Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 247



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#247. Our revolution was rooted in the countryside!

The evening after I returned from a rural guidance tour.

Mao Zedong was lost in thought and refused to sleep with the girls he liked.

The People’s Republic of China was developing rapidly.

With the successful currency reform, prices were firmly controlled, and the first five-year reform was also progressing smoothly, showing an economic growth rate of nearly 10%.

Of course, there were various problems, but the lives of nearly 400 million people gradually stabilized, and as a result, Mao Zedong’s power became increasingly solid like an iron fortress.

But Mao Zedong was not satisfied with this.

This was because the Republic of China in the south, under Chiang Kai-shek, was enjoying a super-fast economic growth rate of nearly 20%.

The reason why the economic growth rates between the North and the South have diverged so much is probably because the Republic of China has support from Western countries including the United States, and because it has free overseas trade, so it has been using its cheap labor force as a weapon to open up export markets around the world.

Although the main products are still cheap light industrial products, the dollars earned are not small because 100 million people are rushing in as if they are waging an all-out war.

Mao Zedong’s People’s Republic of China, on the other hand, had nothing like that.

I was completely alone.

The communist revolution that had been spreading like wildfire began to die down after the Soviet Union, the suzerain state, was destroyed in South Korea.

The only countries that still declared themselves communist were the Soviet Union and China, but even then, China had no direct border with the Soviet Union and could only trade with it through third countries such as Xinjiang, which had originally been part of China.

The funny thing is that this was possible because South Korea was forgiving.

As a result, the People’s Republic of China had to grow solely based on its domestic market. Although it was a huge market with a population of 400 million, its per capita GDP was so low that it was still just a potential market.

Now, I can barely make ends meet, so what’s the point of talking?

So Mao Zedong couldn’t help but be anxious.

Although Chiang Kai-shek only had about a quarter of the power of the People’s Republic of China, he was growing rapidly, and the Soviet Union, a fellow communist country with which he was cooperating in all areas including national defense and general industry, could fall out at any moment.

We’re cooperating now, but we never know when that damn Khrushchev might stop cooperating.

If only the true leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin, had been alive, we wouldn’t have had to worry about this, but unfortunately Stalin is dead and the current leader is Khrushchev.

But I really didn’t like what Khrushchev was doing.

I didn’t like the fact that a weak and retarded person was clumsily proposing policies that only right-wingers would do, but more than anything, I really hated the fact that he was belittling Comrade Stalin’s achievements.

Moreover, even though South Korea was completely destroyed, Khrushchev showed no interest in the Soviet Union’s current capabilities to support countries where communism was emerging.

There are even rumors going around that he is being forced to support his own People’s Republic of China, something he does not want to do.

So how can you trust a guy like this?

What is regrettable at the moment is that he is trying to ignore the fact that his subordinates, the People’s Republic of China, are bowing their heads and trying to obtain cooperation, but this type of cooperation cannot last long.

In the end, there was only one thing to believe in.

Although he was disappointed that he could not take over everything, his People’s Republic of China was still a huge country.

400 million people and the vast Chinese continent.

If we could develop the People’s Republic of China through self-reliance, we would not have to complain to the outside world.

And then after that, I could try to rule the world again.

But it couldn’t go on like this.

Of course, the First Five-Year Plan is progressing smoothly, but if we continue at this pace, we could be caught again by Chiang Kai-shek in the south.

And when are we going to give a shit about this fucking Republic of Korea?

There is a saying that you should not worry about firewood as long as you have Cheongsan Mountain left, but at this rate, it seemed that by the time I died, I would not be able to even reach the tip of those damned Goryeo bastards.

If so, we must change the People’s Republic of China in a short period of time.

That too, by leaps and bounds, a great leap forward.

“Okay! This is a great leap forward!”

Mao Zedong, having decided on a direction, went into seclusion and organized and systematized his thoughts, even naming it the Great Leap Forward.

And on December 7, 1955.

He summoned key officials including Chen Yun, the economic leader, as well as Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Peng Dehuai, and Deng Xiaoping.

“What the hell is going on?”

“I don’t know either.”

“Huh! This is it, the Chairman has summoned us after being out of the house for almost two months. This is definitely not an ordinary matter.”

“Is there a war?”

“Hey, no way! Who are we going to war with now? Chiang Kai-shek’s Republic of China? South Korea is wide awake? Then South Korea? We’ll be destroyed before you can even fire a single shot.”

“Let’s be quiet! The Chairman will be here soon. He must have something to say since he called us.”

Although Zhou Enlai tried to keep the conference room quiet by clearing it, he was also curious and anxious.

Mao Zedong came out after being in hiding for almost two months.

He found out that the frequency of women he used to invite into his bedroom every day because he liked them so much has decreased to once every few days.

If so, this was not an ordinary thing, but his intuition, having seen Mao Zedong up close for so long, was strangely unstable.

