I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 151



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (151)

“Then, we will now begin the Communist Party meeting.”

This is Yan’an, the capital of China.

Party members gathered under the red flag listened to the State Council’s words.

China’s principle is not to recognize any political party other than the Communist Party.

There is a National People’s Congress, the highest organ of state power, but it exists only in name, acting only as a puppet to execute the decisions of the Communist Party.

The Communist Party’s policies are decided by the General Secretary and the Standing Committee.

Zhou Enlai now holds concurrently the positions of General Secretary and Chairman of the Standing Committee.

His every word became law, but Zhou Enlai’s speech shocked and terrified party members.

“Everyone, China is now in a great crisis. We lost half of Xinjiang territory due to Soviet manipulation, and millions of people were displaced by the flooding of the Yellow River. We also lost Nanjing due to the trickery of foreign powers. Since I became General Secretary, China has only repeated failures. What should we do about this? I would like to ask for your opinions.”

The party members were shocked.

The General Secretary’s word is law, and this has been the norm since the time of the first Chairman Mao Zedong. But the Chairman admitted his own failures and asked for the opinions of the party members?

Party members who had been acting as puppets for 20 years could not accept this situation.

“We just trust you and follow you.”

“Yes. As the General Secretary, please show your wisdom and ability to overcome the national crisis!!”

“Wow~!!”

Praise and applause pouring in from all sides,

But the General Secretary was not pleased with this situation.

When he asked for opinions, the party members who were praising him were clearly aware of why China had become like this.

For the past 20 years, we have been absolutely dependent on the will of the dictator. If the dictator had done well, it would have been fine, but this is the result.

If dictatorship has failed, then the system must be overhauled.

Zhou Enlai emphasized that.

“What I ask of you here is not your support for me. What is important now is how to rebuild the country. If a flood has come and a bridge has collapsed, you should seek the advice of someone who is good at building bridges. Do you know how to rebuild a collapsed country? I want to hear various opinions.”

If the territory is invaded by a foreign power, it is natural to seek the opinions of military commanders or diplomats, but that is not the case in China.

So now it’s time to change,

Of course, that won’t happen overnight.

Shouldn’t we not only recognize the Communist Party, but also respect diversity and allow them to submit their opinions on policies?

The problem is that Zhou Enlai’s reforms were not welcomed by those in power.

If multiple political parties emerge, the Communist Party’s power will only collapse.

Just because Zhou Enlai gave up power, should party officials do the same?

Disgruntled vested interests suppressed minority parties.

“Look!! What the hell are you doing?!!”

“We only establish a political party and discuss national policies according to the will of General Secretary Zhou Enlai!!”

“That is the opinion of the General Secretary, not the will of the Communist Party. The General Secretary cannot stand above the Communist Party!!”

The Communist Party did not stop there, and planned to oust Zhou Enlai and reinstate Mao Zedong, who had fled to the Soviet Union.

What the Communist Party needs is not a capable leader who can reform society, but a leader who can protect vested interests.

China’s fate was decided here.

***

“Zhou Enlai has fallen from power?”

“Yes, I heard that Mao Zedong has become the General Secretary of the Communist Party again.”

“Hmm~ Really?”

The same routine that repeats itself today,

I pricked up my ears at the urgent news coming from China.

Zhou Enlai, who was expelled but still made efforts to reform China,

It also showed a grand strategy of demanding a loan from Korea or forming a Korea-China alliance to check the Soviet Union.

But up until then, if I had taken Zhou Enlai’s extended hand, China would not have ended up like this.

If that had happened, China might have achieved significant results by now, so is that what I want?

What I want is Korea’s benefit, not mutual cooperation and development with China.

From the beginning, we considered China as an enemy and planned our diplomatic strategy, so supporting China is absurd. So what will happen in the future?

That depends on Mao Zedong’s attitude.

‘Does that person have the ideology to lead the country?’

Mao Zedong is the founder of Maoism.

But we need to think about whether this is the ideology that leads the country.

[We should not ignore history. We should combine all of the history from Confucius to Sun Yat-sen and inherit the precious heritage among them. Marxism can also be realized after combining with China’s specific characteristics and taking a certain national form. – Mao Zedong]

Mao Zedong did not completely reject Marxism-Leninism.

However, his claim that the idea should be incorporated into China and that the history and culture passed down from Confucius to Sun Yat-sen should be inherited is also an extension of this.

So did Mao Zedong keep his word?

During the Cultural Revolution, Confucius’s temples were destroyed and the Three Principles of the People advocated by Sun Yat-sen were nowhere to be found.

He only recognized the Communist Party and created a dictatorship where the General Secretary’s words were the law. He may not have had any ideology to lead the country from the beginning.

I just adjusted it to fit the situation.

This is also clearly revealed in the Non-People’s Democratic Government announced in June 1949.

[The people do not only include farmers. Farmers, urban petty bourgeoisie, and national bourgeoisie are also included in the people, and they should be made into an equal class through educational unity.]

June 1949 was a time when the Communist Party was engaged in a fierce power struggle with the Republic of China.

Why did Mao Zedong say something like that?

The Communist Party treats all classes other than farmers as bourgeois, so if the Communist Party unifies China, what will happen to the numerous capitalist classes in China?

