In 1409, Zheng He's fleet passed through the Ceylon Hills. The ship full of gold and silver jewels made the king lustful, and personally led an army of 50,000 to attack the fleet. Unexpectedly, Zheng He only led 2,000 people to attack the imperial city with his backhand, capturing the king and his family. In the end, the king even lost the throne!
The Ceylon Mountain State is an ancient country in the Indian Ocean, located on the island of present-day Sri Lanka. Because of its strategic location, King Alekhonel believed that all ships passing through his country should leave behind "road money".
When Zheng He first went to the West, he pointed out this problem. Unexpectedly, when the king heard this, he was furious: Relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, relying on the sea to eat the sea, since you are passing by, you should leave money, this is a matter of course!
In 1409, Zheng He's fleet came to the Ceylon Mountains for the third time. This cola spoiled The King Ariel, who had already planned to face this ship full of gold and silver jewelry. This time, he was determined to make a "fierce hand", catch a turtle in an urn, and "pluck the hair" behind closed doors.
I have to say that the idea is very beautiful, but he is too small to look at Zheng He!
Zheng He's main purpose this time was to invite Ming Chengzu back a "Buddha tooth" enshrined in the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom. For this noble tooth, this time the tin reward is more abundant than before!
But the king of Ceylon hill did not know it, so he did something stupid that he regretted for the rest of his life.
When he was more than twenty miles away from the shore, Zheng He gave the fleet to Wang Jinghong, and he only took 2,000 soldiers to the wangcheng to meet the king.
When Zheng He came to the royal city, he not only did not see the king Ariel, but was also asked by the king's son Nayan to pay tribute to the treasure. Zheng He had seen countless diplomatic scenes, and it was the first time that he had gone so straight to the subject.
Zheng He's answer is also very clear: Our Ming Dynasty power does not accept extortion! Na Yan did not go around in circles, and immediately showed the bottom card: "The fleet passing through the Ceylon Mountain Country, at least one-tenth of the payment." Otherwise: all the people and boats will be seized!
Is this a country? This is clearly a pirate! Zheng He Buddha sleeves away!
On the way back to the fleet, Zheng He understood! When King Ariel did not receive him, it was not a pendulum, let alone idleness, but it destroyed Zheng He's way back! The road is blocked by a mountain of trees. If he doesn't receive the money, he can't go back.
Encountering a sudden predicament, for a battle-hardened military expert, Zheng He's idea is not to break through, but to capture the thief before the king. So he returned to the royal city with 2,000 soldiers.
This move was completely unexpected by Ariel. Almost all of his 50,000 troops were stationed near the fleet, and very few troops remained in the royal city. I calculated everything, and actually missed Zheng He's trick...
So, a dramatic scene appeared. The Ming officers and soldiers led by Zheng He were guarding the royal city of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom, and the officers and soldiers of the Ceylon Mountain State were attacking their own royal city. The king's family is still in the hands of Zheng He, can not attack strongly, in case there is a mistake, let alone meritorious service, the small life is gone!
The two sides confronted each other for six days, with Daming's soldiers eating and drinking in the royal city, and the soldiers of Ceylon Hill struggling outside the city. Avoiding the long night and dreaming, Zheng He resolutely broke through with "hostages".
In this way, Zheng He led the public back to the fleet safely. The king, queen and a group of high-ranking officials of the Ceylon Mountain Kingdom also boarded Zheng He's treasure ship.
Under the "eye-catching ceremony" of tens of thousands of people in Ceylon Mountain, Zheng He ordered the boat division to return to The ship and successfully returned to Daming.
Ming Chengzu was overjoyed to see that Zheng He had successfully returned the Buddha's tooth that Daming revered! The same is a direct exemption from the king of the injured party. Another nobleman, "Yebanena", was crowned king and submitted to Daming from then on.
Zheng He's seven voyages to the West were full of opportunities and dangers. In the process of going to the West, the first shot fired at the Daming fleet was actually the Javanese country.
The country of Java was once divided into east and west, and the relationship between the two is between you and me. However, in order to gain the support of Daming, emissaries were often sent to send various rare treasures.
In 1406, the conflict between the two kings of Java escalated, and when Zheng He's fleet arrived in Java, it was the time when the two kings fought. As a result of the war, the West King won and the East King lost.
Generally speaking, Daming has never interfered in the internal affairs of other people's homes. However, the place where Zheng He landed happened to be the territory of the former Eastern King, so the Western King mistakenly regarded Zheng He's people as reinforcements of the Eastern King!
As a result, the soldiers of the Western King suddenly launched a fierce attack on Zheng He's fleet, and in a short time, more than 170 Daming soldiers were unjustly killed.
This is good, the basket is big! Daming wants to send troops, isn't that the same as pinching an ant to death?
The King of Java West immediately set out and sent people to Daming overnight to apologize.
Ming Chengzu rebuked angrily, saying: "You and the Eastern King are both knighted by our imperial court, but you are fierce and greedy, and you have destroyed the Eastern King without authorization and taken his land, which is against heaven and against the orders of heaven! You fought with the Eastern King, and more than one hundred and seventy of my messengers were poisoned by this, so why are you waiting to affect the imperial court?
The messenger sent to apologize for his sins turned on the repeater, sweating profusely: misunderstanding, misunderstanding, misunderstanding...
Ming Chengzu asked: More than 170 people died innocently, is that all?
In the end, Ming Chengzu asked the West King to pay sixty thousand taels of gold, otherwise it would be sooner or later to ask for guilt! This time, the messenger's open mouth could not be closed.
The West King was sad to die, and after two years of fundraising, even if he sold the whole country, he would not be able to collect sixty thousand taels of gold! In the end, nearly 10,000 taels of gold were donated to Ming Chengzu.
This time, Ming Chengzu did not lose his temper, first Daming did not lack these gold, and second, Java's confession attitude was good. In fact, Ming Chengzu just wanted them to understand their sins, abide by the rules, and not do reckless things.
One is the king of Ceylon, the other is the king of Java, both went to the West with Zheng He, respecting the majesty of the Ming Dynasty, and chose to submit! Without the bullies at sea, the "Maritime Silk Road" was smoothly opened.
Zheng He's seven voyages to the West, spanning half the world, were the largest sea expeditions in history. The Chinese civilization and China have far-reaching and long-term influence, and the long route has successfully achieved long-distance diplomatic relations between major countries.
In the depths of these historical details is the national self-confidence of the Chinese nation. The national self-confidence stored in the bones and blood will also make the nation shine!
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