In the novel "Water Margin", it can often be seen
Lu Zhishen, Shi Jin and other good people of Liangshan mentioned that they had defected to the "Old Seed Classics Slightly Xianggong", or were proud to serve under the "Old Seeds Classics Slightly Xianggong", and the words were full of admiration. However, in the whole book, this person has never appeared in the front, which is even more mysterious than the "sweeping monk" in the "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon". So, is "The Old Race Of The Classics Slightly Fair" a personal name or a nickname?
If he is a personal name, this name is too long; if he is a nickname, then this nickname is also a bit confusing. So I went out of my way to check it out and found it
It turned out that "the old breeding classics are slightly xianggong" refers to the famous general Seed Master Dao in the Northern Song Dynasty's "Seed Family Army".
And "Water Margin" also mentioned one
"The small seed is slightly fair" is the brother of the seed master.
I. Detailed Explanation of "The Old Species Is Slightly Fair"
"The old species is slightly fair" is actually a combination of "sort + surname + official position + honorific title". The "species" here is the surname of the famous Northern Song Dynasty general Seed Master Dao.
The original name of the seed master was Seed Jianzhong, in order to avoid the emperor's secret, the name was changed to seed master pole, and later Song Huizong gave the name "Master Road". Originally a civilian official in the imperial court, He later changed to a military post because of his outstanding strategy. In the Northern Song Dynasty's war against the invasion of Western Xia, Seed Master Dao gained prestige and was highly valued by the emperor. Because he once served as the "jingluo appeasement envoy" on the frontier, he was respected by the secular people as "jingluo xianggong".
"Jingluo" is an abbreviation for the official position of "Jingluo Appeasement Envoy", and the word "Xianggong" is an honorific name for the Northern Song Dynasty.
The term "Xianggong" is generally used by women to refer to "husbands" in modern times. However, in ancient times, such as some of the opera programs we watched, there were also people who called ordinary readers Xiang gong. However, in fact, this title could not be used casually for ordinary people before the Yuan Dynasty. During the Song Dynasty, the emperor was called "official", and the prime minister was called "Xianggong", and ordinary people could not use it casually.
There is a story in "Three Words and Two Beats" called "Xianggong Drinking and Hating the Mid-Levels Hall", and the "Xianggong" here refers to Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi was the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, so his honorific title was "Xianggong". But why is it that the "messenger of appeasement" is not the prime minister, but also the "Xianggong"? That's because the status of the Seed Master Dao and his "Seed Family Army" was very high during the Northern Song Dynasty. Among the seed master Dao and his younger brother seed master were the "feudal officials" with heavy troops, so there was no problem at all in the "Water Margin" that he and his brother were called "Xianggong".
Let's take a look at the word "old",
"Old" itself is an honorific, and the word "old" is also used here to distinguish it from "small".
Because of the brothers of the breeder Dao, he later also served as a "slightly appeased messenger". In order to distinguish the two of them, in "Water Margin", let everyone call his brother "Little Seed Sutra Slightly Gong".
II. "Seed Master's Way" and "Seed Family Army"
Seed Master Dao was the grandson of the famous Northern Song Dynasty general Seed Shiheng, and the troops brought out by Seed Shiheng were known as the "Seed Family Army". There are "three kinds" in the "Seed Family Army", namely Seed Shiheng's son Seed Chen, Grandson Seed Master Dao, and Seed Master Zhong. These three people, the Seed Master Dao, and the Seed Master, all served as "economically appeased messengers" on the border of the Northern Song Dynasty.
According to the theory, the seed is the eldest of the three, and he should be "the old breeder is slightly fair".
However, because the "History of Song" clearly records: "When the master's road was high in spring and autumn, the world called 'old breed'." Therefore, this "old seed sutra is slightly fair" can only be a kind of teacher' way.
The Song Dynasty was a dynasty that paid great attention to the etiquette of honor and inferiority.
Since the breeder Dao is an "old breed" and "a small seed is slightly fair", it can only be his younger brother among the breeders.
Seed Master Dao was born into a famous family and was an all-rounder in literature and martial arts. In his youth, he served as a general judge in Wonju and was demoted for offending Cai Jing. After ten years of silence, the imperial court once again used him for military service. Later, he led the army to resist the invasion of Western Xia, and then followed Tong Guan out of the division to conquer Liao. Outwitting the enemy chieftains, winning more with less; obtaining cattle, sheep and horses is not counted, and making great achievements. As a result, he was finally ostracized and framed by Tong Guan, and was ordered by the imperial court to be a soldier.
In the first year of Jing Kang, the Jin soldiers raised troops to the south, and Emperor Huizong of Song remembered that the seed master Dao had come, so he hurriedly summoned him to the capital to unify the troops and try to resist the enemy.
Because of his high moral age, people throughout the country at that time respected him very much, so they called him "old breed".
