@Red225 There are actually multiple accounts of that happening in history, notably amongst the class of serfs which were essentially slaves in all but in name, but in this case they aren't serfs at all. These are people who vulntarily pledged their services tot he betterment of the fief, volunteers yes, but in a time where you are either worth currency or your word, and they went against their word, which is honestly is more damning than money. Likewise, the modern equilivancy of being fired doesn't go with this at all. Being fired means she herself signed on them to be dismissed, this work abandonment, of the highest degree. Granted, the issues of the church are at hand, and honestly she did understand the issue of their leaving once she was explained why, or at least explained by one who had an answer for why. But their abandonment of work, especially where one is key in the prosperity of the fief would be if a city's wastemanagment workers walked off their jobs because their boss got ridiculed by the media. While understandable, you've left key infastructure vulernable, and if you thought that you were working for the prosperity of the land, its kind of a catch 22. Those who stayed and those who left were gambling, in this case, those who stayed won, those who left barely survived by the skin of their teeth.
@Kaiser92 Well that depends on your viewership on society. Do people work better with carrots only, sticks only, or a combination of the two. In this story, it argues that both are needed, be merciful when needed, but show a strong hand if need be. Likewise, one would say they almost lost their status as citizens by desserting, which by and large, means you have went against a contract you have agreed upon. This dessertion may as well have been a slap to her face, especially with how it was key positions that were left, and to be honest, by showing their rather capacity to dessert, shows they are untrustworthy. And why would you want untrustworthy people to be under your employ?
