Somewhere in Tokyo.

After a busy day, they were finally able to get some rest. Everyone gathered in a quiet room with different expressions on their faces.

The room was eerily quiet, and Aoki Tsubo looked most worried in his eyes. He looked uneasily at Miyazawa Kiji, who had resigned.

Among the three leaders of "Azuki Palace", Miyazawa Kiji has sadly resigned. People in the room couldn't help but focus on Takegami and Abe Taro.

There is no doubt that if things continue to develop like this, what happens next will be very subtle.

"Now is the most difficult moment." Takegami lost his usual amiable appearance, and his baby face became extremely cold. "The by-elections in Fukuoka and other counties must be successful!"

Taro Hashimoto, who had just taken over as Minister of Finance, nodded in agreement, but Taro Abe said calmly: "The main thing now is how to deal with the Rikurut incident."

Zhu Shangta's little eyes suddenly stared at him.

"Takegami-san, you understand what I'm talking about." Taro Abe looked back without flinching, "Why does the Rikurut incident continue to ferment? Don't you understand the real reason?"

Takegami frowned and said, "So Abe-san, what do you think is the real reason?"

"Starting from April last year, in just two months, the neon yen depreciated from a high of 124:1 to the rice dollar to 134:1, so the Likulut incident occurred. In December last year, on Christmas Eve, the

The consumption tax was passed. The neon yen, which depreciated back to 123:1, has now depreciated to nearly 127:1 in just a few days, and the Likurut incident continues to ferment."

Taro Abe stared at him: "If the neon yen continues to depreciate, the fire will soon burn to the Prime Minister himself!"

Takegami suddenly changed his color: "Abe-san, what do you mean by that?"

Taro Abe actually smiled: "I heard that at the reception held by Takegami-san in May of the year before last, more than 2 billion yen was raised in one night. Do you think that no one will speak out about this matter?"

"Abe-san! Now is not the time for us to argue!" Takegami raised his voice a few degrees.

"I'm just reminding you!" Taro Abe showed no sign of weakness. "If the Ministry of Finance does not come up with a solution, it will be very dangerous for the consumption tax to continue to expand the strength of the consortium! Don't forget how the current situation developed!"

Zhu Shangta wiped his eyes tiredly and said, "I'm sorry."

Qingmuping took out the cigarette case from his pocket knowingly, took out a cigarette and handed it over.

Very few people know that this cute-looking prime minister will have an uncontrollable urge to smoke when he is depressed.

"Give me one too." The disappointed Miyazawa Kiji also spoke.

The third leader of Anzhu Palace, while the other two are still in the mood to quarrel, he is even more depressed.

For a time, the room was filled with smoke and the atmosphere became even more depressing.

Qingmuping felt even more frightened, not knowing where this incident would lead.

Only then did Takegami say tiredly: "Consumption tax is also beneficial for them to enter neon..."

"The opposition rally of 170,000 people in Yoyogi Park is not good for us!" Taro Abe said sadly, "If the depreciation of the neon yen could be controlled in conjunction with the consumption tax, it would not have reached the level it is today!"

"Abe-san, if you have any good ideas, you might as well put it forward and I will arrange for your son to do it." Takegami retorted in a nonchalant manner.

Taro Abe's expression froze and he closed his mouth in displeasure.

Although there was an agreement between the two that he would be the prime minister first and then he would take over. He also arranged his son Shinko Abe into the cabinet first, but now he actually said this directly, what do others think?

Taketa Takeda gave him a cold look. This guy really wished that he could get out of the field now so that he could come out and clean up the mess.

But whose butt is cleaner?

After discussing in the room for so long, Hashimoto Taro looked at his watch and said, "Takegami-san, everyone, are you sure that Tao Dalang has been in close contact with that Tao family?"

Another topic came up, and Takegami felt a sense of anticipation. He put out his cigarette and nodded: "I spent a lot of effort to confirm this from Mitsubishi. Hashimoto-kun, you and Itoyama-kun go and ask together."

Let’s see if we can get some additional information.”

Taro Hashimoto asked: “Would you like to invite Governor Suzuki to join us?”

"It's not good to have too many people. You and Itoyama-kun, after all, have the same hobby as him."

"I see."

However, Taro Abe opened his mouth and confessed again: "He seems to have a relationship with Mie Nofu, and you can also ask about the central bank."

Taro Hashimoto frowned: "I am the Minister of Finance, but it is inappropriate to ask about the central bank from his mouth."

"So now can you let the central bank continue to obey the orders of the Ministry of Finance? After Miyazawa-kun resigned, the central bank has been eager to go on a rampage! Mie Nofu has been criticizing the cabinet's fiscal policy. You should use all means to control those guys now! If

If we start raising interest rates now, can we still get the United States to agree to open up the semiconductor and medical markets?”

This sentence made Miyazawa Kiji even more sad, and Hashimoto Taro also looked gloomy.

