Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"Chop off their little heads."

"Europeans tell this corny joke too?"

Duchess Olympia pointed out with a sigh that Li Xinghe's current laxity was evident:

"Actually, I was implying to you that, as your newly appointed Governor-General of Australia and New Zealand, I also have a responsibility to comfort you after your hard work. That's why I appeared in your room."

Of course, Duchess Olympia didn't just talk the talk; she piled up the small galaxy, enveloping it with her soft, delicate skin, causing the large galaxy to expand rapidly and be deeply nestled within Duchess Olympia's bosom.

The breast massage felt very comfortable.

However, the duchess didn't seem to have much experience, so Li Xinghe taught her that she should add some lubricant.

Just then, Li Xinghe's phone rang. Gao Tiao Wuyue sent an urgent intelligence report:

"The entire Federal Reserve has resigned, and there are currently no successors."

"what?"

Li Xinghe was stunned for a moment, causing the duchess, who was leaning on his thigh for support, to fall onto him.

If, in a dollar-dominated world system, the Federal Reserve's actions determine the transformation of the global economy, and its benchmark interest rates determine its health—for example, the Fed's high interest rates devastated South Korea's shipbuilding industry, ultimately leading to the transfer of major orders to China with its low interest rates—then the Fed is the core engine of the global economic train, and the locomotive is the one steering this increasingly out-of-control train. Even China is part of this economic train.

And yet, in this very economic landscape, the Federal Reserve's train crew collectively abandoned their duties and fled.

Li Xinghe fell into thought:

"Isn't this like... driving a car, stepping on the gas with one foot and kicking the brake with the other, then spreading your arms, covering your eyes, and letting the train go wherever it wants, even if it crashes into a mountain or falls off a cliff, you don't care?"

This unexpected news disrupted Li Xinghe's night of enjoying life.

Duchess Olympia took a sip of red wine as a lubricant and slowly swallowed Da Xinghe into her mouth, somewhat awkwardly mimicking the poses from the adult film, offering Li Xinghe her comfort.

And she even had time to share her political views with Li Xinghe:

"Actually, every country can see this... Any financial professional with a brain should realize that the US can no longer support so much dollar debt. They already proactively devalued their currency in 2027 to seek debt relief... This year's political turmoil coupled with the surge in US debt has forced another devaluation... The Fed's resignation, while unexpected, is also understandable; they can't hold on any longer..." (The rest of the text appears to be a fragmented and nonsensical collection of characters and phrases, possibly from different sources.)

Li Xinghe stroked her braid and asked:

What about the European Union?

Olympia said disdainfully:

"France has nowhere to run, because its large companies have been gradually eliminated by the United States, and their only support is the Eurozone. But once the Eurozone is involved, Germany will inevitably be implicated... and Germany, in the face of the United States, has no choice but to submit. Even if it foresaw the outcome of the financial crisis, it cannot extricate itself. Only those German companies can scatter and flee."

If Li Xinghe's side is trying to link boats together with iron chains, with economic entities intertwined and departments joining forces, in order to prevent being blown over by the massive wave of the US dollar.

While the Eurozone is indeed interconnected, the EU is riddled with internal threats. Germany, one of the Eurozone's two core powers, is essentially defenseless, and EU officials are rife with pro-American figures, some even being Americans themselves. Therefore, even if France, bound by these constraints, wanted to resist, it would have nowhere to escape.

Germany faced the embarrassing situation of having an industrial output of 0.4% as early as after the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Due to its reliance on both raw materials and markets overseas, German companies were forced to relocate abroad. The first destination was the United States, followed by China.

These companies simply did not expect that their fates would diverge so dramatically in the following years.

Those who went to the US only lasted a few years before the massive devaluation in 2027, and before they could even catch their breath, there was another massive devaluation in 2030, interspersed with the economic crisis that began in mid-28. After two major devaluations, those German companies must have practically beaten the decision-makers to a pulp.

Upon hearing about the state of the Eurozone, Li Xinghe concluded that the Eurozone was likely doomed to a second collapse, and that Britain, that old devil, wanted to jump ship early and participate in the process of reaping the benefits of the Eurozone.

So he immediately sent a voice command to Takajo Satsuki:

"We will immediately begin the second phase of our economic defense operations against the United States, and build an absolute economic and national defense defense perimeter."

This is a pre-prepared plan.

