Chapter 733, Prime Minister Qi Bodu

The accident happened after Gu Hang finished his speech.

The Holy Terra Palace is located on a plateau that Terra once called the Roof of the World. The road leading to the palace is a long climb. The East Gate is majestic and spectacular, and the thick city walls that are generally more than 100 meters high rise from the ground. It is not just a simple wall, but more like a tall building complex named after the wall. There are many artillery holes and air defense platforms on it, which can be stationed by the garrison. Behind the wall, one tower after another, bunkers, and city walls are connected by bridges, forming a very complex and three-dimensional fortification.

The wall of the Holy Terra Palace, which almost surrounds the Roof of the World Plateau, is essentially a thorough military structure, no matter how much gold paint and relief decoration it is decorated with. Those gorgeous decorations that seem to be carved and jade are all firepower weapons that can extend the barrel of the gun.

But this is just the first layer of defense of the palace.

Behind the wall is a wide moat energy river. The river water is not an ordinary stream, but a gathering of energy fluids that flash with a faint blue light, like a flowing star belt surrounding the palace.

On the energy river, there is a bridge made of crystal at intervals, and the bridge body emits a soft halo, but these bridges are all closed when they are not authorized, and the bridge body is surrounded by defensive energy shield generators. Once an enemy approaches, it will trigger a powerful energy counterattack.

Going deeper, you can see a huge arch made of pure gold. This is the throat leading to the inner hall of the palace, and it is also the east gate of the Imperial Palace-the Dragon King Gate.

It can be called the pinnacle of human architectural art and military engineering!

The door is made of gold and is indestructible. The door is engraved with the emperor's holy image, emitting a sacred glow, which is daunting. On the arch, the glorious record of the empire over the past thousand years is engraved, and those shining runes seem to be telling the glory and blood of the past.

The walls on both sides of the gate are towering into the sky, and the battlements on the walls are densely packed, like the fangs of a giant beast. Every few meters, there is a heavy artillery, and the barrels flash with cold light, as if warning the invaders.

On both sides of the Dragon King's Gate, there are two Titan mecha statues as high as 100 meters. They hold giant energy weapons in their hands, majestic and solemn, as if ready to fight to defend the palace at any time. The surface of the mecha statue is engraved with exquisite lines, each of which contains mysterious power, and exudes an awe-inspiring atmosphere under the reflection of the sun.

In the square in front of the crystal bridge of the energy moat, the representatives of the Triumphal Army lined up solemnly. There are also hundreds of thousands of cheering Terra people who are fortunate enough to be selected to enter the city wall and outside the Dragon King's Gate.

Gu Hang stood on the tower of the Dragon King's Gate and delivered a speech.

In front of him was a microphone. His voice, through the loudspeakers spread all over the square, was clearly and loudly transmitted to everyone in the square, and also through the broadcast signal, it was transmitted to everyone who could listen to and watch the live program.

Of course, in this huge square that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, Gu Hang is only the size of a normal human, and it is difficult to see clearly.

But it doesn't matter. On the walls on both sides of the Dragon King's gate, there is a curtain that stretches from the top of the wall to the feet at a distance. At a height of nearly 100 meters, Gu Hang's full-body image is projected, allowing people and broadcast signals to see this scene clearly.

Placing his own portrait on the entire wall of the Holy Terra Palace is indeed quite impressive.

As for the content of the speech, there is nothing much to say.

This was polished and written by the pen holders dedicated to the Military Affairs Department. Praise the emperor, praise mankind, praise the empire, boast of military exploits, reiterate the importance of war, commemorate sacrifice...

It's nothing more than these contents.

Objectively speaking, the writings of the military department are pretty good. The words are solid, not exaggerated, but can move people's hearts.

But to put it bluntly, they are all things that have been written thousands of times in the imperial propaganda department, and your ears are tired of hearing them.

It is not realistic to rely solely on these to impress people.

But when Gu Hang was speaking, the roars from below never stopped for a moment.

The key, of course, lies in the person who is speaking.

Gu Hang's fart here is earth-shaking!

After the speech, he waved to the crowd and stepped aside.

After his speech, according to the ceremonial process, it was the Prime Minister Qi Bodu's turn to come forward and prepare to deliver a speech.

The Prime Minister adjusted his gorgeous robes, cleared his throat, and just said a few words, but the people were still immersed in the fanatical worship of Gu Hang, and the cheers showed no sign of weakening.

