Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

Chapter 966: Cultural Unification: The Bald Monk and the Ukrainians' Chaos in Europe (4200 words)

2031 October.

Li Xinghe was overjoyed to have twins, and the filming of the "New Great Japan" trilogy is progressing slowly. Meanwhile, a series of joint seminars were held in Tokyo, where the decisions on how to promote the unification of standards among nations as a national alliance were discussed.

For example, today, Li Xinghe, Little Queen Charlotte, and Duchess Olympia arrived at the private box of the literary conference in Tokyo.

At this meeting, more than 400 language and writing scholars from China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Lombardy were present to promote Li Xinghe's hope to achieve changes in language and writing.

The meeting was chaired by Teruo Fujii, the president of the University of Tokyo, who, at Li Xinghe's request, said:

"We are holding this meeting to unify the written guidelines of the countries in the Asia-Pacific region."

"We will also prepare to release the Asia-Pacific Joint Dictionary Standard to ensure that citizens of all countries in the Asia-Pacific Joint Dictionary can use the same dictionary for language lookups. This standard will also apply to the AI ​​translation business guidelines of major Internet companies, as well as to the dictionary publication in various countries thereafter."

It's touted as a comprehensive encyclopedia of the Asia-Pacific region, but in reality, everyone understands it.

In places like Papua, hundreds or even thousands of ethnic groups and languages ​​reside on a single island, making it impossible for even the most sophisticated dictionaries to record them all. Japan is a country that uses a mixture of kana and kanji, Korea has also revived a system that mixes Chinese and Korean characters, Lanfang is a purely Chinese-speaking region, and Australia and New Zealand are English-speaking regions.

Therefore, this comprehensive dictionary is basically a Chinese-English dictionary, mixed with some Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese phonetic scripts, combined into a common comprehensive dictionary.

Inside the private room.

The little princess looked as bewildered as a newborn baby as she stared at the screen full of text.

But Duchess Olympia, standing beside her, was still seriously explaining the direction of language reform in Australia and New Zealand: "Look, we want to ensure that there is a significant difference from the British in terms of basic vocabulary, that is, to use Chinese characters. Therefore, I am determined to push forward this major language reform."

The reason is quite simple.

How can Australia and New Zealand prove they are part of the Asian region? How can they distinguish themselves from England after already having their own Queen and Duke of Tasmania?

Even if Britain didn't have this idea, Duchess Olympia was afraid that Britain would secretly undermine her.

So, after much painful reflection, she decided to start with writing:

"Regarding writing, we must first promote changes in writing. Writing is related to culture; when writing changes, culture changes. When culture changes, new nations will be born."

Long ago, Australia was a British penal colony, poor and uncivilized, even looked down upon by New Zealanders for its lack of resources. It wasn't until the Cold War era after World War II that iron ore, oil, and natural gas were gradually discovered, transforming it from a desolate, impoverished place into a so-called developed nation and the dominant power in Oceania.

There are all kinds of people here. In recent years, many Asians have flocked here, while many whites have left.

Now, Olympia believes that English education should be directly changed to bilingual education (Chinese and English) in the public curriculum of Australia and New Zealand, teaching children Chinese characters and the English alphabet together.

In name, the goal is to achieve cultural reconciliation between the majority of the Australian population, white people, and the minority, Chinese and Aboriginal people.

She believes:

"Once Australians and New Zealanders integrate into the East Asian cultural sphere centered on China, Japan, and Korea, and when Australian and New Zealand residents can understand Chinese characters but can't quite understand American articles, this transformation will be almost complete."

We can't let Britain and the United States undermine us again.

Similarly, South Korea is now promoting the use of a mix of Chinese and Korean characters, with a very aggressive push. Many government agencies and newspapers have even rushed to meet the requirement that 40% of the main content be in Chinese characters, resulting in ordinary South Koreans being unable to understand their own country's official documents and television broadcasts, and having to use translation software to find out what the government and newspapers are saying.

The reason for such a drastic push for script change was to demonstrate that South Korea and North Korea were now two completely different countries, two different peoples, and two different worlds, and that they were now severing all ties. To make this change even more decisive, the Cho Gu-hwan government adopted the method of ensuring that neither side could understand the other's language.

South Korea wants to switch to a mixed script of Chinese and Korean, promoting the return of Chinese characters; North Korea, on the other hand, still uses pure Han-gu script, which contains a large number of Chinese and Soviet loanwords.

In this way, Korean is incomprehensible to North Koreans, and North Korean is incomprehensible to South Koreans. An artificial Tower of Babel has been created.

From then on, we went our separate ways; you go your way, and I'll go mine.

While Li Xinghe and Olympia were discussing the text in the private room, a debate also began at the meeting room regarding the detailed vocabulary.

A professor said:

“Words like ‘lying flat’ have been introduced into Japanese and Korean without any modification. But that’s good because we all know Chinese characters and can tell what it means at a glance. But for nonsensical internet slang like ‘YYDS,’ there are more localized ways to say it, so there’s no need to change it.”