Li Xinghe explained:

"The CPC/TPP organization has decided to unite the financial sectors of Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand to immediately establish the Pacific Clearing Bank, which is connected to banks in these countries. It will use a basket of reserves based on the Renminbi, Japanese Yen, Korean Won, Australian Dollar, New Zealand Dollar, and a portion of the US Dollar, and will be primarily responsible for clearing international trade between Pacific countries that use the Renminbi and Japanese Yen as the main settlement terms."

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) includes not only Canada and Mexico, but also Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. Generally speaking, resource-rich countries like Australia and New Zealand, financial powerhouses like Japan, and industrialized nations like China and South Korea have all successfully joined, and the organization has also brought in markets like Mexico and Canada. Therefore, it is quite reasonable for the organization to launch its own clearing bank.

However, the bank primarily clears trade transactions in RMB, essentially telling the world that we no longer trust the US dollar and are now turning to the RMB as an international reserve currency. This is tantamount to a vicious and ruthless betrayal of the US, a deep and cruel stab in the back.

Duchess Olympia removed her old-fashioned lace corset, revealing a more expansive and compassionate side of herself.

"If the US sees what you've done, they'll eat you alive."

Li Xinghe refuted this:

"The Federal Reserve has resigned en masse. Nobody can control me. I think it won't be long before even economic advisors from the U.S. Treasury Department are submitting their resumes to me."

“But if I may be frank, countries like Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, and Malaysia are either insignificant peripheral nations, or they probably don’t really approve of this forcibly introduced settlement bank. They might sabotage you behind your back,” Olympia objected.

For example, some factions in Vietnam (and Mongolia) have been trying to find a third friendly neighbor outside the region to counterbalance China in the north; and Singapore, which benefited from the US-China conflict, would certainly not be willing to enter this settlement model. Because China is there, it doesn't need to do anything to generate attraction and change everything.

Li Xinghe asked:

"Do you have similar political experience?"

Duchess Olympia served diligently and also strived to prove herself:

"After all, I graduated from LSE. In fact, the diplomatic landscape of Southeast Asia has always been a major research focus for us. My graduation thesis was on the correlation between the Singapore model and the normalization of Sino-US competition. If China and the United States cease to compete, then Singapore's economy will plummet."

At this time, Dame Olympia Churchill had full confidence in her academic qualifications. Throughout Britain, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), despite being just a college, wielded considerable political influence. As a prestigious private university that had long since transformed from a working-class school into a cradle of political elites, LSE graduates typically became prime ministers, ministers, members of parliament, and high-ranking bureaucrats. They were, in short, extremely wealthy and powerful (and their tuition fees reflected this).

The show "I Am the Prime Minister" often jokes about Jim Hack's LSE degree, actually comparing it to Oxford and Cambridge, implying that this politician's alma mater only deserves to be considered the third-best university. However, in reality, all other British universities besides LSE lack the value to be recognized as universities. In other words, LSE is the 2.5th university in the UK after Oxford and Cambridge; the others are rubbish.

Therefore, it's like vying for the top three universities besides Tsinghua and Peking University. Although LSE isn't in the top two, it's already considered 2.5 in British politics. Jim Hack's ability to graduate from LSE indicates that he doesn't come from an ordinary middle-class family; the tuition fees are beyond the reach of most wealthy families.

"You college students are so fussy. My graduation thesis was... what was it again? I think I had someone else write it. That's not important." Li Xinghe gritted his teeth, feeling that Duchess Olympia's bosom was much softer than Charlotte's petite body. In fact, Li Xinghe had completely forgotten that he had barely written his own thesis, only he couldn't remember the title.

Li Xinghe was only concerned with holding down the Duchess's golden braids, making her completely envelop Da Xinghe.

Lacking any experience, the duchess could only stand there, helplessly enduring the waves of ejaculation, the white fluid dripping down her chest with her saliva, appearing so lewd, yet alluring.

After fully releasing himself in the Duchess's mouth and on her chest, looking at the Duchess with white fluid splattered on her mouth, lips, and chest, Li Xinghe very satisfiedly called He Yang:

"It looks like Vietnam and Singapore might jump up. Fuck them. Bomb them."

The aircraft carrier and battleship fleet will be at their doorstep soon.

Chapter 854: The Dragon of the Pacific, Holding Firmly There Is a Way (5100 words)

The next day.

Her Majesty the Queen was very lazy and stayed in bed, not wanting to get up at all.

