Why did Zheng He go to the West and have no latecomers?

Zheng He's seven voyages to the West are well known, but little is known about the fact that his deputy envoy Wang Jinghong later organized an eighth voyage to the West. In June of the ninth year of Xuande (1434), Jing Hong was ordered by Xuanzong to lead a fleet to the Nanyang countries for the first time as a eunuch. Jinghong first went to Sumatra and then to Java.

When he returned to China, the king of Sumatra sent his younger brother Hani Zhihan to Beijing with the fleet to pay tribute. This is the eighth time that the Ming Dynasty organized a trip to the West.

On February 23, 1436, the first year of orthodoxy, Yingzong ordered Wang Jinghong, the garrison of Nanjing, to stop buying and building, and no longer make foreigners. Not long after, Wang Jinghong passed away.

As you can see, at this time, it has reached the Orthodox year, and in the fourteenth year of Orthodoxy (1449), the Tumubao change occurred. Yes, during the orthodox years, Mongolia, which was originally defeated by Zhu Di, was quietly rising again, and the leader of the Warat tribe was also the one who captured Ming Yingzong alive in the Tumubao Incident.

I think that the re-emergence of the Mongols made the Ming Dynasty wary of the north and not the south. In addition, economists have explained that the gains of going to the West outweigh the losses, so they are unable to organize the West. I don't think that's entirely true, because, until the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the world's wealth flowed into China, and China was so rich!

How can there be no organization? It just depends on the decision of the imperial court at that time.

Of course, there was a mention of the influence of the Wakos, and this is indeed one. However, the sea ban of the Ming Dynasty was only a short period of time, and the ban was opened in the Longqing time of Ming Muzong. As for the Qing Dynasty's seclusion, it only began in the Yongzheng period.

There are still people who dare to say that China is not good at sea routes?! Joke! Is the Maritime Silk Road just talking?! Now China's South China Sea issue is a historical problem, and for a long time, the maritime frontier has not been taken seriously, and Hainan Island was once abandoned during the Han Dynasty.

Another point is that now many people have been barbarized by Europe and the United States, and when they think of navigation, they think of aggression and expansion! There is no sense of pacifism at all!

1. The main purpose of Zheng He's trip to the West was to promote the prestige of the country, and the economic benefits were not large, but the expenses were not small, which was not allowed by the national economy.

2. Most of the emperors of the later generations of the Ming Dynasty were mediocre and would no longer take the initiative to send people to the West.

3. The Ming Dynasty implemented a policy of banning the sea, and the Qing Dynasty implemented a closed country and did not allow large-scale access to the sea.

Zheng He went to the West seven times, not for profit, it was purely a face project of "raising the prestige of our country", taking **** for other people's spices (pepper, star anise, etc., the Ming Dynasty once used this as a ** Yulu, up to 50 years), and the suicidal economic behavior of "thin and thick" for foreign tribute, people gave us a dollar, and we paid back ten yuan. This kind of going to the West is a typical loser activity, and the whole world was scolding at that time, and even ** was very dissatisfied. The country has money and can still support this kind of activity of slapping the face and filling the fat, but later the economy is not good, the national strength is declining, and it is normal to stop.

Besides, since ancient times, China has no understanding of maritime interests, does not know how to expand and invade, and it is natural that it cannot take the road of capitalist expansion.

Later, the emperor changed, the domestic economic strength was insufficient, and in fact, later people did not pay much attention to overseas dispatch, and China went overseas mainly to promote our country's prestige at that time.

Because almost nothing is gained, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Since ancient times, China has not been good at sea routes, has no technology, no experience, no purpose and no military power, so it simply gave up, so until now, the South China Sea is still being ravaged by people.

Because Zheng He's investment in the West is the best investment, there is no income at all, but he has to post a lot, so he can't support it financially.

Zheng He's voyage to the West did not bring benefits to the merchants, and there was no catalyst in the people.

The dislike of the new emperor.