Chapter 826: Expansion and Seriousness
To be honest, Gu Hang was a little disappointed with what happened recently.
In fact, many people who were affected by this political turmoil were not simply "traitors" who were blinded by profit. Many of them had even received political commissar training.
However, training is training and it only affects loyalty, but people’s minds are diverse and changeable.
Sufficient loyalty can greatly reduce the probability of certain malicious behaviors. Betrayal, dereliction of duty, and vicious corruption are indeed rare. However, for some things that do not seem to be so bad, the situation is different.
My brother is also serving the Alliance by going to the Western Front, so why does he have to go to the Northern Front?
My grandson is an outstanding naval officer, but the environment on the northern front is not suitable for him. The military is messing around.
My friend was originally assigned to the Western Front, but after discussion, the Military and Political Department decided to assign people to the Northern Front, and he was not assigned to the Northern Front. As a result, some idiots messed around and assigned my friend to the Western Front instead, and transferred him to the Northern Front. How could this be allowed? I had to set things right!
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If you really count thoughts like these, they don't seem to be that serious - especially the third idea.
Gu Hang could actually understand that many things were just human nature.
No matter how loyal someone is, it does not prevent others from considering their own interests while being loyal.
Even without considering personal interests, the ways of loyalty are different. You think this is good for the alliance and the overall situation, but I think it is better that way...
Gu Hang could understand all these situations.
But no matter what, there is always a bottom line.
Mutiny is already an extremely bad situation.
Even these so-called "mutinies" were not, in retrospect, intended to oppose the alliance, Gu Hang, or the Ministry of Military Affairs. Many of the troops involved in the mutiny simply thought they had been betrayed and came to seek an explanation.
Others knew that some troops might get into trouble. Although they had not received orders to suppress them, they had squeezed out other people's quotas and felt guilty. They took the initiative and planned to control the friendly forces, accuse them of crimes, and send them to the northern front.
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But no matter what the situation is, if the army moves without orders, that is a red line and a death line.
Before the qualitative analysis, there may be some room for maneuver; after the qualitative analysis, there is nothing to say.
All the uneasy factors were completely suppressed.
All troops who act without authorization, regardless of the reason, as long as they commit the crime of "acting beyond their authority without superior orders", will be court-martialed without discussion and will face a very swift death sentence.
There are also some people who received orders from their superiors but knew that it was an illegal transfer, but still cooperated with the action. They were treated the same way.
There were also cases where they received orders from their superiors, knew that the transfer was illegal, and then refused to carry out the orders and had their superiors arrested. After careful screening, these people were sent back to their original positions, but were not given any rewards.
There were some things that were negotiable. For example, as a junior officer, he really didn't know anything. The division commander wanted to transfer people, and he was just a company commander, how could he know so much? He could only follow him.
This kind of thing also needs to be looked at carefully.
In short, we will carefully suppress the rebellion by looking at the specific roles these people played, the functions they played, and the specific actions they took. If there is really no problem, there is no need to worry too much about being implicated; if there is a problem, it will not be let off. It is not the death penalty, but there are also imprisonment, exile to the redemption unit, deprivation of military rank, demotion... There is always a suitable punishment among all kinds of punishments.
This is a line of screening from the offender of "unauthorized mobilization of troops".
Although a wide range of people are involved, to be honest, this is a relatively easy thing to do. The crime is clearly defined. There are also documented examples of how to deal with it in military courts. It is nothing more than a strict and severe punishment in the context of the particularly bad political impact of this incident.
However, screening upwards is somewhat difficult.
Many people, in the alliance’s military, government, or legal center... are bigwigs.
When things have to be dealt with by the so-called big guys, the difficulty becomes higher.
However, the biggest problem is not here.
No matter how big a boss is, how big can he be? The real high-level decision-makers of the alliance will not bother with such unreliable things. They are nothing more than people who can call the shots in a star region or a star field. In the eyes of ordinary generals, they are big shots, but in the framework of the entire alliance, they are nothing more than mid-level and senior officials.
