Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 480 You are too extreme!

Hearing the words "You are too weak", Quan Kaka's eyes widened. It was the first time he heard someone say he was weak.

"There's a good saying," Li You smiled and looked at him, "No matter how well you do, history books won't record you as the successor."

Quan Kaka coughed several times, "Did it come from the sovereign country?"

He wanted to interrupt, "I went there twice in the past two years."

"I went to the Institute of Diplomacy there once, and also went to Shanghai."

Li You ignored his interruption and continued speaking.

"No matter how much you develop the economy and do to develop the country, your previous atrocities have long been remembered."

"These people can live for a long time. They have children and grandchildren. Some of them can even see their great-grandchildren. What you did in the past does not need to be recorded in history books. They will pass it down by word of mouth. In addition, the recording machines are becoming more and more advanced. What do you think will happen?"

Quan Kaka took a deep breath, his face twitching a few times, "So. Why am I so weak?"

This was the first time he felt so embarrassed. He even felt that being tried together with his good friend was not as heartbreaking as this.

"Is that what I did to them called weakness?"

"It's not that the people don't feel that their lives are getting better," Li You lowered his eyes, "but they don't know who is leading them to progress. Your opponents always have an overwhelming advantage in public opinion."

"People protested and marched, they spread the word and attracted more people, Your Excellency sent troops to educate them, and the people were beaten and expelled."

"And the next time, they will spread propaganda and gather more people, so Your Excellency will send more troops."

"It goes on and on," Li You chuckled, "You're always in the quagmire."

"Can this be called weakness?" Quan Kaka was not convinced. The old man in his seventies straightened his back and wanted to have a debate with Li You.

"Your Excellency is trying too hard to please the people of the Korean Peninsula," Li You shook his head. "You vigorously developed the economy to legitimize your regime and cultivated a group of middle-class people with certain knowledge and culture. As a result, they oppose your military government and crave democracy."

"Isn't that so?"

Quan Kaka was speechless. The people he raised were against him.

"There is also the issue of corruption among your cronies." Since he wanted to show off himself, Li You simply said whatever he wanted without showing mercy. "You don't even have the ability to completely control your own relatives."

"I believe you took quite a lot of money yourself," Li You said calmly, "but if it was just you who took it, you would hide it very well."

"But your relatives took more than you did, and you have to clean up the mess, and you have to bear the blame in the end."

Quan Kaka's face looked very ugly. He knew very well what his relatives had done.

Perhaps the only one who is innocent is his nephew Quan Qitong.

However, because Jeon Ki-dong was his nephew, he encountered setbacks in his political career. That was when he let Kim Min-jung go and let Jeon Ki-dong cut ties with himself. Only then did Jeon Ki-dong get a chance.

"General Quan, do you want to continue listening?"

Quan Douguang took a deep breath and tried to calm his temper. "Please continue."

He also wanted to see what the most outstanding young people on the Korean Peninsula would say next.

"You also have poor control over the military."

"Bullshit!" Quan Kaka couldn't hold it in anymore. Even his monk robe couldn't hold him back. After all, his military career was what he was most proud of in his life.

"Am I wrong?" Li You raised his eyebrows. "During the night of Sibisibi, most of the troops near Seoul were already under the control of the Isshinkai members. You controlled the military power, but you didn't even purge those people in the old military. You just demoted them and placed them under house arrest, and didn't kill them all."

"Why are you so soft-hearted?"

"Can you just kill him?" Quan Kaka glared at Li You, "This is a serious matter!"

"What's the big deal?" Li You asked him, "At that time, from top to bottom, 90% of the troops were loyal to you and even proud of you."

"You should have killed those people cleanly and quickly."

"But is there any member of the old military you spared who didn't want to kill you?"

"The politicians nowadays don't dare to touch you because there are people behind you who are indebted to you, not because they don't want to kill you."

Quan Kaka groaned, "You are so sharp-tongued."

"And those democrats," Li You said calmly, "Your Excellency wanted to kill Jin Minzhong at that time. Almost everyone knew it, but you..."

