It is large in scale, simple in color, neat but not dull, gorgeous but not delicate, relaxed but not ostentatious, simple but full of vitality.

The upper and lower eaves are all covered with green tiles, matched with huge brackets, and the two ends of the roof ridge are thick, crescent-shaped gargoyles. The overall architectural momentum looks extremely extraordinary.

The huge size of the bracket sets and their outward extension reveal a majestic aura, creating a solemn and profound angular beauty.

The high eaves give people a sense of vitality and power, highlighting the calmness and grandeur while highlighting the dynamic factors in the building.

The entire building complex is connected together. Looking around, the angular roofs and walls, and the style with ridges and beams make people feel very pleasing to the eye and simple and elegant.

It is the Tang Dynasty wooden architectural style common in Japan.

Most of the single-family houses that you can see commonly are mini versions of this style.

However, the house in front of us covers a vast area, and the courtyard wall has mottled traces of time. The main courtyard is so large that it is not comparable to an ordinary single-family house.

Under the eaves of the gate.

There are two huge lanterns hanging.

Two lush green pine and cypress trees represent longevity, happiness, and exorcism.

Nao Nagano stopped here for a moment, looking at the rockery courtyard, pavilions and withered flowers inside. He felt a sense of absurdity as if he was standing at the doorstep of a Tang Dynasty official's house.

The butler greeted him and waited respectfully on the side.

Nagano Nao adjusted his clothes and sighed inwardly before stepping into the courtyard.

The entire mansion is a samurai residence of the Edo-era noble master Pan, built in the style of Shoin-zukuri. It is composed of several buildings, with the main house as the main building. The interior of the building is covered with tatami mats on the floor, the ceiling is paneled, and the rooms are separated by paper sliding doors and sliding windows for lighting.

The public areas for entertaining guests are completely separated from the internal areas for daily life, and the Nakamura family's residence is very large and is even arranged in separate buildings.

The public place is the gathering center for the family. Passing through the eaves facing the garden planted with flowers and trees, you will arrive at the main hall with the highest eaves.

Your Highness, this thing means how many palaces you can inherit after settling into the clan.

Nagano Nao had no idea how many times he had complained behind the scenes about the feudal dregs that existed in this world's largest economy.

Ordinary people are fine.

There won't be any obvious or oppressive differences in rank.

However, the hierarchy within each of the major Chinese clans is strict, and a royal heir represents supreme authority, which is no different from living in ancient times.

Along the way, there were many women in kimonos preparing for the evening family dinner.

After the old housekeeper introduced them, the woman hurriedly bowed and greeted them. For a modern person, her humble attitude gave her a taste of what a feudal cancer is.

It feels great, of course it feels great.

But after having fun, you have to pretend to be a son.

Arriving at the main room, Nagano Nao straightened his clothes again, then stopped outside the threshold and knelt down.

The main interior is large.

It is about forty meters square.

The front wall is divided into two niches. On one side is a niche with several scrolls hanging on the wall, and on the other side is a sandalwood treasure rack with many antiques on it.

Attached to the academy, facing the window, there are piles of books from various periods stacked on wooden shelves.

Nakamura was kneeling on the ground, burning incense and praying to God. He looked extremely respectful and pious, and there was a sense of solemnity.

However, when Nagano Nao looked at the statue enshrined there, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily and he inexplicably wanted to laugh.

Buddhism is very prosperous in Japan, and Nakamura Masa is a believer in Buddhism. However, the Buddha he was kneeling in was not Tathagata, but a portrait in a very Tang Dynasty style.

Bodhisattva——Yang Guifei!

As a fake Japanese soldier, I really felt ridiculous when seeing this scene.

"Nao is back! Come and burn some incense for the Buddha." After the ceremony, Nakamura Masaru casually greeted Nagano Nao.

Suddenly, the urge to laugh disappeared.

The Tang Dynasty is our ancestor, and we won’t suffer any loss by bowing to it.

With this thought in mind, Nagano Nao stood up obediently, walked into the main room, lit incense, and kowtowed several times obediently.

The collateral descendants around him were secretly jealous.

This bow would mean that the position of heir was completely secured.

Knowing that he would have to cling to this big brother in the future, when the ceremony of Nagano Nao was over, many people greeted him, and Nagano Nao responded one by one, and finally his eyes stopped on the nominal big brother Kenta Nakamura.

"Ouni, Azhi wishes you a happy new year in advance!"

"Thank you! It's been a while since we last met. How have you been?"

"It's okay!"

“.”

There was no tension.

Although there were some personal grudges in the past, this is the family system. Now everyone has their own responsibilities, and they still need to cooperate and make use of each other in the future.

After chatting casually about life, Nakamura Masaru presided over the family dinner, where everyone was seated one by one according to their status.

The entire family dinner was no different from the dinners between the emperor and his ministers in the Tang Dynasty.

Each person has a table and sits at a different seat.

Highest position.

Naturally, it is the head of the family, Nakamura Masaru.

