I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 17



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (17)

‘If this continues, my position will… .’

This is North Korea,

Pak Hwon-young, the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Korea, was calculating in his head.

Once a powerful force in South Korea, now penniless.

Most of its members surrendered to the US military government, and the Communist Party of Korea was reduced to a minor party with only a few hundred members.

On the other hand, the Workers’ Party of Korea led by Kim Il-sung is growing with the support of the Soviet Union. If this situation continues, what will happen to the Communist Party of Korea?

At best, it will remain a minor political party or be absorbed into the Workers’ Party of Korea.

Park Hwon-young’s goal was to communize Korea and receive a mandate to rule from the Soviet Union, but the South was being eaten by a 20-year-old brat with the US military government on his back, and the North was being eaten by a guy named Kim Il-sung.

Does that mean I’m just going to suck my thumb and live?

The only card that Park Hwon-young could play was ‘unified nation.’

‘There will be many marginalized parties in the South too. Let’s use them.’

At that time, Kim Kyu and Kim Kyu-jik proposed a meeting between the North and South Korean leaders.

The logic of a powerful country cannot divide the country in half, so the leaders of the people should come together and form a unified country.

This was a card that could turn the tables for Park Hwon-young.

But if you pursue this business alone, you will only arouse the Soviet Union’s suspicion.

The division of North and South Korea has already been confirmed, so now they are bringing up the idea of ​​a unified nation. Anyone can see that this is an action that is likely to arouse suspicion.

So, I came up with a plausible excuse.

“The North, which was under Soviet military rule, has been liberated, but the South is still under the harsh rule of the US military government. We need to unite with the national leaders to liberate South Korea.”

What would the Soviet Union say if they met with national leaders to liberate the South? The situation had already been decided, so the Soviet Union turned a blind eye to this issue.

‘What do you mean you’re meeting with national leaders?’

Kim Il-sung took this issue very seriously.

Park Hwon-young is meeting with national leaders. Will he stay still?

There are nine political parties in North Korea, and Kim Il-sung is the most powerful of them all. But Park Hwon-young is meeting with national leaders on behalf of North Korea?

This was just hard to pass up.

Kim Il-sung also sent people to the South, and the almost solid division between the North and South began to shake little by little.

***

“What the hell is this? Huh?”

“Don’t worry about it. It’s just the empty cries of rats.”

“That’s your opinion, but the Joseon people’s thoughts may be different, right?”

This is Japan,

MacArthur, the commander of the Far East Army, frowned at the report from below.

It is said that leaders of the peoples of the South visited Pyongyang not long ago, and the content of their agreement was roughly as follows.

[We establish a democratic government and reject any dictatorship.]

[We reject monopoly capitalism.]

[Hold a national election and establish a unified government.]

[No country should establish a military base on the Korean Peninsula.]

What does this mean?

Anyone can see that it is a declaration aimed at the US military government.

It was decided that the southern part of Joseon would be under American trusteeship for 30 years, and the establishment of an autonomous government is also being promoted according to the wishes of the United States.

In addition to this, monopoly capitalism is also practiced,

It was decided to sell enemy property left behind by the Japanese to the autonomous government and provide a loan of 200 million dollars to foster industry in South Korea.

Establishing a military base is a bonus,

According to spy information, North Korea has 200 tanks handed over by the Soviet Union.

The Korean Defense Forces, centered around Jichangcheon, also repeatedly emphasized this issue, asking, “How can we suppress North Korea’s power without a military base?”

The situation is so dire, but the leaders of the people in the South are just spouting nonsense that the US military government should withdraw from Korea.

MacArthur immediately issued an arrest warrant.

“Arrest all those who visited Pyongyang!!”

“But Commander, if we arrest those guys, the Joseon people will be in turmoil. There’s no need to make a fuss over a few rats…”

“Stop talking nonsense and arrest them all!!”

MacArthur was the Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Army,

Of course, the troops stationed in Joseon are also receiving that order.

Security issues are under the jurisdiction of the US military government, and above all, this incident runs counter to the US interest of preventing the spread of communism.

It was natural for MacArthur to react so sensitively, as the Korean people also began to become agitated as the national leaders were arrested one by one.

***

“I’m going to Japan for a bit.”

“Yes? But Mr. President… the election is just around the corner… .”

“Reactionaries are being portrayed as heroes, and we can just leave it like that?”

The same routine that repeats itself today,

I ignored the dissuasion of my close associates and headed to Japan.

Are North Korea’s leaders inviting South Koreans to form a unified government?

It’s nonsense, their goal is the withdrawal of US troops and communization of the Korean Peninsula.

They justified it with the plausible excuse of a ‘unified nation’, but 50 years later, North Korea is still demanding the complete withdrawal of the United States.

It’s obvious what’s going on, but a bunch of idiots are just falling for it, so are you going to kill them?

If Kim Gyu-na and Kim Gyu-jik die like this, they will be branded as martyrs who died unjustly while working for national unification.

Just as an unknown painter’s value increases after his death, the achievements of a politician are also exaggerated after his death according to the logic of his party.

In short, it’s a politician’s trick to do business while pretending to be a corpse. What kind of memorial service should be held for a guy who died while being investigated for sexual assault?

