I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 37



Only Krnovel

He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (37)

“Why do we have to pay taxes?”

“Shanghai is the territory of the Republic of China. So you have to pay taxes.”

This is Shanghai,

A strange tension began to flow between the Republic of China and the Jews.

Things turned out this way because of a combination of Shanghai’s geographical features and the stateless sorrow of the Jews who settled there.

What country does Shanghai belong to?

In 1842, Shanghai was leased to Britain under the Treaty of Nanking, and in 1848, the United States and in 1849, France entered and established administrative authority.

The Shanghai leasehold lasted for a full 100 years.

Since then, Shanghai has grown into the most developed city in Asia in just 50 years.

If no other turmoil had occurred in China, Shanghai would have enjoyed peaceful days under the control of Western powers until 1943.

But in 1927, when Chiang Kai-shek’s Northern Expedition began, this place was engulfed in war.

The city was in chaos as even Japan invaded, but fortunately, Western powers stepped in to mediate, and Shanghai became a neutral zone.

But that was only for a moment,

After the Second Shanghai Incident, Shanghai fell into Japanese hands again, and was later incorporated into the People’s Republic of China when Chiang Kai-shek pushed out Japan and took over Central Plains.

But as the Communist Party regained its power and moved south, we are now stuck between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang. How long must we be swayed by foreign forces?

The Jews who settled in Shanghai were faced with a choice.

‘What should we do? Should we cooperate with China?’

‘Or to America? Or to Israel?’

There are many options, but none of them are useful.

Is there any guarantee that Jews will maintain their interests by cooperating with China?

So you’re moving to America?

Jews who immigrated to America are of European descent, but Chinese Jews came from the Middle East and have no ties to American Jews.

Although they are both Jews, they are actually strangers.

Besides, the economic base of Chinese Jews is China, so what are they going to do by running away to the United States?

Most of the Jews who settled in Israel are Soviet Jews, and there is no guarantee that they will treat Chinese Jews well.

In the end, Chinese Jews had to somehow survive in Shanghai.

But no one guarantees their interests.

Some Jews fled to Hong Kong and started a new life, but many still remain in Shanghai.

The number is a whopping 30,000 people.

They now wanted to establish their own country like Israel.

The problem is that there are too many hurdles to overcome; Israel even fought a war of independence to establish its nation.

Can the Jews of Shanghai fight for independence from China, even if it means going to war?

Making money and war are two separate issues,

Shanghai Jews wanted to receive help from some country rather than shed blood to gain independence.

***

“Shanghai Jews?”

“Yes, I hope to receive protection from the Republic of Korea.”

“Well… aren’t these people mistaken about something?”

Today, as the routine continues, I received a report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

I have a rough idea of ​​what the situation is in Shanghai right now.

The problem is that it is a neutral zone,

Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong claim that it is their territory, but to be precise, it is in a state of anarchy.

If it were up to me, I would want to chase them all away and make them my own.

But there are still American and European capitalists there, and one wrong shot can complicate things.

Britain and France have wasted too much energy fighting the World War and don’t have the luxury of worrying about Shanghai.

But in the United States, things are a little different. What would happen if war broke out here and American capitalists were in trouble?

The US would like to see the two sides remain neutral.

But how long will that be possible?

The most certain thing would be to establish a Jewish regime in China, just as Israel was established in Palestine, but would China just sit back and watch that happen?

The moment the United States declares that it will establish a Jewish government in Shanghai, the East Asian order will be turned upside down.

Even the Soviet Union might intervene,

Shanghai is literally in the eye of the storm right now.

So, the Jews reached out to the Korean government, but Korea didn’t really have anything to offer.

What right does Korea have to protect Shanghai Jews?

There is no justification for that, and no power to pressure Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong at the same time.

People need to know how to grasp the subject, so they decided to let go of the Shanghai incident.

How much time has passed like that?

The worst-case scenario we were worried about has come to fruition.

“Shanghai was attacked?”

“Yes, there was a terrorist attack, 14 people were killed and hundreds were injured.”

“Who is the culprit?”

“We are also looking into it. We are gathering information through our agents, so we will have a clear picture soon.”

The bombing in Shanghai,

This incident, which occurred in the middle of the financial world, shook the world.

Who bombed the neutral zone?

As there were many merchants traveling between China and Korea in Shanghai, a lot of information flowed into the Korean government.

But as there was a lot of information, there was also a lot of miscellaneous news mixed in, and among them, there were rumors like this.

[The Shanghai Kaduri family requested protection from the Korean government. However, since Korea had no reason to interfere in Shanghai, it accepted the naturalization of Jews and staged a drama, creating the excuse that ‘Koreans were attacked by a terrorist group.’ Korea plans to exert influence on Shanghai soon.

And behind Korea is the United States. The United States has increased its influence in the Middle East by making Israel independent, and now it is trying to take Shanghai into its own hands. The Soviet Union has taken this incident as a challenge to the Soviet Union and is expanding its support to Israel.]

I don’t know who spread it, but it’s an absurd scenario.

Could it be that the person who spread this rumor cannot tell the difference between Japan and Korea, which caused the Shanghai Incident?

I summoned the U.S. Embassy in Korea and drew the line that Korea had nothing to do with this incident.

“Would we be crazy enough to set foot in Shanghai? If we go there, we will be bombarded by the Soviet Union, the Chinese Communist Party, and the People’s Republic of China. Who would do something so crazy?”

“Well… I wonder if the US President is thinking of using this incident as an excuse to establish a neutral state in Shanghai?”

“…Huh? What did you say?”

For a moment, my head went blank.

Did President MacArthur really intend to establish a neutral Jewish state in Shanghai?

