The ancient Sulu Kingdom was located on the Sulu Islands in the Philippines. During the Ming Dynasty, the ancient Sulu Kingdom began close friendly exchanges with our country. In the 15th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1417 AD), the three kings on the Sulu Islands, headed by the Eastern King Badu Gebahala, led a friendly delegation of more than 340 officials, led a friendly mission of more than 340 people to visit our country.

On the ship arriving in Sulu Kingdom, Zheng He talked to Ma Doudou and Zhiguoguo all the way and what he had seen and heard about voyages to the West over the years.

"Do you think the world I see is the world you are talking about?"

Zheng He felt that what he saw and heard in the six voyages of the West in recent years had already exceeded his cognition. He also invited people to compile his six voyages of the West in recent years, and he hoped to leave some precious historical materials for future generations.

"The world is really big. What you are going down now is the South Pacific. There are four other oceans on Earth except the Pacific..."

Before Ma Doudou could finish his words, Zheng He interrupted Ma Doudou with some difficulty.

"It's a pity that my body is getting worse day by day. This is my sixth voyage. I don't know how many more I can come out."

Zheng He suddenly felt a little sad. He now hopes that God can make him ten years younger, even five years younger.

Seeing Zheng He's sad look, Zhiguoguo hurriedly spoke out to comfort him.

"You are already very outstanding. You let them see the strength of our Ming Dynasty. You are an amazing person. Do you know? People in later generations are very grateful to you and they are proud of you."

Listening to Zhiguoguo comforting him, Zheng He felt warm in his heart, and he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes a little embarrassedly.

"Look at the wind on this boat is a bit strong, let's go to the cabin."

Zheng He pretended that the wind was blowing into his eyes, and he covered his embarrassment.

Ten days later, they arrived at Sulu Kingdom as promised. The king of Sulu Kingdom brought a group of powerful ministers to greet Zheng He in person at the port.

During this trip, Zheng He brought them silk and tea, while the king of Sulu gave them gold, silver and jewelry.

Zheng He voyages to the West seven times, led a fleet from Nanjing, gathered at Liujiagang in Taicang, Jiangsu, and stationed at Taiping Port in Changle, Fuzhou, Fujian to wait for Fengkaiyang, and voyages from the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. He visited more than 30 countries and regions, including Java, Sumatra, Sulu, Pahen, Zhenla, Guli, Siam (xiān), Banggela, Adan, Tianfang, Zuofa, Hulumus, Mugudushu and other places. It is known that it reaches East Africa and the Red Sea as far as the one.

Zheng He's voyage to the West was the largest sea voyage in ancient China, with the largest ships and seafarers and the longest time. It was also the largest series of sea adventures in world history before the voyage of Europe's geographical discoveries in the late 15th century.

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Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty, and the uncle of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen (wén). He ascended the throne in the fourth year of Jianwen and reigned for twenty-two years. His reign was named "Yongle". Later, he became the Emperor Yongle.

During the reign of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, he worked hard to govern and continued the Hongwu policy. Politically, he continued to implement the policy of reducing the vassal states and strengthened centralization; reformed the official system and established the cabinet and the East Factory. Military, he personally conquered Mongolia for five times, occupied Annan, established the Nurgandu Division in the northeast, set up the Hamiwei in the northwest, set up the Daguzhi, Dimasa, Diwutu and other Xuanwei envoys and Guizhou Chengxuan Zheng's Office, as well as the Old Port Xuanwei Office in the southern hemisphere. He sent Zheng He to the West to strengthen friendly exchanges between China and foreign countries and the management of the South China Sea area, and implemented the ******* for the management of Tibet. Culturally, the Yongle Encyclopedia was compiled. In order to strengthen control over the northern region, the Grand Canal was dredged, the capital was moved to Beijing, and the Forbidden City was built.

Chengzu of Ming Dynasty also sent Zheng He to lead a huge fleet to sail for seven times, and conducted friendly and peaceful exchanges with more than 30 countries and regions in the South and Indian Oceans. Zheng He reached the east coast of Africa, the Red Sea and the holy land of the *** religion. During the seven voyages to the West, Zheng He's fleet also upheld the principles of morality and justice in Emperor Yongle, and abides by the specific task of "people and things, and love all things in a wide range."

During the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty was in the world's leading position in politics, economy, culture and military, so it attracted many overseas countries and saw a grand occasion of various countries rushing to celebrate.

In order to communicate with people from various countries, Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty set up the Four Barbarians Hall (equivalent to the current Ministry of Foreign Affairs), which specializes in translating languages ​​and scripts of various countries and ethnic minorities. The Huitong Hall has eight museums, including North Korea, Japan, Annan, Siam, Tatar, Mangas, Uyghu, and Ryukyu (these museums are equivalent to the current consulate in China). The staff in the museum are required to be familiar with foreign languages ​​to facilitate mutual conversations during reception.

In addition, the "Yongle Encyclopedia" personally produced by Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty is a large-scale book compiled in ancient my country and is a precious cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. The text of the book is 22,877 volumes, 60 volumes in catalogue, and is packed into 11,095 volumes, with a total number of words of about 370 million words. The book preserves the secrets of lost literature from the pre-Qin period and the Song and Yuan dynasties in my country, and has more than 8,000 kinds of classics and materials from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. It is the largest encyclopedia in ancient China.
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