The night is slightly cold, and the purple stove cooks wine.
Hello everyone, I'm a rambling night.
In this issue, we continue to talk about the Water Margin Biography.
In this issue, we say that a good man of Liangshan who has looks, strategy, means, and courage.
It can also be called a good man with the best ending on Liangshan.
Yu Xiangdou, a famous commentator of the Ming Dynasty, called him "a good man in the jianghu who is full of virtue" and "can be described as a real hero".
Yuan Wuya, a famous publisher of the Ming Dynasty, called it "the flow of true hair".
Chen Chen, a novelist of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and author of The Later Tales of the Water Margin, called him the "Rising King" on Liangshan.
After a long night, he also made a comment for this good man: he is the best successor of Chao Gai, the king of Tota.
Friends who are familiar with Water Margin may have guessed the protagonist of this issue.
That is Li Jun, the Mixed River Dragon.
Speaking of this Li Jun, whether it is temperament, means, or bosom, he is a good man on Liangshan who looks like a very chaotic gai.
Perhaps Shi Nai'an also deliberately brought li jun and Chao Gai's image closer, and portrayed the appearance and temperament of the two as well.
The original text of the book is called Chao Gai: Thirty-two and three years old, three willows cover their mouths and black hair, and they specialize in robbing houses, killing people and setting fires, and are famous in the rivers and lakes.
The description of Li Jun is: "Eyebrow thick eyes, big face red." The beard is hanging from the iron wire, and the words are like a brass bell. His body is eight feet long and he can wield a sword and frost blades."
This is a typical southern and northern phase, only slightly better than Chao Gai in terms of appearance and temperament. Some scholars say that Li Jun's prototype is portrayed as a legendary hero and a bearded guest.
Li Jun is one of the three masters of JieyangLing.
Although there is no famous saying in the book that he has the bad behavior of killing people and setting fires. However, the Zhang Heng Zhang Shun brothers and mu hong Mu Chun brothers in the three hegemons of Jieyang are all tough green forest people who have committed many evil deeds.
Li Jun can talk side by side with these people, and he is certainly not a kind-hearted person.
Another point is that Li Jun and Chao Gai are very respectful of Song Jiang.
Chao Gai claimed to have made free friends with Song Jiang, and he also had the idea of giving way after going up the mountain. It can be seen that he is sincere about Song Jiang.
And li jun is the same, he once said in the book: The righteous soldiers in the world, unless Shandong rains in time to the city of Song Baosi.
It can be seen that Li Jun's person is too similar to Chao Gai.
Shi Nai'an may also want to make up for Chao Gai's early death through this person.
However, compared to Chao Gai, Li Jun is more cunning.
In the relationship between Chao Gai and Song Jiang, the former actually dominates.
Although Song Jiang's prestige in the rivers and lakes was very high, he still had to respect Chao Gai as the main one when he went to Liangshan.
Unlike Li Jun, he was just a merchant and started selling salt. It is quite prestigious in the Yangtze River generation, but it is too far from the prestige of the Song River.
But he has his own set of means of making a name for himself. That is, Yu Xiangdou's evaluation to him: the good people in the jianghu are all virtuous.
This means that there is no one in the jianghu who does not praise his virtues.
Why?
Friends who like to read martial arts novels know an unwritten rule in the jianghu.
If you defeat the first in the world, you are the first in the world.
Li Jun, on the other hand, did the opposite.
The Jianghu people call song jiang a timely rain, while Li Jun is a timely rain of song jiang.
Throughout the Book of Water Margin, Li Jun actually did some homework before defecting to Song Jiang.
We all know that after Song Jiang killed Yan Boxi, many good men helped him. For example, Hua Rong, Yan Shun and others before the distribution of Jiangzhou, as well as Dai Zong, Li Kui, Zhang Shun and others after the distribution of Jiangzhou.
But it is not difficult for us to find that although these people have protected Song Jiang and left a good impression on him, they have not used Song Jiang's name to expand their influence.
Li Jun is different, he has saved Song Jiang three times and won the reputation of the jianghu.
It is said that this Li Jun is also Song Jiang's little fan brother, and he heard the news as early as the way when Song Jiang was assigned. But instead of taking the initiative to look for Song Jiang, he waited at Jieyang Ridge.
