Dear Comrade Leader, Episode 301
Chapter 104. the wind starts to blow
-I want to assure you that I am your comrade, no, Kim Jung-hwan, your wife, and I am and will be your wife. I mean, I want to have children.
-… … Really?
-I’ve been watching you closely since the old days. My classmates and comrades who went to school, graduated, and enlisted in the military with me are already working or getting married, having children, and living the life of an ordinary aunty. … … . I can’t have a wedding, I can’t have a home I can brag about… … If so, can you do that for me?
-Captain Yu, you know, even if I had a child, that child… … .
-Yes, I know, I know better than anyone. But that’s the only personal reward I want from you for the sacrifices and devotion I’ve made to you, ever, and in the future. I have dedicated my whole life to you, and I understand very well why you don’t want to have children, how that has to do with the future of the republic, and why… … You just need one.
-… … .
And Junghwan couldn’t refuse her request.
For that, I had asked for too many sacrifices from her until now, and it was highly likely that I would ask for it.
And in this way, the only daughter and only daughter, Yoo Hye-in, who was born between him and Lieutenant Yu and Hye-rim Yu, until she turned 14, she did not know at all that her biological father was Kim Jeong-hwan, the highest dignity of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and that she was also a member of the ‘Baekdu bloodline’. couldn’t
And the moment she first found out about it was when she asked why she had to leave for the Jungden Elementary School, where she had been attending, and for a private school located in tropical Singapore, far from the Republic.
Until she was mature, Hyein Yu was brought up mainly by her maternal grandparents, Hyerim Yoo’s father and mother, and her existence was completely hidden from public view.
Except for one person, Kim Myung-ae, who was the only person who stood by Yoo Hye-rim at the time she gave birth.
– Comrade General Secretary, no, Jung Hwan-ah… … .
-… … Say it, mother.
-This Omani is well over 70 this year. I’m at an age where it won’t be strange if I die any time. I know the lifeline of my life, so let’s put aside for a moment the plain talk of not to be weak and live a long life… … Aren’t you well aware of this Omani’s long-standing wish? Before I die, I want to see my grandchildren and granddaughters one more time.
-Mother, that’s… … !!
-Are you planning on telling lies to this Omani? don’t ask me like this Show me Hyein. I want to tell you directly, at least once, after I have matured, how the child is doing in a distant land, and why he has to live in a place so far away from the mountain river in his hometown, Chosun, where he was born and raised. Didn’t even go away?
-… … .
‘Nevertheless, I’m glad that I did the last one, just like Lieutenant Yu said.’
There is a saying in the world that there are no parents who can beat their children, but when grandchildren are involved in that relationship, the relationship between parents and grandparents seems to be as complicated as the three-way relationship in international political science, Jeonghwan thought sadly.
In the end, Jung-hwan had to lose to his mother once again following Yoo Hye-rim, and Kim Myung-ae went to Singapore a few years before her death and was able to see her granddaughter with her own eyes and close her eyes happily.
Although she experienced unexpected and unpleasant things on the return flight, in the end, Jung-hwan gave her one last filial piety.
But thinking about it, it was not his wife or mother, but his daughter, Yoo Hye-in, who took over Jung-hwan this time.
‘What does that child think of me? After all, do you think he was a heartless father who sent him abroad without showing his face a few times as a child?’
As he was thinking about that, his daughter’s face came to mind, and an indescribable pain, which was difficult to express in words, swept through the corner of Jeonghwan’s chest, which he had been through before and after childbirth.
Even though he has perfectly established his support base, Yoo Hye-rim understood and respected Kim Myung-ae as well as to the reason why he does not want to make his blood a successor, the impact that such a decision will have on the future of this country, and the underlying beliefs.
However, the decision, which she was not even involved in, had a huge impact on her life, Yoo Hye-in.
Even if she doesn’t know yet whether she will want to become the leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea when she grows up later, that doesn’t mean she has to grow up without even knowing what her father is and have to be separated from her parents.
Although she is an adult now and she is old, does she really understand the reason why her father, Jeonghwan, made such a decision?
‘… … Even if you can’t do it, there’s nothing you can do.’
Junghwan made a decision on this issue a long time ago.
Even if her daughter does not enjoy the rights that an ordinary daughter with a father deserves, like all children of the republic who are not the heirs of the ‘Baekdu bloodline’, and if the only daughter resents her because of it, it’s worth it. I mean, there’s something going on.
After his generation, there will no longer be a hereditary monarchy in the guise of socialism in this Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
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No matter how the system after him unfolds, at least a system in which the successor, determined by blood ties, has the right to escape from life or death to the people and the republic is completely different from what he has dreamed and built so far.Come to think of it, I remembered that, in connection with a series of treasons not long ago, Deputy Director Jang Sung-taek of the Organization and Guidance Department received a report from Kim Young-il telling him to be careful because he was doing something suspicious while he was working in Singapore.
