In "Water Margin", there have been three heinous characters, they are Cai Jing, Tong Guan and Gao Qiu, Liangshan 108 good men, in the end, they were eliminated by these three people using various treacherous tricks, and posterity simply hated them with itchy teeth, in fact, in real history, there are these three people, and they are also bad people.
Because the ending of the three bad guys is not explained in "Water Margin", many people feel that it is difficult to accept, so today I will take you to understand the ending of Cai Jing, Tong Guan and Gao Li from the perspective of zhengshi, maybe after watching it, you will have different feelings.
Cai Jing ending
Cai Jing was born in 1047 AD, in 1070 ascended to the Jinshidi, began to officially enter the career, at first Cai Jing only served as a small Qiantang Wei, and later relied on his own flattery and the two ends of the first rat to see who gained power with whom, so the official luck was prosperous, step by step, and the accumulation of ju lang.
Because Cai Jing is too treacherous and cunning and the head of the rat at both ends, so in the DPRK will always offend some people, so as long as the boss he follows has a problem, Cai Jing will follow the problem, the official career can be described as a big ups and downs, in 1080 AD, Cai Jing under the heavy use of Sima Guang, once again embarked on the peak of life, but not long, was impeached, was degraded.
In 1100, Cai Jing was deposed as Duanming and Longtu, two scholars, Zhi Taiyuan, and soon after was demoted to Zhijiangning, Cai Jing was very dissatisfied with this, deliberately delayed going to the post, and finally angered the emperor and was directly stripped of his official position and lived in Hangzhou. Coinciding with the ascension of Emperor Huizong of Song, he was quite interested in various exotic flowers and stones, and specially asked Tong Guan to go around looking for suitable things for Emperor Huizong of Song to play with.
Cai Jing saw the opportunity coming, quickly went to curry favor with Tong Guan, and finally got Tong Guan's trust, through Tong Guan's hand, Cai Jing sent some of his own calligraphy and paintings to Song Huizong, Song Huizong was originally a very interested in literature and art, and the emperor with great achievements, seeing Cai Jing's calligraphy and paintings, Song Huizong suddenly became interested.
It is true that Cai Jing's writing is actually very good, and it is also very talented, at first Cai Jing can be compared with Su Dongpo and others, but later because of his poor character was abandoned by people, but Cai Jing's talent really had to admit that it was by virtue of his own talent that Cai Jing was once again reused by Emperor Huizong of Song, and eventually became a left servant and was named the Duke of Lu.
It can be said that Cai Jing's ups and downs can be regarded as a miracle in ancient and modern history, he has won the promotion of powerful people several times by relying on the essence of his own wall grass, but in the end, Cai Jing has always suffered tragedies because of his poor character. After Cai Jing was reused by Emperor Huizong of Song, Cai Jing's sons bullied others, acted recklessly in the court, offended too many ministers, and were often impeached.
In 1126, the Jin army went south, Song Huizong quickly passed the throne to his son Song Qinzong, he fled with a group of people, Cai Jing saw that the situation was not good, and also moved south with his family to escape the war, resulting in being impeached by the chancellor on the way to the south, and was eventually recognized as the head of the six thieves.
With the dissatisfaction of people with Cai Jing, Cai Jing's official position was gradually degraded, from the original position of prime minister, gradually degraded to a Qingyuan military envoy, living in Hengzhou, and later continued to be degraded, moved to Shaozhou, Tanzhou, and finally after reaching Tanzhou, Cai Jing finally died, at the age of 80.
Some people say that Cai Jing was degraded in the south, although he carried a lot of gold and silver jewelry, but the people recognized cai Jing, and they were unwilling to sell things to Cai Jing, so Cai Jing's life took a sharp turn on the way to the south, and he would die after going to Tanzhou, although this statement has yet to be examined, but Cai Jing's ugly image in people's minds and the hatred of the people for Cai Jing are enough to see from it.
After Cai Jing's death, except for one of his sons who was not killed because he married a princess, most of the other seven sons died in different situations, it can be said that Cai Jing's descendants, deeply influenced by Cai Jing, would end up with such treatment, if Cai Jing did less evil before he died, maybe the situation would be completely different.
Childlike ending
Tong Guan is the only eunuch in ancient history to be crowned king, all this is inseparable from cai Jing's help, because when Song Huizong ascended to the throne, Tong Guan helped Cai Jing to take calligraphy and painting to Song Huizong, and after Cai Jing was reused, he did not forget Tong Guan's kindness, and began to help Tong Guan, it can be said that it is not too much to say that the two were in cahoots.
