Zheng Chenggong's son incested his brother's nursing mother, and his wife Princess Dong also shielded his son, and Zheng Chenggong was furious and wanted to kill his wife, eldest son, and grandson.
Photo: Zheng Chenggong Memorial Hall
Let's first take a look at how Zheng Jing hooked up with his brother's nursing mother.
In the TV series "Kangxi Dynasty" and "Deer Dingji", we should also see the plot of Zheng Jing, the eldest son of Zheng Chenggong. Historically, when Zheng Chenggong was in charge of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands, Zheng Jing was a pure second generation of officials and the second generation of the rich, and he cultivated a fierce spirit.
At the age of 19, Zheng Chenggong and Tang Xianyue, a former soldier of the Southern Ming Dynasty, held a political marriage, marrying Tang Xianyue's granddaughter to his son Zheng Jing. And Zheng Jing did not like his wife very much, and he was somewhat unhappy with political marriage.
Later, he met his fourth brother's nursing mother Chen Zhaoniang under an opportunity, and the two had a secret love affair at first sight, so they had a relationship privately, and also gave birth to Zheng Chenggong's grandson, that is, Zheng Kezang. Zheng Jing, on the other hand, told Zheng Chenggong that it was his concubine who gave birth to him as a grandson.
Zheng Chenggong was very happy after hearing it, but the paper could not contain the fire after all, and someone reported to Zheng Chenggong that Zheng Jing was Zheng Kezang who was born to Chen Zhaoniang. Zheng Chenggong was furious after hearing this, and the incest was too bad manners. So he ordered that Chen Zhaoniang and his grandson Zheng Kezang be killed.
However, Zheng Jing will not sit still, and in order to protect his son and beloved little lover, he hides them. Soon after, Tang Xianyue wrote to Zheng Chenggong saying that his granddaughter was exhausted in his home, scolding Zheng Chenggong for not being able to cure his family and how to govern the army.
So Zheng Chenggong asked his brother Zheng Tai to investigate the matter, and found out that Chen Zhaoniang and her son were not dead. Zheng Chenggong knew that it was his son who had made the ghost and deceived him. Enraged, he decided to kill his son, along with his wife Princess Dong.
The son was incestuous and deceived his father, and the murder was for a reason, so why did Zheng Chenggong not even spare his wife?
As we all know, all mothers in the world love their sons. At the beginning, Zheng Jing pleaded bitterly in front of his mother, begging his mother to shield and help him hide his son and Chen Zhaoniang. Princess Dong was distressed about her son, so she joined forces with the people around Zheng Chenggong to deceive Zheng Chenggong.
Zheng Chenggong, a person with great influence at that time, paid great attention to family honor. After knowing that his wife had also come to deceive himself, he was angry and punished his wife with the responsibility of joint protection.
However, due to the sudden death of Zheng Chenggong after learning of this incident, he did not kill his son, wife and grandson.
So why did Zheng Chenggong,a generation of heroes and experienced hundreds of battles, die suddenly?
In fact, there is no clear record of the cause of Zheng Chenggong's death in history, but in the "History of Ming", there is a record about the last years of Zheng Chenggong's life that killed his son and wife. Therefore, it is very likely that zheng chenggong died suddenly because of this incident.
After Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan, the Southern Ming government still occupied Yunnan and Guangxi, and had just established a certain political power. And shortly after the recovery of Taiwan. The Southern Ming emperor, the Yongli Emperor Zhu Youluo, was killed in Yunnan, and all the Zhu clan members were killed.
At that time, Zheng Chenggong was already only the last Han leader, and after Zheng Chenggong learned of this news, he was heartbroken, and the Nanming government he had painstakingly supported was overthrown, and he couldn't help but be discouraged, which was also one of the reasons for his sudden death.
Another point is that Zheng Chenggong's father, Zheng Zhilong, was used by the Qing government as a bargaining chip to surrender Zheng Chenggong after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. However, Zheng Chenggong vowed not to surrender, so the Kangxi Emperor killed Zheng Zhilong and also cut the ancestral grave of Zheng Chenggong's family to the sky. That is to say, the above reasons caused Zheng Chenggong, who was already lying in bed, to be unable to support himself any longer.