Today, I especially talk about the "Zhao'an" in "Water Margin", it is said that in the 90s, some people watched TV dramas to smash tv sets.
In the original work of "Water Margin", there are only three people who have a clear banner against Zhao'an, namely Lu Da, Wu Song and Li Kui, and based on their respective factors, all three of them accompanied Song Jiang to the end of the conquest.
As for the majority of Liangshan, they did not show antipathy or resistance to Zhao'an.
After formally accepting Zhao'an, Song Jiang issued an order: Everything follows the principle of voluntariness, and if there are those who are unwilling to go, they can take money and leave.
The result? The novel reads:
"At the beginning of the order, each of the three armies went to consult. There are also three or five thousand people who resign at the moment. ”
Most people stayed voluntarily.
Many of these leaders were originally court officers, and being able to return to mainstream society through recruitment was a good thing that fell on their hearts.
Why do low-born leaders such as the Nguyen brothers, as well as ordinary bosses and minions who account for the vast majority, choose to stay?
A remark by Emperor Daizong of the Divine Taibao exposed Liangshan Po's little secret.
While passing through Jizhou, Shi Xiu, who was dissatisfied with his living situation, said that he was in Liangshan, "Now on weighing gold and silver, changing clothes, only waiting for the imperial court to recruit security, sooner or later to be an official." ”
Is this a pie painted to fool Shi Xiu into the gang?
Judging from the results of accepting the recruitment, it is clear that it is not.
Zhao'an does seem to be a high-probability path to prosperity and wealth, provided that you have the bargaining cost of Zhao'an.
The ten emissaries who conquered Liangshan in the early stage were also once strong men in the green forest, and Sun Wukong, who immediately became an official after accepting Zhao'an, also spoke with strength, and Sun Wukong never opposed Zhao'an, and he was dissatisfied that the official position given by Tianting Zhao'an was not worthy of his strength.
Therefore, as soon as Song Jiang went to Liangshan, he pulled people into the gang under the banner of Recruiting An, which was both a means and a seductive purpose.
Zhao'an is for the sake of being an official, but what is the purpose of being an official?
Some people may have broken away from low-level material pursuits, and they are for the sake of building meritorious deeds and establishing guangzong yaozu, such as Yang Zhi, Hu Yanzhuo, Guan Sheng, Shi Jin, and so on.
When Song Jiang persuaded Hu Yanzhuo, Guan Sheng, and other imperial court officers to surrender, he always did not forget to express his loyalty to the imperial court, and always waited for the opportunity to recruit security.
This is not only a step to surrender to Hu Yanzhuo, Guan Sheng and others, but also a declaration of cooperation.
As for the Ruan brothers and others, it is even simpler, when they were still fishing, they were very envious of Wang Lun and others' happy life of weighing gold and silver, eating large pieces of meat, and drinking in large bowls, and said that even if they could live like that, they would not waste this life.
Not only can you eat meat and drink wine by recruiting officials, but there are many other benefits, such as the face problem of Guangzong Yaozu, which is much cooler than being a robber.
Xie Zhen and Xie Bao, who were born in hunters, took the initiative to ask Miao to sneak into Wulongling, and when they were leaving, they said to Song Jiang: "After receiving the commandments of the state, wearing brocade jackets, today for the imperial court, they will be crushed to pieces, and it is not much to repay brother Ren. ”
What is "wearing a brocade jacket"?
Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, said: "Rich and noble do not return to their hometown, such as the night of the brocade." ”
That was a sign that men were famous outside, and in ancient times only officials could make people rich and expensive.
Being an official is really too cost-effective, and Mo said that being an official means that being able to be related to an official is a kind of glorious and prestigious right.
In "Jin Ping Mei", an important identity of Ximen Qing before becoming an official is that "Zhixian Xianggong also interacts with him", whether it is a date or a blind date, this is a point that the matchmaker must strongly emphasize.
After becoming an official, Ximen Qing got more respect and benefits, and he could even look down on Qiao Dahu, who was related to his own doll, thinking that his identity was not a good match, and sitting together was embarrassing.
When his other child was kissed by the child of Yun Lishou, who had become an official, Ximen Qing smiled.
Although Qiao Dahu's family was an imperial relative, Qiao Dahu still felt sorry, so he donated money to buy a "righteous official", which is probably a false official title of honor.
