I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 272



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (272)

“Sang-geun, please restore my fortune. In the end, it turned out the way I said, right?”

This is America, an old man talking to himself like he’s out of his mind.

The identity is Park Jeong-ui, who was exiled from his country for treason.

Park Jeong-ui attempted to establish a dynasty led by the Goryeong Park clan, and in the process took the risk of attacking the National Assembly.

But what is the result?

The head of state dissolved the parliament and ascended to the throne.

In the end, wasn’t my guess right? Park Jeong-ui thought that his nephew would call him soon, but reality was cruel.

No matter how long he waited, time only passed, and the eyes of the Central Intelligence Agency watching him became more and more fierce.

Today, I went out to throw away the trash and was startled when I saw a car parked on the side of the road. The number of guards that used to be one increased to two.

If this continues, I might really die in America.

Koreans consider dying in a foreign land to be the worst kind of death, and Park Jeong-ui was no exception. When the Japanese Empire collapsed and he was taken prisoner by the Soviet Army, he risked his life and chose to return home because he believed he could not die here.

Rather than being locked up for the rest of your life, you might as well knock on the wall.

Park Jeong-ui approached those who were watching him.

“Hey, did your enemy say anything else?”

“What are you talking about?”

Now, they are rude and don’t even use polite language.

Park Jeong-ui was momentarily moved to tears, but he suppressed his anger, thinking that raising his voice would do no good.

“Didn’t it end up as I said? The enemy actually ascended to the throne, and I started a revolution to put him on the throne, but then I was branded a traitor. If you think about it, I was right. Don’t you think so?”

The guards stared at the criminal.

A mocking expression that said, ‘Has this person gone senile?’

One of them opened his mouth.

“Hey, you still don’t get it, this is all because of you?”

“Because of me? What do you mean?”

“The Marshal originally did not want to be king, but rather wanted parliamentary democracy. Does someone who has served the Marshal for over 30 years not have that much sense?”

If the head of state wanted to become a king, he would have done so 30 years ago.

Because he had achieved achievements worthy of being called a king, there were practical limitations to choosing an absolute monarchy.

There are real threats from the Soviet Union, China, and North Korea, but if the head of state calls himself a king, Korea will only be laughed at.

Even dictatorships hold elections at the very least, but why is South Korea, an ally of the United States, choosing a monarchy?

This is something that is difficult to defend even in the United States, and it is uncertain how the opposition party, which is dissatisfied with the dictatorial regime, will respond.

So, the head of state chose a direct election system and served as president for seven years.

After completing his term, he remained a token head of state and withdrew from the executive and parliamentary branches.

Of course, the head of state was given the extra-legal right to dissolve parliament when it caused trouble, but did he abuse that right on every occasion?

Kim Jong-pil and Park Chung-ui took turns as prime ministers, and during this process, the head of state only played the role of coordinating the differences of opinion between the two sides.

After that, Kim Jong-pil and Park Jeong-ui formed factions and fought for power, and the National Assembly also became a pro-Kim vs. pro-Park structure.

The problem is that this process was so dirty that Park Chung-hee staged a coup and attacked the National Assembly in an attempt to wipe out the pro-Kim forces led by Kim Jong-pil.

Kim Jong-pil also wasted the national budget to expand his own power.

He attempted to establish his own power by becoming independent from the Korean People’s Party, and in the process, he abusively implemented indiscriminate welfare policies.

Should we just leave the confrontational structure between the Korean People’s Party centered in Gyeongseong and Kim Jong-pil’s faction centered in Daedeok County as it is?

Even Kim Young-sam, who was chosen as an alternative, embraced the pro-Park forces and clashed with the Democratic Party, but was struck down by the hammer wielded by the head of state.

They told us to practice democratic politics, but they ended up dividing public opinion through factional fighting.

If there had been even one person among these three, Kim Jong-pil, Park Chung-ui, and Kim Young-sam, who was doing politics properly, the head of state would not have gone down in flames like this.

No, would the people have chosen a monarchy?

The watchers poured out venomous remarks, saying that it was Park Jeong-ui who drove the head of state off a cliff.

“If you had just quietly done politics well while in the Prime Minister’s position, this wouldn’t have happened. Don’t you know that yet?”

“I… I was just doing it to establish the position of the head of state on a solid foundation!! What do you know?!! Do you not know his heart?!!”

“That was a burden to your Majesty!! If you hadn’t been at odds with each other, your Majesty would have stepped back and just acted as a mediator!! He would have retired and lived quietly!! Carrying the country for 30 years was burdensome enough, and now he can’t step down from that position until he dies!! Don’t you get it yet?!!”

Park Jeong-ui was shocked.

Was it really your nephew’s true intention to retire and live a quiet life?

No, it was Park Jeong-ui himself who did not tolerate that.

‘If the head of state retires like this, what will happen to our family?’

Power once lost is difficult to regain.

If the head of state had retired and parliamentary democracy had taken root, the elderly Park family would have been content to be a force that forms one axis of the political world.

But that’s unfair,

The Goryeong Park clan founded this country, so why do we have to remain a faction of numerous political forces?

So, Park Jeong-ui tried to establish a dynasty by any means necessary, but the result was only the false accusation of being a traitor.

In the end, Park Chung-hee’s excuse that he would put the position of the head of state on a solid foundation was nothing more than a plausible packaging of his own greed. Kim Jong-pil and Kim Young-sam also collapsed because of their own greed.

Is the downfall of parliamentary democracy the fault of head of state Park Sang-geun?

