I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 206



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (206)

‘Oh my gosh, I’m crazy. I shouldn’t have helped that guy.’

This is Gyeongseong,

The old man sitting on the floor sighed.

His true identity is Park Jeong-ui, who served as a South Korean Army general, the director of the Korean People’s Party’s political bureau, and the 2nd to 5th Prime Minister of South Korea.

He had a brilliant career, but now he has been pushed out of the center of power.

It’s not the first or second time I’ve been kicked out, but this time the problem is that the crime was bad.

The case of selling real estate to raise political funds could be considered leniency, but providing 4.3 billion won to Daewoo Group is undeniable political corruption.

“Mr. Prime Minister, I want to work in the automobile industry.”

“How much do you need?”

“I think it might be possible with around 10 billion.”

Former Chairman Kim Woo-choong, who requested subsidies saying he wanted to work in the automobile industry, was fined 13.3 billion won for embezzling company funds, although it is not known if he really did not have that money.

A guy like that opened his hand to the country and did business?

It’s just that they had no intention of investing money in the company.

It is only natural that he would suffer like this, since he supported 4.3 billion won without even looking into it, just because he was the son of a teacher.

Entrepreneurs who illegally received subsidies faced a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of the death penalty.

Thinking about it, he was grateful to be alive, but Park Jeong-ui did not give up hope that his nephew would call him back.

One year and four months have passed like that, but there has been no news from the political world.

What is even more desperate is that his nephew has started to directly lead Korean politics. In the past, he left the Korean mainland to his uncle and focused on overseas affairs, but now he is doing both.

He means that he can’t trust anyone, so he will take care of things on his own. Besides, his nephew is still in his 40s, so he can actively handle state affairs and the economy.

Why would a person like that call back his uncle who committed political corruption?

Park Jeong-ui now had to accept the reality that he was truly finished.

‘What have I done so far?’

I looked up at the sky unconsciously.

The sky is as high and blue as ever, but the boy who had the ambition to rule the world with a sword strapped to his waist has now become an old man in his sixties.

‘How can I get promoted by doing this kind of teaching? The answer is definitely military service.’

The years that have passed by like a flash,

When he left the church and became a soldier, he felt like he had everything in the world, but his dreams of success were shattered when the Soviet Army advanced. He barely managed to escape with his life and returned to Korea, but was unable to seize power.

For a long time, prominent figures who had led the independence movement, such as Yeo Woon-hyung, Rhee Syngman, and Kim Gu, were present, so how could an army officer from the Manchurian Army get involved?

If you stick your head out for no reason, your neck will fly off.

Then, when his nephew took power, he was able to pursue a political career under him.

From now on, it is the world of our elderly Park family. They have contributed to the development of the country with a sense of ownership, but this is how they ended up.

‘The world will only remember Sanggeun anyway. Who would… ?’

Park Jeong-ui secretly wiped away her tears.

When I die, will the world even remember me?

Even if they remember, they’ll remember me as an incompetent guy who worked under his nephew and then got kicked out. Isn’t that too miserable?

I even thought that if I was going to be remembered like that, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to be completely erased from the world. But since I’ve been Prime Minister twice, that’s impossible. Is this how my life is going to end?

My heart pounded with impatience at the thought that it shouldn’t be like that.

‘I can’t die like this. My life can’t end like this!!’

I was getting ready to beg my nephew, even though it was embarrassing, when an unexpected guest showed up.

“Sister-in-law, are you here?”

Park Jeong-ui tried hard to avoid eye contact with his older brother, who he regarded as a father.

“Where did you go, sister-in-law?”

“I left early in the morning.”

“Haha~ I knew it. I just said that to start a conversation with you.”

Brother, you’re still so clever

So the two brothers sat on the floor and continued their conversation.

“Where were you going?”

“yes.”

“Where are you going? You’re just going to live quietly here.”