Following them are the contemporary mainstays such as Fumio Nakamura, Mitsuo Nakamura, and Asaichirō Nakamura.

The next naturally come the heirs headed by Kenta Nakamura and Naoio Nakamura. After them are the young leaders of the Nakamura family in various industries.

Although these people are older, they have to take inferior positions in front of the two heirs.

They toasted each other and exchanged cups.

The atmosphere is getting more intense.

They chatted about trivial matters in life and pressure at work, and then praised each other's business and had three rounds of drinks.

The servant brought the soba noodles.

After eating the rice cake, they would stay up all night together waiting for the New Year’s bell.

Nakamura retired early because of his old age.

Nagano Nao greeted the middle-aged and young generation and then got together with the younger generation.

Seriously speaking, the atmosphere of the New Year in Japan is very strong, and people care a lot about this special day. In particular, the children who were not allowed to sit at the table came around one after another, and there were happy laughter everywhere.

"Unnie, don't you have a girlfriend yet? The girl you were with last time was pretty good!"

"You mean Lixiang? But it's embarrassing to confess. What if I get rejected?"

"While you are still hesitating, others may have already come and gone freely. Why not find time to meet up? You can save paper and she can save fingers too."

"What?"

No one present could react when they heard such words.

Nagano Nao had a lewd smile on his face, but he said nothing.

Human expressions can sometimes express more clearly than words. Such a vulgar smile immediately gives people more associations.

It was as if he had heard some divine book! He looked confused for a moment, then gradually opened his eyes wide.

Someone slapped his thigh and exclaimed: "So that's it! Straight man, you are really excellent."

"Oh! Why didn't I think of that!"

"Shikoku-yi! Can it be explained this way?"

"It's been a long time since we last met. I'm impressed by you, a straight man, for saying something like this."

"So Xiaoye, please work hard, otherwise it will be too late for the tree-lined path you long for to be covered with white frost every morning and evening."

“.”

A stream of witty remarks.

The group of people immediately looked at Nagano Nao with new eyes.

After the children were driven away, bursts of obscene laughter were heard.

unconsciously.

The bell rang 108 times.

The little brat who had gone away and returned was like a praying mantis, kowtowing to everyone he saw, and all the red envelopes prepared by Nagano Nao were snatched away.

fine.

It’s not a loss.

I wished the elders a happy new year and received another 10 million in red envelopes.

It's getting light.

The annual family dinner has come to an end.

Just as Nagano Nao and Nakamura Masaru were about to leave after saying goodbye, they never expected to meet someone they had never expected - Noboru Takeshita.

As the former Prime Minister, Noboru Takeshita was forced to resign in April due to his involvement in the "Recruit Scandal".

This guy chose Liberal Democratic Party General Affairs Chairman Masayoshi Ito as his successor, but the latter declined.

Helplessly, he had to hold several rounds of consultations with the top leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party, and finally decided to nominate Uno Sosuke as his successor.

However, he took over as Prime Minister on June 5, and on June 8, a scandal was exposed by the Daily Weekly.

The media revealed that Uno had been in a relationship with a Kagurazakahara geisha named Naasi for five months between 1985 and 1986, and paid her 3 million yen in maintenance fees.

Soon after, Weekly Shincho also published scandals between Uno and several other geishas.

It has always been common for men to have affairs with other women and keep prostitutes, and it is not a phenomenon worthy of social criticism.

But this does not include politicians and civil servants.

The social value of being unproductive and being a national parasite is reflected in the very strict requirements on the private morality of public figures.

For this reason, organizations including the Japan Christian Women's Reform Association, the Asian Women's Association, the New Japan Women's Association, and the Heisei New Women have launched large-scale protests, demanding that Uno Sosuke's "sexual morality" be investigated and calling on him to resign as soon as possible.

In this situation, the opposition parties used the scandal to criticize the current regime and questioned and reprimanded Uno during the parliamentary questioning.

Faced with unprecedented pressure, Uno was exhausted both physically and mentally. After barely holding on for more than 20 days, he expressed his intention to resign to the top leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party for the first time. However, Secretary-General Ryutaro Hashimoto tried his best to retain him and asked him to hold on until after the Senate election at the end of July.

Facts have proved that the LDP top leaders' attempt to retain Uno was undoubtedly a bad move.

The results of the July Senate election were announced, and the LDP won only 36 seats out of 126 seats up for re-election, 33 seats fewer than before the election, becoming a minority in the Senate for the first time in 34 years.

After the election results came out, Uno Sosuke announced his resignation in tears and officially handed over the prime ministerial power to the newly elected LDP President Kaifu Toshiki. He was in office for only 89 days.

Before this incident, Nagano Nao just treated it as a fun thing.

But with the current different status, who knows how many open and secret struggles are involved behind the scenes.

Although the samurai family has withdrawn from the political stage, Osaka and Kyoto, as centers of political power, have complex and intertwined personal connections from top to bottom, from politics to the media, which is a tangled mess that cannot be sorted out.

Whether it is the Asahi Shimbun or the Mainichi Shimbun, they were originally called the Osaka Asahi Shimbun and the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun.

