According to Moon's own description, in his youth, there were three things that had a great influence on him.
01 Severe beatings
The first thing was to be admitted to the best school in the Busan area, Gyeongnam Junior High School, in 1965. It was an elite school, and before that, Moon had been living in a slum, and as a descendant of the refugees, he had suffered no less. His parents were industrious, his father gave up the opportunity to work in the government and chose to go out to do business, and his mother also subsidized the family by selling some briquettes and eggs. But no matter how hard his parents tried, they couldn't get out of the predicament, and the family was so poor that it clanged.
In his autobiography, he said that it was because of the beating of poverty that he gradually developed the ability to stand up and be independent. He called this a gift from poverty.
It is reasonable to say that the children of poor families have long been in charge of the family and should have known the cruelty of the world long ago.
But he was always confused and couldn't lie flat. Every time he was urged by the teacher to go back to get the tuition, he would feel ashamed, every time he went with his mother to pull the briquette, looking at the dark hands, even the coal truck knocked him over, overturned, the mother hurt the briquette more than he hurt him, he felt sad.
Before junior high school, he thought everyone was like this, but when he arrived at Gyeongnam Middle School, he realized that this was not the case. Gyeongnam Middle School is in the rich district of Busan, and most of the children of rich families in the school are the hobbies and school supplies of these people, which he could not have dreamed of before. The first time I went to my classmate's house, I found that they all had servants, and his classmates were called "young masters". All kinds of home uses that seemed luxurious to him and seemed common to his classmates deeply shocked his soul. For the first time, he realized the meaning of the word "injustice."
This spiritual shock merged with the indomitable blood in his heart, producing a seed called "resistance".
The second thing was the death of his father. The 59-year-old has failed to change the family's plight through his own efforts and has not seen hope in his own children. Because as the eldest son of the family, Although Moon Jae-in is very smart (being able to enter Gyeongnam Middle School from the slum and then go to university step by step), he does not follow the "right path".
During middle school, he smoked and drank, participated in student parades, and was entertained by the police's "pepper spray truck", and was a "problem teenager". When he got to the university, he did not stop, smoking, drinking, and corrupting the school discipline and school spirit, he did not fall behind, and in the end, he was cancelled for participating in the student movement, and even squatted for 8 months.
No matter how you look at it, this dude doesn't look like he can change the fate of the family.
In this way, in the mood of disappointment and even despair, Moon Jae-in's father died depressed. Moon himself admitted that not being able to let his father see that he had a good appearance was the biggest regret in his life.
Of course, the 25-year-old Moon did not sink into this sentiment, and he vowed to change his fate, so he chose to take the judicial exam.
After retiring from the army in 1978, Moon began to prepare for the judicial examination, and passed the first round of examinations the following year, returning from school.
Here is a brief introduction to the Korean judicial examination, the judicial examination is one of the three major examinations in South Korea, the other two are the foreign affairs examination for the selection of diplomats, and the administrative examination for the selection of civilian officials. The Korean judicial examination is also known as the aristocratic examination, which means that by passing this examination, you can complete the class jump.
In general, the pass rate of the judicial examination in South Korea is only 3% (about 10% in the mainland), and the pass rate is even lower in the 1960s and 1970s, which remains at about 2% all year round.
For decades, countless young people who are eager to change their destiny have gone to the examination hall, but only a very lucky few can survive to the end.
During this period, Roh Moo-hyun, who was about to appear at the meeting, took the exam 7 times, just won the presidency, and is also one of today's protagonists, Yoon Seok-yue took the exam 9 times, while Moon Jae-in passed it in only 2 times.
Invincible, it's so lonely.
One day in 1980, Moon learned that he had passed the second round of the judicial exam, but he could not celebrate or comfort his father, who was in detention.
Yes, the "problem youth" are in again, this time because of the student movement, a demonstration against the dictatorship of Park Chung-hee (Park Geun-hye's father). Of course, he has gone from being a participant to an organizer.
Fortunately, the re-enactment of the light was quickly rescued by all forces, and finally stood out of the detention center and began his judicial career.
Fate changed.
02 Wake up
The third thing is to meet the senior Roh Moo-hyun.
Roh Moo-hyun brushed his big back and prepared to appear, but Moon signaled his seniors to wait.