“What would change if you lived quietly? Don’t you live with nothing to do, brother?”

“That’s happiness, you little punk, when a guy like you tries to go up a waterfall and gets exhausted by his own weakness and drowns.”

“Do you really have to say it that way?”

“You saved a guy from drowning and he’s angry?”

Park Sang-ui scolded his younger brother who was yelling loudly.

When numerous businessmen were put on death row due to subsidy corruption scandals, Park Sang-ui begged the head of state to spare at least his younger brother’s life.

As an advisor to Changgyeonggung Palace, I shouldn’t have let such personal feelings take precedence, but when my family might die, how could I be picky?

I saved a drowning man, but he got angry instead. In the past, I would have beaten him up to reform his mind, but now I don’t have the energy to do that.

When a typhoon blows, we just duck down, and when a flood comes, we just take cover.

Park Sang-ui also looked back on the past years.

“Justice, do you know what kind of life this guy has lived?”

“You participated in the independence movement, right?”

“Heh~ It sounds nice, but it was an independence movement, but in reality, we were just rats hiding here and there to avoid the Japanese. It’s not like we got along well with each other, either… If you think about it, it’s a miracle that we’ve survived until now.”

Park Sang-ui was not comfortable with the reality that he had to survive like this.

Because he was a member of the Shinganhoe, he was subjected to persistent surveillance by Japan, and to avoid that surveillance, he hid in a Japanese government-sponsored newspaper.

A position that is easy to misunderstand as a pro-Japanese collaborator.

It wouldn’t have been strange to get shot on the street.

However, he was lucky enough to survive and greet the liberation, and he took on the role of chairman of the National Foundation Preparation Committee in place of Yun Bong-gil, who was in poor health.

So what was the result?

When Yeo Woon-hyung returned, he was expelled from the National Foundation Preparation Committee, and as the US military government suppressed leftist figures, he himself was put in danger.

However, as the conflict between the right and left wings became too severe, the US military government changed its policy to embrace the left wing. If the US military government had thoroughly suppressed the left wing forces as it did in Japan, it would not have been safe.

Aren’t I lucky, having survived so many near-death experiences?

If I thought about it that way, there was nothing to feel wronged about.

“You and I almost died trying to get into politics. It’s a blessing to grow old quietly like this.”

“Do you really think so?”

“Yeah, look at Sang-geun. He’s still under threat of assassination.”

“Ah… no… who is trying to assassinate Sanggeun?”

“There are plenty of people who hold grudges.”

Park Jeong-ui swallowed dry saliva.

Who on earth would plan such a heinous thing, that my nephew is under assassination threat?

Park Jeong-ui urged his brother, saying that if his nephew dies while he is waiting for him to call, his return to politics will be over.

“Who exactly? Please be specific.”

“When you do politics, you end up having enemies. How do you explain it?”

“But isn’t there something that you can feel confident about? Since you were the president of Dong-A Ilbo, you have a lot of information, right?”

“Okay, I’ll tell you.”

Park Sang-ui took out the words he had kept in his heart.

Recently, a terrorist incident occurred in the United States, killing four workers who were working on a bridge construction project.

The problem is that this incident did not end here, as a threatening letter was even sent to Changgyeonggung Palace.

[Don’t interfere with America any more, or your life will be in danger.]

Recently, American society has been gripped by a sense of anxiety that it might be swallowed up by Korea.

A world where the Korean leader negotiates with the U.S. Treasury to adjust the exchange rate, and where the Korean leader is also leading U.S. infrastructure projects worth billions of dollars.

This is why far-right white groups hate the Korean enemy.

Other American companies are also continuing to criticize the Korean leader, saying that the 10% wage increase has thrown the American market into turmoil.

Now that a terrorist attack has occurred, the possibility of assassinating the head of state can no longer be treated as a joke. Why did my nephew invite danger by provoking the United States when he would have been satisfied with just having the head of state of Korea?

