Admiral Zheng He... wow there is so much to say about him. When I visited him, he allowed me to go on his 7 voyages with him. These voyages took place from 1405-1433. Admiral Zheng He and I spent alot of time together, we were so close, he allowed me to call him He! I learned alot about him, like how he was born in 1371. The great thing about time traveling is I could "fast forward" through the slow parts of his life and the boring parts of the voyages, and push play when it got exciting. These voyages during the Ming dynasty were very exciting though.
The fleet Zheng He led consisted of 300 ships, bigger than anything the world had ever seen before. 9 mast vessels, little transport ships, Zheng He was an explorer of the new world. He visited 37 countries, commanded this huge fleet, and some historians argue he could have visited America before Columbus. In 1433 in India he dies. I didn't want to come back to the present just yet, I wanted to see what would happen to this grand fleet. It was disastrous really. Horrible. The new emperor had Zheng He's fleet burned.
Of course, destroying this fleet had it's consequences. The Ming Dynasty had now said to the world they didn't want to conquer it. China had its chance, with the biggest fleet, gun powder, an army. But they destroyed it. China was now weakened.
This spiked my interest. I know, given the chance, any other ruler would have conquered the world. So, I asked the Emperor why. His response? Don't take it word for word, but something along the lines of "I want to fix China's problems, and how could I do that if I was worrying about conquering the whole world?"
Wise words my friend, wise words. Wise until China became captured by the Europeans. And the worst part of that was China's own inventions were used against itself. But, that's another adventure. And that sums up Zheng He's time, and what he did for China. This also ends my time traveling adventure, for now. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did :)
The fleet Zheng He led consisted of 300 ships, bigger than anything the world had ever seen before. 9 mast vessels, little transport ships, Zheng He was an explorer of the new world. He visited 37 countries, commanded this huge fleet, and some historians argue he could have visited America before Columbus. In 1433 in India he dies. I didn't want to come back to the present just yet, I wanted to see what would happen to this grand fleet. It was disastrous really. Horrible. The new emperor had Zheng He's fleet burned.
Of course, destroying this fleet had it's consequences. The Ming Dynasty had now said to the world they didn't want to conquer it. China had its chance, with the biggest fleet, gun powder, an army. But they destroyed it. China was now weakened.
This spiked my interest. I know, given the chance, any other ruler would have conquered the world. So, I asked the Emperor why. His response? Don't take it word for word, but something along the lines of "I want to fix China's problems, and how could I do that if I was worrying about conquering the whole world?"
Wise words my friend, wise words. Wise until China became captured by the Europeans. And the worst part of that was China's own inventions were used against itself. But, that's another adventure. And that sums up Zheng He's time, and what he did for China. This also ends my time traveling adventure, for now. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did :)
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