Chapter 304 Tuxiazuo

Author: quiet thoughts

Chapter 304 Tuxiazuo

"Sir, please!"

Only when he saw Assistant Komatsu staring directly at him and Shirakawa Kaede's expressionless face did Tozawa Masahide come back to his senses.

"Xiao Feng, wait! Wait!" Masahide Tozawa stood up in a hurry, "I just said it casually, casually."

The originally meticulously combed hair and pressed suit became a bit scattered.

"If you don't agree, just pretend that I didn't say anything. Miss, please go and do your work first, and I will have a few words with your president."

Masahide Tozawa first hurriedly comforted Shirakawa Kaede, and then tried his best to persuade Assistant Komatsu not to worry about him.

Assistant Komatsu looked at Bai Chuanfeng, who nodded slightly.

After she exited the room again, Tozawa Masahide took out his handkerchief and carefully wiped the sweat from his forehead.

His nephew was so strong that Tozawa himself couldn't keep up with the rhythm of his words.

"Tozawa-san, do you know why the Chinese people are declining day by day and becoming less and less popular?"

This time, Bai Chuanfeng asked a somewhat direct question before he could explain anything.

To be honest, this question makes Tozawa a little embarrassed. After all, he is one of the declining Chinese ethnic groups.

But when it comes to this issue, he is willing to take risks.

"Of course it's because of General Mike's order!" Speaking of this, Tozawa Masamune was also full of resentment. What a wonderful life he had as a child.

At that time, the Chinese had not yet been abolished, and various privileges were clearly written in the "Chinese Order" or the "Noble House Order."

When Tozawa Shoshu was a child, he lived the life of a young master who was superior to others every day. Even in school, he went to study at a learning institute run by the Chinese himself.

As for exam thresholds or graduation requirements, there are none.

Not only that, as long as you graduate from the Academy, there is a high probability that you can go directly to the family feudal land to work as an official and a part-time official.

Positions such as mayor and county civil servants are basically prepared for them.

But since the Chinese were forced to abolish it in 1947, all these have either disappeared or slowly withered away.

The decline of the Tozawa family began at that time. Tozawa Masamune's father, Tozawa Masami, was the last Chinese member of the Tozawa clan.

He was also the last remaining voice of the Tozawa family in local power. After the mayor of Shinjo resigned in 1954, his family moved to Tokyo.

Since then, the Tozawa clan has officially separated from Deyu and Mutsu, who had ruled for nearly three hundred years, and the family's influence was directly cut off.

Originally, according to the family background, even if the Tozawa family left their previous inherent territory, they could still live well.

After all, the Tozawa family has been operating for hundreds of years in several northeastern prefectures such as Akita, Yamagata, and Iwate, and their wealth is worthless.

However, after Masaki Tozawa passed away in 1960, the last Chinese member of the Tozawa family was completely lost in the long river of time.

According to the Chinese inheritance order, in order to preserve the family integrity, it is also a mandatory requirement of the law.

If Tozawa Masaki wants to inherit his father Masaki Tozawa's inheritance, that is, all the Tozawa family property, then he needs to pay taxes.

How much to pay? 90%!

Yes, Chinese inheritance requires a very high tax rate, which can reach a maximum of 90%.

Unfortunately, the Tozawa family needs to pay according to this tax rate.

The 1950s was a turbulent and chaotic era.

At that time, as the partner of the police, the Yakuza could walk around the streets with great fanfare and maintain law and order. Sometimes, they could even exercise some law enforcement powers.

Without the protection of his father, what can the young Tozawa Masamune do?

Faced with such a high inheritance tax, he had no choice but to pay the tax honestly.

Otherwise, believe it or not, he is the only one who hangs street lights at night. At worst, he will push it on the Red Army and everything will be clear.

As a result, the Tozawa family's property shrank by nearly 90% overnight, and all local investments in several northeastern counties were transferred to the national treasury.

The only things that have been preserved are a few houses in Tokyo and the birthplace of the Tozawa family in Yamagata Shinjo City, that is, the ancestral cemetery.

This is also the reason why Tozawa Shoxiu became extremely envious after seeing the newly built courtyard of Shirakawa Kaede's family in Xiaolu.

Because there used to be a courtyard like this in Tozawa, even bigger than this, and there were more than one.

But now they have been put into the national treasury and auctioned to private individuals.

This is the price for retaining the Tozawa family honors, and this is also the price Tozawa Shoshu paid for being able to attend Kasumi Kaikan gatherings.

