Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 697: The Vision of Joint Rule

That afternoon, Li Mingxue, who had revealed huge news in Congress, secretly came to the manor and excitedly told Li You about it in the study.

"The investigation will be handled by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office. This blow will bring down the Grand National Party, which is once again reviving!"

Li You flipped through the backup on his desk, "Is there anyone we need special care for?"

Li Mingxue hesitated for a moment, but quickly responded: "There are more than a dozen people. But in the current situation, it may be difficult to save them all."

"Especially since the list has been released, they are all in the spotlight now and it should be difficult for them to escape investigation."

"You are worthy of being a parasite of our Republic of Korea," Li You smiled indifferently.

"President, is public opinion a little difficult to control?" Li Mingxue gritted his teeth, "If it doesn't work, we can just abandon them."

In fact, public opinion is difficult to control, which is closely related to Li You.

As a mayor who has been re-elected for many years and brought prosperity to Seoul, Lee Myung-hak has considerable ability and reputation. In particular, there have been no scandals over the years and he enjoys a good reputation among the people.

Li You took advantage of this and made his speech spread quickly through the Internet.

Li You gave him a strange look and shook his head. "There's no need to control public opinion. Just let them spread it."

"This revelation is to help you cut off Park Jinshan and the Grand National Party's right-hand men. Don't think about protecting them just because they are valuable to us."

"Even if they all die, you will be stronger after going through this."

Li You laughed and said, "Besides, we have already released the news secretly, telling others that you have other names that have not been made public. Those people who are not honest in their daily lives must be very scared now, wondering if their names will be written in the book of life and death."

"Those who want to survive will naturally try every possible means to find us."

"Park Geum-sun, the leader of the Saenuri Party, was accused of doing nothing in the Cho Tae-seop case, shouting empty slogans but never paying attention to the collusion between the political, economic and legal circles. A full 90 people from the Saenuri Party were on the criminal list published by Mayor Lee Myung-hak."

"Park Geum-sun has not yet made any comments on this matter."

"The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office held a press conference and announced the entire list again, stating that it would conduct an internal investigation of all the people on the list."

Originally, this was not a trivial matter. No one would think that they could get through this matter by keeping their head down and acting like a coward at this time.

What's more, it is obvious that Lee Myung-hak is taking advantage of the opportunity to stir up trouble. He wants to use this big wave to knock Park Jin-sun down when she is undergoing a blood transfusion in the Grand National Party. However, this is the opportunity and direction that Lee Myung-hak has found.

The list of 107 people plunged the political arena into turmoil, and the pro-Lee Myung-hak faction that was expelled from the Grand National Party seized the opportunity to add insult to injury.

Facing the collective attack on the Saenuri Party, Park Jinshan also knew at this time that she was different from those involved in the case. It was absolutely inappropriate for her to make any biased remarks at this time, whether it was "firmly believe in the law" or "believe in the members of the Saenuri Party", because any statement would be met with a huge boomerang.

By that time it won’t be a matter of what she says, but she might be involved.

After several days of fermentation, when the people involved in the case began to line up one by one and were taken to the Central District Prosecutors' Office for investigation, calls for Park Jin-sun to resign as party leader began to rise.

The people involved in the case also went to ask Park Jinshan for help, but...
Almost all of Park Jin-sun's power comes from the political arena. Faced with the overwhelming public opinion, she has almost no way to deal with it.

It is clear that Li You's name never appeared in this change. He was just a bystander and never participated in it personally.

But the news still spread "unnoticed".

"If you want to survive, go find President Li."

The Central District Prosecutors' investigation is conducted in turns, and only ten people are required to undergo the investigation each time. After hearing this, the congressmen who have experienced the political turmoil on the Korean Peninsula for many years figured out some things.

When one is desperate, one will try any possible cure. Now that they are suffering from the cancer of their political life, they no longer care whether or not to try any possible cure.

When Li Mingxue drove into the manor again, he saw that the parking lot was full of cars. He immediately understood what Li You had asked him to do.

Not only the parking lot, but also the open space in front of the villa was filled with the "big names" of the current political arena.

In fact, many people were still confused when they came, but after seeing Li Mingxue, they suddenly realized it. But then again, even if they understood that this was a conspiracy between Li You and Li Mingxue, it would be useless. The situation was urgent and it was beyond their ability to cope with, so they could only come here to cram.

