The most famous eldest brother in "Water Margin" is Song Jiang on Liangshan, who is not only a person who is proficient in officialdom, but also leads the Liangshan brothers to work for the imperial court and fight wars from east to west. Even though he made great contributions to the imperial court, the ending was very tragic. However, there was one person who had seen through Song Jiang's true purpose early on, and this person also made Song Jiang very afraid, he was Gongsun Sheng, who was called "Entering the Cloud Dragon".
There are three reasons why Song Jiang is afraid of Gongsun Sheng, one of which is that Gongsun Sheng knows magic very well. Song Jiang's confidant Wu Yong was deeply pleased with Song Jiang, although on the surface Wu Yong had some ability, but in fact he was just a scholar, and many things were only slightly understood. Gongsun Sheng had real talent and practical learning, and the contrast between the two was not only that Wu Yong was afraid of Gongsun Sheng, but song Jiang was even more worried that Gongsun Sheng would disturb the hearts of the army.
Second, Gongsun Sheng's original intention of defecting to Liangshan was to surrender to Chao Gai of the Thin Cloud Sky, but Song Jiang was helpless to cover Chao Gai. Gongsun Sheng also saw Song Jiang's purpose and immediately turned away from Liangshan. Third, Song Jiang had asked Gongsun sheng. Because most of the brothers on Liangshan were illiterate, as long as Gongsun Sheng was there, the brothers not only fully trusted Song Jiang, but also let him dominate.
1. Gongsun Sheng of the Dragon Into the Clouds
In "Water Margin", there are one hundred and eight good men in Liangshan, and Gongsun Long is only ranked after Song Jiang, Lu Junyi and Wu Yong. Most of the Liangshan brothers died, but the ending did not say that Gongsun Sheng was dead. On the contrary, the novel depicts Gongsun Sheng accepting the imperial court's offer to accompany the army to conquer the Liao state and attack Tian Hu.
Tian Hu's army defeated the good Han of Liangshan with a demon law, but Gongsun Sheng broke Tian Hu's demon law and surrendered him. Later, after Gongsun Sheng destroyed Wang Qing, he did not dwell on the battlefield, but instead went out to cultivate. Even though Gongsun Sheng had made great achievements in battle, he still did not covet fame and fortune, but only devoted himself to cultivation.
Not only that, Gongsun Sheng was not greedy for money. In his opinion, asking for money is useless. In addition, his spells were very good, and he won many wars. If he wanted to loose his mouth to work for the emperor, the person who was above ten million people under one person might be Gongsun Sheng. However, power and money are not pursued by Gongsun Sheng. He finally chose a path that would allow him to die well, to become a Taoist priest.
Two or two times as a deserter
The vast majority of people in the world like to ask for two things after a lifetime: one is for fame, and the other is for profit. Song Jiang, the eldest brother of the good man of Shuibo Liangshan, often spread the same idea to his brothers, many of whom thought of being married and having children after being recruited and Guangzong Yaozu.
Gongsun Sheng is not the idea of most people, he will not be constrained by the thinking of the leader's eldest brother Song Jiang, and he will not follow the tide. Gongsun Sheng has his own ideas, he is not only indifferent to fame and fortune, but also very open-minded. Standing among the good men of Liangshan, he seemed a little out of place, and evasion became an inevitable choice for him at that time.
What's more, Song Jiang, as the eldest brother, began to rank for a group of good men in Liangshan. The meticulous Song Jiang let a group of horses led by Chao Gai and another group of brothers he brought with him later sit on either side of his left and right hands. Not only stabilized the original team, but also allowed the brothers who went up the mountain to have no complaints.
For the thoughts of the eldest brother Song Jiang, ordinary people must not be able to guess, but these thoughts cannot escape the heads of Gongsun Sheng and Wu Yong. Not only that, Song Jiang also made a more convincing bridge section for himself to be the eldest brother, taking the "Scripture of the Nine Heavenly Virgins". This operation naturally made himself better than Chao Gai, and the original Chao Gai big brother could only obediently give way.
Gongsun Sheng originally wanted to side with Chao Gai, but seeing Song Jiang's operation, he could only reluctantly side with Song Jiang. However, Gongsun Sheng also knew that it was not long, and after thinking about it for a long time, he went to Jingzhou alone by going down the mountain to visit his mother, who knew that it would never return.
Later, the eldest brother Song Jiang implemented the policy of recruiting security in Liangshan, and single-mindedly led a group of brothers to submit to the imperial court. But the imperial court was not so foolish, and in the end only gave Song Jiang a blank check, in fact, they became a pawn of the imperial court. Before the imperial court sent troops to capture Fang La, Gongsun Sheng had already seen through it. It was not easy for the Liangshan brothers to attack fang la, who was strong and strong. Even if you can get away with it, you will pay a terrible price.
Gongsun Sheng saw the plot of the imperial court very thoroughly, and the day Fang La was encircled and suppressed was the day when the Liangshan brothers were destroyed. Gongsun Sheng alone cannot return to heaven. Gongsun Sheng, who was thinking about it, once again walked away and retired to the mountains to recuperate. Later, the development of the situation was indeed as Gongsun Sheng said, and the brothers of Liangshan fell short under the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court.
Third, the big hidden in the city
Like Gongsun Sheng, a worldly master of the Immortal Wind Dao Bone, it is inappropriate to restrain him with general secular concepts and immorality. Gongsun Sheng can not only call the wind and rain, but also be rumored to be able to turn stones into gold. Not following the tide and having a broad mind are the advantages of Gongsun Sheng, but he is silent at key moments, and Mingzhe's practice of protecting himself is quite selfish. Although he once had the idea of hoeing the strong and helping the weak and saving the city universally, he had no choice but to rely on his own strength, nor could he influence the direction of the historical situation.
If analyzed from Gongsun Sheng's personal point of view, he did not participate in the collective action of the good men of Liangshan and did not attack Fang La with the crowd, but his mind was flexible and accurate. If he could participate in the attack on Fang La with the crowd, perhaps the result would be completely different, and with his strength well preserved, it would be possible to fight against the imperial court's army.
4. Summary
Gongsun Sheng had been very active in shaking up Chao Gai's birth anniversary, but his purpose was not for money. When Gongsun Sheng left Shuibo Liangshan, a group of brothers raised money for him, and Gongsun Sheng only took a little travel fee in the end, which showed that Gongsun Sheng did not care about money. The imperial court was corrupt and the people suffered, and Gongsun Sheng at that time also wanted to establish a fruit of benevolence with Song Jiang and others, but the fate of Chao Gai, who was helpless to follow him, was short-lived.
Although Gongsun Sheng was meticulous in his thinking, he did not have the ability to reach the heavens as many people thought. It's just stronger than the ability of ordinary people, and the mortal swords and swords will also cost Gongsun Sheng's life. After Liangshan was recruited, Gongsun Sheng helped Song Jiang to pacify Huaixi. Then, seeing that the good man's luck of the good man in Shuibo Liangshan had run out, he left Shuibo Liangshan under the pretext of "serving the old mother" down the mountain.
Because he saw the luck of the brothers of Shuibo Liangshan, Gongsun Sheng twice "said goodbye" to flee Liangshan. He could have gone forever, but once again he returned to Liangshan. However, when the imperial court sent the Liangshan brothers to conquer Fang La, he chose to leave again without looking back.
Because Gongsun Sheng knew very well that even if he relied on his own strength at this time, there was no possibility of returning to heaven. From then on, Gongsun Sheng only asked the immortals, and then asked the red dust world, and finally got a good ending result among the good men. The story of Shuibo Liangshan gradually disappeared in the tide of history.