Chapter 725: Putting The Kingdom Back On Track (1/2)

With the agreements made, Lin Mu and the rest came up with a pipeline for the events. They hoped for the best and planned for the worst, making contingencies for contingencies. They even made plans in case Gu Yao decide to directly come out and attack them or even start his takeover of the empire.

Jing Luo also agreed to set up some better formation arrays around the Hong Lin kingdom just in case they needed to protect from attacks. It was needed since they were their allies and their survival was essential to them in the long term.

Plus, King Hong was going to use the entire kingdom to provide the resources now. He knew it was no time to skimp on things and put the administrative machinery into work. While this was happening, Adviser Liu efficiently weeded out the corrupt officials of the kingdom and replaced them with the right people.

During the reign of minister Fu Delun, a lot of good workers had been wrongfully dismissed or transferred to other positions. Adviser Liu rectified these mistakes and checked the records to see who actually did well.

This was not easy as the records were heavily manipulated as well and they had to take a lot of direct testimonies from people and then cross reference them before actually checking the differences.

It was a long and hectic process and it would have been impossible if not for the people's support. When it was announced that Minister of Law Fu Delun has been arrested along with several other officials on the charges of corruption and forgery, a lot of the other good officials that had been suppressed were overjoyed.

Even the commoners who had suffered during this time were pleased that their king and adviser were taking action. In the royal court, half of the people were either greatly fined or arrested entirely due to their involvement with Minster Fu Delun.

As for Fu Delun himself, since he was under the control of Gu Yao, there was always a chance that he would try to escape and contact Gu Yao. As long as Gu Yao didn't know what was happening in the kingdom, they would have the advantage.

Thus, to prevent Gu Yao from discovering what had happened, Lin Mu and the rest put Minster Fu Delun in a tranquilized state perpetually. The royal physicians and an alchemist combined their skills to make a strong tranquilized which won't harm the body but would truly put the person it was used on in a deep sleep.

They wouldn't wake up even if the person was beat up and was rather deadly if one thought about it. It was fine to use on cultivators, but if it was used on normal humans, they would die of thirst before they could even wake up.

For Fu Delun at least, the physicians set up a nutritional solution made of several herbs that would prevent the man from dying. Because in the end, Lin Mu and the rest knew that Fu Delun was a victim too and wasn't doing this on his own.

Killing him would be a grave injustice when they still had the capability to restrain him. King Hong and adviser Liu had spoken of how Fu Delun truly took his responsibilities very seriously all these years.

In fact, it was that very reputation that led to them overlooking all the mistakes that had been made in the past few years. Had it not been for that, Adviser Liu and King Hong would have been more hands-on in their approach with administrative matters.