Another view holds that a portion of foreign transliterated words should be retained to a certain extent:

"For example, does cappuccino coffee have to be renamed Bald Monk Coffee? Some people say it should be changed, while others say it's better not to change it."

Cappuccino is named after the Capuchin order of Italian Christian friars, who wore reddish-brown robes and hoods. When they removed their hoods, their bald heads were visible, creating a striking reddish-brown appearance, similar to the shape of a cappuccino coffee. (The remaining text appears to be unrelated and possibly machine-generated gibberish.)

A monk is a Buddhist monk. So the original meaning of cappuccino is Italian bald monk.

"Why do some people think 'Cappuccino' sounds good, but 'Bald Monk' doesn't? Aren't they the same thing? It's because it's not very elegant, so we can make it a little more elegant. For example, 'A Little Cloud' or 'Sunset Glow'."

A group of people below burst into laughter and jeered:

“They wanted a European flavor, an Italian style. You’ve changed it to drinking tea.”

The professor, furious at being refuted, decided to sabotage the argument:

"Then let's call it by its historical name, 'Black Devil Black Wine'! This is clearly recorded in Chinese historical documents from the Qing Dynasty. Black Devil Black Wine!"

Such a drastic move naturally drew the ire of Australians, who were they calling "niggers"?

Although the word originally referred to Arab merchants, they started arguing about it.

Charlotte hugged Li Xinghe's arm and complained:

"How boring, watching them argue."

Li Xinghe pinched Charlotte's little nose:

"You're the one who wanted to come, not me."

Charlotte stuck out her tongue because her hormones were still in disarray after giving birth, and she was annoyed by the baby.

When the discussion turned to text, the professors from Australia came up with a brilliant solution: 'mixed Chinese and English writing'.

This is the text project that Olympia funded and supported behind the scenes.

On the screen, the shift of native words towards Chinese characters and the new mixed-writing scheme that retains more colloquial English features sparked a heated discussion.

"What's this called? Chinese-English spelling?"

"The English level in Australia is like a rural market day – it couldn't be more rustic. Learning some Chinese and characters is a way to improve one's cultural level."

"There are Chinese proverbs and Japanese kana and kanji spellings, so adding a Chinese-English spelling isn't a big problem."

Ultimately, the overall goal remains the same: to promote 500 simple Chinese characters, ensuring that at least hundreds of millions of people within the Asia-Pacific region can read and write Chinese characters. Simultaneously, it aims to create a cultural barrier between countries like South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand and other countries with highly similar cultural backgrounds.

The little princess was bored and biting Li Xinghe's finger. She picked up her tablet and deliberately showed Li Xinghe a word she recognized:

How do you translate this character into Chinese?

Li Xinghe and Olympia looked over and were surprised to see Fuck.

Olympia slapped the little princess on the bottom:

"Little glutton, not now."

……

Ukraine.

With the autumn grain harvest being collected and stored, the population of Odessa Oblast is experiencing a surge.

Around 200,000 Chinese began to flock to Odessa, joining local churches, getting married, and starting work.

In truth, most of these people were 'tricked' into coming here by the coalition forces. The coalition forces told them that as long as they went to Ukraine, the church would give them Slavic blonde wives, and they could get married quickly without any dowry.

"Odessa, Ukraine, has a lot of women of marriageable age; you can find one as soon as you come!"

In addition, the coalition forces also filmed many lowbrow videos of Ukrainian churches distributing wives, which made many people's hearts flutter and they bought plane tickets without thinking.

Upon arrival, they discovered that the internet was underdeveloped, and there were no food delivery services or convenience stores. Although they were provided with wives, life wasn't as idyllic as it seemed, and the income was low. Not only did they have to participate in community labor every day, but they also had to repair roads and houses, attend military training in the evenings, and spend their nights praying in church with their wives. After turning off the lights, it was all about sex and having children—it felt like stepping back into the last century. Many people gave up, but the coalition forces were stuck there; there was no turning back.

Meanwhile, at the military government building in the port of Odessa, a new sign with Chinese characters was hung up:

"United Forces European Command".

The establishment of the European Command set the stage for Li Xinghe's strategic policy of aggressively expanding Europe's gold reserves.

Inside headquarters, the staff officers were still analyzing the situation:

"It's already the end of 2031. This year's global staple food harvest seems to be a done deal. Food affects the economy, the economy determines politics, politics... it's a real mess."

"Look, Myanmar's GDP per capita has declined to less than 5000 RMB. This is currently our main source of immigrants recruited from traditional Han Chinese cultural areas, and we're almost draining their young people dry. The same situation exists in northern Thailand. There's been a prevailing argument within the coalition forces that we should start from Cochinchina in Vietnam and unify Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar in one fell swoop, eliminating these troublesome princes, military governments, and local separatist armed groups. But on the other hand, we won't even take in a few independent small countries on Sumatra, so why would we be willing to go to even poorer Myanmar to help them?"

