I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 259



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (259)

“Let’s see where these guys are.”

This is Daedeok-gun,

An old man was busy grinding his teeth since morning.

The identity is former Prime Minister Park Jeong-ui, who is currently embroiled in a pro-Japanese controversy. Is it okay to insult someone who fought in the war for Korea and even received a medal?

Park Jeong-ui thought deeply about why he had been subjected to such insults.

After much deliberation, I concluded that since this country is a democratic country, why did Emperor Hirohito collapse from illness?

He had ruled over others his entire life, but when Japan became a democratic country, an incident occurred where a group of literary figures called the emperor a war criminal.

If it were a totalitarian state, would a single citizen be able to say something like that?

The same goes for Korea. If, like Singapore, political prisoners were held in solitary confinement and oppressed without medical treatment, who would dare criticize the elderly Park family?

If it weren’t for the efforts of the Goryeong Park family, would Korea be what it is today?

But now that you are living well, are you going to talk about eradicating pro-Japanese collaborators and pursue justice?

Park Jeong-ui, who prides himself on having contributed to the development of the country throughout his life, was furious, saying there was no need to give the gift of democracy to those who did not even know the grace.

‘This is why the state must torment its people. It’s not for nothing that the old kings carried out civil engineering projects.’

Why were the ancient kings so obsessed with civil engineering?

Because that is a privilege that only the king can do, is it possible for a single nobleman to mobilize tens of thousands of people to build a palace?

The construction of the royal palace was a project that symbolized royal power, but Silla failed to do it properly.

The Wolseong Royal Palace site excavated seven years ago is evidence of this; Silla’s history began as a confederation of powerful clans, and its centralization came much later than Goguryeo and Baekje.

Would it be possible for the king of such a country to build a palace by mobilizing tens of thousands of people?

The site of Wolseong Palace was more like a mansion with small palaces lined up here and there, and the Silla royal family must have been aware of this as they moved the capital to Daegu and tried to build a huge palace.

“Are you in your right mind?”

“Does the king want to harass his people?”

Every time, the nobles of Silla vehemently opposed it.

If this becomes a reality, the royal power will increase and the power of the nobles will decrease.

The nobles did not oppose the construction of the palace out of consideration for the people; they simply were displeased with the growing authority of the king.

Isn’t this why Silla’s history became a mess five minutes ago? Because the king was looked down on, the nobles rebelled here and there and the country fell?

This is why Park Jeong-ui wants to establish a dynasty in Korea.

Do you think that if you pursue democracy and provide welfare to the people, the government will be strengthened?

What Korea needs now is not a welfare policy, but a huge project that can show off the power of the head of state.

If we can do this, no one will dare to resist the power of the Goryeong Park family.

After much deliberation, Park Jeong-ui made a decision.

“The site of the Wolseong Palace? Just throw that away.”

In 1979, South Korea attempted to build a huge guest house in Gyeongju.

However, during the construction process, the site of the Silla royal palace and a large-scale historical site were excavated, and construction was halted. The excavation is still in progress, so construction has stopped.

But what is the point of restoring the Wolseong Palace site?

Does this prove anything other than that Silla was a kingdom that looked out for the nobles? Archaeologists talk about historical value, but what value does that have?

Pushing aside the government and building a huge guest house would be a way to build up the government’s prestige, and once the guest house is built, it would also be possible to add government offices and public facilities around it.

The Daedeok County Government House is actually shabby and small for a capital city of the Korean government. Since the head of state lives there, don’t the people look down on the government?

He threw away all welfare policies and everything else and risked his life to build the guest house.

Mobilize your connections and political acquaintances to pressure the government.

An emergency was declared for the Kim Jong-pil administration, which had been steadily pursuing welfare policies.

***

“You want me to demolish the Wolseong Palace site?”

“Yes, national projects should not be blocked because of that small palace site….”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden? You haven’t said anything until now?”

This is the Daedeok County National Assembly Building.

Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil sweated profusely over the demands of the Liberty Peace Party lawmakers.

The lawmakers who suddenly demanded that the palace site be demolished, isn’t that the cradle of archaeology where Silla’s thousand-year history lies dormant?

Archaeologists also repeatedly requested the government to build a guest house, saying that the value of this relic cannot be calculated in monetary terms.

That was already 7 years ago, but the construction of the guest house was also halted due to delays in the excavation of the ruins.

In fact, the construction of the Yeongbingwan is a very important task for the Republic of Korea.

As Korea’s national power grew stronger by the day, the number of state guests visiting Korea also increased, but because there was not enough space to welcome the guests, major events were always held at Changgyeonggung Palace.

Should Korea, which boasts the world’s second-largest national power, show such a shabby appearance in front of its guests? The state guest house is a concept that includes not only the event hall but also the accommodations for the guests, and of course, the scale of the construction is beyond imagination.

It is literally a project that will affect the nation’s reputation, but construction has been blocked for 7 years because of a single palace site.

That’s why people say to push it away.

“Then why don’t we build a guest house somewhere else? For example, Daedeok-gun or…”

“The site is too small, so it won’t work!!”

“Daedeok County is not really fit for the capital of Korea!! How can the head of state stay in such a small place?!!”

“Let’s take this opportunity to move the capital again!! Let’s move it to a bigger place, spend more money, and decorate the city splendidly!!”

From Kim Jong-pil’s perspective, these are heart-wrenching words.

