In the eyes of the world, "Water Margin" is a classic work, and the brotherhood of the good men of Liangshan in the book is rumored to be a good story in later generations. The good men of Liangshan killed the rich and the poor, and the wind and rain were in the same boat, but the ending was really miserable, and those who died in battle also fell into the fate of being recruited by the imperial court.
In fact, the story behind "Water Margin" may not be fully known to the world. One thing to say is that the good men of Liangshan are a group of people who live very thoroughly. They are not good, but they are not indifferent to money. Let's say that the prodigal son Yan Qing, ranked thirty-six out of one hundred and eight, is one of the few characters with a good ending. But in the end, he took advantage of the night to pick up a load of jewelry and left Song Jiang to retire to the rivers and lakes. What's going on here?
First, understand the prodigal son Yanqing
Yan Qing's parents have both died since childhood, and her life is so embarrassing that she depends on food for a living. Later, he was still saved by Lu Junyi, and then entered the Lu Mansion as Lu Junyi's book boy, and with a stable life, he did not say that his food and clothing were worry-free. In Lu Province, Yan Qing was fully trained by Lu Junyi and became a person who was both literate and martial, and who understood human feelings and rules. Lu Junyi is also willing to throw thousands of dollars for Yan Qing. Yan Qing also knows how to repay kindness, and he can be said to be loyal to Lu Junyi.
One day, a group of people came from Liangshan, and they were going to "calculate" Lu Junyi. At this time, Yan Qing quickly saw through the "tricks" of the good men in Liangshan. At that time, the Song River had just become a climate, and the foundation was not yet deep. In order to create momentum for himself, Song Jiang set his sights on Lu Junyi.
Wu uses the disguise of a fortune teller and tells Lu Junyi that he will have a bloody disaster recently, so that Lu Junyi will go away and hide, but Lu Junyi is convinced of Wu Yong's words. At this time, Yan Qing bluntly advised Lu Junyi that it was definitely not safe on the road, but Lu Junyi did not listen to Yan Qing's words, and left Yan Qing, who was going to accompany him, in the palace. In this way, Lu Junyi was tricked into Liangshan, and at the same time cut off his way home.
Yan Qing, who remained in the palace, was abused by Li Gu and was later expelled from the palace. After that, Lu Junyi bumped into Yan Qing, and Yan Qing bitterly advised Lu Junyi not to go home, but Lu Junyi still did not listen, and as a result, he was once again caught in the plan and was sent to prison by Li Gu.
In fact, Yan Qing was like Mingjing'er to all this, and he even knew that Lu Junyi's wife and Li Haden's legs. But he didn't tell Lu Junyi that he knew what to say and what not to say. If you say it, Lu Junyi will be disgraced. He had already done his duty, but Lu Junyi just wouldn't listen, but there was nothing to say.
Yan Qing was alone, and he felt that if the people on Liangshan hadn't confused Lu Junyi before, I'm afraid there wouldn't have been the next things. But Yan Qing thought about it and felt that he still had to find help from people on Liangshan to rescue Lu Junyi. Therefore, with the help of the good man of Liangshan, Lu Junyi was rescued. The first thing he did after he came out was to kill both his wife and Li Gu. After that, Lu Junyi officially went to Liangshan and sat on the second chair of Liangshan.
Song Jiang also gave Lu Junyi a face and let Yan Qing sit on the thirty-sixth chair of Liangshan, otherwise with Yan Qing's identity, he would not be qualified to sit on any chair. But Yan Qing was not disgusted, and felt that he could follow Lu Junyi.
In this way, Yan Qing followed Lu Junyi all the way. Later, when Yan Qing learned that Song Jiang, Lu Junyi, and others were going to accept the imperial court's zhao'an, he thought of his old acquaintance, Li Shishi, a famous prostitute in Beijing, and planned to find Li Shishi to help Lu Junyi promote zhao'an.
