Many people are not familiar with the story of Cheng Yaojin’s son. Let’s follow the history encyclopedia editor to appreciate it together.
I believe everyone is familiar with the historical figure Cheng Yaojin, but are you familiar with Cheng Yaojin’s son? Someone might say at this moment, isn’t Cheng Tieniu the son of Cheng Yaojin? Actually, it’s not like that. Cheng Tieniu is just a character portrayed in the novel. In fact, Cheng Yaojin has three sons in total, and they all do well. Today, we will talk about them.
Everyone knows that in ancient times, it was normal for men to have three wives and four concubines, and Cheng Yaojin was no exception. However, Cheng Yaojin had two main wives in total. The first main wife was Sun Shi, and it was not until Sun Shi passed away that Cheng Yaojin remarried Cui Shi. Among Cheng Yaojin’s three sons, the eldest son Cheng Chumo and the second son Cheng Chuliang were born to the Sun family, while the biological mother of the third son Cheng Chubi should be Cui family. What is the reason for this inference?
Because in ancient times, the son born to a legitimate wife was called a legitimate son, while the son born to a concubine was considered a illegitimate child. The title of father was usually inherited by the first son born to the legitimate wife. According to records, Cheng Chumo inherited the title of Cheng Yaojin at that time, so Cheng Chumo should be the legitimate eldest son. According to records, Lao Er Cheng Chuliang married a princess at that time, and it was impossible for a princess to marry a illegitimate son born to a concubine at that time. The hierarchical system was still very strict at that time, so Lao Er Cheng Chuliang should also be the son of the Sun family.
As for Cheng Chubi, because the treatment he received was completely different from his two brothers, we speculate that he was the son of Cui Shi, the second wife of Cheng Yaojin, but this speculation is not very authoritative. Let’s talk about the treatment received by the three brothers separately. The eldest Cheng Chumo inherited his father’s title without having to pay anything, and he was very satisfied with it. Therefore, his life did not go much higher, and he always lived a comfortable life by guarding the seven hundred food estates he inherited. Although Cheng Chuliang, the second son, did not inherit his father’s title, he was the son-in-law at that time, so he received a thousand households of fiefdoms. His wife, the princess, also brought three thousand fiefdoms, so Cheng Chuliang can be said to have a rich family background.
Finally, it was the third son, Cheng Chubi, who had no title to inherit and did not marry a princess. However, perhaps it was because he had nothing that he was the hardest working among the three. Cheng Chubi started as a small official and worked hard all the way, eventually reaching the level of a general. It should be noted that in the Tang Dynasty, the position of a general was not low. It can be said that Cheng Chubi was the one with the highest official position among Cheng Yaojin’s three sons. So sometimes one’s background doesn’t prove everything, the key is still to see one’s own efforts.
