To say that the best-looking series of movies, the American magical adventure film Pirates of the Caribbean, is definitely one, and Captain Jack's cynical appearance and highly representative smoky makeup are impressive. He is one of the nine pirate kings of the world in the movie, and although the story is fictional, there are actually ten pirates in human history. Among them is a world-famous beauty pirate, or a Chinese woman, her name is Zheng Shishi.
Zheng Shi's real name is Shi Xiugu, also known as Zheng Yiyi. Her ranking is not low, and she is still in the top five. Born in 1775, Shi Xiugu was sold into a brothel from an early age because of her family's poverty. After growing up, he became a famous prostitute, and was soon arrested by the pirate Zheng Yi and became a lady. Shortly after she was captured, Zhang Baozai, the son of another fisherman, was also arrested and recognized as Zheng Yi's adopted son, who was the head of the Hongqi Gang pirates, and Zhang Baozai gradually became a small leader.
After Zheng Yi died, his wife Shi Xiugu became the leader of the pirates. Of course, there must be someone who wants to grab the position. But Shi Xiugu was not only Zheng Yi's wife, but also a good cooperation with him, and there were many means, and these people she could easily surrender. Zhang Baozai did things for her under her, obeyed her no matter what, and the two gradually became husband and wife, but the major decisions were decided by Shi Xiugu. Their sphere of influence is very wide, mainly on the east coast of Guangdong, including the Pearl River Delta, the upper reaches of the provincial river, to the Lingling Ocean, and Hong Kong is the scope of their activities.
Since the Jiaqing Dynasty, there have been six gangs of pirates in the Pearl River, but the largest is undoubtedly the Red Flag Gang. These pirates were so strong that even the government's official ships had to pay protection fees like them, and the Red Flag Gang was even the leader, and their number was about 20,000 to 40,000. The number of ships reached about 600 to 1000, from the ninth year of Jiaqing to the tenth year of Jiaqing (1804 to 1805 AD), and the admiral of Guangxi was replaced by three people.
The Red Flag Gang led by the two men grabbed no matter what kind of boat it was, and the Qing army had no way to take them. The Portuguese and British fleets could not do anything with them, not even with the army. Moreover, these two people even tied the tickets of the dead, according to the "Ming and Qing Historical Materials", "excavating the graves of gentlemen, hiding the coffins and extorting silver two", which can be described as a bad thing.
Later, there was a pirate group called Guo Podai, who surrendered to the governor in December of the fourteenth year of Jiaqing. After accepting the offer, he received an official position and a reward, and settled on the shore. Shi Xiugu is probably tired of the days of wandering around, she is a woman in the end, thinking about having a home. So he also wanted to accept Zhao'an, and after consulting with Zhang Baozai, the two sent emissaries. To the delight of the governor at that time, he personally went to negotiate. In the fifteenth year of Jiaqing, the Red Flag Gang, which had disturbed the tranquility of the Qing, Portuguese, and British armies, accepted the recruitment in this way.
There are not a few people who oppose it, but since Shi Xiugu has been the leader for so many years, she also has some means. Therefore, in the end, they still surrendered, and those who did not surrender continued to confront the imperial court. After surrendering, Zhang Baozai was given a military post from Erpin and settled down in Fujian. Shi Xiugu's life can be regarded as settled, but it is also unexpected that such a pirate queen finally chose this. The Qing court estimated that it was even happier to blossom, and it took in 16,000 people without wasting a single soldier, and nearly half of the equipment of the Hongqi Gang.
References: "Historical Materials of the Ming and Qing Dynasties", "Records of Shengwu", "Records of Jinghai in southeast Jiaqing", "Records of Emperor Renzong of The Qing Dynasty"