I Will Stage A Coup D’état - Chapter 119



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EP.119 Each’s Calculation (2)

Harry Truman was a somewhat clumsy man.

Having never enjoyed a position of supreme power, I was unable to properly understand the perspective of someone like me.

That doesn’t mean Truman was a brat.

Truman was also a federal senator for 10 years, so how could it be that easy?

The only weakness is that he has no experience as president.

I took advantage of that gap.

Acting wasn’t that difficult.

All you have to do is honestly express the thoughts of an ordinary citizen, Kim Seong-jun, and not the highest authority in the Korean Empire, Lee Seong-jun. What could be more difficult?

Truman seemed to have fallen for the sweet talk.

Looking at his eyes, it seemed as if he was thinking of a future where South Korea and the United States would unite in the name of anti-communism.

Perhaps, he could have reached out to me as soon as he started his term.

But Truman had no intention of becoming Washington’s puppet just because he reached out to Korea.

This country, Korea, had too much pride and too high a status to bow its head like that.

At the time, Daehan was the leader of a sphere of influence called the ‘Greater East Asia Restoration Society’.

After building up this much power, you go to Washington and shake hands?

The people won’t be convinced right away.

For the same reason, Soviet coins could not be completely banished.

That is why the strategy that this country, Korea, took could not help but be similar to that of the future Republic of Korea.

Economy: America, security: Soviet Union.

If it seems like something has been reversed, you are mistaken.

In fact, there was no trust between the United States and us, so we could not rely on the West for security.

That was true of the Soviet Union as well, but at least there was the safeguard of shared interests.

It’s a shame, but what can we do?

I guess we have to do it because it’s Korea’s fortune.

But I didn’t think about the shrimp position between the smiles.

My long-term goal was to take over the leadership of the Third World, which was previously held by the Far East.

The Godhan Empire, the leader of non-alignment.

It may be a bit odd for a purely militaristic and imperialist country to advocate non-alignment, but isn’t that how things are in the world?

There has never been a country that lived without such contradictions.

Even if you look at the pirate nation that calls itself a country of gentlemen, they have an iron face and pretend to be dignified.

Our country, too, just wants to live like our great predecessor, the British Empire.

“What does it look like from the outside? Does that guy Truman look like he’ll become the President of the United States?”

“I don’t think it’s possible. He’s someone who would have a hard time even becoming a vice presidential candidate, so how could he become president?”

Yeah, that’s what most people think.

I didn’t necessarily think Truman would become President of the United States.

However, there was no harm in investing.

“Make a list of other potential candidates and think of a way to contact them.”

“I will accept it.”

If Truman doesn’t work out, they’ll just give the nomination to another candidate.

In any case, it is unlikely that Roosevelt’s time will last more than 45 years.

It was essential to give the next runner a lead.

That way, we can keep our fingers crossed for the US market.

‘But if we want to stick a straw in America, we also have to pretend to decolonize in the long term.’

To do this, Japan had to be released from its protectorate and its interference with the Chinese branch had to be reduced.

It was necessary to slowly prepare a plan for that time.

‘It’s nonsense to let Japan go as a whole.’

That was absolutely stupid.

What would happen if we let a neighbor as big as Japan next to Korea and the US used it as a long-term pawn?

It’s X.

So, Japan needed to be broken up into small pieces.

‘There are 66 administrative districts in Japan, and if you include Tsushima and Iki, it’s about 68, so it would be better to divide it into 68 countries.’

Since the vassal states are alive anyway, splitting the country and making it independent is not a problem at all.

To solidify this structure, we must first eliminate the Japanese royal family.

I decided to take care of the matter while I was at it.

“Security Command. General Park, there is something I need you to do. Okay. Come to the Prime Minister’s residence immediately.”

After a while, Park Jun showed up at the official residence.

Actually, I had some concerns when appointing Park Jun as the security commander.

Would it be right to appoint a friend who sided with the suppression forces?

However, I decided to write Park Jun.

Anyway, the core of the Security Command were the officers of the National Salvation Military Committee who were loyal to me.

Since the leash was practically on, there was a need to make a big show of surrendering.

Perhaps because it was an unexpected appointment, Park Jun worked harder than his predecessor Lee Jeong-yoon.

Perhaps the sense of crisis that came from almost having to take off his military uniform stimulated the desire for success that had been dormant inside Park Jun.

It wasn’t necessarily a good direction, but I could understand it if I thought of it as a way to show loyalty to me.

“Your Majesty. Have you called?”

“It’s nice to finally see your face, master.”

“thank you.”

“I’d like to entrust you with a task this time, and I think the Security Service would be a good fit for it. Can you do it?”

“I am ready to carry out whatever Your Majesty commands.”

Park Jun showed a more aggressive attitude than the members of the National Salvation Military Committee.

If you told him to die, he would shoot himself in the head with a pistol.

