Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"Find the cause..." Li Xinghe sighed, rubbing his forehead.

Many people say that in Japan and South Korea, eating meat at every meal is not a problem. However, according to a household survey conducted by Seoul, South Korea, only the top 1% of the population is wealthy enough to eat meat at every meal. For the bottom 30% of the population, eating meat once a week is considered a luxury. Approximately 60% of the population can afford to eat meat 1-3 times a week.

Japan's data isn't much better than South Korea's. In terms of per capita meat consumption, based on rough supply data including production and imports, China's figure is approximately 72 kg, while Japan's is 51 kg and South Korea's is 63 kg.

Of course, it is well known that South Korea's data statistics have many issues with the scope of statistics. They are accustomed to including processed meat products and sausages in the consumer category. Japan also has a similar change in the way seafood is counted as meat.

It doesn't seem to be a question of whether or not one wants to eat it, but rather whether or not one can afford it.

What frustrated Li Xinghe even more was that this extremely dire situation was clearly inconsistent with the economic conditions of Japan and South Korea. At least they were developed economies, not so poor as to be unable to afford food.

why?

Japan has agricultural cooperatives that restrict the import of foreign agricultural products. South Korea also has agricultural cooperatives that restrict the import of foreign agricultural products.

Although the agricultural cooperatives of both countries suffered severe blows under Li Xinghe's pressure, and related forces in the agricultural field were hunted down, the lingering poison they created and left behind still exists widely.

For example, bizarre and self-deceiving idealistic views such as "body and land are inseparable," "Japanese/Korean rice is the most sacred rice in the world," and "not eating rice/kimchi means you're not Japanese/Korean" are cultural concepts created by agricultural cooperatives and agricultural groups in both countries to force their citizens to eat their expensive products.

This has resulted in a situation where shopping malls and shelves are full of cheap imported meat, but the consumption of Japanese and South Koreans has not increased significantly. They still waste a lot of money on domestically produced goods that are often overpriced and overpriced.

If you don't do this, if you don't read the room, you're not Japanese/Korean!

After conducting a study, Li Xinghe and Hua Yingmei both reached the following conclusions:

"Are the issues of eating meat and having enough to eat really insurmountable problems in South Korea and Japan today? Ultimately, they are all damned issues of national construction."

The issue suddenly became much more complex.

Yes, this is a question of nation-building.

For Japanese people, to be considered Japanese, they must conform; to conform, they must eat Japanese rice, buy expensive new rice, and pay national tax.

For South Koreans, who grew up during the Park Chung-hee era and benefited from the various national new movements promoted by him, eating kimchi and domestically produced rice became symbols of their lives and memories. If they were to leave this meager foundation of modern culture, they would feel lost and would fall into the state of being "North Koreans" in their own perception, or even become "Chinese" in the eyes of outsiders.

Therefore, in Japan and South Korea, one must pay a heavy price to enjoy the benefits of nation-building.

They eat expensive rice and kimchi, wasting a lot of their food expenses on the propaganda of interest groups.

After all, neither the Japanese nor the Koreans could refute this 'correct mistake'.

To reverse the performance losses, we must first change the nation-building process.

Hua Yingmei slammed his fist on the table and put forward his own new grand blueprint:

“We also need our own new culture-building movement. We need to educate the new generation to do our own transitional justice.”

Transitional justice is exactly what the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) does.

In a sense, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) did indeed incorporate many elements of left-wing and Leninist party building when it embarked on its journey. Its strategy of transitional justice aims to build a new nation-state and discard the past.

Ayako Aso was also very supportive; they whispered among themselves:

"Let's call it... the National Spiritual Reform Movement?"

This can be considered the second cultural field operation after revising textbooks, aiming to correct some of the minds of Japanese and Koreans.

For this reason, Lee Sung-ha also specially summoned the South Korean representative to Japan.

The current representative is Kim Moon-soo, the extreme pro-Japanese figure who said in the National Assembly that "Koreans are all Japanese."

When Kim Moon-soo arrived at Lee Sung-ha's place, the first thing he did upon entering was not to report or receive his work, but instead, he and several of his subordinates knelt down outside the door and bowed three times and kowtowed nine times in reverence.

Even the multinational special forces standing nearby couldn't stand it anymore; what a bootlicker!

"Greetings, Your Majesty, King Xing!"

This earth-shattering kneeling and shouting left Li Xinghe completely stunned.

Where did you come from, you big simp?

Li Xinghe handed him the plan to change the national spirit and instructed him:

“We must break free from the deep-rooted problems of the past. We must dispel the erroneous cultural notions that ‘only Koreans eat kimchi’ and ‘we must eat local rice.’”

