The book "Water Margin" is well deservedly one of the four famous works in China, and most people must know something about the plot inside. Due to the large number of characters, the description of one hundred and eight generals can only be elaborated by a few representative figures.
According to the book "Water Margin", "The people followed Song Jiang and fought for Song Jiang, and the good men who bore the brunt of it never got angry because of their position." One of them is Nengwen and wu, and he is ZhiduoXing Wu Yong. As Song Jiang's personal military master Wu Yong, Xiucai was born, with a turban on his head, wearing a wide cloth shirt, always tied with a belt around his waist, white cloth shoes, and looked handsome and beautiful.
This is the description of Wu Yong in the Water Margin, whether in ancient times or modern times, people like Wu Yong who can write and cannot be martial are the most suitable as staff officers. In the eyes of later generations, they are all praise and criticism, and some people say: "The image of a good man in Liangshan has always been a description of a warrior who can bend and stretch, and Wu Yong has never sold his life for Liangshan. "
Of course, there are also some people who think: "Wu uses himself as a military master." It is obviously impossible to engage in planning and strategy, and it is obviously impossible for him to lead the troops to fight." So what Liangshan boss is not Wu Yong? In fact, the real boss of Liangshan has not been Song Jiang.
First, liangshan good han is like-minded
"Water Margin" is one of the four famous works in China, and the author Shi Nai'an is a folk talent. Some people say that this book is Shi Nai'an's description of the most failed book of the peasant uprising, but in fact, it cannot be thought of as such. According to Zhuang Jiyu of the Song Dynasty, "Killing people and setting fires to recruit people, rushing to sell wine and vinegar."
This sentence not only tells the continuous war and chaos during the Northern Song Dynasty, but also tells the collusion and inaction of the officials and the people at that time. In the chaotic era of the world at that time, the evil people ruled, and the gold and silver treasures obtained by violating the law and discipline were regarded as capable people.
Such a world requires someone to dare to be righteous and dare to do the way for skywalkers. Many netizens asked: "The officials of the imperial court at that time should not be like this, after all, the formation of the system is still binding." This is not a good statement, but it is very one-sided. Why? Because most of the officials of the imperial court at that time had the idea of colluding with local forces, fewer and fewer people were willing to contribute to the country and contribute to the strategy.
There were also many available people in the imperial court, such as Song Jiang, Lin Chong, Lu Junyi and others who were once officials of the imperial court. Lin Chong was once the head of the imperial court, leading soldiers to fight and making many military achievements for the imperial court. For example, Song Jiang was also an official of the imperial court, although his official position was not high. However, at that time, the world did not allow them to display their talents in the imperial court, so they later said that they "abandoned the dark and cast the light".
In the era when officials forced the people to rebel, these people were gathered together, which contributed to the Shuipo Liangshan and the 108 generals of history. We all know the generals of Liangshan very well, but the people who really have real power in Liangshan are Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, Lin Chong and other important figures. Because Chao Gai was dissatisfied with the status quo of the imperial court, the inaction of the court officials made him feel helpless and indignant. Therefore, he led several of his men to take the place of Skywalker and provide relief to the people.
Although the rush to Liangshan was a quick one, after a long time, there were disagreements, and there were constant contradictions in order to compete for positions. Although the fame of the good men of Liangshan has increased a lot and the power of Liangshan has been strengthened, there will always be brave and unscrupulous people in history. Chao Gai is one of them, has no lofty ambitions, and in the eyes of his friend Wu Yong, he is a reckless person who is content with the status quo.
Wu Yong has always been unoptimistic about Chao Gai, thinking that he is not the material for being a leader. In Wu Yong's view, being able to serve the country and embark on the bright and righteous path was the right thing to do, so he secretly co-opted Song Jiang and let him compete for a chair.
Second, wu yong, the mastermind behind the scenes
Wu Yong is a man with a head and a brain, born with a talented life, and is not willing to be a military master in the bandit nest of Chao Gai. Just when Song Jiang defected here, Wu Yong felt that Song Jiang had a talent, his thoughts were compatible, and his ideas must be very different from Chao Gai's, so he wanted Song Jiang to sit in the position of the boss.
Wu Yong thought to himself, "Maybe I can be recruited in the future, and if I can embark on a career path, then I don't have any hope of accomplishing my goal." Since wooing Song Jiang's forces, Wu Yong advised Song Jiang, and Chao Gai's death was unexpected. After Chao Gai's death, Song Jiang naturally sat on a chair with a hand.
So, what is puzzling is how Song Jiang's prestige was established? The answer is that Wu Yong has always been by his side to assist. As the saying goes: "The crowd collects firewood and the flame is high".
Song Jiang was also an official, and he was very cautious in his handling of affairs, but he never lacked ambition. This is also an important point that Wu Yong values Song Jiang, in order to complete his great cause, Wu Yong can be described as a deep calculation. In order to prevent Song Jiang from disengaged from himself and to maintain his military position, Wu Yong introduced his friend Lu Junyi to Liangshan. This is the handle of Song Jiang, who has to rely on Wu Yong all the time, which can be said to be obedient to Wu Yong's words.
Of course, in the eyes of future generations, this recruitment plan is not a perfect strategy. Song Jiang had always believed that Zhao'an was the most reasonable plan, and he himself completely agreed, but if wu yong had not come up with a step-by-step plan behind his back, presumably the final outcome of Liangshan would not have been so tragic. Some netizens believe that "Wu Yong was not loved by posterity because his strategy failed", otherwise Liangshan would not have taken this step.
Third, the truth of the facts for several years
As we all know, Song Jiang, as the boss of Liangshan, is indeed the main responsibility for the failure of Zhao'an. However, in the eyes of later generations, it is not so much that Song Jiang harmed Liangshan, but directly said that Wu Yong's strategy killed the liangshan brothers. A professor of history at Peking University said: "The Liangshan crowd will end in failure, and there is definitely more than one person to blame, and Wu Yong is indispensable." "。
The whole army of the good men of Liangshan was destroyed, the dead and wounded were wounded, and the ending was lamentable. Before Wu Yong hanged himself, he looked back on his past and realized: "I am a black sheep." He finally understood that he should not believe the words of the court ministers, and the court would not really accommodate their group of "good men".
Wu Yong's ideal ambitions were not fulfilled, and they were shattered, and the moment before hanging, he found himself the real boss. It is not comprehensive to say that he is the boss, it should be said that he is the last messenger behind the scenes. When netizens read the book, they were also very indignant, liangshan's boss was never Song Jiang, but the military master Wu Yong.
Wu Yong proved his intelligence with practical actions, which was really Liangshan's strategic responsibility. But he never expected that this ingenuity would harm this group of good men in the green forest to death. He witnessed the death of the generals and delayed everyone's future for his own temporary benefit.