Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

First, we need to promote the return of Chinese characters to print newspapers and, through government legislation, bring the mixed use of Chinese proverbs back into common usage. This is certainly difficult, but it doesn't matter. As long as official definitions of mixed use of Chinese proverbs are established for official news, official place names, serious social news, address cards at all levels of government, and various legal texts, society will naturally transform accordingly. After all, the widespread implementation of proverbs in South Korea was something that Park Chung-hee and Chun Doo-hwan's generation accomplished.

Second, the name Seoul will remain unchanged, but the Chinese character spelling will be changed back to Hanseong.

The handsome and adorable Li Xinghe circled around in the crowd, asking them:

"I think these two requirements are quite simple."

Indeed, it's simple. Li Xinghe only asked for two things: restore the mixed writing of Chinese and Korean proverbs, and position the Chinese characters for Seoul as Hanseong. The second point is actually a supplement to the first point, because the spelling of Hanseong's Yeonmun has not been changed; it is still Seoul.

So there's only one solution: restore the mixed writing of Chinese characters and proverbs, and let Koreans use Chinese characters.

However, such a demand, within Korea's colonial history, represents a problem: Korea was colonized again. This is because both the Qing Dynasty and Japan used Chinese characters. This is deeply problematic historically.

"Simple……"

Li Zaiming and the others had no choice but to grit their teeth and agree.

Helpless, I am forced to live under someone else's roof.

Li Xinghe then announced the third point with a smile:

"Of course, I know you must be very angry with me. But that's okay. Now I'm announcing the third and final point. South Korea must constitutionally stipulate that South Korea and North Korea are separate countries, and that the Korean people and the North Korean people are completely different ethnic groups. From now on, we are separated by the North and South, east and west, and separated by the 38th parallel. We are no longer enemy countries. South Korea and North Korea should conduct diplomatic negotiations to end the state of hostility, completely end the Korean War, and mutually recognize independence. How about that? This is the Pentagon's U.S. military law."

Upon arriving at this location, many South Korean lawmakers broke down in tears.

Vance Law requires South Korea to be pro-American, and Star River Law requires a return to East Asian culture, implying a cultural demand for pro-China and pro-Japan relations. US Army Law requires South Korea to absolutely not arbitrarily provoke border conflicts or attack North Korea, while defining South Korea and North Korea as two separate countries in the constitution, completely severing the possibility of unification of the peninsula.

This is a new survival framework redefined for South Korea through various exchanges of interests between Lee Sung-ha, Vance, the Pentagon, and the CIA.

Strictly speaking, those born in South Korea and of Korean descent within this framework are no longer just the Seventh Republic, but the New South Korea.

One member of parliament stood up in indignation and angrily denounced:

"Isn't this just a dog cage rule?"

Park Sung-min, one of Yoon Seok-youl's staunch supporters, is from the Ulsan constituency.

He is absolutely right. Of the three laws, the Vance Law targets the Democratic Party of Korea, the US Army Law targets the People Power Party, and amending the constitution shatters the very foundation of the Republic of Korea, directly leading to the complete separation of South Korea and North Korea, tearing apart the nation and history of the entire peninsula. If implemented, the consequences would be unimaginable; it would be a complete loss of sovereignty and national humiliation!

Lee Sung-ha's laws, however, aim to completely overturn the very foundation of South Korean culture and entertainment, forcing them to bow down to China and Japan, and even culturally destroying and selling out the country!

The new Korea, woven with this kind of content and confined in a cage, is even worse than the old Korea, which was leashed like a dog.

At least one is kept in captivity, with some space to move around; the other is already kept in a cage, having completely lost its freedom.

Li Xinghe pointed at him:

“You’re right. You have a bright future. But those who don’t support me can get out of Longshan Base now. This is American territory, and I’m the one who calls the shots.”

Park Sung-min was dragged out of Yongsan Air Base by a U.S. soldier and thrown outside the base.

Outside the base gate, dozens of officers and soldiers from the Blue Dragon Unit were already standing there. When they saw the gate open and Park Sung-min thrown out, they were overjoyed. They beat Park Sung-min severely, tied him to a car like a dog, and took him to see Liang Longmo.

Li Xinghe turned around gracefully, but his aura was more like that of a demon king reincarnated.

他 说:

"Look, there are actually differences between being a dog and being a dog."

Under pressure from Li Xinghe, the lawmakers ultimately had no choice but to surrender unconditionally.

"agree."

Then, they will be sent to a safer place to wash up and stay temporarily.

