Dear Comrade the Leader Episode 216
– Do you think I’ll listen to it now, comrades?
It was Jiang Zemin’s first words when he first received a negotiation proposal from the Crown Prince Party to resign as chairman of the military committee.
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Needless to say, the meaning of giving up the military power is virtually no different from saying that you must disarm yourself and wait for the disposition of the opposing faction, which may be followed by any retaliation.In the long and complex history of the Communist Party’s long and complex internal power struggle, the position of Chairman of the Central Military Commission is effectively synonymous with the position of China’s supreme leader, as is well known by Mao Zedong, the creator of the famous saying ‘Power comes from the gun barrel’. It was a reality to receive.
In fact, Jiang Zemin’s succession plan was aimed at maintaining the position of chairman of the Military Committee until the end, and not handing over the military power, even if the position of chairman and secretary of the Communist Party were transferred to a successor from another faction.
This was because, once, he could protect his own faction, Shanghai Bang, from political revenge of the other faction, and in some cases, he could have the influence to not concede the posts of secretary and president or even to reflect his voice on the selection of a successor.
However, there was one thing that was necessary in order not to let go of the position of chairman of the Military Commission in the current situation where the voices of criticism are growing day by day, even against the Shanghai room and even the president Jiang Zemin himself.
-Osama bin Laden, as long as we catch him!
It was the neck of Osama bin Laden, the head of al Qaeda, the main culprit of the Shanghai terror attack that had been officially declared victory two years ago, but still could not be obtained.
After the tragedy of Jiang Zemin’s own political base in Shanghai, he offered a huge bounty to devastating Afghanistan, and despite the bloodshed of the People’s Liberation Army, Osama bin Laden was still not captured until 2004.
And the fact that Osama bin Laden had not yet been captured was a huge political burden for Jiang Zemin, the current Chinese president, head of the Shanghai Bang, and supreme commander of the People’s Liberation Army.
Of course, since they also occupied Kabul and declared victory, the victory was half-win.
In the past two years, despite all kinds of diplomatic burdens and international condemnation, the sweeping campaign that caused massive human casualties and the measures that allowed the use of chemical and biological weapons were also very aimed at capturing Osama bin Laden, who would prolong the political life of the Jiang Zemin regime. It was great.
However, once Osama bin Laden is captured, Jiang Zemin will become a victorious leader who avenges the people who have been sacrificed in Shanghai, and Shanghai can also be revived as a knight by overcoming the current political crisis in the corner.
Once the commander-in-chief of the military, the leader of the Military Committee, who led this war, was Jiang Zemin himself, if he took the head of the enemy’s chieftain, Osama bin Laden, he would go beyond overcoming the political crisis and would probably be in a position of importance for the Chinese Communist Party, second to the authority of Mao Zedong. It might not have gone up.
So, perhaps, the opposition faction wary of the Crown Prince and Jiang Zemin’s extension of power might be sighing in relief that Osama bin Laden has not yet been captured.
However, even after scouring Afghanistan and secretly mobilizing special forces to cross the border to Pakistan, Osama bin Laden still disappeared like smoke.
Already, the post-war failure to deal with the war and the ever-increasing increase in the People’s Liberation Army, loss of life, and burden of defense expenses were enough to raise the voices of the Prince’s Party and the Communist Party, which had been suppressed by Jiang Zemin’s authority.
And such a sudden power shift within the Chinese Communist Party was, of course, inevitable in neighboring countries including North Korea.
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“By the way, Comrade General Secretary, where is the real Osama bin Laden? There is also a possibility that he is hiding in the Pakistani side of the same comrades… … .”
“… … Well, maybe it’s in a place no one expected.”
Jeong-hwan asked Baek Seung-cheol, who tilted his head after hearing all these circumstances through reports from the North Korean embassy in China, Foreign Minister and Prime Minister Kim Yong-geon, the General Bureau of Foreign Reconnaissance, and the troops dispatched to Afghanistan.
The statue of the Politburo meeting they are currently sitting around was right after hearing all these related briefings, and all the members, no matter who they were, were holding their mouths shut with serious expressions.
And at Jeonghwan’s vague answer just before, Baek Seung-cheol and other military officials tilted their heads.
Wasn’t the supreme leader they knew the type of person to answer one by one like this?
“there… … So, if no one expected it, where exactly are you talking about? … .”
“Or maybe it really doesn’t matter where you are.”
“… … yes?”
“What do you think, Comrade Jang? Wouldn’t it be nice to hear about the Chinese side of things that cannot be heard by ordinary sources? Who do you think has the most potential to lead China over the next decade?”
