I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 132



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (132)

“Your Majesty, you won’t abandon us, will you?”

“Of course. You wouldn’t destroy the party you created with your own hands?”

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

Party officials continued their marathon meetings.

Why is it difficult for vested interests to disappear?

There may be many reasons, but we cannot ignore the collusion formed in society as vested interests have been in power for a long time.

[The long years of one hundred million Japanese people – the number one goal they have been aiming for

The great heart of cruel Britain sucking the flesh and blood of all East Asia

Oh~ Singapore finally fell into the hands of the imperial army today.

Isn’t this what all the billion peoples of the world have been waiting for?

At this time in world history, when the British have deprived Singapore of its sovereignty.

Let us shout Hurray so that the land of Asia can be filled with joy – Kim Pal-bong, Maeil Shinmun 1942]

This is a work by Kim Pal-bong, who was active as a literary writer, novelist, and critic during the Japanese colonial period.

Anyone can see that he is a traitor to his nation, but this person cannot be evaluated simply.

From 1924 to 1940, he worked as a reporter for Maeil Shinbo and JoongAng Ilbo, exerting influence on the media world. In 1945, he established his own printing company and later became an advisor to the Literary Association.

The reason why Kim Pal-bong was able to continue to prosper even after liberation was because of this background.

Is there a journalist-artist who has worked in the literary world for decades without being touched by his hands?

In any case, it is true that even after liberation, pro-Japanese artists pushed and pulled each other and took over the Korean literary world.

It’s no different from the government.

Japan, which had controlled everything in Korea for 36 years, also had Koreans competing to become civil servants, and thus their own collusive relationship was formed.

Do you think that the liberation of the country will eradicate these people?

At that moment, all the bureaucrats who had been in charge of Korea’s administration for 36 years disappeared, and those with no administrative experience at all took the lead.

Do you really think that the provisional government officials would have governed the country well if they had taken the lead in Korea after liberation?

They have no administrative experience and, above all, no connections with Korean civil servants who worked under Japanese rule.

This is the problem,

After Japan occupied Korea, it carried out a large-scale consolidation of regional administrative districts.

Was this simply an act to deny the administrative system of the Korean Empire?

The purpose of the Japanese consolidation of administrative districts was to expand local administrative agencies, especially Japanese influence, into rural areas.

The problem is that it takes a lot of administrative manpower to make this happen.

In fact, the Japanese government even issued a specific ordinance for this purpose.

[The head of each region is appointed by the county magistrate and his status is guaranteed. And his qualifications are determined by law.]

The Japanese did not select even one village head carelessly.

They thoroughly investigated his age and assets, whether he was a suitable person to act as an agent of colonial rule, and checked his background to ensure he had no criminal record.

As a result, the number of secretaries, which had been only 2-3 per district until 1920, increased to 4-6.

In Gyeonggi Province alone, the number of myeon clerks increased from around 800 to 1,300.

So did they simply act as local officials?

The Japanese created an advisory body called the ‘Myeon Council’ and effectively gave it the role of a local council.

In this way, during the Japanese colonial period, even a single township head was under Japanese influence, and this was the secret to Japan’s ability to rule Korea for 36 years.

Then what about Korea?

Even after liberation, Korea continued to follow the Japanese colonial rule.

Why was it possible for Korea to improve its rural environment and plant trees on bare mountains in just 15 years after liberation?

Because the government controlled even the mayor of a single rural village, whenever the government issued an order, the entire country was in an uproar.

As a result, the Korean People’s Party has built ties with administrative officials in the central government and each region over the past 17 years, and its roots are now so deep that they cannot be uprooted easily.

If we punish the Korean People’s Party, how are we going to collaborate with bureaucrats to govern the country in the future?

Korea is now structured in a way that makes that impossible.

It would be a mistake to think that opposition party members or new politicians who have been appointed as ministers will be able to govern each region well.

Because they believe that, the Korean People’s Party is confident that the president will not purge them, but that remains to be seen.

The Korean People’s Party is a party that the president raised with his own hands. He has already created a party, so do you think he can’t raise another party?

The Korean People’s Party was also secretly worried about that.

The President of the Republic of Korea did not become president by being supported by a party, but rather he created a party with his own hands and became president based on that party.

The Korean People’s Party is a group that cannot exist without a president, and if that president decides to purge them, they could be swept away in an instant.

So, I’m just watching the president’s face.

How long can this uneasy cohabitation continue?

The Korean People’s Party paid full attention to the president’s movements.

***

“Your Majesty, President Kim Jong-pil has arrived.”

“Tell them to come in.”

The same routine that repeats itself today,

I called in Kim Jong-pil, the leader of the Democratic Republican Party of Korea.

The Korean People’s Party has been around for so long that it has rotted to the core, and now it is time to tear down the tower I have built with my own hands.

But is this the best?

If the Korean People’s Party collapses, the administrative system will collapse.

Because Korea’s administrative structure has already become like that and the Korean People’s Party has been the center of dictatorship, I have been able to do politics comfortably up until now.

If I destroy that, how will my successor do politics?

But we can’t just sit back and watch this problem unfold, so we’re going to test whether Kim Jong-pil’s Democratic Republican Party of Korea can be a replacement for the Korean People’s Party.

Is Kim Jong-pil the person who can bring about reform of the Korean system?

I threw him a test question.

“Mr. President, have you ever thought about becoming the Minister of General Affairs?”

“The Minister of General Affairs?”

“Yes, it’s a position that covers all aspects of Korean politics.”

It may sound nice to be the Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs, but this is just a shiny dog ​​paw for Chairman Kim Jong-pil.

The Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs is in charge of all aspects of Korean politics, so it must have connections with the civil servants in charge.

But does Kim Jong-pil have such connections?

He was promoted to major general in the army at the age of 29, retired at the age of 31, and founded the Democratic Republican Party of Korea, which won 13 seats in the National Assembly.

If you can mobilize your connections in charge of the entire Korean administrative organization by winning 13 seats in the National Assembly, you’re in trouble.

If he becomes a minister in this manner, Kim Jong-pil will become the Minister of General Affairs in name only.

It is questionable whether the Korean People’s Party members will show a cooperative attitude toward Kim Jong-pil. If a novice with no administrative experience becomes a minister, will the bureaucrats follow suit?

If he had any intention, Chairman Kim Jong-pil would have refused this position, and the prediction was correct.

“Your Majesty, I am honored to be offered this position, but I am not a person fit to be the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications.”

“What do you mean you don’t fit in? Do you think you lack the ability? Or is it that the political power of the Democratic Republican Party of Korea is not enough to take on the position? If I give you that much power, can you become the Minister of General Affairs?”

When I hit the nail on the head, Kim Jong-pil neither confirmed nor denied.

If I become the Minister of Internal Affairs, I will have to have the power to appoint my own people to each region, and I am in a position to provide that.

But Kim Jong-pil cannot make that request openly.

If that happens, the power of the Korean People’s Party will be weakened, which means the president’s influence will decrease, right?

Mr. President, who would dare say something like that when you are asked to give up your power?

But I had already made up my mind, and Kim Jong-pil could not get down from the tiger he was already riding.

“If Your Majesty says so, I will do my best to fulfill my duties.”

“great.”

On this day, I moved the National Assembly to appoint Kim Jong-pil as Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs.

And they even gave them the right to appoint their own people to important positions in each region.

The Korean People’s Party was shocked.

This must have been heart-pounding for the Korean People’s Party, as they had enjoyed the rights for the past 17 years but were taken away by a new politician.

That’s exactly what I wanted, but if Kim Jong-pil fails to show his ability here, I will have no choice but to choose the Korean People’s Party again.

Will Kim Jong-pil become a revolutionary who will improve Korea’s constitution, or will he become an unfortunate reformer who will collapse without being able to overcome the wall of vested interests?

It was interesting to watch that too.

***

“Minister, this is the information you requested before.”

This is the government building of the Republic of Korea,

Kim Jong-pil, who became the Minister of General Affairs, inspected safety management at factories in each region.

With two industrial accidents occurring in the past month, are companies and local government officials properly inspecting factory safety management?

Are you going out there and looking into it and identifying the problems?

Kim Jong-pil opened up all possibilities and conducted an investigation to see if there was any collusion with the company and that it was turning a blind eye to the problems.

The problem is that it’s not easy,

Unless you are God, it is impossible to investigate all government officials.

Kim Jong-pil has only been active as a politician for the past seven years and has no experience as an administrator, so he has not had the opportunity to experience the scale of Korea’s administrative power.

There are approximately 260,000 civil servants working in the Korean government, 20,000 of whom are involved in safety management.

How are you going to control those 20,000 people?

It is possible for the Korean People’s Party, but impossible for the Korean Democratic Republican Party.

I was already starting to feel out of breath.

‘I guess I’ll have to borrow the President’s strength.’

Kim Jong-pil sent an SOS to the Blue House.

It was decided to use the power of the Central Intelligence Agency to investigate the public official in charge.

However, Kim Hak-young, deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, rejected Minister Kim Jong-pil’s request.

“The Central Intelligence Agency is an agency directly under the Office of the President. It has no obligation to comply with the Minister’s request.”

“Chief, I became the Minister of General Affairs under the direction of His Excellency the President, and I am naturally responsible for managing safety in industrial sites. Are you going to ignore my request? What I lack is not passion, but manpower. Please help me.”

Vice Minister Kim Hak-young hesitated.

Kim Jong-pil becoming the Minister of General Affairs was a decision made by the Office of the President.

And it is also the President’s will to reform the country.

In that case, shouldn’t the Central Intelligence Agency, which is a presidential agency, also cooperate with the General Affairs Office? However, if this happens, the General Affairs Office and the Central Intelligence Agency will form a collusive relationship.

We are carrying out reforms to cut off the collusion between the Korean People’s Party and local officials, so what’s the point of creating another collusion?

Above all, if Kim Hak-young acts rashly here, he will become a complete enemy of the Korean People’s Party.

The Korean People’s Party hopes that Minister Kim Jong-pil’s reforms will fail.

But is the Central Intelligence Agency adding strength to Kim Jong-pil’s reforms? It would be pointless for a shrimp to get hurt in a fight between whales.

However, Kim Hak-young is not in a position to remain neutral forever.

Up until now, we have only relied on the president’s trust and conducted numerous background checks, but now that president is on the verge of leaving office.

Even after the president steps down, can Kim Hak-young remain neutral and work at the KCIA? If so, he needs to build up a force here that will support Kim Jong-pil and support him.

And it has been a long time since I have developed a grudge against the Korean People’s Party.

Kim Hak-young knows that Director of the Political Bureau Park Jeong-ui is displeased with him.

Since it has come to this, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to fight against the vested interests.

After much deliberation, Kim Hak-young made a decision.

“Okay, if that is what the President wants, we will help you, Minister.”

“Thank you. I will definitely repay this favor.”

In this way, the General Affairs Office joined hands with the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct background checks on the public officials in charge.

Here, six public officials were caught taking bribes from companies and managing safety facilities carelessly.

The roots of corruption are beginning to emerge.