He kept a smile on his face, raised his hands, and made a downward movement, trying to control the situation.

The Prime Minister's dignity seemed to be acceptable.

The crowd gradually tended to quiet down.

But at this moment, the crowd suddenly heard cheers for Gu Hang.

Among them, there were also some:

"We want to see Commander-in-Chief Gu!"

"Gu Hang! Gu Hang! Gu Hang!"

"Qi Bo Du, go down!"

"Get out of the way!"

...

Similar voices kept appearing.

The most important thing is that they did guide the crowd.

The shouts for Gu Hang rang again and became stronger.

Prime Minister Qi Bodu had to stretch out his hands again and press down, trying to suppress the cheers of the crowd.

But this time, he failed.

The voices of the crowd became more and more intense, and even tended to become uniform.

Now, Qi Bodu put his hands down.

He showed a kind smile, stretched out one hand, and made a gesture of invitation. It seemed that he was generously letting the people cheer to their heart's content and showing their enthusiasm for hero worship.

He even turned his head and signaled to Gu Hang to come up and say a few more words.

Throughout the whole process, he kept a kind smile on his face, like an elder who came to such a lively celebration, knew that he was not the protagonist, and was very generous and indifferent to return the stage to the real protagonist.

But Salihovic knew that Prime Minister Qi Bodu was unhappy.

No matter how normal he behaved, how generous he was, and how kind his smile was, the intelligence Salihovic had collected about the Prime Minister through various sources never showed that the Prime Minister had any virtues such as "magnanimity" or "open-mindedness".

On the contrary, Salihovic believed that Prime Minister Qi Bodu cared a lot about his own authority.

Would such a person not care about what just happened?

Would he not have a grudge?

Salihovic did not believe it.

In addition to guessing, he had another direction.

It was not empirical evidence, but it was also an idea.

He had seen a lot of videos of Qi Bodu's speeches, some public and some obtained through private channels.

From them, he summed up a characteristic: Qi Bodu was a person who was very good at hiding his emotions, and he almost never lost control of his expression management.

However, there was a subtle point that Salihovic still captured.

That is, when Qi Bodu maintained a kind smile, if the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes spread out, it was a fake smile, which was pretended, and it could even represent that he had at least anxiety, anger, dissatisfaction in his heart.

And this point was clearly observed by Salihovic in the live video just now.

His heart sank.

Something bad happened.

He wanted to raise Gu Hang's political status, but he never thought of raising it to the point that Qi Bodu would be afraid.

Wouldn't that be counterproductive?

But this matter doesn't seem to be that simple.

Qi Bodu had already suppressed his voice just now, and the people were indeed ready to listen to him. But at the critical moment, there were people in the crowd who made a fuss. What happened?

There was indeed an atmosphere group arranged by Salihovic in the crowd. However, the atmosphere group of the alliance would not show up at this time.

"Go and check who did it and find out who it was."

"Yes!"

The agents of the Foreign Affairs Bureau in the crowd began to act.

Salihovic fully believed that their agents of the Foreign Affairs Bureau would definitely be able to complete the task. Moreover, we can try to track down the hidden mastermind through the traces of the hostile elements that emerged this time.

However, his mood did not improve at all.

The current dilemma still exists.

It is not a good thing to offend the Prime Minister.

Salihovich knew that the Governor-General's visit to Holy Terra this time was not like others who simply came to receive honors, show their faces in front of the vast number of Terra people, and accumulate some political influence.

Gu Hang came for very clear political demands.

The "Alliance Plan" is a core, and Gu Hang even wants to go further.

On the surface, the biggest opponent of the "Alliance Plan" is Luo Fei, the Prime Minister of the Ministry of the Interior. But in fact, Prime Minister Qi Bodu is the most critical person.

The Sun Lord-Sohkem was once the most powerful person in the empire. The era of the Sun Expedition has only been over for more than 30 years.

And Qi Bodu has been the Prime Minister of the Empire for 60 years.

Sixty years ago, he became the prime minister with the support of the Sun Lord. He supported the Sun Expedition and could even be considered a great contributor to the Sun Expedition. He was a good partner of Sohkem, sitting in the center of the empire, allocating resources for the Sun Expedition, and extracting resources from the entire empire to supply the Sun Expedition.

However, in the later period of the Sun Expedition, the empire's national strength was increasingly exhausted, and Qi Bodu was in the center of the empire, bearing the brunt of the pressure.

