The eunuch women who were originally enrolled in the school have been waiting to get married, and they are often nostalgic for the college.

It has reached the point where it can only enter and not leave.

In this way, the original academy could not accommodate it.

And now, the capital has been moved to Jinling Mansion, and the two court commanders and court officials have long been unable to go to the academy to perform their duties.

Therefore, the two of them found hundreds of miles of Wuji, and they had to build a separate women's college in Jinling Mansion.

Baili Wuji had no objection in his heart, so a few months later, on the edge of Jinling Academy, a women's college was born.

……。

Faced with the chaos in the Central Plains, Baili Wuji thought about sending troops north.

However, domestic support for the Northern Expedition was not high.

In fact, the main reason comes from a fear in Baili Wuji's heart.

Yes, Baili Wuji is a little scared.

By now, occupying half of the country, Baili Wuji and his soldiers have paid too much for their lives.

Baili Wuji no longer has the gambling nature of being barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes.

He hoped that after the country had been thoroughly stabilized and the army had been reorganized, the Northern Expedition would be carried out, so as to avoid civilian losses and reduce casualties among soldiers as much as possible.

But Baili Wuji knew in his heart that he was still scared after all.

It is not that he is afraid of a decisive battle with the Khitan, but that he is afraid that once he loses, the Central Plains will no longer have the strength to resist the Khitan south.

Baili Wuji is convinced that with the current 200,000 Black Flag Army, the probability of defeating the Khitan should be fifty percent.

But the military strength is only a part, as far as the northern frontier, it is a foreign war, it is not supported by the local people, and the supply line will be very long. This requires strong logistical support.

What worries Baili Wuji the most is that once the main force of the Black Flag Army goes north, the domestic uneasy elements. It's likely to pop up.

These are the real reasons why Baili Wuji did not make up his mind and took advantage of the destruction of the Jin Kingdom and the absence of an owner in the Central Plains.

After all, before the official war with the Khitan.

The Central Plains was the only buffer between Chu and the Khitan.

Governing a state and governing a country are two completely different concepts.

To govern a state, as long as the military power is in hand, the decree can be carried out smoothly. and supervised by the military.

And to govern a country, you can only let the officials below carry it out, if the decree is not accepted by the majority of officials. This decree will be prevaricated, even if the army is sent to enforce it forcibly, it will not help, not to mention that there are not so many troops.

The biggest problem that Baili Wuji is currently facing is how to get officials to cooperate with the implementation of the decree as much as possible.

The number of old officials in the former Southern Tang and Wu Yue has exceeded the number of officials in the original Chu.

And these officials are different from the officials of the Chu State. It's not just the way things are done. There is also a difference in concept, perhaps a habit developed over the years, and most of these officials often treat government decrees in defiance, which makes Baili Wuji have a headache.

Baili Wuji doesn't want to bleed a lot now, maybe it's the increase in age, becoming more and more stable, maybe it's getting more and more content with the status quo.

But the world is unsatisfactory after all, and the trees want to be quiet and the wind does not stop.

Baili Wuji was finally forced to be ruthless.

this day. After discussing with Xu Shiming and others, Baili Wuji issued an edict to all states across the country. From now on, the evaluation of officials will be based on the new taxpayers to determine the promotion of officials.

This order was pursued with unprecedented speed.

Three months later, the number of new taxpayers reported by various localities showed an increase of 10%, 20%, or even 30%. And the most obvious growth is in the counties of the original Chu prefectures.

This surprised Baili Wuji.

This may not be too fast, a person from birth to adulthood, to become a taxpayer, this takes at least fourteen or five years, even if there were children who were about to reach adulthood, it would not be so many adults in three months.

Baili Wuji ordered Xu Shiming to use the Military Intelligence Agency to investigate the matter thoroughly.

A month later, Xu Shiming reported that after a thorough investigation by the Military Intelligence Agency, the increase figure was true.

But the increase in people everywhere fled badly after the fact.

Baili Wuji and Xu Shiming looked at each other and smiled bitterly, the situation was already very clear.

These mediocre officials colluded with each other to lure hundreds or even thousands of homeless people to quickly arrange for their ownerless fields to be sown, and without waiting for harvest, they became ripe fields and were immediately included in the taxpayers.

And these homeless people are so miserable that they can only abandon the land and flee to neighboring counties, and start all over again.

The homeless population fled with the original population.

What's more, the original population was forced to flee by the dog officials, in order to increase the number of people.

As a result, the population of the county government's household registration continued to rise, but it rose to an imaginary number.

This is the so-called policy above, and there are countermeasures below.

Baili Wuji is ruthless, even if there is civil strife, he has to move.

In order not to affect the autumn harvest, Baili Wuji chose the time in mid-October.

Thus, another "purge campaign" began.

Although the people were basically not involved, the smell of blood made tens of millions of people in Chu State tremble.

The Jinling Mansion has always remained calm, and the calmer it is, the more chilling it is.

Baili Wuji knows the Tao in his heart, corrupt officials and evil officials, there are all dynasties and generations, and they cannot be extinguished even if they are repeatedly banned.

But just like in business, if you are caught, the punishment is greater than the benefit.

Then, there will be fewer corrupt officials and evil officials.

Baili Wuji does not want to have extravagance, but only hopes to reduce the number of people to the lowest possible time.

It was not until the end of the year that the bloody massacre of the Chu State stopped.

Baili Wuji appointed a group of students from the Bo College to supplement the officialdom.

At the same time, the rotation and retirement system of officials of the former Chu State was implemented throughout the entire territory of the Chu State.

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After getting rid of Dewey, Liu Zhiyuan was in a good mood, and returned to Bianliang all the way to his teacher.

But Liu Zhiyuan didn't expect that a tragic incident that broke his heart happened.

His eldest son, twenty-seven-year-old Kaifeng Yin Liu Chengxun, died.

The three major pains in life are the loss of a father in a young age, the loss of a wife in middle age, and the loss of a son in old age. Liu Zhiyuan accounted for one of them.

This Liu Chengxun is the successor in Liu Zhiyuan's heart, he is just the right age, and his talent is not bad.

This blow made Liu Zhiyuan age instantly.

In the first month of the eleventh year of Shu Guangzheng (948), Liu Zhiyuan fell ill, and the emperor's dragon chair was seriously ill before it was hot.

Liu Zhiyuan is okay to lead the troops to fight, but this emperor's errand is really not suitable for him, in the past few months, all the former Jin civil officials who came to take refuge have been named high-ranking officials, but the strength and stability of the country really have nothing to do with these people.

Coupled with the sudden pain of losing his son, Liu Zhiyuan was finally exhausted and couldn't afford to get sick.

His body knew by himself, and Liu Zhiyuan began to arrange the future.

Liu Zhilu Dao actually knew in his heart that his Liu family's country had not been around for a few days.

How did you get the country, and how you will naturally lose it.

originally thought that the eldest son would be cultivated so that the Liu family could last for a few more years, but now it is powerless.

The eldest son is gone, although he is not optimistic about the second son Liu Chengyou, but what can be done, it can only be him. (To be continued......)