Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 1453: Chapter 825:

Honestly speaking, Gu Hang is rather disappointed with recent events.

In fact, many of those affected by this political turmoil aren’t simply ’traitors’ driven by selfish gains. Among them are quite a few who’ve undergone commissar training.

However, training is just training; it only impacts loyalty, yet human thoughts are multifaceted and unpredictable.

Sufficient loyalty indeed significantly reduces the likelihood of certain malevolent actions. Betrayal, dereliction of duty, and malignant corruption are relatively rare. However, when it comes to matters seemingly less malicious, the situation is quite different.

My brother went to the West Line for serving the Alliance, why must he go to the North Line?

My grandson is an outstanding naval officer; the environment of the North Line doesn’t suit him, the Military Department is messing around.

My friend was originally assigned to the West Line, but after research by the Military Affairs Department, someone is needed at the North Line. He wasn’t set for the North Line, yet some bastard is messing around, causing my friend’s position at the West Line to be fixed and reassigned to the North Line. How can this be allowed? I need to restore order!

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Thoughts like these, in all honesty, don’t seem to be heinous—especially the third thought.

Gu Hang can actually comprehend that many things are just human nature.

No matter how loyal one might be, it doesn’t prevent them from considering their interests alongside that loyalty.

Even without personal interests, the manner of loyalty varies. You think this is good for the Alliance and more beneficial for the bigger picture, yet I think that way is better…

Gu Hang understands these situations completely.

But regardless, matters always have a bottom line.

Military rebellion is an extremely vicious situation.

Even if these so-called ’rebellions,’ in hindsight, were not meant to oppose the Alliance, Gu Hang, or the Military Affairs Department, the forces involved in the rebellion largely thought they had been cheated, betrayed, and were here to seek justification.

And then there are those who knew certain units might run into trouble, not having received suppression orders themselves, yet still squeezed into others’ spots, feeling guilty, taking preemptive measures to control allied forces, imposing charges against them, and ensuring their dispatch to the North Line.

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But no matter the situation, without orders, unauthorized military movements cross the red line.

Prior to determination, there might be room for leeway; after determination, there’s nothing left to say.

All unrest factors have been completely suppressed.

All unauthorized units, regardless of reasons, as long as they committed ’acting without superior orders, unauthorized actions,’ face military tribunals with no negotiation, and will encounter extremely swift death penalty sentences.

There are also those who received higher commands, knowing these were illegal deployments, yet still cooperated with the actions, treated the same way.

There are some who received orders, knew they were illegal, then refused to execute the orders, and arrested their superiors. After careful verification, they were returned to their original positions but received no rewards.

In some cases, there’s slight room for discussion. For instance, junior officers with truly no awareness; when a commander mobilizes troops, as a platoon leader, how could he possibly know everything? He just followed orders.

Such cases need thorough examination.

In summary, the exact role and impact individuals had during the events will be meticulously examined. Those truly uninvolved should not worry about being implicated; those with issues will not be overlooked. If not the death penalty, then imprisonment, exile to penitentiary units, military rank stripping, demotion… among various penalties, there’s always an appropriate one.

This is a line of screening from the ’unauthorized troop movement’ misconduct downwards.

Although it involves a wide range of personnel, honestly, it’s relatively easier to address. The delineation of crimes is clear-cut. Handling cases in the military tribunal comes with established precedents, simply intensifying the severity due to the particularly adverse political climate.

However, the upward screening becomes somewhat challenging.

Many individuals are high-level within the Alliance’s military, government, or Legal Affairs Center… all are big figures.

When matters reach the heads of these so-called big figures, the difficulty rises.

But the major problem isn’t merely here.

No matter how prominent the figures get, to what extent can they go? True decision-makers of the Alliance don’t stir up things based on uncertain matters. It’s merely those that can call the shots within the scope of a Star Sector or Star Domain. In the eyes of regular officers, these are considered major characters, but within the Alliance’s framework, they’re merely mid-to-high level officials.

The one determined to thoroughly investigate is Gu Hang.

Who can be above him?

Names like Marshal Tadeusz or Prime Minister Oseina; together nearly twenty real high officials of the Alliance gathered, were thoroughly reprimanded by Gu Hang.

One by one, they went off, humbled, to carry out their tasks.

Sorting from this level downward, anyone with real matters on them won’t withstand scrutiny.

The will for thorough investigation faces no opposition. Multiple internal intelligence and special agencies within the Alliance are in motion. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, Security Department, Anti-Corruption Bureau, and General Constabulary are all busy.

Additionally, fearing these agencies already under government, military, or Legal Affairs Center’s umbrella might not perform properly, Gu Hang engaged the Demon Hunter completely outside the Alliance’s system to intervene.