At that time, not only the center of the empire, but also various local regions of the empire had great complaints about the expedition.

It was true that such a large territory was conquered, but what help would it have for the various regions of the empire that supported the expedition?

Even the center of the empire had a lot of opposition. Although for the center of the empire, it was others who were being exploited, the officials of the center also had to work hard and do a lot of work for this matter.

If it was just the workload, it would be fine, but the more important thing is that the Sun Lord, who seemed to be the big daddy who was pressing down on the entire empire, had too high a status and too great a reputation. All the other people were dark stars completely obscured by the sun's brilliance.

You're in the way.

In addition, he was away from Holy Terra for a long time and was out of the center of the empire's power, so in the end his expedition could not be carried out, and he even died outside in the end, which was foreseeable.

The Empire announced that Sohekaim died of illness. But the actual reason has always been in the fog. With many different opinions, the matter was still shrouded in mystery at first, but after thirty years, even if no confidential documents were disclosed, many senior officials in the Empire slowly woke up - this might be a collective betrayal of Sohekaim by Holy Terra, or even the entire Empire.

If we look at it from this perspective, after the news of the death of the Sun Lord came back, it stands to reason that Qi Bodu, the prime minister who once supported the Sun Expedition infinitely, would have to be in turmoil for a while, right?

No.

On the contrary, his authority has been unprecedentedly strengthened.

On the eve of the news of Sohekaim's death, he was still supporting the Sun Expedition!

But he became the biggest beneficiary after Sohekaim's death, and now he holds power.

It is probably self-evident what role Qi Bodu played in the death of the Sun Lord more than 30 years ago.

Even though he cannot take all the power into his own hands like the former Sun Lord, he can still be regarded as the one with the highest status in the entire empire.

The political demands that Gu Hang and the alliance want to achieve must be supported by him, at least he must not oppose it with all his strength, so that it can be passed.

Even if the mastermind behind the scenes is found and he is chopped into pieces, it will be useless. As long as Qi Bodu has a grudge, things will go bad, and it is unknown how much it will cost to save it later.

Cold sweat broke out on Salihovic's forehead.

The live broadcast in front of him continued.

When the prime minister extended an invitation to Gu Hang, Salihovic saw that Gu Hang first declined slightly, but he could not refuse. The sound of the mountains and seas below was getting stronger, so Gu Hang had to step forward.

Qi Bodu wanted to give up his position, but Gu Hang stretched out his hand to block his waist and did not let him go.

Then, he leaned his head closer and said to the microphone from the side: "Please be quiet, be quiet."

Gu Hang spoke, and the people gradually quieted down out of respect.

"The enthusiasm of the people of Holy Terra is too unexpected. However, the victory of this war belongs not only to me and the troops fighting on the front lines, but also to the people of Holy Terra, that is, you, who have helped. And the supreme leader who leads you, the entire empire, and eliminates all traitors and all enemies of mankind is our great prime minister."

After speaking to the people, Gu Hang turned his head and looked at Qi Bodu sincerely and said, "I have said everything I want to say to the people. Now, I am eager to listen to your vision for the future of the empire. Your words are the golden words that lead the empire and mankind to a bright future."

"Long live the prime minister!"

At the end, Gu Hang raised his arms and shouted, "Long live the prime minister!"

Then he let go of the microphone, let go of Qi Bodu's hand, bowed his head respectfully, stepped back two steps behind Qi Bodu, and hid himself behind the prime minister.

In the distance, Salihovic, who was watching the live broadcast, saw this scene and quickly grabbed the microphone and connected the communication headsets of all the CIA agents on the scene: "Cheers to the Prime Minister! Quick!"

He reacted very quickly, and the CIA agents also reacted very quickly.

"Long live the Prime Minister!"

"Long live the Prime Minister!"

Voices rang out one after another.

With Gu Hang taking the lead, the crowd cheering, and the powerful Prime Minister Qi Bodu, the people followed suit and shouted.

The atmosphere was not as strong as before for Gu Hang, but at least the awkward atmosphere was eased.

Seeing that Gu Hang completely handed the stage to him, and stood behind him to strongly support him, Qi Bodu's brows relaxed slightly.

Listening to the countless people below shouting his name, he felt much more comfortable.

In the past, he rarely had such an opportunity to face such a large crowd, and the experience was quite novel.