The person who decided to conduct a thorough investigation was Gu Hang.
Who else could be more powerful than him?
Marshal Taddius, Prime Minister Ossena and the like, nearly twenty real high-ranking officials of the alliance gathered together and were scolded by Gu Hang.
They all went downstairs to do their work in a dejected manner.
If we look at it from this perspective, as long as someone really has something wrong, no one can bear it.
No one could oppose the will to conduct a thorough investigation. The alliance's multiple internal intelligence agencies and special agencies were mobilized. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Security, the Anti-Corruption Agency, and the General Military Police were all busy.
Gu Hang was even worried that these institutions, which were affiliated with the government, military, and legal center, would not do their job properly, so he asked the demon hunters, who were completely outside the alliance system, to intervene.
However, as things progressed, we also encountered some practical problems.
The most important thing is that many behaviors are difficult to define.
Those so-called 'big guys' are not fools.
There are some foolish people who really jumped up and down in this matter. There is clear evidence and evidence, so there is no need to say more.
But there are also some smarter ones.
They often use very precise words when speaking to relevant departments.
'I noticed that Comrade XXX has been assigned to the support list of the Northern Front Corps. Please let me know the specific reason.'
'Comrade XX has been included in the list of those going to the northern front. I think he is more suitable to go to the western front. I suggest that we study the specific situation further. I fully respect the result.'
'Comrade XXX is my nephew. Please be fair when making relevant arrangements.'
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If this is the case, how can we arrest people?
The person who is speaking might be a lieutenant general of the military and political department of a certain star field. Isn't it a normal job behavior for him to see that there are changes in the support list for the northern front and ask the reason?
As for other matters, the person who spoke may not be from the military system, but he was giving a "good-intentioned suggestion" and asked you to "study it further", and he also stated that he "respects the result". Does this mean that he should be arrested and his official title should be stripped off?
And it's true that he is my nephew, but they clearly said that you must "follow the principle of fairness". They told you to do it fairly, but they are afraid that you will bend the law for personal gain because of your identity.
However, although these words seem to be high-sounding, who can't see the actual meaning?
If you really want to be fair and just, why do you mention the names of the comrades involved? And also point out their relationships? If this person is transferred, you have to check the list again?
What do you mean? Isn’t that very clear?
In actual operation, this is often how things develop.
Although he may not be your direct supervisor and is separated from you by several departments, he is a high-ranking official and if he has words or opinions, they must be dealt with.
If you are really stubborn, they won't say much, but they often give you some difficulties within their scope of authority. Or when you are having a meal with your direct supervisor, or your supervisor's supervisor, or when you are discussing personnel transfers, they may mention that you, as a comrade, are not fully aware of your thoughts.
They are two independent things, and no one said they are related to the previous thing.
However, even though they knew all the ins and outs, when it came time to arrest someone, they said frankly that they had no such intention. Whether it was in official documents or verbal statements, it was just that literal meaning.
Is it necessary to deal with a high-ranking official who has worked hard, made many achievements and has a prominent position because of this matter?
They won't accept it and will file a complaint with higher authorities.
Moreover, in order to deal with these people, it is often possible to report them to people like Ossena and Thadius.
You can even report it to Gu Hang.
They are all old comrades and old brothers. Some of them worked hard when we were fighting for the country and when we were defending the country. Some of them have made contributions. Many of them have even been personally commended by Gu Hang.
I just said something unambiguous, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs wanted to deal with me and the demon hunter wanted to take me away. Is this reasonable?
Gu Hang told everyone that it was reasonable.
That’s it!
But we won’t carry out a purge without evidence.
Be it the witcher, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or the General Gendarmerie, when they come to you, just tell the truth about what you were thinking at the time, and they will handle it normally.
If you don't agree, you can file a complaint. Gu Hang actually took time out of his busy schedule to meet with everyone one by one. Those who were far away could also chat through inter-star communication.
They are all senior officials, and they are close enough for Gu Hang to make time to meet them.
