In Xiao Letian's previous life, people's impressions of South Korea were mostly those of the Four Asian Tigers, Korean dramas, kimchi, Samsung, Daewoo, plastic surgery, etc., but there was no concept of poverty in any of the elements. 81Δ Chinese website
In fact, this was not the case historically. After the Korean War, South Korea was once very poor. What is the concept of poverty? None are as good as North Korea to the north.
People who don’t know that period of history may find it a bit incredible, but this is an undeniable historical fact. In the 1960s and 1970s, North Korea’s economy completely crushed South Korea and even rivaled Japan.
Because Kim Il Sung of that era was relatively good at balancing China and the Soviet Union, and even exploited the conflicts between the two big brothers, mainly those during the Khrushchev period, for speculation.
They asked for a spinning factory from China, then asked for a wireless equipment factory from the Soviet Union, and the day after tomorrow asked for several livestock farms from Eastern Europe, Czechoslovakia and other countries.
At that time, the socialist camp was very particular about brotherhood. In this camp, whoever was thick-skinned and who cried about poverty would generally get some milk to drink.
At that time, the development of North Korea's heavy industry was average, but the development of light industry was really very good. The most obvious manifestation of the development of light industry is that there is an adequate supply of goods related to people's lives in society, and the level of social affluence is naturally high.
At that time, North Korea's per capita GDP even exceeded that of China.
Looking back at South Korea at that time, the war had just ended and everything was in ruins. The southern part of the Korean Peninsula had no resources. The American and European camp emphasized capitalism and followed market rules, and they would not help like the socialist camp. South Korea is a small country, so life in South Korea was very difficult at that time.
Agriculture basically cannot provide food and clothing, there is very little heavy industry, and the light industry is half dead. Until 198o, South Korea's economy was not a rival to North Korea.
At that time, there were a very large number of low-class poor people in South Korea who yearned for life in the north. North Korea was very successful in exporting revolution to South Korea, and there were countless demonstrations.
South Korea finally officially rose to prominence thanks to the Miracle of Jianghan, which is ridiculous to say. South Korea’s economic rise has nothing to do with freedom and democracy. South Korea initially relied on the power politics of the military government to make its fortune.
In 1961, Park Chung-hee came to power in a military coup. This man was Park Geun-hye's father.
After Park Chung-hee came to power, he first suppressed dissidents and eliminated members of the student movement at the time, and finally consolidated the status of his military government. At the same time, he took control of the three powers of executive, legislative, and judicial powers, established a military revolutionary committee, and finally formed his own dictatorship.
It is worth mentioning that such a dictatorial military government that came to power in a coup was finally recognized by Europe and the United States, and the relationship has always been very good. This shows how good the Americans are at changing faces, and they are really experts at playing double standards.
History tells us bloodily that the opportunity for South Korea's economic development was centralization, not so-called democracy. It relied on the dictatorship of the military government, not the freedom of fantasy.
After Park Chung-hee came to power, he learned from socialist countries and began to implement five-year plans. The most unique one was the monopoly of industrial production, which merged many small enterprises together and used limited national fiscal revenue to support them and expand them regardless of the cost.
Externally, it absorbs foreign investment from Japan, the United States and Europe, and carries out strong mergers internally. National resources are completely tilted towards those large group companies, while independent private enterprises do not receive a certain amount of financial support.
Until 1996, in more than 30 years, South Korea had formed a total of 12 large industrial groups, including Samsung, Daewoo, SK, Hyundai, Posco, Korea Electric Power... and so on.
Park Chung-hee was assassinated in 1979, but his policies changed South Korea's national destiny. It was he who won the status of the Four Asian Tigers.
Of course, such a policy also has big drawbacks, that is, chaebol politics will inevitably emerge. When Park Chung-hee died, successive Korean leaders lost control of these large enterprises.
Chaebol politics has completely kidnapped South Korea. Politicians act according to the face of the conglomerates. The entire national economy is controlled by a very small number of people, and the people only have nominal freedom.
It is pitiful to say that South Korea is a country that promotes so-called freedom and democracy, but in fact the people have never received real freedom.
It was a vassal state during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and they were lower-class citizens during the Japanese occupation. After World War II, they were considered liberated, but they split into two countries and started a civil war.
North Korea in the north is doing the same thing, while South Korea in the south first encountered a military government and then plutocratic politics, and the people couldn't change anything at all.
Some people say that there is one person, one vote, and the president is elected by the people, right? But under plutocratic politics, the president is nothing more than a puppet. The small elite who control the equity of the consortium are not elected by the people with their votes.
Votes cannot solve the issue of equity and ownership within a consortium. You can impeach a president to step down, but you cannot impeach any monopoly chaebol. Even your food, clothing, housing, transportation, and all your income are controlled by these consortiums. If you offend them, your Life is destined to end in tragedy.
No job, no income, marginalized in society...the rich and diverse punishment methods make people shudder. So in South Korea, you can see the roars calling for the president to step down and the government to collapse, but you will never hear the calls for Samsung to die and Hyundai to collapse.
The reason is simple. Ordinary people still rely on these large companies for wages. Their food, clothes, and houses all depend on the charity of these plutocrats.
It is precisely because Xiao Letian saw the future results of the franchise monopoly system that he would never dare to implement such a system in Ryukyu, Nanyang, and other Chinese areas.
But the Far East is an exception. Xiao Letian thought hard for a long time and couldn't think of a better system than this. The reason is that the Far East is too poor and barren, and it doesn't even have enough population.
If you don't use this monopoly system to concentrate limited resources, you won't be able to solve the fundamental problem at all. When there is no other way to go, people have to press forward even if the only feasible way is full of thorns.
"Fortunately, there is only one place in the Far East as a pilot. Fortunately, other Chinese regions still have the ability to restrict this place. I hope that under such restrictions, those big trusts that started by relying on franchises will be so ugly!"
Xiao Letian had lingering fears, but he had no choice but to do it. Before the Far East War, he had already promised this system to many Chinese giants, and he also received the support of those giants.
It's no good if you don't have faith. Now you can only hold your nose and move forward.
Just when Xiao Letian led Zai Chun to rush towards Ninggu Tower City, martial law was unexpectedly enforced on the dock in Naha.
Note: This chapter describes the miracle of Jianghan created by Park Chung-hee, but at the end I want to remind everyone that Park Chung-hee and China have a blood feud.
This man was born in 1917, when Korea had been annexed by Japan. He was a child born during the Japanese occupation. He received Japanese education since childhood, and finally graduated from the Kanto 6th Military Academy in Japan, and finally participated in The war of aggression against China.
His main areas of activity were in Manchukuo and northern Zhili. During the Anti-Japanese War, he massacred many Chinese people. It can be said that he was rich in blood debt. He even assassinated Soviet liaison officers after the war.
This man was said to be more militant than the Japanese. After the Emperor issued an unconditional surrender order, his troops refused to carry out the Emperor's order and continued to fight. In the end, he seemed to be arrested by the military commander and deported back to the country.
Hey... the military commander really shouldn't be so merciful!
