Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

They raised their hands:

"Come, Christian brothers! Let us join hands and rise up to expel those Javanese Muslims who have been forcibly sent to invade us by the Jakarta government since 1950!"

Yes, these people were leaders of cults from Japan and South Korea. After being severely reformed by Li Xinghe, they were handed over to the Unification and Assimilation Association and then sent here to mobilize Christian people to participate in the liberation struggle.

Then, instantly, the call was met with overwhelming response, and a large number of indigenous people flocked to the scene.

The missionaries were also stunned, only then realizing:

“The average income here is less than 800 yuan, and the poor earn even less. If you just tell them that the Christian church is distributing rice and that the new autonomous government is helping them build roads, they will be willing to go with you.”

Previously, the average person could earn over a thousand dollars, but due to Indonesia's poor economy in recent years and the severe depreciation of its currency, the data appears to have actually declined.

Anyway, this place isn't that different from a primitive tribe or a wild rainforest. While the average education level isn't at driving school standards, it's roughly equivalent to someone who dropped out of elementary school. They're already in the same boat, so whatever you teach or guide them is a step in the right direction.

Of course, given that this is a place rife with cults, and considering that Li Xinghe funded his trip south and facilitated the integration of Christianity and Nichiren Buddhism into the new Christian community in Japan and South Korea, they should naturally show respect to Li Xinghe.

Japanese and Korean missionaries praised Li Xinghe and held up his portrait.

"This is the new apostle walking in the world. He led us here to awaken the long-dormant Christ the Cross."

The locals don't understand the language.

All we need to know is that he is a saint.

Papua Island holds a particularly important place in linguistics. This is because it is home to more than 200 ethnic groups and over 900 unique, isolated languages. Due to the sheer number of languages, they are often collectively categorized as the 'Papuan languages,' leaving even linguists baffled and overwhelmed by their research.

For this reason, the language spoken in Papua is 'Pipin,' a simple and harmonious language borrowed from the Dutch and British colonists to ensure that everyone can understand it.

Therefore, the church also carried out literacy campaigns:

"It's time to help you learn about the excellent Eastern culture and study Chinese characters."

"Ok?"

The indigenous people are now facing even greater challenges.

If a carrying pole falls over, they won't even know it's the character "一" (one). What are they supposed to learn?

The missionaries displayed extreme patience:

"Let's start by learning the kana..."

Japanese churches primarily teach kana and phonetic kanji, while Korean churches primarily teach hanmon and phonetic kanji.

In any case, whether it's kana or yanwen, they are all used to annotate Chinese characters with pinyin, similar to the pinyin system, and are taught together with Chinese characters.

Papuans, whose average level of education is only primary school dropout, sit bewildered in a church school run by Japanese and Korean missionaries, facing the image of Lee Sung-ha hanging on a cross, and begin to learn the language and Chinese characters.

The white volunteers from Australia and New Zealand who were traveling with them knelt down in this strange church with some skepticism. They listened in a daze as the missionaries used Buddhist terms such as "reincarnation" and "new world" to describe Li Xinghe and the new world order centered on East Asia, and what position they, as Eastern Christians, would have in this new order.

“I saw that the First Apostle came from heaven (from beyond the heavens).”

“I saw that the first apostle received divine revelation (been enlightened by God).

"I saw that with a wave of his hand, the First Apostle caused the world to turn upside down, the sea to transform into land, and the land to split into canyons..."

The missionaries' mystical chanting actually suited the indigenous people's educational level.

The above describes the social changes outside of the Papuan guerrilla war.

Lee Sung-ha also specifically requested that South Korea send someone to lead the Japanese and South Korean professional bureaucrats' governing team sent to Papua.

The group also included many retired South Korean economic officials who presented a plan to the Papuans:

"This is the outline for Papua's economic reforms."

The core reason is actually just one thing: drive out all the damn European and American precious metal mining companies, take back the mining rights to the world's largest gold, silver and copper mines, and then distribute a portion of the profits to the poor indigenous people to build roads, construct signal base stations, sell enhanced 4G mobile phones in Huaqiangbei, Guangdong, and provide primary school-level education. That would already be a paradise-like world on par with a tropical rainforest.

Papua's economy relies 70% on its large gold mines in the mountains, but almost all the lease payments from European and American companies are taken by the Jakarta authorities, leaving the local population with nothing. This revenue share is even lower than the 12% natural gas revenue sharing agreement between Li Xinghe and Australia.

That's the truth. If the colonists had done anything right, the indigenous tribes in these rainforests wouldn't have suffered the loss of 40 lives and still be causing trouble.

The struggle for the liberation of Papua was in full swing.

Using 'Orientalism' and 'Pan-Asianism' as justifications, people from Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and even Australia and New Zealand have gathered on Papua Island, beginning to drag the indigenous people onto the path of modernization within the Sinosphere.

Of course, most indigenous people don't really like doing this.