The future of the Republic of Korea is one in which such things happen without fail.

Is this era any different?

If we kill Kim Gyu here, he will only become a martyr who died while being oppressed by the US military government while working for national unification. I absolutely cannot bear to see that happen.

So, ahead of the general election, I headed to Japan and visited Japan with the permission of the US military government.

MacArthur still believes that Kim Kyu and Kim Kyu-jik must be killed.

I made the Commander-in-Chief face reality, knowing one thing and not two.

“Commander, do you know how Lenin is treated in the Soviet Union now?”

“Lenin?”

“Yes, even now, Lenin is being portrayed as a hero who liberated the people in the Soviet Union. In reality, he was a piece of trash who oppressed the people.”

Isn’t caring for women and minority parties true communism?

But the reality was a cesspool, Lenin dissolved the parliament at will and politically suppressed any party that did not cooperate with communism.

Not only that, he made the state absolute and subordinated the people to communism.

“Is this human any good?”

The one who thoroughly used Lenin was Stalin.

When Stalin saw citizens gathering in the square to mourn the dead Lenin, he thought of burying the corpse.

He has impressed upon the public that he is the leader who will succeed Lenin and realize the ideal communism, and he is still making a good living by selling corpses.

Are we going to repeat this in South Korea?

I repeatedly warned him that if Kim Kyu died like this, he would become the Lenin of Korea.

“Kim Gyu is a person who is of no help to the people and the country. That is why he is talking nonsense about the withdrawal of US troops. However, the people who do not know his true nature will not think that way. They will portray him as a patriot who died while striving for national unification. There will also be those who will throw their bodies on their backs and cause a commotion.”

MacArthur kept his mouth shut.

As you live in this world, there are countless people you want to kill.

But if you kill them all, who will get blamed in the end?

The United States is in a position where it must place Korea under a trusteeship for the next 30 years, so it is inevitable that it will be criticized and that it will have to endure this level of uproar.

In the future, voices calling for independence will continue to arise, and each time, North Korea will respond by beating a drum and demanding the withdrawal of US troops.

But if South Korea develops thanks to American support and becomes independent 30 years later, public opinion toward the United States will also change.

This is a project that will take 30 years of investment, and once this long task is completed, the United States will have a status in Joseon that is no less important than that of independence activists.

Now was the time to be patient and to be patient, and MacArthur took my advice.

“You have a point. I guess I was a little excited.”

“Thank you for understanding. That’s why I like America. There are people I can communicate with.”

“What do you mean, ‘communicating’?”

“Isn’t America a country with over 100 million people? Not all of them would like North Korea. There would be many who would sneer at the $200 million loan as a waste of money.”

I brought up a practical issue.

It is true that the United States has recently been paying a lot of attention to North Korea, but there are many people who oppose this policy.

The United States also participated in the World War and consumed a lot of materials, and with its own three-inch nose, it is in no position to provide support to anyone.

In that situation, you’re giving 200 million dollars to a country called Joseon?

There are definitely people who are making a fuss and calling me crazy.

But there are those who see North Korea as a breakwater to block the spread of communism, and I have come this far to win their hearts.

That’s the thing, there are people in America who can speak the language.

That alone makes America a country worth joining hands with, but those guys up north aren’t one of them.

On the surface, they are making plausible claims about ‘national unification’, but behind the scenes, aren’t they using tricks to communize South Korea?

From the beginning, North Korea is not a group of people you can communicate with.

That’s why I chose to be pro-American, because there are people here who I can communicate with.

So I hope to talk to as many people as possible, MacArthur being one of them.

What would I gain by fighting this man? I reached out for the defense and future of Joseon.

“I would like to continue to communicate with you, Commander. Would you allow me to do so?”

“Haha~ Young man, you know how to handle people? I’m not the type of person to open up to someone I just met… .”

“Does that mean you accept me as your friend? I will understand it that way.”

MacArthur held out his right hand without saying a word.

In this way, I secured another friend and liberated the national leaders as soon as I returned to my country.

[Chairman Park Sang-geun negotiated with the US military government and liberated the national leaders.]

[With the US military government moving, is it possible to establish a unified government?]

This incident caused my position in Joseon to soar to new heights.

It is only natural that the national leaders who were arrested by the US military government and almost killed were released.

The US military government did not express any particular position, perhaps judging that raising me would be beneficial to the US.

What is clear is that 14 political parties in South Korea have begun to gather around me.

The Democratic Party of Korea, which tried to push me out, also bowed its head.

“Chairman Park Sang-geun, let’s forget the past and reunite.”

“We must all join forces to fight against the Soviets. Let’s put aside petty grudges for a moment. We will help you, Mr. President.”

As expected from a group of pro-Japanese people, they are quick to change their stance.

It just so happened that my father arranged a reconciliation with the Korean Democratic Party, and I reluctantly accepted the offer.

But it is still in the negotiation stage,

Now that we have to form a local government, who will be elected to the National Assembly and who will be the leader?

Everyone is of the opinion that I should take a seat, but is it okay for a member of the National Assembly to just hand out hats to each person, rather than being a neighborhood chief?

That’s nonsense,

A fight broke out between the Korean People’s Party and the Korean Democratic Party.