Yang Jiaofeng on Water Margin Series No. 56:
After the birth anniversary was robbed, Yang Zhi stumbled to the foot of Erlong Mountain, and immediately reconciled with Lu Zhishen, who was also trapped here, and the two of them, together with Cao Zheng and others, designed to seize Erlong Mountain and become the king of the mountain.
At the same time, Chao Gai's gang, who had robbed the birthday gang, was also wanted by the government, and under the hard work of the fishermen in San Nguyen and Shijie Village, they repelled the officers and soldiers who came to pursue them. Then the crowd went to Liangshan, and Wu, who was good at observing the color, provoked Lin Chong with his design, and the fire merged Wang Lun, and Chao Gai and his gang also took advantage of Liangshan.
However, doubts arose, yang zhi and Lu Zhishen seized Erlongshan, which was taken by force. Chao Gai and others seized Liangshan because of the infighting in Liangshan, but why was Wang Lun, the leader of Liangshan, wrong, and why was he slaughtered by Lin Chong, who had always been good at patience?
Yang Jiaofeng talks about water margin series No. 56: Water Margin: Lin Chong was taken in by Liangshan without a way, why did he take revenge on Wang Lun?
One
Lin Chong has always been good at patience, which can be seen from how he treats his wife being teased by Gao Yanei, and at this time, he is really cornered.
In the face of the official government's wantedness, Lin Chong, who hid in Chai Jin's home, was like sitting on a needle felt, on the one hand, he did not want to involve Chai Daguan. On the other hand, I don't live well, but I really don't know where else to hide?
But he wanted to go, so he wanted to borrow some money from Chai Jin as a coil and leave here:
"If the great officials are so generous and teach the villains to settle down and live, they don't know where to go?"
Because of this, Chai Jin recommended Lin Chong to go to Shuipo Liangshan, because it was created by Chai Jin's investment. At present, there are three good men there, one is Wang Lun, a white-clothed Xiushi, one is Touching Heaven Duqian, and the other is Yunli King Kong Song Wan:
"The three good men also befriended me, and often sent books. I am repairing a letter with my brother today, how about going there to join the company? ”
With the recommendation of Chai Daguan, Lin Chong and Zhu Gui set foot on the Liangshan territory and handed a letter of recommendation to Wang Lun, the leader of Liangshan at this time, and Zhu Gui also specially introduced Lin Chong:
“...... Junai kills three people and escapes to the house of Chai Daguan, where they respect each other. Therefore, a close-up book came and recommended to join the company. ”
In his opinion, with Chai Jin's letters, Lin Chong's entry into Liangshan was a matter of nails, ten to nine stable, in fact, it was true at the beginning:
"Lin Chong took the book in his arms and handed it to him, and Wang Lun took it apart and read it, so he asked Lin Chong to sit in the fourth chair, and Zhu Gui sat in the fifth place."
It can be said that by this time, everything was logical and without any waves, and the other Liangshan generals had no opinion, and even Zhu Gui sat in the fifth chair.
Two
The matter is not over here, in the process of drinking and celebrating, Wang Lun understood Lin Chong's ability, and couldn't help but worry about his own status, and he had the idea of driving him away, and even did not hesitate to be grateful to Chai Jin:
"It's just that Chai Jin's face is not good-looking, he forgot the grace of the past few days ago, and now he can't take care of him."
So the next day, Wang Lun immediately changed his face, took out some silver, and sent Lin Chong away, for a simple reason:
"The small village lacks grain, the houses are not tidy, the manpower is weak, I am afraid that I will miss the foot in the future, and it is not good to look at..."
In the face of this moth played by Wang Lun, Lin Chong was stunned on the spot and was still defending himself. He said that he had gone through all kinds of difficulties to come here, and moreover, it was the Chai official who recommended him to come here, and the leader of Wanwang left himself, willing to do the work of dogs and horses.
Not only did Lin Chongwan not expect Wang Lun to play this play, but even the other three leaders were a little surprised, and the first to raise objections was Zhu Gui, who went up the mountain with Lin Chong. Not only did he refute Wang Lun's statement that the cottage had little grain and insufficient space, but he also moved out chai jin:
"This is the person recommended by the Chai official, how to teach him to go elsewhere." Or is it that chai officials have come to have grace with the mountain, and when they learn in the future that they do not accept this person, they must not look good. ”
Du Qian was also opposed, for reasons similar to Zhu Gui, and also mentioned that Liangshan could fully tolerate Lin Chong. Moreover, Chai Jin is kind to us, if we drive Lin away, and Chai Daguan asks in the future, won't it seem that we are ungrateful?
Song Wan is also the same reason, if we refute Chai Jin's face, we really have no place for ourselves, I am afraid that everyone in the jianghu will laugh off their teeth.