Or is it because of the greed of the three people, Kim Jong-pil, Park Chung-ui, and Kim Young-sam, who tried to rule the country as they pleased?

The Central Intelligence Agency placed all the blame on those three.

It’s the same with public opinion in Korea, the watchdogs have nailed it down that you will never be reinstated.

‘No, that can’t be. Sanggeun will definitely call me back.’

But Park Jeong-ui did not give up.

Now that my nephew has ascended to the throne, why should he be wary of me?

No, I had to think like that to survive each day in this hell.

***

“Congratulations on your reinstatement, sir.”

“Yeah, everyone suffered for nothing because of me.”

“No. I can’t tell you how thankful I am that the manager has been reinstated.”

This is Daedeok-gun,

The Central Intelligence Agency staff welcomed Director Kim Hak-young, who was recently reinstated.

He disobeyed the head of state’s order to kill Park Jeong-ui and was ousted from office, but he was pardoned and reinstated this time. Isn’t the future of the Central Intelligence Agency bright and bright?

But Kim Hak-young calmed down the excited atmosphere.

“Everyone, watch your mouth. If you behave badly, we might be purged like Park Chung-hee and Kim Jong-pil.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Do you think I should say that with my own mouth?”

The Central Intelligence Agency shares the same fate as the head of state.

As the head of state stepped down from the presidency, the Central Intelligence Agency came under the General Affairs Office rather than the Office of the President.

From this point on, the politicians’ disregard began. Is the Central Intelligence Agency, which served the president, serving someone like Kim Jong-pil without any pride?

Low-level politicians who divide people into classes based on who they serve.

The incident was settled when the head of state reorganized the Central Intelligence Agency under Changgyeonggung Palace, but from this point on, the Central Intelligence Agency became a complete enemy of politicians.

The only person we must trust and follow is the head of state.

Now that the head of state has pushed aside parliamentary democracy and ascended to the throne, doesn’t that mean the KCIA has taken over the world?

But Kim Hak-young was wary of such thoughts.

“What will happen if we run wild with the authority of the enemy? We will end up like Kim Jong-pil and Park Jeong-ui. And that day will be the anniversary of the enemy’s death… .”

“Yes? Sir, what do you mean?”

“Who can the Marshal trust now? Only the Central Intelligence Agency agents. But if this organization runs wild, the Marshal will cut off his own limbs. How long can a dictator survive without his shield?”

The CIA agents swallowed dry saliva.

If we run wild, we will die and the head of state who lost his limbs will also die. Doesn’t that mean we will ultimately perish together?

Only now did the KCIA agents realize why the head of state had reinstated Director Kim Hak-young.

Either we live together or we die together,

Can the Central Intelligence Agency survive without the protection of the head of state? If the Central Intelligence Agency collapses, the last bastion the head of state has held onto will collapse. If this relationship eventually breaks down, all that will remain is mutual destruction.

Park Jeong-ui – Will he perish by fighting internally like Kim Jong-pil?

Kim Hak-young knew that very well, so he strictly controlled the internal affairs.

***

“Your Majesty, we have a guest.”

“Let me in.”

This is the Daedeok County official residence, and I invited guests here.

The identity is Lee Myung-bak, former president of Hyundai Group and former Minister of Finance of the Republic of Korea for seven years.

As expected from someone who came from a business background, he has no particular political faction.

But Kim Young-sam tried to win this guy over not long ago, and if he wanted to, he could have aligned himself with a specific faction.

So does this guy have no political ambitions at all?

But I, who know the future, dug into the young politician’s true intentions.

“There was a rumor that Kim Young-sam approached you… Why didn’t you join hands with him?”

“Your Majesty, I have spent my entire life as a businessman and administrator. It is not in my nature to draw a line.”

“To be honest, weren’t you just observing the situation until the very end?”

Lee Myung-bak felt stung.

Kim Jong-pil and Park Jeong-ui are fighting each other, so which side should you take to secure your future?

But Lee Myung-bak did not make a hasty decision.

If the head of state had clearly pushed for one of the two, I would have lined up with that side, but I gave strength to neither side and ended up kicking them both out.

The same goes for Kim Young-sam, who came in late.

So I was left alone in the political arena.

Only by holding onto the last surviving rope can one secure a future. Wasn’t Lee Myung-bak just observing the situation until then?

Now that I had only one lifeline to choose from, I once again followed the devil’s whispers.

“You probably couldn’t trust either the pro-Kim or pro-Park factions. If you get caught up in those who band together and split up for immediate gain, you’ll only be hurt. Your attitude must have looked good to Chairman Chung Ju-young. You must have looked like someone who quietly does his own thing without getting caught up in factional strife. Isn’t that right?”

“I guess I can’t lie in front of my enemy. It’s true.”

“Then I ask you again, now I am the only lifeline you have left. Will you throw this away and retire from politics? Or will you become Prime Minister?”

An offer you literally can’t refuse,

Lee Myung-bak accepted the position of prime minister.

The incident that made fools of Kim Jong-pil and Park Jeong-ui, who had been fighting each other for this position for the past 18 years.

Korean society was turned upside down when Lee Myung-bak took office as prime minister.

A person who became the president of Hyundai Group at the age of 30 is now the prime minister at the age of 47. Where else can you find such a path to success?

In this way, I recruited politicians one by one who would become my hands and feet.

Since the Central Intelligence Agency may soon be cut off, shouldn’t we prepare new limbs?

I protected my neck without any help from the CIA.

This incident must have been a shock to the KCIA, and those who talked as if it was their own world have taken refuge in silence.