Chapter 33 Gunma Prefecture, the Three Families and the One Capital, the Two Prefectures and the Forty-Three Prefectures
【Ding! Invincible steamed steamed buns】
【Ding! Hit the nail on the head! 】
Goro Kamado gulped down, fragrant steamed steamed buns, and said vaguely: "Woo, it's delicious." I was in the hospital and kept thinking about the taste. ”
Gifu Taro handed over a plate of vegetable picks and asked, "Uncle Goro, how is your health?" ”
"Whew, it's basically recovered."
Goro Kamado took a sip of barley tea and picked up the mustard slices with chopsticks, crispy and spicy mustard, maximizing the taste of steamed steamed buns.
Nobunaga opened a can of sardines and put it on a plate: "Mr. Goro, were you discharged from the hospital early?" The last time I visited you in the hospital, the attending doctor said you would be hospitalized for another two weeks. ”
Eating steamed buns, Goro Kamado replied, "The joint cadres of the Hokkaido Coal Mine Municipality have asked me to reorganize the coal workers' activities. The death of Mr. Ueyama and Uemon was too much of a blow to the union of local governments......"
Kifutaro asked suspiciously, "Reorganize the coal workers?" Aren't the two brothers of the Yoshida family already dead? ”
After eating a steamed steamed bun, Goro Kamado ordered another one, drank barley tea, and explained, "There is no vacuum in power. We're going to have our very own councillors! ””
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These days, the coal workers and cadres are eating and chatting at Yangquan Restaurant, and Nobunaga Hatoshi has vaguely heard some rumors.
The opposition forces are seeking the legacy of the Yoshida family.
The two pillars of the Yoshida family in the political and business circles suddenly collapsed when they were in their prime.
There are old and weak women and children in the family, and no one can stabilize the situation, so they can only hold on to some wealth savings.
The entire family power fell apart at once, and the affiliated city councilors, businesses, and social groups all went their separate ways.
At this time, the Yubari City Council is about to be elected......
This is an opportunity for both the opposition forces and the Hokkaido coal mine municipalities to reshuffle their cards.
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Listen to Goro Kamado's chat.
Nobunaga Hato: Soak the potato starch in water in advance, let it stand for half an hour, then pour out the excess water, and remove the layer of precipitated wet starch for later use.
These days, pot wrapped pork has become a popular dish for receiving mystery diners and is a huge hit.
From [fledgling], [a little bit of knowledge], [ordinary], [ordinary], [ordinary], [plain], [rough understanding] all the way to the level of [entering the house].
As his proficiency increases, Nobunaga's mind automatically generates a large number of cooking techniques for pot-wrapped meat.
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"Uncle Goro, are you going to be a councilor?" Kifutaro asked excitedly.
Goro Kamado ate a piece of salmon fillet and shook his head: "I will replace Mr. Kamiyama Maemon as the chairman of the Hokkaido Coal Mine Local Government Association, and I will not participate in this time." ”
Nobunaga Hato, slicing the tenderloin, said, "The local council has always been a monopoly of the local tycoon, and this great decline in the power of the Yoshida family is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
RB has two houses of parliament and the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the local equivalent is at the provincial level of Longguo, that is, "one capital, one government, two prefectures and forty-three counties".
There are 47 councils in each prefecture, and there are councils at the city level in each prefecture, as well as at the village, town, and district levels. So add it up to about a thousand councils.
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The RB local council has a lot of power.
First of all, the taxes are separated. The national tax is handed over to the national government, and the local tax is handed over to the local government.
The second is the right to personnel, and local governments have the right to vote independently, not the central dispatch system (including parliamentarians).
Therefore, the election of the governor of Tokyo (equivalent to the governor of the United States) is more eye-catching than the election of the prime minister of RB.
The population density of Tokyo is also the largest among all the prefectures in RB, and 34% of the country's population is concentrated in the Tokyo metropolitan area, with a population of more than 37 million, making it the largest metropolitan area in RB.
The population of the governor of Tokyo is comparable to that of Poland, Algeria, and Canada.
At the same time, Tokyo is also the absolute core of RB's economy, politics and culture, accounting for about 30% of RB's GDP.
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Local governments are not controlled by the cabinet, which is more like the United States.
In fact, the governor of the local government scolds the cabinet government every day.
