On June 23, 1662, Zheng Chenggong died suddenly and suddenly, and before he died, he made a shocking decision: he ordered the killing of his wife and children.
What makes a generation of national heroes so cruel that he had to kill his wife and children?
The origin of the matter has to start from Zheng Jing, the eldest son of Zheng Chenggong.
When he was 18 years old, his parents chose a family affair for him and married Dong Yougu as his wife, after marriage, the two had a happy relationship, and Dong Yougu also bore him five sons, and Zheng Jing was the eldest son.
Old Zheng had high hopes for his son, but Zheng Jing was not as "serious" as his name, in the words of the current popularity: it was the life of a pit daddy.
At the age of 19, the granddaughter of Tang Xianyue, the former military department Shangshu, married him, although the Tang clan also looked "beautiful and delicious", but the feelings of this thing are difficult to say clearly, but Zheng Jing is not interested in his wife.
It was also at this time that Zheng Chenggong fought bloody battles on the front line, while Zheng Jing in the rear had a relationship with Chen Zhaoniang, the fourth brother's nursing mother, and also gave birth to a son.
According to the fifth volume of the "Taiwan Foreign Chronicle", when Zheng Jing was asking his mother for peace one day, he met the fourth brother Zheng Rui's nursing mother Chen Shi, and his eyes lit up at once, and he was fascinated by her appearance of "her eyebrows are like a distant mountain, no powder, and brilliant".
Since then, Zheng Jingzong, on the pretext of filial piety to his mother, often used the excuse to chat with the Chen family, and when he came and went, the two people "Wang Ba looked at the green beans and looked at them."
The authorities are confused, the bystanders are Qing, the whole Zheng mansion knows about this absurd thing, Zheng Chenggong was kept in the dark, and then not long after the two had children, Zheng Jing was afraid of his father's blame, so he lied that he was born in his side room.
Originally, with the strength of the Zheng family, Zheng Jing's marrying a small wife was not a big deal, and it was easy to say who married anyone, but this Chen Zhaoniang could not do it.
Because she was not only a widow, but most importantly, according to the generation, he also had to call Chen Zhaoniang "aunt". In the era of feudal ethics, this was typical of "incest".
With a private affair, not to mention, but also gave birth to a child, which is a shame for the Zheng family, which is a shame to lose home, which is why no one has the courage to tell Zheng Chenggong.
At first, Zheng Chenggong was very happy, because after all, he was the eldest grandson, so he gave the Zheng Family a lot of rewards. There is no impermeable wall in the world, and soon someone revealed this ugly matter to Zheng Chenggong, and the person who exposed this ugly matter was actually Zheng Jing's mother-in-law.
Zheng Chenggong's life is so glorious and brilliant, how can he accept such a disregard for the ethical guidelines and contrary to ethics and morality?
More importantly, it is still the ugly thing that the elders of the family say, their own face is completely swept away, and in the future, they will still have the face to see their own family's relatives and friends, and more importantly, this is their own son, as the saying goes, raising or not teaching, the father's fault.
At this point, Zheng Chenggong broke out completely, and immediately ordered the capital Huang Yu to go to Kinmen with the household official Zheng Tai to execute Zheng Jing, Chen Zhaoniang, and sun tzu on the grounds of "not being strict with the family". At the same time, he wanted to execute his wife Dong Shi jointly, because the godson had no way out.
Although the military order is like a mountain, but this is four lives, the most important thing is Zheng Chenggong's close relatives, everyone hesitates, do not know how to deal with it is the best first choice.
In fact, to put it bluntly, they are all smart people, and they all understand that if the general is just angry and attacking his heart, and does not really want his son's life, then he will become an executioner.
In addition, Dong Shi and Zheng Jing also spoke very strongly in the army, and if this matter was not handled properly, they were afraid that it would cause internal turmoil in the army, so they considered it again and again and did not carry out Zheng Chenggong's orders.
Maybe it was the envy of talent, in 1662, not only Zheng Chenggong's father was hunted down and killed by the Qing court, his body was also deteriorating, and there was a son Zheng Jing's ugly deeds, all the bad things were gathered together, it was really heaven for him!
For Zheng Chenggong's sudden death: In fact, there are many speculations, some people say that he died of poisoning, after all, he has always been a thorn in the eyes of the Manchu Qing, and the imperial court has repeatedly bribed assassins to assassinate him.
Some people also speculate that Zheng Jing killed his father, in order to protect himself, this "improper" Zheng Jing may also hurt the killer, buy Zheng Chenggong's cronies with heavy money, and poison and kill Zheng Chenggong.
No matter what kind of speculation, a generation of heroes Zheng Chenggong eventually died young, which is really regrettable!
@ Kiki talks about history I have always had a doubt, why are the descendants of many heroes and celebrities so unsettling? Logically speaking, this kind of family "family style" should be a model for everyone to learn, why did it evolve into this?
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