At the beginning, Qin Shi Huang traveled to my home

Chapter 757: Three of the four ancient nations fell, leaving me as the Phoenix

Zhu Di during the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang was always cursing and he was always the one who got hurt.

What could he say? He couldn't say anything. The more he spoke, the more he was beaten. He couldn't endure this miserable life for even a day.

He cried and complained in the barrage, and then he got beaten again.

Sky

"At that time, Senior Zheng He, you sent people to persuade Chen Zuyi.

Chen Zuyi attempted to use false surrender and plot to seize Zheng He's ships.

As a result, Senior Zheng He saw through Chen Zuyi's conspiracy at a glance.

A fierce war broke out. Senior Zheng He, you commanded your troops to kill more than 5,000 pirates, burned ten pirate ships, captured seven pirate ships, and captured Chen Zuyi alive.

After this battle, the sea routes in Southeast Asia have been peaceful.

In 1407, Zheng He led his fleet back to China and presented Chen Zuyi to the emperor, who was executed.

Senior Zheng He, you also reported to Zhu Di that Mazu had given you guidance when you were in danger many times.

So Zhu Di sent people to the Longjiang Mazu Temple in Xinluo City to offer sacrifices.

From then on, Mazu was not only the patron saint of your fleet, Zheng He, but also the supreme deity of the entire overseas Chinese community!

As expected, Mazu is the most famous. Walking on the sea, who wouldn’t believe in Mazu?” Li Wu laughed.

"Of course I believe in it. Many things exist if you believe in them, and do not exist if you don't. When sailing on the sea, you still have to have some faith. Many times when we encounter danger, we can escape it. I think it is Mazu who is protecting our Ming Dynasty," Zheng He said when he talked about Mazu. He was extremely pious and it seemed that he believed in Mazu's existence very much.

Just like the coastal areas trust Mazu.

Gao Lishi and Cai Lun looked at each other. No, what were they talking about? Why couldn't they understand anything at all?

What Mazu? Who is she?

Fairy?

Is there such a god?

In fact, although they believe in the existence of God, they believe more in themselves.

The ancestors in front of the sky, especially the people living along the coast after the Song Dynasty, were very happy and they said that Mazu did exist.

Mazu has always lived in their hearts. Whenever these people go out to sea, they will pray to Mazu and ask her to protect them.

People in previous dynasties who did not know about Mazu were also told who Mazu was, and people in previous dynasties had some understanding of her. It turned out that Mazu had a prototype and was promoted to a god after her death.

The previous dynasties expressed that it was actually possible. They never expected that this person had done so many good things, could he actually become a god?

If they do more good deeds in the future, will they also become gods?

This can't help but make many people wonder, but more people believe that it is definitely possible.

Sky

“Senior Zheng He, you are right. We still have to believe in this thing to some extent.

Mr. Zheng He, you built many large-scale Mazu temples along the coast, and pleaded with Emperor Zhu Di to confer the title of Heavenly Consort on Mazu, elevating her to a national deity. Thus, Mazu, as the only goddess of the sea, filled the last gap in the Chinese pantheon.

Not long after you returned to China, Mr. Zheng He, you set sail for the West for the second time.

During this time, he visited many countries and returned home in 1409 AD.

During this voyage, Mr. Zheng He made a special trip to Ceylon to make donations to the Ceylon Mountain Buddhist Temple and erected a stele with an inscription to commemorate it forever.

The inscriptions are in three languages: Chinese, Tamil and Persian.

The inscriptions in three languages ​​pay tribute to Buddha, Vishnu and Allah respectively.

The Chinese text includes the words "I respectfully donate gold and silver woven fabrics, silk banners, incense burners, vases, interior and exterior lamps and candles, etc. to the Buddhist temple as offerings, I hope the World Honored One will witness this."

This stele was discovered in Sri Lanka in 1911 and is now kept in the Sri Lanka National Museum.

The ancestors in front of the sky were confused again, so what kind of Buddhist temple are they going to build this time?

The earlier dynasties knew even less about gods and Buddhas. They didn’t understand these things, especially Buddha. They didn’t even exist and Buddha hadn’t been introduced to them yet. The later dynasties naturally knew about Buddha, and there were many Buddhist temples.

"Not long after you came back, you went to the West for the third time without stopping at all.

Starting from Liujiagang, Taicang, we arrived in Vietnam, Malaysia, India and other places.

During the voyage, the King of Ceylon attempted to assassinate us, but was discovered by you, Zheng He, so he led the fleet to leave Ceylon and head to other countries.

On the return journey, Zheng He visited Ceylon again. The King of Ceylon lured Zheng He into his country and sent 50,000 soldiers to besiege Zheng He and his fleet, and also cut down trees to block the return route.

When you, Mr. Zheng He, found that your way back was blocked, you did not panic, but handled the situation in an orderly manner. You told your subordinates that the bandits had exhausted all the national strength in order to capture them, and you thought that since they had come from afar, they would not dare to resist, so you could win by directly attacking the capital.

So, Senior Zheng He took advantage of the fact that the enemy troops had been deployed in full force, leaving the country empty, and led two thousand officers and soldiers to raid the royal city at night, broke into the city, and captured the king and his family alive.

In 1411 AD, Mr. Zheng He returned to China.

It seems that sailing to other countries is indeed dangerous, but most overseas countries dare not take any action when they see that you, Zheng He, are leading such a large fleet.

There is definitely greed, but most people are rational. Everyone is afraid of death. "Those overseas countries are all scattered small countries. When they see so many large fleets, they are afraid that they are coming to attack them, so they dare not do anything.

As long as your fist is big enough, you will still have to cheer.

Zheng He nodded and said, "They really didn't dare to do anything, but there were also some who were not afraid of death. They were all defeated one by one. How could those tiny countries compare with our Ming Dynasty?" Speaking of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He was undoubtedly proud. In all these years of sailing on the sea, he had never seen a country more powerful than their Ming Dynasty.

Now that he had the world map, he could go to more and farther places. Before, when he traveled, there were no maps. Those maps were drawn when they went out to sea.

"We in China are naturally different. Three of the four ancient countries have fallen, leaving me, the phoenix, behind," Li Wu said with some pride.

The three of them looked at the little immortal in unison, as if asking what this sentence meant.

"That is to say, there were four ancient countries in ancient times, and China was one of them. However, the other three countries have perished and disappeared in the long river of history. Only China still exists, from ancient times to the present. Many neighboring countries are eager to destroy China as soon as possible." They can accept the absence of ancestors, but cannot accept that there is a real living ancestor next to them who will continue to exist.

Those small countries, which were beaten by their ancestors in the past, are now able to confuse right and wrong, especially a certain country. If Emperor Taizong of Tang knew that the country was slandering him so much, he would definitely send people to destroy the small country immediately.

"Good, good, this is China," Zheng He laughed, and several people raised their glasses to drink together, toasting China!