I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 128



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (128)

“Aren’t you getting promoted?”

“What promotion?”

“I went on a business trip to China again this time. It’s about time Your Majesty acknowledged it…”

“Stop talking nonsense. What more recognition do you want here?”

This is a house in Gyeongseong,

Kim Hak-young, deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, turned a deaf ear to his wife’s nagging.

The Central Intelligence Agency is an agency directly under the President, independent of the executive branch. What is the position of the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency?

Although it is not an exact number, it is roughly equivalent to a 3rd class civil servant, or a lieutenant general in the military.

It’s a great thing to enjoy this kind of authority at the age of 36, and of course, it wasn’t without its challenges that led to today’s glory.

“Who instigated you to kill Mr. Kim Gu?”

“That’s… Park Sang-geun, the chairman of the Youth Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea.”

A dark history that I want to erase from my memory right away.

I couldn’t even complete the task my boss gave me, but he kept telling me all about it.

Can I return to the youth committee after doing something like this?

However, Kim Hak-young suffered no disadvantages and continued his political career by participating in the founding of the Korean People’s Party.

As a result, Kim Hak-young became the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency and thus owed a great debt to the president.

So, rather than pursuing a career, I am doing my best as a close aide to the president. What is there to be dissatisfied with when you have become a third-grade civil servant at the age of 36?

He nagged his wife, who talked about getting promoted whenever she got the chance.

“Watch your mouth. Don’t go around talking nonsense.”

“I just asked if you weren’t going to get promoted. Why are you so sensitive?”

“I’m the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Many people say that it’s a good job to have.”

Kim Hak-young has conducted numerous background investigations at the Central Intelligence Agency.

Thanks to that, I did a lot of dirty work, and thanks to that, I was recognized for my achievements and got to where I am today, but I also earned the resentment of many people.

Even if it is something you did for the country, if you have incurred resentment, you should protect yourself. In addition, they are conducting background checks on high-ranking public officials recently.

Do you think women will sit idly by while high-ranking officials create factions?

It’s no secret that people go to other people’s houses just to stand in line and give and receive bribes.

Kim Hak-young is also in a position where he cannot be free. Do you think his wife will live quietly and support him when her husband is a third-grade civil servant?

Bribes are pouring in like a snake jumping over a wall. If the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency gets caught up in a bribery scandal, it’s a disgrace.

Kim Hak-young is wary of that,

He repeatedly urged his wife.

“If the President had not shown me grace then, I would already be a person who does not exist in this world. You should also keep that in mind. If you embarrass me, I will kill you and I will die too.”

The wife swallowed dry saliva at her husband’s chilling warning.

I’m not the type of person to talk nonsense with that temper, so wouldn’t it be better to protect myself? For the time being, I’ve cut off all contact with outsiders.

***

“Madam, why is it so hard to see you these days?”

“Oh my~ Don’t be ridiculous. If my husband takes bribes, he’ll kill you and I’ll die too. How can I handle that?”

“Oh my, why are you saying such hurtful things… How is that a bribe? It’s an exchange of sincerity.”

“That’s right. He’s my husband, but he’s a very closed-minded person.”

On a leisurely afternoon in Gyeongseong, the women gathered together and chatted.

I guess women enjoy tea time like this because their husbands are capable.

It is also the role of women to help such husbands succeed. Is it so wrong to do secret work for them?

The women raised their voices.

“In this country, when men gather, they are considered factions, right? So, if women gather like this, their husbands can maintain their friendships.”

“That’s right. Can a man get ahead based on his abilities alone? Women need to build connections like this to help each other out.”

“That’s right. Who in this world has a secure job these days? Even Park Jeong-ui must feel like he’s sitting on a bed of thorns right now.”

The women’s attention was focused on the president’s uncle.

It’s not just anyone else, it’s your nephew who is the president, so there’s no reason for him to lose his balls, but that’s not the case.

He was discharged from the army as a general immediately after the Shanghai War, and recently suffered great humiliation when it was discovered that he was living in two houses.

Of course, the fact was not made public, but rumors had already spread among high-ranking officials.