While I was praying to the gods of heaven and earth that nothing serious would happen, Mao Zedong entered the conference room.

“… … .”

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When everyone gathered in the conference room was looking at Mao Zedong’s mouth with anxious expressions, Mao Zedong’s mouth finally opened.

“Comrades, it’s been a while.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Hehehe! Aren’t you all curious? Why did I suddenly call you?”

“… … .”

People who can’t even answer and just roll their eyes.

“The first five-year plan is progressing smoothly. It’s all thanks to your hard work.”

“No! All our achievements are thanks to Comrade Chairman Kim Jong Il who led us and the people with his outstanding leadership!”

“That’s right! Comrade Comment!”

“Yes, Comrade Chairman! All the people praise Comrade Chairman!”

Mao Zedong’s power is already absolute.

Especially as the First Five-Year Plan was successfully implemented, China was truly becoming the sun of 400 million people, and no one dared to contradict Mao Zedong’s words.

“Hahaha! Yes, yes. Thank you all for saying so. But you know, I can’t be satisfied with this level of achievement.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Isn’t that right? Even Chiang Kai-shek in the south is achieving economic growth of nearly 20% per year. So what are we? We are satisfied with only 10% and are praising ourselves? Does that make sense? So when will we complete the task of communizing the entire continent? No, let alone the task of communizing the entire continent, as time goes by, we could be eaten by Zhang Jia! Why are you all so complacent!”

“… … .”

“… … .”

The atmosphere that had started off well was quickly frozen by Mao Zedong’s scolding.

“So, I’ve been thinking about it for the past month and a half or so, and I’ve come to the conclusion that we can never accomplish the revolutionary task this way. Therefore! I’m going to stop the First Five-Year Development Plan here and move on to the Second Five-Year Development Plan!”

“… … .”

The first five-year development plan is now only four years old.

However, they are saying that they will end the 5-year plan, which was progressing smoothly, in 4 years and move on to the 2nd 5-year plan.

“Then, what do you plan to do?”

Zhou Enlai took up his gun and asked cautiously.

“This will never work. That is why I plan to develop the industry of our People’s Republic of China at an astonishing rate in a short period of time. I call it the Great Leap Forward!”

“Great Leap Forward?”

“Yes, we must make a leap forward. A great leap forward! Only a great leap forward can make our country and our people rich and powerful in a short period of time, and will we be able to leave behind not only that arrogant bastard Chiang Kai-shek’s Republic of China, but also the United Kingdom and others.”

“Can you be a little more specific? It would be great if we could make a great leap forward in a short period of time. But realistically, there is no way to do that… … .”

“So, after much thought, I have come up with a plan. If we follow this plan, we will be able to overtake Britain within 15 years at the very least, even if it is difficult in 5 years.”

“Oh!”

“As expected, you had a plan!”

There was definitely a plan.

“Now, everyone, please listen.”

“Yes, Comrade Joo-soo!”

“The basis of this Great Leap Forward movement is to thoroughly unite the countryside into people’s communes! Where are our roots? Isn’t it the countryside? But the first five-year plan was wrong from the start.”

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

“It’s good to rebuild industry and foster heavy industry. But the very idea of ​​centralizing urbanization and industrialization in the Soviet style is a dud. So, what’s left after the industrialization that has been achieved so far? Hasn’t it only widened the income gap between rural and urban areas while being slower than the southern Jangga?”

“Comrade Chairman, that will gradually be resolved over time… … .”

“Listen to me!”

“… … .”

Now I’m afraid to even ask.

“I’m telling you to change your thinking, change your thinking! Increase the population of the city and industrialize it? When will that happen?”

“… … .”

“So I thought, why bother doing something that is so cumbersome and time-consuming? Why not just take the initiative and make progress in the rural areas, which are our roots and still account for nearly 90% of our population?”

“yes?”

“That’s right! Originally, our revolution was based on the countryside! Because we forgot that, development was sluggish! Industrialization? Industrialization? The countryside should be the main character! All the countryside at the same time! It’s our way, the Chinese way!”

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The expressions on the faces of the executives attending the meeting gradually began to turn pale.

No, what I’m saying is that how can rural areas simultaneously become the main actors in achieving industrialization and industrialization?

“That’s why we advance by carrying out the revolution at the village level, with the rural people’s commune as the basic unit! Therefore, we are going back to the basics! We are going to thoroughly collectivize the rural village people’s commune as the basic unit! Food? Why does every household have a kitchen? We eat meals together! Babies? Why do we have our precious female workers stay at home to look after the babies? We raise the babies communally! That’s how we can have women participate in the revolution! The land, livestock, and farm equipment are all owned by the commune! We do our laundry communally! We look after the elderly communally! Got it? We just sleep at home, and all other daily life and work are thoroughly communal!”

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The faces of the executives began to turn blue, if not white.