So Mao Zedong needed to reassure the capitalist class and win them over to the concept of the people.

The result, as we all know, was that Mao Zedong thoroughly cracked down on the capitalist class, claiming that prices had risen because of the capitalists.

As a result, private companies collapsed and distribution structures were paralyzed. Is this a historical fact? Did Mao Zedong really have an ideology?

Or is he just making up plausible words to boost his own political power?

Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China wasted his energy fighting the Japanese, while Mao Zedong retreated and only benefited his own power, and was even displeased with the fact that the Communists won a great victory over the Japanese.

“Who told you to win so big?!!”

“Ha… but we only defeated the Japanese army that invaded China.”

“That doesn’t matter at all!! Shouldn’t we build up our strength now to drive out Chiang Kai-shek?!! Stop doing useless things!!”

Do you really think this kind of person has the vision to lead the country?

He is a man who lies whenever he opens his mouth and whose words and actions are different, but because he has maintained his power in an incredible way, there are still forces that follow him even now.

What the Communist Party wants is not China’s development, but the preservation of vested interests. If so, isn’t Mao Zedong the best leader for them?

And if that is the path China has chosen, there is no reason to stop it.

Just wait and see how Mao Zedong will bring down China in the future.

It didn’t matter who became the leader of Yan’an or not.

***

“Nanjing is Chinese territory and Korea is illegally occupying it. As the General Secretary and President of China, I will not sit idly by and watch this matter.”

“Wow~!!!!”

This is Yan’an, the capital of China.

Mao Zedong, who ended his exile in the Soviet Union and returned as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, demonstrated a strong leadership at the People’s Congress.

The reality is that it is just a puppet promoted by the Chinese Communist Party cadres.

What’s even more miserable is that he’s acting while leading a dying body.

The body is now approaching 75 years of age, and recently, he has even been suffering from Parkinson’s disease.

Not only is he old, but the fact that he didn’t take care of his health during his long exile in the Soviet Union has had a fatal impact on him. He’s pretending like nothing’s wrong now, but he could collapse from a seizure at any moment.

Communist Party officials also know this, so they plan to not invite Mao Zedong to official events in the future.

After saying a few words, he pushed the old man out into the back room.

The one who took the podium in place of Mao Zedong was Hua Guofeng.

He deified Mao Zedong and elevated himself to the position of his deputy.

“Chairman Mao is the great man who created today’s China, and his ideas must be inherited and developed in the future!! As the Premier of the Communist Party and the supreme leader of the government, I will continue his will!!”

“Wow~!!!!”

Applause and cheers from Communist Party members pouring in from all sides,

Mao Zedong watched this scene and became lost in thought.

Hua Guofeng is essentially no different from himself, a person who only pursues power, and now his ugly appearance is beginning to come into view.

When I was an absolute monarch, I took this kind of politics for granted, but what about now?

It was a miserable life being used by others, but I didn’t want to die like this as an old man in the back room.

Today’s China is a country I built with my own hands. If I can’t have it, wouldn’t it be better to destroy it?

But now I am sick and can’t even swing my sword.

After much deliberation, I decided to borrow someone else’s knife.

Those who received Mao Zedong’s call were lower-ranking officers and a few bureaucrats, people who had been pushed out of the center of power from the beginning, so there was no suspicion that they were in contact with them.

“Attack Nanjing.”

“Yes? Mr. Secretary-General, what do you mean?”

“Hua Guofeng did not appoint me as chairman because he respected me. He wanted to put me at the forefront and monopolize power. Rather than being used by him, I would rather destroy this country with my own hands.”

Mao Zedong’s strategy was to preemptively attack Korea and destroy China.

Are you thinking of destroying China by killing Hua Guofeng?

The lower-ranking officers were astonished at the old man’s scheme.

“Secretary General!! What are you talking about?!!”

“Yes. If we launch a preemptive strike on Nanjing now, it will only give Korea a pretext to push into Yan’an!!”

“Didn’t I tell you?!! I founded this country!! That’s why I’m going to destroy it!! Hua Guofeng is the one who robbed my country!! That’s why he must be killed!!”

The lower-ranking officers and officials were speechless.

If you think about it, who made China like this?

Mao Zedong himself, then why shouldn’t he just grow old and die quietly? What is this?

If we let this old man live, something big will happen, so the lower-ranking officers ran to Hua Guofeng and discussed countermeasures.

“Did Chairman Mao really say that?”

“Yes, I think I’ve lost my mind because of the illness.”

“Whew~ I was trying to keep you alive for the time being… but it’s going to be difficult if you come out like this.”

Hua Guofeng was determined to deal with Mao Zedong.

The problem is that Chairman Mao recently gave a speech in public while looking healthy.

But wouldn’t it be a bit embarrassing if he was suddenly killed? After discussion among party officials, they decided to put Mao Zedong on the podium once again.

This time, I plan to go far away to the provinces to give a speech.

It was a tough schedule for a 75-year-old man, especially one suffering from Parkinson’s disease.

“Your Majesty, let’s go.”

“Euuum~.”

“Get up. You must show your health to the people.”

On the surface, it looked like the communists were supporting him, but they were actually just dragging the paralyzed body of an old man like a load.

The people were shocked by the sight of their leader not even being able to stand properly.