better if they hadn't looked back. But when they suddenly looked back, the Japanese people realized that it would have been better if they hadn't looked back at all.

Upon closer inspection, Prime Minister Koizumi is even more of a headache.

Koizumi indeed didn't care about Li Xinghe. Firstly, he wasn't intelligent enough to understand the threat Li Xinghe posed to his position by suppressing opposition everywhere. Secondly, as a staunch neoliberal reformist who inherited his father's political line, he was studying how to continue selling off state-owned assets to maintain fiscal balance.

In his speech at the security summit the following day, Koizumi was too busy boasting about himself:

"The rise of the Sally Group fully demonstrates that Japan still has a large number of jobs waiting to be created and boundless social vitality. My support for the open strategy of ride-hailing services is correct, and it has already yielded remarkable results!"

This was the basis for Li Xinghe's cooperation with him, and it was Koizumi's glorious political achievement.

Next, Koizumi introduced his reform plan:

“When I became prime minister, I was determined to change Japanese politics and resolve a series of long-standing issues. At a time when social spending is soaring, I am determined to carry out a complete overhaul of Japan’s current fiscal situation, which is characterized by huge expenditures and insufficient revenue. My political goals will be to continue to reduce the number of civil servants, adjust social security spending, sell existing Jr. railway shares, and stabilize fiscal balance.”

The call for a forced sale of existing Jr. shares and a comprehensive reform and cut to Japan's social security system left the government speechless.

The Japanese public also screamed in shock, their minds reeling, feeling like the whole world had gone mad.

Now in Koizumi

Even ordinary Japanese people suddenly felt that Li Xinghe was more handsome than Li Xinghe.

Li Xinghe brutally beat up the opposition and arrested right-wingers everywhere, taking them to military camps to be beaten. Since he couldn't arrest ordinary citizens anyway, it didn't matter, since he was arresting people who were actually disrupting social order.

Even if Li Xinghe managed to bring the diplomatic ambassadorial teams of China, the US, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and Russia to Tokyo for a meeting to discuss how to sell Japan for a good price, it was still an effort to reform the current state of Japanese society and resolve numerous social crises. Some Japanese even secretly rejoiced, feeling that Li Xinghe's ability to bring in so many foreign ambassadors was a source of pride for Japan.

But Koizumi actually wants to make changes to the existing Jr. system and Japan's social security system!

After his father privatized the entire Japan Post system, Japan faced various challenges related to privatization and price increases. Japan's social security system is already considered one of the better-functioning systems, although it still suffers from administrative inefficiency and a medical downturn; compared to the United States, it's practically paradise.

The Japanese government's existing Jr. railway shares are all unprofitable deals. Once privatized, more railways will be abandoned and dismantled, leading to a sharp decline in local areas.

You want to chop this up too?

In any case, after this news broke, Koizumi's public approval rating instantly plummeted below 20%.

The people could no longer tolerate such an incompetent ruler continuing to govern the country, and despair began to creep in:

"Oh dear, one is selling out the country, and the other is also selling out the country. It's really a difficult choice."

"If I had to choose, I'd pick Li Sang. At least he seems very capable, and he'd fetch a higher price."

"He can confiscate other people's mothers at any time, unlike Koizumi, whose mother is confiscated by others every day."

Given the choice between a mentally challenged prime minister and a violent minister, the public would rather choose the violent minister.

"But Li Xinghe isn't a good person either."

"We would rather choose something bad than something stupid."

Although Li Xinghe wasn't exactly a good person either.

Most of the right-wing organizations are still in his prisons and military camps. The various elite right-wing representatives of the Japanese conference are still being threatened by Li Xinghe. He said he would not let them go until they signed a document recognizing the Chinese and Korean ethnic groups. Although the royal woman Shang Qiujia is pregnant with her only child in many years, the father is Li Xinghe. He nominally formed Japan's first army, but it was made up of prisoners. He verbally claimed that he would build Japan's first medium-sized aircraft carrier, but he actually commissioned the design and even construction to the Chinese...

All of these factors have led the Japanese to exclaim that they are suffering from mental schizophrenia and unable to maintain brain function.

The Japanese couldn't help but cry out in anguish:

"God, why did you send these two divine beings to torment the people like this?"

The author says:

Author's note: Thank you everyone, here's my 4700-word post.

Chapter 673: The Electric Old Man's Right Wing Weeps, Bismarck and God Masturbate (4400 words)

Day two.

Japan's decision to commission China to build its aircraft carrier and to ask several old American state-owned enterprises to research carrier-based aircraft has become global news.

An American protégé, who wielded absolute power and even bypassed the prime minister, is now playing a balancing act in Japanese politics. This has not only shocked many but also stirred up considerable waves, making many blindly pro-American countries suddenly realize that the United States is indeed undergoing a global strategic retrenchment, and even Japan is considering taking a fence-sitting approach.

Many people strained their backs because they turned around too quickly.

President Vance called Li Xinghe in the early hours of the morning:

"Take that aircraft carrier program back! You know this will have a huge impact on our East Asian strategy."

"Don't worry, it's just a verbal agreement and won't work out. This is just a pretense. I've already decided to start construction of a new aircraft carrier at the Mitsubishi shipyard, under the name of the US-Japan Combined Forces Command. This new ship will become an important shield for the US military in East Asia."

Li Xinghe casually brushed off Wan Si.

President Vance, lacking practical experience, didn't have a good solution for dealing with Li Xinghe at the moment.

At this moment, Vance may have vaguely realized that Li Xinghe, who had already taken control of an army, was an even more unruly force than the US military's overseas bases.

He can't afford to offend this kid too much, or he'll turn against him.

Li Xinghe slept until morning, then got up to go to the venue and "bumped into" ride-hailing driver Lao Wu at his doorstep.

As Lao Wu drove, he reminded him:

"Don't go too far. If you really resolve the issue of World War II, we will lose our leverage in public opinion."

If Japan completely submits, how can the Chinese people be satisfied?

They would rather drop dozens of nuclear bombs on Japan than quell their anger.

Li Xinghe, of course, agreed wholeheartedly:

"Don't worry, I won't stop until I've destroyed the Emperor system. These past two days have just been a slap in the face to the pro-American faction."

Old Wu drove Li Xinghe to the venue. As soon as Li Xinghe got out of the car, he clapped his hands and jokingly said in front of the media cameras:

"For the sake of peace, before we officially begin, let's sign a joint letter criticizing the war and reflecting on the past. I've also invited some dissidents from Japan to join us in signing this letter, to demonstrate the depth of our reflection on history."

How deep is it?

In front of diplomatic teams and media from various countries, several buses carrying a group of elderly men arrived at the scene. Military and police officers brandished batons, dragged them off the buses, and shoved them in front of the cameras.

You wouldn't believe it until you look closely; the Japanese are practically having a heart attack again.