The origin of Yuwen Yubo is clearly recorded, and some people in the court also know about her.
She is a descendant of the Northern Zhou royal family, and her great-grandfather was Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Yong.
When the King of Gaochang came to pay homage to the Central Plains, Yang Guang treated him very kindly. Before leaving, he took advantage of his generosity and married the legitimate daughter of the Yuwen family to King Qu Boya of Gaochang.
It seems that the king of Gaochang didn't think much of him. He randomly found someone, made him a princess, and then symbolically married the king of Gaochang.
In this day and age, the fate of women who marry outside their families through marriage is very miserable, needless to say.
People in the Central Plains can't stand the customs and habits of foreigners. The father's wives, concubines, and sons all accept them, and no one with a little sense of reason can do it.
The royal family of Gaochang Kingdom is still of Han descent, but they have been isolated in the Western Regions for many years. Under the influence of Rouran, Turks and other foreign races, they have no moral integrity. After Qu Wentai succeeded to the throne, he married Yuwen Yubo.
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The matter was neither big nor small, and it attracted Li Po's considerable attention.
In fact, this matter is related to the strategy of the Tang Dynasty. Gaochang is close to Dunhuang and Shanshan. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the gateway to Hexi. They have always had contacts with the Central Plains and tried their best to get the support of the Central Plains dynasty.
This is the foundation of their country. Otherwise, given their national strength, they would have been swallowed up long ago and there would be no trace left.
If the Tang Dynasty controlled Gaochang, it would be equivalent to laying a nail in the Western Regions, and it could also serve as a link between the Central Plains and the Western Regions.
When war breaks out, it can also serve as a buffer zone for the war, so geographically, Gaochang is very important.
In the past few years, the strategic focus of the Tang Dynasty was in the east, and there was no time to deal with these small countries in the Western Regions. Yehu Khan, the leader of the Western Turks, gained a precious buffer period, allowing him to gradually take control of the political power in the Western Regions after the death of Shegui Khan.
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When the Tang Dynasty turned its attention to the west, the Turkic royal court was almost resting and recuperating, and the Western Turkic king's account was in trouble.
In the struggle between great powers, the Western Turks always seem to be the weak side, and now it is no exception. The Turkic royal court wants to eat meat, and the Tang Dynasty will not miss the opportunity to drink soup.
Li Po put down the memorial and approved it, and went to Honglu Temple. The princess of the previous dynasty could be ordered to meet her and treat her courteously.
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The next step is the military report. We will still fight this year. The Tang armies in the northeast have rested for the whole winter. They will only wait for the arrival of spring to get into position and prepare to attack Liaodong.
Three groups of soldiers and horses, General Li Nian, the Protector-General of the Korean Protectorate, led his troops across the Yalu River.
Su Dingfang led his army to land from the Liaodong Peninsula by boat.
Yuchi Kai then led the troops along the old route of conquering Goguryeo, starting from Yingzhou and marching to the foot of Liaodong City.
This is the strategy of the Tang Dynasty. The Turks will also send troops to participate in this battle. It can be said that this is the first time in so many years that everyone fights side by side, which is a very meaningful thing.
The Turks were more active than the Tang Dynasty, because Ashina Yang Huan passed the khan order to all the tribes in the East. Whoever can cut off Ashina Duowen's head in this battle will be the next Dongfang Khan.
The Turks will mobilize in the spring when they are not suitable for fighting, gather the Khitan tribes, Xi tribes, Mohe tribes and other northeastern tribes, and cooperate with the Tang army to attack Ashina Duowen.
In addition, the Shiwei tribes further north have also negotiated with the Tang people and will send troops to help the Tang people fight. Their requirements are a bit high. They want to move to Liaodong to live and no longer want to compete with the Khitans for territory.
The people of Shiwei... look very much like the people of Fuyu back then. If they were allowed to go to Liaodong, it would be a matter of time before they established their own country.
After Yu Wenxin, the general manager of Youzhou, received the reply from the Shiwei people, he did not report it to the court. He simply rejected them and threatened them that he would try to drive the Turks led by Ashina Duowen to the north in the future.
The people of Shiwei are not too afraid. Although they have suffered from Ashina Duowen, now Ashina Duowen has become a lost dog. Even if he goes to the north, he is probably no match for them.
But the leaders of the Shiwei people gathered together and thought about it, and felt that it was not very cost-effective.
They just had enough of the hard life in the ice and snow in the north and wanted to move to a place with more abundant water and grass and fertile land for farming and grazing.
The people in the south are all very fierce, so their long-cherished wishes are always unable to come true. Without Ashina Duowen, there will still be another Dongfang Khan.
And now there is another Tang Dynasty, which seems to have a very good relationship with the Turks. If the Shiwei people want to move to the south, they still need the consent of their masters.
It is obviously inappropriate to use war to solve the problem. They have tried this many times.
Now that they have an opportunity, they don't want to give it up.
In the end, Yu Wenxin got a satisfactory result, and the Shiwei people decided to send two thousand people to help Datang attack Ashina Duowen.
And they will try their best to prevent Ashina Duowen and his people from escaping north.
As for what benefits the people of Shiwei could get after the war, Datang did not promise a word.
Yu Wenxin was very proud of having deceived a group of fools into a trap. In February, he expressed his merits to the court. He had almost completed his first term as the governor of Youzhou. He was working hard to accumulate merits and wanted to be transferred to a good position after retiring.
Speaking of which, Yu Wenxin is a serious Conglong hero, and he has a place in Lingyan Pavilion.
Unlike others, Yu Wenxin has served Li Po for more than ten years and has served as a feudal official for two terms.
He was previously the general manager of Daizhou, and was transferred to the general manager of Youzhou in the third year of Yuanzhen. Most of those who were more senior than him were leading generals, while Chen Xiaoyi, Wen Yanbo, Su Dan and others were always with Li Po.
From a certain perspective, his contribution is very outstanding. If he returns to Beijing to report on his work, a third-grade official position does not seem to be enough to reward him.
But Yu Wenxin himself understood that precisely because he was away from home all year round and was separated from the emperor by one layer, returning to the capital to serve might not be a good idea.
Moreover, he didn't really want to be an official under the emperor's nose. One was that he had been serving as an official abroad all year round. He was used to bossing around and didn't want to be subject to too many constraints. This was essentially the same as the generals' reluctance to return to the capital.
Same reason.
Secondly, the emperor was not easy to serve. When he was the governor of Daizhou, he returned to Jinyang several times to meet the King of Han, but he was a little disgraced. When he gave advice to the King of Han, he was obviously inferior to Chen Xiaoyi, Wen Yanbo and others.
Most of that was because he didn't understand the emperor's temperament and intentions. In addition, there were also reasons why the emperor didn't like his personality, which he knew very well.
Therefore, Yu Wenxin has been planning his future career for a long time. He feels that now is an opportunity. After Liaodong is conquered, there will always be someone stationed. It should not be difficult for him to get a first-come-first-served position near the water...
