Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"Let them cause trouble in the village."

Li Xinghe's attitude was to give up.

Let them split up and cause trouble in the villages and towns.

Since Lee Sung-ha's two coups, the economies of Japan and South Korea have suffered considerable damage, and many companies and investors have begun to flee their countries and escape to the Western Paradise.

Li Xinghe's strategy was to spend money to import cheap food to meet the living needs of ordinary urban residents, thereby offsetting the physical effects of economic recession by lowering prices. The effect was somewhat similar to the Middle East's "bread policy".

It could even be said that Li Xinghe exhibited extremely neoliberal tendencies at this time.

Just as Reagan and Clinton abandoned grassroots communities, Lee Sung-ha also abandoned the vast rural areas of South Korea with their strong Christian atmosphere. There are only a little over a million people in total, what more do they want?

In addition, allowing Chinese capital to come in and help take over companies, and drastically selling off and restructuring companies on the verge of bankruptcy, are all typical examples of laissez-faire practices.

If things continue as they are, Li Xinghe might also be given the bizarre title of "neoliberal mentor" out of nowhere.

Just as they were discussing this, Musashi Hachima came rushing over:

"Oh no, your sister and her Korean girlfriend are here."

Then she turned and ran away. As a result, Li Xinghe had just gotten up and was about to get dressed when he was blocked in the bathroom by Li Daiyao and Zhao Lieshu.

Seeing Li Xinghe lying in the bathtub with two trainees scrubbing him beside him, Li Daiyao, who had been busy for more than half a month, felt a surge of anger and couldn't help but speak sarcastically:

"Ahem, living a good life, huh? Do you know how much your sister has been running around for you in Shanghai?"

"Sister, you've worked so hard."

Li Xinghe hurriedly got up, told the trainees to leave, and bowed to Li Daiyao to apologize.

"what about me?"

Zhao Lieshu also pouted. She was under a lot of pressure. She helped contact various South Korean diplomatic departments in Tokyo and was even called a traitor behind her back.

"Wife, you've worked so hard..."

It's been tough.

Li Daiyao gently rubbed Xiao Xinghe's hands after she had finished her work, but then asked about the important matter:

"How can we continue to... cough cough, make an issue of Japan and South Korea in the future?"

While it may sound unpleasant, China does indeed need Japan and half of South Korea as adversaries to facilitate social mobilization, just as the saying goes, "When we go out, we have no external enemies to contend with." Furthermore, we cannot simply let Japan off the hook. Even if our stance changes in the future, we cannot allow absurd stories like the US Secretary of Defense going to Iwo Jima to praise the Japanese army's fighting prowess.

Moreover, Li Daiyao had just come from China.

As Japan and South Korea began to adopt a more humble stance under Lee Sung-ha's forceful pressure, their foreign ministries started to exert their influence, searching domestically for sycophantic media outlets and intellectuals to promote peace in Northeast Asia. This was quite disgusting and an attempt to sway public opinion.

It's time to give these spineless people a good talking-to.

"We can't go all out right now..."

After a moment's thought, Li Xinghe casually drew a map of East Asia and pointed to the small island:

"It's simple. There's a small island over there. I'll send the people the South Koreans arrested there too. If they want to criticize me, they can just say I'm colluding with the island and causing trouble together."

The reason is simple: Li Xinghe sent a paramilitary force (referring to the arrested Japanese-South Korean right-wing elements) to Taiwan; he must still have ulterior motives!

Upon hearing Li Xinghe's plan, Li Daiyao suddenly chuckled to herself.

"You're right, the activities around the platform have already begun."

What activity?

Li Xinghe scratched his head.

Li Daiyao gripped the Great Galaxy tightly, while Zhao Lieshu, her face slightly flushed, uttered the code name for this operation to surround Taiwan:

"Pressing in".

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Author's Note: Thank you all for your support. 4600 words. Getting up at noon to write this erotic piece wasn't a pleasant experience; I'm hungry and thirsty. Please give me some votes!

Chapter 696: A Pledge of Allegiance, Pressing Forward and Deterrence, Building a Carrier Array for Life (4100 words)

Li Daiyao was actually more worried. She touched Li Xinghe's face, her expression full of concern.

"I'm really afraid that one day you'll go too far and accidentally..."

Cry all you want, but please stop pinching Little Star River, okay?

Li Xinghe glanced at her other hand and quickly gave Zhao Lieshu a meaningful look.

Zhao Lieshu took two steps forward, sniffed, and glared at Li Xinghe:

"You need to work harder to comfort your sister, do you hear me?"

appease?

Zhao Lieshu kicked her from behind, and Li Daiyao sat down with a flushed face, just in time to swallow Xiao Xinghe.

This can be seen as Li Daiyao and Zhao Lieshu putting pressure on Li Xinghe.

