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Chapter 13. The War Against Corruption – The Golden Age of General Secretary (1)

Chapter 13. The War Against Corruption – The Golden Age of General Secretary (1)

Shortly after receiving the loan and food aid from China, in the morning, Jeong-hwan was sitting in the secretary’s office that day as well, reporting the morning schedule.

At that time, a certain thought popped into his head as he looked at his morning schedule.

It was an idea to solve several problems at once that had been bothering him for some time, but he never had a chance to solve.

‘It should have been done as soon as possible, but the problem is the trigger. If you create the trigger well, there will be no headwind and the cause will stand properly…’

At that moment, the door to the glamorous secretary’s room opened carefully, and a slightly stiff-faced staff member slowly walked in and bowed her head to him.

“Comrade General Secretary, it’s time to go to the Haeju cow milk (milk) factory for on-site guidance.”

“It’s a milk factory in Haeju… Wasn’t it the place where it was decided to award the Order of Heroes to the local secretary for exceeding production a while ago? ”

When Jung-hwan asked, recalling the memories he had seen in the documents, the staff of the general secretary’s office, who was still unfamiliar, nodded with a slightly nervous face.

In fact, most members of the Labor Party, including him, had no idea how to deal with the sudden appearance of the general secretary.

“Yes. The milk produced here goes through all processing and packaging on site, and plays an important role in providing nutrition to the children of ordinary middle school children all over the republic…”

“Ah, I see. Unlike other places, I remember it because it was exceptionally good in achieving the goal. You deserve the Medal of Honor as a Hero of Power. First, of course, I have to take Lieutenant Yu Hye-rim… and then…”

Junghwan shook his head for a while in front of the secretary who swallowed his saliva, and then added a word as if he had a good idea.

“I’ll take Director Hyun Young-sook as well.”

“Are you talking about Comrade Hyun Young-suk, chairman of the Central Inspection Committee and head of the Propaganda and Agitation Department, Comrade General Secretary?”

“Then, is there another manager Hyun Young-sook in the party? Hurry up, let me know the schedule and get ready. and….”

Against the back of the employee who was quickly running out of the company, Jeonghwan gave the order again.

“……Take your comrades from the Rodong Shimbun newspaper and tell them to come.”

Eventually, the local guidance team, including Manager Hyun Young-sook, who looked slightly surprised, boarded an official vehicle and headed for Haeju, Hwanghae Province.

Fortunately, the road was left open with the ‘cooperation’ of the local military and civilians who had been notified of the first on-site guidance of the party general secretary. .

congratulations

Visit to the Dear General Secretary Kim Jeong-hwan

“There you are! Long live Comrade General Secretary!!!!”

“Fellow workers! Comrade Kim Jeong-hwan, General Secretary, made a glorious step here!”

“Waa!!!! Long live the general secretary!!”

When Jeonghwan got out of the car, cheers like excitement poured out as if prepared in advance, but Junghwan and Hyerim Yoo (and Hyunyoungsook) did not miss that the cheers contained more curiosity than joy.

To most of the people of the republic, Jeong-hwan was still a stranger than Kim Il-sung, as well as former General Kim Jong-il.

In fact, a large number of people were clamoring like crazy, but they were busy glancing at what the general secretary of the rumor looked like.

Hyun Young-sook, who saw it, muttered to herself with half curiosity and half concern.

‘After all, people are still unfamiliar with it. This is the limit of the general secretary who rose to a high-level position without prior stoppage work. What kind of plan does General Secretary Jeong Hwan have to make up for these weaknesses? After moving me to the central censorship, I don’t think I’m aware of this…’

“Great Comrade Kim Jeong-hwan! It is an unprecedented honor to have you come to our factory to provide on-site guidance! From now on, our responsible workers will accompany Comrade General Secretary and guide you through this factory…”

“Okay, more than that, comrade responsible secretary. Can I see some of the milk produced here?”

“……Yes, yes?”