Generally speaking, judicial students who come out of the Judicial Training Institute will have three choices, the first choice is to become a judge, followed by a prosecutor, and finally a lawyer.
Moon jae-yeon interned at the District Court in northern Seoul, where he was detained and tried during his college days. Revisiting the old place, things are not human, and he has become the one who judges others. This feeling is quite refreshing, once cool, there has always been cool.
As a result, Moon Jae-in in his internship stage aspired to become a judge. However, the experience of demonstrations in college made him put this idea to rest. After all, it sounds weird to have a person who squats twice as a judge (he himself said he was put on a rut).
He also participated in the prosecutor's internship. But Moon believes that his personality is not suitable for being a prosecutor.
Let's talk about South Korea's prosecutorial system (knock on the blackboard, draw the point). In fact, many Korean film and television dramas have introduced that Korean prosecutors are a kind of anti-heavenly existence.
Don't look at the chaebols on the outside, but in front of the real symbol of power, the prosecutor, P is not (except, of course, the big chaebols who can control the prosecutors). Even the president of a country, after being targeted by prosecutors, will shed his skin without dying.
In theory, a small prosecutor could bring down a national president.
The main reason is that South Korea implements the "case with the person" system, and the prosecutor leads the whole process of investigation, judgment and prosecution of the case, and of course bears all the responsibility.
In South Korea's judicial design, the police are subordinates of prosecutors and must listen to prosecutors.
To put it simply, the procurator asked the police to investigate whoever they wanted, and whether they caught or not had the final say, and whether they wanted to prosecute or not was also his final say. A prosecutor can handle the whole process of a case, leaving only the trial link to the court.
Moreover, once cases involving official embezzlement, economic crime, organized crime, and judicial personnel's favoritism and fraud are involved, even the police are not used, and the procuratorial system handles them one-stop.
Therefore, as a prosecutor in South Korea, the heart should be "black" enough, "fierce" enough, for which Moon Jae-in said he could not do it.
Just because Moon Jae-in can't do it doesn't mean no one else can't, another young man is studying hard, preparing to start his long career in the judicial examination, and determined to become a prosecutor, he is Yoon Seok-yue, who has just won the South Korean presidential election.
Moon Jae-in, who couldn't be a judge and didn't want to be a prosecutor, eventually chose to become a lawyer.
One day in 1982, Moon jae-in came to Busan, where he met roh Moo-hyun, the "predecessor" of his life, for the first time.
The weather was nice that day and the sky was blue. But Moon Jae-in's mood is not bad, the court he wants to go to is not successful, when the lawyer can not receive orders because he has no reputation, the family is too poor to stay.
On the day of the meeting, Moon Jae-in, who was constantly beaten by life, was a little dull, but Roh Moo-hyun, who was 7 years older than him, seemed particularly excited.
Roh Moo-hyun has always been passionate, and before Moon's arrival, he was the most authoritative human rights lawyer in Busan, accepting the most cases and winning the cases. But because he took on the work at the bottom, he also didn't make any money (which became his "Achilles heel").
Roh Moo-hyun is more like a man living in an ideal world, and all he has is for one belief, that is, "fairness, fairness, fairness!" ”
He had been preparing to open a law firm with someone before, but when the brothers ran to the future, he recommended Moon Jae-in, who was also a bit of a second pole, to join the company.
They talked a lot that day, and later Moon said in his autobiography that he was attracted to Mr. Roh's "homogeneity."
Roh Moo-hyun has been a judge before, and in general, people who have been judges have some poker faces and like to hold them. But Roh Moo-hyun didn't, probably because he had been dealing with people at the bottom for a long time, and he was very easy-going.
Moon Jae-in was born at the bottom of the ladder, has a strong sense of self-esteem, and can't stand other people's pretense. Roh Moo-hyun has great respect for this descendant, and even if the status of the jianghu is higher than the latter, he has always used honorifics to address each other.
It turns out that corporal Li Xian will have something to gain.
The two chatted over tea, and Moon Jae-in talked about his past, his disciplinary experience, and his soul without reservation.
Roh Moo-hyun talked about his ideals: to be a clean lawyer and to speak for the people at the bottom. Looking at the other party's clear eyes, Moon Jae-in's heart was deeply touched.
