I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 289



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (289)

[Hello, citizens. I am Kim Jae-sung, anchor of the 9 o’clock news. I will cut to the chase and give you the first news. The government of the Republic of Korea is now officially closed and the Office of the Head of State is launched. The head of state held a press conference today and explained the background of the establishment of the Office of the Head of State. Reporter Park Cheol-woo will give you the details.]

This is Daedeok-gun,

Mrs. Kim Ho-nam listened to the news streaming from the TV.

On the day when the government and the National Assembly completely disappeared from the country, some might misunderstand and think that Korea has fallen into a state of anarchy.

However, it is true that the government and the National Assembly have been empty shells since long ago, and the country’s power has been concentrated in the hands of corporations and the head of state.

South Korea has shed its shell, and its head of state has made that clear.

[Citizens, from today, I have decided to abolish the government and the National Assembly and establish the Office of the Supreme Commander. However, do not misunderstand. Historically, a office is something that can be opened by a subject who has gained the trust of the king.

It is only thanks to the support of the people that I am able to create wealth, and I promise to continue to work for the people, the masters of the country. Now, at this point, I will explain why I abolished the government and the National Assembly.

The members of the National Assembly planned a coup d’état to implement local autonomy for their own benefit and divide public opinion. This is a fact clearly revealed by the Central Intelligence Agency’s investigation.]

As the screen changed, the faces of the arrested congressmen were revealed.

Just as politicians of old Japan built their political bases in each region and served as members of the National Assembly for generations, Korean National Assembly members also divided the Korean peninsula into the Chungcheong-Honam and Gyeongseong-Yeongnam regions and used them as their political bases.

What was revealed was the factional fight between Kim Jong-pil and Park Jeong-ui.

Both men fell, but their remnants remained in the National Assembly, providing a starting point for factional strife.

So, if we just remove these people, can the National Assembly be revived?

The biggest problem is that public opinion is divided.

Residents of the Chungcheong-Honam region still have ill feelings toward the Gyeongseong-Yeongnam region.

Because of those vested interests, Kim Jong-pil, the representative of Chungcheong Province, was falsely accused and forced out. In this situation, maintaining the National Assembly will only split public opinion in half again.

So the head of state completely pushed out the National Assembly.

It brought public opinion into focus.

[The people are probably familiar with the figure of Zhuge Liang. He is a minister who received a stipend from Liu Bei. However, Zhuge Liang was not the only one who received a stipend. A man named Li Yan also received a stipend.

The Minister of State for the Takgu is the one who has the important responsibility of managing the affairs of the country on behalf of the emperor. If such a position is given to one person, wouldn’t it become a dictatorship? That’s why Liu Bei seems to have divided the task between two people.

The problem is that this guy named Lee Eom split the public opinion in half.

Yi Yan urged Zhuge Liang to become king and wanted to cede part of the territory and establish a prefecture.

Even though he was a table tennis player, he only thought about his own safety.

In the end, Yi Yan was impeached by Zhuge Liang and his ministers and expelled, and the politics of Shu were transferred to Zhuge Liang’s Chancellery. Do you think that Zhuge Liang was a traitor who dreamed of dictatorship?

I clearly intended to delegate politics to the National Assembly in accordance with the will of the people.

However, despite being the people’s choice for the throne, they split public opinion in half. Kim Jong-pil had his support base in the Chungcheong and Honam regions, while Park Jeong-ui’s faction created their own kingdom in Gyeongseong and the Yeongnam region.

Is this what a table tennis substitute would do?

What do you think, citizens? If you don’t agree with this, you can impeach me for trying to establish a government. The people are the masters of this country, and I am merely a minister who carries out their will.

I will follow the will of the people.]

Mrs. Kim Ho-nam shook her head.

There is nothing to follow, the people have already delegated full authority to the head of state.

Besides, if you think about it, this was an incident that the people brought upon themselves. Why would the members of the National Assembly engage in such factional strife?

Is Kim Jong-pil a great man born in Chungcheong Province? Who created the confrontation between Gyeongseong and Yeongnam by promoting him like that?

People in Chungcheong Province and Yeongnam Province are no different.

Didn’t we support Park Jeong-ui because he was from our region?

If you are the master of a country, you should be able to judge the situation calmly, but you were fooled by the tongues of your villains and almost split the country in half.

The head of state blocked it, and now there is only one person in this country who carries out the will of the people.

Who would object to the head of state, this person, pushing aside the National Assembly and the government and establishing a military junta?

If the emperor was young and incompetent, one way to do this was to delegate all power to a capable minister. Thanks to this, even the incompetent Liu Shan was able to maintain his throne for 40 years.

In that case, it would be best for the Korean people to remain emperors in name only and hand over full power to their enemy, and now there is no other alternative.

The establishment of a military headquarters is the only answer.

Mrs. Kim Ho-nam was impeached and driven out, and she thought of her husband.

‘Your very existence is now a nuisance.’

Who the hell is instigating that regionalism?

Citizens? Once someone starts inciting people, that’s what happens.

In the Honam region, Kim Dae-jung did that, and the one who took over the baton was Kim Jong-pil, who went one step further and tried to overturn the National Assembly.

The people trust politicians and entrust them with the country, so how can those who call themselves Takko Dae-shin commit such acts?

Politicians are traitors who plotted to overthrow the country. They should all be executed, so there is nothing to say.

The people must have realized now who the real replacement for Takgo is, and they don’t want to argue anymore.