Thanks to the capital being moved to Daedeok County, the voice of the Chungcheong region was raised and Kim Jong-pil’s political standing was also raised.

But moving the capital again?

However, it is true that the Korean government’s reputation is being damaged as the construction of the state guest house is delayed, and it is also a bit pointless to look for a new site now.

The Yeongbingwan was already decided to be built in Gyeongju and the budget had been invested for a long time, so he gave instructions to expedite the excavation of the Wolseong Palace site.

“Prime Minister, no!! If we rush the excavation, the historic site will be damaged!!”

“We need to slowly excavate for at least 15 years from now!! If there are ruins like this, there might be others nearby!!”

Of course, the archaeological community objected.

It is estimated that it will take at least 15 years to fully restore the site.

However, Liberty Peace Party lawmakers are of the opinion that they do not know anything about such things.

The construction of the guest house could not be delayed any longer, and an order was issued to complete all excavation work within two years.

In an effort to pressure public opinion against this, they erased it from the newspapers so that the public would not be interested in the site of the Wolseong Palace.

Now the only people archaeologists can rely on are heads of state,

Petitions to protect the historic site poured into the Daedeok County Office.

***

“Your Majesty, what should we do?”

“Well… let’s think about it for a bit.”

This is the Daedeok County official residence.

I came face to face with Cho Dae-soo, the 3rd deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

The construction of the Yeongbingwan was a matter of national pride for Korea. Even when the capital was located in Gyeongseong, Changgyeonggung Palace was too small to hold proper events.

After the capital was moved to Daedeok County, this problem became even more severe, and it was difficult to simply build government buildings and various auxiliary buildings – convenience facilities – and housing.

So I looked around to see if there was a suitable place in Gyeongju, but who would have thought that relics would come out here?

A business that has been blocked for 7 years already,

It is said that it will take another 15 years to excavate the Seol Sang-ga ruins.

Is it going to build a guest house and suppress this to establish the nation’s prestige?

To be honest, it’s not like we can’t receive guests just because we don’t have a guest house, but if we think about the country’s prestige, that’s not right.

In the United States alone, the state guest house (Blair House) consists of four independent buildings and has a whopping 115 guest rooms.

The scale is no different from that of a royal palace,

In fact, this is nothing compared to Russia.

The Kremlin is the state guest house used by the Russian republic, and it contains the history of the Russian imperial family for 700 years and the walls are over 2km long.

The internal area is 280,000 square meters (approximately 85,000 pyeong), and considering that the Daedeok County official residence is approximately 9,000 square meters (approximately 2,700 pyeong), you can get a rough idea of ​​the scale.

Of course, that doesn’t determine a country’s prestige, but shouldn’t a powerful country like Korea have a state guest house that suits the country?

Above all, this is something only I can do.

After much deliberation, we decided to look for another site.

“Your Majesty, there is a suitable place.”

“Where is it?”

“It’s Pyongyang. It’s a ruin. There’s nothing there.”

About 20 years ago, Pyongyang was reduced to rubble by South Korean military bombing.

The Chairman’s Palace, which was used as a royal palace by the Kim Il-sung family, as well as various auxiliary buildings that showed off the superiority of socialism, have long since become a pile of garbage.

The reason why Korea has left this place in ruins until now is simple.

The entire city is a graveyard for 2 million people. Do you want to build a guest house in such a place? It’s bad luck, not a single person will come near it.

Once construction begins, uncollected remains will pour out, and no matter how many times I think about it, it’s not a place to build anything.

But if you think about it the other way around, since it is an area that has been cleaned up so well and no one lives there, there is no need to acquire land separately and construction can begin right away.

If you really build a guest house here, the world will be shocked.

After much deliberation, he gave the order to clean up the entire Pyongyang area.

The ruined pillars of the royal palace were also bulldozed and everything that was unpleasant to the eyes was cleaned up. After three months of work, a wide plain was revealed.

Who would believe that this place, which is only 1 square kilometer (about 300,000 pyeong) in area, is the graveyard where 2 million people died?

Anyway, I continued my conversation with the Daehan Construction manager calmly.

“If we build a guest house here, how long will it take to complete it?”

“How big will it be?”

“Well… wouldn’t about 40,000 pyeong be enough?”

“Then we will complete the construction within two years.”

“Um, let’s proceed.”

This is how construction began.

It was decided to sell the remaining 260,000 pyeong of land to the private sector, and it is said that a state guest house will be built there, so how could a commercial district not be created around it?

Investors rushing in from all sides,

All the land was sold within six days of the sale starting.

The Korean government received about 1.3 trillion won from this project, more than one-third of its annual budget.

That’s enough money to cover welfare policies,

He established the nation’s prestige and even took care of welfare.

[Ominous. Is it right to build a guest house on top of 2 million graves?]

[I am concerned that it may harm the country’s fortunes.]

Of course, there were many who expressed concerns about this project.

This is a place that holds the grudges of millions of people. Is it right to build a guest house here and have investors buy up the land?

Public opinion in Korea, which still believes in feng shui, has raised objections to the national policy, saying it is very ominous.

But the business has already started,

Above all, there was no one brave enough to oppose a project promoted by the head of state.

Anyone who uttered words of ominousness was considered an instigator of public sentiment, and thanks to the Central Intelligence Agency’s advance planning, foreign media did not say much.