Chapter 124 Another Former Prime Minister
Day 10 of the road survival game!
"Well! As Japan's original New Year celebrations changed from the Eastern calendar Lunar New Year to the Western calendar, they gradually became Westernized, and those who already liked to play ambiguous games became even more so."
Using openness as an excuse to act recklessly, even their values are a mess. For example, when I was in school, junior high and high school students weren't busy studying; they were all trying to date like adults, and even considered it shameful to not have a boyfriend by high school.
Some high school students, when they hear others talking about a man having a mistress at his wedding, not only do not feel disgust or rejection, but instead feel surprise, envy, and other emotions that I simply cannot understand, which are not shameful but rather proud.
The male homeowner had a mistress and an illegitimate child outside the home. Not only did he keep the child outside, but he also brought the child home. Surprisingly, the mistress's children got along very well with her and even tried to persuade their mother to stay on her side when their mother was arguing with their father and considering divorce.
He felt that his mother was being unreasonable in this matter and was not a good wife and mother... As a charming and handsome man, Hagiwara always had good interpersonal relationships, and therefore he had heard a lot of strange stories from the people he knew.
Now that Fengjiang has said this, we know what's going on. After giving some helpless examples, we are speechless: "When Xiaozhenping and I heard about these things, we immediately thought that the male homeowner and his lover had moral problems."
Instead, her classmates thought her views didn't align with Japanese values. Some male classmates even argued that Japan doesn't object to women having lovers, as long as they don't have illegitimate children. They said people are very tolerant of this kind of thing; otherwise, where would all those male escort shops in Ginza come from...?
“I’ve heard from Chinese students at universities that Chinese people value morality. Let alone cheating, even petty theft will be met with contempt and rejection if it gets out in China, and it can even escalate to prejudice against the offender’s family.”
Therefore, it's probably difficult for Feng Jiang to understand the messy values that Japan has learned from the West. "Matsuda Tsubaki was referring to the state of Japanese values four years ago, and he was embarrassed to mention the more serious examples now, so he simply changed the subject by praising the situation in China as being better than in the West."
"I see. However, the social atmosphere in China is not as good as it was a few years ago when I lived there. It can be said that the more capitalism there is, the worse people's moral values become. In addition, there have been some cases in the past that have had a very bad impact on society, including the trial process and the results."
This has led to a decline in the moral standards of people in our area. Most people are now self-centered and hesitant to help others. In the past, people would stand up for bad people and condemn them in various ways, while also helping the wronged party.
Nowadays, there are hardly any enthusiastic people who care about such matters! For example, last year there was a case where an illegitimate daughter inherited the share of property that should have been inherited by a legitimate daughter, and when she sued the other party, the authorities deemed it legal.
There was also the case of a famous meat products company CEO who nominally married his mistress to his driver who shared the same surname, and they even had an illegitimate child. His legal wife was left behind in her hometown, and his eldest son was subjected to illegal violence by his men, yet no one held him accountable…” Feng Xingshou thought of all the well-known gossip she had seen in the news over the years.
I used to think that the social atmosphere in our country was getting worse and worse! But now, after hearing them talk about the values of people in Japan, I realize that my country is actually not so bad? But for someone like her who experienced the 90s and 20s.
People with high moral standards and a strong sense of self-restraint towards others still don't really like the things that have made the news in recent years and are upsetting to watch. So, after briefly mentioning that interpersonal relationships in Chinese society haven't been as good as they used to be in the past 25 years,
He then abruptly changed the subject, chuckled dryly, and continued, his attitude clearly shifting: "Heh... Speaking of which, when I first saw the video clip edited by blogger Abo showing the Prime Minister of Tumen answering reporters' questions, I laughed until my stomach hurt."
Actually, this Prime Minister Tsuchimichi himself is quite cunning! Just a few days after the side effects of the silver bullet were reported, this second-term Japanese Prime Minister suddenly fell ill and had to stop working to recuperate. Then he retired at an unprecedented speed.
He even hastily elected a scapegoat from within his own party as acting prime minister. After the silver bullet's side effects had nearly killed everyone and the survivors had been stabilized in the sterile wards, he resumed his election campaign speeches. However, he was assassinated by his former subordinates during one of these speeches.
"...Putting everything else aside, this person is definitely shameless." Hearing her say this, the three of them, all of whom were elite in their ability to read people, naturally did not continue to bring up the matter in China. Besides, the actions of the Tumen Prime Minister that she mentioned did indeed make the three of them want to complain.
Upon hearing this, Morofushi Kagemitsu surprisingly remembered that Furuya Rei had mentioned the Tsuchimon family to him, and said with some surprise, "I remember that this Tsuchimon-san's wife is the younger sister of the head of the Ooka family."
Their father was former Prime Minister Ōoka, who led Japan through the difficult period of the economic bubble and served three consecutive terms. Since his retirement, the Ōoka family has maintained a low profile; it's unexpected that they would support their son-in-law in 2016, creating such a huge mess.
