"Go to Liangshan, be a good man", the good men of Liangshan set off a wave of chivalrous righteousness in the Song Dynasty, and in the face of the inaction of Emperor Huizong of Song, many young talents with lofty ambitions have chosen to go to Liangshan and become good men. Song Jiang, as the third leader of the good men of Liangshan, was very different from the previous two Liangshan kings in terms of personality and ambition.
Wang Lun and Chao Gai were not as ambitious as Song Jiang, and Song Jiang, who was known for "timely rain", only wanted to rely on his courage and ability to serve the imperial court and contribute his own strength to the construction of the country all his life, and he was very persistent in being an official to improve his class level, and even did not hesitate to use 70 good men to exchange for appeasement, equivalent to how big an official he is now? Lian Cai Kyoto wanted to kill him.
The first King of Liangshan was Wang Lun, Wang Lun, as a fallen xiucai, he was not as polite and humble as an ordinary scholar, humble and studious, studying is to get an ideal name, and then be able to be a gentleman who knows books and Dali in peace and stability, and eat a full meal. Wang Lun's ambitions were great, but he had a lot of enthusiasm and didn't have enough ability.
When the team of good men in Liangshan gradually took shape, Wang Lun gradually got used to the feeling that everyone was circling around him and condescending. Began to indulge in the comfortable life on Liangshan, early to leave the ambition of this rebel army behind, in order to be able to live this life all the time, in the face of Lin Chong, a strong martial arts tough man, jealousy broke out, on the spot refused Lin Chong to go up the mountain.
He was afraid that Lin Chong, who could write and martial arts, rushed to Liangshan and robbed him of his seat, and as a reader, in order to live a prosperous and rich life, he did not hesitate to go down the mountain to rob his family, and Liangshan became a refuge for Wang Lun to enjoy life. Soon, "Tota Heavenly King" Chao Gai rushed to Liangshan, facing a bloody, righteous and awe-inspiring Chao Gai.
Wang Lun was soon defeated, chao gai became the second master of Liangshan, chao gai this person was full of righteousness, after he became the master, changed the image of the thief caused by Wang Lun in the past, began to go down the mountain to rob the poor and rich, and accumulated a lot of people's hearts. However, the biggest disadvantage of Chao Gai is that he will not make decisive decisions and policies.
He wanted to gather the world's good men in Liangshan to perform heroic deeds, so when Song Jiang became the lord of Liangshan, the number of good men in Liangshan once reached one hundred and eight. Song Jiang saw the incompetence of Emperor Huizong of Song, the unrestrained increase in taxes on the people, and the pressure on the people's lives was overwhelmed, so Song Jiang was ready to take Liangshan's good brothers to revolt and rebel against the rule of the imperial court.
So after finding a few good men to discuss, several people immediately agreed, immediately went down to the mountain to revolt, at first only attacked the granaries of some prefectures and counties, and distributed the grain obtained to the poor people in the local area, so although Song Huizong heard about the Song Jiang uprising, he did not take this matter to heart, but he underestimated the good men of Liangshan.
They fought heroically and righteously all the way, attacking from Shandong to Hebei, and the Song army could not be defeated everywhere they went, and directly made a name for themselves in the whole country. Emperor Huizong of Song realized that Song Jiang's gang was not simple, so he quickly summoned his ministers to discuss how to suppress the Song army, and at this time, the ministers also heard about how powerful Song Jiang's group of people were.
If it is hard to arrest, it will definitely cause chaos, because the peasant uprising of Song Jiang and his gang has won the hearts and minds of the people in the city. After careful consideration, Minister Hou Meng proposed to recruit good Men of Liangshan to Song Jiang's gang. Emperor Huizong of Song was also very reasonable to hear, since the Liangshan Good Han Clan was so capable, it was better to let them contribute to the imperial court.
However, because General Hou Meng died accidentally, Emperor Huizong of Song, who was not at all attentive, shelved the matter again and again, which gave Song Jiang enough opportunities. So Song Jiang walked and fought, and it was not until he was about to fight in front of Song Huizong that Song Huizong sent another person to discuss the matter of recruiting security with Song Jiang, but before that, the Song army and the good men of Liangshan still had to fight a war.
When the imperial court took this matter seriously, the result must have been obvious, the Song Jiang clan was defeated, and Song Jiang, who originally had the will to change the class of the officials, gladly accepted it after knowing that the imperial court was going to recruit himself and his brothers. You must know that a team that has carried out a peasant uprising enters the imperial court, and even if it is capable, the imperial court will not reuse them.
At that time, Song Jiang was also desperate, and he did not think of this at all. After these battles, only 27 of the 108 good men of Liangshan were left, Wu Song left home, Lu Zhishen went to Liuhe Temple, Lin Chong was weak and paralyzed in bed, with countless deaths and injuries, and many brothers left halfway. The imperial court granted Song Jiang the official position of a pacification envoy.
The appeasement envoy is the commander-in-chief of the army of the prefecture-level city, the supreme military commander of a city, equivalent to the current mayor level, and the power is still very large. Compared with his previous position as an abbot in the imperial court, his power was much greater, but Song Jiang still could not directly mobilize the army in the military aspect, and he had to obtain the consent of the superiors of the imperial court.
For Song Jiang, who had launched a peasant uprising, it was as if he had a previous crime, and the imperial court was even more wary of him. However, after taking office, Song Jiang broke the suspicion of the imperial court with his own strength, first attacking the Liao state and fighting Tian Hu. Later, he eliminated Wang Qing and marched down, and the imperial court looked up to him with admiration, and Song Jiang served as the official of WuDe Dafu and concurrently the commander of the Terracotta Army.
Song Jiang had repeatedly contradicted the imperial court ministers Gao Qi and Cai Jing when he was in Liangshan, and now Song Jiang was mixing in the imperial court, which caused the heavy ministers Gao Li and Cai Jing to be very dissatisfied, these two ministers can be described as the emperor's confidants, deeply trusted by the emperor, almost what they say the emperor believes.
So the two joined forces to frame many good men in Liangshan step by step. Song Jiang was outnumbered in the imperial court, and finally it was Song Jiang's turn, and the traitor Cai Jing poisoned Song Jiang's imperial wine, and Song Jiang, knowing that he was cornered, resigned himself to the fate of drinking the poisoned wine and died immediately. Ended his life of ups and downs.
The good men of Liangshan could have lived on the mountain by drinking wine, eating meat, and eating a big meal, as long as they did not threaten the interests of the imperial court, the imperial court would not treat them like this. However, Song Jiang, who had originally served as an abbot, was depressed, and on this way, he sacrificed the lives and interests of many brothers to become a high-quality official at the imperial court.
Then Song Jiang was also a vicious and ruthless person, ostensibly leading his brothers in an uprising and becoming an official together, but in fact, to a large extent, for his own selfish interests, regardless of the brothers' lives or deaths, on the road to becoming an official, it was not only these 70 good men of Liangshan who sacrificed. Before going up to Liangshan. Song Jiang hid his ambitions in order to hide.
He also brutally murdered Yan Boxi and Huang Wenbing, who were holding his handle. Not only did he send people to cut Huang Wenbing alive, but he also killed his family. As long as he was prevented from becoming an official, there was no good end, and even li kui, a good brother who accompanied him from birth to death, was used by him to drink poison with him and rush to Huangquan. Song Jiang is a good man, but at the same time a selfish and resourceful person.