Kim Moon-soo was shocked by this:

"But... the Koreans still..."

Li Xinghe made a critical statement:

"Damn it, I order you all to eat meat once a day! Throw away that damn 'kimchi tradition,' it's all been deliberately promoted by the media since the 70s. Can't we just openly admit that Korea has historically lacked excellent cuisine, openly buy beef from Brazil and Argentina, and openly introduce Chinese, American, or European cuisine? Are you trying to get rid of nitrites already?"

Just as the Dragon Boat Festival has been associated with 'joy' since the Ming Dynasty, but modern people insist on changing it to 'peace and health', the media has a strong power of propaganda.

This artificially constructed, media-driven false sense of shared identity is the primary means by which South Koreans maintain their national identity. Otherwise, they really wouldn't have much to be proud of.

The South Korean delegation was drenched in sweat.

Li Xinghe may be the first person in history to use profanity to order his people to eat more imported meat.

Li Xinghe then went on to say:

"Culture must adapt to the times. Now, genetic testing shows that we are all residents who originated from Tibet, and it's just a matter of sooner or later that we established our respective countries. We shouldn't let a few hundred years of differences destroy our thousands of years of community. Eating more meat, more foreign rice, and more foreign vegetables doesn't mean we're no longer Korean."

It's that same old genetic nationalism tactic again.

But I must say, it actually works.

Amidst the astonished gazes of the group of kneeling Koreans, Lee Sung-ha spoke candidly:

"When you acknowledge that you are a derivative ethnic group based on elements of Chinese culture, that you share common elements of Chinese culture as well as your own unique elements, and when you can face history squarely instead of being trapped by outdated thinking, you can openly and without others' concerns go to the imported supermarket and eat imported meat to your heart's content."

Eating more meat is what makes a new Japanese person and a new Korean person.

Chapter 819: Galaxy University is aggressively recruiting Chinese students; how many Insect Universities are there? (6000 words)

7 month 19 day.

The royal hospital, the same delivery room, the same location. It's said to be a blessed place, ensuring a smooth delivery.

Inside and outside the gate stood Chiyo's relatives, especially the elderly parents of Hanabatake Daiwa. They all stood on tiptoe, waiting for Hanabatake Daiwa Tamae to give birth to an heir.

A group of old women were whispering among themselves:

"Yuzhi has big breasts and a big butt, she'll definitely give birth to a good child."

In the room, Yuzhi, with the assistance of painless childbirth, smoothly gave birth to the only child of the Hanabatake family in nearly 20 years.

A daughter.

Upon learning it was a daughter, Li Xinghe said nothing, but Yuzhi said:

"What a pity about the girl..."

The elderly women outside, upon hearing this, were half pleased and half worried, saying:

"Let's try to be reborn? Xinghe is physically strong, so he'll definitely have a chance."

Li Xinghe's forehead was covered in sweat.

It's not that Li Xinghe isn't trying; it's just that the women in our family have very poor fertility. It's already good enough if we can have a daughter.

Yuzhi picked up the child, looking at the wrinkled, ugly baby with regret but not disappointment:

"Shall we call it 'Kan'?"

Dark red is a color, and it also refers to the red dress worn by priestesses.

Hanabatake Kon, that sounds pretty good, it's kind of like the local dialect word for 'sweet stalk' (sorghum stalk).

"Let me see, what an adorable little girl." Li Xinghe sat on the edge of the bed and picked up his daughter.

Miss Yuzhi rolled her eyes:

"Tch, you're just a hands-off dad. It's the mothers who do the kids. You can go away. I and Ping Yingmei can take care of the kids."

But that wasn't Li Xinghe's goal.

He looked at Miss Yuzhi, the eldest in the family:

"Let me try it first."

"Ah!" Yuzhi was both ashamed and angry, but powerless to stop it.

Li Xinghe first tasted the saltiness for his daughter.

It would be such a waste to breastfeed just one girl; you should breastfeed several more.

For example, the Taiko was, in a sense, an infant.

The mothers watching Li Xinghe and Yuzhi play could only sigh in exasperation.

The child is still young, let him play.

……

7 month 20 day.

The first decree issued by Li Xinghe after his return was quite intriguing.

