I Will Stage A Coup D’état - Chapter 131



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EP.131 Before and After (1)

With a million soldiers returning home from the European front and over a million prisoners of war and civilians being taken from Germany, Korean society suffered from serious post-war trauma.

Providing the millions of jobs and homes they needed was beyond the power of even the most dictatorial regime.

I called in senior government officials to discuss this issue.

While various opinions were being expressed, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said this.

“No matter what measures we take, ultimately solving this problem will require the cooperation of the conglomerates.”

“It’s the cooperation of the conglomerates.”

I was thinking about that too.

Since my relationship with the chairmen wasn’t that bad, I called the chairmen of the top 10 conglomerates.

When I called them directly, the presidents were embarrassed and promised their full support.

If there’s a way to get things done cleanly by cooperating with the conglomerates, this would be good.

“Develop the suburbs and build high-rise apartments.”

“yes?”

Redeveloping the old city center had its limits.

Even if I did, it would take a lot of time.

So, it was best to expand the big city.

I designated the five major cities of the empire, including Pyongyang, as base cities and began a large-scale reorganization of administrative districts.

Plans have been made to build 12 satellite cities around Pyongyang alone.

Hansung (Seoul) also began large-scale development.

He also ordered the construction of infrastructure for the expanded city.

“Please dig a hole in the subway. But it’s the capital of the empire, so it needs to have Line 5.”

Now, a full-scale construction boom is in full swing.

“His Majesty’s order is to build three million houses and supply them to the real estate market. Run like a thousand-mile horse and get the job done in one go!”

My instructions were promoted under the slogan, ‘Chollima Movement.’

Uh, um.

Doesn’t that smell a bit like North Korea?

Then, large-scale road construction began.

“Now, Korea will become a country where every household has a car. To do that, we need to build wide, straight roads.”

They dug through boulevards all over the city and also dug through highways connecting cities.

As the construction boom took hold, huge numbers of unemployed people were absorbed into construction.

All of the enormous funds required to fund this were financed through debt.

“Your Majesty, how can we afford this expense?”

I answered this question like this.

“Sell some shares of North China Railway Co., Ltd.”

“yes?”

At my word, the North China Railway Company, a colonial government organization established for national influence, was converted into a privatized enterprise.

This stock was sold off like crazy to foreigners.

“They say that the stock price of North China Railway Co., Ltd. will rise as soon as you open your eyes. Buy quickly.”

I poured my stocks into New York, London, Paris, and other places as if I didn’t care about the control of the company.

The United States responded favorably to Pyongyang’s attitude.

“I sincerely applaud the Prime Minister’s decision to share North China with the West.”

Of course, my calculations were completely different from what Washington had guessed.

‘In the long run, maintaining colonial institutions in North China will bring more harm than good. It would be more profitable to simply hand over the profits to foreigners and cut losses, and use that money to develop the mainland.’

While I spent huge amounts of money on housing and infrastructure, I also invested heavily in sports, film and the sex industry.

“Beer! Available at the stand starting today! Buy it now!”

“A new choice for you, Whitehall. Look forward to the fresh colors shown by beautiful European women.”

“The Korean Professional Football League has been launched! Starting today, you can experience the true meaning of kicking the ball as shown by the K-League!”

“The Korean Baseball Federation is launched! Come see the magical bat.”

“The Korean Basketball League has been launched! Stars that would make even the NBA cry will take the stage!”

“The greatest masterpiece in Korean film history is coming. Six urgent hours of His Majesty’s struggle to save his country from Park Han-jin’s group who are trying to privatize the country begin. ‘Decision to Save the Nation.’”

Amid the wave of 3S that came at the same time as construction, people talked about sports, showed interest in models in sex magazines, and wondered what new movies were coming out.

“Really, I like how the country feels so vibrant these days. It doesn’t feel as oppressive as it used to.”

People enjoyed the sense of liberation that the end of the war brought.

But all of this was just an optical illusion of my own creation.

The Central Intelligence Agency and Security Command have doubled the number of collaborators and strengthened inspections of groups of interest in preparation for the possible emergence of subversive forces.

It was a technique similar to the cultural rule of Japan.

Pretending to let go, but then harassing him from behind.

People had no idea that they were being tricked.

But sometimes ignorance can be bliss.

Even if you know and protest, the Security Service will only talk to you and give you water.

That wasn’t good for me, and it wasn’t good for the person protesting.