Jung-hwan turned his gaze to Jang Seong-taek, leaving Baek Seung-cheol and the military officers who looked unsure of what he was talking about.
Jang Seong-taek, who felt satisfied in his heart as he turned away from the officers and generals and recognized his expertise, politely bowed his head and replied to Jeong-hwan.
“Gogoi… … It seems to me that Comrade Jiang Zemin is likely to retire and pass the post of president and secretary of the Communist Party to the Crown Prince, but retain the post of chairman of the Central Military Commission until the end.”
“… … Even in this situation?”
“Comrade Jiang Zemin is not such a likable nobleman. No matter how much he overthrew his best friend, former President Deng Xiaoping, through his alliance with the Prince’s Party, his rationalistic diplomatic line and achievements in economic development are widely recognized. It is a fact that everyone acknowledges, so I think it will be difficult to lose all influence within a short period of time.”
At Jang Seong-taek’s insight, everyone in the hall nodded inwardly.
In fact, as he said, Jiang Zemin’s position within the party was never easy, which raised China, which was only a developing country at the time of Deng Xiaoping, to the position of the United States’ most likely future competitor.
“Then Vice-Chairman Zhang believes that President Jiang Zemin will keep his position until the end of the military committee.”
“Yes. Giving up the military power is equivalent to giving up virtually everything, and Comrade Xi Jinping and Bo Si Lai, who are often known as Zhang’s enemies within the Prince’s Party, are in fact not as bad as they are known to the outside world. In fact, the two comrades are also in an implicit rivalry with each other, so if President Chang uses it, he will be able to overcome the current situation.”
“Then you mean that President Zhang does not have to make any concessions?”
When someone from the standing committee members sitting there asked that question, Jang Seong-taek shook his head as if it wasn’t.
“No, it must have been difficult. First of all, public opinion in China is currently very hostile, and there is a ten-year term limit that has not been officially abolished since Comrade Deng was overthrown… … . Crucially, Comrade Jiang Zemin’s economic policies have not only brought praise to the Chinese people.”
Even the members of the Politburo and Jeong Hwan, who had their eyes wide open at Jang Seong-taek’s answer, had no choice but to agree again.
Under Jiang Zemin’s rule, China threw off the last traces of communism that it had left even as a veneer and walked the path of growth first, and it was already well known to everyone that a severe gap between the rich and the poor was occurring in the process.
In fact, even in this North Korea, without going far, the gap between the rich and the poor is getting worse day by day due to the radical change of line by General Secretary Kim Jeong-hwan.
The gap between Shinheung Donju, which had already been rejected in the process of reform and opening up, and the common people, was already getting serious, causing a lot of concern within the Workers’ Party of Korea.
“Now… … If so, is it very likely that the next great power will be shared among different factions?”
“That’s right. There is already Vice President Hu Jintao (胡锦涛), who is already vice-chairman of the Communist Youth Corps and the Gongcheng Corps, in addition to the Prince’s Party and Shanghai Bang. Wouldn’t it be the most likely of a kind of triumvirate politics, which inherited the position of general secretary of the Communist Party and conceded only the position of general secretary of the Communist Party to the Crown Prince, and kept the position of chairman of the Military Committee until the end? Of course, that system didn’t last forever… … .”
“It will be if Osama bin Laden is not caught. But somehow I feel bad. Could it have been that the Crown Prince had his teeth in Jiang Zemin without any insurance?”
“… … ?”
Jang Seong-taek looked at Jeong-hwan as if he meant what he meant, but Jeong-hwan didn’t answer and was still in his thoughts.
In light of the original history that Jeong Hwan knows, in fact, the head of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, overcame several near-capture crises in the early days of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
He was not captured early by the US military, not because Osama bin Laden was some kind of hidden genius, but luck and a discord between the US Department of Defense and the intelligence community played a decisive role… … .
In other words, the fact that Osama bin Laden was not caught for more than 10 years after the start of the war was literally the result of pure luck.
“Perhaps Osama bin Laden has already been captured by someone and is under arrest. The information we hear from Pyongyang is only fragmentary information from official announcements from the Chinese authorities and dispatched troops. Maybe someone has already caught it and is taking it apart… … .”
“Who do you think would do such a thing, and for what reason, Comrade General?”
“I can’t say for sure yet. However, what is certain is that in the current political situation in China, where the current situation is in a hurry, Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts and life and death are like the triggers of a pistol. The question is who pulls first… … .”
And although it is a fact that we will find out a little later from this point, in fact, Junghwan’s worrying speculation was true.
