After the ming dynasty became strong, it contributed to a world-shattering feat of great scale and far-reaching influence at that time, Zheng He's seven voyages to the West. From the third year of Yongle in 1405 to the eighth year of Xuande in 1433, it lasted for 29 years in the three dynasties of Yongle, Hongxi and Xuande. During this period, Zheng He went to the West seven times, traveling throughout more than 30 countries and regions such as today's Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean coast and the east coast of Africa. Zheng He's feat of going to the West not only opened up the trade route between China and overseas countries, but more importantly, it also showed the world the strong national strength and strong naval strength of the early Ming Dynasty. China established diplomatic relations with overseas countries, and many heads of state or envoys came to Visit China one after another, realizing the grand tributary of all countries, and the merits were comparable to those of the Han and Tang Dynasties. It was also the last feat of world significance in ancient Chinese history.
All nations come to the dynasty
Zhu Di himself was a military general, he achieved great success in overseas diplomatic relations, and naturally had great means in diplomacy with the surrounding nationalities; at the beginning of his succession, there were some areas of instability on the border, and in order to consolidate and develop the great national dynasty and the great cause of the reunification of the multi-ethnic country, Zhudi adopted two strategies: good relations and defense. Then the Liaodong Capital Command and Envoy Division, the Nuer Gandu Command Envoy Department, and the Guizhou Cloth Political Envoy Department were established, which strengthened the management of ethnic minority areas in various places and played a great role in the unity and integration of all ethnic groups, but Zhu Di was very tough on the means of ethnic minorities who refused to submit. The most important of Zhu Di's military campaigns was his five expeditions to northern Mobei, and in 1424, Zhu Di personally conquered the Tatar Arutai department for the fifth time. Due to the wrong border intelligence, Arutai had already fled, but Zhudi did not know it, and the Ming Dynasty army marched day and night in the vast desert, but did not even see the shadow of the enemy army. As time went on, the generals were exhausted, and because the marching route was long and the supply line of military food could not keep up, Zhu Di had to return to the dynasty. But on the way back to Beijing, Zhu Di suddenly fell ill. In late July, the army marched to the Yumu River, and Zhu Di, near present-day Wuzhu Muqin in Inner Mongolia, died of a regrettable illness at the age of 65. Before his death, Zhu Di left a will and testament, passed the throne to the crown prince Zhu Gaozi, and ordered the funeral ceremony congjian, and he was buried in Changling after his death, with the title of Emperor Wen and the temple number of Taizong.
Map of the Ming Dynasty's territory
Five Expeditions to the North of the Desert
Zhu Di reigned for 22 years, he killed old ministers in order to consolidate imperial power, ruled the country diligently to restore the economy, traveled to the West to promote national prestige, and conquered the desert north for the unification of the four realms. His exploits have been passed down through the ages, and the rule of secret agents has buried the bane of the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
At the end of the article, we will popularize a knowledge for everyone, what are the temple numbers, nicknames, and era names of ancient emperors
1. Temple number
The name used when the emperor was enshrined in the Zongmiao temple after his death, and first appeared in the Shang Dynasty. It was no longer used during the Western Zhou Dynasty, and after Qin Shi Huang established the Qin Dynasty, he directly abolished the temple number and the title of the temple, because Qin Shi Huang believed that the "temple number and the name of the temple" would form a situation of "the son discussing the father and the subject discussing the king". In the Western Han Dynasty, the use of temple numbers was restored. Unlike the title, the temple number is a title unique to the king. For example, Taizu, Chengzu, Renzong, etc. all belong to the temple number. There is a little common sense here, the general founding monarch's temple number mostly uses the word "zu", for example, zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, whose temple number is "Taizu", which is "Ming Taizu".
2. Nicknames
A title is an appraising title given by an emperor, prince, minister, or some person of prestige after his death, to the court or his descendants based on their lifelong conduct and conduct. For example, the "wu" of Emperor Wudi of Han mostly means that during the reign of Emperor Wudi of Han, he advocated force
3. Year number
The era name is a name used by the Chinese feudal dynasty to chronicle the year. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the first to create a year name. The founding year was Jianyuan. When emperors encounter major events and important events, they generally have to change the era name. For example, during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, the era name was Zhenguan, and during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, the era name was first Kaiyuan, and then there was Tianbao. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were more era names used, such as Hongwu, Yongle, Hongxi, etc., do you understand?