Heroes are born in a chaotic world, and at the end of a dynasty, many national heroes with great integrity were born. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Zheng Chenggong was an outstanding hero. He waged a resolute struggle against the Dutch colonists and recovered taiwan, and resisted with all his might when the Qing army invaded. But it was such a generation of heroes who, before dying, ordered the killing of his wife and eldest son and eldest grandson, why was he so desperate?
Zheng Chenggong was born in 1624, his father was a maritime merchant with great power, and even had a number of armed forces under his command. Since he was a child, he has a very good growing environment and is also very studious. In the eleventh year of Ming Chongzhen (1638), the fourteen-year-old Zheng Chenggong passed the Xiucai examination and became one of the twenty "Students of The Meal" in Nan'an County.
In 1644, Li Zicheng attacked Yanjing, the Chongzhen Emperor died, and the Ming Dynasty collapsed. The Ming dynasty's widows ascended the throne in Nanjing, but were quickly swept away by the Qing forces who had entered the customs. At this time, all the Ming princes began to set up their own portals, and Zheng Chenggong was appreciated by Emperor Longwu and was since then given the surname of the country, and he also became a general as a Confucian, and the title of "National Surname Ye" was also derived from this.
In the second year of Longwu (1647), Zheng Chenggong swore an oath to oppose the Qing dynasty at Xiaojinmen, and fought countless battles in three years, but he was isolated and helpless and did not shake the rule of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, he could only seek development while counterattacking the Qing army along the coast, until the fifteenth year of the Yong calendar (1661), Zheng Chenggong went to Taiwan with all his strength, defeated the local Dutch colonists in one fell swoop, and recaptured the treasure island.
Since then, Zheng Chenggong has led the Zheng family to officially carry out development in Taiwan, exerting great efforts to govern and vigorously develop the economy, so that the local area has been in a thriving state for a while. The people also loved him very much, and they all affectionately called him "the grandfather of the country". But the good times are not long, and turmoil will come after all.
Zheng Chenggong's wife was the niece of Libu Shilang, named Dong Yougu, and the two had a son, Zheng Jing. When he was young, coinciding with the entry of the Qing army, Zheng Chenggong was busy with war, his mother had to take charge of major affairs, and zheng jing was neglected to discipline, all relying on the nursing mother to take care of him, which also led to his arrogant and extravagant personality in the future.
In 1661, Zheng Jing married the granddaughter of Bingbu Shangshu Tang Xian, but he did not like his wife. At this time, his fourth brother Zheng Rui had a nursing mother named Chen Zhaoniang, who was extremely moving in appearance and immediately captured Zheng Jing's heart. Over time, he could no longer hold back his inner restlessness, and finally had an adulterous affair with him in Penghu regardless of his identity, and gave birth to a child named Zheng Kezang.
And this kind of ugly thing, after all, cannot be hidden. Zheng Jing's wife cried to her father, which caused Tang Xian's anger, and an urgent letter was passed on to Zheng Chenggong, who was busy and anxious. At that time, Kangxi had just ascended the throne, and the relocation order cut off his economic resources, which made the situation in Taiwan chaotic. When the news of Zheng Jing's fornication was known, he immediately spewed out a mouthful of blood and fell ill immediately.
The furious Zheng Chenggong immediately ordered his men to execute Dong Yougu, Zheng Jing, Chen Zhaoniang, and Zheng Kezang, but as soon as the order was given, the news of his father's murder came. Many pressures and grief made Zheng Chenggong cry blood at one point: "Loyalty and filial piety and two losses, death is not blind!" Heaven forbid! Why should the lone minister be so extreme? On the eighth day of May 1662, Zheng Chenggong died of an acute illness at the age of 39. But he didn't know that his men only got rid of Chen Zhaoniang, and the rest of them chose to let it go.
Zheng Chenggong is a great hero, but he ended up with an incomparably tragic ending, and the reason for this is not to make people sigh. Zheng Jing also died at the age of 40 due to indulgence, and Zheng Kezang was killed in the rebellion. A generation of famous generals, but the family is unfortunate, the tragic situation is really sighing.