Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

“He is the biological father of the Emperor’s grandson, so what can we do?”

He's a relative of the Emperor, so isn't it normal for him to occupy the Emperor's house?

Ordinary people can only lie low now, taking advantage of the "Li-style economic boom" brought about by Li Xinghe, trying their best to find a job and make a living.

Meanwhile, the representatives sent by Li Xinghe to purchase supplies from Chinese military enterprises arrived in Shanghai immediately.

Because Li Xinghe sold the Taiwanese military's combat readiness deployment information, the scope of purchases offered here is quite large.

The Japanese representative kept raising the following points:

"We need a large number of high-performance military drones, including anti-ship, air defense, and anti-landing drones..."

The Chinese representative accepted.

"We need the YLC-2E meter-wave radar to detect the movements of the B-2 bombers." (The rest of the text appears to be gibberish and unrelated to the preceding sentences.)

Defend against B2?

The Chinese people present all perked up their ears.

"We need better data support from the BeiDou satellite link."

People were getting angry.

Meanwhile, the Japanese representative was still reading his own procurement list:

"We need HQ-9B air defense missile vehicles to defend against various cruise missiles..."

"We also need the Hongqi-17E unmanned air defense vehicle, specifically designed to intercept drones and low-velocity missiles..."

"We still need the Red Arrow 10..."

"If possible, we would like to inquire about submarine missile technology..."

The Chinese representative was furious:

"Are you making a wish here?"

They were only there to discuss business and had no idea what was going on behind the scenes. Therefore, they found the Japanese demands quite abrupt and excessive.

Japanese people, don't think that just because we allowed you to come and make purchases, you can make unlimited demands!

The Japanese representative was taken aback at first, then said, as if he were a block of wood:

"You won't give it to us? If you won't give it to us, we'll buy it from North Korea and Russia."

"Shabi, now it's your turn to beg us!"

The Chinese representative was furious.

Then the group started fighting.

The Chinese representatives suspected that the Japanese had secretly visited, most likely intending to steal technology and then promote it as their own unique, brand-new technology. This wasn't an unprecedented occurrence.

The Japanese representative was very puzzled. "We have already elected Li Xinghe as the Prime Minister and promoted his son to be the heir to the throne. With such a close connection, why are you still so wary of us?"

The distinctive Japanese way of thinking made it difficult for the Chinese representatives to understand the subtle thoughts and intentions behind the Japanese mindset.

China's usual caution left the Japanese representative puzzled.

A passionate Sino-Japanese battle ensued at the hotel, and after losing several teeth, the Japanese representative left in tears.

The next day, Wu Jianzhong had no choice but to fly to Shanghai to assist with the procurement.

The main requirement is the YLC-2E meter-wave radar to defend against American stealth bombers; everything else can be put on hold for now.

Compared to China, which has always been stingy in this regard, Russia and North Korea are the unsung heroes behind the continuous flow of technology, spreading their missile technology all over the world. And indeed, North Korean goods are cheaper.

In fact, the trade representatives sent by Li Xinghe, Nam Ho-nyeo, went to North Korea and Natasha went to the Russian Far East. Both of them received the same mission: to purchase a sufficient number of high-performance air defense missile systems and a sufficient number of tanks and armored vehicles.

As for Valeria, she also took some time to contact people on the Ukrainian side, trying to recruit more Ukrainian veterans to fight for her.

While Li Xinghe was busy preparing for the Castle Boy event, some conservative right-wingers in Japan, who harbored nostalgia for the United States, were networking online:

"We oppose Chinese immigrants! Let Japan be great again!"

Their slogans are almost identical to Trump's.

At such a sensitive time, Li Xinghe suspected that this involved people from the White House.

Li Xinghe wouldn't indulge them:

"Damn it, we have to crack down hard on these lowly people."

……

White House.

While Li Xinghe was busy building the bunker and being the bunker boy, Vance was in the midst of his triumphant "win, win, win" spree, but was somewhat troubled.

Fox News, a favorite channel of Maga fans, reports daily headlines like "US military has surgically eliminated the 'Little Man's Family'" and "US military uses satellite positioning to kill drug cartel leader at the border."