How could these newspaper organizations, which were established in the last century, not have the tentacles of the Wu family to withdraw?

Toho’s ability to become the largest entertainment and film company in Japan is also closely related to these media organizations.

Not to mention any women's rights organizations.

It is obvious that the siege against the Liberal Democratic Party started a long time ago.

The Recruit scandal forced Takeshita to step down and suppressed Nakasone's influence, greatly weakening the reputation of the Liberal Democratic Party. Just a few days after Uno came to power, it was revealed that he was smelting copper, which further pushed the reputation of the Liberal Democratic Party to the bottom.

The fact that Haibu was able to take office was probably the result of a compromise among various forces, but this matter was closely related to the game between the two major camps of the East and the West.

Takeshita Noboru looked very kind, with a smile on his wrinkled face. He bowed as Nagano Nao bowed and returned the bow before entering the main room.

I don’t know how much time had passed.

Takeshita Noboru came out after being seen off by Nakamura Masaru, and they exchanged greetings and left.

"Azhi, what do you think of the current situation?" Nakamura Masa asked calmly, as if it was just a casual question.

Nao Nao bowed his head and said respectfully: "China's destiny is the general trend. The United States won the Cold War and became the world hegemon. It is unstoppable. The Liberal Democratic Party, as an extreme left faction, failed in diplomacy and will inevitably be eliminated in this era."

"Very good. It is worth the family's support for you to be able to see through this."

"Ha Yi!"

"But you still don't understand?"

"Ha Yi!"

"There are no permanent allies, only permanent interests! Wise men lift each other up, fools tear each other down. So for your relationship with Ikeda, we need to have a deal with the Liberal Democratic Party to get closer to the samurai family."

trade?

What do you mean? Nakamura is not saying.

Nagano Nao didn't ask any more questions.

And you can only understand this kind of postgraduate entrance examination slowly by yourself.

Leaving Nakamura's house and boarding the Shinkansen.

Looking at the city passing by rapidly through the glass window, Nagano Nao shook his head secretly.

I thought that the meeting with Takeshita Noboru or the people from this faction would be tense, but I didn't expect that things seemed more complicated than I thought.

trade?

To maintain the interests of each family and use the people as a bargaining chip? Nagano shook his head secretly.

Politics is really not something that humans can play with. Even if I have grown very quickly, I still know nothing about it!

I couldn't help but think of Sakurako Ikeda.

It seems that she is behind everything.

The lower levels try desperately to prove themselves to be elites, the middle levels are careful to act crazy and stupid, and the upper levels will never be found to be elites.

It’s ridiculous that I used to think that the Wu family’s power had disappeared!

How could it really disappear after hundreds of years of rule? His poor political ability was a big weakness.

So what is the weakness of this woman?

"Onii-chan, you're back! Happy New Year!"

Just got home.

Nagano Chiyuki came running over happily with a flattering smile on her face.

Nagano Nao took out the red envelope he had prepared and handed it over.

Open it and take a look.

Oh boy! A check for a million.

Seeing this number, Nagano Chiyuki's face suddenly fell: "Onii-chan, this is too much, my little cutie, don't give me so much!"

"It's okay!"

"It will be confiscated by Kasan!"

"You are so cunning!"

I changed it for 200,000 and handed it over.

Nagano Chiyuki was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.

With a snap, he ran away with the money after the sneak attack.

"Straight guy, you'll spend so much money on her!"

"It's New Year's Day! It's okay. Where's Yuki? Why can't I see her?"

"I got up early in the morning to go and pay New Year's greetings!"

"Then we'll bow too!"

"Da-me."

Happy time.

It always passes by silently.

After the New Year holiday, people's faces still have the festive and happy atmosphere of the New Year.

"It's the first day of the new year, today will definitely be a good start!"

"There's news that Hankyu's factory in China has started construction. It's bound to rise sharply!"

"I have been trapped by NTT for so long. Yesterday's news said that NTT and China Post and Telecommunications have started a major project cooperation in telecommunications. Maybe it will rise too!"

“.”

money.

Has magical power.

Early in the morning.

With New Year's blessings, all major securities business departments are bustling with people discussing the possible rise in stocks today.

But I don’t know why.

On the first day of trading in the new year, the stock market was like it had cancer. It was half-dead in the morning and fell rapidly in the afternoon.

Osaka Asset Management, President's Office.

The numbers on the computer have stopped ticking.

The entire screen is filled with green, which is particularly glaring on the monitor.

The screen is full of green light.

Only the automobile sector and the insurance sector bucked the trend and surged, while the others all suffered sharp declines.

That's why.

In the account of Lianyou Investment.

Shorting stock index futures made a huge profit of more than 4 billion.

Nagano Nao also made more than 200 million in his secret account.

Look at this money.

Nagano Nao felt excited.

But despite being so excited, I felt a little reluctant.

What a wonderful bubble era! Unfortunately, it is about to collapse in the hands of a group of villains (End of this chapter)