Three
In the case that everyone else was opposed, Wang Lun could only retreat to the second place and put forward the so-called "letter of submission", and then Lin Chong met Yang Zhi, who barely passed the test and stayed.
No matter how tortuous the process was, the final outcome was good, after all, Lin Chong stayed. But why did Lin Chong kill Wang Lun later, even if Wang Lun was a little resistant to himself at first, but the sin did not lead to death, then what did he do wrong?
First of all, Wang Lun's psychology has a problem, and people with this mentality and ability can't be the boss at all!
He did not correct his position at the beginning, he was the head of the bandits, zhanshan was the king, and there were hundreds of younger brothers under him. Being a bandit is not a high-profile profession, but full of challenges, not only to worry about three meals a day, but also to always guard against the officers and soldiers to suppress, and even to worry about the encroachment of peers.
There is a saying that is very good, called "a soldier bears a bear, and a nest of bears and bears", whether it is Yue Jiajun or Qi Jiajun. The reason why they can be invincible is that the leader is strong, the bandits are similar to the army, and only by obeying the strong can they eat meat and take credit.
Whether the boss can do it or not will be directly related to the prosperity of the mountain, and the lives of other leaders and minions will also hang on him.
Like Wang Lun, if anything stronger than his own ability is not accepted, then the ceiling of Liangshan's strength will be up to Wang Lun's level. Not to mention resisting the officers and soldiers, a few people on other hills will come over at random, and they will all give an account.
If there was no Lin rushing to Liangshan, it is estimated that Ruan Xiao'er, Ruan Xiaowu, and Ruan Xiaoqi of Shijie Village would dare to take his Liangshan. After all, the killing of Deng Long of Erlong Mountain is a living example, once the boss dies, the little minions will naturally surrender and obey the strong.
Four
In fact, in the setting of "Water Margin", this logic is basically followed, such as the following:
Zhu Wu, the divine machine army master, the earliest character in "Water Margin", is the first lord of Shaohua Mountain. Later, Shi Jin, the lord of Shijiazhuang, captured Chen Da of Shaohua Mountain, and Zhu Wu, seeing that Shi Jin was very powerful, took the initiative to plead guilty, and later let Shi Jin become the lord of Shaohua Mountain.
There was also the little bully King Zhou Tong, who was the owner of the peach blossom cottage, and later beat Li Zhong by the beaten tiger, and the people let Li Zhong become the boss without saying a word, which is what Li Zhong personally told Lu Zhishen:
"At that time, I led people down the mountain and fought with the little brother, but I won him, leaving the little brother on the mountain as the owner of the village, and let the first chair teach the little brother to sit..."
There is also the fire-eyed fox Deng Fei, who was initially the boss of Ma Chuan, and later met the iron-faced Pei Xuan. Seeing that the people were strong, they also gave up the owner of the village to others, which is also what Deng Fei personally told Dai Zong and Yang Lin:
"This Pei Xuanji makes a good double sword, let him be older, and see the main in the cottage."
Therefore, with Lin Chong's skill, if he directly defected to Shaohua Mountain, Peach Blossom Mountain, and Drinking Machuan, he did not need any introduction letters, and if he casually punched, he would be able to drink wine and eat meat immediately, and incidentally the entire mountain would belong to him.
This point, don't say that the people on Liangshan do not understand, even Ruan Xiao'er and Cao Zheng are bent for Lin Chong, it is really a good thing not to go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, it can be seen that Wang Lun's character is indeed a problem, such as Ruan Xiao'er:
"I heard the white-robed Xiucai Wang Lun's men all say that his heart was narrow and narrow, and he couldn't be at ease. The Tokyo Forest rushed up the mountain and gasped for breath. ”
Five
There was also Cao Zheng, who had not heard Master Lin Chong complain head-on, but he heard from many people that Lin Chong was angry:
"The little people also listen to the legend of the people, Wang Lunna's plaque is narrow and unsettling. When I said that when my master Lin Jiao went up the mountain, I was exhausted by his anger. In this way, many people have said that in the future, we will know. ”
Even in Cao Zheng's eyes, even Deng Long of Erlong Mountain was stronger than Wang Lun, which recommended Yang Zhi to surrender to Erlong Mountain, but Yang Zhi did not want to surrender and took the mountain.
From the mouths of Ruan Xiao'er and Cao Zheng, it can be seen that Wang Lun's heart is narrow, but it is not an outsider who is saying it, but his own subordinates are speaking and passing it on.
Wang Lun is stupid, others are not stupid, after all, their lives are tied to the boss's body, Leaving Lin Rush in Liangshan, their survival rate has increased significantly. For them, the more cattle people, the more powerful the team, the stronger the team, the greater the possibility of their own survival, otherwise why is it called "holding the thigh"?