However, Tong Guan was still different from Cai Jing, because Tong Guan did have some talent in leading troops to fight at the beginning, and after quelling the Fang La Rebellion, Tong Guan was greatly rewarded by Emperor Huizong of Song, and Tong Guan was moved to Taishi for his merits and given the title of Duke of Chu.
According to the situation at this time, Tong Guan was still very good, but when Tong Guan and the Jin people later reached an "alliance on the sea" and led an army of 200,000 to attack the Liao state of Yanjing, Tong Guan's crimes were clearly visible. He obviously led an army of 200,000, but he could not defeat the few troops of the Liao state at all, and after being defeated by the Liao state, Tong Guan did not dare to go back, and could only ask the Jin people to help him destroy the Liao state.
The Jin Kingdom just raised his hand to destroy the Liao State, Tong Guan said that the Liao State was destroyed by himself in order to ask for merit, so he spent a lot of money to buy several Liao Empty Cities in the Jin Kingdom, and went home to ask for merit, so the unknown Song Huizong also thought that Tong Guan was indeed very cattle, and rewarded him with a lot.
After this close contact with the Northern Song army, the Jin State knew the military strength of the Northern Song Dynasty very well, so later the Jin State dared to bully the Northern Song Dynasty five times and force the Northern Song To compensate for various things, of course, the Northern Song Dynasty could only agree, but there was no money to give the Jin State.
Jin Guo could not stand the deception of the Northern Song Dynasty, and led the army to Tokyo in 1127 AD, and the Northern Song Dynasty was thus destroyed, it can be said that the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty had a great relationship with what Tong Guan did in those years, and it is not too much to say that Tong Guan was a thief.
Just a year before jin guo arrived in Tokyo, that is, in 1126, after Emperor Huizong of Song passed the throne to Emperor Qinzong of Song, he led his troops to flee south, and Song Qinzong arranged for Tong Guan to stay in Tokyo, Tong Guan was well aware of the strength of the Northern Song army, and greedy for life and fear of death, he took more than 20,000 people of the "Victorious Army" he personally trained to flee south with Song Huizong.
After Song Qinzong learned of Tong Guan's escape from the south with Song Huizong, he was furious and arranged for the inspector Zhang Cheng to lead the soldiers along the route taken by Tong Guan to pursue and kill Tong Guan, Zhang Cheng did not fail in his mission, and finally chased After Tong Guan and directly killed him, and also raised his head back to hang his head for public display.
Although Tong Guan was more cruel when he was killed, at this time Tong Guan was actually 72 years old, and it was rare to live to such an age in ancient times, fortunately, Song Qinzong arranged for someone to behead him, otherwise he did not know what kind of moth he would make.
High ending
Compared with Cai Jing and Tong Guan, in fact, Gao Li is far from being evil or status. Gao Li was originally a small person in Su Dongpo's house, because he was good at playing football and was appreciated by Su Dongpo, and was recommended by Su Dongpo to join the army, and finally achieved certain achievements.
When Emperor Huizong of Song fled, Gao Li was one of the key figures who led more than 10,000 loyal soldiers to flee with Emperor Huizong of Song, if there was no appearance of Tong Guan, perhaps Gao Li's fate would be completely different, just when Tong Guan led his 20,000 victorious army to follow Song Huizong, Gao Li was excluded by Tong Guan, and could only stay alone, so that Tong Guan and Song Huizong and others could continue to move forward.
After Gao Li stayed, he seemed to have figured out a lot of things, so Gao Li went back to Tokyo on his own, and seeing that Gao Li took the initiative to return, Song Qinzong did not embarrass Gao Li too much, so Gao Li was able to die well, and his descendants continued to enjoy glory and wealth.
Compared with Gao Li in "Water Margin", gao Qi in the real history is actually much kinder, and his biggest mistake is to follow Song Huizong to flee south, but fortunately, in the end, he can get lost and return, not only saving his own life, but also saving the lives of future generations.
epilogue
The Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty were collectively referred to as the six traitors during the Northern Song Dynasty, headed by Cai Jing, and the other five were Tong Guan, Wang Yi, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Xun, and Li Yan.
Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Gao Li can all be regarded as the key figures in the court at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, but they are either at both ends of the rat, or greedy for life and afraid of death, from their performance, we can see how bad the Northern Song Dynasty was at that time, whether it is a country or an individual, if these shortcomings are regarded as a mainstream, the fate of destruction is naturally unstoppable!
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