Speaking of this, Quan Kaka's face turned red. "They actually went through the legal process with a chuckle instead of a complete secret assassination."

"Do you really want to judge him as a legitimate victor?"

There was no mockery on Li You's face, only the calmness of recounting the past, "Even if you build your own legitimacy, the history books will not record that you took office legally."

Hearing such words again made Quan Kaka very uncomfortable, and even gave up and stopped thinking about rebuttal.

"Although President Park's planned economy created the Han River Miracle for the Korean Peninsula, the situation gradually changed in the 1970s and 1980s," Li You denied some of Quan Kaka's actions. He couldn't really offend him, so he finally said something good. "The highly planned economy and the corrupt state-owned enterprises gradually became shackles on economic development."

"At that time, bad operations and operating deficits in the financial sector became more and more serious,"

Li You looked at Quan Kaka and said, "After entering the 1980s, the economy experienced negative growth for the first time, and an economic crisis broke out."

"The once thriving economy has even developed to the point where it is heavily in debt, corporate corruption is rampant, the management system is sclerotic, and government indicators are no longer in line with reality."

"After General Jeon came to power, he privatized and liberalized a large number of state-owned enterprises, saving the economic development of the Korean Peninsula and reducing foreign debt."

"The economy is also continuing to improve. If it weren't for your new economic policies after you came to power, what would the reality be like?"

"If General Jeon's coup is thwarted and the country is controlled by those bureaucrats around President Park who have no ability and only wag their tails to President Park, and have no motivation and courage to carry out reforms, what will happen in the future?"

"If we allow those fat-headed presidents to take office and continue the planned economy of the Park Ka-ka era, then in the late 1980s we will have to learn from those Eastern European countries and be dragged down by huge debts. That will be a dead end for the future of the Korean Peninsula."

When Quan Kaka heard this, a smile finally appeared on his face. After Li You's series of denials, to be honest, he began to doubt himself.

"Of course," Quan Kaka smiled, and he boasted along with Li You's words, "I am the second person to rebuild the Korean Peninsula's economy!"

"So if you do it, you have to do it thoroughly," Li You looked up at him.

"If the reform initiated by General Jeon fails and the Korean Peninsula economy really collapses as I said, then the history books will only record that Jeon Doo-gwang was a traitor who plotted a conspiracy."

Quan Kaka froze.

"But you've only succeeded halfway." "The winner is the king and the loser is the thief. Everyone knows this truth," Li You sighed. "You let these enemies live, which led to constant protests when you were in power, and ultimately caused the general to step down too early, leaving no time to clear up the negative information."

"If you cut the Gordian knot quickly at the beginning, you can extend your time. Although future generations will still think you are a traitor, at least you are a ruler who makes the Republic of Korea a better place."

"Instead of being like now, where only your faults are mentioned and your achievements are hidden by them."

After a long period of silence, the two people in the Zen room heard the sound of a waterfall outside.

The roar of the waterfall outside came into the Zen room, and the fragrance of ancient wood mixed with moist water vapor.

Li You, dressed in a suit and tie, sat quietly, waiting for Quan Kaka to speak.

Quan Kaka clutched his monk's robe and sighed.

He no longer sat opposite Li You, but stood up and sat on the tatami in the Zen room, listening attentively to the roar of the waterfall. At this time, he really looked like a person who had left the world.

He closed his eyes slightly, as if he could feel the coolness of water drops splashing on his skin, and listened to the rhythm of the waterfall for a while. Quan Kaka's sighs echoed in the Zen room.

Quan Kaka did not stand up. Instead, he leaned over and took out a dry branch from the elegant vase by the window. He tapped the tatami lightly with the branch, just like knocking a wooden fish to accumulate merit.

After a while, he slowly said, "You are too extreme."

Quan Kaka spoke slowly as if reminiscing, "There's nothing wrong with what you said, but..."

He wanted to explain, but swallowed his words back and just looked at Li You quietly, a little puzzled, "I always feel that you don't care about this country."