After undressing and bestowing favors upon her fiancé yesterday, Her Majesty had no appetite for food or birth control pills today. She didn't get up until the afternoon, dressed, put on her crown and gown, and prepared for work.

Because her legs were sore, tired, and numb, Charlotte sat on the exoskeleton suit given to her by Li Xinghe. Using the somewhat clumsy brain-computer interface to fasten it to the back of her neck, Charlotte took out her phone to take a beautiful selfie, then changed her social media account tags and posted a short video:

"I was exhausted yesterday, but today I went out in an exoskeleton provided by a Chinese manufacturer (Hangzhou Boling) and toured Canberra."

Then they bombed global media.

Charlotte Elizabeth Diana's account, the Queen of Australia and New Zealand's account, gained over 2000 million followers worldwide within just a few hours of its launch.

The British royal family, who were allegedly kicked and beaten by Li Xinghe, have now begun to change their tune after yesterday's most lavish coronation ceremony in the world. They are now widely sharing photos of Queen Charlotte. Privately, they are contacting Li Xinghe, pleading for opportunities to make money and hoping to borrow more crowns and robes.

The media on Fleet Street in the UK showed no sign of being humiliated. Instead, they gave extensive coverage to Queen Charlotte's coronation ceremony, claiming that British culture has a global reach and that the British royal family is indeed a world-class brand, especially popular in East Asian societies.

American media have always displayed unparalleled enthusiasm for the British Royal Family, a kind of cultural nativism bordering on reverence. Americans especially enjoy content about the British Royal Family, so Queen Charlotte's legacy is even more popular in the US than in Britain.

It can be said that the emergence of Queen Charlotte satisfied the desire of the Commonwealth and English-speaking countries around the world to have a British queen to fawn over.

Meanwhile, Dame Olympia, who currently holds the real decision-making power in Australia and New Zealand, shared articles from CNN, BBC, and Reuters with Li Xinghe:

"Your reputation has now extended beyond Japan and reached international influence."

Previously, it was known as the Black Mount Fuji and Super G. With the gradual transfer of control between Australia and New Zealand, and the comical situation where Li Xinghe slapped the US military and the US military had to appease him, the international community has come to recognize this little devil with a completely different style of doing things, who is bold and unstoppable in causing trouble.

He is now known by his nickname: 'The evil dragon of the Pacific Ocean'.

A large group of small Pacific island nations, such as Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Samoa, are now sending diplomats to Li Xinghe to resolve their defense issues.

"Once I reach the Atlantic, they will call me the best man in the world."

Li Xinghe said that the Western media deserved to be beaten.

However, he doesn't have time to deal with Duchess Olympia right now; he needs to reorganize the Australian army first, and then put pressure on the Southeast Asian countries.

Australia's armed forces, as a national army, were badly beaten in the military conflict between Li Xinghe and Australia, and are now helpless.

They also had to begin incorporating the United Army into its system, as ordered by the Queen and the Governor General's government.

For the Australian military, which has always adhered to the principle of "following the developed world of Europe and America and integrating into the white world," bowing down to the predominantly yellow-skinned coalition forces is tantamount to a shameful surrender to Japan.

But there was nothing they could do; after all, Li Xinghe had supported Queen Charlotte.

As an organization that at least implemented a nationalized military, the new rulers, Queen Charlotte and the Governor of Olympia, along with the requirements of the caretaker government of Huang Yingxian, forced them to conduct joint exercises with the Allied Forces.

Australian generals lamented He Yang's fate:

"You've won, Japanese."

He Yang then laughed and replied:

"We're not Japanese. But you can learn from the style of the Japanese during World War II, shout: 'Your Majesty Charlotte, Banzai!' and then transform into a meteor and sink an American aircraft carrier."

Jokingly, the Australian army, feeling humiliated as second-class citizens, gradually moved closer to the coalition forces.

This is a joint maritime exercise.

The ship sailed on and on, and suddenly it left Australian territorial waters.

Then the Australian army was shocked to discover that this four-nation joint force, composed of Japanese, South Korean, Australian and Singaporean troops, was heading straight for Singapore, and was full of murderous intent along the way, requiring all units to use live ammunition when passing on orders.

So they've been tricked into joining a pirate ship?

……

"We oppose the unilateral measures of the CPTPP clearing bank!"

Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, accompanied by finance ministers and diplomats from Malaysia, Vietnam, and Brunei, issued a declaration of protest against Lee Sing Ho at the Prime Minister's Office.

Several countries echoed this sentiment.

There's no other reason than a conflict of interest.

The launch of the CPTPP clearing bank is a complete disaster for Singapore, as it is practically a blatant attempt to seize Singapore's position in overseas trade clearing. For other countries, it smacks of forcibly pulling them towards communism, and they will have to make a statement eventually.

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, whose ancestral home is Wenchang, Hainan, is a typical Hakka immigrant who crossed the ocean to Singapore in 1950 to make a living. He was once Lee Hsien Loong's secretary and, after Lee Hsien Loong's departure, has been in charge of leading Singapore's repressive political system.

But whether it's Lee Kuan Yew, Lee Hsien Loong, or Lawrence Wong, regardless of their political acumen, their thinking is always the same: Singapore must participate in the process of counterbalancing interference from China and related external powers. For Singapore to exist, it must both cooperate with China and maintain a pro-US, anti-China stance to act as a check on it.

This line of thinking is not unique to Singapore, but rather an inevitable choice for all Southeast Asian countries when facing China. Even Vietnam, a communist country, later aligned itself with the Soviet Union against China, because living in Southeast Asia, their political choices were not significantly different.

They don't have any strong political stances; their choices are simply based on the perspective of Singapore, a tiny country.

In simpler terms, it's just that the fence-sitters are taking advantage of the situation to gain some benefits.

However, regardless of the choice, the fence-sitters will ultimately be torn apart. They can only choose between English and Chinese. Just as the outcome of pulling one faction against another is inevitable, only one faction can be defeated. With China's growing power and the gradual weakening of the US military, Singapore unexpectedly found that its past anti-communist and anti-China rhetoric was no longer sustainable, and the US military's protection of them was increasingly limited to verbal support. At this point, even if they turned to seeking connections, they could only do so in Beijing.

Li Xinghe intends to include Singapore's financial system in the CPTPP clearing system, which Singapore absolutely cannot accept, nor will it ever kneel down in Tokyo.

The Joint Fleet offered a sharp critique of Singapore's stubbornness:

"They probably ate themselves crazy."

"We'll take down Singapore first, then Vietnam."

The situation in Vietnam is more complex than in Singapore, and considering that Vietnam is currently constructing the Sino-Vietnamese railway to Chinese standards, they plan to act after Singapore. Mei, have you thought about it? Lin, are you...?

Vietnam has its own political climate, which has changed significantly in recent years. Of the traditional four pillars of Vietnamese politics, the current structure maintains a three-northern-one-southern configuration. Starting in 2025, a new four-way coalition will be formed: General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam, President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man. Except for the last one, who is from the south, the first three are from the north. Around the time of the major retirement in 2026, many political clashes will occur that are unclear to outsiders. Currently, Vietnam's political landscape is still shifting, with Tran Cam Tu, Tran Luu Quang, Tran Hong Ha, and Nguyen Van Nen all vying for key positions in the next term.

Before taking action, one should consider whether it might lead to an even worse candidate taking office.

General Zhang Xiaoqian, who was in charge of intimidating Singapore, gave the following orders to his staff in the command room:

"Find the East China Sea Fleet and move our military exercises from the Yellow Sea to the South China Sea. The Tamamo-no-Mae and Japanese ships will play the role of the US military in the waters near Vietnam and conduct live-fire offensive and defensive exercises with them. Meanwhile, our aviation battleships will conduct anti-submarine, air defense, and amphibious landing drills in the waters near Singapore."

Soon, two Japanese aircraft carriers, along with the Zhejiang and Fujian ships which were undergoing sea trials, set sail for the South China Sea.

The air battleship squadron led by the Zhenhai is approaching Singapore.

They claimed they would conduct 'military exercises' on the Singapore waterways.

The six Type 510 naval guns were then aimed at Singapore's newly constructed Grand Harbour, home to the Grand Harbour Superport Management Office of the Port of Singapore Authority, responsible for loading and unloading cargo for Singapore's maritime trade operations. It also serves as a home port for Singapore's six Formidable-class frigates.

"Fire! Bomb the hell out of them!"

"Fire at Singapore's port?"

"fire."

Boom!

The massive warships and cannons that shook the seas unleashed enormous explosions that destroyed a port, wildly decimating goods ordered by Singaporeans from overseas.