He called Roh Moo-hyun a "senior" rather than a "big brother" all his life, because he really felt something called faith from Roh Moo-hyun.
At that time in South Korea, the society was extremely unfair, the workers' consciousness was gradually awakening, and the friction between labor and management was continuous, but few people were willing to stand up for them. While Moon was still confused about where to go, Roh Moo-hyun was already speaking up for the underclass and breaking out of the world.
Compared with the noisy and noisy days of Moon's student days, Roh Moo-hyun's behavior is obviously more awe-inspiring.
The resistance genes lurking in Moon's body have finally found a breakthrough.
"Fair"! That's right, fairness! Use actions to strive for greater fairness for the suffering people in this world, this is the real affirmative action!
Seniors, I would like to follow you for life.
As he left, Moon clenched his fists.
This was the third time in Moon's life that he was thinking about the future, when Moon was 29 years old and Roh Moo-hyun was 36 years old.
03 Power Struggle
Ideology and nationalism aside, we must admit that there is always a group of people who live purely, regardless of ethnicity.
Such people deserve admiration.
Moon's three touches also became three turns in his life.
The two founded the "Lawyer Roh Moo-hyun Moon Jae-in Cooperative Law Firm" and began to take on various rights protection cases. In just a few years, they have taken on more and more cases and their influence has become more and more influential. They are famous in the Busan area, and even in Korea as a whole.
But at the same time, Roh Moo-hyun also realized that to change the situation at the bottom, it was impossible for them to fight a few lawsuits. Some problems are rooted in the roots, such as the greed of the chaebols and the irrational design of the system.
So Roh Moo-hyun decided to enter politics. In April 1988, Roh Moo-hyun entered politics by running in the 13th parliamentary election. Moon remained in Busan, where he continued to work as a lawyer in labor-related cases and actively supported the labor movement.
In 2002, Roh decided to run for the presidency. At first, Moon and Roh's allies thought the year wasn't a good time, but Roh insisted on participating because the 56-year-old couldn't afford to wait and he was desperate to change the country.
Eventually, with Moon's help, Roh was elected as the sixteenth President of South Korea in 2003.
After taking office, Roh Moo-hyun began to carry out drastic reforms of the country, as he promised.
Roh Moo-hyun was the first president in South Korean history to recognize the dangers of chaebols and to actually take a swipe at them.
During his five-year term (2003-2008), he successively brought down a number of chaebol bosses such as SK Group Chairman Cui Taiyuan and Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Zheng Mengjiu.
He also purged Korean traitors, set up a property survey committee for pro-Japanese anti-ethnic actors, investigated and cleaned up pro-Japanese factions, and compiled a list of 3,090 pro-Japanese factions in the pro-Japanese dictionary, including former South Korean President Park Chung-hee.
Park Chung-hee's daughter, Park Geun-hye, clenched her fists and looked at Roh Moo-hyun with a resentful look.
Park Chung-hee is a representative of pro-Japanese forces, and he also has a Japanese name called Masao Takagi, who once served as the second devil in northeast China to plague Chinese. After the end of World War II, the United States retained a large number of Japanese colonial administrators in South Korea, who later controlled all walks of life in South Korea and became the backbone of the country, and Park Chung-hee was one of them.
The feud between Roh Moo-hyun and Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak, while thrilling, is not the focus of this article, and I will not go into it. As long as you know, Park Geun-hye and Roh Moo-hyun are irreconcilable because of their father, Park Chung-hee; Lee Myung-bak is the spokesperson of Hyundai Group, who has been with Hyundai Group for 27 years, and Roh Moo-hyun has put Hyundai Group boss Jung Mong-joo in jail, so his conflict with Roh Moo-hyun is also endless.
I will focus on the contradiction between Roh Moo-hyun and the procuratorial system.
Anti-corruption and rape may not bring Roh Moo-hyun a killing spree, but the reform of the procuratorial system is enough to push him to the edge of the precipice.
Roh Moo-hyun, who has been engaged in legal work for a long time, knows very well that South Korea's procuratorial system is a strange existence, the rights of procurators are amazing, it is a political tumor in South Korea, and the reason why South Korea has the Blue House curse is precisely because of the procuratorial system.