……

Around noon, Lee Sung-ha hurriedly changed his clothes and went to the Blue House to assist Cho Koo-hwan in learning and mastering politics.

Foreign Ministry chief Hong Zhuangyuan, in a state of great distress, sought help from Li Xinghe:

"That's strange. The US has been putting diplomatic pressure on us... Haven't you...?"

"Because they haven't seen what they want yet."

Li Xinghe sat down and said to the head of the Ministry of Justice:

“Support all the suspicious individuals and right-wing radical pro-Americans arrested in South Korea through the process of mandatory military service, and send them to Taiwan as personnel for civilian dispatch companies. Let them go to the beach to serve the United States. Being able to die for the United States is their greatest expectation.”

"Huh? Isn't this treating South Koreans like cannon fodder slaves...?"

The legal system was completely bewildered.

That makes sense, but you can't say it publicly.

That's what the Americans demanded.

Li Xinghe slammed his hand on the table, his neck bearing the red lipstick mark, and shouted:

"That's called internal deterrence!"

He said the two words were really unconvincing, and everyone rubbed their ears before they realized that Li Xinghe was seriously saying the word with that syllable.

"We must deter all those who seek evil from within, especially Christianity and the Genetics movement, those two fundamentalists!"

Domestically, it intimidates the opposition; internationally, it appeases the Americans.

Under Li Xinghe's direction, Zhao Juhuan made a series of arrangements, and then several television stations released the news to the public:

"The South Korean government has decided to forcibly conscript and sentence extremists who participated in the unrest and disrupted local stability during the political turmoil to hard labor. The specifics will depend on the indictment from the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office. It is said that they may be sent to Okinawa or Taiwan."

"Japan has decided to sentence right-wing activists arrested during the unrest earlier this year to hard labor on charges of plotting to 'subvert the state,' with their place of service set at a Japanese labor dispatch company in Taipei. Initially, more than 400 people will be sent out."

When the news broke, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately launched a special campaign to criticize Li Xinghe, and journalists from various countries were surprisingly unanimous in their condemnation, spending the entire day doing so.

Making such a decision is actually escalating tensions in Northeast Asia, especially since it happens during China's island-encircling and encroaching military exercises. It's really stirring up trouble.

But for Li Xinghe, he had no choice but to do so.

This was a rather outrageous and provocative response from Li Xinghe's side, and also a pledge of allegiance to the United States after his reckless behavior in Japan and South Korea.

Without this pledge of loyalty, it will be dangerous if I act recklessly again.

The United States was certainly quite satisfied with Li Xinghe's performance. Although his behavior of running around Northeast Asia was quite outrageous, he was also obedient, charming and loyal when it came to serving the United States properly. He broke through the restrictions of the Democratic Party so quickly and completed the task of sending troops to Taiwan, which had been delayed by the prime ministers of the Liberal Democratic Party for more than ten years.

Although he was charged with hard labor and narrowly escaped imprisonment, this suited the US perfectly. With him in jail, it would be easier to intervene with the military later.

The White House spokesperson spoke highly of the two rulings:

"This is seen as a close unity within the 'US-Japan-Korea+' organization, and Taiwan may also become an observer in the US-Japan-Korea+ organization if certain conditions are met. Our organization is not targeted at any specific country, nor is it a cooperation between countries."

The statement, which was covered with many shields, was urgently deleted a few hours after it was posted, leaving only the first half.

This is a trick specifically designed to help Maga and the pro-independence camp win.

But when the news came out, Taiwan was still jubilant, and everyone felt that Li Xinghe should now fiercely defend Taiwan.

The Chinese people are even angrier. While Li Xinghe was breaking down tariff barriers and importing various agricultural products from Shandong and Jiangsu in a siphoning manner, bringing benefits to our fellow farmers, this guy is up to his old tricks again, trying to curry favor with the United States. Whose side are you really on?

At this time, Li Xinghe, who was already in the eye of the storm, shamelessly invited the design teams from Jiangnan Shipyard and Dalian Shipyard to the Presidential Palace in Yongsan, Seoul, to hold a "South Korea and Japan Aircraft Carrier Design Showcase".

Yes, South Korea is also ordering an aircraft carrier from China.

The price remains unchanged at $100 billion.

In short, South Korea and Japan not only have to spend money to buy the two dilapidated nuclear-powered aircraft carriers that the United States is about to retire, but they also have to spend a lot of money to order new conventionally powered aircraft carriers from China. Paying protection money to the United States is the same as paying protection money to China.

Since it's a difficult situation, the only option is to play it safe and lose money on both sides.

The two shipyards knew that such a plan would not go through, and that the United States would not allow Japan and South Korea to actually order aircraft carriers from China, so their proposals were not very sincere.

The drawings and plans are essentially enlarged versions of the Liaoning aircraft carrier's technology research, making them essentially enlarged versions of the Shandong aircraft carrier.

