Zheng He's voyage to the West is well known, but at that time, shipping was not developed, and it took many days, months or even years to cross the Atlantic Ocean. There were many men and women on board at that time, so why was there no rumor that some people had a private affair at that time? Don't they have feelings for each other? That's because Zheng He has his cleverness.
Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions played a very important role in China's economic development, and Zhang Qian opened the way for the civilization and things at that time to be exchanged. At sea, Zheng He exchanged ideas, and brought many new things to the people at that time through crossing the West, and also made maritime trade develop rapidly.
First, Zheng He's experience
Zheng He was born in 1371 and died in 1433, and is a native of Kunyang, Jinning. There are four children in the family, Zheng He is located in the second son of the family, when he was young, he loved books, always found some free time to learn some martial arts, and he was intelligent from an early age. Zheng He's original name was Ma He, and his father was Ma Ha Only.
At that time, the environment was turbulent, Hongwu was thirteen years old, Ma He had just turned ten years old, when the army attacked Ma He's hometown, and Ma He was taken to present-day Nanjing by the deputy commander of the army at that time, and was ordered to be castrated as a eunuch, and sent Ma He to the palace of Zhu Di, the King of Yan, to serve.
Jing Kangzhi's transformation into Ma He provided an opportunity for promotion, and Ma He played a very crucial role in the Jing Kang's change, advising Zhu Di to win the war. In response to this, Zhu Di, the King of Yan, immediately wrote down zheng characters in nanjing and gave him the surname of Zheng to commemorate his contribution to the Jing kang revolution.
Zhu Di promoted him to the position of eunuch of the internal official, and the official was si pin, and his status at that time was second only to that of the si li supervisor, which showed the high status of Zheng He. Because of Zheng He's penchant for war and resourceful nature from an early age, he was deeply loved by Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty and also had great trust in Zheng He, so Zhu Di sent Zheng He seven times to the West and completed the great feat of maritime communication.
During the twenty-second year of Yongle, Zhu Di sent Zheng He to Nanjing to take over his father's position, but Before Zheng He could perform the ceremony, Zhu Di had already died. Emperor Akihito took the throne and issued an edict to stop Zheng He's orders to go to the West. In the first year of Hong Xi, Zheng He accepted the task of guarding Nanjing, and also became the first Nanjing garrison eunuch in history.
Zheng He zhen guarded Nanjing In the year song Renzong died, and in the same year Emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji succeeded to the throne, asking Wang Jinghong to guard Nanjing with Zheng He. In the first year of Xuande, Zheng He contacted several generals who were guarding Nanjing, and together they asked for the restoration of the Nanjing Heaven and Earth Temple and other buildings.
Second, Zheng He's intelligence
Zheng He was deeply loved by Zhu Di, the ancestor of Ming Cheng, so Zhu Di sent Zheng He to lead a huge army of tens of thousands of people to the West. It was precisely because of Zheng He's ingenuity that he was able to lead tens of thousands of people to successfully send envoys to the West. His outstanding leadership skills and ability to stay in the face of danger have prompted him to successfully go to the West again and again.
Zheng He has personally experienced everything, he will be prepared for every little thing before each departure, and let everyone perform their duties, and have a clear division of labor for everything. Before each trip, I plan a series of things such as the culture, language, weather, etc. of the place to be visited.
It takes several years to go to the West every time, two or three years at least, and four or five years to go to different regions, and the eating habits, cultural customs, and customs of going to different regions are different, so everything needs to be fully prepared. And this requires Zheng He's command to make everything go on in an orderly manner.
Zheng He's fleet is a fleet of tens of thousands of people, there will be many people, and there will also be many aspects that men can't do, such as cooking, sewing clothes, washing, cleaning, taking care of important people. These all require women to provide services, but with women, and there are many men on the ship, then they will inevitably not have feelings.
This problem is a trivial matter in the fleet, but if there is an emotion, it will cause chaos in the army, and the solution is the embodiment of Zheng He's ingenuity. The military needs women to provide services, but the women they need don't have to be young and beautiful, and finding some older women can also provide daily living services.
Although this is a small matter, Zheng He's method makes men and women not secretly have feelings for a few years, and also makes the fleet's voyage very smooth. Zheng He's method was very useful, because the older female workers could take care of the daily life of the military people, and they could also prevent the soldiers from having secret feelings with the female workers because of the long voyage time.
Zheng He's approach has two advantages, first of all, the elderly female workers do more work, do things more efficiently and reliably, think of things very thoroughly, and will be more comfortable to deal with some things. They were more reliable and carefree than the young female workers, and could provide better service to Zheng He's army, so that they could sail without worries.
Secondly, in the tens of thousands of people on the ship are still in their prime of men, in the years of sailing will certainly have some emotional needs, if at this time the ship is young and beautiful female workers, then the two can not avoid in the years of sailing mutual affection, but both use older female workers for this situation can be effectively avoided.
Third, Zheng He's contribution to that time
Zheng He was deeply loved by Zhu Di, the ancestor of Ming Cheng, and sent him to the West seven times, and at that time there were Mongols in the north who constantly harassed and invaded, but they were subjugated by the Ming army with troops, and because Zheng He went to the West seven times, some neighboring countries on sea and land paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty every year. At this time, the Ming Dynasty's military strength was very strong, the economy was prosperous, and people lived and worked in peace and contentment.
Zheng He's seven voyages to the West had a positive effect on the country at that time, and the fleet of tens of thousands of people led by Zheng He when he went to the West was huge. This scale shocked other countries, and it was precisely because of this powerful scale that it could show the power of the Ming Dynasty to other countries and make other countries more subordinate to the Ming Dynasty.
4. Summary
Zheng He's seven voyages to the West played a positive role in the economy and culture of that time, promoting cultural exchanges and economic development of neighboring countries across the sea, and had a great impact on contemporary times. He not only opened up the route between Asia and Africa, but also paved the way for the navigation of Western Europe today, hundreds of years before other countries.
Through Zheng He's envoys to the West, the army used older women to see Zheng He's ingenuity. Through simple screening, many problems were avoided to make the voyage very smooth, and then through a small thing, Zheng He's seven voyages to the West achieved a world-famous feat.