As they started walking, Li Xinghe suddenly asked:

"Isn't it a bit impolite to just leave like this?"

Impolite?

polite?

What kind of manners?

When everyone stopped, their minds instantly became clear.

Their relationship is not an equal one at all, but rather a master-dog relationship.

So politeness is...

Kneel down.

The atmosphere at the scene froze once again.

Many right-wing politicians were the first to succumb to pressure and kneel before Lee Sung-ha.

This kneeling was as if a thousand pounds were weighing on his body, and it was so difficult. In the end, even Li Zaiming and the others had no choice but to perform a grand ceremony and kowtow in gratitude.

When they all knelt down and kowtowed to thank Li Xinghe, almost everyone felt a strange sadness, as if another noose had been put around their necks, or as if they themselves were locked in a cage.

More than one hundred senators and representatives from both houses of South Korea expressed their gratitude to Lee Sung-ha in unison.

"Thank you for your aid to South Korea! Thank you!"

When they say 'Kamsamita,' they practically grind their teeth to dust, wishing they could cut their tongues into pieces.

Li Xinghe stopped laughing and instead pointed out a problem with the linguistics:

"Sure, thank you. Isn't the Korean word 'khamsang' just a variant pronunciation of the Chinese word for 'thank you'?"

Korean contains a large number of loanwords from Chinese characters. After all, Yanwen is a phonetic system for composing Chinese characters, and Yanwen's phonetic system has fixed the pronunciation of loanwords from Chinese characters. Therefore, many people will find that Korean retains many traces of modern Chinese in many places, and is even easier to understand than some southern dialects with independent idioms.

With that, he left.

The remaining large group of councilors huddled together, embracing each other and weeping bitterly.

"The monster of the Han River devours my country."

……

On the other side, Li Xinghe walked downstairs.

Former Army Chief of Staff Park Jung-hwan, furious, drove into Yongsan Air Base and angrily complained to Lee Sung-ha:

"Little monster... what exactly happened? How did Liang Longmo start this? He's a naval chief of staff, a nobody from the underwater world. When did a submarine commander become a high-ranking national figure?"

Don't discriminate against underwater creatures.

Li Xinghe comforted him:

"Don't be angry, Admiral Park Jung-hwan. Although Yang Yong-mo started the uprising earlier than you, we have all noticed that his navy does not have sufficient combat power at all. It only has three defected destroyers, a Blue Dragon Division, and a Black Dragon Brigade trapped in Incheon."

He then introduced Park Jung-hwan to figures from the U.S. military:

"Let me introduce you. This is Lieutenant General Christopher Ranif. As for General Xavier Brunson, he is not in Seoul at the moment. This is Tulsi Gabbard, and this is my wife, Ayman."

With the approval of several high-ranking American officials, Park Chung-hwan's anger subsided.

He looked at Li Xinghe:

"You mean, I can..."

“That’s right. Now you can consider mobilizing the army to suppress Yang Yongmo, who is entrenched in the Yeouido area.”

A general who dares to openly oppose China in a domestic coup d'état announcement is better off without.

Get a new one.

But there are conditions.

Li Xinghe said:

"Once we resolve the Seoul unrest, I hope the issue of stationing troops on Jeju Island will be dropped. Furthermore, I hope the US-Japan-South Korea military alliance can be further advanced; as you know, this is in the common interest of the US, South Korea, and Japan. We need to achieve contractual communication from strategic planning to equipment production. For example, Japan's defense industry should have stable communication with South Korea's defense industry. As the head of the US-Japan-South Korea Communications Office, I feel it's perfectly acceptable for me to take on liaison duties between the two sides."

Park Jung-hwan remained silent, unwilling to agree.

But Li Xinghe looked at him, his expression filled with pressure:

"The great cause of resisting China in Japan and South Korea, involving all 47 prefectures and states in Japan and 8 cities and 9 provinces in South Korea, is all on my shoulders."

"You agree, right?"

Park Jung-hwan was furious. He never expected that Lee Sung-ha would dare to openly make demands on him regarding the infringement of the South Korean military's command authority and procurement matters.

Suddenly, Park Jung-hwan understood the significance of Lee Sung-ha's actions.

If Liang Longmo hadn't staged a coup beforehand, how could Li Xinghe have dared to offer Park Jung-hwan such a high price? It was only by wavering between the two sides in this three-way battle that he managed to reap all the benefits.

He did it on purpose.

Whether it was luring Liang Longmo or instigating Park Jung-hwan, it was all part of his plan.