Osama bin Laden had already been captured by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army special forces in the middle of that year, to be exact.
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– Remember, you must be captured. For the party and the people, Osama bin Laden must be spared and put on a trial court in Beijing where the people are watching.
-I understand, I will risk my life to complete it.
At first glance, it was incomprehensible that the People’s Liberation Army, which had significantly lower intelligence assets such as reconnaissance satellites than the Americans who fought the war in Afghanistan in the original history, captured bin Laden much earlier than the Americans. There are times when power comes into play.
About 10 years ago, during the Soviet-Afghanistan War, the Frunze faction, who was instigated by the KGB (thought so), supported the Mujahideen in retaliation for the North Korean coup d’état, and provided information from the Ministry of State Security of China, which learned their fighting methods and guerrilla warfare know-how. Analysis played a big role.
After scouring and narrowing down candidates based on their experience at the time, in the mountains of Pakistan and Afghanistan, they finally found the camp where Osama bin Laden and his followers hid, and a mountain warfare unit was immediately deployed.
After 40 minutes of fighting in the dark, the People’s Liberation Army mountain warfare unit finally achieved the feat of capturing Osama bin Laden alive, the main cause of the Shanghai terror and now the number one enemy of the 1.3 billion people of China.
However, this good news did not reach Jiang Zemin and Shanghai Bang, who were waiting with long necks, but was cut off by some force in the middle.
-… … But does the Party Central Committee know this information? Why was the Chengdu Military District Mountain Brigade called up instead of the Beijing Military District Special Forces Brigade for this important operation? … .
– I don’t know! Keep your mouth shut and keep confidentiality!
China’s military, if traced back to its roots, has its roots in warlords.
During the Sino-Japanese War, the armies of the warlords had a strong tendency to be loyal to the individual warlords or their families, not to the party or the law. .
The forces that make up the People’s Liberation Army Afghan Expeditionary Force were mainly drawn from two military districts, but the unit in Xinjiang, which is geographically closest, cannot be excluded because it must be wary of the Uyghurs. These enemies were Shenyang County.
And the Chengdu military district, which was mobilized to arrest bin Laden, had such an individual influence that it could not be called a private soldier of Bo Bo Lai, the son of Boi Bo, a mogul of the Crown Prince Party and also one of the Eight Elders of the CCP. It was a very strong unit.
In the end, Jiang Zemin, who had somehow managed to capture bin Laden and put it in front of the people, aiming for a final political reversal at the edge of the brink, understood the situation only after receiving a notice from his political opponent, Prince Charming, that ‘even if Afghanistan was turned upside down, bin Laden would not be captured forever’.
He and Shanghai Bang were defeated.
-I lost… … . I will step down after resigning as chairman of the military committee, so please don’t touch my aides.
-Remark. People have an eye for it, and we also don’t want to make noise. After all, your term of office has come to an end, so please stop stepping down in the sense of respecting tradition.
In the end, Jiang Zemin, who held only the position of chairman of the Military Commission until the very end and would not let go, had no choice but to retire in a lonely way after negotiating with the Crown Prince Party and the Public Chungcheong Corps to ensure minimal safety.
And after the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (although the results were decided in advance), the new power structure in China was finally reorganized as follows.
– 6th President of the People’s Republic of China: Hu Jintao
– 4th General Secretary of the Communist Party of China: Xi Jinping
= 5th President of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China: Bo Bo Lai
“Is China becoming like our republic these days? It’s actually the second generation of hereditary succession with Jiang Zemin in the middle of the regime change, this is.”
After hearing the news, Junghwan was half bitter and half ridiculed.
Considering the fact that the state president’s post granted to Hu Jintao of the Gongcheongdan is a semi-honorary post with little influence in internal affairs, and is only a face-off to avoid the opposition of the Gongcheongdan, it is clear to anyone that it is actually a forward deployment of the children of the revolutionary during the Great War. it would have been seen
It was the last resistance of Jiang Zemin and the Shanghai Bang that did not give the positions of general secretary and chairman of the military committee to one person, but passed it down to Xi Jinping and Bo Shi Lai, who were relatively close to him among the Crown Princes.
However, the fact that the three men divided and divided the heads of the party, military, and justice, where it was customary for one person to hold multiple posts concurrently for decades, means that Bo Bo Ji-rai and Xi Jinping, the protagonists who defeated Jiang Zemin, are also very close to each other. It was also a sign that it wasn’t good.
Inevitably foreshadowed by a power struggle, this precarious appointment became the fuse of the CCP’s fierce intra-party struggle, extreme chaos, and catastrophe over the next ten years.
