Why did Zheng He not take a young girl to the West, but a boat of old women and midwives? The great wisdom of the ancients
As everyone knows, the mainland's modern social turmoil, the country's perennial wars, the people's lives in deep waters, from the late Qing Dynasty onwards, due to the Qing government's policy of closing the country to the outside world, the mainland lagged behind the world for nearly a hundred years, and the so-called backwardness will be beaten. After the outbreak of the Opium War, the Western powers looked at the mainland and launched a number of wars of aggression. In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, strict restrictions on foreign exchange activities were imposed, foreigners were not allowed to come to China for business activities, and Chinese people were not allowed to go to foreign countries for exchanges, and the closure of the country led to a serious closure of the entire country's economy, and the rulers did not accept foreign new things, resulting in the country's various technologies lagging behind the world.
Before the Qing Dynasty, the mainland still liked to communicate with foreign countries, for example, during the Tang Dynasty, there were pictures of all countries coming to congratulate, the rulers attached importance to foreign economic development, and during the Ming Dynasty, there were also foreign exchanges, such as Zheng He going to the West, Zheng He went to the West seven times, which was an unprecedented feat in the history of world navigation in the 15th century, and Zheng He's voyage to the West played a positive role in Chinese and foreign economies and cultures. Although Zheng He was a eunuch, he was very militaryly talented and strategic, because he was indispensable in the Battle of Jingnan, he was promoted to eunuch of internal officials, and when Zhu Di decided to go to the West, he appointed Zheng He to lead an army to send an envoy, and the facts have proved that Zhu Di's decision was very correct, Zheng He not only completed the task brilliantly, but also went to the West seven times, and the voyages he carried out were far and complicated, and they were all epoch-making in the history of world navigation. But there is a strange thing when Zheng He goes to the West, that is, every time he goes to the West, his ship will bring a group of old women and midwives, why is this, if it is to bring women, why not bring young and beautiful girls, let's take a look at it with Zifei.
In fact, zheng he's move really shows the great wisdom of the ancients, everyone knows that even in this high-tech era, seafarers are very hard, not to mention the ancient times when all the facilities are relatively backward. Zheng He went to the West, the places to go are very far, often have to drive in the sea for a long time, Zheng He and his men naturally need someone to take care of them at sea for a long time, a group of big men, when doing some small work are clumsy, this time the appearance of the old woman is a good solution to this problem. When Zheng He went to the West, there were many people accompanying him, and it took a long time to go on each mission, and these people would naturally bring a lot of luggage, but in order to reduce the burden on the way, these officials were generally asked to bring less things. But the luggage is less, if on the way, the clothes are torn, the shoes are broken, and when the time comes to go to other countries, the image is really out of national dignity, and the old woman comes in handy at this time.
These old women will help the crew sew clothes and cook for the crew, which will reduce the burden on the fleet and make the life of the crew better, plus these old women are very old at all ages, and nothing will happen to these flesh-and-blood crews. Bringing a midwife is mainly to reflect the strength of the Ming Dynasty's Yangyang country, Zheng He went to the West, not only to learn new technologies in other countries and bring back new things, but also to reflect the strength of the Ming Dynasty, so that European countries can see China's national strength, a woman can also be a gynecological holy hand. There were not only midwives on the ship, but also many people who knew medical skills, and zheng he's move allowed some small european countries to see the strength of the Ming Dynasty. Zheng He's seven voyages to the West, the shipping routes he experienced, developed the crisscrossing maritime traffic between various coastal countries and regions in Asia and Africa, communicated and strengthened the ties between the countries along the western Pacific And Indian Ocean, and made great contributions to the development of world civilization.