I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 150



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (150)

“Cholera again?”

“Yes, we have already taken action.”

This is Gyeongseong,

The Ministry of Health and Welfare is on high alert for the recent epidemic.

Cholera, an infectious disease that is inseparable from the history of mankind, broke out in India and spread to China and even the Korean Peninsula.

In Asia, where scientific knowledge was lacking, there were false rumors that cholera was transmitted through the air, but in Britain, as early as the early 19th century, claims were made that the epidemic was waterborne.

This means that it can be prevented just by not drinking contaminated water.

In fact, cholera disappeared from Britain in 1879 when a man named Robert Koch discovered the causative agent of cholera and the British government improved its sewage system.

In a word, cholera is a disease of underdeveloped countries.

Does it make sense that such a disease would be spreading in Korea, a country with well-developed sewage systems?

However, Korea has been experiencing a cholera epidemic since 1963, and although the number of cases has remained at around 100 each year, the situation this year is not good.

A new variant has been discovered in the Philippines, which is spreading through China to Korea and Japan.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare has confirmed about 300 infected people on the mainland alone.

The place with the most infected people is North Korea.

South Korea has a well-developed sewage system, but North Korea does not.

It has only been three years since it became South Korean territory, so can it really improve its sewage facilities? And to install sewage facilities, it would have to go through urbanization work, but North Korea has no urbanized areas except for Pyongyang.

Pyongyang was also reduced to ashes by South Korea’s bombing.

The 14 million residents are scattered throughout the region and live and farm.

This is why the sewage system project was sluggish, and why the South Korean government did not feel the need to urbanize the North Korean region.

It would be beneficial to create a special economic zone linking Chungcheong-do, Honam-Shanghai-Nanjing-Taiwan, but what would be the point of urbanizing North Korea?

It is true that we are not going to trade with China or the Soviet Union, and that the area above the 3.8 parallel is relatively underdeveloped.

With 298 of the 318 cholera patients coming from North Korea, the Ministry of Health and Welfare concluded that the epidemic was caused by the country’s outdated sewage system.

So whose responsibility is this?

Is it the government’s responsibility to neglect North Korea while focusing on the economic special zones in the Honam region? Wouldn’t announcing something like that harm the government’s reputation?

The Ministry of Health and Welfare discussed this issue with the Ministry of General Affairs.

“Minister, the number of cholera patients has increased to 434.”

“Does that mean the number increased by more than 100 in one week?”

“Yes, I think we need to send personnel to the North before the situation gets any worse.”

Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs Kim Jong-pil frowned at the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s report.

The Ministry of Government Administration is an important organization that coordinates all administrative affairs in the Republic of Korea.

Of course, it is not unrelated to this situation.

As the number of infectious disease patients continues to increase, if it develops into a mass epidemic, will his political opponents remain silent? Kim Jong-pil viewed this incident not as a simple infectious disease incident, but as an issue that would affect his political life.

■ Factions of the Korean People’s Republican Party

= Park Jeong-ui faction (former Korean People’s Party) = 70 seats

= Kim Jong-pil faction (former Democratic Republican Party of Korea) = 57 seats

= Kim Young-sam faction (former New Millennium New Democratic Party) = 24 seats

The problem is the factions that exist within the Korean People’s Republican Party.

The Park Chung-ui faction shared power, taking the post of Prime Minister, the Kim Jong-pil faction taking the post of General Affairs, and the Kim Young-sam faction taking the post of Deputy Prime Minister.

It would be good if these three forces could keep each other in check and maintain balance, but the problem is the Kim Young-sam faction.

Kim Young-sam’s faction is the weakest with 24 seats, but the balance will tilt depending on where they align themselves. If they align themselves with Park Chung-hee’s faction, Kim Jong-pil’s faction will be clearly at a disadvantage, but if they choose the opposite, Kim Jong-pil will have the most power within the party.

This is why Park Jeong-ui and Kim Jong-pil do not leave Kim Young-sam alone.

But recently, the atmosphere has been taking a strange turn.

If Kim Young-sam shows signs of trying to stick with Park Chung-hee, Kim Jong-pil could be eliminated overnight.

The cholera problem that broke out at that time, the Ministry of Health and Welfare is under the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs, so if this incident expands, will the lynxes leave the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs alone?

In particular, Kim Jong-pil had feelings for Prime Minister Park Jeong-ui.

He took a desperate measure out of a sense of crisis to protect his position.

“Minister, 30 additional Chinese patients have been discovered this time.”

“What does that mean? Aren’t Chinese people strictly controlled from entering and leaving the mainland?”

“It’s not like everything gets blocked just by pressing it, right? Due to the recent chaos in China, illegal immigration continues to increase.”

These days, illegal immigrants are caught whenever they forget.

They are mostly Chinese.

Some people enter the mainland from Nanjing, but because they have to cross the sea, they are often stopped by the coast guard.

However, those who enter Korea from Manchuria by crossing the Yalu River are separate; there is no fence along the Yalu River, so they can cross into Korea if they want.

But those illegal immigrants even got cholera?

Kim Jong-pil decided to pass the responsibility onto them.

[Recently, the number of illegal Chinese immigrants has been increasing. They also lack hygiene standards and are vulnerable to infectious diseases, so it is recommended that you avoid contact with Chinese people as much as possible.]

The data released by the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs turned Korea upside down.

I wondered where the epidemic was coming from, but it was a situation where it was easy to assume that the cause was the Chinese, and the quarantine authorities also carried out human rights suppression under the pretext of deporting illegal immigrants and ensuring the safety of mainlanders.

No, do illegal immigrants have human rights in the first place?

North Koreans have also begun hunting Chinese people.

“The reason there are epidemics in this land is because of those Chinese people!!”

