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"I will pay my respects to the king!"

Shangyang Palace in Tongzhou became more and more lively as the end of the year approached. Many officials who served in various places returned to the court to report on their duties and came to Shangyang Palace to pay a visit to the Tang Dynasty. There was a constant flow of people coming and going.

"You don't need to be polite, please get up quickly! You and I have seen that each of our names has come from the merit book. I was thinking about it at that time. I finally got to see the real person today. I feel so cordial! The states are under control and the national power is flourishing. All of you. "

Li Tai stood up to greet everyone. His eyes first fell on Pei Xia, the governor of Dengzhou who was leading the performance evaluation of all states this year. He directly took Pei Xia's arm and said with a smile: "Although I live in the pass, I have heard many old people from Shannan complaining about me recently. Songhe is upright and honest, and Dengzhou's officials are as good as water and the people's livelihood is better than before. "

After hearing this, Pei Xia hurriedly leaned forward and said: "I appreciate the King's appreciation for promoting the old rule. How dare I not give my whole heart and do my best to repay the favor! The people of Dengzhou still think of the Lord's benevolent governance and good deeds. I will follow the lead and be loyal and diligent." It’s just serious, it’s really hard to live up to the reputation.”

Dengzhou was the original Jingzhou Prefecture that governed Nanyang Rangcheng. It was also the starting point of Li Tai's rise in Shannan, and he had a deep affection for the place. Moreover, there were still many personnel established by Li Tai in Nanyang, so he was not worried about leaving the place to be governed by mediocre people. After weighing many considerations, he chose to appoint Pei Xia as the governor of Dengzhou.

Pei Xia was an upright and upright official. He had been an important subordinate of Li Tai's government as early as the Shannan Daoxingtai period. Li Tai knew that his talents were not limited to serving as a subordinate of the overlord government. He had indeed performed well after being released to the prefectures and counties. It is gratifying to be able to build on the previous governance of Li Tai and bring Dengzhou's various civil affairs affairs to a new high.

In addition to Pei Xia, most of the others who came to visit this time were Shannan Road officials, as well as Yang Fu, who served as the governor of Anzhou and was in charge of Anlu. Although his political achievements were not as impressive as Pei Xia's, they were still remarkable.

Although the series of wars fought by Bafu this year mainly used Guanzhong's manpower and material resources, Shannan's contribution was not small. Especially in the second half of the war, without the material assistance from Shannan, it would be difficult to continue the war, and it would be difficult to obtain important gains such as Heluo and Huainan.

Therefore, at the end of the year, Li Tai also paid great praise to a number of officials in Shannan. Each of them received promotions and titles. Although it was not as generous as the soldiers who directly participated in the war and made meritorious deeds, their incomes were quite considerable. considerable.

In addition to Dengzhou, Anzhou and other places under the direct control of Bafu, the Shannan area is also divided into three general administrative areas: Xiangzhou, Jingzhou and Yingzhou. The general manager of Xiangzhou, Li Miao, is in Xiangyang, the general manager of Jingzhou, Li Mu, is in Jiangling, and the general manager of Yingzhou, Dou. Lu Ning is in charge of Jiangxia. In addition, Sun Jian, the former governor of Xiangzhou, was transferred to the governor of Liangzhou, and Cui Xuanyou, the former governor of Liangzhou, returned to the court to serve as the governor of Yongzhou.

In the past few years, in order to recuperate and stabilize the domestic personnel situation, the officials in the counties, counties and frontiers of the Western Wei Dynasty have not undergone much changes. Frequent transfers of local officials can certainly prevent the feudal officials from separatist rule, but it is also not conducive to the continuity of order and politics.

In particular, the current Western Wei Dynasty is not a unified and stable regime. Many places are newly developed territories, and the local conditions in each area are different, and they need to be controlled and consolidated in a targeted manner. Therefore, it is even more unfavorable to transfer local official positions frequently, otherwise state and county officials will be transferred before their authority has even been established, making it even more difficult to fight against those powerful families who are rooted in the local area and monopolize the power of rural sentiments.

As for the growth of the personal authority of feudal officials, it can only be weakened and restricted through other methods.

But for Li Tai, he doesn't worry much about this problem. He is the leader of the Bafu who fought with real swords and guns. He even personally participated in the territory developed in all directions of the Western Wei Dynasty. His subordinates It is rare for a group of generals to develop independently and form their own situation like Hou Jing.

Today's Western Wei Dynasty, in addition to the three general governors of Shannan and Liangzhou, there are also the general administrator of Liangzhou Shi Ning, the general administrator of Yizhou Li Pei, the general administrator of Lingzhou Li Xian, the general administrator of Yanzhou Linghu Yanbao, and the general administrator of Hezhou Quan Jingxuan , as well as the newly added Tangzhou General Manager Wei Xiaokuan, Jianzhou General Manager Liang Shiyan, Sizhou General Manager Han Xiong and Yangzhou General Manager Shuofeng newly added this year.

These general managers distributed in various places are basically a group of people with the most important powers and positions in the Western Wei Dynasty starting from Li Tai below. Basically, they all hold military and political power and each sits in charge of one side.

Except for the newly appointed batch this year, the other general managers were basically appointed around the first year of Tongzhi. Their performance during their tenure was also different. Basically, they were relatively qualified, but some of them performed particularly well. outstanding.

For example, Shi Ning, the general manager of Liangzhou, led an army to attack Tuyuhun and achieved great results. Now the situation in Longyou is relatively stable, and he relies more on this person's strength.

Li Tai was also quite satisfied with Shi Ning's performance, and planned to put more responsibilities on him in the future, and he would succeed Doulu Ning as the governor of Yingzhou and take charge of Yingzhou, an important place bordering Nanchen.

Douluning's performance as the general manager of Yingzhou was not bad, but he was getting older. In addition, because he was born in Beizhen, he was now nearly sixty years old. It would be much better if he was located south of the Yangtze River. It is a good treatment to treat veterans less harshly. It is considered a good treatment to be recalled to the court to take care of themselves and to be with the army in case of trouble.

As for the position of general manager of Liangzhou, Li Tai planned to hand it over to his cousin Li Pei. Longyou is always where the Li family's county is located, so we arrange for one of the Li family members to go to Longyou to at least cultivate some nostalgia and strengthen emotional ties with the people of Longyou.

The governor of Yizhou was given to Li Yunxin. This grandson has been traveling around since he followed Li Tai, and has not had a rest. He also performed very well in the war with Northern Qi. It is a benefit of being in office to rest in Shu for a while.

In Jiangling, Li Tai plans to recall Li Mu and replace him with Tian Hong as the governor of Jingzhou. Tian Hong is also a meritorious official who attacked Jiangling last year. He performed well in the Tongdishui battle with Northern Qi. At present, there are few incidents in Jiangling, so Tian Hong will go there to take charge and recuperate.

As for Li Mu, he will return to the court to adjust his status and prepare to participate in the war with Northern Qi next.

Other places will not be adjusted for the time being. According to this year's assessment plan, those with excellent political performance will be promoted, and those with poor political performance will be demoted and dismissed.

The reason why the Western Wei Dynasty was able to maintain a strong administrative power was that in addition to the diligence of the decision-makers in the government, the government was also strict and clear, so various government orders were well implemented.

With the results of the last wave of personnel adjustments before the New Year settled, this busy and fulfilling year has finally come to an end. Li Tai finally had some free time near the end of the year, taking a few days to accompany his family, and then he went to Chang'an with the support of the masses, and attended the emperor's court in the first month of the year to congratulate him on the New Year.