It can be said that even if there is no Lin Chong, after a long time, everyone will wake up and get rid of Wang Lun on their own, something related to their own life, can you joke?
In fact, when Wang Lun was eliminated, none of his subordinates were of top use.
It is reasonable to say that their boss was suddenly hit by a new guy on the mountain with a knife to the throat, should not say a word to dry Lin Chong ah, but unfortunately their first reaction is to persuade:
"Du Qian, Song Wan, and Zhu Guiben were about to come forward to persuade them, but they were closely helped by these few people, and they dared to move there."
The word "persuasion" is used well, and the meaning is very simple, that is, to persuade Lord Lin Chong to have a large number and spare Wang Lun. From one side, it also shows that Lin Chong's behavior, they also understand, is not a big rebellion.
Six
You know, at this time, Liangshan, even the little minions were added, a total of seven or eight hundred people. You Wang Lun, as the boss, want to drive Chao Gai and the other seven people away, how can you arrange good people and horses to guard against them?
Fortunately, he met Chao Gai, who is still relatively moralistic, as long as he is kind to himself, he will find a way to repay, such as saving Bai Sheng. If Wang Lun had met Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi of the Erlong Mountain, if there was a chance for him to open his mouth, he would have been directly like Deng Long, and he would have been stabbed with a knife.
Lack of awareness of the crisis, and there are not many confidants on the mountain, in the face of emergencies, there is no order, and you have to ask yourself:
"Where are my henchmen?"
Unfortunately, none of them were willing to fight for Wang Lun's life, Lin Chong saw this scene, and estimated that his heart was more bottomed, and a knife resulted in Wang Lun:
"Lin Chong grabbed Wang Lun, scolded him, went to his heart socket with only a knife, and fell down on the pavilion with a sneer."
As soon as Wang Lun died, the others did not say a word, and fell to their knees in a panic:
"Frightened, Nadu Qian, Song Wan, and Zhu Gui all knelt down and said, 'May I fall with my brother's whip!' ”
When the times decided to abandon you, Wang Lun was still lucky, the good villain Lin Chong had already greeted him, and what more people experienced was that not only did they not say hello, but also slapped you.
He didn't realize at all that even Lin Chong, the leader of the eight hundred thousand Forbidden Army, had fallen into the grass, and the times had already changed quietly. Later, Yang Zhi's appearance reminded him again, but unfortunately he did not think deeply, why did these well-known figures have nowhere to hide?
Just as the so-called One Leaf Knows Autumn, with Lin Chong, soon there will be Yang Zhi, Lu Zhishen, Chao Gai, Wu Song, Song Jiang... And so on and so forth. How could he possibly be able to keep Liangshan with the key he held, and Wang Lun would inevitably be abandoned by the times.
In summary:
Wang Lun was originally a talented person, and he didn't think about the matter of obtaining a meritorious name, so he had to learn from others to rebel. The scholar's rebellion is just that, or do you have to be the boss, do you think the boss is so good?
Either you have the great divine skills of the world, and the people below are subdued by you, and you are not convinced to be served; or you have the wisdom of the heavens and the earth, and others cannot calculate you, and you are playing with others in the palm of your hands; or you have resources, money, connections, and land, which will win people's hearts...
Unfortunately, Wang Lun, you don't have anything to do, but you still want to keep the identity of the boss, and even go against the recommendation of the benefactor Chai Jin, and treacherously pick lin chong away. Big brother, Liangshan was created by Chai Jin, offended him, who provided funds, and how to serve the public?
It is only natural that such a person who has no ability, who has no faith in his words, who is also ungrateful, who goes against the opinions of the people, and who has no sense of distress, was killed by Lin Chong.
In the Water Margin world, Lin Chong's actions are righteous acts, not ungrateful, and Liang Shan is not Wang Lun's alone:
"You are a poor confucian in the village, and you got here thanks to Du Qian." Chai Daguan people have funded you like this, zhou to the plate, intersect with you, recommend me to come, but many push back. Today all the Hoggetts came together, and they sent him down the mountain. Is this Liangshan Po yours? ”
Occupying such good resources as Liangshan, but not knowing how to develop and utilize, let alone fighting with officers and soldiers, it is estimated that even the Erlong Mountain occupied by Lu Zhishen cannot be defeated. It was precisely because of the arrival of the second generation of village lord Chao Gai that Liangshan was carried forward and enlarged, and only then did it have the basis for annexing other mountains.
From this point of view, Wang Lun's death is appropriate!
My name is Yang Jiaofeng, look at the Water Margin from another perspective, you will find different fun, like it, please pay attention to it!