Could it be that he noticed something about Jeonghwan’s secret?
Or maybe they just hid the government in Singapore and get misunderstood as something wrong?
And if she had to be moved again, where would she go?
USA? Swiss? Or somewhere else?
But what made Jeonghwan hesitant more than anything else was how his daughter would react to the force of his father, whom he had never seen before, to move him here and there, like moving things without any notice.
‘Everything is random, so it is most certain to move the hideout again in the near future… … Maybe he hates me more than anyone in the world for ruining his life… … . A human being like me is a true filial piety… … He’s even a bad father… … .’
In Junghwan’s mind, he suddenly remembered his childhood, when he could not stick to any place because he moved frequently due to his family’s financial situation, and had to break up quickly even if he made friends.
At that time, he had his mother by his side, and his daughter had been living in a foreign country where he did not speak the language, surrounded by unidentified bodyguards. Should he force such suffering again with only a small possibility?
Jeonghwan has always been overly cautious when it comes to her daughter’s personal life, but this time, it’s easy to talk to the agents who are protecting her so that she can pack up and prepare for exile to another third country. did not fall
The words and actions left by Kim Myung-ae, who had recently died, and the intense fatigue he felt when Kim Young-il was arrested also affected his judgment, but the most important factor was simple.
In the end, Jung-hwan was also a father who had no choice but to have a daughter.
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The iron job of Kim Young-il, the purge of Lee Young-bak, and the subsequent appointment of a newcomer named Ri Kyung-soo as the head of the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau brought great astonishment and change in the current of power in North Korea.
Although little information was known directly to the general public due to the nature of the high-ranking people’s dark struggles within the powerful, it was always impossible to stop gossip and people’s mouths, The fact that something had gone wrong quickly spread both at home and abroad.
And one of the most visible changes due to this change in the power structure was that the crackdown and punishment for corporate and economic crimes became more severe than before.
The primary analysis was that it was due to the inclination of the new anti-corruption investigative bureaucrat, who has been specializing in economic crimes since the time of the head of the Advanced Investigation Office of the Ministry of Public Security, but the analysis of those who are more knowledgeable about the internal affairs of the party or have frequent contact with high-ranking officials was slightly different.
It was analyzed that the person behind Ri Kyung-soo, the new head of the investigation department, the general secretary who first cut off their heads when the economic elites called the so-called Thames River were rushed, is now pulling out the knife in earnest to cut off the twigs.
Strict crackdowns were put in place, which had been tolerated as customary, such as extorting work from affiliates and hiring affairs.
As corporate tax rises, we are actively receiving reports of violations of labor laws, from the minimum wage to paid leave.
Although the investigation of economic crimes had not been done before, and although its influence and authority had clearly decreased due to recent events, the common analysis of domestic and foreign experts was that its expertise and zeal for corporate crimes had rather doubled.
And, of course, this situation had to be heard by the leaders of the South Korean government, who now run a two-person tripartite run with North Korea within the Pacific intelligence community led by the United States.
“It seems that there has been a coup in the North recently. In North Korea, the head of the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau is a position with more authority than the combined prosecutor general and the chief auditor of the Republic of Korea. What does it mean for such a person to be replaced overnight?”
“From what I heard, there were a lot of people who expected that Jang Seong-taek, who is a pro-Chinese party, would be purged this time, but it was surprising that Kim Young-il, the head of the investigation department, suddenly resigned in the form of an iron man.”
“Besides, it’s not a purge, it’s an iron job… … Even if General Secretary Kim Jeong-hwan is more conscious of the international community’s views than the previous leaders, he is not soft enough to only moderately retire those who directly challenge his authority.
“The same is true of a friend named Ri Kyung-soo, who was newly appointed as the head of the investigation bureau. I heard that he is a newcomer who has never shown his face in the central political world… … Some radicals even say that General Secretary Kim Jung-hwan is preparing for retirement.”
At the words of the former president and the new president, who had just been inaugurated as the 18th president of Korea, the ministers and chiefs nodded their heads in unison and said a word to each other.
Former President Roh Yun-hyeon, a former military veteran who worked as a US soldier in the ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command, and then succeeded his predecessor, Roh Yun-hyeon, through the Democratic primary, which is rare for a military person, was more interested in changes in the situation in North Korea than was originally required for the position of president.
Some people and some of his staff who had been with him for a long time said that the non-relationship he had with the North Korean army in the desert of Iraq when he was sent to the Gulf War when he was young may have had an influence, but it is still difficult to understand the current South Korean president’s North Korea policy and stance. It was a bit too early to judge.
At that moment, the Minister of Foreign Affairs raised his hand and intervened.
“Sir, now the North Korean side is also the North Korean side… … In connection with it, an unacceptable change occurred on the Chinese side. Have you received any reports on the contents of the Defense White Paper recently issued by the People’s Liberation Army of China?”
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