Compared with the Celestial Empire on the western shore of the Yellow Sea, the southern stick can now be said to be in decay. There was an inexplicable split in the military, and the two powerful factions made a big move on the country, and even some liberal soldiers who were carried away by their ideals even pointed the finger at the Americans who took a conservative stance and supported the authoritarian government in the Gwangju incident. Of course, the result was known a few months ago, the United States and China have ruthlessly cleaned up the so-called liberals, including Kim Hyun-shin and Yoon Jung-hoon and other left-wing forces within the South Korean army have been uprooted, and conservative soldiers have even carried out a major purge within the army after Kim Hyun-shin announced his resignation, although the process is not very bloody, most of them were just thrown into prison, but no one in the army dares to express any unfavorable opinions.

Still, what the liberals are doing has aroused considerable sympathy in South Korea. Some radical organizations, represented by the Korean National Revival Society, even began to exaggerate General Yoon Chung-hoon, who was invincible in the face of the two major powers of China and the United States, and would rather be broken than destroyed, but still raised troops in anger knowing that it was unfavorable, and resolutely coup d'état even if his future was ruined.

After entering the new year, the mood brewing among the people slowly fermented, and more and more South Koreans took to the streets to carry out silent demonstrations, many of them holding up Yeonwen signs and reading "No more war, no more democracy!" ”。 Because the military's strength has been greatly damaged, although it has regained power, there is already more and more space left for Kim Yong-san and Kim Dae-jung and a group of former ****** to operate.

The new president of South Korea is Roh Tae-woo, the former military junta's minister of the interior, who has already been designated as the successor of Chun Doo-hwan, who has been blown to the ground. Although the two big-muscles taught South Korea a hard lesson, some observers believe that the United States will no longer embarrass South Korea, because South Korea is still an important link in the Asia-Pacific strategy of the United States and an important bridgehead against the Soviet Union. The stick has been waved, and now it should be a sweet date.

A group of liberals in Kim Dae-jung has also received the support of some fundamentalists of universal values in the United States, and some human rights organizations are even lobbying the US government to force the South Korean government to implement a more representative direct and universal suffrage.

In order to deal with the situation that is extremely unfavorable to the current government, President Roh Tae-woo urgently summoned a group of his confidants and cadres to discuss this issue. Because the Blue House has been bombed to rubble by Yoon Jung-hoon, the current presidential palace has had to be moved to other places, and it is clear that there are new faces among officials, probably because most of the powerful officials have been killed or poisoned in the bombing of Seoul.

It was lucky that Roh Tae-woo was able to sit here, he was not at the scene of the incident that day, he escaped, and escaped from Seoul in disguise, and finally found the Americans and the troops loyal to him, so that he could recover his disadvantage and ascend to the throne.

"Your Excellency, the situation is not very good, the people in Seoul, Daegu, Busan and other places have become very dissatisfied because the government has not yet announced whether it will follow the democratic roadmap plan set by the interim government, and they have not engaged in violent protests, but the streets are full of people wearing white masks and holding candles." Wiping his sweat, a stick official said, it was clear that the situation was no longer under the control of the government.

Another younger official spoke: "It's freezing cold, many people are braving the wind and snow to march, everyone's belief is very strong, Mr. President, please give in." ”

Lu Taiyu stared at this guy with some annoyance, but in fact, there are a lot of new officials in this room who are similar to sympathetic to liberal ideas, but the diehards have really been killed too much, and Lu Taiyu can use either people who have some ability but have leftist opinions, or people who have no ability but are very good at sycophants. In the past, if we openly expressed opinions that differed from the mainstream views of the government, we would not be able to secure our position at least and become ****** at worst. But Roh Tae-woo is now incapable of allowing a high-impact ******** to happen, and he can only compromise with these people.

Roh Tae-woo asked a vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "Has there been any change in the attitude of the US side?" ”

"No, Your Excellency, the attitude of the United States has so far been rather ambiguous, saying that it has no intention of interfering in the internal affairs of the Republic of Korea, and that the people have the right to make their own decisions."

