Among the 108 generals of Liangshan, there are many recognized surnames, such as Li, Wang, Zhang, Chen, Liu, Yang, etc.; there are also some less popular small surnames, such as Chai, Ruan, Xie, Shan, Xuan, An, Xiang, Yu, etc.; and even several Shifu surnames, such as Hu Yanzhuo, Gongsun Sheng, and Huangfuduan.
But among these good men, among the dozens of surnames, there is no one with the surname Zhao.
As we all know, the emperor of the Song Dynasty was surnamed Zhao, and Zhao could be said to be an imperial surname. There are so many surnames in Liangshan good Han, but there is no Zhao surname, does this mean that the author is to take care of the emperor's face, so he deliberately let Liangshan good Hanzhong, there is no Zhao surname? After all, even those surnamed Zhao rebelled, and the imperial court was too defeated.
In fact, this is not the case. In my personal opinion, it is just a coincidence that the author let the 108 generals not have the surname Zhao.
Many people said that the good people of Liangshan rebelled against the imperial court, so they could not let someone with the surname Zhao among them always rebel against their own family. In fact, this statement is wrong, just look at the bottom people with the surname Zhao in the Water Margin.
After Song Jiang went up liangshan and fell into the grass, he planned to take his father and brother home, but when he returned home, he found that he was being targeted. While fleeing, Song Jiang discovered that two local heads had been hunting him down, and these two heads were Zhao De and Zhao Neng.
When Wu Song avenged his brother Wu Dalang, he invited some people to stay at home, mainly to prove the crimes of Pan Jinlian and The Princess, among them, Yao Erlang Yao Wenqing, who opened a silver shop, Hu Zhengqing, who sold cold hotels, and Zhao Zhongming, who opened a paper horse shop.
After Song Jiang and the others gathered at Liangshan, they began to work on the matter of recruiting security. To this end, Song Jiang took Yan Qing, Dai Zong and others to Tokyo. After Song Jiang and the others met Li Shishi, in fact, Song Jiang also wanted to meet another person that the emperor liked, called Zhao Yuannu, but Zhao Yuannu was not at home at that time. By the way, the old bustard who received Yan Qing was called Zhao Po.
After Song Jiang and others recruited An, they marched south to the north, and after defeating the Liao state, they began to conquer Tian Hu. Under Tian Hu's subordinates, there was a young general named Zhao Neng, who had the same name as the new dutou of Yuncheng County. Together with Zhang Li, Zhao Neng led an army of 20,000 to defend Gaoping County. Later, because Geng Gong surrendered to Lu Junyi and deceived the city gates, Zhang Li was finally killed by Li Kui, and Zhao Neng died in the rebellion.
After destroying Tian Hu and Wang Qing, Song Jiang's army continued to attack Fang La.
In Fang La's camp, there was a general named Zhao Yi, who belonged to one of the twelve gods of Runzhou Jiangnan, because he was the governor of Huzhou, so the book called him "Taibai Shen Huzhou Zhao Yi", in fact, he was nicknamed Taibai Shen.
From these people with the surname Zhao, it can be found that although they have the same surname as the emperor, they have a completely different fate from the emperor and the imperial family.
Among these people, some of them are not bad, they can be a small official or open a small shop, such as Zhao Neng and Zhao De, the head of the capital, Zhao Zhongming of the paper horse shop; some can only be reduced to low-level people, becoming old bustards and prostitutes, such as Zhao Po and Zhao Yuannu; and some are even more miserable, and can only rebel, such as Zhao Neng under Tian Hu and Zhao Yi under Fang La.
You see, the surname Zhao also acted as an anti-thief, to rebel against Zhao Song, to oppose Emperor Zhao Yi.
Therefore, some people think that "108 will be against the imperial court, so you can't be surnamed Zhao", this view is wrong, the same is to rebel against the imperial court, Tian Hu and Fang La camp can have people with the surname Zhao, how can there be no 108 generals? This is not a reason.
On the contrary, 108 will not rebel against the imperial court, so the author will not let them have people with the surname Zhao among them.
From beginning to end, the author does not say that the good people of Liangshan rebelled against the imperial court, they were only forced by the traitors to fall into the grass, and they were gathering righteousness in Liangshan, not uprising. If it were really an uprising, Chao Gai and Song Jiang would have already called the king emperor like Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La, recruited troops and horses, and even invaded and occupied prefectures and counties, and competed with the Great Song for territory. However, in fact, Chao Gai and Song Jiang did not do this at all.
Therefore, it can be said that there are no people with the surname Zhao in the 108 generals, which can be said to be a coincidence - after all, there are too many Chinese surnames, and the 108 generals have the same surname as their brothers, uncles and nephews, and the good men have only dozens of surnames, and there are more surnames without them.