How did Zheng Chenggong, a national hero who died suddenly at the age of 38, die?

Zheng Chenggong comes from Nan 'an, Fujian. Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty gave Zhu the surname, which was very successful. Therefore, later generations also called it "history". Zheng Chenggong's father, Zheng Zhilong, worked as a businessman and thief in his early years, and finally went to Fujian as a company commander. Zheng Zhilong married Lany, a local woman, and gave birth to Zheng Chenggong when she lived in Hirado in her early years. Zheng Chenggong returned to China from Japan at the age of seven and began to receive Confucian education. In the first year of Shunzhi, Li Yong, Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, conferred the rank of general in Nan 'an, Fujian Province, and was in charge of the anti-Qing military in Fujian Province. The following year, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Hongkui brothers proclaimed themselves emperor in Fuzhou, established Zhu and sealed him, and Zheng Zhilong was the Hou of Nan 'an, in charge of all military affairs in Nanming. When the Qing army marched into Fujian, Zheng Zhilong was eliminated and the Longwu regime was eliminated. Zheng Chenggong learned that his father would be demoted, and he tried to dissuade him. Zheng Chenggong saw his father's stubbornness and angrily went to Nan 'ao Island to recruit soldiers and resolutely resist the Qing Dynasty. The Qing dynasty sent people to lure him to surrender many times, but Zheng Chenggong refused.

After Zheng Chenggong came to power, he joined forces with Zhang Huangyan, an anti-Qing general, and led an army to attack Nanjing by land and water until the enemy arrived at the gates. But it was defeated by the Qing army and returned to Xiamen. After Zheng Chenggong returned to Xiamen, he began to plan to seize Taiwan Province Province as the base of anti-Qing restoration. At this time, Dutch army translator He Tingbin rushed to Xiamen to find Zheng Chenggong and suggested that Zheng Chenggong recover Taiwan Province Province. He Tingbin also gave Zheng Chenggong a map of Taiwan marked with the military layout of the Dutch invaders. 166 1 In March, Zheng Chenggong sent his son Zheng Jing to lead some troops to stay in Xiamen. He set out from Kinmen with 25,000 soldiers and hundreds of warships. After crossing the Taiwan Province Strait, the troops rested in Penghu and prepared to attack Taiwan Province Province.

In order to prevent Zheng Chenggong's troops from attacking Taiwan Province Province, the Dutch invaders concentrated their troops in two castles in Taiwan Province Province and Chiwan, and sank them in the harbor, thus preventing Zheng Chenggong's fleet from landing. Under the guidance of He, he sailed into Luermen and boarded the island of Taiwan Province Province at high tide. After a fierce battle, the Dutch invaders were defeated, and they were afraid of falling into two urban wars. They sent messengers to the peace camp in Zheng Jun, trying to exchange 654,338+2 million silver dollars for Zheng Chenggong's troops to leave Taiwan Province. Zheng Chenggong flatly rejected the demands of the Dutch invaders, cut off the water supply in Chiwan City, and forced the Dutch entrenched in Chiwan to surrender. Zheng Chenggong decided to surround Taiwan Province Province for a long time, forcing the invading army entrenched in Taiwan Province Province to surrender. After an eight-month siege, Zheng Chenggong ordered a storm on Taiwan Province Province. The Dutch invaders had no choice but to surrender. At the beginning of 1662, Zheng Chenggong drove the Dutch invaders out of Taiwan Province province.

Zheng Chenggong recovered quickly, but suddenly died of illness at the age of 38. There is a saying about Zheng Chenggong's death: When Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan Province Province, he also received a terrible letter saying that his father was condemned by his domestic slaves. Yiqi said that there was correspondence and conspiracy between Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Chenggong. The Qing court was furious and executed Zheng Zhilong's family. When Zheng Chenggong heard the news, he beat his chest and looked at the north and shouted, "If you listened to me, how could you be killed?"

Soon, people knew that the rebel leader had dug his ancestral grave in Zheng's hometown and even cried all day. He gritted his teeth and swore, "What does it have to do with the dead if people are alive and have enemies?" If one day I lead an army to fight back and don't break your body inch by inch, I will be a person on the earth. "Fourteen years later, Zheng Chenggong's wish came true. After Zheng Jing captured Zhangzhou, he dug up Huang Wu's grave and whipped his body to save his hatred for his father.

1662 April, Lin Ying, director of the Ministry of War of Nanming, shaved his head and became a monk. He fled from Yunnan Province to Taiwan Province to see Zheng Chenggong and cried and said to Zheng Chenggong.