Do you think someone who was discharged as an army general would not be able to step down from the position of director of the political bureau?

The president’s uncle might get his balls blown off, but is my husband okay? It’s not strange that women are united like this.

This might be a good opportunity to expand the board.

A woman who had been observing the situation quietly changed the subject.

“Should we invite the Director of the Political Bureau’s wife to the meeting this time?”

“The political director’s wife?”

“Yes, I can’t ignore the political director. Where does the position of the president’s uncle go? And the child born from the adulteress is adored by the president as if he were his own son.”

Women have internally decided on their next presidential candidate.

The president has only one year left in office, so that’s unlikely to happen, but if the president really steps down, who will be the next president?

No matter how you look at it, you can’t exclude Park Jeong-ui from the list of candidates for the next president.

How could the women sit still when their husbands’ promotions depended on where they stood in line? They all moved busily like invisible hands.

***

“What the hell are you talking about?!! Huh?!!”

“That’s… We just confirmed it…”

“This guy Kim Hak-young is blatantly embarrassing me?!! He’s not even scared of someone like me anymore?!!”

This is the headquarters of the Korean People’s Party.

Park Jeong-ui, the director of the political bureau, slammed his fist on the table.

It is true that he was embarrassed by having an affair and leaving his wife behind, but that is a private matter and was not exposed to the media.

But how did the rumor spread so widely?

As it turned out, the wife of the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Kim Hak-young, was the culprit.

Park Jeong-ui has long regarded Kim Hak-young as a thorn in his side.

That guy blew the whistle on the assassination of Kim Gu, and his nephew was investigated by the police.

If my nephew had died then, would the Republic of Korea exist today?

If you have no shame, you should at least be tactful. What kind of shame do you have to hold a third-class position? I wanted to summon you right away and yell at you to take good care of your wife, but I had no choice but to hold back.

“Director, please be patient. That man is one of the President’s closest associates. And isn’t the Central Intelligence Agency under the command of the Korean People’s Party?”

“That’s right. If you touch that guy here, you’ll only be embarrassing the director. You can deal with the aftermath later…”

“Eight~!!”

Park Jeong-ui couldn’t hold back his anger.

How did I end up in this situation, having to watch out for such a greenhorn?

He was furious and said he would rather throw politics away than suffer such humiliation.

Although the incident started with women’s gossip, it developed into a more serious atmosphere than expected, and tensions rose between the Korean People’s Party and the Central Intelligence Agency.

If there were no wall called the President, there would be an atmosphere where they would fight as if they were going to kill each other.

The sparks flew to an unexpected place.

***

“Everyone, you’ve worked hard this past year. Let’s do our best next year too.”

“Yes, Mr. President.”

This is a restaurant in Gyeongseong, and I have arranged a year-end gathering with government officials and representatives of each political party.

Next year, my 16-year term as president will come to an end.

You’ve done well so far, so you should end it on a high note.

I’m not the type of person who enjoys drinking, but on this day, I gave and received some to liven up the atmosphere.

“Director of the Political Bureau, please have another drink too.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

“We did well this year, so let’s do well next year too.”

Blood is thicker than water, so I took special care of my uncle.

Recently, there is a rumor going around that the ‘Korean People’s Party Political Bureau Director is a neighborhood book’, so who else would take care of him if I, as his nephew, had to protect him?

The same goes for the affair with the mistress.

My aunt forgave me, so what could I say? I just kept my mouth shut and pretended I didn’t know, but this is where the mood started to turn strange.

“Director of Political Affairs, are you going home early today?”

“What does that mean?”

“I’m not leaving Jo Gang-ji-cheo lonely. You should drink moderately and go inside to comfort her, right?”

“Hahahaha~.”

What on earth are these Central Intelligence Agency agents talking about?

My uncle’s face distorted and that was the signal for war to break out.

“They say that when a hen crows, the household will fall apart, and that’s exactly what’s happening now!!”

“Take better care of your wife!! Do you just let women get together and go around badmouthing men?!!”

“No, why are you saying that?”