‘Just disappear like this. You are no longer needed in this country.’

Kim Ho-nam said goodbye to her husband in her heart.

Now, its very existence is a nuisance,

We’ve spent so much time together that it’s natural to feel a little bit of pity, but now even that has dried up.

***

“Eugh~ ugh~.”

This is America,

The prisoner, imprisoned in exile, felt excruciating pain in his back.

I have similar symptoms to when I was diagnosed with terminal cancer. It’s been three years since I was declared cured. Is this a relapse?

But because I was a criminal, it wasn’t easy to go to the hospital.

“Honey, I haven’t been feeling well lately. I think I need to go to the hospital.”

“That requires permission from above.”

“Hey, I’m just a worthless old man now, do you really have to be this strict?”

“Don’t you know that Korea is in chaos again because of you?”

Park Jeong-ui received surprising news here.

Politicians who implemented the local autonomy system and split national public opinion in half, and some of them even tried to re-elect Park Chung-hee as Prime Minister.

Because of this, the National Assembly was completely divided, the Office of the Marshal was established in Korea, and naturally, Park Chung-hee, who was supported by the coup forces, became a target of attention.

But this is something that has nothing to do with my will.

Park Jeong-ui raised his voice, saying that he was being treated unfairly.

“You know that, right? I’m trapped here and can’t do anything. How could you possibly plan a coup?”

“Isn’t it true that you were the one who caused regional sentiment? Since Kim Jong-pil consolidated his power based on the Chungcheongnam-do region, you also consolidated your power based on the Yeongnam region. The side effect of that is what has erupted this time. Isn’t that right?”

The sinner could not say anything.

Who would have thought that the power struggle with Kim Jong-pil would have a butterfly effect?

The mental shock was greater than the physical pain.

‘Am I a traitor who split the country in half? Should I die for that?’

What would a man who is treated as a traitor say when he returns to his home country?

Since I couldn’t escape from here anyway, I thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to just die like this.

‘Yes, I’m sorry, everyone. It’s all my fault. I’m a sinner.’

He once dreamed of becoming a king, but in reality he was a traitor who was impeached and expelled by the people.

Could it be that the reason I have survived so far is because I have not been able to give up my ambition to make a comeback someday?

I decided that if I die, the factional fighting will end.

***

“Branch manager, please approve this document.”

“yes.”

This is Japan,

Park Myeong-ui, who was appointed as the head of the Japanese branch of Daehan Transportation, had busy days.

With the establishment of the Wonsoobu, many Korean transportation officials also participated in politics, and recently, the number of jobs in the United States and Japan increased by 8.3 million.

The reason is the rush of European companies to escape.

While the Pacific economic belt connecting the United States, Korea, and Japan achieved rapid growth, the European Union was floundering in a pit of hell.

The secret to Europe being able to focus on economic development during that time was that the United States protected Europe from the threat of the Soviet Union.

But now that the Soviet Union has collapsed, Europe is free from America’s protective shield.

Now that the Pacific Alliance of Provisionals (AOPR) is threatening European security, and even Poland has fallen under the AOPR, the European Union has significantly increased its defense spending.

The total GDP of the European Union is about 9700 trillion won, of which 160 trillion won is invested in national defense.

In this situation, can Europe focus its national power solely on economic development?

On the other hand, the total GDP of the countries that have joined the AOPR is a whopping 480 trillion won, so no matter how much Europe struggles, it cannot surpass the power of the AOPR.

Not only in national defense, but also in social infrastructure, the gap is widening, forcing companies to leave Europe and move to the Pacific.

If the per capita national income of the countries belonging to AOPR is 100, then Europe is not even earning 70, so workers in European countries have to work two jobs, but with all the companies leaving, there are no jobs.

If this trend continues, the EU will eventually succumb to AOPR and it is only a matter of time before the world becomes one.

It’s still a story of the future, but Park Myeong-ui clearly saw that future.

Now, is the future a utopia where everything becomes one, or a dictatorship where a few control everything?

This is my 6th year since I joined Daehan Transportation.

Park Myeong-ui looked into the future based on the knowledge and experience he has accumulated so far.

A future that is both visible and invisible, to be honest, Europe has lagged behind in the system competition with AOPR, but it has shown its own progressive side.

Considering the environment, reducing carbon dioxide emissions, paying attention to improving human rights – aren’t these all policies that humanity needs?

But in the end, they lost.

How can companies provide jobs to people when they are suppressed by the government to control pollution? When companies fail to provide jobs, Europeans become poor and human rights improvements become empty words.

“Please let me do some work!!”

“I want to work!! Why aren’t there any jobs?!!”

Europe, where one’s own human rights have become more important than those of others

Europe, once the cradle of progressivism, is now on the path to decline.

So, will the world in the future become one that only pursues efficiency while enduring environmental pollution?

A world where checks and balances disappear and a few dictators rule the world? Fear has grown that the end result could be destruction and genocide.

But for now, I decided to put those worries aside.

Today, as usual, I focused on work.

Now it’s time to go home, but here a man approaches me.

“Your Majesty, my name is Kim Hyuk-jung from the Central Intelligence Agency.”

“What business does a CIA agent have with me?”

“That… I have something to tell you about your father.”

Park Myeong-ui had a gut feeling about something.

With all the chaos happening in Korea, I wonder if my father is okay.

At that time, it ended with me being exiled to the United States, but this time, it wouldn’t go that far, so I prepared myself mentally and listened to what the man had to say.