I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 133



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (133)

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

This is the government building of the Republic of Korea. Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs Kim Jong-pil, who borrowed the president’s sword, did not let up on the reins of reform.

This time the target is real estate.

Daedeok County, which has been designated as the next capital of Korea, is currently undergoing a period of rapid real estate development.

The problem is that land prices are rising abnormally. Since the capital relocation was confirmed, land prices in Daedeok-gu have jumped a whopping 187 times compared to 5 years ago.

The price of one apartment is about 3 million won.

Since the monthly salary of a technician who is considered middle class is around 35,000 won, it would take about 10 years to save up without spending a single penny to buy an apartment.

So what’s the problem?

Outrageously expensive apartment prices? Actually, that’s not a big deal.

The price of an apartment, which was around 3 million won two years ago, has now skyrocketed to 4.5 million won. As real estate prices rise, the middle class is borrowing money from banks to purchase apartments.

If this happens, won’t the banks make money by lending out huge amounts of money, and won’t the middle class also benefit as apartment prices rise?

If this cycle worked properly, there would be no problem, but the problem is that the construction company gave special favors to members of the National Assembly and high-ranking officials.

[Hyundai Engineering & Construction received permission from the government to build 950 apartments for employees. However, only about 300 apartments were actually provided to employees, and the remaining 650 were sold for non-employees. It was confirmed that they included one vice-minister, one vice-minister-level official, three vice-ministers, five former ministers, two former vice-ministers, 18 members of the National Assembly, 28 judges and prosecutors, 13 military generals, and a significant number of bureau chief-level civil servants and doctors. – Dong-A Ilbo]

A major incident that could turn the country upside down,

While some people are having a hard time getting apartments through bank loans, high-ranking public officials are putting pressure on construction companies in advance to get their share.

The follow-up reports were even more shocking.

[A Korean People’s Party official told a businessman in advance to buy land in Daedeok-gu. He then instructed him to sell some of it and donate it to the Korean People’s Party. In this way, about 40 billion won of funds went to the Korean People’s Party.]

The Korean People’s Party, which made a fortune from real estate development,

Are they really planning to move the capital for the development of the country or are they just trying to make a quick buck?

In fact, this is an issue the president has been concerned about for a long time.

[The purpose of land reform is to liberate poor and powerless peasants from landlords. Korea attracted numerous peasants to the cities through land reform and urbanization, and as a result, the landlord class collapsed.

However, this does not completely eliminate the possibility that the people will become slaves to the land. If real estate development and speculation intensify, land prices will skyrocket, and as a result, people living on a salary will become slaves to real estate.

This is why I nationalized real estate. – President Park Sang-geun]

The president who looked a few steps ahead,

Wasn’t the purpose of land reform to liberate powerless peasants from landlords?

In the pre-modern era, when people could not survive without farming the land, landowners had no choice but to be the powerful, and farmers naturally accepted the life of slaves tied to the land.

Land reform was promoted to break that.

As a result, many farmers transformed into workers, worked for companies, and earned money.

Naturally, the landowner class also collapsed, but now Korea is overturning that achievement with its own hands.

As bureaucrats and the financial industry inflate real estate prices, salaried workers are becoming slaves to real estate.

They stirred up public opinion by saying, “If you don’t buy real estate, you’re stupid,” and “If you want to make money, now is your chance,” and as a result, only the bureaucrats who had received apartments in advance benefited.

How is this any different from the landlords who made their people slaves to the land?

They are turning wage earners into slaves of the land again, and it is the high-ranking officials who are inciting this.

Those guys are no different from the landlords of this era,

Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs Kim Jong-pil, in cooperation with the Central Intelligence Agency, summoned all those who were destroying the country.

The construction company that provided apartments to high-ranking officials was also arrested.

Hyundai Group Chairman Chung Ju-young could not avoid that blade either.

***

“Is it true that permission has been granted to build 950 apartments for temple use?”

“Yes… that’s right.”

“But only 300 units were distributed for temple use. To whom were the remaining 600 units distributed?”

“That is… as you all know.”

“Please be specific. To whom did you distribute it?”

This is the Central Intelligence Agency interrogation room,

Hyundai Group Chairman Chung Ju-yung bowed his head under intense investigation.

Everything has already been revealed, so what difference does it make to make excuses now? He named the high-ranking public officials, doctors, and lawyers who gave special privileges.

The question is how much unfair profit Hyundai Group made in this process, and Chairman Chung Ju-young continued his final argument by saying that he was merely threatened.

“I was afraid of the public authority. How can I refuse when they order me to build 600 houses and offer them up?”

“Are you saying that you had no choice because of the authority of the Korean People’s Party? Is that the best excuse?”

“… Phew~ I’m just a businessman. What could I do in the face of such great power? Please show mercy.”

Chairman Chung Ju-young admitted that he had profited from winning an apartment construction project.

But that’s only 350 houses, the remaining 600 were tributes to high-ranking officials, so isn’t it too harsh to take responsibility for that as well?

According to the Central Intelligence Agency’s investigation, that part was considered to be a case of leniency.

Eventually, Hyundai Group was cleared of responsibility for the 600 cases, and now the sword is aimed at the Korean People’s Party officials.

High-ranking officials being dragged out one after another,

Among them was an official who received 4 billion won in land payments.

“You met Kim Ki-duk on July 17, 1965, right?”

“Ha~Who is Kim Ki-duk?”

“This guy is still out of his mind. Do you think this is the headquarters of the Korean People’s Party? This is the interrogation room of the Central Intelligence Agency. Even a healthy person can leave after dying. Why don’t you sit up straight? Should we start with water torture?”