He stood up silently, bowed, and left the smoke-filled room.

The current situation of the central bank is indeed not good, and the current president is able to suppress Mie Nofu and other direct relatives of the central bank only because he has the support of the highly prestigious Miyazawa Kiji.

In the past month or so since he took over the Ministry of Finance, the disputes with them have already caused Taro Hashimoto a headache.

He pushed back on the proposal on how much national debt the central bank should buy. He repeatedly brought up interest rate discussions, claiming that the risks of financial control were now extremely high and interest rates must be raised.

No matter what time it is now.

On the radio in the car, the hot discussion was whether the Heisei economy would continue to be prosperous, and there was also discussion about which other political figures were involved in the Likulut incident.

Taro Hashimoto was upset when he heard this: "Turn off the radio."

The car became quiet and it was not completely dark yet. Today's Tokyo was a little different from usual.

All the neon lights on the street were turned off as a sign of mourning.

Hashimoto Taro's mood was as depressed as the extraordinary scene outside, but he was worried about other things.

For him, the most important thing is that the Rikurut incident ends as soon as possible and that Takegami can continue to govern smoothly. Taro Abe is already very old. Judging from his health, as long as he can last two or three years, he will be in trouble within the party.

The forces must be reorganized.

But now, although this incident is definitely not caused by Taro Abe, he is willing to add fuel to the flames. Miyazawa Kiji has been affected and resigned. At this juncture, who is closer to that position than him?

So the most important thing is the Likulut incident.

The District Attorney's Special Investigation Department has been dispatched. The current cabinet is suppressing the central bank group in promoting policies that are beneficial to the United States despite the opposition of the people. Why do they still launch such a determined attack?

It has been developing for half a year and it is not over yet. It has even been formally filed. What is the purpose?

In the past, I could contact some people from the Tao family, but now I can't contact them.

Hashimoto Taro first returned to the Ministry of Finance, and then in the garage, he got into another car that no one could recognize as his car, and drove to the place where Tao Zhiming drove together with the Aoda family, the Ueda family, and Kinoshita Hidefeng.

Go in the direction of Taoranting, a restaurant.

This Taorantei is hidden in a series of old houses in Chiyoda District. It is said that in order to be able to get it, they bought the five-family building in one fell swoop.

This is not something that ordinary energy can easily accomplish.

After renovation, each building has its own courtyard, but from the outside it looks like an ordinary house.

Tao Zhiming was already waiting here, chatting with Miki Kono and Shi Shui.

Of course, Miki Kono is very familiar with managing a place like this. The three Shisui sisters also took turns here to control the geishas provided by the Qingtian family. Others couldn't even tell the difference between them and all called them Tao Shuang.

"The president is really a person who takes pity on you." Kono Miki looked at Shi Shui with a little envy in her eyes, "Now that you have a surname and a formal identity, you are younger and cuter than you were then.

"

The eldest of the three sisters, Xishui, is now Tao Fang. She knows that this is a Chinese name, and the pronunciation of neon is very strange, but anyway, they are just Tao Shuang to the outside world. Although she doesn’t know what Tao Zhiming’s intention was in asking them to do this.

, but just do it.

Tao Zhiming blinked and joked: "I met Brother Xiufeng today, Sister Meiji, he is empty now. Give him a son quickly!"

Kono Miki didn't react at all, but said calmly: "President, don't cancel me. If Kinoshita-san really likes me, after so many years, there will be no results."

"I will continue to teach him later!" Tao Zhiming said firmly.

"Then thank you in advance." Miki Kono smiled, "President, I am very grateful for being able to free me from there."

Tao Zhiming didn't say anything.

The Suzaku Shrine still exists today, but under Tao Zhiming's persuasion, at least Kinoshita Hidefeng and Kono Miki have nothing to do with it.

It was only later that he learned that although the Susakura Shrine was nominally run by the Inagawa Association, the Inagawa Association only accepted people like Hoshino Suzu from various financial groups.

Provide a place for those who need it.

Nowadays, Daochuan Association is becoming increasingly formalized and is gradually trying to get rid of this industry.

Anyway, Miki Kono was fished out by Kinoshita Hidefaze first.

Kinoshita Hidefeng's feelings for her were very strange, and he didn't know if he cared about her background. All in all, he was irresponsible with his pants up, and he always played around on the second and third floors under people's noses.

But at least he helped her back then, letting her only take care of the first floor and arranging for guests to play, and she didn't need to accompany anyone else.

In fact, she is getting older and others are not willing to ask her to accompany her.

While we were talking, Taro Hashimoto arrived.

After Tao Zhiming heard the geisha's report, he walked to the courtyard over there.

Entering the courtyard over there is unknown.

There are five courtyards, tea, flowers, books, and swords. And there is another one that is unknown and not open to the public.

Customers who are not sophisticated enough may think that this restaurant only has four courtyards.
To be continued...