If Zheng He wants to be one of the greatest navigators and diplomats in ancient times, he must have both wisdom and appearance, and both talent and courage. As I expected, I wrote in my monograph about him: "Zheng He showed outstanding wisdom and talent in navigation, diplomacy, military affairs, architecture and many other aspects."
The legendary life of Zheng He is closely related to his life experience. To get to know him better, we should trace back to his ancestor, the third year of Xining in northern Song Shenzong (1070), and his tenth ancestor, King Puhua of Bukhara in Central Asia or Imam Sufuor, led more than 5,000 people, and more than 5,000 camels paid tribute to China and applied for surrender. Zongshen named him Yining. His fifth ancestor, Saidian Chishanting, caught up with Kublai Khan's era and was named King of Xianyang, living in southern Yunnan. Since then, they have become the noblest names in Yunnan. Although he became a native of China, he still believed in Islam. Zheng He's grandfather and father both went to distant holy places to worship. When he was a child, he often listened to his father's story about his kneeling pilgrimage to Mecca. His father's thrilling trip over mountains and mountains and the customs of other countries in the distance left an unforgettable impression on Xiao Zhenghe. Endless novelty and endless Arabian nights attract him like a magnet. Influenced by the adventurous spirit of his family's parents, Xiao Zhenghe has made great ambitions since he was a child, preparing to sail west and make a pilgrimage to Mecca in the future. He often meditates, starts practicing, studies boating, sailing and swimming hard, and studies nautical history books with great concentration, as if deliberately trying to become a generation of navigators and adventurers.
Just as he was carefully weaving a dream of a bright future, the god of fate brought misfortune to his head. 1385, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Hongwu sent troops to pacify Yunnan, and Zheng He's father was unfortunately in trouble. At that time, his name was not Zheng He, but Ma. 1 1 year-old horse became one of countless children who were immediately taken to castrate. This is a difficult beginning and a brilliant foreshadowing.
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From 1385, Ma, 1 1 year old, accompanied the Ming army to the north and south, the Great Wall and Peiping, leaving his young footprints everywhere. The war made the child suffer a lot, but it also made him grow up quickly. When he was sixteen, he met the prince at that time, and the later Yongle Emperor Judy was immediately selected as the prince's personal bodyguard, and he stayed with the king ever since. There is no doubt that he was an outstanding teenager at that time and has since become a martial arts master. When I saw him holding the hilt of his waist in his right hand in Collection of Maritime Silk Road, I couldn't help but imagine how sharp his sword was when it was drawn. I wonder how his swordsmanship compares with that of Jing Ke in Qin Dynasty and Yue Fei in Song Dynasty. When he was a teenager, he worked very hard, practicing sword in Yan every day and studying poetry every night.
1399 In August, the "Jingnan War" broke out in the Ming Dynasty for four years. He fought side by side with Judy, and his military ability increased day by day, and he made many achievements. At the beginning of "Jingnan", he made great contributions and laid the foundation for Judy's later victory. At the beginning of "Jingnan", the Yan army was quite isolated and its political, military and economic influence was at a disadvantage. Its sphere of influence is limited to several isolated cities in Zhao Yan (Tongxian, Jinji, Juyongguan, Huailai, etc.). Li Jinglong, a general of the Ming Dynasty, took advantage of Judy's attack on Daning, surrounded Beiping and set up nine camps at Zhengcunba (now 20 miles east of Beijing). The prince also fought with his division, and Ma San. The prince adopted his strategy and let him go into battle in person. Sambo desperately broke the 7th Battalion in Li Jinglong, killed tens of thousands of troops, lost to Li Jinglong, and fled to Texas in the south. Suddenly, the morale of the army was in chaos. Yanjun was defeated by tens of thousands of troops and twenty thousand military forces at once, and won the first victory since "Jingnan", which turned the whole war around. Judy has never forgotten this. 1July, 402, he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and Ma was also appointed as the eunuch in charge of the internal affairs office, equivalent to four grades. After more than 20 years of hard life, he became an outstanding eunuch in the imperial palace. 1404 gave the surname "Zheng". China has always had the saying that "horses don't enter the palace". Ma made the greatest contribution in Zhengcun, so he was given the surname "Zheng"; When he was born, his parents prayed for God's blessing, world peace and children's safe growth, so why was he named? From then on, it was renamed Zheng He, and its original name was slowly forgotten. In ancient China, it was a supreme honor to be given a surname, while it was unique for eunuchs to be given a surname. This shows how dependent and trusting Emperor Yongle was on Zheng He.
Years of military life honed Zheng He's military talents. He not only has the ability of strategists to strategize, but also the ability of war generals to go into battle and kill the enemy in person. He is worthy of being an outstanding military talent. Military talent is the basis of his achievements in his life, and it is also useful in navigation. In the fleet, he is both a diplomat and a general commander. During the voyage, the fleet experienced three extremely sinister battles, but with Zheng He's military talent, they all won decisive victories.