To be honest, although Xiao Yu's house is also an official residence, it has not been publicly reported by the government for a long time. This is because their family is too far away from the core of the court. Even if something happens, it is not very important.
When Li Xiang and Li Chengqian went to the palace, Xiao Yu's eyes were filled with envy. These were people sent by the emperor. Now that there was a problem in the northwest, Li Xiang and Li Chengqian had to enter the palace immediately.
Because of this incident, all the people related to the northwest were called over by the emperor. Although Xiao Shougui had just taken office and had never been to the northwest, he was also related to this incident, so he quickly changed into the fourth-rank official uniform and followed Li Xiang and others into the palace.
Xiao Yu finally showed a hint of pride on his face. Although he had faded out of the court before, his grandson finally returned. Although he was only a fourth-rank official, which was nothing in Chang'an City where high-ranking officials gathered, this was a good start. As long as there was a start, why would he be afraid of having no future?
"Didn't they say the northwest has been pacified? Why is there still urgent military information now? I just saw several officers from the Ministry of War. They must be here to explain the situation in the northwest to the Crown Prince. Is there going to be another war?"
Princess Xiangcheng said with some concern that she used to be afraid that her son would have no future, but now her son's future is finally arranged, but he is going to a relatively war-torn place, how can a mother not worry?
"The land of the Tang Dynasty is so vast that wars could break out at any time. It's a blessing for the eldest brother to be able to participate. If he can't participate, he will be no different from those people in Chang'an who are just living a life of idleness and waiting to die. Our family can only rely on him now."
Xiao Yu stroked his beard and said, this is his own grandson, how can he not worry about his grandson's safety, but the whole family has been away from the court for too long, if they cannot return now, when the day comes that Li Chengqian ascends the throne, there may really be not much hope.
A new emperor appoints his own ministers. This saying is no joke. If you can squeeze in now, then when resources are distributed in the future, the Lanling Xiao family will be able to get some. But if you delay for another ten or twenty years, all the resources will have been distributed. Do you think it will be easy to snatch food from other people's mouths?
"Father is right, but if a fight really breaks out, our eldest brother..."
Princess Xiangcheng said with some concern that her eldest son was a scholar and had no idea about the situation on the battlefield. If he was rashly pushed onto the battlefield, it would not be a good thing.
"Whether it's a mule or a horse, we have to take it out for a walk. We usually treat it like a treasure, but now it's finally time for it to show its true abilities. Don't worry, just because he's the emperor's grandson, no one will really let him go to the battlefield after he arrives in the northwest. At most, he will stay in the camp. I guess something unexpected must have happened in the northwest."
Xiao Yu didn't finish his sentence. Everything in the northwest was controlled by Li Xiang, so how could such a big problem happen? If something big happened, it would mean that there was something wrong with Li Xiang's planning, and perhaps the emperor would find trouble with him.
This may be an opportunity for Xiao Shougui. Although this trip to the northwest is related to Li Xiang, he cannot care too much about opportunities in the court. Once Li Xiang does something wrong, the emperor will definitely find someone in the northwest to fill this gap. Our eldest brother may have this fate.
While these people were daydreaming, Li Xiang was also listening to the report from the Ministry of War officials. Li Shimin was shocked when he received the news. He originally thought that Xueyantuo Khan was a stray dog who was just running for his life at most. He didn't expect that after this guy ran to the Western Regions, he successively lobbied several countries in the Western Regions. Now he has formed a coalition army, and the army has arrived at the Gaochang border.
Now the upper echelons of Gaochang Kingdom have also become somewhat shaken. They don't know how to choose. On the one hand, there is the powerful Tang Dynasty, and on the other hand, there is the coalition forces of the Western Regions. Gaochang is also one of the countries in the Western Regions, so they are now in hesitation.
Xueyantuo Khan has already announced that he will lead the coalition forces of the Western Regions to attack the Tang Dynasty. This is a joke in itself, and no one will believe it if you tell others. However, this memorial was written by Su Dingfang himself and was co-signed by Lord Zhao. It seems that something big has indeed happened in the northwest.
Li Xiang and his son quickly came to the Golden Palace. They received quite a lot of information. The coalition forces of the Western Regions totaled 50,000 people. You must know that although there are many countries in the Western Regions, their military strength is not very strong. The leader is naturally the Western Turks.
Speaking of the Western Turks, they are the old enemy of the Tang Dynasty. Originally, the Turks were a country, but were later defeated by Li Shimin, and then they were divided into two parts, east and west. The eastern part naturally surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, while the western part kept running westward and is still an enemy of the Tang Dynasty.
Although Su Dingfang had not yet figured out the situation, his analysis was very reasonable. After Xueyantuo Khan fled to Western Turkestan, Western Turkestan must have thought this was an opportunity, so they gave Xueyantuo Khan some help. Unexpectedly, this guy really did it. He united the countries in the Western Regions and told them about the threat of the Tang Dynasty. The countries also saw the results of Xueyantuo and Turkestan, so naturally they had to take precautions in advance.
"You are the one who took charge of this matter. How do you think it should be resolved?"
Li Shimin was still able to look at this matter very fairly. If it were the original time, he would have scolded Li Xiang and said that he should be held accountable for doing things like this. But Li Shimin did not do so. He knew that the root of this matter was the attack of General Li Jing. At that time, General Li Jing defeated the Turks. Some people had a deep hatred for the Tang Dynasty, so these people would rather go far away than go against the Tang Dynasty.
Now they finally had their chance. Xueyantuo Khan had spoken out, explaining the Tang Dynasty's arrogance and foreign policy. This had successfully deceived the Western Regions. Gaochang's current situation had also shown them that if they became close to the Tang Dynasty, it might indeed control them. So, in order to avoid being controlled by the Tang Dynasty, they had no choice but to rise up in rebellion, or at least drive the Tang forces back to the interior, east of Gaochang...