"Sir, please!"

Seeing Assistant Komatsu staring at him directly, and Shirakawa Kaede's expressionless face, Tozawa Massashi came back to his senses.

"Xiao Feng, wait! Wait a minute! Tozawa Massamu hurriedly got up, "I'm just saying it casually, casually." ”

The hair that was originally meticulously combed and the suit that was ironed became a little disheveled.

"If you don't agree, I don't say it, this young lady, you go and get busy first, and I'll talk to your boss for a few words."

Tozawa Massamu was busy comforting Shirakawa Kaede at first, and then persuaded Assistant Komatsu not to worry about himself first.

Assistant Komatsu looked at Shirakawa Kaede, who bowed slightly.

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

This nephew of his own is too strong, and Tozawa himself can't keep up with the rhythm of his speech at all.

"Tozawa-san, do you know why the Chinese are declining and becoming less and less welcome?"

This time, Shirakawa Kaede didn't wait for him to explain anything, so he took the lead in asking a somewhat direct question.

This question honestly embarrassed Tozawa, after all, he was one of the declining Chinese.

But when it comes to this issue, he also opens up.

"Because of General Mack's orders, of course!" Speaking of this, Tozawa Masa is also full of resentment, how good his childhood life was.

At that time, the Chinese had not yet been abolished, and the privileges were written in the Chinese Order or the House of Nobles Order.

When Tozawa was a child, he lived the life of a young master every day, and even went to school to study in the study institute run by the Chinese themselves.

As for the examination threshold or graduation requirements, there is no such thing as any examination threshold or graduation requirements.

Not only that, as long as you graduate from the study academy, there is a high probability that you can directly go to the family domain to become an official and a half-job.

Mayors, civil servants in county offices, and other positions are basically prepared for them.

But since the forced abolition of the Chinese in 47, all of this has either disappeared or slowly withered.

The decline of the Tozawa clan began at that time, and Tozawa Masami's father, Tozawa Masaki, was the last Chinese of the Tozawa clan.

He was also the last vestige of the Tozawa family in local power, and after the resignation of Mayor Shinjo in '54, the family moved to Tokyo.

Since then, the Tozawa clan has officially severed from Dewa and Mutsu, which have ruled for nearly three hundred years, and the family's influence has been directly disconnected.

Originally, according to the family background, even if the Tozawa family left the original territory of the past, they could still live well.

After all, it has been in business for hundreds of years, and the Tozawa family has no property in the northeastern prefectures such as Akita, Yamagata, and Iwate.

However, after the death of Masami Tozawa in 60 years, the last Chinese of the Tozawa family were completely annihilated in the long river of time.

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

If Tozawa Massamu wants to inherit the inheritance of his father, Masashi Tozawa, that is, all the family property of the Tozawa clan, then he needs to pay taxes.

How much? 90%！

Yes, there is a very high tax rate for Chinese inheritance, up to 90%.

Unfortunately, the Tozawa family needs to pay at this rate.

The '50s were a turbulent and chaotic time.

At that time, as a partner of the police, Jidao could walk the streets and alleys with great fanfare and maintain law and order. In some cases, some enforcement powers can be exercised.

Without his father's protection, just a young Tozawa Shoshu, what can he 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 the street lamp at night, and it is a big deal to push the Red Army when the time comes, and he will be clear.

As a result, the Tozawa family's fortune shrank by nearly ninety percent overnight, and all local investments in the northeastern prefectures were filled into the state treasury.

The only ones that have survived are a few houses in Tokyo, as well as the ancestral cemetery, the birthplace of the Tozawa clan in Yamagata Shinjo City.

This is also the reason why Tozawa Shoshu became extremely envious after seeing the newly built courtyard of the Shirakawa Kaede family in the deer.

Because in the past, Tozawa also had such a garden, and even bigger than this, there was more than one.

It's just that now they're all in the treasury and auctioned off to private individuals.

This is the price of preserving the honor of the Tozawa clan, and this is the price that Tozawa Shoshu paid in order to be able to participate in the Kasumi Kaikan party.

And encounters like the Tozawa clan abound among the Chinese.

With such a high inheritance tax, the first to suffer is the lower class of the Chinese family, the viscount and the baron.

They don't have the background and influence of dukes and marquises, and they have no way to take advantage of the loopholes of the law, so they can only pay taxes obediently.

As a result, many viscounts and barons, in order to maintain the title of the family, did not hesitate to sell their property and shrink their clothes and diet.

But despite this, the number of Chinese members participating in the Xia Guild Hall has been slowly decreasing in recent years.

Therefore, in the eyes of the bottom of the Chinese family of Tozawa Zhengxiu, the abolition of the Chinese family and the decline of the family are all because of the order of General Mike in the United States.

Without the pressure of the United States, how could the emperor have issued such a decree.

Everything is the fault of the United States!

"Nope! The abolition of the Chinese is one of the most inducement factors. Shirakawa Kaede directly interrupted his self-deception.

What Emperor Mai, that's just a catalyst.

Unlike Tozawa Shosabu's resentment, Shirakawa Kaede looks at the Chinese from a more objective and rational perspective.

"Eh, Xiao Feng, at the beginning, Iwata Zeusa-sang clearly said that it was because of the pressure of the United States that he had to abolish the Chinese."

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

Tozawa Zhengxiu also believed it, after all, Mi Guo's father, they couldn't resist.

As a result, the Chinese people, who were originally a little noisy in each family, died down in an instant and obediently accepted the Chinese abolition order.