To the senior secretary of the Hwanghae Provincial Party Committee, who welcomed him with a voice full of exaggerated words, Jeonghwan answered with a sharp tone.

The chief secretary, who was full of thoughts of showing what he had prepared and receiving a medal after familiarizing himself with the local map pattern coming down from the center, was momentarily embarrassed and made a huge mistake of missing out on the general secretary’s question.

“I mean milk, milk. I want to see a prototype of the milk they produce here.”

“What are you doing? Are you going to have the general secretary ask the same question twice, comrade?”

“Oh, no! I have sinned to death! Forgive me just once!”

The chief secretary, awakened by Hyerim Yoo, who was standing next to Jeonghwan, immediately led the factory workers to the section where the final process of the factory was carried out.

Junghwan stared at the milk cartons neatly arranged in a plastic box stacked like a mountain without saying a word for a moment.

When the general secretary did not say anything, the dozens of attendants, including Yoo Hye-rim and Hyun Young-sook, the general secretary, and the general secretary of the Hwanghae Provincial Party Committee, who were standing behind them, were also unable to say anything.

The chief secretary and factory workers, who suddenly became questionable, had no choice but to bow their heads like criminals in this dreadful silence, not from their point of view.

Of course, they had no way of knowing what they had done wrong or what made this young general secretary so uncomfortable.

But with just one word, he and his family could see the sun in Aoji tomorrow morning.

At that moment, Jeonghwan suddenly walked forward and began to search the boxes stacked with milk cartons by hand.

“Comrade General Secretary……?”

“Try this, Lieutenant Yu once.”

Yoo Hye-rim, ignorant of the English language, ate a piece of milk that Jung-hwan picked from the box placed above it and drank it.

The taste of milk was light, and it did not taste like the high-quality milk used in Japan, but in any case, it was a taste that satisfies the standards of ‘milk’.

“There’s nothing wrong with that, but…?”

“Yeah, that’s right. But let’s see how this goes.”

This time, Jeonghwan went further inside the tower of boxes and took out a piece of milk placed in the very corner of the bottommost box.

Hyun Young-sook did not miss the fact that the face of the party secretary, who had been watching the scene anxiously, ripped open the milk, which looked no different from other milk on the surface, and this time Jeong-hwan drank it himself.

And after a while.

Boo woo woo woo!!!

“Wow!”

“Comrade General Secretary!”

“General Secretary! Go see the doctor…!!!”

“There’s nothing wrong with it, so don’t get nervous. It just doesn’t taste that bad. No, it’s not that it doesn’t taste good…”

After saying that, Jeonghwan threw the milk carton he was eating on the floor and asked with a cold voice the chief secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, who was already shaking his legs.

“Come on, Comrade Responsible Secretary. Can you explain to me and the party officials gathered here why there is so much fresh water in the milk produced at this factory?”

“Lord, I have committed a mortal sin, Comrade General! I, please, only the Kyohwaso… No, I can go to the Kyohwaso, so my family and I…!!!”

“I am not trying to rebuke the comrade in charge right now. I want to know the cause of this situation. Are there any of these factory workers comrades who can explain to me?”

When Jeonghwan’s gaze left the secretary kneeling on the floor and turned to the factory workers, one of them, who seemed to be a factory worker, gathered courage and opened his mouth.

“Well, that’s… Comrade General Secretary… If I dare say something…”

“Come on, tell me. There will be no further punishment for any content.”

“that is…..”

At Jeonghwan’s persuasion, the responsible worker spoke the truth while ignoring the clan chief’s secretary who seemed to shout with an expression, ‘Don’t open your mouth!’

“… Nearby… There is a garrison of the People’s Army of the People’s Army. There are the warriors… Gogoi…”

“Keep talking.”

“Goge… Soldiers and officers from the military garrison often come to this factory to steal cow’s milk. Even if we dry it, it is because it is a tribute to the cows…. There is no way to keep up with the production because they come in broad daylight and pour out all the cow’s milk they have produced.”

