191: Chapter 191 The First Hurdle! The Vice Minister Makes His Move!

Commander Xiao's words caused Li Mo to furrow his brows.

The current government has a total of six standing committee seats, and these six members are responsible for handling major national affairs and resolutions.

It could be said that these six people represent the supreme power of Daxia, which is why they are privately referred to as the Six Supreme Powers of Daxia.

If the traitor incident involves these six people, even if it is just one of them, it is enough to cause great turmoil within the country.

Even if Li Mo isn't fond of politicians, he certainly doesn't want such things to happen.

Therefore, he hurriedly asked Commander Xiao: "Have you found out clearly, Commander Xiao?"

Commander Xiao shook his head helplessly: "When it involves that person, how could it be easy to find out clearly?"

These people in high government positions have basically passed strict political vetting, which means that once concrete evidence is found, these people are complete traitors, not spies for enemy countries!

Betrayal from one's own people is even more detestable than spies from enemy countries!

Seeing this, Li Mo could only sigh and say: "Thank you for your hard work."

However, compared to the traitors in the capital, Commander Xiao was actually more worried about Li Mo's situation at this moment.

"Never mind me, you have it much harder than I do! I heard from a friend who works in the government that the matter of the Misibi Mountain Region has enraged the high-level government officials, and most government personnel do not agree with you taking over the Misibi Mountain Region!"

"The Military controlling financial power has always been the greatest taboo of all! It's no different from treason! You must face thousands of obstacles on this trip to the capital, so you must be careful! If there is any trouble, our Garrison Regiment can help you in secret!"

Facing Commander Xiao's advice and sincere help, how could Li Mo not know?

In fact, he had long understood that The Military controlling financial power was a taboo, but Zhao Zhenyuan spoke with such sincerity, and combined with the fact that the government was indeed suspicious of The Military, this was a counterattack out of helplessness, which is why Li Mo accepted this hot potato.

Since he chose to accept it, he must complete the mission no matter how many obstacles there are.

At this moment, Commander Xiao led everyone to a magnificent complex of buildings.

This complex of buildings covered tens of thousands of square meters, with more than twenty large buildings standing within it; the political decrees of Daxia were basically issued from this place.

This was the Supreme Government power institution of Daxia, the Congress Hall!

Having escorted them here, Commander Xiao patted Li Mo on the shoulder and continued: "I can only escort you to here; be careful!"

Li Mo nodded slightly, and immediately saw a group of high-ranking government officials in front coming to welcome their military delegation.

"Marshal Zhao, what great spirit! The battle of the Qiyuan Mountains really showed the prestige of our Daxia!"

"Haha! Marshal Zhao has only succeeded as Marshal for two or three years, yet he has achieved such accomplishments! I am afraid it is only a matter of time before he stands shoulder to shoulder with Marshal Yue in the future!"

Although these politicians loved to trip people up in private, their superficial work was still extremely well done, and they praised the delegation profusely.

Regardless, Daxia did indeed win a great victory this time, and public opinion was boiling over; they could not go against public opinion.

However, Li Mo's first hurdle appeared very quickly.

Just as Li Mo was preparing to follow Zhao Zhenyuan and the others into the Congress Hall to accept government commendations, a fat, big-eared man suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked his way.

"Who are you?" Li Mo raised an eyebrow.

Then, this person showed his identification, and to everyone's surprise, his official position was not small; he was actually the Vice Minister of The Military Supplies Department, named Zheng Shaokui.

Zheng Shaokui swept his gaze across them with a scowl, then had people surround everyone from Li Mo's Independent Regiment.

"Li Mo, I know you confiscated a batch of weapons and equipment from the Baiou Empire, but after seizing the weapons and equipment, you did not hand them over; instead, you withheld them for your own use! Is this true?"

"As the Vice Minister of The Military Supplies Department, I want to tell you that your behavior violates military discipline! According to the law, I am going to suspend you temporarily and have you face a military tribunal. Do you have any objections?"

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell upon hearing this that Zheng Shaokui, the Vice Minister of The Military Supplies Department, was here to find fault.

It is well known that in the battle of the Qiyuan Mountains, Li Mo was the greatest contributor; let alone temporarily withholding that batch of equipment from the Baiou Empire, even if he had really appropriated it for his own use, it wouldn't have been a big problem.

The only problem was that at the time, due to the rush, this batch of equipment was pulled out by Li Mo before it could be registered, because he had to rush to the battlefield first as the vanguard army.

Just such a small matter was taken by Zheng Shaokui and blown out of proportion; Zheng Shaokui's intentions were self-evident.

Moreover, as the Vice Minister of The Military Supplies Department, he indeed had administrative authority.

Li Mo's subordinates immediately started swearing.

Xu Feng said first: "You damn bastard, you with the surname Zheng, what do you mean by this? We won a great victory, is such a small matter worth making such a big fuss about?"

Qin Zhengnan also chimed in: "Exactly! We didn't see you when we were fighting, but now you stand out and bark like a dog!"

Facing their accusations, Zheng Shaokui was unhurried.

"A small matter? Is this a small matter! Don't think that just because you won a great victory, you can do whatever you want!"

"If all the generals in the army were like you, where would military discipline be? I will make some malicious guesses: what if you privately sold this batch of weapons, and these weapons flowed into the hands of the public? Our people's property and safety would all be threatened!"

Zheng Shaokui was worthy of being a high-ranking government official; his remarks were clearly twisting the facts, yet he made them sound righteous.

In fact, he just stood out to target Li Mo. Once Li Mo was removed from his post and actually went to a military tribunal, his record would have a stain, and the government could then make a big fuss about it, so the matter of him stationing troops in the Misibi Mountain Region would naturally be dropped.

Zhao Zhenyuan naturally understood this point as well. After Li Mo was threatened, he immediately walked to Zheng Shaokui's side and said: "Vice Minister Zheng, regarding this, I must explain: Li Mo and his men appropriating the weapons was allowed by me!"

"At that time, The Military situation was critical; Li Mo had to act as the vanguard army to obstruct the Black Earth Tribe's advance, so out of expediency, they took the weapons without registering them..."

Generally speaking, once a Marshal had said so much, Vice Minister Zheng Shaokui would not be aggressive.

However, Zheng Shaokui acted as if he had eaten gunpowder, continuing: "Marshal Zhao, even if it is you, you cannot take weapons without registration! Otherwise, what do we need our Military Supplies Department for? Li Mo's problem may seem small, but it affects military discipline and regulations!"

Seeing that Zheng Shaokui was about to give another speech, Li Mo impatiently signaled to Zheng Jiahao.

Zheng Jiahao understood immediately and then took out a few forms and handed them to Zheng Shaokui.

Seeing the forms, Zheng Shaokui was immediately dumbfounded.

It turned out that those few slips of paper were the registration forms for the weapons depot, and they even had the signature of the person in charge on them.

With Li Mo's personality of paying attention to details, how could he not know that confiscated supplies needed to be registered first? Therefore, he had already completed the registration, it was just that Zheng Shaokui didn't know it yet.