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Chapter 13. The War Against Corruption – The Golden Age of General Secretary (3)

Chapter 13. The War Against Corruption – The Golden Age of General Secretary (3)

The formation of the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau was led by Director Kim Young-il, and personnel from the Inspection Bureau and the Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Social Security under Jang Seong-taek.

These were the personnel who had been away from the military for a relatively long time, and since they are people who have developed internal affairs based on their long experience, it was due to Jeonghwan’s instructions that they would help them perform the duties of the recently launched Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau more smoothly. .

And immediately after its inauguration, the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau and the Bureau of Investigation immediately launched an active and fierce investigation.

– The Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau. Comrade Kim Kang-guk, head of the Party’s Agriculture Department, right?

– That’s right… Comrades, what’s going on, Girai?

– I heard a report that your comrade falsely reported to the upper management the statistics on the harvest of cabbage in Hamgyeong Province last year. I’ve already gathered all the testimonies, so please keep quiet.

– Come on, wait! Hey, I’m not the only one making this false report, right? It’s common to already inflate production outside the party…

– That was until yesterday, and Comrade General Secretary made a firm decision. If you have any dissatisfaction, please talk to Comrade Kim Young-il, who is taking orders from Comrade General Secretary.

– Hey, look, comrades!

Soon, the Bureau of Investigation began touring the country, centered on Pyongyang, and began to catch all kinds of corruption, manipulation of statistics, and extortion against the people, regardless of the party government.

Although the investigation bureau’s investigation targets were also widely distributed in the Party and Cabinet, much more manpower was inevitably allocated to investigations targeting the People’s Army.

First of all, the scale of the People’s Army is also large, but because of the nature of North Korea as a barracks country, the reason is that the People’s Army organization always has a leg up in some way against corruption or corruption of a certain size.

Besides, isn’t the incident that triggered the establishment of the Bureau of Investigation in the first place was the extortion of the products of factories and enterprises from the People’s Army Allied Forces.

In order to take notice of the party (and general secretary Jeong-hwan), the investigation had to be centered on the military.

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Naturally, as expected, a clash between the investigative bureau and the officers under investigation was inevitable, and it was natural that force was mobilized in the process.

– 815 Mechanized Corps 107th Tank Division Tank Battalion Battalion Commander Major Roh Gyeong-cheol! There have been reports that a comrade of the Major General has used his warriors to intimidate nearby residents and exploit food and other goods. I hope you will follow the directions of the Bureau of Investigation.

– Hey, what’s this? If this is the case, go through the Politburo or the Security Bureau…

– Did you think you didn’t know that you were a political officer in the same unit and that everything was common knowledge? Besides, did you say it was a security guard country? Are you referring to the institution led by the reactionary member Won Heung-hee who dared to put his teeth on Comrade Kim Jeong-hwan now? Come on and take it!

– hey! You bastards like this dog! So, if the supply isn’t enough, you’re saying that everyone should sit down and eat corn and tofu pieces? How can you just sit around eating that kind of thing for a hundred days and fight the reactionaries of South Korea and the US imperialists?

– You mean you’re going to resist the arrest now? It is Comrade General Secretary’s solemn duty that extorting the people from the People’s Army that protects the people is unforgivable for any reason!

– Damn it! Everyone come out! Let’s fight to see who wins!

Eventually a collision occurred.

The investigators of the Bureau of Investigation, who were investigating the corruption of the front corps, were rather humiliated and expelled from the base of the unit.

Fortunately, the members of the unit were not completely insane, but they returned with their lives, but Kim Young-il, who now sits as the head of the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau, reacted so quickly and actively to this situation that those who knew him so far were surprised.

– Comrade General Secretary! I have an urgent matter to report on.

– Ah, bro… Oops, I guess I should call you Comrade Kim now. What’s going on?

– Members of the Bureau of Investigation, who were investigating the corruption of the 815 Mechanized Corps, came back after being severely assaulted by the unit.

– ……… Hmm, that’s serious, so what can I do for you?

– The instigators of this crime must have looked down on the strict command of the General Secretary to strictly enforce corruption and corruption regardless of the party government. Therefore, in the name of Comrade General Secretary, these rebels should be immediately thrown into a correctional center, and those most responsible should be executed by firing squad.

– Well sir. But my position is a bit difficult. I am the party general secretary, but I am also the chairman of the Central Military Commission. Therefore, it is difficult to unilaterally favor either side of the Bureau of Investigation and the People’s Army. Please forgive me in this regard for my older brother.

– …………of course. How can I forget the grace of Comrade General Secretary Kim Young-il, who summoned and placed this helpless Kim Young-il in his office?

– But that doesn’t mean I can’t leave it as it is, because if I let my brother, that is, Comrade Kim’s Bureau of Investigation, get beaten up as it is, the order I gave him about corruption will be ineffective.

– ………………………………………………

– Although I cannot be directly involved, I will create a new armed forces organization that can use real power in the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau. As the general secretary, the members of the Investigation Bureau who received orders under my direct control have become blind, so there is a good cause… Then I won’t go anywhere to get hit.

– What a good idea, Comrade General Secretary! But I don’t know where I’m going to get the members of that gang… and I don’t know if they’ll follow my orders with no military experience.

– On that matter, Comrade Jang Seong-taek here will cooperate. Under the command of Comrade Jang, the Ministry of Social Security’s task force has recruited dozens of senior-level personnel and will take command of the low-ranking officers and sergeant-class troops…. Remember what I said last time, Comrade Jang Seong-taek?

– Hmm… I remember. It was also an order from the general secretary, but after the last incident, the number of military officers these days has grown so much that there is a sense of arrogance. I’ve been cooperating with all my might because I teach habits to those who act as if they are above the party.