"Mayor Li!" Many people lost their arrogance in Congress and came forward to greet him humbly.

Through the gap between the two curtains of the study, Mou Xianmin saw the people outside communicating anxiously, "The powerful people who came to you for survival, Park Jinshan and Li Mingxue, have made you stronger."

Li You just smiled faintly, drank from his wine glass, and watched the interviews with citizens on TV.

Citizens are still somewhat camera-shy, but this is more real. "I feel more distrustful of the social leadership. Whether it's celebrity entertainment scandals or military service fraud, I hope that members of Congress and the judiciary are moral people."

Li You shook his wine glass and glanced outside casually, "It's been noisy all day long."

"It's rare for the media to play their role, so just ignore them," said Mou Xianmin, the chairman of Xiancheng Group, who is considered one of the giants in the media industry. She smiled and put her hand on Li You's shoulder, "Some of them came here this morning, so you don't care about them?"

"It's not just the Grand National Party members involved, there are also many people from the Grand Unified Democratic Party."

"Thanks to the media, I can easily prune away the unwanted branches and let the big tree of the peninsula grow according to my ideas," Li You said with ease. "Through this incident, we can achieve true joint rule."

"The government and the people will soon be united."

"Let's go," Li You stood up with the wine in his hand, "It's time to greet the guests."

There were hundreds of people outside, all of whom were big names in the TV shows in the past. Now they were just like vendors in the vegetable market, gathered together and talking.

The door of the villa was pushed open, and Li You staggered out with a glass of red wine in his hand. The scene fell silent in an instant.

Many people noticed that Li You came out wearing only pajamas and slippers, which was undoubtedly a great disrespect.

Li You found a cleaner step and sat down casually.

"Mayor Li," Li You waved at Li Mingxue, "Why don't you come in?"

After Li Mingxue stood quietly beside Li You, these people pursed their lips, not knowing what to say.

"I didn't expect you guys were so interested and could chat so happily from morning till night in front of someone else's house."

Li You raised his head and took a sip of wine. Quan Zaijun immediately stepped forward and opened another file bag in his hand.

He coldly surveyed the hundreds of people in this high position of power, "Why do those who have made mistakes dare to stand on their feet?"

"Ai Yi Gu." Li You repeatedly persuaded, "Zaijun, your tone is too harsh..."

As the two of them sang in unison, the people in front of them knelt down one after another.

Li You also put away his playful tone and asked in a deep voice: "Do you want me to help you block it?"

"Answer me," Li You said coldly, "Do you want me to help you block it?"

"want!"

"Yes." Li You stood up and slowly walked down the steps, walking in front of the congressmen and bureaucrats one by one, "Congressman Jin."

"Yes." Congressman Jin was embarrassed to look up at others.

"Why are you here?"

Congressman Jin, who was being questioned, opened his mouth and made two strange noises, but was unable to utter a word.

"Too embarrassed to speak?" Li You sneered, "Don't doubt it, everything you did is on it."

"I think Councillor Kim has quite a few tricks up his sleeve."

As soon as Li You said this, Congressman Jin lowered his head and sighed in shame and anger.

"A person with a sense of shame, but unable to resist the temptation and pleasure of the moment?"

Councillor Jin looked up, pleading, "I was wrong."

Li You smiled contemptuously and took another step, "Councilman Park, Councilman Zhang."

"Yes."

"You two are really close friends. You are still together at this time," Li You looked down at the two people kneeling together. "I remember that the last time the Kinmen Group acquired Tian Xia Airlines, it was you who strongly demanded in Congress to introduce a bill to restrict me?"

"This won't happen again."

"Absolutely not, please forgive me"

Li You walked among the kneeling crowd. "You know how sensitive and dangerous the politics and wealth of this land are. If the country wants to function well, politicians must stay sober."

"You must recognize your position and keep in mind your position as a representative of public opinion," Lee You said, "Regardless of the ruling party or the opposition, you are all people who are supposed to lead the peninsula, so I have been worried all day."

"How can I, a commoner, save those of you who have been working hard for the country?"

As everyone looked down, Li You said without hesitation: "My conclusion is that I will remove the names of those who can implement true joint rule here and sincerely serve the people from the list."