"It must be to interfere in the development of the Japanese economy! Didn't Feng mention that the Japanese economy was declining sharply in 2016? He probably thought it was a crisis for Japan and that's why he intervened, but he didn't expect his son-in-law to cause such a big disaster!" He mentioned former Prime Minister Ooka.
Even though Hagiwara already knew that the Japanese government had definitely played tricks in the matter of Komorifushi and the sale of silver bullet drugs, his obviously sarcastic tone when mentioning the Japanese government softened.
Matsuda also subconsciously tried to find a reason for this person he respected: "After all, he is not young at 16 years old, and his energy is insufficient. In addition, he is the prime minister's son-in-law, not his own son, so it is normal that he cannot manage him."
"Uh... why does your tone change so suddenly when you mention this former Prime Minister Ooka?" Generally speaking, if a son-in-law gets into trouble, especially after rising to power through his father-in-law, shouldn't we have a lot of opinions about this father-in-law?
If this were in China, people would definitely suspect that the father-in-law and son-in-law were colluding, plotting to make huge profits from silver brothels. Even though Feng Xingshou wasn't good at reading people, he could see their obvious attitude and was somewhat puzzled by it.
Hearing her ask that question, Hagiwara and Matsuda could see the unspoken doubts written on her face, and they couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Seeing this, Morofushi Kagemitsu simply spoke first to explain, "Because former Prime Minister Ōoka is a person worthy of the respect of the Japanese people. You also know that Japan experienced an economic bubble in 1989, and that was when he..."
After hearing Officer Morofushi's explanation, Kazesei no Mamoru finally understood why Hagiwara, Matsuda, and the others still respected former Prime Minister Ooka despite questioning the current Japanese government and disliking his former son-in-law.
In short, this former Prime Minister Ōoka was the number one landowner and capitalist in the Kansai region of Japan during the Japanese economic bubble era. He was also a member of a royal family that had been married to the Imperial Family a thousand years ago, a descendant of a family of officials for generations, and a powerful figure with both money and power.
However, during Japan's economic bubble period, when other Japanese capitalists and large landowners only cared about their own interests, he rose to the challenge, ran for prime minister, and did not hesitate to sacrifice his family's economic interests to formulate various strategies to deal with the economic bubble, leading Japan through that most difficult period.
After leading Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, he promptly relinquished power and retired gracefully. Even after retirement, the entire Ooka family maintained a low profile, and his son did not follow the example of other Japanese who would run for prime minister.
Even the former Prime Minister Ooka did not arrange for his son to enter politics, but instead went into business... In short, because of his various political achievements and noble behavior such as not using his power to seek personal gain for his family, he enjoys a very high reputation in Japan.
"No wonder he was able to push his son-in-law, whose father had caused a scandal, to the prime minister's seat. It turns out he's such a powerful figure!" How come this is so different from the Ooka family's story as told by the blogger on social media?
Don't the bloggers on social media all say that the Silver Bullet is inextricably linked to the Ooka family? And after the Silver Bullet's side effects were exposed, didn't some Japanese journalists dig up a lot of scandals and abuses of power by the Ooka family?
Those were all reports by Japanese journalists, so they couldn't be fabricated, could they? Or were they just random translations by those bloggers? Feng Xingshou thought about the explanations about the Ooka family that he had seen on short videos, and he felt a little unsure which side was true and which side was false.
Hagiwara's attention was often focused on Kazesei no Kami, so he was the first to notice her somewhat confused reaction to Komorofushi's words and asked, puzzled, "What's wrong, Kaze-chan? Is there something wrong with what Komorofushi said?"
"Uh... I don't know what's right or wrong?" Because it was something unrelated to his own country, Feng Xingshou felt like he had heard gossip before and now met someone who knew the gossip.
Naturally, he wouldn't avoid the topic because of some concerns. When Hagiwara asked him this, he answered very honestly: "After the side effects of the silver bullet appeared, I saw Japanese news translated by many bloggers on social media platforms."
Most of the news reports were written by Japanese journalists who, after the side effects of the Silver Bullet were exposed, fearlessly investigated the Tsuchimō family's affairs and later turned their anger towards the Ōoka family. The translated news content included a lot of news about the Ōoka family's scandals, abuse of power, and extravagance.
So when I heard Mr. Morofushi mention the deeds of former Prime Minister Ōoka, I always felt there was a disconnect between what I saw on social media short videos about the Ōoka family, and I didn't know which side was true and which was false.
"The Ooka family scandal?"
"Abuse of power?"
"Extravagant by nature?" Upon hearing Kazesei no Kami's answer, Hagiwara, Matsuda, and Morofushi Kagemitsu felt a chill in their hearts and asked the same question almost simultaneously. Then, Morofushi Kagemitsu couldn't contain himself and pressed on, "What do you mean by the Ōoka family's abuse of power? Did you see any news about it?"
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