“………………”

It was as if a bomb had exploded in the hall.

Jeonghwan was the only person in the factory that was quiet like a grave at the confession of the responsible worker who did not show any change in his expression.

And Yoo Hye-rim, who was closest to him, thought for a moment that somehow his expression seemed to be smiling somehow.

However, the voice of Jeonghwan, who soon opened his mouth, was imbued with a strong anger that anyone could understand now.

“……Now I see. Then, comrade responsible secretary. It seems that this report on excess production prepared by a comrade at the Hwanghae-do Party Committee and posted to the center must be false? Do you know what the crime of trying to deceive the party and the leader is?”

“Cho, Comrade General Secretary….!!!!”

“Here, bring me the medal! Because the feeling of medal for a veteran hero is here.”

“………………”

Ignoring the people who looked at him with a bewildered expression, Jeonghwan pulled out a military hero medal from a neat wooden box and approached the man who did not know what to do, the responsible worker who had just revealed his astonishment.

And to the responsible worker who stared blankly at him with an expression of disbelief, Jeong-hwan himself gave him a medal that read, ‘Local Hero of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’.

After that, Jeonghwan patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him with a soft voice.

“Cho, Comrade General Secretary…..!!!”

“Thank you for being honest. It’s not the fault of the factory workers, including you, that the production was not achieved because of the criminal actions of some of the lower warriors. No, rather, he deserves a medal for pointing out the problems of the republic, daring to be criticized. Soon no one will be able to steal the products of this factory. I promise in the name of the general secretary.”

“………………”

“And you, the comrade in charge of manipulating statistics and falsely reporting production to the central office……”

The chief secretary, who had been staring blankly at this scene, shrugged his shoulders at the thought that it had finally come.

But, unexpectedly, Junghwan also showed mercy to him.

“False reporting itself is a serious crime, but there are circumstances, so let’s just skip this one time. But in the future, if production is not enough, we will have to report it to the party center as it is. There is no second excuse for manipulating statistics that blinds the party and hinders the formulation of its future strategy.”

“……Ah, ah, I got it! Comrade General Secretary!”

“As the chairman of the Central Military Commission, it is very unfortunate that I was unaware of this issue. I will make an effort for all members of the Central Party, including myself, to resolve this issue soon.”

flash.

I took a picture of Jeonghwan, who stood dignifiedly with a flashlight somewhere, and the secretary in charge, kneeling in front of him (to tears at the joy of saving his life).

Hyun Young-sook, who finally understood the true meaning of why Jeong-hwan brought him here, hurriedly ordered reporters to take pictures of this scene.

And within 24 hours, on the front page of the Rodong Sinmun, the first on-site guidance of Comrade Kim Jeong-hwan, the new general secretary, production manipulation, and the heartbreaking circumstances of the factory suffered by some military reactionaries, the generosity of the general secretary who understood and forgave all these circumstances. and remarks were published as articles.

Read at readwn.com

No matter how state-run media, the Rodong Sinmun was North Korea’s only and largest press, and the people who were curious about what kind of person the young general secretary was, were initially reluctant to believe this article.

But when I think carefully about it, even though the party has sent party members who manipulated statistics to the kyohwaso, has it never given a medal to under-produced workers as an ‘honest confession award’?

That said, the truth is that the report is big enough to cover the felony of under-production.

“Did you hear about this new general secretary?”

“I heard. Big~ Military bastards seem to have been training for a long time, and the number of people who come to private houses and rob them are increasing these days, but the conversation must be frozen by now.”

“Jegi, it’s like they’re all in the military, isn’t it, dragging them to the front and feeding them rice balls (rice balls) or corn? If you’re hungry, can you be a military officer or a party member? My son is also in the military…”

“Oh, it will get better soon! Rice came in from some guys a while ago, but now it would be nice to stay locked up in their garrison…”

Ordinary people, who did not feel like someone else’s business because of similar circumstances, were thrilled, party members realized that the same tricks as before would not work for the new general secretary in the future, and the military officers who were also not (in other ways) were thrilled. felt

What is certain is that the perception that this general secretary was different from the previous two was slowly but surely spreading to the people of the entire republic.