Ideally, the prosecutor is the embodiment of justice, the dragon slayer teenager. But absolute power often leads to absolute corruption, and in South Korea, dragon slayer teenagers often turn into evil dragons.
This is due to three reasons.
First, the professional culture of the procuratorial system is extremely repulsive to reform.
South Korea's internal hierarchy of prosecutors is very strict, and it is said that there is a rule that does not become, if there is a junior who is promoted to a higher position than the predecessor, then all the seniors have to take off their uniforms and resign. Among the procurators in the same period, if anyone becomes the chief procurator, the remaining students will also resign.
This professional culture of feudal patriarchy has resulted in extreme xenophobia among South Korean prosecutors, who are hardly allowed to touch them.
This will be reflected in the subsequent appointment of Yin Xiyue.
Second, the integration of police and procuratorate has made the procuratorial system too powerful, which has been mentioned earlier.
Third, the existence of the Central Investigation Department of the Grand Prosecutor's Office has made the procuratorial system a "presidential killer." This institution is too powerful, beyond the three realms, to directly investigate all political cases, including the president, and is the number one thug of politicians and chaebols.
Of course, there are also claims that this institution was left by the Americans to clean up the disobedient president.
04 Fate
All presidential cases in South Korea are completed by this body.
It is conceivable that once someone can control the inspection system, it is almost as long as they want to do it. An institution without checks and balances should not exist.
Therefore, the reform of the procuratorial system must solve two problems, one is the separation of police and procuratorates, and the other is to get rid of the Central Investigation Department of the Great Prosecutor's Office.
As soon as Roh Moo-hyun took office, he aimed at the procuratorial system and made a big move in the appointment and dismissal of personnel.
But as soon as he spoke his mind, he was frantically counterattacked by the latter. No one wants to surrender their power, let alone such a hierarchical institution.
Prosecutors not only banded together to boycott the appointment and dismissal of the new president, but also quickly launched an investigation into Roh Moo-hyun's election funding, which was promoted by Park Geun-hye and conducted by the Central Investigation Department.
Aren't you going to get rid of me? Then I'll get rid of you first.
Although the impeachment was ultimately unsuccessful, Roh Moo-hyun and the procuratorial system's Liang Zi were settled. In the years that followed, the Central Investigation Department stared at Roh Like a mad dog and tore at him until he committed suicide.
From this, we can also see that Roh Moo-hyun has a passion for blood and is also a good lawyer, but he is not a mature politician, and he does not know how to skillfully achieve his reform goals. Without the certainty of victory, it disturbed the poisonous snake and led to the disaster of killing.
In 2008, Roh moo-hyun stepped down and returned to the countryside to be a happy farmer, but his opponents were not prepared to let him go.
Because Roh Moo-hyun himself was very clean, the Central Investigation Department, with the support of Lee Myung-bak, began to attack roh Moo-hyun's entourage. Eventually, they found evidence that Roh Moo-hyun's family had accepted a sub-benefit fee from Tae-kwang Industries, and forced the latter to come forward to correct them under the threat of investigating Tae-kwang Industries and its children.
Although it was impossible to convict Roh Directly, it was enough to humiliate him. The Investigation Department of the Central Investigation Department deliberately arranged for Roh Moo-hyun and his former ally Park Won-ci to confront him in front of the media, causing great pressure on Roh Moo-hyun.
In the hearts of South Koreans today, the most respected president is "Kim Dae-jung", and the favorite president is "Roh Moo-hyun". Because Roh Moo-hyun has always been very close to the people, and his life is bright and upright.
But Koreans also have a characteristic, that is, it is easy to go to extremes, and you can die for you when you like, and you will die when you don't like.
As a result of the investigation, Roh Moo-hyun's wife, Kwon Young-sook, received $1 million from Park, supposedly to pay off debts.
South Korean public opinion was in an uproar.
And so the insults struck. For those who support Roh Moo-hyun, such a crime is very nonsensical, when Roh Moo-hyun retired, even the money for building a house in the countryside was borrowed, how can it be embezzled?
But for the attacker, his wife's collection of money is enough, enough to make him lose his reputation.