Lu Tai slapped the table in anger and said hatefully: "Don't interfere in internal affairs? Are Americans getting too close to the Chinese and learning the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence? ”

Everyone in the audience trembled, and no one dared to answer, so Lu Tai was foolish and asked, "Then what is China's attitude?" ”

Although the two sides have not established diplomatic relations at all, in fact, in the armed mutiny, the Chinese army contributed the most, and their naval aviation almost wiped out one-third of the South Korean air force, and the number of liberal South Korean soldiers killed in the bombing was at least 3,000. On the one hand, the junta thinks that the Chinese are killing well, but on the other hand, it holds a grudge, because those liberals are also Koreans after all, and it is not the turn of the backward communist countries to do it.

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs replied: "China has no attitude towards our politics, but only blindly urges us to deal with those who have committed treason, war crimes and crimes against humanity promptly." ”

Lu Taiyu breathed a sigh of relief, at least the external pressure was not as great as he imagined, but he knew in his heart that China really had no attitude, because no matter who was in power, it would make no difference to China, and they would not be so fond of slaughtering the Chinese and the Chinese army who slaughtered so many of them. It is clear that the Reagan administration has not yet fully decided how to deal with the seemingly unstoppable trend of democratization.

The Nanbon government is now truly treading on thin ice, and although it holds the power of the country, it is deeply afraid that almost everyone in the country is hostile to them.

Lu Taiyu got up from his seat and paced back and forth in front of the conference table, making everyone more nervous, but soon, a glimmer of light appeared on Lu Taiyu's face and said, "Gentlemen, you said that we will immediately promote a universal direct election, how are you?" ”

As soon as Lu Taiyu said this, everyone present was shocked, and some people objected in court: "This will lead us to lose power, and those liberals will definitely start to find fault with us after they take power, and then beat us into the eighteenth layer of hell!" In fact, his attitude is one of the most important ideas of the conservatives who are reluctant to have universal suffrage, except for the loss of luscious power, because their butts have not been very clean during their reign, and if they really want to formalize the polity, then they will definitely dig up a lot of things.

The current president's views are not much different from the tactics he used a few years later in South Korea's June pro-democracy movement, when Roh Tae-woo was Chun Doo-hwan's designated successor and enjoyed considerable influence because the military junta was already untenable, while his main opponents, Kim Yong-sam and Kim Dae-jung, two of the most prominent figures on the left, were infighting at the last moment. More critically, because the junta suddenly threw out the call for universal suffrage, the opposition was not prepared at all, and in the end, the opposition lost this election, and Roh Tae-woo also became the first democratically elected president in South Korean history.

Even though time has passed, Lu Taiyu still has the same wisdom. The current situation is no different, the liberals are already in danger because they have crossed the line too much and have been jointly attacked by China and the United States, while the opposition is also afraid of suddenly becoming a bird and suffering **** or losing the support of the American godfather, and is cautious.

Lu Taiyu said firmly and sincerely: "The situation is not as bad as you think, first of all, our government still has an authoritative position in the eyes of the people, and then we take the initiative to compromise will give the voters a good impression, and the steps are completely in our hands, we can choose a model that is more favorable to us." Moreover, the American allies trust us more, and the liberals who used to be at war with them, hehe, who can guarantee that there are no warmongers and terrorists in them? ”

After some explanation, everyone can also understand what kind of comparative advantage the current Democratic Justice Party led by Roh Tae-woo is if the election is initiated.

"Mr. President, should we talk to the U.S. side and enlist the support of our U.S. allies?" There is no doubt that the United States has absolute influence over semi-colonial countries such as South Korea and Japan, and in the case of Japan's left-wing prime minister, as long as he offends the United States, no one can achieve long-term rule, such as the pro-China Yukio Hatoyama. The same is true in South Korea, except that South Korea has fewer presidents who dare to disobey the United States, which may also be because their strategic environment is more dangerous than Japan's, facing North Korea's military front.

At this time, some people put forward an opinion: "In addition to the United States, another country with great influence in East Asia is China, should we also strive for China's understanding and support?" ”

Everyone was silent, but Lu Taiyu said: "There is no doubt about it, whether you want to admit it or not, China may become a member of the free world and a core ally of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region, and we have also seen their strength this time." This can be a good card for our election campaign, because the liberal idiots only know how to stir up nationalist sentiment and antagonism, and if they are elected, they will inevitably face a deepening of relations with China, which will cause more trouble for the people. And if we can play the card of relations with China well, then the people will be more assured about the security environment, which is undoubtedly our advantage. Mr. Foreign Minister, could you please contact the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in South Korea, we need to reach a more constructive agreement and something that is more beneficial to our election campaign. ”