Gu Hang has a hundred ways to tell whether the person on the other side is telling the truth or a lie.
If it is true, and there was really no strange intention at the beginning, then I have wrongly blamed you and all the punishments will be cancelled.
If there really is a problem and it is brought to Gu Hang and exposed by him, then the crime will be even more serious and the punishment will be severe.
Under normal punishment, perhaps the person would not be evaluated for excellence for five consecutive years, would not be promoted, or would be demoted, or would be removed from his position. But in Gu Hang's case, the punishment was severe and severe, and he could be removed from his position, imprisoned, or exiled to a remote area.
At this stage, no matter who it is, Gu Hang will not show any mercy to them.
There was also a lucky thing here. The few people closest to Gu Hang did not get involved so recklessly. Otherwise, whether it was Ye Lixia, Gu Hang's biological mother, or Gu Jing, if something really happened to them, no matter how difficult it was for Gu Hang to deal with, he would harden his heart and kill his relatives for the sake of justice.
Fortunately, this kind of thing that would put Gu Hang in a dilemma did not really happen.
After several unlucky people appeared one after another, the remaining people really didn't dare to stand firm.
If the internal audit department comes to you, just tell the truth. Only if you have no guilt at all, you will dare to appeal.
As for those who were not high enough to go to Gu Hang or senior leaders, they could only rely on the internal audit department for decision. They did not dare to go to their superiors or old leaders.
Old leaders are also afraid. Unless they really know that there is no problem with their subordinates and are quite optimistic about them, they will dare to give suggestions to their superiors with trepidation.
It was not a purge or a purge of counter-revolutionaries, and indeed it was not. After all, it was not that serious. People would be arrested and shot or exiled if they made the slightest mistake and had no evidence at all.
However, this incident still swept the entire alliance political arena like a storm.
It caused panic among the people for a while.
Is it necessary?
Gu Hang sometimes asks himself this question.
But he soon made up his mind.
It is necessary.
Perhaps the necessity of this matter itself was not that high. The reluctance to go to the northern front was due to the natural tendency of people to seek benefits and avoid harm. Those mutinies were very small in scale, and most of them did not even require bloodshed. A senior officer could calm things down by showing up and slapping the table with a fierce face. The urgently needed military support for the northern front was not delayed, and it set off as scheduled.
However, Gu Hang wanted to use this incident to expand and exaggerate it. This was a rectification of the internal atmosphere.
The Dark Side Crusade has been going on for decades, which is indeed a long time, but in fact, it is also correct to say that it has just begun. This huge operation, which aims to save half of the empire and tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of worlds, is destined to be an operation that will last for dozens of generations. If, at this stage, some trends are not stopped, how should they be dealt with in the future when they are too serious to be reversed?
Not just this time, Gu Hang will have to do it again later.
He is the founder of the alliance and possesses supreme prestige. Only with him in charge can these things be pushed forward. When he is no longer in charge, any of his successors who want to push forward similar actions will find it much more difficult than it is now.
Fortunately, Gu Hang estimated that even if he was not immortal, his life span would be extremely long, so he did not have to worry about the end of the government.
As long as his own will is strong, he will ensure the purity of the entire system as much as possible during his long life.
Within the alliance, there are fights against corruption and malfeasance every year, as well as supervision and improvement of various types of government efficiency. In essence, Gu Hang is worried that concentrated government power will in turn breed huge problems.
This is almost inevitable, but Gu Hang is trying to at least prevent these problems from excessively affecting the development of the alliance.
Self-cleaning of government mechanisms is one aspect, and political commissar training is another manifestation of this aspect.
Gu Hang called this part "control".
However, control alone may not be enough.
In addition to management and control, Gu Hang also needs to make efforts in other directions.
Gu Hang sees this as positive motivation.
The most important thing is to ensure that the alliance has a smooth upward channel from top to bottom.
A rule that relies solely on high pressure will either be unstable or, if stability is forced, will easily lose its vitality.
You have to use both hands.
(End of this chapter)
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