For many Maga ranchers and small business owners who need undocumented immigrants to work for them but hate the influx of undocumented immigrants into the United States, this is a uniquely emotional high point, even more exciting than watching porn. Just imagining these Mexicans being easily wiped out by America's powerful fighter jets suddenly makes the ever-rising prices seem less unbearable.

But at the White House security meeting, Vance was puzzled:

Where exactly has our army advanced to?

Despite the seemingly frequent good news—bombing a stronghold one day and eliminating a drug lord the next—the data submitted by intelligence agencies and the US military suggests that Mexico remains unchanged.

For some reason, no matter how many times you bomb the drug lords on the Mexican border, they seem like ants that can never be eradicated.

Vance and his staff fell into a long period of contemplation:

"Strange... why are there more and more drug lords in Mexico being bombed?"

Everyone was puzzled.

This is not what I imagined.

The answer is easily found by simply asking a few experts in economics, summoning a few Pentagon generals, reading in-depth analysis articles from the New York Times or the Washington Post, or even watching some insightful videos on Chinese internet self-media.

Because Vance thought he was bombing Mexican drug lords, but in reality, he was bombing America's own supply chain.

Regardless of whether the supply chain is legal or not, it will exist as long as there is profit involved.

As long as Americans have demand, as long as they need goods obtained through illicit channels, and as long as the profits from this supply chain exceed those of conventional industries, border criminal groups will continue to thrive on this. This is compounded by the US's dumping and massacre of Mexican agricultural products, leading to regional collective bankruptcies in Mexico, and its comprehensive siphoning of South America.

All of this is what America deserves.

Even the US military's practice of using Mexicans to boost its performance has become a new industry. Their bombing targets are becoming increasingly 'broad' and 'random,' resulting in dozens of civilian deaths.

How can we let everyone earn merits and get promoted if we don't blow up a few 'Mexican drug lords'?

Mexicans are still enduring, and the Mexican government is still enduring, but there are limits to endurance.

Unable to figure it out, Vance could only blame others:

"There are still so many illegal immigrants, it's all Biden's fault!"

Some people whispered among themselves:

"But isn't what Biden inherited the Daca plan from President Trump's first term?"

The Daca Project mandated the expansion and staffing of border detention centers to rapidly deport illegal immigrants—those caught were deported immediately. The infamous incident of "parents being deported while children remained in detention" occurred under the Daca Project.

While Biden condemned Trump for disregarding human rights, he inherited Trump's entire border crackdown team with virtually no changes.

Immediately, someone else refuted him:

"But Biden's control is lax!"

"And it's too corrupt."

Vance added.

Yes, Biden's border policy, while inheriting Trump's repressive policies, encountered two major obstacles: the flaws in Trump's policies leading to repeated waves of undocumented immigrants, and changes in the Democratic Party's policy direction. The Democratic Party gradually began to support large numbers of undocumented immigrants entering the United States, becoming the main force of exploited undocumented workers.

But this is also Biden's fault, because he personally drafted the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, which, under the guise of infrastructure, was actually a political reward, distributing a large amount of funds to the American labor unions that supported him, allowing the American labor unions to make huge profits, and pushing the cost of domestic labor in the United States to an unacceptable level.

If Biden becomes president, he'll reward his union supporters, making the union elites extremely happy. Non-union workers, ordinary workers, and undocumented workers will naturally fill the vacancies. Once these people run out of money, they'll be even more resentful and vote for Trump. Biden's corruption has entangled issues like workers, income, and illegal immigration, making them intractable.

At this point, what else can be used besides illegal immigrants and undocumented workers?

Others believe:

"During President Trump's second term, he established a hardline policy of comprehensive deportation of illegal immigrants."

Vance realized that quite a few people in his cabinet actually still harbored feelings of nostalgia for Trump.

He has to suppress it.

"But that kind of iron fist mainly targets the Border Protection Agency, harming legal immigrants, isn't it?"

Vance finally couldn't hold back and told the truth:

"Ultimately, it's all President Trump's fault."

Yes, this is indeed Trump's fault.

