After watching "Water Margin" for so many years, many people think that they have a very detailed understanding of the various characters in it, and the entanglement of grievances and the failure of every good man to end up with our deep regrets are also deeply regrettable. However, many people also think that this is the most deserved ending of the Water Margin, after all, the end of the great success often does not fully show the cruel human nature and the significance of history. Therefore, looking at the whole process of Water Margin, we should not only feel the heroism of not fearing power from it, but also learn lessons from what entanglements, and apply what we have learned is the most important.
Today, we will not talk about all kinds of people in the Water Margin, nor will we talk about the many interests in the Water Margin, but only talk about a question that everyone seems to know but is not accurate, that is, whether the boss of Liangshan is Song Jiang or not. Speaking of this, perhaps many people will feel absurd, is there someone else in Liangshan, and after we have stripped away the cocoon, we found that this pivotal figure should have been Wu Yong, and Wu Yong himself only realized this at the last moment of his life.
And why is it believed that Wu Yong is the boss of Liangshan, from the development of Liangshan to the final collapse, in fact, the entire main line is inextricably linked to Wu Yong, from many details, we can also spy the strengths and weaknesses of Wu Yong's character, to say that Liangshan was able to flourish at that time is inseparable from him, but Liangshan's final loneliness is also closely related to Wu Yong's unavoidable weakness and his own consideration of the situation at that time.
Wu Yong was the central figure at the time of liangshan's initial uprising
The good people of Liangshan all have their own unknown stories, and the reasons for how they were forced to go to Liangshan are still different, but it is precisely the team of rulers who have long been merged into the imperial court that forced them to openly confront the imperial court, you know, the Song Dynasty dynasty at that time was already a situation of internal and external difficulties, not only was it surrounded by strong enemies outside, but the lives of the domestic people were already in a state of ruin, so when the officials forced the people to rebel, the people could only have to rebel.
The good men who still have the ability to return to the countryside and do not ask about the world are not expected to eventually rebel, it is precisely because they cannot escape the oppression of the imperial court that they began to stand on their own mountain, so at the beginning, the leaders of Liangshan were dominated by Chao Gai and Wu Yong, and they were also the founders of the spirit of the good Han of Liangshan. Therefore, even after Chao Gai's death, Wu Yong is still the most classic carrier and inheritor of this good man spirit, whether Liangshan is nominally Chao Gai or Song Jiang's ruler, Wu Yong has been silently assisting it behind his back, so Wu Yong, as a core figure, has always played a pivotal role in the direction of Liangshan.
Resourcefulness is enough to subvert the fate of the good man of Liangshan
At the time of Chao Gai's presence, the momentum developed by the good men of Liangshan had already posed a considerable threat to the imperial court at that time, but Chao Gai always insisted that the purpose of creating Liangshan was to oppose the imperial court to regain the attention of the imperial court in this curved way to save the country, so even if Wu Yong felt that the imperial court threw an olive branch to Liangshan and was shaken in his heart. However, when Song Jiang became the leader of Liangshan, Wu Yong's deep desire in this regard was rekindled.
You must know that Wu Yong also opposed the imperial court because he was indeed a scholar who did not meet with talent, and if he was given the opportunity to enter the court, he would not be able to do anything against the imperial court. Therefore, Liangshan, which was later dominated by Song Jiang, even became a chip in Wu Yong's eyes to cooperate with the imperial court, and many of Wu Yong's thoughts actually coincided with Song Jiang.
Under such circumstances, Song Jiang played a role in negotiating with the imperial court in the front, while Wu Yong carefully planned Liangshan's recruitment behind his back, but all this was carried out smoothly under his resourcefulness, so only Such a mental Wu Yong had the ability to subvert the fate of Liangshan's good han, which also doomed him to be the boss of Liangshan.
When he finally awakens, he apologizes for his sins with death
In fact, when Wu Yong faced the good men of Liangshan who could not be treated fairly by the imperial court even if they were recruited, with his ability, even if he could not seek justice for the good men of Liangshan at that time, it was still very likely that he himself wanted to save his whole body and retreat, that is to say, even if Wu Yong was the invisible boss in Liangshan, he still had room in many aspects, at least, the good men of Liangshan at that time could still find Song Jiang to settle the general account with a tragic ending.
However, when the corrupt officials of the imperial court still poisoned Song Jiang with poisonous wine, and mercury killed Lu Junyi, Wu used all the illusions in his heart for the imperial court to be completely destroyed, and instead, it was a scholar who could not reverse the helplessness of Qiankun, and he knew more clearly that his original decision was the culprit that ultimately caused the tragic death of his good brothers.
In fact, if Wu Yong really wanted to live, really no one would deliberately murder him, even if Wu Yong, who was far away from the imperial court, could save his life, but he did not do so in the end, on the contrary, self-judgment and Song Jiang's tomb were his inner shame, and the real jianghu boss would also not choose to run away but generously go to righteousness when the great disaster came, at this time Wu Yongcai really understood from all aspects of his body and mind that he had always been in the position of the boss, and his death was also the morality of being the boss.
Therefore, many people did not think that a scholar was actually the core figure who subverted the whole of Liangshan in the end, but history is such an inhumane after all, just imagine, if Wu Yong could recognize the dangers of the situation earlier and can really consider the interests of the Liangshan brothers, perhaps, the ending of the Water Margin is really different, but that Chinese history is also destined to be rewritten.