It was on that occasion that Huang Daozhou suggested that the emperor choose a capable minister and remove him from the important position of a core member of the Donglin Party.

As a result, Emperor Chongzhen directly dismissed Huang Daozhou's official body on the grounds of "vain self-esteem, speculation of holy will, and chaos in the court".

And also enabled Qian Qianyi, the master of the Donglin Party!

Therefore, Chongzhen in history, although he has his arrogant side, is also a dim and incompetent king.

Zhou Xian was still a little confused about his father-in-law.

Who knows if Emperor Chongzhen will come out in the follow-up to insert a shot at his own decree?

Speaking of Zodiac Zhou, after becoming a commoner, he came to Huaixi.

Because Huaixi students used to hear his name, they were invited to give lectures in the academy.

That's five years.

It wasn't until the ninth year of Chongzhen that Zhu Youzhen found that many things in the court were affected by the Zodiac Zhou Yan five years ago.

Only then did he suddenly realize that Huang Daozhou was the minister who needed to be reused.

So Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen recalled Huang Daozhou and reinstated him as an official.

In the years since, Zodiac Zhou has basically done his best for the future of the Ming Dynasty.

In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu fought the fourth Liaodong War.

Huang Daozhou impeached Yang Sichang by name in the court of the early dynasty, and indignantly pointed out that he was the overseer of Liaodong, but he negotiated peace with Jiannu.

This move hurts the Ming national body.

But Yang Sichang, as the leader of the Donglin Party, did not like him, and directly said that the Ming Dynasty needed to recuperate, and he must first settle down inside.

Therefore, the two cabinet ministers made a big argument in the court.

Huang Daozhou disregarded offending the majesty of Emperor Chongzhen, and threatened that Emperor Chongzhen was not clear in his employment and mistrusted Yang Sichang.

This Nima's words at that time made the Manchu ministers confused.

They knew that the zodiac was going to be iron, but they didn't expect that the emperor would scold the emperor.

Moreover, Huang Daozhou questioned the emperor in front of the Manchu ministers at that time, saying that he was loyal and outspoken, loyal, and had no selfishness towards the court, but he was slandered and slandered as a villain by the traitor and minister.

On the contrary, those who flattered and wanted to bring the Ming Dynasty to the ditch, because of their clever words, they became loyal people in the emperor's heart?

This gist came out of his mouth.

The audience was in an uproar.

He has already shown no mercy that Emperor Chongzhen is loyal and treacherous, and good and evil are reversed.

That is, after this court debate that shocked history, Huang Daozhou, who was over forty years old, was demoted by Emperor Chongzhen by seven levels in a row and thrown out of Beijing.

Thrown into a small county town in the land of two rivers, he became the master of the county government.

The job on weekdays is to grind and copy for the county magistrate.

It can be said that the debate of Huang Daozhou directly left an indelible psychological shadow on Emperor Chongzhen.

So much so that in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Xie Xuelong, the general soldier of Liangjiang, recommended Huang Daozhou to the imperial court.

praised Huang Daozhou for being a literati with arrogance, patriotism, and a talent for governing the country and reform, and his comprehensive ability can definitely be used as a chief assistant.

At that time, the general army of Liangjiang naturally also had its own private individuals.

He felt that after Huang Daozhou became the Daming Zaifu, he could offset the Donglin Party's right to speak headed by Qian Qianyi.

In that case, the Liangjiang General Army and the border troops of the other eight border towns can improve some status.

In general, it is definitely good for the martial artists.

As a result, Emperor Chongzhen confidently opened the order of the virtuous.

Seeing that the person who was recommended was Huang Daozhou, his face turned pale with anger.

The next day, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen asked the cabinet to issue a decree directly arresting Xie Xuelong, the commander of Liangjiang, and Huang Daozhou.

At that time, in order to appease the complaints of those officials and students in the land of the Ming Dynasty, Qian Qianyi also thought of a charge of 'pseudo-learning and bullying the king' and deducted it on the heads of two people.

But after all, the zodiac is not afraid of shadows.

There are also people who speak for him above the court, and the highest status among them is Qian Longxi.

Qian Longxi is not only for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, but also to repay the Zodiac Zhou for saving his life in the past.

Therefore, together with several ministers, he repeatedly wrote to implore Emperor Chongzhen to exonerate Huang Daozhou.

In the end, Emperor Chongzhen exempted the two from their crimes, even so, the two were still sixty times beaten by the court and directly relegated to the town of Liangjiangbian, becoming a pawn in the border army.

In the second year of the Zodiac Zhou's devastation, Yang Sichang, a minister of the Ming Dynasty, fell ill and became cold.

After his death, when Jin Yiwei was counting his estate, he accidentally discovered a correspondence between him and Huang Taiji.

This time, it can be regarded as a complete confirmation of Yang Sichang's identity as a traitor.

Emperor Chongzhen was greatly disappointed.

He was angry and only ate two meals in three days, and angrily scolded Yang Sichang for not being considerate of the holy will and ignoring his own reuse and appreciation.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen, who would rather die than admit that he had seen the wrong person, suddenly recalled the glorious moment when Huang Daozhou was angry at Yang Sichang above the court.

He suddenly felt that Huang Daozhou was the number one loyal minister in his heart.

So, Emperor Chongzhen ordered the reinstatement of the Zodiac Zhou officials with a face, and also held a summons meeting in the capital.

It's a pity that at this time, Henan in the Ming Dynasty had been captured by Li Zicheng's rebel army.

And a large area of Liaodong, which originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty, was also occupied by Jiannu.

Huang Daozhou wrote many times, asking the emperor to suppress the corrupt officials in the court, confiscate their family property to stabilize the border defense of the Ming Dynasty, and to help the victims of the disaster in Henan.

To rectify the army of the Ming Dynasty.

Use this to turn the tables.

I have to say that Huang Daozhou is indeed a master of political foresight.

His method is basically the one used by Zhou Shen as a traverser.

But......

At that time, the person who held the imperial power was not Zhou Xian, but Emperor Chongzhen.

Chongzhen knew that the Donglin Party at that time was already too big to be washed away.

So he listened to Huang Daozhou's words, and he didn't have the courage to change.

And so it hung out.

As soon as Huang Dao saw that the emperor was mediocre and the officials and ministers had no way, he expected that the national fortunes of the Ming Dynasty had been exhausted.

So Huang Daozhou, who was completely disappointed, resigned from his illness and returned to his hometown of Liangjiang.

This point in time was four months before Zhou Xian's imprisonment.

As for the common people of the later Zodiac Zhou, it is orthodox history.

Think he's just cowardly? When I went back to my hometown, I didn't hear anything about it?

No!

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji led the Qing soldiers into the customs.

The Ming Dynasty, which had been inherited for more than 280 years, fell.

However, the old vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty and the governors of the border army followed the example of Cao Cao in history in order to order the princes of Heaven in the name of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yousong, the Fu King who directly held the Ming Dynasty hostage, established the Southern Ming Dynasty in Jinling City.

It is the small court of Hongguang that does not have much ink in history.

At that time, Nanming was also employing people.

Emperor Hongguang called on Huang Daozhou to enter Jinling City to assist in the government.

and made him the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Huang Daozhou only thought that the faint monarch Chongzhen had hanged himself on the coal mountain, this should be a saint, right?