Sure enough, Song Jiang passed through Jieyang Ridge on the way to be escorted. When he was overturned by the medicine in the shop of the urging judge Li Li, he was about to die.
Li Jun arrived just in time to save Song Jiang.
There is a small episode in the original text of the book here.
Li Jun knew that Song Jiang was going to pass through Jieyang Ridge, so he took the two brothers Tong Wei and Tong Meng to meet him under the ridge. But he didn't wait for Song Jiang for a long time, so he went back to look for Li Li.
At that time, Li Li almost killed Song Jiang.
There's a little paradox here.
Li Li and Li Jun have a fairly good relationship. Since he knew that Song Jiang was going to pass by Jieyang Ridge, how could he not say hello to Li Li?
This is true.
Although Li Li had heard of Song Jiang, he did not know that he would pass by Jieyang Ridge.
Coincidentally, when Li Li was about to wash and peel Song Jiang, Li Jun took Tong Wei Tong Meng to the store.
This detailed the reason why Song Jiang passed through Jieyang Ridge.
The plot of this time is indeed a bit strange, and the night does not dare to speculate whether Li Jun is deliberate.
But after that, his behavior really touched Song Jiang greatly. The two also married brothers.
Not only that, but li jun has since saved Song Jiang twice. Every time it was a coincidence.
After song Jiang bid farewell to Li Jun, he did not die to offend the Mu Hong Mu Chunliang brothers in the three hegemons of Jieyang, and when he was chased and killed, he boarded Zhang Heng's thief ship, no matter who caught him, he was definitely going to finish the game.
However, just when Song Jiang was about to die, Li Jun arrived again and saved his life.
Two times in the snow to send charcoal-like life-saving grace, Song Jiang is not grateful.
Of course, these two rescues were only Song Jiang's gratitude to him, and the third rescue, not only Song Jiang, but half of the high-level people on Liangshan had Li Jun's name in mind.
Jiangzhou robbed the law field that time.
Chao Gai, Li Kui, Dai Zong, and others robbed the court to save Song Jiang, but they were hunted down and killed by the government. Just when he was cornered, Li Jun drove a boat to rescue him.
It is so just right that a lot of high-level Liangshan people are desperate.
If one coincidence is enough, this three consecutive coincidences are afraid that it is impossible to say. It can be seen that Li Jun's mind is secret.
So why did Li Jun have to get acquainted with Song Jiang?
The first reason we said earlier is that Li Jun admires Song Jiang very much. Saving people is only an act of righteousness.
The second reason is from the analysis of the night.
Li Jun is different from ordinary good men, he is also ambitious. I know that I have been mixing on the river all year round, and I am just a smoker for a lifetime.
Therefore, he wants to make some investment in Song Jiang and earn a better future for himself.
Moreover, although Liangshan lived in the water, the commanders of the water army were indeed not very tall. Mu Hong, who even thought about killing Song Jiang, ranked higher on Liangshan than Li Jundu.
In this case, the horse army and the infantry army are higher than the water army.
Li Jun's investment was very prescient, making him the commander of the water army on Liangshan. In terms of status, it is higher than Chao Gai's old team and Ruan's three Xiong.
With this status of a high starting point, Li Jun's ambitions can be put to use.
Here we must emphasize one point.
Li Junneng, as the head of Liangshan's water army, was by no means just a righteous act to save Song Jiang.
Rather, he did have the ability to rule.
Looking at the many good people on the water in Liangshan, only Li Jun has the ability to fight on the water, drive ships to fight, and command fleets. And it is very prestigious in the water army.
The Liangshan Water Army shines under his command.
During the conquest of Tian Hu, Li Jun led a water army to assist Guan Sheng in attacking Yushe and Otani counties. Lu Junyi did not go down in Taiyuan for a long time, and Li Junchi came to the aid of Li Junchi, and offered to dig up the Zhibo Canal and irrigate Taiyuan with water.
After that, the city of Taiyuan was flooded, and Li Jun led the water army to seize four city gates, killing the "chickens and dogs in the city, and the corpses were piled up."