And experiences like the Tozawa family's are common among the Chinese.

Such a high inheritance tax will first hit the lower class of the Chinese people, the viscounts and barons.

They do not have the background and influence of dukes and marquises, so they have no way to take advantage of legal loopholes and can only pay taxes obediently.

Therefore, many viscounts and barons, in order to maintain the title of their family, did not hesitate to sell off their property and reduce their clothing and diet.

But despite this, the number of Chinese members attending Xia Kaiguan has been slowly decreasing in recent years.

Therefore, from the perspective of Tozawa Masamune, a group of lower-class Chinese people, the abolition of the Chinese ethnic group and the decline of the family were all due to the orders of General Mike in the United States.

How could the emperor issue such a decree without pressure from the United States?

Everything is America's fault!

"No! The abolition of the Chinese in the United States is at most one of the incentives." Bai Chuanfeng directly interrupted his self-deception.

What Mai Tianhuang is, that's just a catalyst.

Unlike Tozawa Masamune's resentment, Shirakawa Kaede views the Chinese from a more objective and rational perspective.

"Hey, Xiaofeng, Iwata Zhouzo-san clearly said that it was because of the pressure from the United States that he had to abolish the Chinese."

Iwata Tsuzo explained to the Chinese people in the House of Nobles that this was an order from the United States and the emperor had to obey it.

Tozawa Masamune and the others also believed it. After all, how could they resist the American father?

As a result, the Chinese clan, which had been a bit noisy at first, suddenly stopped and obediently accepted the abolition order of the Chinese clan.

But today Shirakawa Kaede told him that it was not the reason, which surprised Tozawa Masamune.

"Tozawa-san, from the day the Chinese community was established, it has been opposed by the world.

The Chinese ethnic group was established during the Meiji period, which was also a period of innovation.

At a time of great change, we are reversing the course of history. Do the outside world really have no opinions at all?"

Faced with Shirakawa Kaede's question, Tozawa Masamune moved his lips, and finally fell silent in a rare moment.

“The reason why the Chinese clan was established at that time was firstly to comfort the many meritorious service of the previous dynasty, and secondly because the traditional power at that time was still very large, and it was not appropriate to directly eliminate the existence of the nobility.

But at that time, European aristocrats had gradually withdrawn from the political stage and were widely criticized by the world.

Influenced by this kind of Western thought, a wave of criticism arose in Neon's country.

Do you know how the major media judged the Chinese at that time? ‘Wuwei Eaters’!”

Tozawa Shoxiu's body trembled, and his face turned blue and white.

"With the liberation of feudal ideas, the Chinese are destined to be replaced. This is the natural law of social development.

Just ask any ordinary person on the street today, are they willing to accept that there is a superior class above them?

No, today’s neon masses will no longer accept any aristocracy expressly stipulated by law except the emperor who is a de facto emperor.”

Shirakawa Kaede took off the so-called Chinese cloak and revealed it nakedly in front of Tozawa Shoshu.

“Besides the masses, would those cabinet ministers who hold real power be willing to see the Chinese grow bigger?

Tozawa-san, haven't you noticed that fewer and fewer Chinese people are still engaged in politics?"

Tozawa Shoxiu was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to understand something, and his face became darker and darker.

Yes, after all, the Chinese people are inextricably related to the royal family. They are either their close relatives or their marriage partners.

In short, in the eyes of outsiders, the Chinese and the royal family are naturally one. In the previous regulations on Chinese privileges, there was an article that the Chinese mourned for the royal family.

If the Chinese are powerful and have unparalleled influence in the political world, then how should the cabinet ministers who hold real power deal with themselves? Has the royal family begun to take power again?

Therefore, the weakening of the Chinese clan is the result that many forces are most willing to see, except that the royal family is still close to them.

Not everyone in the political world likes to see Chinese people. Although the Dukes' families are still in power in local areas today, this is the root of the problem and cannot be eliminated in a short time.

But once the lower-class Chinese leave the political world, they will basically be insulated from politics in the future.

Most of today's Chinese people have turned their goals to the financial world. Since they don't have power, they should become rich.

With their influence, there is no problem in preserving their wealth.

Does Tozawa Shoshu understand the reason for the decline of the Chinese people? He understands, but he is just unwilling to admit it in his heart.

He tried every means to get involved with Shirakawa Kaede, and he may not have any intention of becoming a rich man.

As for the glory of the Tozawa family, it would be best if it can be carried forward in the future. If you really can't afford it, you can live a wealthy life.
To be continued...