Chapter 1197 (1/2)
”Your Majesty, although our army has caused nearly three million losses to the United forces in this war.”
”However, there were more than 280000 people who lost their strength at the expense of others, which can be said to have set the highest casualty record since the Empire invaded the whole world.”
”I am sorry for the tens of thousands of officers and men, and I am sorry for your Majesty's kindness. Please punish him.”
The northern boundary of Tianluo continent, Daliao Tianyu, the military base of Qin army.
Having returned to the military base, the commander of the dispatched army is saying to Ying Ji on one knee.
The tone is sincere and the attitude is sincere. I hope the emperor can punish himself.
Although the Qin army caused nearly three million losses to the United Army in this raid, it can be said that it was a fruitful battle.
However, the Qin army's own loss of hundreds of thousands of yuan is also an insurmountable obstacle.
A total loss of nearly 300000, equivalent to the loss of two to four middle thousand worlds, set the highest casualty record since the Empire invaded the great world. This is undoubtedly a disgrace to Shang Yang.
And Shang Yang is not the kind of person who is complacent or even proud of his contributions.
In the view of Shang Yang, a legalist, Gong is Gong, and fault is fault.
No matter how much credit we have made, we can't make up for our mistakes. At most, we should appropriately reduce some punishment, but we can never completely exempt from responsibility.
In Shang Yang's mind, although he was not guilty of such consequences, he still had to have the necessary punishment.
It doesn't matter whether he is dismissed or not. In short, punishment must be given, or Shang Yang will be upset.
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”You, you, I don't know what to say.”
Looking at Shang Yang's resolute attitude, Ying Ji said with a bitter smile.
What happened at the moment was unexpected, but it was also reasonable.
Ying Ji understood Shang Yang's character.
It is no exaggeration to say that Shang Yang is a great master of Legalists, who advocates legalist ideas to the extreme, and will not waver in the slightest for what he believes.
In Shang Yang's view, there must be rewards for attacking, and punishment must be given if there is a mistake.
The two are clear, not ambiguous.
Although it can offset the fault to a certain extent when the credit is great, it can never be completely offset.
If you don't punish Shang Yang, I'm afraid that Shang Yang will always be upset.
Thinking of this, Ying Ji made a decision.
”Shang Yang, the king of Shang, was too light on the enemy in the war, causing heavy casualties in the army.”
”Although the results of the war are quite fruitful, the death penalty can be exempted and the living crime is hard to escape. The following punishment is specially imposed.”
”First, the post of Shangyang daqianmian as a military adviser will be removed from office today, and the post will be held by Minister Sun Wuji.”
Second, a fine of 10 years' salary, which will be fully used in the army for military expenses. ”
”Third, a hundred days of confinement, during which Shang Yang was not allowed to step out of his place of activity.”
”These three are punishments for you. If you disobey them, they will be punished according to the military law.”
Looking at Shang Yang, who is half kneeling on the ground, Ying Ji also makes a punishment to him.
There are three articles in total. The first is to remove Shang Yang from his position as a senior military adviser and change it to Minister Sun Wuji. The second is to impose a 10-year salary penalty and the third is to keep him in confinement for 100 days.
After careful observation, it can be found that, except for the first one, the other two items belong to the painless level.
However, it just shows that Ying Ji's punishment to Shang Yang is only symbolic.
The first is to punish Shangyang, let him know that he has been punished, and don't think about it in the future.