“Comrade General Secretary, it’s been a while. After seeing him in Japan, here in the Republic, and seeing him from a different perspective, I can’t help but be deeply moved by this Kim Yong-geon.”

“It’s the same with me, Comrade Kim. As I became the Minister of Foreign Affairs, I hope to do better in the future. Anyway, comrades…”

The executives who had been gathering in the dining room dedicated to the secretary’s office from early morning did not say anything to Jeong-hwan’s gaze as he spoke for a long time.

Knowing what happened at the Haeju factory yesterday in various ways, the only thing I could talk about now was General Manager Kim Yong-geon, who knew Jeong-hwan.

As expected, Jeonghwan took out the business without even paying attention to the breakfast table prepared by the chef dedicated to the secretary’s office.

“As you may already know, corruption and injustice are eroding this republic, from the provinces to here in Pyongyang, as you read today. What are your thoughts on this matter?”

At Jeonghwan’s words as he put the newspaper down on the table, the executives at the table, including Yonggeon Kim, Youngsook Hyun, and Seongtaek Jang, did not say anything.

Jeonghwan didn’t expect an answer as well, so he continued talking right away.

“As the general secretary, I will not show any hesitation about these corruptions and injustices that are rampant in both party and military government. In my opinion, I would like to create a new department that specializes in investigation, supervision, and even punishment for corruption, statistical errors, and corruption, and put it directly under the Central Committee, where I am a member. What do you all think?”

“Comrade General Secretary, this is a really good idea, but I think there are some difficulties.

“Tell me, comrade the current manager.”

When Jeonghwan allowed, Hyungsuk bowed his head slightly, and then moved his sensual red lips to start speaking.

“There are several essential conditions for the establishment of such an administrative body. First of all, a person who is well versed in the affairs of the Republic must be the head. It’s not just about the administrative system, it’s like a deeper story.”

Everyone nodded at her words, which were extremely correct but with many meanings.

Due to the nature of the republic, where personnel or personal punishments, which are completely different from the official administrative system, centering on the Baekdu lineage, are conducted from time to time, it was natural that a person who was bright in the battle for power that was not visible on the paperwork had to sit at the head.

Moreover, the subtle correlation between General Secretary Jeong-hwan, who came to power in a recent coup, and the Frunze faction and other powers, will make the new head’s work even more complicated.

“And secondly, of course, you have to be free from external pressures.”

This time, Junghwan’s head nodded.

Isn’t that the reason why the Central Committee, where the general secretary, Jeong-hwan himself, is a member in the first place?

“I will. Is there a third one?”

“Yes, it’s the last, but actually, this is the most important thing… Comrade General Secretary must be someone you can trust.”

At Hyun Young-sook’s cautious suggestion, Jeong-hwan nodded heavily.

The appraisal organ is a place where blood is drenched after swinging a knife, and the possibility that the person who gave the knife could cut it had to be taken into account if it made a mistake.

Right now, even in the neighborhood of South Korea, you can see that countless successive presidents are struggling to tame the judiciary, including the prosecution.

At first, Jung-hwan’s idea was to give Hye-rim Yoo, who did not have a suitable position, the position of head of the agency, but when she thinks about it again, Hye-rim Yoo’s background was too weak to do this.

Crucially, Jung-hwan wanted Hye-rim Yoo not to do such a dangerous thing, but to always support him by his side.

“Is there anyone you would like to recommend?”

At Jeonghwan’s question, the executives looked at each other’s faces.

At that time, Kim Yong-gun, who was noticing, raised his hand first and spoke.

“Comrade General Secretary, there is one person who suits me perfectly .”