Chapter 309: Paving the way for the election
How many people are concerned about the serious illness of the cabinet minister and the hospitalization?
Ordinary people are precisely the ones who don't care the most, just as for many years, hundreds of people have actually chosen to ignore the existence of the Japanese government and live in their own small and fortunate living conditions. Although Japan's economy has taken off again over the years, it is difficult for people to return to the glory of the Showa period because it has not yet reached the level of the eve of the Plaza crisis, and on the other hand, with the tragic "lost twenty years" as a sample.
So politics is politics, life is life, unless it is an insider, unless it directly touches the vital interests, no one cares about the change of a cabinet chief. Just as the direct reason why many young people do not like to vote, they all know that with the incomparably strong strength of the LDP, no matter what the process of running for prime minister, the winner will be the leader of the LDP, and there is no suspense at all.
Therefore, although the news about Minister Kishida's admission to the hospital appeared on TV Asahi's morning news section, it really affected only a seemingly small circle. Ordinary people still live their lives step by step, as if the major events in this world have nothing to do with them, even if they are super-rich businessmen and political figures, only the ones who are most touched by their core interests will be surging at this time.
As the core figure of the incident, Shinji Eguchi, the minister's secretary, was the busiest, and he had to at least take on the duties that the minister should have done first, and also reassure his family, and even communicate with officials at the same level from a new position. Coincidentally, at this time, the government arms contractor was constantly in the news, so he really couldn't take a break from it, so he had to devote himself to this part of the work of the defense minister.
First of all, because of the well-known process, from the beginning of the sea trial of the second direct drive of Haizi, Eguchi at least had to be present in place of the minister. The new ship is finally moving towards the door of service, and the start of construction of the next direct drive is also on the agenda, so Eguchi has a press conference to attend. After that, he also logically proposed to communicate with the people of Haizi and the Honshu shipyard.
All these things are the duty of his secretary, and even more so the duty of the minister, and when the minister is unable to perform his duties, the secretary should temporarily take his place. The timeline of the hospital is unique, and it will not invite a patient out in advance because he is busy with a lot of work. For three days, five days, or even seven days, since Minister Kishida has been lying on the hospital bed and can't even wake up, who can force his family to go through the hospital procedures?
So in this way, it made Shinji Eguchi in the limelight for a while, and he looked inconspicuous on weekdays, but in fact, he was the second-in-command, and now he has a reputation that is difficult to reach on weekdays. In the face of this situation, although there will be politicians who cannot look past it, they can only belong to the side figures, because no matter how they are analyzed, Eguchi has strictly followed the law and has never taken the opportunity to overstep his bounds.
But although he personally abides by the law, the general political environment cannot be completely calm, because everyone in the circle knows about the general election. Obviously, they are all old men who have been seriously ill for more than a year, but in the last period of time, they suddenly played a coma that lasted for more than a week and were hospitalized, no matter how you look at it, it is a bit too coincidental. Eguchi is indeed following the law, so he is at such a critical point, and the time is right to return to his life?
It's not that the secretary can't succeed the boss, that's actually one of the unspoken tasks of the secretary, but it's not so coincidental. For those who have nothing to do with them, they will only look at them half-openly, half-close, and give Eguchi a thumbs up when they come to power, but this is not the case for those who have been spying on the post of Minister of Defense for many years.
Someone intends to investigate Eguchi.
Of course, not many people will know about this.
Then, Midong is aware.
"The seven people on this list are the highest suspense, and the next list is five people."
In the high-end apartment where she still lives, the bright living room with smooth marble tiles, Mito is listening to Takahui Sato's report. She was sitting on the sofa, wearing a rare black shirt and gauze dress, and the short-haired girl opposite was dressed in black trousers and a white shirt, looking quite capable.
"If they want to investigate him......"
Midong said in a long voice: "You can find out your personal dealings with me." But first of all, there is no illegal money flow, because there really isn't; Second, it was impossible for them to find out the information about my conversation with him, because there was no transcript, and it was impossible for the various sites to be equipped with listening devices in advance for some time in the past. Third, even if I know that I am Eguchi's backstage, unless they also have an extremely large backstage and are sure to swear allegiance to the death, otherwise a fool will go against me. A bunch of politicians are just ......"
When the words fell, both of them in the room couldn't help laughing.
The identity of the head of the consortium is not at the same level as the ordinary president of the consortium, and it is not comparable to the president of an ordinary company. Other officials who want to run for the post of Minister of Defense may be able to play tricks on the president of an ordinary company and make him suffer because he has offended the government, but how can he be tough in front of the head of the consortium?
It is well known that parliamentarians in democracies are in fact lackeys of the capitalists, and the situation is the same, if not more severe, in Japan. Even if the presence of a political family is indeed stronger and its influence on the political arena is indeed great, it is ultimately for the service of capital, and it is only extraordinarily conspicuous as a figure in front of the stage.
What's more, the Miyamoto Foundation is fundamentally different from Mitsubishi and Sumitomo, that is, while the scale is approaching, Miyamoto belongs to one person, while other foundations are shared by dozens of large clubs. To offend one person is to offend an entire large consortium, and to turn a giant who can also be his backing into an enemy in order to grab a new job with Shinji Eguchi, is something that no politician with brains wants to do.
"Let them check it."
Midong smiled casually, "It's a good thing that you can really find out about me." If it is Mitsubishi and Sumitomo, it is still a collection of how many permanent members, and there is a lot of leeway. If I, Miyamoto, say it, either offend me or don't offend me, choose one of the two, who would dare to stop Eguchi's succession? ”
"That's right, but I hope you'll be careful."
No matter how proud her boss was, Sato Gaohui simply put the information on the table and briefly recounted her findings: "Among these twelve people alone, there are three people who are also deeply related to the police community, similar to the situation of the Shuitun family at the beginning. Miss Miyamoto ......"
She smiled a little: "What are you going to do?" ”