In "Water Margin", Pingding Fang la is a great achievement established by the good han of Liangshan for the Great Song under the leadership of Song Jiang. Old Mr. Shi Nai'an originally wanted to go to Song Jiang and other Liangshan heroes to please him, and he counted the credit of others on the heads of Song Jiang and the others, saying that Song Jiang would be grateful to him even if Jiuquan knew.
However, more than 700 years later, China began a vigorous campaign to comment on "Water Margin" and criticize the surrender faction, and Song Jiang's pacification of Fang La also became a major criminal evidence of the Liangshan surrender faction. Shi Nai'an inadvertently let Song Jiang become a pot bearer, Song Jiang could not live peacefully in the underworld, and the depressed in his heart had nowhere to tell.
In the matter of pacifying Fang La, Song Jiang was really wronged, and Shi Nai'an was indeed Zhang Guan Li Dai, who fictionalized and falsified in order to highlight the heroic figures.
Since Song Jiang was wronged, the suppression of Fang La was fictitious. So did Fang La really have his own person in history?
Fang La is a real historical figure, he is a hangzhou native, his family is a lacquer garden, and he is still a local tycoon. It is said that it is not benevolent to be rich, but Fang La is very righteous, and likes to help the poor, and has a high prestige in the hearts of local villagers.
In the era when Fang La lived, Emperor Huizong of song was the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and although zhao Tuo was an emperor, he had no interest in politics, was very enthusiastic about painting and calligraphy, and was more like a literary and artistic youth. Get together with a group of artists all day long to discuss artistic life, and leave the world to Cai Jing and Tong Guan's gang of traitors to take care of.
Cai Jingtong and Tong Guan could not govern the country and the state, but only knew how to spend days and wine, exploit the people, and increase the burden on the people, regardless of whether the people were dead or alive.
The people of Hangzhou were even worse and overwhelmed by the emperor's construction of buildings and halls and requisitioning flowers and stones. Everyone is hungry and cold, there is no way to live, they can only steal and grab.
In October 1120 (the second year of Xuanhe), Fang La, who had a lofty ideal, saw that the time was ripe, and used his influence to lead everyone to rise up.
Everyone's rule over the Song Dynasty has long been unbearable, and when they saw some people rebelling, everyone responded in groups, and everywhere they went, the officers and soldiers fled in the wind, and the people welcomed them.
Fang La originally wanted to make a small fuss and enjoy the glory and wealth of the king, but when he saw that the career development was so smooth, he raised his goal to a new height -- not to be the emperor of the great king, to proclaim himself a saint, and to build a yuan "Yongle".
In this way, the rebel army has more appeal, and people with some ability and restlessness in the world are eager to respond. Who wouldn't want to get a division commander and brigade commander to do it, to be a founding father, and to pursue fame and fortune?
Fang La was just rebelling and becoming the king of Zhanshan, and the local officials might choose to pretend to be deaf and dumb, regardless of whether they asked or not. But once the king is crowned, it is a matter of principle, and the government cannot do it without a shot, otherwise it will lose its hat. Therefore, all localities immediately sent troops to suppress it, to extinguish the flames of the rebel army.
But it is not easy to suppress, because the peasants who revolt are either forced to the end of the road or who are hunted down and killed by the government for committing crimes. And the officers and soldiers are all people who have no worries about food and clothing, and enjoy wealth and nobility. The barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes, and the officers and soldiers are not opponents of the rebel army no matter how well equipped they are. The 5,000 officers and soldiers who came to encircle and suppress were beaten by Fang La, and even the soldiers and horses supervised Yan Tan being beheaded by Fang La. Seeing that Fang La's spark was about to burn, the Northern Song Dynasty was in danger.
The times create heroes, and at this time, the "heroes" appear. This hero was none other than the eunuch Tong Guan. The eunuchs were all poor people, and the second generation of officials and the rich second generation did not become eunuchs. Therefore, the children of poor families have long been in charge, and Tong Guan is also very well-behaved and sensible, and he is a clever ghost. With his cleverness and tact, Tong Guan was soon appreciated by Emperor Huizong and trusted by the chancellor Cai Jing.
Although Tong Guan was a eunuch, he did not only play with power, but also had military talent and organizational skills. He went out of Shaanxi ten times, fought three battles against Qingtang, recaptured Sizhou, crusaded against Xi Ge Zang Zheng, and attacked Western Xia many times. He won the favor of Emperor Huizong and was promoted to envoy of Jingfu Hall and observer of Xiangzhou. Even Cai Jing, who despised Tong Guan, began to look at him with admiration.
In 1111, Tong Guan was promoted to the rank of Inspector Lieutenant to visit the Khitans, and the chancellor was dissatisfied, saying that there was no one in the Song Dynasty, and eunuchs could not be allowed to represent the country. Emperor Huizong of Song was angry, saying what happened to the eunuchs, and although Tong Guan had shortcomings in parts, he was very capable of solving the problems for the eunuchs. Your parts are very complete, but they are all wine bags and rice bags, and the use of people is to see the ability, not to check the parts. Soon after, Tong Guan continued to be promoted to head the Privy Council, and was also made a Taifu, with power comparable to that of Prime Minister Cai Jing.
Therefore, when the Great Song Dynasty was in a difficult position, only Tong Guan could stand up.
Fang La made the matter bigger, and officials from all over the country could not resist and rushed to the imperial court. Emperor Huizong was terrified and thought of Tong Guan, and sent two eunuchs, Tong Guan and Tan Shu, with the central garrison and the local troops in Shaanxi, Shanxi, and 200,000 people ma Hao slaughtered Xiang Fangla's base in Jiangnan.
At this time (1121, the first month of the first year of Xuanhe), Fang Lazheng led 70,000 horses to attack Xiuzhou (the area around today's Jiaxing), and the soldiers and civilians of Xiuzhou City struggled to resist, but they were outnumbered and the situation was extremely critical. At this moment, Tong Guan led the army to arrive, and Fang La was attacked on all sides.
Under the internal and external attacks of the Song army, Fang La was vulnerable. After all, the officers and soldiers are well-trained and well-equipped regular troops. Fang La's soldiers were poorly equipped, had not received formal training, fought trench warfare, and did not have a door.
Therefore, Fang La's rebel army collapsed at a touch, fled in a daze, and ran wildly all the way. After three months of fierce fighting, Fang La's 70,000 rebels were crushed, and Fang La, his beloved wife, Jiaozi, and his own henchmen were all captured. A year later, the remnants of Fang La's troops were also wiped out, and the vigorous Fang La uprising was completely suppressed.
Tong Guan, like all the eunuchs in power in history, also did a lot of bad things. But among the eunuchs who were so capable of fighting, they really couldn't pick out the second one except Tong Guan.