Yun Chuwei arrived at the secluded courtyard of the Valley Hidden Sect and soon met her senior brother Zhang Xizhi and senior sister Sang Nian.
Both of them were very happy to see her.
Especially my senior sister, Sang Nian.
She reached out and hugged Yun Chuwei, saying, "Have you lost some weight? Have you been eating and sleeping well lately?"
Yun Chu smiled and said, "I'm fine. Senior Sister must have not seen me for a long time, so she thinks I've lost weight!"
Zhang Xizhi then asked with concern, "How are you feeling? Are you still frequently vomiting blood?"
Yun Chuwei thought for a moment and replied, "Lately, they've been complaining about not spitting blood enough!"
Zhang Xizhi also felt that his junior sister's complexion had improved a lot.
Sang Nian remembered something, released Yun Chuwei, and said, "Master has a letter for you! He said you wrote to him before asking about some things. He said he would tell you everything he could in the letter! Master also told you to think twice before doing anything in the future."
After Sang Nian finished speaking, he handed a letter to Yun Chuwei.
Yun Chuwei wanted to open it to take a look, but Zhang Xizhi stopped her.
"You can read this letter when you get back. We're leaving tomorrow, so let's have a meal together!"
Zhang Xizhi felt that what his master was giving such a serious instruction must be something important.
After seeing this, the junior sister might start pondering her own thoughts and stop paying attention to them.
To be on the safe side, let's have our junior sister go back and check it again.
Sang Nian actually thought the same thing.
She said, "Your senior brother is right. Eating is the most important thing. You can think about Master's letter when you get back."
Upon hearing this, Yun Chuwei put the letter away and said, "Alright, it's been a long time since I've eaten with my senior brothers and sisters. It was my fault for troubling them to come down the mountain this time!"
She suggested to Emperor Tianqi that those who had gathered the power of displaced people should go and attack the small countries in the northeast and southeast, and Emperor Tianqi naturally agreed.
My senior brother and sister came down the mountain because of this incident.
Tomorrow they should be heading to various states to contact those refugee forces and help them fight against the surrounding small countries.
The reason they needed the Embroidered Uniform Guard's protection to travel to various prefectures in the capital was naturally because Emperor Tianqi was also wary of them.
The Embroidered Guards were dispatched for two reasons: to protect the senior brothers and sisters, and to monitor them.
“We’re all family, so don’t say things like that!” Sang Nian pulled Yun Chuwei down to sit.
The three of them sat down around the table, and someone brought them food.
At the dinner table, Yun Chuwei toasted the two of them three times.
"Thank you for your hard work, senior brothers and sisters!"
The two were quite open-minded, saying that they had actually wanted to come down and gain experience for a long time, and this opportunity was just right.
“His Majesty will pay us for this trip, and we can also get double the pay from the refugee army. Why not?” Zhang Xizhi said with a smile.
Yun Chu smiled slightly but didn't say anything more.
After the three finished their meal, it was already late. Zhang Xizhi and Sang Nian wanted to escort Yun Chuwei back to her residence, but Yun Chuwei refused.
She said she wouldn't see the two off the next day, and then took a carriage back to the Marquis's residence.
She washed away the dust and smell of alcohol, returned to her room, and then took out the letter her master had given her.
After she was reborn, she did write to her master and asked him many questions.
This includes asking her master what she meant by the words she was asked to pass on to Emperor Tianqi.
She remembered that her master said something like: "There's no need to force right and wrong, merit and demerit."
And what did the Tianqi Emperor say?
He said, what if he insists on forcing it?
Yes, that's the sentence.
So, what exactly did Emperor Tianqi and his master mean?
How could the Tianqi Emperor force him to comply?
Yun Chuwei read the letter and found that her master had said a lot, but only a few words about this matter.
"His Majesty's health is deteriorating, and he is often worried about his posthumous reputation, burdened by his historical record and the judgment of posterity. However, such historical record and the judgment of posterity are beyond his control! Currently, historians and the people are already implicitly forming the opinion that His Majesty has caused the depletion of the people's strength and the large number of displaced people. It is foreseeable that his reputation will not be good. If he insists on reversing his reputation, he may have to do many terrible things. Sometimes, you can just watch and not try to dissuade him!"
Yun Chuwei looked at the letter and fell silent.
She pondered for a long time, still not quite understanding what her master meant by the "terrible thing" mentioned in his letter.
She couldn't help but recall what Emperor Tianqi had done in her previous life.
It seems he didn't do anything, did he?
No! He issued an edict of self-reproach and then began to implement benevolent policies. He then began to reduce taxes and corvée labor, allowing the people to recuperate. He did everything that Xie Sheng should have done after ascending the throne. He also planned out the path that Xie Sheng should take after his accession.
What is the public's opinion of him?
In his early years, he conquered far and wide, expanding the territory. In his later years, he was misled by treacherous officials, which led to a rebellion and the death of his beloved son. Later, he realized his mistakes, reformed, and implemented benevolent governance.
He was undoubtedly one of the greatest emperors of all time.
Yun Chuwei sat facing the window for a long time.
In her previous life, after helping Emperor Tianqi quell the rebellion, she began to help him implement benevolent policies.
She didn't think there was anything wrong with it at the time.
She even felt that Emperor Tianqi cared about the people and the world.
But now, with this letter from her master, she has to consider whether what Emperor Tianqi did was to reverse his reputation or for the sake of the people!
Moreover, there is something even more terrifying.
In his previous life, what was the most important mistake Emperor Tianqi made in his edict of self-reproach?
He trusted the wrong person, which led to a rebellion and the deaths of his most beloved son, Prince Xuan, and his entire family.
Is the Tianqi Emperor wrong in this description?
The ones who are wrong are those petty people.
When people mention Emperor Tianqi's mistakes, they say it's because he was confused in his later years and misplaced his trust in treacherous officials.
At the same time, the real reasons that led to the displacement and misery of the people were lightly dismissed.
No one talks about Emperor Tianqi's militarism, ambition, and the resulting depletion of the people's strength and the displacement of millions of people.
She had always believed that even tigers don't eat their cubs, and that Emperor Tianqi had no reason to kill Xie Xuan and everyone in the Xuan Prince's mansion.
Now she understands; perhaps this is the reason.
The deaths of Xie Xuan and the entire Xuanwang family pinned the blame on Emperor Tianqi for mistrusting treacherous officials.
His motive was to cover up his true mistakes by causing the deaths of the entire Xuanwang family.
After accepting this idea, all the things that couldn't be explained in my previous life seemed to have an answer.
Jiang Wanqiu and Huo Qingjue were originally loyal to Emperor Tianqi, so it was only natural for them to obey Emperor Tianqi and put those things that framed Xie Xuan into the Xuan Prince's mansion.
No wonder Xie Xuan tried every means to see the emperor, but the emperor refused to see him.
No wonder Emperor Tianqi didn't let her interfere in Xie Xuan and the Xuan Prince's affairs.
No wonder she could neither see Jiang Wanqiu and Huo Qingjue nor protect them later on.
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