The sinner’s lips trembled at the chilling warning.

I’ve heard rumors that the Central Intelligence Agency is an agency directly under the President and that it kills people when the President gives the order, but this is the first time I’ve confirmed the truth.

Even if you try to harass the Korean People’s Party officials, everyone is equal here.

He actively cooperated with the investigation.

“I ask again. Did you meet a man named Kim Ki-duk on July 17, 1965 or not?”

“Ma… I met you.”

“What did you talk about then? Tell me with your own mouth.”

“That… that’s some business talk…”

“What is that?!! Do you want to drink some water to come to your senses?!!”

As the coercive interrogation began, the prisoner opened his mouth.

When the relocation of the capital became certain, he provided information to entrepreneurs, purchased land in the area, and received 4 billion won in donations.

However, he continued to make excuses, saying that it was all used for the development of the party and that there was no personal greed involved.

“No… Listen to me. It’s true that he sold the land and raised 4 billion won in political funds. But that didn’t harm the people, did it? After all, the land is state-owned, so selling it to raise political funds… .”

“Ah~ These are the kinds of people you call politicians… Hey, bureaucrats have raised land prices through speculation, so all of our people have become slaves to real estate. Then what’s the point of the president pushing for land reform? And didn’t the president give the Korean People’s Party 12 billion won separately to use as political funds? Then how could you receive 4 billion won in donations from businessmen? And by selling the country’s land?!!”

Party officials who treated the country’s land as private property,

The political funds that went into the Korean People’s Party in this way amounted to 40 billion won.

The president provided 12 billion won in political funds every year, but because that wasn’t enough, he set aside 40 billion won? And that was by selling the country’s land?

The Central Intelligence Agency compiled a report on the misdeeds committed by the Korean People’s Party to date and submitted it to the General Affairs Office.

The Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs reports this back to the Prime Minister.

The situation will be over as soon as President Lee Jae-myung approves.

It was only a matter of time before the Korean People’s Party was blown up in the air. The Korean People’s Party, with its feet on the line, began to weep in front of the government building.

***

“Your Majesty!! Please consider it!!”

“We have nothing to say about selling the country’s land to raise political funds!! But we can confidently say that it was all used for the country!! Please listen to us!!”

This is the government building of the Republic of Korea,

As soon as I got out of the car, I went into the building.

Although the Korean People’s Party executives were apologizing, they were completely ignored, and a report was received from Prime Minister Lee Beom-seok in the presidential office.

“Your Majesty, this is information from the General Affairs Office.”

“I know roughly what it is from reading the article. So how much did you eat?”

“So far, it is estimated to be approximately 44.5 billion. As the investigation is ongoing, this amount may increase.”

“Ugh~.”

I threw the report I was skimming over onto the table.

To do politics, you need money, so I have been providing 12 billion won of my own money to the Korean People’s Party every year.

I thought it was definitely not a small amount of money, but he ate 44.5 billion won? And he did it by selling the country’s land?

How is this any different from what Lee Wan-yong used to do?

It turns out that the wives of government officials are also in cahoots. It is estimated that the real estate funds managed by these third parties, who have been leading speculation on behalf of their husbands, amount to 2.2 billion won.

How on earth am I supposed to take this?

Here, a character who is so disgusting that I can’t even look at him appears.

“Your Majesty, the Director of the Political Bureau has arrived.”

“Tell him to go back. I don’t feel like seeing anyone right now.”

The appearance of Park Jeong-ui, the political director of the Korean People’s Party, he is my uncle, but I don’t want to treat him as my family right now.

The political director is the person who has been pushing forward with the plan to relocate the capital, but was the relocation of the capital to satisfy his own selfish desires?

Since he is the person in charge, he is definitely not unrelated to this incident.

It’s a case that will affect my political career, so it’s better to just stay quiet. If I say something wrong, I might end up taking care of my uncle with my own hands.

But do you really have to meet me?

I was just going to send him back, but he kept insisting, so I called him in.

“Your Majesty… Over there… .”

“Speak there. Don’t come any closer.”

I did not allow my uncle to approach me.

It is clear that my heart has already drifted away,

My uncle hesitated for a moment and then knelt down on the spot.

“Your Majesty, I beg you to listen to me.”

“Speak. Your ears are open, so you have to listen even if you don’t want to.”

“It is true that we raised 44.5 billion won in political funds. However, it was never raised for personal gain. In the future, we will have to build a new government building and spend a lot of money. Is it really that wrong to raise money by selling the country’s land? And didn’t the financial companies make a lot of profit as real estate prices went up and the economy also became active?”

“Economic revitalization? Chief of the Political Bureau, the price of an apartment right now is 5 million won. That’s the amount of money that the middle class would have to save for 15 years without spending a single penny. In the end, doesn’t that mean all citizens will become slaves owed money by banks? Those who bought apartments are better off. Those who can’t buy apartments will remain slaves. And it doesn’t matter to high-ranking officials because they’ve already taken care of it, but what will happen to the majority of citizens? Is this a policy for the development of the country?”

The uncle was unable to continue speaking.

The policy that the Korean People’s Party is currently secretly pursuing is a policy for the financial industry, bureaucrats, and the middle class.

For the vast majority of the rest, the ladder of social advancement was kicked away.

Is this really a policy for the good of the country?

What was even more shocking was that they pushed ahead with this without even reporting it to me.

We carried out land reform to destroy the landlord class so that we could all live well together, but now the bureaucrats are colluding with the financial industry to become new landlords.

Do you think I can tolerate this?

He kicked his uncle out of the presidential office, saying he didn’t even want to look at him.