Li You lowered his eyes, and his eyes flickered when he heard his words.

"What you just said does make sense," Quan Kaka smiled bitterly, "but as a leader, I need to carry it forward, and I also have a passion for it."

"Before, I thought you and I would have some similarities, but now it seems," Quan Kaka's surprise was evident in his words, "you are much more unscrupulous than me."

He looked at Li You intently, "The reason why you haven't shown yourself to the outside world right now is simply because your strength is not enough."

Li You said calmly, "In that case, what are you going to do?"

Quan Kaka sighed, "It's easy to beg for mercy when you take something from someone else, and it's easy to beg for mercy when you eat something from someone else."

"You've come to me, how can I stay out of this?"

Li You smiled and said, "General Quan can say this, he is indeed a man who can accomplish great things."

"Come on," Quan Kaka waved his hand, "Stop complimenting me."

"You just exposed all my past. Isn't it a little late to compliment me now?"

"It's never too late to do anything," Li You said with a smile, "it still depends on your ability."

"You've done a great job in the underground work on the Korean Peninsula," Quan Douguang suddenly changed the subject, "I never thought that one day the gangsters on the Korean Peninsula would be as powerful as the Italian Mafia."

When talking about this, Li You did not feel complacent, but just replied calmly, "Times make people."

"Isn't it the times that make heroes?" Quan Douguan was a little surprised, and even felt that Li You was a little too modest.

"No," Li You chuckled and shook his head, "Hero is not a good word for us."

Quan Douguan rubbed his eyes and felt an inexplicable sense of emptiness. After living for most of his life, he still hoped that someone would call him a hero of the Korean Peninsula.

But this kid in front of me
Quan Douguan suddenly laughed out loud, he was indeed an extreme guy.

"That's your achievement too," Quan Douguang said cheerfully.

The two of them then talked about everything like close friends regardless of age difference.

When talking about sports, Quan Douguan excitedly said that his favorite sport is football.

But when Li You asked him if he watched the World Cup, Quan Douguang's face fell and he said that winning was dishonorable and an insult to football.

He also talked about how good he was at playing football when he was in school.

"When I was studying at the Army Officer Academy, I was the main player of the football team," Quan Douguan praised himself.

"Isn't the Issin Society also founded from here?" Li You asked him to talk about his relationship with Park Kaka.

Quan Douguan complained, thinking that Li You was talking off topic, but he continued speaking.

"When I was in school, I founded the Isshinkai organization on campus. All members of the organization are military academy students, and after graduation they will serve as officers in the army."

Quan Douguang recalled the past with interest, "I also followed the example of those powerful people in the world. Many people who have made a fortune will establish some organizations in their alma mater."

"At that time, I met His Excellency the President," Quan Douguan now mentions Park Kaka with some gratitude.

"He had noticed my actions before he came to power, and not only did he not punish me, he also reused me."

He looked nostalgic, "I will always remember this kindness in my heart."

"pity."

Quan Douguan hesitated and finally took back half of his words.

“Later, before the president took office, I took members of the Isshinkai and incited the military academy students to support him.”

“So after he came to power, he also took me in as his right-hand man.”

“He even asked me if I wanted to become a member of Congress at that time.”

Quan Douguang touched the middle of his smooth head and said, "I told him that I just like being a soldier, and there should be people in the army who are loyal to him."

As he spoke, Quan Douguang's face turned fierce, "But I didn't expect..."

"Kim Jae-gyu, this guy, actually dared to do such a thing," he was still a little angry when he thought about it, "Choi Gyu-ha, who has long been regarded as a mascot by the president, has become the new president?"

"He even started to implement democratic reforms right after taking office, which is a betrayal of the president."

“And I,” Quan Douguang narrowed his eyes, “I saw an opportunity at that time, an opportunity to seize power.”

“So the Isshinkai was mobilized.”

“After I succeed, I promise the President’s daughter that I will avenge her father and my teacher.”

(End of this chapter)