When Li Chengqian received Li You's call, he was very happy in his heart, he had this idea for a long time, but it was not appropriate for him to say this matter. Li Shimin made such a decision, which is exactly what he was looking forward to.

Li Chengqian immediately went to see Empress Changsun and explained to her the ins and outs of the matter.

Empress Changsun first asked Li Chengqian's opinion, and Li Chengqian made his attitude clear, he sincerely hoped that Li You would be able to stay in Chang'an in the future.

Although Empress Changsun's body has recovered a little recently, she also hopes that she can live a long life. But she felt that her physical condition was still not optimistic.

She originally hoped that Li You would stay in Chang'an and continue to observe the run-in between him and Li Chengqian under her nose, hoping that they could cooperate more tacitly. In this way, even if you die, you will feel much more at ease.

Since both Li Shimin and Li Chengqian wanted Li You to stay in Chang'an, Empress Changsun had nothing to worry about. So she asked Li Chengqian to call Li Shimin and Li You back immediately, indicating that she welcomed Li You's attitude of staying in Chang'an, and that this was also her own opinion.

And so it was settled.

As the saying goes, the world is impermanent, or there are ten unsatisfactory things in the world, not to mention that this matter is not a bad thing.

The only thing Li You was sorry for was that after his mobilization, many people from Chang'an and other parts of the interior went to the Northwest Province, but he himself stayed in Chang'an. He felt a little sorry for these people.

Therefore, Li You went to Li Shimin and told him that he hoped that Wei Chi Baoqi and Wu Xu would stay there for another one to two years, so that the industry and commerce there could be developed and expanded, so as to provide better benefits to the local officials and other staff.

These things are very small things, and Li Shimin agreed to Li You's request without the slightest hesitation.

Since Li You's future tasks were mainly to develop industry and commerce and conduct research on Gewu, there was nothing important for him to continue to stay at the front line, so he asked Li Shimin for his resignation and prepared to return to Chang'an directly.

When the matter was settled, Li You sent a telegram to Ma Zhou, Cheng Yanjin, Xue Rengui and others in Northwest Province, as well as Wu Xu and others, as well as Hamid, to explain the situation.

Unexpectedly, Li You's telegram caused an uproar in Northwest Province.

The first to express regret is Hamid, who is now in a very difficult situation, Li You left the Northwest Road, and he felt like the sky was falling.

The principal officials of the Northwest Province also felt tremendous pressure when they received Li You's telegram.

Ma Zhou, Cheng Yanjin, Xue Rengui, Wu Xu and others immediately held a meeting to discuss the situation after Li You left Northwest Province.

As soon as the meeting began, everyone began to complain, and generally expressed disappointment and dissatisfaction with such an arrangement.

The first to be dissatisfied was Cheng Jin, the first military and political leader of the Northwest Province, to bite Jin and Ma Zhou.

In the fourth year of Zhenguan, after the defeat of the Eastern Turkic Khan, Cheng Yanjin actually entered a state of semi-retirement. Although he usually goes to the court, in the name of General Zuo Wuwei, he actually has nothing to do.

Now that he finally has the opportunity to take charge of the military outside, his mood is naturally completely different from that in Chang'an, and of course he is willing to stay here.

Although Li You left the Northwest Province, the military power was still in his hands, but the military situation here was very complicated, and the real Tang army was only 20,000 horses. The rest are all miscellaneous troops, and they basically only serve for the sake of Li You's face.

Li You left here, Cheng Biting Jin was really not sure how to control the army here.

Ma Zhou was even more depressed. He is a talent in his own right, but he has been here for too short a time, his foundation is not solid, and the situation in the surrounding countries is too complicated. With Li You in charge of the overall situation, he has no scruples and is handy in his work.

However, he was in control of all this big mess, and he really felt powerless.

Xue Rengui and other places have a large number of Li You's henchmen, they can give full play to their talents, and the premise is that they also have Li You as a backer. They were even more reluctant for Li You to leave.

Wu Xu and others are also handy at working here now, and they live a very free and easy life, and they are not willing to return to Chang'an to live a cautious life.

Latif, Gantbaoro, Abu Hasan and others are also able to coordinate and cooperate only for the sake of Li You's face, and after Li You leaves, these people will inevitably go their own way.

Everyone talked about it for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion that Northwest Dao is still inseparable from Li You.

Everyone first sent a telegram to Li You, saying the results of their discussion, hoping that Li You would fight with Li Shimin and return to the Northwest Road to take the helm.

Li You has actually fought for it, but he didn't make sense of Li Shimin. It's really inconvenient to let him say it now.

Li You can only express helplessness, hoping that they will unite as one and overcome problems by themselves. If you can't solve the problem, you can send a telegram, and he can help them come up with ideas.

As a result, everyone called again, and everyone thought that there were many things that had to be solved by Li You himself, and it was not possible to solve the problem by coming up with an idea. For example, if you deal with a big cannibal and replace it with someone else, people won't buy it at all.

This matter has already alarmed Li Shimin, Li Chengqian, Empress Changsun and others, as well as Li Ke, Li You's situation is very embarrassing. He really couldn't discuss this matter with Li Shimin anymore.

The officials of Northwest Province still did not agree, and in this way, the two sides kept exchanging telegrams, but they could not convince each other.

Later, the officials of Northwest Province decided to send a direct report to Li Shimin, telling him in detail about the situation in Northwest Province, hoping that he would agree to Li You's return to Northwest Province.

Li You can understand their difficulties, but sending such a telegram is a bit coercive. It will not only be embarrassing for Li You, but also make Li Shimin dissatisfied with the officials of Northwest Province.

Therefore, Li You again persuaded them not to send such telegrams.

However, the officials of the Northwest Province still insisted on pleading their case to His Majesty the Emperor.

Li You is an upright person, and he can't let these officials be misunderstood by Li Shimin. So he asked everyone not to shoot telegrams, and he went to Li Shimin to fight for it.

Li You asked to see Li Shimin.

Li You said: "Father, the son has encountered a problem now, and I want to discuss it with my father. ”

Li Shimin asked, "It's a matter of Northwest Province, right?" ”

Li You said truthfully: "Yes, father." ”

Li You truthfully told Li Shimin the contents of the telegrams exchanged between himself and the officials of Northwest Province in the past few days.

Li Shimin looked through those telegrams, and indeed felt that the problems there were more complicated, and he was more relieved to have Li You there.

However, Li Shimin has been thinking about Li You for a long time this time to return to Chang'an, and it involves all aspects of the problem, and it is not easy for him to make this determination.

Now that he had just made up his mind, he would immediately let him overthrow it, which was a little unreasonable.

Li Shimin said with emotion: "Li You, it is rare for me to have such an outstanding son as you, which is very important to my father and the imperial court. It's a pity that my other princes could share my worries like you, it would be good. ”

Li Shimin was able to speak like this, which was a great encouragement for Li You, and he was very moved.

He said: "Father, my son has an idea, I don't know if it's feasible. ”

Li Shimin said: "Say whatever you think." ”

Li You said: "The establishment of Northwest Road is too short, and the foundation in all aspects is very poor. In addition, the surrounding environment there is indeed complicated, and Persia and Dashi are still at war. Many things are indeed not easy for Ma Zhou and others to master.

It is better to let Erchen continue to operate there for two years, and when the situation there is completely stable, Erchen will return to Chang'an.

Please rest assured that even if the son is in the Northwest Road, he will not relax his research on Gewu. ”

Li Shimin did not express his position, he needs to think about it seriously. So, he asked Li You to step down, saying that he wanted to think about it before speaking.

The next day, Li Shimin sent someone to pass on Li You to meet the driver.