Although this battle is somewhat cruel and vicious, it can also show Li Jun's posture.
During the conquest of Wang Qing, Li Jun led the sailors to show excellent military ability.
The book praises: Yun'an, Dongchuan, and Ande, the farmers do not leave their fields, and Jia does not leave his wanton house, all of which are the achievements of Li Jun.
Later, when he was fighting Fangla, he was surrounded by water ports, and the walls were strong, and Song Jiang Wu had nothing to do.
Li Jun observed the combat environment and set a strategy for attacking from Taihu Lake. Successfully helped the Liangshan army to conquer the city of Suzhou.
Not only that, Li Jun was also a rare good man on Liangshan who was also a literati and warrior.
He had read books and poems, and his cultural attainment was much higher than that of a bunch of reckless men.
His outstanding vision of the future situation is even more long-term than that of Song Jiang wu and the like.
Here we also have to make a comparison with chao gai.
In the previous content, we said that Chao Gai's attitude towards Zhao'an does not support or oppose.
This ambiguous attitude gave Song Jiang great room for maneuvering. As a result, after Chao Gai's death, Liangshan began to decline.
We have also analyzed what kind of end Liangshan will have if Chao Gai does not die.
Chao Gai would not oppose Song Jiang Zhao'an, nor would he endure the persecution of the imperial court, so he would definitely take his brothers to rebel again.
And Li Jun's subsequent actions, even if Chao Gai does not die, it is difficult to look back.
First of all, Li Jun is a staunch anti-Zhao An faction. People with attitudes have the ability to think independently.
After Liangshan's conquest of Liao won a great victory, the imperial court strictly ordered Liangshan's army to be stationed outside the city.
This insulting behavior made many good men feel angry, and only Li Jun invited Wu Yong to the ship for consultation: "Now please ask the military division to make a claim for himself; If you consult with your brother, you will not accept it. Kill the general here, plunder Tokyo, and then go back to Liangshan, but the grass is falling. ”
Unfortunately, this idea was still suppressed by Wu Yong and Song Jiang. Li Jun did not continue to insist, but began to make future plans at this time.
This is much stronger than those mangy men on Liangshan who are following suit.
Moreover, Li Jun's loyalty and righteousness are commendable.
Even if he didn't want to recruit An, he accompanied Liang Shan to the end.
As early as after Suzhou was conquered, Fei Bao and others advised him to retire and protect himself.
But Li Jun said this: Brother Benevolence, re-teaching, guiding fools, very beautiful. It's just that Fang La has not been able to crack down, and Song Gongming's grace and righteousness are difficult to throw away, and he has not achieved this step. Today, he went with his brother, and he did not see the righteousness of being together in his lifetime. If everyone is willing to treat Li Jun, after allowing Fang La to be ambushed, Li Jun will lead two brothers to the same place, and hope to take it.
In the end, after pacifying Fang La, Li Jun did not accept the reward with Song Jiang, falsely claimed that the wind was sick, and asked to leave the tong Wei and Tong Meng brothers to take care of themselves, but in fact, he went to fei Bao and others to "live up to the previous agreement, and the seven people all agreed on the Yuliu Village, and built the furniture into ships, took the ship from the port of Taicang, surrendered to foreign countries, and later became the lord of the Siamese country." Tong Wei, Fei Bao, etc. have all done foreign official positions, enjoyed themselves, and dominated the seashore.
Throughout the Book of Water Margin, when faced with the imperial court's reward, only two people are the most free.
Yuan Wuya once commented: Yan Qing went smart, Li Jun stayed in the dark, and all of them were tall.
And Man Ye believes that compared with Yan Qing's retreat, Li Jun has a sense of responsibility.
Until the end of the Water Margin, Li Jun could have turned around again, but he couldn't bear to destroy the Liangshan brothers who fought hard to earn the name of loyalty. So, he chose to go overseas, taking care of his brothers who followed him and fulfilling his ambitions.
He finally completed his vigorous life.
Therefore, Li Jun can be called a more successful leader than Song Jiang, and he is also the best successor of Chao Gai.
Similarly, it is also the one of the 108 good men in Liangshan who can be called the most powerful man.
What do you think about that?
We'll see you next time.