Chapter 1915: Unexpected Intelligence
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In modern times, South Korea has been emulating the United States in building its nation. A series of measures, including the political system and the legal system, are all in the same vein as the United States.
Most of South Korea's democratic demands in recent years have also been based on the United States, and they have completely learned from the United States.
Everything that learns from the United States is good. This is the way in which the democratic parties and democracy fighters in South Korea are doing things, and they are almost copying them.
Even if the United States played a lot of roles in the Gwangju incident that year, it did not affect their ability to keep up with the United States in everything.
Because of his admiration for the United States, people like Yin Shangwu naturally have an indispensable concern for the United States.
The continued sluggish economy in the United States is also the focus of his attention.
Originally, Yoon Sang-wu believed that the poor economy of the United States was the cause of the global economic downturn.
But now Cui Zhengyuan's words have given him a great impact from another way of thinking.
You must know that opposition parties and people without party affiliation have always regarded "democracy" as the norm and an indispensable weapon for their political activities.
Anyone who doubts democracy is immediately criticized by them as dictatorship.
This is Yin Shangwu, if it were someone else, Cui Zhengyuan would not have said these words at all.
As a politician who has always been active in the civil society, Yoon Sang-mu is different from other politicians. Basically, everything he did was out of love for the country and love for the people.
Because of this, he is not as interested as other politicians. Knowing that democracy has its drawbacks, he will also open his eyes and tell nonsense, and would rather die than criticize the wrongness of democracy.
Because he has been mixed with the people for a long time and mingled with the people, Yin Shangwu has a better understanding of what the people need. This also affected his political outlook, and he was easily persuaded by Choi Jung-won's theories.
Many politicians think that the people are ignorant and easily incited and fooled. Therefore, it has always been adopted in the way of inculcating democracy, trying to tie the people to their chariot and become a tool for them to achieve their political goals.
This is not a mistake, but it is by no means sustainable. Otherwise, the momentum they have gained now will definitely bring them a fatal backlash in the future.
For the people, such seemingly noble slogans as democracy and freedom may seem attractive for a while, and they will also flock to them.
But when they get involved, after a while. If they find that these so-called democracies and freedoms do not bring any hope or improvement to their lives, they will immediately abandon them.
For ordinary people, the basic life and survival events of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are what they are most concerned about.
Empty slogans can only have a temporary effect, and they can never last.
Just like those peasant uprisings in ancient China, what slogans such as "the prince and the prince will have a kind of Xiangning", "the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand", "the king will not pay for food when he comes", how attractive it looks.
It is also for this reason that when those uprisings began, they attracted countless people. It looks like that.
But when the revolt went on for a while, the vassals found that everything was not as rosy as they had imagined.
Not only will you not have enough to eat, but you will also be in danger of losing your head, after the blood has cooled down for a while. will be completely disappointed with this uprising.
This is also the fundamental reason why those vigorous peasant uprisings were finally suppressed and defeated.
The same is true of democracy, many years have passed since the emergence of the theory of democracy.
Once upon a time. As long as it is in the name of democracy, it can be supported by countless people. Anything in the name of democracy will have a great effect.
But so many years have passed. The people found that so-called democracy did not lead to prosperity. Their pockets are still empty, and their standard of living is even worse than it was during the dictatorship, so you can imagine what the consequences will be.
Yoon Sang-wu is not without thinking, because since 2007, the opposition parties and democrats in the name of democracy have been absent from their ruling positions for a long time.
Even when they were in power, they showed little kindness to the country, society, people's livelihood, and the people.
This disappointing reality will inevitably prompt scholars like him to think and study and find out what is unreasonable.
But even so, Yoon Sang-wu never thought that there was anything wrong with democracy.
As a result, here today, Cui Zhengyuan's words put forward a completely new point of view for him.
Who says that the democracy they have always insisted on is right? Why does democracy have to be like this? If such democracy is right, then what about the United States now beginning to decay?
One sharp question after another smashed, making Yin Shangwu's brain completely freeze, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Yoon Sang-woo noticed Choi Jung-won early on and knew that this young man was wearing countless praises. There are also many who describe him as the hope for South Korea's future, the biggest discovery in South Korean politics, and so on.
In the past, he scoffed at these claims and did not believe them.
In his opinion, Cui Zhengyuan is too young. Coupled with a good and enviable family background, it looks like a greenhouse flower that has not experienced wind and rain and has grown up with the support of the family.
It is impossible for such a person to survive in harsh political activities, and at most it is only a flash in the pan.