Qiao Dahu was particularly happy about this, and especially said to Ximen Qing: "Tomorrow, if you see a trick in your family, if you have this crown to wear under the sun, you will dare to accompany it." ”
Such rich local tycoons are very concerned about the benefits brought by the official body, not to mention the mud legs of Liangshan.
What about Li Kui, who openly opposed Zhao'an?
When Li Kui took his mother up the mountain, he lied: "Iron Bull is now an official, and he has come to lute to get his mother." ”
Isn't this the legendary saying that you don't want a body but are very honest?
Of course, they hate corrupt officials, but they may not mind being corrupt officials themselves.
The only people who really didn't want to mix with such people were Lu Da and Wu Song.
Wu Song also hoped to recruit security at that time, and when he was preparing to throw himself at Erlong Mountain, he once said to Song Jiang: "Heaven is pitiful, the other day does not die, I was recruited, but at that time it was not too late to come to find my brother." ”
Wu Song's change of attitude should be the most surprising to Song Jiang, and there is only one reason for explaining this phenomenon, that is, after going to Erlong Mountain, he was influenced by Lu Da and Yang Zhi.
Yang Zhi and Lu Da were originally officers, and had witnessed and experienced the darkness of the official field, especially Lu Da, and his reasons for opposing Zhao An were as follows:
"Only now the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu, most of them are adulterous and evil, and they have deceived the holy cong, and they are more than the direct dyeing of the qi to make soap, how can they be cleaned by washing and killing?" When it was not easy, he resigned, and tomorrow one by one they went to look for it. ”
In a word, the imperial court has been completely damaged, even if it is accepted with the goal of asking for the people's life, it will not help.
Lu Da's insight may be related to his extremely extensive experience, according to his own scolding of the town of Kansai, his position was once "Kansai Five Roads Honest Visiting Envoy", that is, the official in charge of supervision affairs, every day in the big dye vat mixed. It can also be seen from this that he must be very aware of the dark corruption of the officialdom, perhaps precisely because the more he understands, the more disappointed he is.
Coupled with Lu Da's own virtue and art, it is difficult for Wu Song, as a younger brother, not to be affected by it.
As for Dai Zong, who took "being an official" as his vision to attract people into the company, he actually took the initiative to return the "official curse" in the end, "go to the Yue Temple in Tai'an Prefecture, and accompany the hall to become a monk."
Although they all gave up their official positions and became monks, Daizong's behavior and LuDa's behavior logic may be different.
Ruda is truly disgusted, he has always hated corrupt officials, and of course he does not despise being corrupt officials.
However, before going to Liangshan, DaiZong himself was one of the corrupt officials, and this person had just appeared to extort money from Song Jiang, and even threatened to kill Song Jiang like a bed bug.
Most of the others, even if they have never been officials or officials, are not good gentlemen, some are local bullies, some are black shop owners, some are robbers and fugitives, these people may hate corrupt officials, but don't expect them to accept the invitation with a good plan to build a better society.
In the ending of "Water Margin", there are many people who resign from the government and do not do it in the end, such as Chai Jin, who once did evil, which is also because since they accepted the recruitment, they have experienced more, and finally began to realize that the official field is really not something they can play, and the corrupt officials are not able to do it if they want to.
Even so, Chai Jin finally ended up with no problems.
Unless, of course, you have to do it, you have to be the kind of corrupt official who no one cares about.
Li Jun met four good men on the Taihu Lake, and he said, "Now that I have met four good men of yours, I can follow me to see the pioneers, and they will ensure that you will be officials, and when Fang La is received, the imperial court will be promoted." ”
Even Li Jun, who was once a hegemon in The Yangling Mountains, also regarded "protecting you as officials" as the greatest sincerity in negotiations.
Who ever thought that the four good men said that if they wanted to be officials, they would have done it under Fang La," "they don't want to be officials, but only seek happiness."
Will you be unhappy to be an official? What other nonsense is "no official and light", who to coax?
Only later, one of the good men explained to Li Jun: "Why does the younger brother not want to be an official?" For the sake of the world's bad situation. After the Day Peace, one by one will inevitably come to harm your life. ”
It turned out that he was afraid that the official would lose his life first if he did not do it.
So in the end they followed Li Jun overseas, Li Jun became the lord of Siam, they followed and became officials, it turned out that they were only the kind of officials that no one could manage.
That's it.