Speaking of the "Water Margin" in the four famous works, I believe that everyone will not be unfamiliar, lecture on morality, unevenness, brotherhood, admirable, eating meat in large pieces, drinking in large bowls shows great pride, and when Song Jiang erected the banner of "for the Heavenly Path", it directly pushed the plot to a climax, and people's expectations went to a higher level.
However, perhaps because of Confucianism, there is a kind of thinking in his bones to be loyal to the king and serve the country and return to his hometown, so that Song Jiang resolutely embarked on the principle of "Zhao'an" regardless of difficulties and obstacles, although he was beautiful in his name, he sought a meritorious name for the brothers, and Guangzong Yaozu, in fact, he became a gunner of the imperial court. When the good Han of Liangshan returned to the imperial court, he was sent by the imperial court to suppress the rebellion in various places, to beg for the Liao, to destroy the Heavenly Tiger, to defeat Wang Qing, to conquer Fangla, and finally 108 generals, eighty-nine times out of ten, and the last Song Jiang, a glass of poisonous wine, ended his tragic life.
For Song Jiang's "Zhao'an" policy, many people were angry and gritted their teeth, especially in many conquests, most of the original brilliant Liangshan good men were killed and injured, and they questioned in their hearts whether the decisions that Song Jiang had made in the past were right or wrong, in other words, if at that time, he did not choose Zhao'an, continue to confront the imperial court, and develop his own power, would it be another result?
Friends who are familiar with "Water Margin" know that this Liangshan has experienced 3 leaders successively, the first is Wang Lun, although this person can temporarily take the position of the helmsman, but he is a person without lofty ideals, he only wants to guard the liangshan this acre and three points of land, there is money to spend, there is meat to eat, there is wine to drink, then, it is enough, the others do not care. It should be said that Wang Lun is short-sighted, lacks a mind, and has no far-sighted goals, and a "mountain king" is enough for him to live a happy life.
The second helmsman, Chao Gai, this person has a long-term vision, has a good plan, and has a broad mind, does things brightly and honestly, and has won the trust of the Liangshan brothers, with his chivalrous courage and heroic arrogance, coupled with the popularity of the people, will inevitably lead the 108 of Liangshan to make a career vigorously. However, in the end, Chao Gai was accidentally killed in battle, and all his dreams were shattered, which finally changed the direction of Liangshan.
As the third helmsman of Liangshan, Song Jiang succeeded to the role of "big brother" after Chao Gai's death, but he, known for his Confucian thinking, was not willing to be only for the "king of the mountain", and even a little ashamed of it, in other words, if he had not fallen into difficulty and was forced to go to Liangshan, he would never have stepped on Liangshan. Therefore, when he had the opportunity to be recruited, and the imperial court also intended to recruit an, the two hit it off and happily held hands.
However, we can't help but wonder in our hearts, this Song Jiang occupied a place in Liangshan, and why did the 108 soldiers under his command who could recruit good warriors still accept the court's offers, and couldn't they use this as a basis to fight a piece of their own world? Do you like to be subordinate to others and be instructed? In fact, looking at the book "Water Margin", we can get a glimpse of one or two from it, this Song Jiang's strategy for recruiting security, in fact, there is a reason, nothing more than these 3 points, and the last point is even more fatal!
As we all know, the 108 generals were forced to Liangshan for various reasons, some of them were victimized by traitors, and had a hatred with the imperial court, some people were originally generals of the imperial court, but they were designed to draw liangshan, only to shout to be deceived, and some were some unemployed vagrants, doing nothing all day, fighting bandits everywhere, therefore, it seems to be arrogant, heroes are full of houses, but in fact, they are not united internally, and even each one has its own little nine-nine, so, whether it is recruited or not, in fact, They were already doomed to liangshan's failure. Now, we might as well analyze and analyze -
First, the narrow Liangshan Mountain has limited territory
From the book, we can see that this Liangshan is a land of bullets, although it is pleasant, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is not difficult for us to find that these heroes and good men rarely fight on weekdays, eat meat on Liangshan all day, drink in large bowls, have continuous pride and righteousness, have no intention of expanding outwards, immerse themselves in their own acres and three points of land and be willing to enjoy themselves, what is important is that everyone goes to Liangshan for different reasons, their own ideas are different, therefore, if you want to do a career vigorously, the internal rift must be solved first.
In other words, if Liangshan wants to grow stronger, or even point the sword at the world, then it is bound to develop outside, rather than occupying the mountain as the king, Song Jiang's strategy of recruiting security actually reflects his inner uneasiness, so to speak, if the heroes of Liangshan reject the court's recruitment, then, when the imperial army suppresses the territory, not to mention being destroyed by the siege, it is the method of siege that can make Liangshan run out of food and eventually go to extinction.
Second, there is no unity within
Just said, can go to Liangshan is nothing more than those 3 kinds of people, each person's ideas are different, the identity is also different, although in Liangshan, but the inner part of the small nine-nine who can not see through, on the surface, a hero of the world, full of pride, in fact, when their respective needs collide, then it is bound to produce small gangs, each other is not convinced, completely intensified. To put it this way, when those who were persecuted by the former imperial court, they were bound to have a vendetta against the imperial court and would certainly refuse to recruit security; and those who were born of bandits were willing to be recruited, after all, they were transformed, with an official and a half-position, compared with the two identities, it was simply a world of difference, and they walked with the wind from then on.
Therefore, when learning of Zhao'an, the hearts of these two kinds of people are different, one refuses, the other is willing to accept, so it will inevitably produce gaps and frictions, and internal contradictions will erupt in an instant. It didn't take long for the internal shots to be scattered, and the failure was actually already doomed.
Third, there is a lack of a mass base
The old saying goes, "Win the hearts and minds of the people, and those who lose the hearts of the people will lose the world", the team that lacks the mass base will never do much, and will even be abandoned, and although Liangshan has erected the banner of "for the Heavenly Path", it has been questioned, taking the attack on Zhujiazhuang as an example, the beginning of the siege was not smooth, the soldiers lost a lot, which aroused the anger of the good men, and finally after taking Zhujiazhuang, they slaughtered on a large scale, regardless of men, women, young and old, the knife fell, and there was no trace of scruples, what is the difference between this and the bandits?
Therefore, when the common people see the murderous and banditry of the good people of Liangshan, the people's hearts have long disappeared, and when they lose the people's hearts, just like a big ship has lost its course, it is extremely dangerous, and it will even hit the reef at any time and sink the ship. You must know that how many founding emperors in the past dynasties, at the beginning of their business, all racked their brains to win the hearts and minds of the people, and issued many orders to their subordinates to "not disturb the people" after entering the city, so Liangshan seems to be full of pride, but in fact, they are all bandit mentality, and it is still okay to fight for the family and rob the house, and they are fighting for the world, thinking too much.
And this third article, in fact, is the most deadly, but also the biggest problem, Song Jiang finally chose Zhao'an, in fact, he saw the heart of the good man of Liangshan, not at all a normal rebel army held by the mind, everyone's bandits are too heavy, zhanshan as the king seems more suitable for everyone, and if you want to fight the world, fight for the world, it is actually very difficult. Of course, perhaps Song Jiang still longs to return to his hometown in his heart and honor his ancestors, which is not exaggerated in the traditional thinking of ancient times, after all, this is carried by thousands of years in his bones!