Most of the female figures in history have not been seen, but there are also some women in the patriarchal society, relying on their own wisdom to achieve a world, today we are talking about this woman, is the Qing Dynasty during the hegemony of the Pearl River estuary of female pirates, so that many Western countries at that time are afraid, and then the internal and external attack under the team fell into a dilemma, she chose to accept the recruitment, but also agreed to the emperor's marriage, married to her own son.
This legendary female pirate is named Zheng Yiyi, formerly known as Shi Xianggu, a member of the Xinhui family in Guangdong. His husband, named Zheng Yi, became a pirate at the end of the Ming Dynasty when the four major families of Zheng, Shi, Ma and Xu occupied the mouth of the Pearl River. With the development of history, the four major families have evolved into six major gangs of red, yellow, white, basket, purple and black, of which Zheng Yi is the leader of the Red Flag Gang, and the Red Flag Gang is also the head of the six major gangs, which is powerful.
When Zheng Yi was alive, he and Zheng Yiyi worked together to break up the six major gangs, and Zheng Yiyi played an important role in it, and the major gangs also called her "Dragon Sister-in-law". However, this goal has not yet been achieved, and Zheng Yi unfortunately died in a strong typhoon. According to their rules, Zheng Yiyi took over the position of her husband's leader.
We often say that new officials take office with three fires, and in order to establish their authority, Zheng Yiyi issued a series of strict decrees as soon as she came to power, such as not stealing the public property of the villagers for any reason, and punishing them with death once discovered; not forcing women to have sex, and those who make mistakes are also punished by death. It is amazing that the pirates, who have always been unruly, have strictly adhered to it.
Here we have to mention a person who has helped Zheng Yiyi to establish his authority a lot, his name is Zhang Baozai. Born in an ordinary fisherman's family, Zhang Baozai followed his father to the sea to fish at the age of 15, and was abducted by Zheng Yi to the "thief ship", and since then his fate has also changed dramatically. Zheng Yi saw that Zhang Baozai was flexible, intelligent, and a talent, so he decided to consider him a righteous son, so he loved him, taught him a lot of real skills, and did become the right-hand man of the couple when he grew up.
After Zheng Yi's death, many things of Zheng Yiyi's sister-in-law were discussed with Zhang Baozai, and with the joint efforts of the two, Zheng Yiyi's Red Flag Faction had five or six hundred ships, 30,000 or 40,000 pirates under him, and had its own camp and shipyard. It is worth mentioning that in order to strengthen her own strength, Zheng Yiyi attaches great importance to the equipment of the team, and began to learn advanced Western technology very early, and the weapons used are also the most advanced.
The strength of the Qing court not only gave the Qing court a headache, but also beat the foreign powers helplessly. At that time, the strongest of the maritime fleets among the great powers was the Portuguese-Australian Fleet, but the Red Flag Faction facing Zheng Yiyi still suffered heavy losses and heavy losses. The British fleet rampaged through the inland rivers of Guangzhou, and Zheng Yiyi led the team to repel the arrogant British ships, not only snatching the British ships, but also killing dozens of British soldiers, which shocked the British.
When the Red Flag Faction reached its peak, the Qing Dynasty government began to sweep away the pirates' plans, the most difficult of which was naturally the Red Flag Gang. In order to strengthen the confrontation, the Qing court chose to unite with the British to eliminate the Red Flag Gang. However, everyone underestimated the strength of the Red Flag Gang, and Zheng Yiyi personally sat down to confront the coalition forces, and only forty people on his side lost during the first battle, while the coalition forces fled in the wilderness and suffered heavy losses. The Qing court was extremely angry and sent troops to requisition for the second time. Unexpectedly, not only did not get any benefits, but the three members of the Zhejiang Water Division, the Guangdong Water Division, and the Humen General General were killed, and they also lost three hundred cannons and more than 20 ships.
The last time he faced the siege of the Qing court and the Portuguese combined forces, Zhang Baozai borrowed the East Wind, and Zheng Yiyi used three hundred large ships, fifteen hundred cannons, and 20,000 people to fire artillery fire at the sea, successfully making the coalition forces retreat, and did not dare to come forward to meet the battle.
If you are not afraid of the opponent being strong, you are afraid of what will go wrong with your accomplices. At that time, the boss of the Black Flag Gang wanted to marry Zheng Yiyi, but Zheng Yiyi insisted on not remarrying. When the Qing government learned of this news, it persuaded the Black Flag Gang to submit. You must know that the Black Flag Gang was the second largest gang at that time, once he left the team, Zheng Yiyi was equivalent to losing his left arm and right arm, and his strength was weakened by a large margin. In order for the team to survive, Zheng Yijie was forced to choose Zhao'an.
However, as a pirate for most of her life, she has never bowed to anyone, and When Zheng Yiyi negotiated with the governor of Liangguang, she had a tough attitude and made the Qing court agree to many conditions, and she also agreed to a request of the Qing court, that is, to accept the emperor's marriage and marry her own son Zhang Baozai.
After that, Zhang Baozai was appointed as the Sanpin official, and Zheng Yiyi was given the title of Lady of the Commandment, and their pirates became the rebels of the Qing court. When Lin Zexu fought against the British army that year, Zheng Yiyi also made suggestions in it, and the cause of Zheng Yiyi's death was not specifically recorded, and it was likely that he died of illness, at the age of 69.
I have to say that Zheng Yiyi has the momentum of not letting her eyebrows be shaved, and her character image can also be found in some film and television dramas.