Among the one hundred and eight generals of Liangshan, there is one person whose status can be said to be prominent, and others cannot compare. This person is the little whirlwind Chai Jin. As soon as Chai Jin appeared, the author said that he "wore a purple embroidered tuanlongyun shoulder robe, and tied a linglong inlaid with a treasure jade ring around his waist", and his status was indeed very high.
This is because, in the Water Margin, Chai Jin was a descendant of the Later Zhou Emperor Chai Zongxun, a former imperial family of the Eight Classics of Zheng'er, and there were iron oaths in his home. Although he was only a former imperial family, Chai Jin was also much richer than the average person.
Chai Jin does not have many deeds in the book, mainly playing a role in helping other good men, such as he helped Wu Song, Lin Chong and Song Jiang. Because his uncle was killed, and because of Gao Lian and Yin Tianxi, Chai Jin was trapped in a well and almost died. After Song Jiang conquered Gaotang Prefecture, he rescued Chai Jin, and Chai Jin went to Liangshan.
In fact, in addition to Chai Jin, there is also a former imperial family in the book, that is, Xiao Jiasui of Jingnan.
In the year that Xiao Jiasui shot, six spikes grew on one stalk, which is the origin of his name. Xiao Jiasui is a talent, not just risking the false name of his ancestors.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Emperor Wu of Liang of the Southern Dynasty had a younger brother named Xiao Ling (萧嶦), who did the History of Jingnan Thorns. At that time, the river broke through the long causeway, resulting in a flood, Xiao Ling ignored everyone's persuasion, braved the rain to repair the embankment, and finally retreated the local flood and saved the people of the city, so the local people respected him.
Xiao Jiasui was Xiao Ling's descendant, so he was also a former imperial family, but this "former" was a little longer, six or seven hundred years. However, the people of Jingnan knew that Xiao Jiasui was Xiao Ling's descendant and still respected him.
When Song Jiang and others were recruiting Wang Qing, Xiao Rang once went to visit Song Jiang, along with Pei Xuan and Jin Dajian, and the three of them also wanted Toshi Jigong and so on. At that time, Tang Bin, the general of Tian Hu, was sent to escort the three men, but in the middle of the way, Tang Bin was killed by Wang Qing's subordinates, and the three were taken to Jingnan. Jingnan's retainer was Liang Yong, who was responsible for imprisoning the three men.
Liang Yong asked Xiao Rang, Pei Xuan, and Jin Dajian to surrender, but the three of them preferred to die rather than kneel, let alone surrender.
Xiao Jiasui was greatly touched when he learned of Xiao Rang and the other three, and when Song Jiang did not have time to send troops to rescue them, he decided to save these three people. Xiao Jiasui first wrote a few pieces of paper, and on the paper was a paragraph.
Song Xianfeng was a good general of the imperial court, killing Tartars, capturing Tian Hu, and daring to attack qifeng everywhere. His subordinates will be a hundred singles and eight people, and they will be in the same condition. The three people in front of the gate are not bent on their knees, and the loyalty of heroes such as Song Xianfeng can be known. - "Water Margin"
At the end of the paper, it also said that if these three people were killed, then Song Jiang would definitely burn the city and burn the jade. Therefore, he called on the people to kill the thief (referring to Liang Yong).
At The call of Xiao Jiasui, 20,000 horses were quickly gathered, and Xiao Jiasui led everyone to attack the Shuai Mansion, kill liang Yong's family, and rescue Xiao Rang, Jin Dajian, and Pei Xuan. Later, Xiao Jiasui opened the city gate again to welcome the Song army into the city.
After Song Jiang knew about it, he personally thanked Xiao Jiasui and advised Xiao Jiasui to become an official and also serve the imperial court.
However, Xiao Jiasui refused all this. He believes that his life is in the hands of the traitor. Therefore, the pursuit of fame and fortune is not as light as an official, to be an idle cloud and wild crane, and the world is at his disposal.
Xiao Jiasui's words had a great impact on Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Yan Qing and twelve others.
This remark, said by Song Jiang, was full of sighs. Sitting in the middle of The Gongsun Sheng, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Yan Qing, Li Jun, Tong Wei, Tong Meng, Dai Zong, Chai Jin, Fan Rui, Zhu Wu, Jiang Jing and other more than ten people, Xiao Zhuangshi's words were even more nodded and playful. - "Water Margin"
Among these people, except for Lu Zhishen, the rest of them are either retiring or breaking new ground, and it can be said that their fate is not bad. Obviously, this has something to do with Xiao Jiasui.
Xiao Jiasui saved three Liangshan generals in front of him, and because of his words, the twelve good men thought deeply, and even said that they decided the fate of these twelve people.
Of course, the Tian Hu Wang Qing part is usually considered to be added later, so it may also be that the latecomer wrote Xiao Jiasui's words based on the fate of these twelve people. But in any case, it was Xiao Jiasui who influenced them.