Comparatively speaking, local governments have relatively large authority. But it's only limited to your own place, and when you get to the next county, you're nothing.
Therefore, if you are in politics at RB, it is difficult to participate in national politics if you are generally engaged in local politics.
On the contrary, it turned out that those who were members of Congress could go to the local elections.
For example, the famous Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is like this. He first served as a member of the Diet, and then returned to Tokyo to run for the feudal governor.
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【Ding! Steamed pork in the house】
This dish is very orthodox from the presentation of the dishes, the knife processing, and the flavor of the juice.
"It's ......" Goro Kamado ate two steamed buns, ordered a glass of Sapporo beer, and ate pickled plums in cans.
"Yangquan Restaurant's new dish, pot wrapped meat." Nobunaga Hato, who brought the pot to the table, said, "Celebrate your discharge from the hospital." ”
"Thank you." Goro Kamado thanked.
"Started drinking beer as soon as I was discharged from the hospital. Is there any problem with the election campaign of the Hokkaido Coal Mine Municipalities Alliance? Nobunaga asked.
【Ding! Hit the nail on the head! 】
Goro Kamado ate a piece of pot-wrapped meat, the color is tiger skin color, the starch hangs well, and the taste is just right.
Goro Kamado sandwiched another piece of pot-wrapped meat that was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and expressed the worries in his heart:
"The town elections were relatively fair, and there was no coercion on voters to cast or change the results."
"However, it is strange for the people to shout that there are too many generations of parliamentarians, but at the same time, the parliament is filled with second, third and fourth generations of parliamentarians every time."
After finishing the table of chopsticks, Kifutaro muttered, "It's just schizophrenic." ”
In his previous life, as a history teacher, Nobunaga had studied the politics and culture of various countries in his spare time. As he unscrewed the glass mug of the loose Sapporo beer keg, he explained:
"Among the local councilors, they can be roughly divided into two categories."
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One is those who have no foundation and rely on their oratorical skills to influence the masses to come to power;
The other type relied on the remnants of their parents to come to power, the former has a deep foundation and will lose the election if they are not careful, while the latter has a deep foundation and can come to power no matter how they are chosen.
Why is there such a difference?
Because there are members of Congress, you think they are parliamentarians, but in fact they are the leaders and spokesmen of local power groups.
These councillors have been rooted in the local area since their fathers and grandparents.
They control the construction of local projects, and then collude with businessmen to give back to construction companies and related financial or other enterprises, and then these enterprises form "so-and-so parliamentary support clubs".
For example, Yubari City has a "Yoshida Councilor Support Association" that not only provides funds to Yubari City Mayor Yoshida Hisashi, but also provides political and metallurgical contributions to 23 city councilors from the Yoshida family faction.
Finally, form a large group of forces.
Kakuei Tanaka simply ascended to the prime minister's position as a real estate developer.
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Such power groups are everywhere, from one capital, one prefecture, two prefectures, and forty-three prefectures to grassroots villages, towns, and districts, and almost every local county.
Most of the hereditary parliamentarians come from the local area, especially the more remote they are.
For example, Gunma Prefecture, which is so remote that it is almost impossible to recall the sense of existence, is known as the "Gunma Prefecture Imperial Three Families".
Fukuda family. Fukuda Takeo and Fukuda Yasuo, father and son, two generations of prime ministers, and now grandson Tatsuo Fukuda has been elected again;
Obuchi's family. Keizo Obuchi served as prime minister, and now his daughter Yuko Obuchi continues to be a member of parliament;
The Nakasone family. Yasuhiro Sone served as prime minister, and his retired son Hirofumi Nakasone continued to be a member of parliament;
Each of these three has been elected multiple times in Gunma Prefecture, and the least of them have been nearly 40 years old.
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In the 70s, when this phenomenon of four generations and three princes first emerged, RB public opinion also carried out extensive criticism and questioning.
However, the two sides are not of the same magnitude at all in terms of the right to speak in public opinion.
RBNHK TV took the lead and reversed the disadvantage of the gate valves in terms of public opinion.
NHK TV is the equivalent of 龍国のCCTV.
NHK is the abbreviation of RB Broadcasting Association, which is the largest broadcasting organization of RB and the only public broadcasting station of RB.
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NHK TV explained that it was......