Zheng He was a navigator and diplomat of the Ming Dynasty in ancient China, and indeed his name is not only well-known at home, but also internationally, but in fact, Zheng He's credit is indeed great, and his experience in the West is a great feat in the history of world navigation.
But here's the question, that is, Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty was really the first person to go to the West? Is it possible that someone else had gone to the West before this?
I believe that many people think that Zheng He is definitely the first person to go to the West, and in fact, before that, Zheng He was also recognized as the first person to go to the West, but later our archaeologists refuted this, because their archaeological team found some other clues, thus proving that Zheng He was not the first person to go to the West, and the real first person was actually Yang Liangyao of the Tang Dynasty.
For Yang Liangyao, I believe that many people began to be confused again, or have to start from the 80s of the last century, the location is in a small village in Xianyang, Shaanxi, when a villager braved the sun to cultivate in the field, did not expect that today there was a big harvest, as he wielded the hoe, did not expect to hear a noise at once, in fact, his hoe dug a hard object, and even his tiger's mouth was shocked.
Then the villager naturally thought it was a stone, after all, it was normal to dig out a stone in the ground, and then he thought of digging out the stone and throwing it away, but he dug out a large stone stele.
Indeed, this result made the villagers' eyes light up, what is this thing? It is true that the villagers naturally could not understand the origin of this stone stele, but they saw that the stone stele was engraved with dense handwriting, and for the sake of prudence, the villager immediately reported it to the village committee.
After the village committee learned of this matter, it could not decide what to do for a while, so it decided to report it, and the news was known to the comrades of the local cultural relics bureau, and not long after, the archaeological team of the cultural relics bureau rushed to the scene in a hurry, and then came to the scene of the excavation of the stone stele under the guidance of the villagers.
One of the cultural relics experts who came this time specialized in the study of ancient characters, and when he saw the handwriting on the stone tablet, he immediately became excited, and after his identification, this was a Shinto stele from the Tang Dynasty.
Subsequently, this Shinto monument was pulled back to the Institute of Cultural Relics by the comrades of the archaeological team, so what is the content of this Shinto monument? After the analysis and appraisal of many experts, a very important conclusion was drawn, that is, this Shinto monument was related to the Tang Dynasty eunuch Yang Liangyao.
So who is Yang Liangyao? In fact, it was a eunuch from the Tang Dynasty, from a famous and prestigious family, who had married a wife, but did not know why he suddenly chose to enter the palace as a eunuch, and then successively served the four emperors of Tang Suzong, Tang Dynasty, Tang Dezong, and Tang Shunzong, and its status can be said to be very high.
In addition, the Shinto tablet also records a big secret, that is, Yang Liangyao once led a delegation to Dashi (Arab Empire), and later for other reasons was forced to go all the way south, waiting for ships in the South China Sea to go to Dashi.
From these, it was concluded that Yang Liangyao was the real first person to go to the West, and after this news was announced, it really alarmed the historical circles, and also completely rewritten the history of world navigation, and the history of the whole 620 years was advanced, of course, it was also concluded that the navigation industry of the Tang Dynasty was also extremely developed.