Even during Obama's presidency, the control over illegal immigration across the border was quite strict, and the number of people affected each year was effectively controlled.

Trump, on the other hand, has shown a 'hypocritical' attitude on the immigration issue.

He first accused Obama of deliberately allowing immigrants to enter the United States, setting up a target for public opinion to attract voters. Then, after taking office, he made great efforts to dismantle the U.S. Border Protection Agency, dismissing and laying off a large number of capable employees, which paralyzed the border and led to an influx of more illegal immigrants. He then had even more reason to shout: "It's all the Democrats' doing!" "Obama created all of this."

Trump makes no mention of the fact that it was his own reckless issuance of executive orders that led to the collapse of the Border Protection Agency, which in turn created the border collapse crisis that began in 2017.

In other words, while Trump accused the Border Protection Agency of failing to protect the border, he kept stabbing him in the back, asking, "Why aren't you protecting the border?"

His so-called iron fist crackdown not only failed to disperse illegal immigrants at the border, but instead dealt a heavy blow to the Border Protection Agency and legal immigrants, leading to an increase in illegal immigrants.

This tactic of creating targets and shaping enemies, often used in online propaganda warfare, has been adopted by Trump in governing the country.

The result of these measures is a devastating situation where millions of illegal immigrants cross the border every year.

But no one dares to say that, ultimately, this is because the United States has been too harsh in its exploitation of Latin America, while the compensation has been extremely meager. As a result, illegal immigrants naturally follow the path of money outflow to the United States to collect their primal debts.

The cabinet security meeting ended up being a pointless affair.

None of Vance's government staff had ever been to the US-Mexico border and had no idea what was happening there.

At this moment, it was General John Daniel Kane, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who quietly handed Vance a document:

"Li Xinghe's subordinate, an Indian woman named Lin Mulan, is suspected of meeting with Chinese officials in Hong Kong. According to inside information from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), they are suspected of discussing a potential alliance between the Japanese yen and the Chinese yuan. If this happens, the United States will suffer a severe blow!"

"Such a thing actually happened!" Vance was extremely shocked.

The cooperative economic system of the Renminbi as the father and the Japanese Yen as the son has become a prominent field of study in the Japanese financial world.

Specifically, as the currency with the largest global investment position, the Japanese yen, along with Japanese financial institutions and businesses overseas, can serve as an assistant for the export of RMB and trade settlement, helping RMB reap the benefits of overseas trade. Based on the RMB-JPY currency swap agreement, the yen, which supports free currency circulation, can be used to settle and pay for RMB transactions, while these transactions are then settled domestically with RMB in the local currency.

In short, it's about bypassing the drain on the dollar settlement system.

The RMB gets the meat, while the Japanese Yen gets the soup.

One consultant had a question:

"Isn't our goal to devalue the dollar?"

Another advisor countered:

"But we must also ensure that the US dollar remains the world's reserve currency!"

Hidden within this is a rather absurd demand from Trump's supporters: on the one hand, they want the dollar to depreciate, and on the other hand, they want the dollar to remain the world's reserve currency—a classic example of wanting to eat and defecate at the same time.

"The yen must be punished."

Many people say that.

Thus, the meeting shifted from discussing Mexico to discussing punishing the yen.

In fact, Lin Mulan frequently appears in Hong Kong because, as everyone's strategist, she is currently busy helping everyone's families obtain Hong Kong residency status, and then waiting for an opportunity to transfer to the mainland.

She didn't mention the ridiculous things the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had imagined at all.

How did the U.S. Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) obtain the information that a rumored 'RMB-JPY system' was being prepared?

The answer is actually simpler. They copied a headline article from the economics section of the Sankei Shimbun and found an article by Jeffrey Sachs, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, titled "What the Yen Means for China," in the second edition of The Economist, which is actually discussing economics.

The combination of two publicly available intelligence reports (article paragraphs) and Lin Mulan's frequent visits to Hong Kong led the Pentagon's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to believe they had uncovered the true reason behind Li Xinghe's recent unusual activities.

And so, this is how it happened.

Vance privately asked General John:

What is the Joint Chiefs of Staff's view?