Who knows, a wave of unrest, a wave of rise again. Tang Xianyue, a subordinate of Zheng Chenggong, reported that Zheng Jing, Zheng Chenggong's son, had committed adultery with his wet nurse. Immediately smothered his chest and sent someone to Xiamen to kill Zheng Jing and his baby, as well as Chen, the wet nurse, but those who stayed in Xiamen did not listen to orders. Zheng Chenggong climbed up every day to see if there were any ships coming in the direction of Penghu, so he suffered from the cold. On the eighth day, he suddenly shouted, "What was the expression of the first emperor I saw on the ground?" Then he scratched his face with both hands and died. Therefore, the chronicler of Taiwan Province Province said that Zheng Chenggong died of a cold.

According to his abnormal performance before his death and the background of the internal struggle of Zheng Group at that time, some people thought it was poisoning. The main basis of this statement is that Zheng Chenggong's illness before his death is very similar to the symptoms of poisoning attack after poisoning, and Zheng Chenggong's death records are Li Guangdi's Continued Quotations from Rongcun, Charlene Marilynn Dangelo's The Story of Minhai and Lin Shi's Talk about Lianmen. For example, the sequel to "Rong Cun Quotations" said, "Ma Xin suggested that doctors think it is too late to give coolants to heatstroke patients." Say, "I suddenly went crazy and killed my finger"; According to Min Haixi, Zheng Chenggong put the medicine on the ground before he died, and then "stamped his foot and shouted". Zheng Chenggong may have noticed that someone committed suicide, but it was too late.

In the past, the Qing government did have the idea of murdering Zheng Chenggong. According to the record in Lianmen Congtan, the Qing government sent a senior official to Zheng County with peacock gall and bribed the cook with a large sum of money to poison his generals. Although the chef was greedy for money, he was afraid of exposing things. After repeated weighing, he dared not do it and gave it to his younger brother. When the younger brother really poisoned him, "I was afraid every time I tried to remedy it." When he was afraid, he told his father. His father was "shocked" and angered the two men, saying, "It is disloyal to murder your master; It is insincere that others promise but don't do it. Dishonesty is better than disloyalty. How can you do something to destroy Jiuzu? It may be innocent to surrender quickly. " So he took them to Zheng Chenggong's residence and surrendered himself. Zheng Chenggong not only didn't punish them, but also rewarded them. He said confidently, "I was born. How can I be poisoned by mortals? " Since then, Zheng Chenggong has strengthened security measures. In this way, even if someone "wants to poison, he will not approach Zheng Chenggong", but this does not rule out the possibility of Zheng Chenggong's poisoning.

Zheng Chenggong's mysterious death to Ma Xin seems to prove that Zheng Chenggong may have been poisoned. Ma Xin was the military commander of A Qing and later became Zheng Chenggong's confidant. On the day of Zheng Chenggong's death, a doctor he recommended gave him a prescription. Zheng Chenggong died in the evening. He died suddenly without getting sick. According to Li Guangdi, Ma Xin died on the second day after Zheng Chenggong's death, and the Record of Jiang Risheng Outside Taiwan records that his death was only five days apart from Zheng Chenggong's death. Therefore, Ma Xin may be directly involved in Zheng Chenggong's murder, but he was later killed.

If Zheng Chenggong was poisoned, who was the murderer? Of course, the Qing government was seriously questioned. At the same time, some people think that it is, Zheng Mingjun, Zheng and others, especially. Zheng Chenggong is violent by nature and has strict habits. Zheng's subordinates, including his elders and relatives, were sentenced to death, and many people panicked. Many of them defected under the temptation of Qing government officials, and the internal relations of Zheng Group were extremely tense. As early as when Zheng Chenggong led an army to attack Taiwan Province, Zheng Tai clashed with Zheng Chenggong. At that time, Zheng Tai was a grain official. When Zheng Chenggong's army was difficult to replenish, Zheng Chenggong was extremely dissatisfied with Zheng Tai's dereliction of duty. He wrote five big characters in front of his seat: "This family has lost its original faith!" " "I mean, if anything goes wrong, Zheng Tai should be punished first. Forged others' wishes after death and inherited Zheng's throne. Finally, their plot was foiled by Zheng Jing, and Zheng Tai died in prison. Zheng Mingjun and others led his troops and their relatives to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. According to this analysis, Zheng Taihe and others may plan to kill Zheng Chenggong.

After Zheng Chenggong's death, Zheng Jing was busy dealing with the rebellion in Zheng Tai and recovering Zheng Tai's huge sum of money. He was almost killed by Zheng Chenggong because of rape, so Zheng Chenggong's death was not thoroughly investigated at that time. It seems that the cause of death of a generation of national heroes needs more historical data to prove.