However, the seed master Dao vigorously advocated resisting Jin, but Song Qinzong and others vigorously advocated "peace", and Song Qinzong later even locked up Li Gang, whose main battle was fierce. The people of the Song Dynasty did not know what the situation of the seed master Dao was, and they were very worried, so they all ran to the palace gate to make trouble, hoping to see him. Song Qinzong had no choice but to release Li Gang and ask the seed master to come forward to appease the people.
Later, Song Qinzong still cut off the land and paid compensation, sending the Jin people.
Seed Master Dao felt that they should be destroyed when the Golden Soldiers crossed the river, otherwise they would definitely do it again in the future. But
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Chinjong did not want to listen to him. He was also dismissed from office and put under house arrest. Later, the war broke out again, and Song Qinzong turned to the "main battle"
In the imperial history, Xu Han believed that Song Qinzong should not dismiss the official of the Seed Master Dao and asked to see him.
Song Qinzong said that he was old and useless.
Xu Han saw the seed master from a distance and asked him about the good strategy of breaking the gold soldiers.
The breeders are instructed to divide the troops into camps, control the land and cut off the grain, and the enemy can be broken. Xu Han asked Emperor Qinzong to reinstate the Seed Master Daoist official. Emperor Qinzong ostensibly complied, but in fact did not give him a single soldier.
Finally, due to the confusion in the military command of the imperial court, the younger brother of Seed Master Dao, Seed Master Zhong, was killed in Taiyuan.
Zhi Shidao observed the situation of the Jin soldiers on the front line, predicted that the Jin soldiers would go south, and wrote a letter requesting Song Qinzong to move to Lin'an to hide. The ministers said he was afraid of death.
On the side of Emperor Qinzong of Song, one moment of the main battle, the other of the main peace, repeatedly recalled the seed master Dao, causing him to fall ill with excessive anger and illness, and died in October of the first year of Jing Kang at the age of seventy-six.
Let's talk about the death of the "small seed" breeder. In the first year of Jing Kang (1126 AD), Zhongshi Zhong, Yao Gu and Zhang Hao were assigned by the imperial court to rescue the siege of Taiyuan in three ways. The seed division was the first to recover Shouyang, but the other two troops did not follow, and the "Seed Family Army" did not dare to go deep alone, and could only camp nearby. At that time, the Jin general Yan Zonghan was in Datong, Shanxi, to escape the summer, and his men herded sheep near Datong.
The secret agents of the imperial court mistakenly believed that the Jin people were about to withdraw their troops and quickly reported it. The imperial court made a misjudgment and forced the breeding division to attack the Jinbing camp immediately. The breeders knew that they could not do anything, but the military orders were like mountains, and they could not fail to carry out the orders.
The troops in the seed division went into battle lightly overnight, and at the same time informed Yao Gu and Zhang Hao's troops to follow up, and as a result, Yao and Zhang's troops retreated from the battle, leaving the "seed family army" led by the seed division to fight alone, and finally hated the battlefield!
epilogue
The "Old Breeding Classics Slightly Xianggong" mentioned in the "Water Margin" is the famous general of the Northern Song Dynasty.
In his prime, he conquered the Western Xia and the Liao State, and in his later years he also died in order to defend the Song Dynasty. Among his younger brothers, the "Little Seed Classics Slightly Xianggong" breeders, even sacrificed their lives for the country and drank and hated the battlefield. Seed Master Dao was bent on the Song Dynasty, but in the end he died of grief, which was really a sigh.
Just a month after the death of Seed Master Dao, Jin Bing went south again, and the most humiliating scene in the history of the Song Dynasty, the "Shame of Jing kang", was caused by Emperor Huizong of Song and Emperor Qinzong of Song, as well as a large number of members of the imperial family and craftsmen and entertainers, who were captured.
For this famous general of the Song Dynasty, the Jin Bing general also gave a high evaluation, according to historical records: after the destruction of the city of Bieliang, the Jin Bing general very much wanted to go to see the seed master, but unfortunately at that time the seed master road had died. Therefore, the Jin general found Seed Master Dao's nephew Seed Shun and said to Seed Seed, "Your uncle Seed Master Dao is a rare general, if your emperor can take his advice, the Song Dynasty will not be defeated so badly, and now the Song Dynasty should understand that Seed Master Dao is a loyal person!"
At that time, Song Qinzong regretted it very much: he did not listen to the words of the general, so that he ended up like this!
Later, when the coffin of seed master Dao was escorted to the west, he encountered bandits who were doubtful and robbed the house on the road, and thought that they would encounter a bloody battle, but after learning that it was the coffin of the seed master's way, the bandits knelt on the ground and bowed to the coffin of the seed master's road. In the end, instead of robbing the seed, he gave him silver and other silver and other goods, so that he could bury this general who had served the country and the people all his life! As can be seen from this,
During the Northern Song Dynasty, Seed Master Dao and his younger brother Seed Master Zhong, like the later Yue Fei, were great heroes who were loyal to the country.
So
The people of the Song Dynasty, especially the warriors, were particularly admired by the seed master Dao and his brother the seed master, and many people were proud to have served them or served under them, and the many good men in "Water Margin" flocked to him, which was also the embodiment of their personality charm!