But today Shirakawa Kaede told him that it wasn't for this reason, which surprised Tozawa Shoshu inexplicably.

"Tozawa-san, from the day the Chinese were founded, it has been opposed by the world.

The Chinese community was established in the Meiji period, and the Meiji era was a period of innovation.

At the time of great change, but the wheel of history was reversed, and the outside world really had no opinion at all? ”

In the face of Shirakawa Kaede's questioning, Tozawa moved his lips, and finally fell silent in a rare way.

"The reason why the Chinese were established at that time was to comfort many of the meritorious achievements of the previous dynasties, and secondly, the traditional power was still very large at that time, and it was not appropriate to directly cancel the existence of the aristocracy.

But by that time, the European aristocracy had gradually withdrawn from the political arena and was widely criticized by the world.

Influenced by this Western thought, neon has also swept a wave of criticism in China.

Do you know how the major media judged the Chinese at that time? 'Eater of nothing'! ”

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

"With the emancipation of feudal thinking, the Chinese are destined to be replaced, which 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, the neon masses of today. With the exception of the emperor who is a de facto accompli, there will be no more nobles who are explicitly prescribed by law. ”

Shirakawa Kaede uncovered the so-called Chinese coat and showed it naked in front of Tozawa Shoshu.

"In addition to the masses, will the cabinet ministers who are in real power be willing to see the Chinese people grow?

Haven't you noticed that there are fewer and fewer Chinese people who are still engaged in politics today? ”

Tozawa was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to understand something, and his face became more and more gray.

Yes, in the final analysis, the Chinese are inextricably linked to the royal family. Either their inbred branch or the marriage partner.

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 a provision for the Chinese to mourn the royal family.

If the Chinese are powerful, they will have great influence in political circles. So how should the cabinet ministers who hold real power deal with themselves, and is the imperial family starting to take power again?

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

Not everyone in the political world is to see the Chinese, although those dukes are still in power in the local government, but that is the background, and it cannot be eliminated in a short time.

However, once the low-level Chinese leave politics, they will basically be insulated from politics in the future.

Most of today's Chinese people have turned their attention to the financial world, and since they have no power, they should be rich.

With their influence, there is no problem in keeping their fortune.

Does Tozawa Shoshu understand this truth about the decline of the Chinese people? He understood, but he didn't want to admit it.

He tried his best to get involved with Shirakawa Feng, and he may not have no intention of becoming a rich man.

As for the glory of the Tozawa family, it would be best to carry it forward in the future, and it would be okay to live a rich life.

Now that Shirakawa Kaede has spread it all out, Tozawa Shoshu has lost the pride and reserve he had just now.

After the so-called Chinese halo faded on him, he is now just an ordinary middle-aged man, with gray temples and a lonely look.

"Kaede-chan!" Suddenly, Tozawa stood up and bowed straight to Shirakawa Kaede.

"Huh?" Shirakawa Kaede was stunned by him, what did he want to do.

"Xiao Feng, please help the Tozawa family. The glory of the ancestors may not be able to be recreated, but the Tozawa family name must be passed on! ”

As he spoke, Tozawa Massamu bowed his head again, still maintaining a bowing posture.

"But Tozawa-san, there is no need to mention the matter of changing the surname. I will keep the surname Shirakawa forever. ”

To be honest, although Shirakawa Kaede didn't recognize this uncle, it was also a fact that he was an elder.

Now that Tozawa is an elder, he has given him such a big gift, and Shirakawa Kaede is also impressed by him.

This Tozawa-san, although a little unreliable. But the fact that he can bend and stretch is enough to make him like a fish in water in the Xia Guild Hall.

Instead of being like other viscounts and barons, they will never be seen again in a few years.

However, it is impossible to get Shirakawa Kaede to change his surname, and the surname Shirakawa will not be worse than any Chinese surname in the future.

He has this self-confidence, and he also has the capital of pride.

"Xiao Feng, you don't need to change your surname. As long as one of your future heirs can inherit Tozawa's surname. ”

Tozawa Shoshu has already figured it out, since Shirakawa Kaede can't do it, then seek his descendants to inherit the mantle of the Tozawa family.

Shirakawa Electric now has a great reputation, and his family composition will not be bad there in the future.

It is even possible to form a new family, and if that is the case, his descendants will inevitably enjoy an elite education.

The offspring who receive such an education are naturally better than ordinary people.

Then it would be better for one of them to inherit the surname of the Tozawa family, because the two are naturally close in blood, and it is much more reliable than recruiting a son-in-law or adopting a son.

In addition, with this nephew's strong personality, if he encounters difficulties in inheriting the descendants of the Tozawa clan, he will definitely not stand idly by.

In this way, the inheritance of the family has also been guaranteed, and even with the escort of Shirakawa Kaede, it may be possible to go to the next level.

For the continuation of the family, Tozawa Zhengxiu can be said to have worked hard, and the small abacus crackled.

And for his proposal, Shirakawa Kaede was shocked again.

Good guy, this ring is one ring after another, and you have to follow yourself, right?

Seeing that Shirakawa Kaede didn't speak, Tozawa Massashi turned his heart sideways, "pop", "knock"!

"Tozawa-san, what are you doing here?!"

Tozawa Zhengxiu, who was kneeling on the ground and sitting under the soil, did not raise his head, and replied sullenly, "Xiao Feng, please take pity on me, the heir!" ”

This.

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