“Let’s eradicate those Chinese people!!”

Residents scattered in all directions to search for illegal immigrants,

The Korean government, which was looking for someone to pass the blame to, also effectively neglected the matter.

***

“Your Majesty, would you like a cup of tea?”

“That sounds good.”

The same routine that repeats itself today,

I enjoyed a leisurely tea time in my office.

North Korea is currently suffering from an epidemic and people cannot even drink water freely, but this place is a different world.

The scent of black tea brewed by the butler filled the office.

‘I ate it for nothing… sigh~.’

That doesn’t mean I feel at ease though.

North Korea? Honestly, I didn’t even want to eat it.

The only problem is that crazy bastard Kim Il-sung bombed Pyongyang because he was trying to do something crazy. The problem is the 14 million poor people left behind by the North Korean regime.

Kim Il-sung made them poor, but it’s my job to clean up the mess.

Frankly, by the time Pyongyang was turned into a sea of ​​fire and Kim Il-sung’s head was cut off, South Korea had achieved all of its goals for starting the war.

Then it wouldn’t matter if they withdrew. If they had withdrew and established a cooperative puppet government in Korea, these problems wouldn’t have occurred.

But how can I spit out what I’ve already eaten?

At the time, public opinion in South Korea was also very enthusiastic about achieving national unification through this opportunity, and so I was pushed aside and ended up eating North Korea.

‘Oh my stomach~ Did I eat something for nothing?’

But that North Korea is causing stomachache in South Korea.

North Korea has outdated facilities and outdated hygiene standards. This is not the responsibility of the people, but it is a headache for the government that has to solve the problem.

What I want to focus on is the economic belt connecting South Korea and Shanghai, so do I have to be held back by something like this?

After much deliberation, we called together the politicians.

“Your Majesty, have you called?”

“Yes, please sit down, I have something important to tell you.”

The politicians who came running after receiving the call maintained stern expressions.

Everyone is on edge because they know that one word from me can change the administration’s decision, and I know that this is an uncomfortable place for them.

It would be better to sell quickly,

He got straight to the point without even saying a word.

“How many illegal immigrants are there in Korea right now?”

“We estimated that on average, it comes to about 18,800 people per year.”

“Is it that much?”

“Yes, I understand there are over 40,000 of them in North Korea alone.”

“This won’t work… Get rid of those guys and build a wall on the Yalu River.”

“A barrier?”

“Yes, if building a wall is too expensive, we can install an electric fence.”

The officials broke out in a cold sweat.

Installing an electric fence means killing anyone who crosses the border on the spot, but I took decisive action.

“We have to show them that if they come to Korea, they will die. Even as we hesitate like this, the number of illegal immigrants continues to increase and the discontent of North Korean residents is also growing. Isn’t that right?”

“That’s true.”

“So, put up an electric fence. Put up mines. Just don’t let those cockroaches cross our border. Got it?”

“yes.”

This is how the work began.

A project that mobilized 700,000 North Korean workers

As planned, a 2.7-meter-high electric fence was installed along the border.

Who would object to planting landmines in areas where illegal immigrants can bypass electric fences, a drastic measure but aimed at preventing the entry of Chinese people, who are the cause of infectious diseases?

In addition, there is an opportunity to earn a high income of 4,000 won per month.

North Korean residents voluntarily jumped into the work of installing the fence.

Of course, installing a fence will not make the epidemic disappear, so the Ministry of Health and Welfare continued to promote boiling water before drinking throughout North Korea and made all-out efforts to prevent the spread of the disease.

As a result, Korea escaped the crisis of mass infection 47 days after the cholera outbreak.

But this did not silence the uproar.

What this incident left in Korea was aversion to China.

Although the Korean government was able to defeat the epidemic thanks to its focus on quarantine, it is true that the epidemic went away because the entry and exit of Chinese people was restricted.

Historically, it is true that infectious diseases spread to Korea through China.

From this time on, Koreans stopped viewing Chinese people as human beings.

The bugs that constantly cause problems in Korean society, he would swear at and spit at just by appearing in front of him.

***

“Don’t speak Chinese. Koreans won’t treat you like a human being if you speak Chinese.”

“Is that all?”

“Oh, so be careful.”

This is Nanjing,

The Nanjing people continued their conversation about the events that had occurred in Korea.

The crackdown began when rumors spread that the Chinese were spreading the disease, and the disgust spread not only to illegal immigrants but also to Chinese-speaking people.

“I’m in the middle of nowhere!! “Lord, people!!”

= I am Taiwanese!! Taiwanese!!

Taiwanese who entered Korea legally are also subject to discrimination.

Just a few months ago, there was talk of reconciliation with China and the pursuit of peace in East Asia, but can the mood change like this?

Anyway, from this time on, Chinese people in Korea began to learn Korean voluntarily.

In Korean society, you cannot survive without learning Korean.

Does that mean I will leave Korea and return to China?

It’s more hell there, you’d better learn Korean and pretend to be Korean.

If they didn’t like that, they could always go to America, but they didn’t really want to go to America, where there were so many different races.

Meanwhile, the Korean government is promoting the Koreanization of the Chinese, and in order to maintain overseas territories, it is not enough to simply plant Koreans there.

The best thing to do is to assimilate the locals into Korea.

People in Shanghai are learning Korean voluntarily, so there is no reason why Nanjing can’t do the same.

Taiwan, which depends on economic exchanges with Korea, has already adopted Korean as an official language along with Chinese.

The Koreanization project, which will take time but is being steadily promoted, has completely lost its Chinese character as Shanghai has been under foreign rule for the past 60 years.

It’s the same in Hong Kong,

Now, it has become ambiguous to even consider the South China region as part of the Chinese civilization.