They preferred to follow the guerrillas to harass the homes of the 56 Javanese colonists, seize their mosques, and reclaim their land.

This is also the main direction of the Papua Liberation Army's struggle under the guidance of the Vietnamese Communist Party.

Reporters covering the Papuan independence struggle, who had come to report on the just anti-colonial war, were utterly bewildered as they looked at the temporary command post—a Javanese mosque converted into a Christian church and now operating directly there.

"It's really outrageous. It's the first time I've seen Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Koreans, and white Australians and New Zealanders sitting together and working. It's the first time I've seen communists, mystical cultists who mix Christianity and Buddhism, and chauvinistic white people sitting at the same table, working together in front of a crucifix of God."

Is this still human society?

Where did this work get me?

God, open your eyes and look at this bizarre world.

Chapter 897: The Story of a Female Prime Minister (5200 words)

The outbreak of the Papuan liberation war has touched a nerve in the international community.

But in reality, Li Xinghe did not directly send troops, nor did he even show any intention of using his own battleships to launch a surprise attack on Jakarta. It was as if, as he said, he was too lazy to care about such things.

Therefore, the international reaction to this was not significant. Although Indonesia was mobilizing troops from across the country to Papua Island, the volunteer troops fighting on Papua Island were actually employing a policy of bloodshed, constantly harassing villages and towns, driving out Javanese colonists, and causing heavy casualties in Indonesia.

In the open-minded Shinzo Abe Memorial Hall, Li Xinghe's group began another meeting.

Upon meeting, Li Juyan gently bit Li Xinghe's hand, seemingly unsure whether she was angry, jealous, or both.

"My mom has been hospitalized!"

Looking at her always dashing and carefree older brother, Li Juyan really wanted to bite him to death. Did he even care about his sister? How come he only cared about his sister's mother and then transferred her to the hospital? What about his sister's share?

"Next time, next time I'll definitely let you stay too."

Li Xinghe said humorously.

Then Zhao Lieshu kicked his heel from behind.

“My dear Lie Shu must be among them.”

Li Xinghe hurriedly went to patch the hole again.

Li Daiyao's expression turned murderous, urging Li Xinghe to quickly go and kiss the next one.

It's like having one lid and three pots.

"Be serious."

Wu Jianzhong's expression had turned into that of a Tibetan fox, and he emphasized:

"What's really strange is that now the US military doesn't want to withdraw globally anymore. They've gotten $2 trillion in funding, which is really odd."

Guanyinlong Bluebird taps on the table, expressing its opinion:

"To put it in a familiar phrase, when the existing global system of spoils distribution had reached a dead end, the United States chose a change similar to Wang Mang's reforms. Although Vance's coronation ceremony was unpleasant, it did not encounter absolute resistance from society, which shows that Americans are not actually particularly committed to their so-called 'democratic system.' In essence, what they need is change of the status quo. But the problem is that reforms always enter deep waters."

Sitting down, Li Xinghe turned his back to Shinzo Abe's portrait and said:

"If Vance could lead the United States to tighten its budget, reduce the number of its nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, and withdraw its six to eight hundred overseas bases, the United States would still be the leading power in the Americas and a force to be reckoned with in the world. Unfortunately, the US military is unwilling to give up its own interests. Therefore, I predict that the US military will try to spend a lot of money to continue to maintain its global overseas base system."

At this point, it was the US military itself that was unwilling to withdraw globally, even though it had previously supported the gradual retreat.

In the global retrenchment preceding Vance's move, the Pentagon actively supported a full-scale withdrawal, shifting from global hegemony to focused regional defense. Various branches of the US military strongly supported this, demanding that the withdrawal begin around China's periphery to avoid being drawn into a world-class, devastating war.

But when it came to the actual withdrawal and dismantling of those overseas bases, the US military became unwilling. Commissioners Smith and his colleagues needed to earn a living, especially in such difficult times.

“Greedy for wealth and glory…” Zhao Lieshu sighed.

Li Daiyao, however, emphasized that:

"We're entangled in interests; we can't back down."

It can only be said that the US military is holding Vance back, the US military is supporting Vance, and the US military is also the one that does not want a global withdrawal. Nominally, there are six to eight hundred, but in reality, no one knows how many overseas bases there are, and the endless US military spending, which is spent in ways that are unknown, is like a bubble, yet it pulls at the US military interest groups that are trying to withdraw globally, making them unable to give it up.

So they set aside $2 trillion to try and keep the empire alive.

But in reality, it became the empire's deadly poison needle.

Everyone discussed the matter for half an hour and reached a consensus.

A sapling won't grow straight unless it's pruned; the US military won't withdraw completely unless its global bases are destroyed.

As the meeting adjourned, Li Xinghe lamented:

"I'm going to film a TV series. This was originally a process that should have been completed by the end of last year, but last year was just too busy. We were exhausted dealing with both the US dollar and the US military. This year, I need to get the TV series out as soon as possible."

