The Nine Nether Palace had been in decline for years. Of course, a few days of drilling troops could not turn things around.
There was a mountain of trifles to deal with.
"But when all was said and done, it came down to one thing—pinching soft persimmons."
As the current Great Commander of the Nine Nether Palace, and its only commander at present, Lu Yuan naturally had the authority to review the records. Besides, the Nine Nether Sparrow had made it very clear in her letter: until she, the Palace Master, returned, every matter within the Nine Nether Palace would be left to Lu Yuan, the Great Commander, for judgment. Forget reviewing records—even if he threw a Nine Nether Guard out without reason, Lu Yuan had the authority to do so.
Of course, Lu Yuan would not do that.
Compared to strength, the will of the Nine Nether Army was far more precious.
For a Battle Array Master, the foundation of fully drawing out the soldiers' strength within a battle array was getting every soldier in the array to pull in the same direction.
United as one, with all hearts beating as one.
Thus, Lu Yuan's approach was very simple.
He laid down the rudiments of a battle array and assigned positions.
What remained was strength.
As long as there were resources, strength could improve quickly.
Thus, as he reorganized the army externally and reformed its administration internally, Lu Yuan naturally discovered a few minor issues. For example: "Since when were the Nine Nether Palace's annual slots for entering the Great Luo Gold Pond sold to the Blood Eagle Palace?"
"Commander Cao sold them back then..."
The temporarily promoted middle-aged man answered softly.
Seeing Lu Yuan frown, he cautiously continued, "But a commander did not have that authority."
"Enough. You