But today, in front of a real person, Choi Jung-won suddenly put forward an angle of view that he had never been aware of, and finally made him change his opinion.
He had already understood that the young man in front of him had real material, and was even far more powerful than most politicians.
Otherwise, how could he have put forward such an alternative point of view, which would have shocked him, a person who has studied modern politics quite a bit.
The next meeting has lost its original meaning, or has been given a greater meaning.
Because of his disappointment with the current political status quo and his concern about the quality of life of ordinary people, Yoon Sang-mu wondered if he could communicate more with Choi Jung-won to get some useful supplements.
After all, after this young man entered politics, he implemented several successive policies that were effective, helping the economy to improve in many places.
The head of a civil political group like him, compared to the pale political slogans. How to help ordinary people is obviously more meaningful.
What he didn't expect was that he hadn't gotten the enlightenment in this regard, but Cui Zhengyuan had a great impact on the belief he had insisted on all his life.
If it were an ordinary politician, he would definitely be unmoved by Choi Jung-won's statement, and would even have the cheekiness to make a fierce rebuttal.
Because in the eyes of these people, the slogans they preach such as democracy and freedom will give them tangible benefits.
Someone does it from this aspect, isn't that smashing their jobs?
But Yin Shangwu is different, they adhered to the slogan of democracy back then. It is not for the sake of political gain. Rather, it was the high-pressure policy adopted by the military government at that time, which really infringed on the vital interests of the people.
Different starting points mean different views on democracy.
Not to mention that as a scholar, he already has the quality of studying. Faced with this theory, which is completely different from his concept, he thinks not about how to refute it, but about researching it.
Only after thoroughly studying Cui Zhengyuan's theory and understanding its essence will he form his own opinion and decide whether to agree or oppose it.
And this gave Choi Zhengyuan the opportunity to promote his theory. It also gave him an opportunity to unite civic groups.
Others don't know, Cui Zhengyuan is still very confident in his own set of theories.
After all, in today's era of proliferation of democracy, its drawbacks have been proven in many places. On the contrary, China, which acts on his theories, has flourished. The national strength is thriving, and the quality of life of the people is also improving.
With such a contrast, I believe that sooner or later, the civic group represented by Yin Shangwu will be held. will be a solid ally on his side.
And without the support of these civic groups, will those democratic parties and democracy fighters still have the soil to survive?
When walking down the mountainside. Yin Shangwu has been asking questions constantly, involving all aspects of the theory that Cui Zhengyuan said.
Cui Zhengyuan did not reserve it, but put out all his thoughts.
Yin Shangwu agrees with the content and opposes it. As a result, the two walked all the way down, noisy and lively, but talked happily.
When it was time to break up, Yin Shangwu was already red-faced. "Representative Choi, when I go to Seoul to ask you for advice in the future, you can't turn me away. I have benefited a lot from talking to you today. The ancients said that there must be my teacher in a threesome, and what he said is true. ”
It's too late for Cui Zhengyuan to be happy. "Principal Yin's words are out of sight, you are a sage of your predecessors, and you are a model for my juniors to learn. I should often come here to ask for benefits, as long as you don't think I'm young and ignorant. ”
Yin Shangwu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't say polite words, in short, we should communicate more with each other, so as to contribute to the development and progress of the country." ”
"As you always say, that's what I've always hoped for." Cui Zhengyuan echoed.
After everything that should be said, Yin Shangwu was ready to leave for home. But just as he was leaving, he suddenly remembered something, and he should definitely tell Cui Zhengyuan.
Today's meeting made him have a good impression of Cui Zhengyuan, and he was biased in his mind. "By the way, Representative Cui, there's something I think I should tell you."
Seeing that his face was serious, Cui Zhengyuan hurriedly became serious. "Tell me."
Yin Shangwu frowned and recalled, "That's right, some time ago, the eldest son of your Cui clan's sect master once came to visit me, hoping to use the cargo dock below our group. At that time, I thought he was going to use it to transport goods, so I lent it to him. But later, according to the people at the dock, there was a person who was picked up by him. Sneaky, I'm afraid it's not a good thing. ”
At this point, he described the person's appearance again. "The man is said to be very big, and the province is full of explosive muscles. With a bronze face, thick eyebrows and a wide mouth, he looks like a tiger. By the way, when he walks, he has a very strange feature. Even when his left leg is raised, he can't help but jump and jump, as if he wants to throw his shoes out. ”
He said casually, but he didn't notice that Cui Zhengyuan's face had turned into a cold winter. (To be continued......)