Park Sang-ui was also worried about that.

“You are ambitious, but my son is even more ambitious than you. That’s why I’m worried that if we continue like this, we might be inviting danger…”

“Then you should have stopped me, hyung.”

“I told you that’s not possible. If you can’t stop him, how can I stop Sanggeun?”

Park Jeong-ui made a decision.

Although he was in a very poor state, he now had to stop his nephew as an uncle, so he submitted a petition asking the United States to stop interfering and to live well for itself.

That is the way for our family to live long and prosper.

But the meaning did not reach Changgyeonggung Palace.

***

“Have you caught the culprit?”

“Yes, and the state government is sending troops to guard the construction site.”

“That will be fine.”

The same routine that repeats itself today,

I have been keeping a close eye on the situation in the United States.

In the United States, where economic development was hindered by underdeveloped infrastructure, the Reagan administration also established a plan to invest 128 billion dollars over 15 years to solve this problem.

So, am I not helping?

The structure is being drawn to develop the United States and coexist with Korea, but American far-right groups interpreted this situation in the opposite way.

They’re telling me to get out of America right now, do you think I’d do that?

We’ve already invested 4 billion dollars in the US market, and we absolutely cannot afford to throw that away.

The US government is also cracking down on far-right groups, and it needs to invest $128 billion in the future. Where will the money come from?

If I withdraw from the market now, America’s infrastructure reconstruction project may take another 20 years.

Can Americans survive that long recession tunnel?

You want to develop the economy, but you’re against Korean capital coming into the United States?

Do you think that makes sense?

The same goes for the wage increase issue.

Britain raised workers’ wages without any growth potential and its manufacturing industry collapsed. Isn’t that the case with the US?

The United States can rise again as a world leader if it just reorganizes its infrastructure. I am just helping with that project.

The 23 million workers in the US have long since turned to my side, and public opinion in the US, except for far-right groups, is on my side.

Do you think I would be afraid of such a threatening letter?

The US state government even mobilized the military to protect me, who was at the forefront of economic development. Public opinion was also not favorable to the far-right group, and people were furious, asking how they could commit terrorism against fellow Americans.

Now is the time to strike the decisive blow,

I mobilized the newspaper to clarify my position.

[Whether it is terrorism or threats, I will never withdraw from the US. The US has the thickest middle class in the world, and if we lose this market, Korea’s exports will also be blocked.

To be clear, I am not doing this to devour America, but rather to invest in the coexistence of Korea and America.

Don’t misunderstand the wage increase either. The UK raised the salaries of coal industry civil servants by 20% without any growth potential, only to face a backlash from inflation. The US has endless potential for development if it just improves its infrastructure.

Raising wages is just a step toward getting the project going. If we drag this out, America’s infrastructure development will be delayed for the next 20 years.

Can Americans endure that long tunnel?

There are over 300,000 bridges that need to be built. Cities like Detroit, where industrial infrastructure is so damaged, haven’t had a single residential apartment built in 16 years.

Do Americans want to live in a country like that? If they had, they wouldn’t have bombed bridges. The far right is not protecting America, it’s destroying it.]

The newspaper caused a storm in the United States.

Why would the US government spend $128 billion to rebuild its infrastructure?

Is that political funding to help the US take over Korea? If you think so, you are just a fool obsessed with fiction and conspiracy theories. Anyone with a little common sense will realize how important this business is.

Why don’t I just show you?

All you had to do was wait and see, but you couldn’t stand it and are causing this mess. Don’t you know what kind of miracle I’ve created in California?

California, which has steadily rebuilt its infrastructure over the past four years, has now grown into the largest manufacturing city in the United States. That’s a fact.

There was no point in trying to convince these fools any further that they were ignorant of the reality, so we continued to push forward with our business in cooperation with the US federal government and state governments.

If necessary, it is also possible to use force.

Police and even state troops were mobilized to secure the construction site.