"Water Margin" is one of the most famous ancient literary works in China, many of the characters in it have their own distinctive characteristics, to say which is the most popular, leopard head Lin Chong is definitely one. The book describes Lin Chong as the leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army before going to Liangshan, which sounds really imposing. So what is the real situation of this official position in history? What is the level of the so-called 800,000 Forbidden Army Sect Leader?
We all know that the background of the story of Water Margin takes place in the Northern Song Dynasty, so this forbidden army leader must be the official name of the Northern Song Dynasty. The head of the teaching department is in charge of the training of the army, and we can look at the history books to find that the military positions in this area of the Northern Song Dynasty mainly include envoys, all teaching heads, and teaching heads. Among them, the rank of the envoy of the patrol is the highest, the head of the sect is the lowest, and Lin Chong is the last head of the line.
Let's first take a look at the highest rank of the envoys, who are just a small official of nine pins, which can be said to be the lowest rank in the song dynasty civil servant sequence. According to the initial arrangement, there is a dujiao head set up for every 2,000 or so people, and the selection criteria is to train soldiers. Although there is no grade that is not in the civil service sequence, there are many good villains under the staff. However, they have no right to mobilize these people, and are only responsible for teaching soldiers martial arts, horseback riding, archery and other sports, saying that officers are actually more like teachers.
Finally, let's take a look at the head of the church, since the heads of the higher levels do not have a grade, then the heads of the gods are not to mention. The position of head of the teaching was originally ordered by Fan Chongyan, and a head of the teaching head was set up according to every 10-20 people or so, but what about the selection criteria? The history books record that there are few strong and brave people, to put it bluntly, it is good to be strong and strong, and there is no mandatory requirement for the level of martial arts. At first, it was just a temporary worker, no staffing, not even fixed, and sometimes not.
It was not until the later Song Shenzong period, that is, the time when the story of the Water Margin occurred, that it gradually became a fixed position, but there was still no grade. Seeing this, everyone should also understand that Lin Chong's position is actually really low and not in the flow. Some people may still have doubts, aren't people the leaders of the 800,000 forbidden army and train 800,000 people?
In fact, this so-called 800,000 Forbidden Army Sect Leader is just a general term, and the real meaning should be one of the 800,000 Forbidden Army Sect Leaders. Eight hundred thousand is the total number of forbidden troops, in fact, it is not accurate, the song Dynasty's number of forbidden troops was indeed 800,000 at its peak, but later it was basically about 500,000 or 600,000 people. Hundreds of thousands of people had to rely on only one godhead and did not exhaust him, and at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were hundreds of leaders of the forbidden army, and it was estimated that there were thousands of people, and Lin Chong was only one of them.
In fact, there is more than one forbidden army leader mentioned in the Water Margin, and the book also writes that Wang Jin is also. There is also a place that writes that Shi Jin went in to inquire about Wang Jin's news, and the other party said: "There are many religious leaders in this house, there are three or four people with the surname Wang, I don't know if that is Wang Jin?" ”
Therefore, although Lin Chong is a hero and a good man with strong martial arts, his identity as the leader of the Forbidden Army is really very low.