The designer introduced Li Xinghe to the situation, and Li Xinghe blatantly lied there:

"The design is excellent. Do you think that once these two aircraft carriers are built, we could form a Northeast Asian international aircraft carrier peace fleet? We, China, Japan, and South Korea, could form a peace team for life!"

While saying nice things, Li Xinghe never stopped, and even showed off his calligraphy and made jokes on the spot, creating a lively atmosphere.

A CCTV reporter came to interview Li Xinghe and asked him why he sent troops to Taiwan.

Li Xinghe, however, gave a frivolous and irrelevant answer to the CCTV reporter's question:

"We're neighbors, so even if we fight and bicker, we still have to build the aircraft carrier. Even if the cooperation falls through, we will still provide the funds and sincerity. We are very confident that Jiangnan Shipyard will become a very reliable partner for us. Northeast Asia will not see war."

Good grief, they're openly admitting they're paying protection money.

Upon hearing this news, the pro-independence camp in Taiwan immediately fell into a sour mood. Not daring to offend the United States, the largest backer in Northeast Asia, they could only pettyly and repeatedly criticize Li Xinghe in the media, saying that Li Xinghe's Japan was "ineffective in resisting China," "avoided war to save ships," and "retreated again and again." They also claimed that "Li Xinghe is probably from Anhui and a descendant of Li Hongzhang," and so on. Anyone who didn't know better would think they were commenting on the First Sino-Japanese War.

One clueless reporter asked:

"What if American companies can't build the new fighter jet? Would they consider inviting the design teams from Shenyang Aircraft Corporation or Chengdu Aircraft Corporation to collaborate?"

Li Xinghe's expression changed instantly, and he hurriedly criticized the young reporter:

"Then we would consider introducing Lockheed Martin's F-22 carrier-based fighter production line, or the F-18EX, or inviting the United States to guide Japan and South Korea in jointly developing a carrier-based version of the KF-21. In any case, as a regional power that needs to maintain a multi-party strategic balance, we must consider many factors beyond the immediate situation."

Aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft are two baskets of protection money. Just because the United States can't come up with a new basket doesn't mean Li Xinghe should move the eggs away from here; otherwise, his life would probably be hanging by a thread.

Through Li Xinghe's repeated maneuvering, he not only pledged allegiance to the United States but also paid protection money to China, and the aircraft carrier order entered the nominal cooperation phase.

South Korean media focused their reports on the fact that "South Korea is about to acquire its own aircraft carrier."

They believe that as long as South Korea buys the Nimitz, acquires China's new aircraft carrier, and then produces its own copy, it can become the second most powerful aircraft carrier force in Asia and a regional power!

South Koreans gave Lee Sung-ha a thumbs up with mixed feelings.

Japanese media reports have always been known for their unique perspectives.

The phrase "Japan is a regional power" was immediately picked up by anchors from six major television stations, including Fuji and NHK, who used a thousand different perspectives and consulted a thousand experts from various industries to analyze it repeatedly, as if the words "regional power" had some kind of magic that could be engraved on one's forehead to show off.

But surprisingly, the Japanese buy into this.

In particular, Li Xinghe's triple identity as a Chinese, Korean, and American citizen means that any praise he gives to Japan makes the Japanese feel flattered, instantly satisfying their vanity. Despite the heated arguments in the comments section, the show hasn't needed to close the comments section these past few days, so naturally, Japanese people have come out to argue with the anti-Li forces. The ratio of likes to dislikes for the video has broken 1 for the first time, with more people liking Li Xinghe than disliking him.

At this time, the main feeling that all countries, including China, Japan, and South Korea, had about Li Xinghe was 'uncomfortable'.

The general consensus is that Lee Sung-ha is a more handsome Abe than during his first term and more capable in his second.

"He's even better at changing his tune than Shinzo Abe."

However, amidst all the commotion, only one person was filled with panic.

That was actually Higashikawa Koichi, who ran a security company in Taipei and was essentially an American and Japanese figurehead in Taiwan. Higashikawa Yukimi's father saw the news and immediately called his son-in-law for help.

"Son-in-law! Help! Take me back to China quickly!"

Actually, getting Dongchuan Hengyi back is just a matter of Li Xinghe saying a word, but the problem is, if he comes back, who will go to Taipei to take over his position?

There aren't many insiders who infiltrate under the guise of civilian security companies, and even fewer are willing to go to Taipei to carry bombs.

Furthermore, with the backing of the U.S. State Department and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Higashikawa Tsuneichi is quite active in Taipei, frequently meeting and dining with figures like Lai Ching-te and Tsai Ing-wen, making him a reliable inside man.

Therefore, Li Xinghe still encouraged Dongchuan Hengyi to stay in Taipei:

"Hold on a little longer, father-in-law. Do you know how dangerous I am right now? I might be overthrown tomorrow."