The Silk Road was a famous trade route in ancient times, and it was not only a trade route for ancient Asia and Europe, but also a friendship route that communicated the cultures of the East and the West. Speaking of the Silk Road, many people will think of Zhang Qian, after all, Zhang Qian is the founder of the Silk Road, but today's interesting history xiaobian to talk about the person is not him, in the history of the Western Han Dynasty, in addition to Zhang Qian, there is another person who made a significant contribution to the development of the Silk Road, but his fame is far less than Zhang Qiangao, he is our protagonist Zheng Ji today.
Zheng Ji was a member of the Western Han Dynasty clan and the first governor of the Western Regions in Chinese history, and was later given the title of Marquis of Anyuan by Emperor Xuan of Han for his meritorious service in guarding the Western Regions, and after his death, he was given the title of Marquis of Miao. With such a status, many people may not imagine that Zheng Ji was just an ordinary soldier in his early years, although Zheng Ji was initially only a small soldier, but Zheng Ji was familiar with foreign affairs, courageous, and went out with the army many times, and then after all the promotion, he was successfully promoted to Lang Guan. By the time of Emperor Xuan of Han, Zheng Ji was given the title of squire, and was later ordered to conquer the Cheshi state, which was defeated and the king of Cheshi surrendered to the Han Dynasty. Zheng Ji was also promoted to Sima Wei because of this battle.
After that, the Xiongnu had civil unrest, the Xiongnu king Shan rebelled against his cousin RiZhao wang, led his own people to surrender to the Han Dynasty, in order to prevent deception, Zheng Ji was ordered to lead the Quli garrison and more than 50,000 soldiers and horses from the western region to greet, the Xiongnu Shan Yu certainly would not sit idly by, sent a large army to pursue and kill the Japanese king's troops, Zheng Ji not only safely escorted the japanese king back to Chang'an, and successfully repelled the Pursuit of the Xiongnu soldiers, after this battle, the Xiongnu also began to be jealous of Zheng Ji. Taking this opportunity, the Western Han Dynasty set up the Western Regions Capital Protectorate in Wulei City and appointed Zheng Ji as the first Capital Protector.
After Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions and the opening of the Silk Road, the Silk Road connected the cultural and economic transportation between the Western Han Dynasty and the Western Regions, which was of great strategic significance. As the saying goes, "it is difficult to start a business, it is even more difficult to keep a job", although Zhang Qian created the Silk Road, the Silk Road was still not perfect, and it was often harassed by hostile forces, while Zheng Ji stationed troops in the western region to deter these forces, and vigorously developed agricultural reclamation and reclamation of tuntian, so that the station became a large granary on the border of the Han Dynasty, making the Silk Road more stable.
Zheng Ji made great contributions to the stability of the Western Regions, and his exploits are comparable to those of Zhang Qian, the founder of the Silk Road, and Zheng Ji's evaluation may be the most appropriate sentence in the Book of Han: "The han's order Ban Xiyu yi began with Zhang Qian and became Zheng Ji."