Roh Moo-hyun devoted his life to defending the vulnerable, vowing to be a "clean lawyer", and he could not accept such humiliation, but only to die Mingzhi.
On May 23, 2009, Roh Moo-hyun smoked his last cigarette, left a suicide note, and jumped down from Owl Rock.
He didn't blame his wife, he thought he wouldn't make money when he was younger.
It's too hard to be a clean person in this world, you win!
Moon Jae-in, who heard the news, was overwhelmed, and he left the house without saying anything. Sitting in the car, the hand holding the steering wheel was shaking, and he kept breathing deeply and driving hard.
He hoped that things would not be serious to that extent, but the miracle did not occur, and the eldest brother in his life, the predecessor of the spiritual world, and the best friend of his life, chose to die because of the vicious attack of his opponent.
05 Epilogue
The hospital was crowded, "The atmosphere was like an imminent explosion, but I was unaware of it, even if the environment was so noisy, I felt only a terrible silence, and everything was like a still picture." ”
"Someone handed me a cup of tea, and I stared at the cup and suddenly remembered the scene when I first met the president. The first time I met him, I also had a cup of tea in front of me when I chatted with him. We were so young and so dazzling that day..."
"I just want to be alone, even for a few minutes."
On May 23, 2009, Roh Moo-hyun's life came to an end, and Moon's life took a fourth turn.
He was ready to retire from politics and continue to be his human rights lawyer, but next to Roh's body, he distinctly heard the laughter of his enemies.
"There are also politicians from the ruling party and opposition parties, and president Lee Myung-bak's secretarial office director has arrived at this time, although he has not even said hello after taking office."
Did they come to appreciate the results?
Moon jae-in presided over Roh Moo-hyun's funeral as a "bereaved lord."
When Lee Myung-bak laid the wreath, a little accident occurred. An angry Congressman Bai Yuanyu shouted at Lee Myung-bak: "Political revenge, apologize!" "Then he was immediately taken away by security guards covering his mouth.
Moon understood the brother's feelings, but he knew very well that such a move would not cost the enemy anything, but would only make the other party more arrogant.
He came to Lee Myung-bak and bowed and apologized as chairman of the funeral committee: "We are rude, and we have not paid tribute to the guests who have come to mourn." ”
Lee Replied, "It doesn't matter, I can understand." You don't have to take it to heart. ”
In the thirty-sixth year of the Qin Dynasty, Fan Ju was framed, and Wei Qi suspected him of rebellion and beat him half to death. So Fan Ju left his hometown to lobby the King of Qin. Be of great use. In the forty-sixth year of the Qin King, Fan Ju killed Wei Qi.
It is for: a gentleman to avenge, ten years is not too late.
For the next two years, Moon fell silent, gathering strength and searching for answers.
He knew that the path of his predecessors was right, and in this country, there was no change, and only relying on their lawyers who pursued "clean" rights protection could not change anything at all.
Politics and economy are all controlled by the chaebols, the plutocrats are controlled by the United States, the law can be played at will, the rich can play as much as they want, and the children of the common people will never have a way out.
Two years later, Moon jae-in decided to run for president, and he wanted to complete the unfinished legacy of his predecessors.
In 2012, he lost to Park Jin-hye with a 3% disadvantage (it was later confirmed that Park Jin-hye's votes were fraudulent).
In 2017, Park Geun-hye fell into the door of her girlfriend, the election was ahead of schedule, and the 64-year-old Moon Jae-in made a comeback and rose to the top in one fell swoop.
On May 23, 2017, Moon Jae-in came to Beacon Village, where he pays homage to Roh Moo-hyun every year.
Previously, he appeared as a "bereaved lord", and this time, he visited as the 19th president of the Republic of Korea.
He said to the sky, "Now give you back to the people completely."
On August 31, 2017, Moon's presidential plane hovered over Roh Moo-hyun's graveyard, looking through the glass as Moon watched everything outside. September 1 is Roh Moo-hyun's birthday, and Moon Jae-in comes to say goodbye.
Seniors, rest in peace here, and leave the rest to me!
Before that, he needed a sword.
The sword is in place, he is - Yin Xiyue!
End of the previous article, thank you for reading!
Loyalty and betrayal are about to unfold, so stay tuned.