On the surface, I tried to keep the atmosphere comfortable so people could laugh and have fun.

The dialogue with the people continued in that context.

“Your Majesty. Since the war, the spirit of independence has been growing in Asia. Does our country have no plans to get involved in this matter?”

Of course there is.

But it couldn’t be revealed officially.

“None at this time.”

It was necessary to draw a line on this issue, if only to avoid provoking the United States and Britain.

‘Come to think of it, my French friends had a colonial problem.’

On May 9, 1945, the day Germany officially surrendered, mass killings took place in Algeria.

France responded to the Algerian people who rose up demanding equal rights as French citizens with warships and bombers.

This massacre led many soldiers serving in the French colonial army to don the uniform of the Algerian Liberation Front and raise the flag of rebellion.

To make matters worse, in French Indochina, Ho Chi Minh launched a preemptive attack on French colonial forces and declared the People’s Republic of Vietnam.

For France, as soon as it was freed from German chains, it was as if it had been forced to fight a two-front war.

In the original text, that war was fought for over 10 years.

‘The French are also poisonous.’

It was like that from the beginning when that terrible war was dragged on.

Anyway, there was no way the French would win the war.

It would be stranger to win a war that turns the people into enemies and continues colonial rule without any justification.

“Your Majesty, I am a German child. My parents want to return to Germany. When will we be able to return?”

It was something that would naturally come up if you were of German descent.

“Dear Heinrich, I fully understand your parents’ desire to return home. However, it is difficult to send you back. Your homeland is occupied by the Soviet Union or Poland. If you have the courage to live under the communists, our Korean government is also willing to arrange a train for you.”

In fact, if you say this, no one will want to go.

Of course, this wasn’t enough, so they spread these rumors among the German community.

“Nemersdorf is nothing. Ivans rape women, young and old, and torture men to death. Do you want to see your daughter, your sister, your wife suffer while carrying an Ivan’s child?”

“The German communists, having learned in the Soviet Union, rule the country in exactly the same way as Stalin. They terrorize people without reason, arrest innocent people, and throw them into concentration camps. Life in the Stalinist state, where people live in fear of daily purges, is no different from life in a concentration camp.”

“Western Germany is not safe either. Stalin has an army of 8 million men and is ready to resume the war at any moment. If war breaks out, western Germany will be reduced to rubble in an instant, and the Germans there will experience the nightmare of Nemmersdorf again.”

Almost all of these were rumors that triggered the trauma of Germans.

The Germans in the area where Jungjeong spread these rumors were afraid to return to German soil.

Jung Jung scared the Germans in this way, then coaxed and appeased them.

“If you work for Korea, you will be treated with respect.”

The method of psychologically pushing people and then persuading them has always worked well.

Many POWs with families in Germany chose to return home, but most civilians who had been relocated to their families chose to remain.

The German population ultimately absorbed in this way was almost 1.2 million.

Including the population increase during the war, Korea’s population reached approximately 55 million.

At this level, the population size was comparable to that of West Germany.

‘If we go to Europe, we will become the third most populous country.’

However, I had no intention of being satisfied with this.

I actively encouraged childbirth with the aim of maximizing the baby boom.

“The greatest patriot of this country is the mother who gives birth to the most children.”

If a family had many children, they would be supported at the national level.

The eldest son or daughter was guaranteed unconditional college admission and had their tuition fully covered.

Economically, taxes have been lowered to a non-existent level.

Single mothers were also protected from social gaze.

“It takes great courage for a girl to have a child and take responsibility for it. Don’t point fingers, but help her.”

In that sense, I even adopted several single mothers as my own daughters.

I was so crazy about the rising birth rate.

“South Korea’s birth rate should be at least 5.0.”

It wasn’t an absurd number.

In this era, the birth rate in underdeveloped countries frequently exceeds 5.0.

I didn’t mobilize women to the factories in those tough conditions to get this birth rate buff.

Ministers from various ministries raised objections to my radical drive.

“Your Majesty, if the population becomes too large, there is a risk of falling into the Malthusian trap. Wouldn’t it be better to control population growth within a reasonable range?”

They seem like friends who don’t see the flow of the times.

“What do you know, you lords? Population growth is not a disaster, it’s a blessing.”

This country, Korea, had too few people.

In order to compete with the United States and the Soviet Union in the future, we had to print 100 million.

To achieve that goal, I needed to skyrocket the birth rate graph while I was in office.

I have ordered an acceleration in the birth rate policy.