"thank you"

Facing the people rushing to thank him, Li You didn't smile, "But... I can't save everyone, otherwise the people won't be able to trust you."

“Those who are not here, and there are a few of you, please be prepared.”

"Don't blame me, reflect on yourself and think of yourself as saving others," Li You looked around at everyone, "I promise you, for everyone who sacrificed for the majority, I will not abandon you like Park Jinshan did."

Li You looked up at the stars in the sky, then looked at the people in front of him, "Mayor Li."

Li Mingxue took a step forward and said, "President."

"The rest is up to you."

"Yes," Li Mingxue nodded heavily.

Li You was not outside listening to Li Mingxue's passionate speech.

He had already discussed everything he wanted to say with Li Mingxue in advance, and Li Mingxue knew what to do.

Li Mingxuehui brought defected Grand National Party members to join the Grand Unified Democratic Party to establish a super-large party with more than 150 seats.

Li You went back to the study room and handed a short list to Quan Zaijun. "Go and confirm the number of people. Only investigate the people listed here and those who are not present. I will handle the rest myself."

Jeon Jae-joon nodded and left with the documents.

Li You pulled open the curtains and was just able to hear Li Mingxue's closing remarks.

"The long-awaited moment of unity has arrived!"

After the show ended outside, when Li Mingxue came back up, Li You applauded him and said, "It's time to unite, which we haven't seen for a long time!"

Li Mingxue smiled modestly and bowed to Li You, "It's all thanks to the president's help."

"Don't say that," Li You chuckled, "The whole country is in chaos now. I can only temporarily divert the attention of the people, but I can't cover up everything with one hand."

"Look," Li You pointed out the window, "the night is beautiful today, the moon and stars are very bright."

"Try to cover the sky with your hands, but you can still feel the moonlight and starlight," Li You patted Li Mingxue's shoulder, "Mayor Li, do you think there is any way to cover the sky with one hand?"

"Just use your hands..." Li Mingxue paused, "Just cover your eyes with your hands, and you won't be able to see the sky even if you want to."

"This is the way to appease the people," Li You laughed. "After you join the Grand Unified Democratic New Party, we will divert the people's attention to their livelihood issues and tell the outside world that we are currently drafting a bill to significantly increase taxes, whether it's alcohol tax or any other tax. Just say that all taxes will be increased."

"Do you know why so many people are paying attention to the list incident?" Li You pointed at him, "Because it has nothing to do with them. Everyone is just watching the show."

"It won't really go up anyway, so let's divert the public's attention first. However," Li Mingxue said, "If we shift the focus to taxes, taxes won't actually go up, but down."

“After I joined the Grand Unified Democratic Party, my first priority was to lower taxes.”

"We finally have a better understanding, Mayor Li."

Li You sat back in his seat. "But Mayor Li, as the person who broke the news, you must also be careful to maintain your image."

"Yes."

There is no completely clear position on the peninsula. As long as there are interests, people will naturally flock to it.

Whether it is the political arena, the judiciary, or the financial world, comparing the three, we cannot find many people who yearn for and pursue light. Most people are mortals, not those saints who serve the country and the people.

Li Mingxue is no exception. Although for him, shooting the bullet into the Grand National Party now means a bit of back-stabbing, and it is a bit unfair to some people who have a good relationship with him, he still moves forward firmly.

"Mayor Lee Myung-hak announced that he will quit the Grand National Party and will continue to be active in politics as a member of the Grand United Democratic Party."

"In response to recent comments about raising taxes, Mayor Lee said he would do everything he could to avoid raising taxes."

"After review by the Central District Prosecutors' Office, 31 people on the whistleblower list have clearly committed crimes and will be prosecuted in the Seoul High Court."

"After being proven innocent, dozens of Grand National Party members resigned, and Park Jin-sun announced that he would step down as party leader."

"Thanks to the efforts of the Grand United Democratic Party, the National Assembly passed a bill to reduce taxes."

Pieces of news appear as time goes by.

Li You and Li Mingxue's plan was undoubtedly successful. Compared with Zhao Taixie, who was more difficult to deal with in the political arena, the force created by Park Jinshan was so weak that it could not become Li You's opponent at all.

(End of this chapter)