It was a typical behavior of a convert.

I handed over the rough idea until Park Jun came.

Park Jun opened his eyes wide as he read the note.

“Abolish the Japanese Imperial Family and transform it into a federation with Prime Minister Tokugawa as the president. It would be great if it could be done, but would the Japanese people accept it?”

“So, we have to use our hands.”

I’m not talking about impossible methods like assassination.

If you do such stupid things, you’ll only give the Japanese an opportunity to unite.

Why would I, with the world’s second largest military, do something like a 140% man who gets a coup d’état from a chef full of resentment?

All you have to do is make the Japanese people lose interest in the royal family.

This is why if your head is bad, your body suffers.

I came up with a business idea that the Japanese would hate the most.

“I think it would be a good idea to start with the pachinko business.”

Starting with the gambling industry in the name of the Japanese royal family.

The yakuza also have connections to Japanese royalty.

They repeatedly bring up the names of the Japanese royal family in all sorts of other dirty things, causing social controversy.

If you keep making a fuss like that for just two years, even the Japanese, who see the Emperor as a wise god, will give up the royal family.

Even in the case of the revered British royal family, didn’t the abolitionist movement jump around just because one king changed?

Japan was no different.

“Your Majesty, although it is not my place to ask, may I ask why you intend to abolish the Japanese Imperial Family?”

“That’s a good question.”

I explained the plan to split Japan into 68 independent states.

I love Japan so much that I wish there were about 100 of them, but there is no historical basis for making 100, so there were only 68.

Park Jun listened to my story and was convinced.

“Indeed. If we divide Japan, the archipelago will never again be a threat to Korea.”

Of course, that’s not all.

This is a means to maintain the status quo of power in the Western Pacific.

It does not create any potential challenger to East Asia.

This was the core of the peripheral strategy of the Republic of Korea that I established.

“Let’s work together with the Tong-Gam-Bu to make this work look great.”

“I will do my best.”

“Oh, and there’s one more thing.”

I threw a folder to Park Jun.

“Let’s also wipe out those Japanese communists.”

If the country is divided, it is easy for communists to rise to power.

If by any chance the Japan I had divided were to be reborn as the communist United States of Japan, that would be a nightmare.

So, it was necessary to prevent such a situation in advance.

The secretary might not like it, but is it okay?

He said he wanted to pull some weeds in my garden.

In fact, this was more like being cautious after seeing Mao Zedong’s propaganda this time.

“I will accept it.”

After entrusting Park Jun with the important mission of eliminating the Japanese royal family, I felt relieved.

Yeah, if we pull out the weeds one step at a time like this, what will happen if the Americans change their minds?

It would be impossible to destroy Korea without directly waging war.

This was enough for me to draw the before and after sketches.

Oh, that’s missing.

I picked up the phone.

“Instead of science and technology.”

I instructed on the spot to establish the ‘Energy Research Institute for Human Peace.’

The goal was neither peace for mankind nor energy security.

‘We need nukes anyway if we don’t want to look easy.’

Of course, the research institute only secured a sign and a building, and the actual preparations were to begin after the war.

Ah, wouldn’t it be possible to start digging only when we secure the talent, technology, and capital to research nuclear weapons?

‘Come to think of it, I do miss France.’

Unfortunately, there was no better friend than France to use as a joint development partner.

However, considering the diplomatic burden that would have to be borne if we joined hands with de Gaulle, it was the right decision to cut our losses.

They will immediately demand the status of permanent member of the Security Council and a victorious nation, but how can they possibly grant that?

If I had to make one partner.

It’s Israel.

A country that does not yet exist on the map.

Those friends were more than capable of providing me with the talent, technology, and capital I needed.

‘It wouldn’t be a bad idea to join hands with American Jews.’

In that sense, it was okay to train with Jews.

If only the Jewish community supported it, America would not be able to mess with Korea.

However, if you join hands with the Jews, you have to endure one severe debuff.

‘Diplomacy in the Middle East is a beggar.’

Since Korea was a country that was somewhat self-sufficient in oil (the Soviet Union could supply any shortfall), it could withstand the oil embargo, but blowing up the vast Middle Eastern market would have been fatal.

In that sense, it was burdensome to openly join hands with the Jewish community.

‘It would be better to join hands with the Jews unofficially.’

The level of cooperation may be low, but it is satisfactory to that extent.

“Please, Foreign Office, initiate contact with the Rothschild family. Yes. This is a stepping stone in case the Jewish community establishes a state after the war. Please take care of it.”

Baron Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild.

The greatest supporter of the Zionist movement.

I decided to stand in line for the new nation of Israel, which had not yet been created, through that giant.

With this, I’ve finished sketching out my outline for the future.

Not even the United States, nor any other superpower, will be able to block the path of Korea that I have drawn.

I, Lee Seong-jun, will become the number 3 in the world of Daehan!