"Row!"

Park Jung-hwan turned and left angrily, getting into a Hummer driven by his subordinates, where he cursed loudly:

"Little monster, you want everything, you want to eat everything, do you think you're some kind of monster that eats everything?! Aren't you afraid of choking to death?"

Park Jung-hwan firmly believed that as long as he mobilized the army to deal with Liang Longmo, the fragile navy would be no match for the army, and at that time Li Xinghe would have to retreat a few steps.

With his back to Park Jung-hwan, Go Chang-joon, a junior colleague who is now the chief of staff, saw Lee Sung-ha, who was standing not far away, raise his phone to him.

The phone displays:

“You are the Chief of Staff of the South Korean Army. If you are interested, I can introduce you to General Xavier Brunson, the commander of the South Korean forces, or even President Vance.”

"A monster, a real monster..."

Gao Changjun was greatly shocked.

Suddenly, Go Chang-joon turned around and looked at Jo Gu-hwan, who had always acted like a loyal younger brother, serving Park Jung-hwan obsequiously as if he were a son.

This guy is one of his men too...

The endless black clouds and the dark city after sunset, with its lights off, resembled a silent abyss, swallowing Park Jung-hwan as he walked into darkness.

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Author's note: Thank you for your support. Here is 5600 words.

Chapter 687: Breaking the Backbone of Korea, Bombarding Gyeongbokgung Palace (4700 words)

"It seems you don't think highly of General Park Jung-hwan?"

Tulsi Gabbard didn't know much about South Korea, so he looked to Lee Sung-ha, who was making continuous moves.

Lee Sung-ha nodded, admitting that he did not believe Park Jung-hwan was suitable to rule South Korea.

"Ah, he is a fellow Gyeongsangbuk-do native of Park Chung-hee and Chun Doo-hwan, which is indeed an advantage, as it means he can mobilize a lot of forces that we can control. But this is also his weakness, as it has been 12 years since they were purged by Moon Jae-in in 2017. We don't need those old things. This great ship sailing towards a new era doesn't need an old captain."

If Liang Longmo's problem lay in his attempt to control Seoul, or even South Korea, with a mere naval division and three destroyers that had been accidentally sent across the canal, then Park Jung-hwan's question...

The problem is that his mind is still stuck in the post-Cheon Doo-hwan era, that is, the 20 years from 1997 to 2017. He is too old.

This person has a completely inadequate understanding of diplomacy and politics and is not a suitable candidate to be manipulated by the United States.

The United States can no longer withstand the emergence of a second, even more out-of-control Zelensky.

Tulsi didn't quite understand, but Ayman explained it to her more clearly:

"Indeed, the United States needs a new role that is more flexible, more compliant, and more tactful. It must be aware of the diplomatic norms of the new era, while also being keenly aware that the United States does not want to get involved in war."

Clearly, it must be a villain like Li Xinghe, who is adept at playing both sides and maneuvering between China and the United States.

But to be honest, it's hard to say whether someone who chooses to continue serving the US under the two fanciful conditions of knowing that the US military is unwilling to go to war, yet still insisting on resisting China, is truly pro-American.

Anyway, he isn't.

This may be why the United States searched for a long time before finding that Li Xinghe was the only person willing to work so hard under these two conditions.

Tursie concluded:

"The United States often doesn't need to intervene directly; it just needs to find a loophole and let the people inside that loophole amplify it. So, have we won a great victory today? We forced the South Korean political arena to accept constitutional amendments, changes to the language, and a complete severing of ethnic ties with North Korea. We won."

This tendency to have a vague understanding but still be determined to win is a common ailment among American politicians.

Although he still didn't quite understand South Korean politics, at least Lee Sung-ha got things done, so Tulsi Gabbard could happily write his work briefing.

Before the two could answer, Tursi returned and asked another question:

"Then why insist on forcing South Korea to amend its constitution and recognize North Korea as another country, and the Korean people and the Korean ethnic group as two separate ethnic groups?"

Li Xinghe coughed twice, which can be explained historically as follows:

"South Korea and North Korea were the prelude to the Cold War. During the Korean War, the United States organized a UN force but failed to defeat the Chinese People's Volunteer Army on the peninsula, which solidified the view of not confronting the Chinese army directly. However, the two countries have always maintained similar national identities and consider each other as part of themselves. This has made the Korean War only frozen rather than ended. We must completely end the Korean War, end the confrontation along the 38th parallel, and end the South Korean people's national, historical, and social views."