When the television station broadcast the news, it was difficult to figure out how to strike a balance, so it could only say cautiously:

"Minister Shikaoike Hanae has officially stepped down as Minister of Justice, but will continue to serve as the interim Chief Cabinet Secretary of the Japanese government. The position of former Minister of Justice will be taken over by Mizukage Tenpyo, the former Director of the Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice and Director of the Tokyo District Court. Mizukage's brother is Mizukage Shiroji, a Supreme Court Justice of Japan, and his brother-in-law is Mizukage Atsushi, the Administrative Vice Minister of Justice."

Eimi Roka lost her position as Minister of Justice. It seems like she was promoted to Chief Cabinet Secretary, becoming the de facto center of Japanese politics, but this is only a temporary position and she has not been officially appointed.

After all, the Chief Cabinet Secretary is essentially a lower-ranking version of the Prime Minister.

Meanwhile, the power of the Mizukage family has expanded even further, forming a coordinated network with the Machiyo family, who control the Criminal Investigation Bureau and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Department. It seems that Li Xinghe is strengthening his family's legal control.

This rise is neither quite a rise nor a rise; it is extremely mysterious.

Western media, on the contrary, reported this move extensively, viewing it as a sign that Li Xinghe disliked Lu Huayingmei's strategy of exchanging CPTPP members for BRICS members. They suggested that Li Xinghe might soon reject this policy, withdraw from BRICS, and return to the ranks of European and American countries.

Western diplomats and strategic scholars have been constantly speculating about this, and Japanese media have been quietly reprinting it. For a time, even the Japanese felt that Roka Eimi, the legal wife, seemed to be falling out of favor.

When the next day's administrative meeting arrived, Li Xinghe still hadn't made a move, but the cabinet and the vice ministers were already panicking.

Rumors suggest that Li Xinghe appointed Mizukage Tenpyo as Minister of Justice in order to amend the Japanese Constitution, reorganize administrative divisions, and begin a return to the old model of a hierarchical, vertically integrated government from the central government to the local level.

There are also rumors that Li Xinghe brought his new lover up to the table in order to manipulate judicial procedures and strengthen his control over the courts.

There are also rumors that Li Xinghe went to Taiwan to organize the Taiwan Strait conflict and complete a strategic alliance with the CCP. When he looked back, he found that his wife had overstepped her authority by signing the BRICS agreement, and the Japanese government was starting to act recklessly, revealing a bunch of problems. He said he would kill a bunch of people when he returned.

Therefore, when the meeting began, the vice ministers of various ministries swarmed the Ministry of Education.

Because it is currently the university entrance exam season in Japan.

Following the national entrance examinations in January, many universities are now conducting their own entrance examinations, and the whole society is paying attention to the issues facing college students.

Today we'll also discuss the issue of ensuring education for university students.

Minister of Education Toshiko Abe submitted a list of recent issues related to Japanese universities to Li Xinghe.

First, there's the classic Japanese style of ripped crotch pants.

Toshiko Abe reports:

"Two professors from the University of Tokyo, under the guise of 'industry-academia collaboration,' forced partner companies to swipe their credit cards at nightclubs on their behalf. They threatened not to write certifications for the companies' products if they didn't pay them."

The background to this problem is that the Japanese government and large corporations have reduced funding for collaborative research with universities, leaving very little for professors. This has led many top Japanese professors to switch to research at Chinese universities, as the research funding they can obtain in Japan is simply too limited.

Those who want to do scientific research come to China, while those who don't want to do research and just want to coast through life naturally start to have crooked ideas.

Without any research funding, Japanese companies have to rely on prestigious university professors to endorse and sign off on their garbage products. These professors, in turn, make a living by endorsing these products. These two idiots were suspended solely because they went too far, forcing affiliated companies to spend tens of millions of yen to help them party in nightclubs; they were made an example of for this.

Li Xinghe could easily guess the scale of the corruption and fraud issues within the underlying industries and university research departments.

So the problem isn't the ripped crotch.

This is a classic example of corporate fraud in Japan.

Li Xinghe sighed, rubbing his forehead.

This loophole is very difficult to investigate. If we were to investigate further, we would find countless other rotten holes, such as the 'Kobe Steel fraud' scandal.

The report was submitted by the Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Takebe Shinzo:

"There's also a university professor who earns very little himself, but runs a brothel and introduces female students to prostitution, making tens of millions of yen a month... this..."

With limited research funding and a tight budget, some professors discovered the advantages of the university's highly dependent medieval apprenticeship model. For example, female students could collaborate with gangsters in prostitution, and male students could drain family fortunes. If you didn't want to do real research, making money off students was incredibly easy.

Li Xinghe's instructions:

"Where is he? Arrest him and send him to the prison with the most male accomplices to have his ass kicked for 20 years."