– Hahaha… After all, the only one I can trust is the head of the department. It would be difficult for the Ministry of Social Security to manage all the people arrested in the last time, but it would be good to give a new opportunity to those who were converted from this opportunity. So, now…

(In this part, Jung-hwan sends a soft smile to Director Kim Young-il, who is spewing fire from his eyes.)

– I hope you will continue to actively carry out your duties in the future. Comrade Kim.

– I’ll give you all my allegiance! Comrade general secretary!

On that day too, Lieutenant Lieutenant Ryu Mu-young, a member of the Pyongyang Security Command, was immersed in happy emotions while looking into the ‘book’.

The identity of the ledger he was looking into, not even the accountant in the unit, was a book of profits obtained from selling oil stolen from the unit he was in charge of.

This is something I’ve been doing for quite some time, but after ‘Girls’, the politician’s mouth, who warned me to eat in moderation occasionally, was as tight as a clam.

This is inevitable, because Lieutenant Colonel Ryu Moo-young’s direct senior when studying at Frunze was Baek Seung-cheol, the commander of the square company and now lieutenant-general of the Korean People’s Army.

‘Heh, there is no one in the People’s Army who doesn’t know that Comrade Lieutenant General Paik was the backbone of the last event and made a big contribution to upholding the current general secretary. But who dares to say that I drink some honey afterward?’

Looking at the numbers (stolen oil products and their sales revenue) full of notebooks, Ryu Moo-young was busy with self-rationalization.

At first glance, it is said that the reason why he, who was once a soldier faithful to his country, became so passionate about ‘business’ was because of the poor treatment of his country, Joseon, which is different from when he was in Frunze.

So, Ryu Moo-young thought it was natural for him to skip a little bit of this military oil, like the blood of the Korean People’s Army.

It seemed that I would not be able to endure the stuffy military life if I did not earn money by doing this and sometimes use vodka and (smuggling) luxury items.

‘And if you look at it, Lieutenant General Baek has already done everything he needs to do in the hammock, hasn’t he? So who can say to me? Let’s see, this month is a little less, but if we reduce the share given to the lower warriors a little…’

“Comrade Lieutenant Lieutenant Ryu Mu-young of the Pyongyang Security Command’s Motorized Battalion! You must come with us!”

“…what, what?”

Ryu Moo-young was startled to see a group of uniformed soldiers who suddenly burst into the office and almost fell off the chair.

Ryu Moo-young, who had been staring blankly at them for a moment, unable to understand the situation, recognized the face of one of them and his face was distorted.

“…Ki, Kim Young-il?”

“Oh hey, it’s been a while. Hasn’t heaven and earth changed a lot in the meantime, Lieutenant-Left Lieutenant General Ryu Moo-young?”

It was Kim Young-il, the head of the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau, who walked out with a cold smile from the front of the officers.

However, the reason that Ryu Moo-young was surprised is that the face, Heo-yeon, and Yam-saeng appeared as Kim Young-il as the head of the investigation department.

Actually, it wasn’t just one.

This is because it was Kim Young-il and his family who were the subjects of the guard (supervision) of Ryu Moo-young, who once served in the escort command.

“No matter how much white-headed I am, I have a side that is trembling from the core, and I must have told you that you are the backbone that will lead this republic in the future, right? I wouldn’t have known that it would come back like this when your bastard gave shame to me and my blood relatives during the days of the escort command. Isn’t that right?”

“Hey, hey, Kim Young-il…..Isn’t that a thing of the past… I had no choice but to do it because it was just an upper-level order… And then, if I wanted to survive under General Kim Jong-il, I just… Ah, no. , so not the general, but Kim Jong-il…”

“Shut up! Still, the sky is not indifferent, so the day has finally come to repay you with the kindness of Comrade General Secretary. I’ll take them anyway, but in the meantime, even if I enjoy playing a bit, Comrade General Secretary won’t say anything. Show the rebel-eating rebels a taste of their fists!”

“Hey, this outing…!!! If you touch me, from Lieutenant General Baek Seung-cheol to our Frunze comrades, I think our comrades will be quiet…

Soon after, when Ryu Moo-young’s teeth were broken by a sharp fist, Ryu’s subordinates who were nearby rushed to join him.

The situation immediately turned into a brawl between the Korean People’s Army, but despite the numerical superiority, it was surprisingly Ryu’s subordinates who were pushed back.

In addition, for some reason each fist had emotions, the troops brought by Kim Young-il were fierce and fierce like tigers attacking a herd of rabbits.

The soldiers of the Pyongyang Security Command under Ryu were not very weak, but at first they thought they would be security guards from the Ministry of Social Security at best, so they looked at them with humor.

‘Hey, what’s going on with this? Where the hell did these elite warriors come from? Besides, some of me must be ripe noodles…?’

Taang! Taang!!

Ryu Moo-young’s thoughts were interrupted by the gunshots of Mt. Baekdu’s pistol fired by Kim Young-il into the air when the situation was settled to some extent.

“now stop! This is enough! Tie up all the people involved, including Ryu Moo-young over there, and take them away! The disposition of them will be left to the general secretary comrade.”

However, looking into Kim Young-il’s eyes, looking at Ryu Moo-young with grudge-filled eyes, it didn’t seem like the situation would end very well.

And they, the Pyongyang Security Command troops, eventually got entangled like a gulbi-durum in the name of embezzlement of oil and had no choice but to get on a truck of the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau and be dragged away powerlessly.

And the next morning, Kim Young-il was visited by a customer full of anger.

One of his close aides was arrested and angry, the name of the guest was Lieutenant General Baek Seung-cheol, commander of the Pyongyang Defense Command .