High Martial Arts: First day of dropping out of school, reward: Devouring the Emperor's Body

Only those who have wronged you will understand how wronged you are.

Zhao Zhenyuan had served in the army for many years. It is undeniable that there were indeed scoundrels in the army, but they were a very small minority.

Most soldiers still consider it their duty to protect their country, let alone have any opinions about the government.

However, the government's suspicion of the military grew stronger day by day, so Zhao Zhenyuan wanted to change this situation.

Li Mo was his forward outpost.

Therefore, in front of all the high-ranking government officials, he directly turned the topic to Li Mo.

"Everyone, I must clarify that the reason we were able to win the Battle of Qiyuan Mountain Range was not because of me, but because of this Li Mo!"

"Li Mo is the greatest contributor to the victory at the Seven Yuan Mountains! If it weren't for his risking his life to hold back the 500,000-strong Black Earth Tribe army with 2,000 vanguard soldiers, we would have had a very difficult time winning this war! Perhaps the Seven Yuan Mountains would have already fallen to the Black Earth Tribe!"

"I believe Li Mo deserves the greatest credit for this war!"

Zhao Zhenyuan's words immediately shocked everyone present.

Most of them had never read the military newspaper. Although they knew that Li Mo was the number one hero this time, they did not expect that Li Mo's achievements would be so remarkable.

Two thousand soldiers held off an enemy force of five hundred thousand—this was truly a battle of defeating a superior enemy with a smaller force that would go down in history!

"Is this Li Mo really that sharp?"

"It seems we really underestimated him! Those people from the Black Earth Tribe are not pushovers!"

A buzz of discussion quickly arose among the government's top brass, and this was the first step Zhao Zhenyuan was about to take.

Only if Li Mo has made certain achievements will the higher authorities allow him to station troops in the Mississippi Mountains.

Of course, there are also supporters of Cho Jin-won within the government.

And this person is Liu Quan, one of the six members of the current government, sitting on the far left!

Liu Quan actually came from the military. After retiring, he entered politics, gained the favor of the previous committee member, and then gradually rose to this position.

That is why he has a great fondness for the army of the Great Xia. Two hundred years ago, Chen Han led his army to massacre the capital, but that was only because the government of the Great Xia at that time was too corrupt.

Otherwise, why would the military confront the government? It would be a losing proposition.

Liu Quan has always believed that as long as the government is the people's government, then the army will be the people's army and will never turn against them.

In fact, if it weren't for Liu Quan's support, even if Zhao Zhenyuan were a marshal, he would probably be hampered at every turn.

Liu Quan and Jiang Wanchao held completely opposite political views.

Jiang Wanchao's view is that the military must be completely controlled by the government, and that many of the current high-ranking military officers should be removed and replaced by government civil servants.

This is the only way to prevent what happened two hundred years ago from happening again!

Immediately after Zhao Zhenyuan praised Li Mo, Liu Quan also stood up and walked over to Li Mo, continuing to praise him: "Li Mo, you are so young, yet you have accomplished such a great feat! You are truly worthy of emulating Huo Qubing of the ancient Han Dynasty! This is an unparalleled achievement!"

Liu Quan directly compared Li Mo to Huo Qubing, and Liu Quan's faction in the government high-level immediately applauded and cheered.

However, the coordinated actions of Zhao Zhenyuan and Liu Quan have also aroused dissatisfaction among some people.

For example, the two old officials, Gu and Jiang, who had been cursing Li Mo before.

These two are over a hundred years old and have a proper civil service background. Even in this era of martial arts, they are only at the Hidden Edge Realm.

Most importantly, they are not affiliated with any faction within the government, making them easy targets for manipulation, such as those who do not support Li Mo's troop deployment into the Mississippi Mountains.

Once encouraged, the two immediately stood up and issued a resounding rebuke.

"What young hero? Huo Qubing? He's just a brat, a mere brute! How dare he beat up the deputy minister of the quartermaster department in the street! He's utterly arrogant!"

"Such a young brat has actually been appointed a general! What is the army trying to do by putting someone like this in power? Is it going to establish a dictatorship? Our government is not some military government!"

Because these two individuals held considerable prestige within the government, their remarks caused some concern among the public.

After all, Li Mo's act of assaulting a government official in the street was extremely disrespectful.

Even if Zheng Shao Kui was at fault, there will be laws and courts to punish him; it is not up to Li Mo to carry out vigilante justice.

But they forgot that it was Zheng Shaoqiu who started the trouble and overstepped his authority to carry out the private punishment, and Li Mo was merely retaliating.

Moreover, Li Mo believed that his counterattack was not excessive.

In fact, if Zheng Shaoqiu had only been picking fights, Li Mo wouldn't have punished him like that.

Zheng Shaoqiu, as the deputy minister of the military supplies department, already had a bad reputation.

Extortion, bribery, and withholding of military pay were commonplace for them.

The most outrageous thing was that once, when a regimental commander in the army asked him for weapons and equipment, he actually accepted a large red envelope from the commander before he would issue the equipment!

And that incident didn't happen at any ordinary time, but before the war!

The fact that Li Mo didn't kill him outright is already a sign that he's given the government some face!

The next moment, Zheng Jiahao, who had been prepared in advance, took out a document and placed it on the table.

"Everyone, please take a look at these documents! Zheng Shaoqiu served as the Deputy Minister of the Quartermaster Department for a total of fifteen years. Look at how much private wealth he accumulated during those fifteen years!"

Before long, this shocking document was circulated among all the top government officials, and the numbers on it were simply astonishing!

Zheng Shaoqiu owns more than 50 properties. Among these 50 properties, 20 are top-tier villas in major cities across the country, and more than 30 are properties in prime locations in first-tier cities.

Its value is immeasurable!

And this was just the least of it. When the soldiers of the Independent Regiment were searching for Zheng Shaoqiu's private property, they found that he had buried thousands of kilograms of star crystals in a warehouse in the suburbs!

It's important to know that the amount of star crystals a martial god family usually stores over the years is at most a few thousand kilograms!

A mere deputy minister of the military supplies department possessed thousands of kilograms of star crystals all by himself!

Furthermore, Zheng Shao Kui has an account in the central bank of the White European Empire, which contains more than two billion Singapore dollars!

This account was opened specifically for him by the White European Empire, and its significance is self-evident.

It can be said that Zheng Shaoqiu had long planned to betray the country. If he couldn't make it in the country, he could have fled abroad immediately!

Upon seeing this evidence, even Elder Jiang and Elder Gu were instantly speechless.

They compared Li Mo to a brute, which means they considered themselves highly cultured and thought Li Mo was nothing more than a reckless brute.

However, regardless of whether Li Mo is simply a warrior, the righteous are often the lowly butchers, while the ungrateful are often the scholars.

The intellectuals they used to talk about have now become the number one traitors who sold out their country and surrendered to the enemy, and have embezzled so much of the people's money in China. This is a real slap in the face!

The crisp sound of a slap seemed to echo on the face of every high-ranking government official at that moment!