Lee Ju-yeon's rare sarcastic remark:

"What, you're capable of handling this year?"

Li Xinghe patted his younger sister's forehead to comfort her:

"Well... mainly because my mom has freed up her time, and I also have to film one or two TV dramas in the next few months to answer two key questions about Japanese and Korean society."

Actually, it's because Misato has gotten tired of taking care of the child for the past few months, so she hired a nanny to look after the child so she could go out and focus on her main job.

As a result, all the sisters wanted to go see a play:

"Let's go, let's go see a show."

Old Wu was deeply saddened:

"I'm not going. I have to go back and write a report. Ugh, my hair..."

……

The car returned to the Prime Minister's official residence.

In reality, Lee Sung-ha now often works directly in the Imperial Palace, so the old Prime Minister's official residence, like it used to be, is often vacant. Therefore, as the production team for the first season of "The Story of a Female Prime Minister," Misato Mama and her large crew moved directly into the Prime Minister's official residence, which is known as "haunted."

When Li Daiyao, Zhao Lieshu, and Li Juyan arrived with Guanyinlong Qingniao, there was already a huge crowd of people waiting to watch the play, including Queen Charlotte, Duchess Olympia, Ayako Aso, Kagome Hanae and Sumire Watanuki, the Kokubun sisters, and many others. Even their daughters had come to watch the play.

Everyone was enthusiastically gossiping, saying they were all eager to see how Li Xinghe would film a TV series today.

The radiant Misato Ma's entrance drew applause from her supporters. Following her were Haru, known for her mysterious and understated style, and the well-known Nozomi Sasaki, who arrived as the leading actresses. Haru played the successful prime minister, while Sasaki played her personal secretary. Their political roles were reversed.

Due to time constraints, the campaign story was condensed into a winter campaign special, which was filmed and broadcast during the winter and achieved decent ratings.

Head screenwriter Takeshi Sato jokingly remarked about Li Xinghe:

"You have a lot of supporters."

"Sigh. Family troubles."

Li Xinghe shrugged and began to discuss scriptwriting with them.

In this kind of political comedy, the answer that Lee Sung-ha must give to the people of Japan and South Korea is not simply how many years he will serve.

Asking this question in Japan is like asking a bald man how many hairs he has left. Li Xinghe's son has already been supported to the position of potential emperor, so he's clearly preparing for a fourth generation, three generations of emperors. While the Machiyo family isn't a top-tier aristocratic family, it's an old family that rose to prominence before the war, and in terms of history and status, it's even more noble than the Koizumi family, only inferior to established families like the Abe and Aso families.

In South Korea, the South Koreans are in a state of both liking and hating, both resentment and helplessness. Various far-right groups are in a state of frenzied support for Lee Sung-ha, because without Lee Sung-ha, South Korea may be left without support and in a situation where it could be destroyed by China, Japan or North Korea.

Therefore, Lee Sung-ha is actually answering the questions of the people of two insecure countries: what kind of Japan and South Korea should be shaped in order to achieve ultimate victory?

Sato Tsuyoshi started to have a headache:

How do we define this final victory?

Because past Japanese dramas have all failed to answer this question, or even if they did, they only resorted to the empty rhetoric of the US-Japan alliance solving everything.

Li Xinghe pondered and said:

"I think we should explain to the public what position we should take in the future world political landscape in order to resolve the doubts in the hearts of the Japanese people. We need to discuss politics, but we can't fall into the situation described in the play 'Don't Call Me Prime Minister'."

Japan certainly has political dramas, but because of its status as a defeated nation, any discussion of politics inevitably involves analyzing the issue of defeat, which in turn brings up the very thing the public least wants to talk about. Therefore, Japanese political dramas often dare not discuss international affairs.

"Don't Call Me Prime Minister" is a 1997 political comedy starring Masakazu Tamura, who played Furuhata Ninzaburo. In the script, he plays an incompetent second-generation official who, in order to avoid becoming the prime minister with the shortest term in office, appoints his daughter's 20-something tutor as Chief Cabinet Secretary (similar to prime minister).

Li Xinghe had certainly watched it and even referenced it. However, due to national reasons, "Don't Call Me Premier" ultimately leaned towards a family drama, with the prime minister and his wife's relationship restored, the family living in harmony, and them happily making dumplings together.

He then explained:

"In this script, China has become the most powerful country in the world, while Japan is like a peripheral country and the second-in-command among the tributary states of the Celestial Empire, serving as an external defense base for the US military. We will be influenced by various aspects of the Celestial Empire system, and through dark humor, we will indirectly tell the audience what the future will be like."

Then Li Xinghe talked about how he envisioned the script to be set up, including China's position, Japan's position, Sino-Japanese interaction, and many interesting little details.

After listening, Sato Tsuyoshi suddenly asked in surprise:

"Isn't that 'Yes, Prime Minister'?"