The person in charge of the UN side said:

“We are working to facilitate a ceasefire and the division of Yemen between the north and south. Across from Yemen, in Africa, Somalia remains unclaimed territory. The United Nations has suggested that we also do something in Somalia, but this has been rejected. The coalition believes that although Somalia is only a step away from Asia, it is not an Asian country after all.”

The issue they discussed most was the political situation in Kyiv.

A Chinese businessman from Kyiv explained to Hu Zhantian:

"Although Zaluzhny was supported by both the UK and the US, ultimately, his relationship with the UK is a bit too deep. The EU has begun to resent the UK's excessive interference in reaping benefits from Ukraine, so the EU has started to use its anti-corruption agency to sideline the US Democratic and Republican-controlled Anti-Corruption Bureau and National Bureau of Investigation, both of which are now shrinking. If this continues, European power will become the sole dominant force in central Kyiv, Ukraine."

Then we will explain the establishment of these four units.

The Democrats controlled the Corruption Bureau, the Republicans controlled the National Bureau of Investigation, and the European Union came to organize the Corruption Prevention Agency and the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office. The heads of all four agencies were selected by a committee composed of Europeans and Americans.

Now that the United States has withdrawn from Ukraine, the Anti-Corruption Bureau has sided with Poland, and the National Bureau of Investigation is said to have defected to President Zaluzhne.

Old Hu looked completely bewildered.

Why is it so messy?

can not understand.

As they talked, they even mentioned the Chinese people in Odessa.

"We're still here?"

Old Hu was even more shocked.

The intelligence department explained:

"That's right. They're still watching us, trying to accuse us of being corrupt, embezzling, and a foreign interference that harms the people, and to oust us. But that's just an initiative, because the main groups currently fighting each other are the Polish-controlled Anti-Corruption Bureau and the EU-controlled Anti-Corruption Bureau. Poland, the EU, and Russia are vying for power in Kyiv. In the end, it's the Europeans killing themselves."

That's really disrespectful.

Old Hu is planning to find a few more Nazi battalions to cause trouble on the Polish border.

He also asked:

"What industries can we restart now? Do we have tanks? Do we have warships?"

Of course, there were no tanks.

However, the Black Sea Shipyard can be restarted. This is still the home of the Liaoning aircraft carrier.

The staff officers joked among themselves:

"As for tanks, you can still find quite a few in the Kharkiv junkyard. That should be enough. You, Lao Hu, were a tank soldier, so maybe you'll be able to drive tanks on Polish soil someday."

When the conversation turned to gossip outside of work, everyone started talking about it:

"The Sun said: Prime Minister Lee Hsing-ha is in high spirits and has launched many new countries. What, is he envious of our leader's ability to have children?"

Everyone burst into laughter. The disintegration of Indonesia was still underway; five or six countries had suddenly emerged from Sumatra, which could be considered as Li Xinghe achieving this through gunfire.

Hu Zhantian chuckled:

"The world is in such a mess, but our homeland is peaceful. Everyone's still talking about the boss's crotch. Sigh, let them talk about the crotch, at least it's better than talking about gunfights."

However, he also emphasized:

"But we must be extremely careful. Since Ukraine's interests belong to us, we must keep a close eye on the position of the Ukrainian president. We are not afraid of anyone, no matter who they are: the Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Investigation Bureau, the Prevention and Investigation Bureau, or the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office. No one can stop us! If Kyiv dares to obstruct us, we will march into Kyiv. If Poland wants to obstruct us, then we will go to Warsaw!"

Chapter 967: The Most Extravagant Zero-Yuan Purchase in History, the Ukrainian PUBG Tournament (4800 words)

"The revenue of 3.6 million yen is still too eye-catching."

At the European Command headquarters in Odessa, everyone sat together, and the atmosphere was incredibly stressful.

The food trade has always been a pillar of the Ukrainian economy and a lifeline for many local traders, which is equivalent to draining the Ukrainian government's fiscal revenue for two decades in one go.

Naturally, local Ukrainian businessmen who had been excessively exploited felt dissatisfied. Subsequently, civil servants, soldiers, police officers, and all sorts of people joined the wave of opposition against the Ukrainian investment group.

Ukrainians have their own grievances. It was one thing for the Americans to exploit us in the past, but why should the Chinese take over their business and continue to exploit us?

The coalition forces certainly have their reasons. The Americans sold their business to us, so why can't we reap the benefits? Is it that the Americans got the Ukrainian grain business, but we can't?

As local conflicts escalated, the European Command was forced to convene a formal symposium.

The intelligence agency stated:

"To our east, in the Mykolaiv region, famous for its shipbuilding industry, is a Ukrainian-Korean family named Kim. They are wealthy local families and one of Zelensky's financial backers. To the east of the Mykolaiv region is half of the Kherson region, which is ruled by a general loyal to Zaluzhny."

"In Vinnytsia Oblast to the north, the governor is a populist leader of the Servant of the People party. In Kirovograd Oblast to the northeast, the governor is a veteran civil servant from the Soviet era."

Hu Zhantian said to everyone: