The army marched westward in a mighty manner. Officials along the way, as long as the emperor passed through their jurisdiction, came to welcome him. This was very different from the situation when Emperor Chongzhen marched south before.
When he arrived in Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, Jiangxi Governor Xie Xuelong and Imperial Commissioner for Inspecting Agricultural Affairs Huang Daozhou were there to welcome him.
Before Xie Xuelong, he recommended Huang Daozhou, who was demoted for impeaching Yang Sichang, and said that he was "as light as a leaf, but as famous as a mountain." As a result, he was accused of "partisanship" by Yang Sichang and others, and was beaten with 80 sticks in the court by Emperor Chongzhen, stripped of his official title, transferred to the imperial prison, and exiled to Guizhou.
Therefore, in Xie Xuelong's impression, Emperor Chongzhen did not distinguish right from wrong and favored Yang Sichang. What was the result? He was a boastful person who was manipulated by the bandit Zhang Xianzhong. In the end, he committed suicide out of shame for killing Prince Xiang Zhu Yiming.
What he didn't expect was that when the enemy was about to overthrow the dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly stood up, led the troops personally and turned the tide, pardoned him, and reinstated him as Governor of Jiangxi.
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