This is an act of turning even an ally, Chiang Kai-shek, into an enemy. The issue of Israeli independence also caused a fuss, so what can be done by causing such a fuss in China?

I objected, saying that this was an unwise plan.

“If a neutral country enters Shanghai, the US position will be advantageous. But how will you deal with the aftermath? The Soviet Union will not just ignore this problem.”

“The Soviet Union’s national power is only about 30% of that of the United States. You can ignore the Soviet Union. The Republic of China won’t say anything either, so the President can just keep quiet.”

I sighed inwardly.

It appears that President MacArthur intended to use this opportunity to take over China as well, so he first distanced himself from China and observed the world situation.

***

“Long live Aleph!!”

“Long live the independent Jewish state!!”

This is Shanghai,

Jews poured into the streets, holding hands and marching.

When American support was confirmed, the Jews quickly established a political party called Aleph and even declared an independent state while they were at it.

The problem is that out of Shanghai’s population of over 1.8 million, there are only 30,000 Jews.

So what happens to the remaining 1.7 million people?

They are all Chinese,

Although Shanghai has become a neutral zone due to the logic of the great powers, the locals still believe that it is Chinese territory.

But then out of nowhere a group called Aleph establishes an autonomous state?

Chinese people rose up from all sides to stop Aleph, and Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong also started an internal strife in Shanghai to prevent Aleph’s independence.

Violent protests and bomb attacks taking place everywhere,

The entire Shanghai area became hell.

The incident occurred because of America’s irrational behavior, and the Soviet Union did not miss this opportunity.

“The US is inciting chaos in China. The US should stay out of the Shanghai situation and let the Chinese people solve this problem themselves.”

In short, it means not to interfere with Chinese affairs.

But the United States intervened in the Shanghai incident as if it were nothing.

The strategy was based on the calculation that neutralizing Shanghai would be necessary to control China and pressure the Soviet Union, and the position of making Aleph independent was maintained.

Naturally, the Soviet Union also chose a hard-line approach.

Began providing military power to the Chinese Communist Party.

The intention is to completely communize China and undermine America’s power.

The two countries, which had been quiet for a while, clashed over China.

***

“Your Majesty, will you support Aleph?”

“There’s no other way. I don’t think we can just let it go.”

This is the government building of the Republic of Korea,

I called the cabinet members together.

The United States is set to end this Shanghai incident, and its Far East Fleet stationed in Japan has already headed to Shanghai.

So will Korea just sit back and pretend not to know?

Now that the United States has stepped in, if war breaks out, South Korea will have no choice but to take military action as well.

It is unclear whether they will be fighting the Soviet army directly or supporting the American army from the rear, but one thing is certain: they will not get through safely.

In a situation where it was unclear what kind of aftermath this incident would bring, they mass-produced bombs as requested by the United States.

With the advice of American technical advisors, 3 million shots will be produced.

This is also huge, but the US plans to increase its bomb production even further.

“If we produce 3 million shots, we can use them all up in 10 days. Please produce 18 million more shots in the future.”

“All right.”

The United States, which is trying to properly confront the Soviet Union on this occasion,

Well, what could the United States, which boasts three times the power of the Soviet Union, not do?

In addition, it is possible to procure supplies from Korea and Japan, so if you look closely, it is not that the US has no chance.

The only problem is that Soviet missiles could fly to Korea.

Even if the Korean War is prevented, wouldn’t all the efforts made so far be in vain if the Korean Peninsula becomes the stage for a nuclear war?

So I also racked my brain in my own way.

It was decided to produce the bombs in the newly acquired Japanese factory rather than in Korea.

If this happens, the Soviet Union will have no justification to directly attack the Korean Peninsula.

The problem is that Japan has the trauma of having been hit by two nuclear bombs from the United States, and Japanese public opinion reacted sensitively.

“Produce it in your own Korean soil!!”

“You took away all the companies, and now you’re going to make bombs here?!!”

“Korea is now trying to turn Japan into a battlefield!! Japan condemns Korea!!”

Japan believes that this incident was planned by the US and Korea.

Japan attempted to water down the Shanghai incident, claiming it was conclusive evidence that Korea had revealed its ambitions for territorial expansion.

However, Japan is not free from this situation either.

Who caused the Shanghai Incident twice and plunged the city into chaos?

The Western powers had agreed to make Shanghai a neutral zone, but Japan broke that promise, making Shanghai a first-come, first-served area, and the repercussions of this continue to this day.

But why are you talking nonsense like you’re so great?

I mobilized public opinion to clearly state the historical facts.

[Japan caused the Shanghai Incident twice. Can we say that Japan is not responsible for this incident? Shanghai, which could have been a neutral zone, became a land that was taken over first because of Japan. And since war broke out there, Japan must take responsibility for it.

The bomb will be produced in Japan as scheduled, and if a terrorist attack occurs at the local factory, the South Korean government will take appropriate measures.]

The U.S. government also condoned South Korea’s production of bombs in Japan.

This is the best way to prevent a full-scale war,

The moment the Soviet Union fires a missile at the Japanese mainland, World War III is certain.

No matter how much the Soviet Union tries, they won’t act like that. In any case, this incident must be resolved in Shanghai.

For the Soviet Union, which still lacks the power to fight the United States, creating a neutral state in Shanghai is not a bad option.

And the Soviet Union is working behind the scenes to communize Israel, which was founded by Soviet Jews.

This Shanghai incident is an extension of that. Israel may become communist with the support of the Soviet Union. Will the United States just sit still?

If the Soviet Union had withdrawn from Israel, Shanghai would not have ended up like this.

And it is also beneficial for Korea to make Shanghai a neutral zone. Now that it has come to this, there is no other choice, right?

I supported the Shanghai Jews according to the will of the United States.