Zheng Chenggong died suddenly at the age of 39. Why did he order the killing of his wife, eldest son and grandson before he died?

1662 1 At the beginning of May, Zheng Chenggong, a national hero who recovered Taiwan Province Province from the Dutch East India Company, died of sudden illness in Taiwan Province Province at the age of 39.

After his death, his fifth brother, Zheng Jiwei, became King Yanping, supervising the country and recruiting generals as agents. Zheng Chenggong did not pass the throne to Zheng Jing, the "prince" stationed in Xiamen, and ordered the execution of Zheng Jing more than once.

166 1 year, led his troops across the Taiwan Province Strait and handed over the base camp "Siming County" (Xiamen) to his eldest son Zheng, who was 19 years old. At that time, his trust in Zheng Jing and his desire for love were in sharp contrast.

The reason is that Zheng Jing did something against ethics. The consequences of this incident not only led to the death of Zheng Chenggong, but also contributed to the infighting of Zhengming Group, which laid the groundwork for the failure of Zhengming Group.

Zheng Jing is the eldest son of Zheng Chenggong and his biological mother Dong Shi. During Zheng Chenggong's attack on Taiwan, Zheng Jing had an affair with Chen Zhaoniang, the 35-year-old nurse of her fourth brother Zheng Rui, and secretly gave birth to a child named Zheng Kecang.

Zheng Chenggong was very happy when he learned that he had a grandson. However, when the letter from Tang Xianyue, the current minister of the Ministry of War, arrived in Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Chenggong was completely angry. Tang Xianyue is Zheng Jingyuan's grandfather. Tang Xianyue told Zheng Chenggong a truth. "Your grandson was born of incest."

Zheng Chenggong, who has always been rigorous in running the army and set an example, learned that Zheng Jing was so absurd. So he ordered: "My wife was poor in discipline and killed her; Zheng Jing committed adultery and died with a stick; Zhao Niang commits adultery and sinks into the sea; Sun Niang sank into the sea. "

Although this order was issued, no one dared to carry it out. The reason is simple: Dong Shi is a princess after all; Zheng Jing is a prince after all; Zheng Kecang is a grandson after all. The so-called bone and blood are one vein, and tiger poison does not eat children. Zheng Chenggong must have been excited by a moment of anger. If his anger disappears, he will miss his wife and son, and his men will eat melons.

Zheng Chenggong in Tainan was already hot, heatstroke and upset. Not only did his men not carry out their own orders, but they also asked themselves again and again, are you sure you want to kill the two men in front?

This further angered Zheng Chenggong. So Zheng Chenggong sent his brother Zheng Tai to Xiamen to carry out the order. Also stupid. Discuss with people privately, "How can a young lady and a young master kill people?" So he offered to kill Chen and her son. Zheng Chenggong disagreed and immediately sent another group of people to Xiamen. Now it is time for the generals in Xiamen to be unhappy, so there has been a joint disobedience of the generals in Xiamen.

In fact, in this process, Zheng Chenggong made a big mistake.

Because this is not just a question of "carrying out military orders." This is a problem that has risen to a political height. Because Zheng Chenggong's eldest son, Zheng Jing, has always been regarded as a "prince" to cultivate. A group of powerful forces gathered around us. Now Zheng Chenggong wants to kill Zheng Jing. In fact, it is an act of "abandoning the country".

When it comes to "national subjugation", the interests involved are not Zheng Jing's alone, but those of a group of people. There is no new title of "Prince" when Zheng Chenggong is also ill. This will bring great risks to Zhengming Group. Therefore, the garrison commander stationed in Xiamen will not let Zheng Chenggong kill Zheng Jing just for his own benefit.

Zheng Jing can't kill, so others can't kill. Similarly, after Zheng Jing acceded to the throne, whoever killed my mother, woman and son will be in trouble.

However, for Zheng Chenggong, when his father Zheng Zhilong was killed in Beijing and the emperor Li Yong Zhu Youlang was killed in Myanmar, the generals failed to carry out the orders again. After summarizing these information, Zheng Chenggong mistakenly thought that he had completely lost his authority. So, he died in a rage after several pains.

Zheng Chenggong's death led to the infighting of 1 Zhengming Group.

In Tainan, Hexiao supported Zheng Jiwei and Yanping Wang. In Xiamen, Zhou Quanbin and others hold Zheng Jing as the "general king". So the first "Zheng infighting" happened. As a result, he was killed, Zheng was imprisoned, and Zheng Jing succeeded to the throne legally. However, due to this infighting, Jin and Xia were captured by the Qing army, and the power of the group shrank to Taiwan Province Province.

During Zheng Jing's reign, with the help of Chen Yonghua, it has been smooth sailing for nearly 20 years. During this period, Zheng Jing devoted himself to cultivating Zheng Kecang, the crystallization of his love with Chen Zhaoniang, and made him a "prince". The key is to give his daughter Chen Xu to him.

Chen Yonghua is very famous. Everyone must know Chen Jinnan, the chief helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society in The Duke of Lushan. Yes, the prototype of Chen Jinnan is Chen Yonghua. In a word, this man is really capable. Zheng Ming Group struggled with the Qing court in Taiwan Province for more than 20 years, thanks to him.

However, because "Zheng Kecang" became a prince, it led to the second infighting of Zhengming Group and completely led to the failure of Zhengming Group.

Zheng Kecang's father-in-law is Chen Yonghua, but Zheng Keshuang's father-in-law is Feng Xifan. Compared with Chen Yonghua, he is a conspiracy theorist.

Therefore, in 1680, with the help of Liu Guoxuan, Feng Xifan designed and obtained the military power of Chen Yonghua, which eventually led to the unfortunate death of Chen Yonghua. At 168 1, Zheng Jing died and Zheng Kecang succeeded him. But at this point, Zheng Kecang has no one to rely on.

Feng Xifan, in the name of "Zheng Kecang is not the flesh and blood of Zheng, but the son of Li", joined forces with other sons of Zheng Jing to launch the "Dongning Change", strangled Zheng Kecang and made Zheng Keshuang the king of Yanping County. However, during the vow period, a large number of capable soldiers were purged, and a large number of Zheng clan relatives with poor ability were rewarded and promoted. The strength of Zhengming Group continues to weaken. 1683, Feng Xifan took Liu Guoxuan's advice and chose to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. In the end, Zheng Keshuang was sent to Beijing, under the banner of the Han army, and was named the sea success. The descendants of Zheng Ming have since become standard bearers.