Through the relationship with Master Li and the unique connections and position of Master Li in the imperial court, Yan Qing was able to obtain the movements of the imperial court for the first time, so as to help Song Jiang make decisions and indirectly achieve Lu Junyi's wishes, which can also be seen that Yan Qing has unique abilities and experience.
Second, return to the hidden rivers and lakes
After Zhao An was completed, Song Jiang got a position in the imperial court as he wished, so he listened to Song Huizong's words with a dead heart. Later, Song Jiang led the good Han of Liangshan to conquer the Liao state first, and then to negotiate Fang La, and after several battles, Song Jiang won military merit, but only about twenty of the original one hundred and eight generals were left. After this, Yan Qing saw the situation clearly. He found that Emperor Huizong of Song did not actually recruit the good men of Liangshan with any kind intentions, but "used Kou to control the Kou", which was to wait until the good men of Liangshan were severely damaged before unloading and killing the donkey.
Therefore, Yan Qing advised Lu Junyi to leave quickly, so as not to be liquidated in the future. But Lu Junyi did not listen to Yan Qing this time, he thought that he had been recruited, and he would definitely have a good future in the future. After all, at this time, Lu Junyi still had a certain position in the good man of Liangshan, and among the two options of power and future, Lu Junyi chose the former. Seeing that Lu Junyi insisted on staying, Yan Qing felt that there was nothing more to say. He could only bid farewell to Lu Junyi, and after leaving a letter for Song Jiang, Yan Qing picked up a load of jewelry, took Master Li with him and ran away, and from then on he returned to the hidden rivers and lakes.
Third, why pick a burden of jewelry to run away?
Quite simply, where do you not need money to live? What's more, the soldiers are in chaos, and they can't live without some gold and silver jewelry. Yan Qing is a person who has come over, knows what it is like to have no money, and besides, Yan Qing's credit to Liangshan over the years, he is also worth this burden of jewelry.
In fact, the burden of jewelry that Yan Qing picked up was not a big sum of money for the good men of Liangshan who were still alive. Moreover, with Yan Qing's identity and status in Liangshan, it is understandable to pick up this burden of jewelry. Even if Song Jiang and his cadres knew that this was Yan Qing's work, they would not say anything more. After all, it is said that the big sky is broken, in the past it was still a brother, and it is not worth mentioning to pick up this burden of jewelry, Yan Qing calculated this point to have such a practice.
Facts have proved that Yan Qing's approach is very correct. After he left, the imperial court ordered the good men of Liangshan to lead troops to recruit Fang La, not so much the good men of Liangshan as cannon fodder. After the war, the good men of Liangshan died and were wounded, and only about twenty people were left in the end.
On the other hand, Yan Qing, who had previously left this camp and was spared possible casualties on the battlefield, it can be said that Yan Qing finally had a good ending. According to this, it is enough to see that Yan Qing not only has the wisdom of survival among the good men of Liangshan, but also has a deep city government.
4. Summary
In "Water Margin", Compared with Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong and others, Although yanqing is much less famous, he is a rare smart person among the good men of Liangshan. When encountering things, others are fans of the authorities, but Yan Qing is very sober.
For Lu Junyi, Yan Qing can also be described as loyal. He could always remind Lu Junyi at key moments that there might be a ghost, but Lu Junyi did not listen to Yan Qing's words, and he fell deeper and deeper step by step, and finally ended up with a miserable end of drowning in the water. For Lu Junyi, Yan Qing can be said to have exhausted his benevolence and righteousness. Whether it is loyal to the Lord, or to help the Lord surrender, Yan Qing is loyal to Lu Junyi.
Yan Qing's whereabouts have been unknown after returning to the Hidden Rivers and Lakes. However, with his martial arts skills, and with that burden of jewelry, and Master Li accompanying him to live a life, his life must be good. Small people may sometimes have great wisdom, and such people can not only save people from danger, but also free themselves from danger. I have to say that this is worth pondering.