“Since Deputy Director Kim Hak-young of the Central Intelligence Agency enjoys so much power, isn’t it that even his wife is acting without knowing the situation?!!”

“Stop it!! What the hell are you doing in front of His Excellency the President?!!”

“You have to be really quiet!! How can the political director be subjected to such insults?!! Do you find it funny when a person stays still?!! The political director is also a person!! He stays still so as not to worry His Excellency!!”

My uncle just sat there with his eyes closed.

It seems like you have a lot to say, but you’re holding back because you have your own position.

Anyway, I quietly cleaned up this mess.

“It’s really nice to see you. You fight like this even in front of the president. How do you usually hold back?”

“Your Majesty… That is…”

“From now on, only the people I’m calling will remain, and everyone else will leave. The deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the political director of the Democratic Party of Korea, the chief of staff of the presidential office… Everyone else, disappear from my sight. Right now.”

When I showed a little anger, the officials fled in embarrassment.

How should I dance the sword dance from now on?

First, he pointed the knife at the Central Intelligence Agency.

“Hey, Manager Kim, what the hell is going on? Why are those people talking like that?”

“Your Majesty, I apologize. I will go and twist that woman’s neck. I also apologize to the Director of the Political Bureau. It is my fault for not managing my household and my subordinates well.”

I found out what had been going on here.

Honestly, what’s the big deal about women getting together and talking bad about their husbands and men?

The problem is that women’s fights can turn into husbands’ fights, and I know that my uncle and my aunt don’t get along well.

But that was my uncle’s personal matter, so I didn’t say anything.

Even when my father hit my uncle, I stopped him, and my uncle probably knew that.

But what right do third parties have to say such things?

That was over the line, no, it was mind-boggling that the bureaucrats got into such a fuss over such a problem.

“I can understand women getting together and badmouthing men and husbands. But men shouldn’t fight each other over this issue. Is that helping each other? Isn’t that just causing conflict among each other?”

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty, I’ll break that woman’s neck.”

“Wait~Wait~No… When I think about it carefully, that’s not the essence. In my opinion, the political director and the deputy director have been uncomfortable with each other for a long time.”

I brought up something that happened over 18 years ago.

I tried to cover it up quietly, but the problem eventually surfaced, so I decided to expose it in front of the parties involved.

“Is the political director unhappy that the person who sold me out is now the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency?”

“No, I just….”

“Listen to the end. That’s a given. I almost died, so how could the director have good feelings toward Vice Minister Kim? But I don’t feel bad toward Vice Minister Kim because of that. I gave orders to watch Kim Gu and execute him if necessary. Isn’t that something that requires risking one’s life? How can I expect myself to be safe when I’ve pushed someone to the brink of death?”

Uncle who has no answer,

I turned my gaze towards Vice President Kim.

“You don’t have to worry about that incident. Even now, I’m ordering you to do scary things. If I tell you to kill someone, you kill them. If I tell you to watch someone, you watch them. This is not something that can be done humanly. So, you don’t have to feel sorry for me, and you don’t have to feel bad about it. If you can’t do it, I’ll have to make my uncle do it.”

If Vice Minister Kim is not there, who should be in charge of the Central Intelligence Agency?

The CIA knows how I killed and imprisoned people, and even which businessmen I took money from.

You know all my shortcomings, so how can you put just anyone in that position?

If Vice President Kim isn’t here, I’ll have to ask my uncle to do it.

If you think about it, it’s thanks to Vice President Kim that Uncle didn’t get his hands dirty, so why do they hate each other and have a hard time?

I didn’t understand that.

“I don’t know about other people, but the three of us need to stick together. If just one link breaks here, I can’t become president. Do you both want that?”

“no.”

“Absolutely not.”

“So please don’t make things difficult for me. No, let me ask you something. If you two fight, I won’t be able to be president.”

Only then did the two reconcile on the surface.

This may not solve everything, but at least the surgery was done as planned.

I’m going to retire in a year, so would I just leave this problem alone? Anyway, thanks to that, my work has increased even before I retire.