First, the water margin rivers and lakes, underwater is more exciting
If you only pay attention to the good guys who are more powerful when reading "Water Margin", although it is not impossible, it is easy to miss what is under the water. And it is these underwater things that support the "Water Margin River".
For example, the author has talked about the relationship between "Water Margin" and history. Why must lu zhishen capture Fang La alive, not Wu Song? Because the historical prototype of Lu Zhishen is Guo Wei, the Taizu of later Zhou. And this "Guo Que'er" is also the big brother of the legitimate emperor.
Fang La belongs to the status of "Grass Head Heavenly Son". Therefore, the ridicule is that the legitimate emperor fights fake grass-headed Tianzi. Of course, there is also the meaning of showing respect for Fang La, acknowledging Fang La's historical status - is this more connotative than Wu Song's one-armed capture of Fang La?
Just like the two-gun general Dong Ping, he went up the mountain so late, and his character was so scummy, why did he become one of the five tiger generals of Liangshan? It also has historical roots.
According to the "Chronicle of the Chronicles of the Lineage Since Jianyan", the historical Dong Ping can be called a "giant Kou" and "gather strong and strong soldiers", so that the imperial court has to "think that it is a control system".
That is to say, Dong Ping is the representative figure of "Zhao An De Fu Gui". Unfortunately, after recruiting An, he still let himself go, first defeating the tang prefecture prefect appointed by the imperial court, and then attacking De'an Province (de'an Province) (present-day Anlu, Hubei). Because of his arrogance and fierceness, his subordinates were afraid and hated him. The prefect of De'an seized this weakness and plotted against Dong Ping's men, counterattacked Dong Ping, and was eventually killed!
Look at the historical Dong Ping, and then look at the Dong Ping in "Water Margin", all of them are scum of character, died tragically, because they are the identity of the giant Kou, more cattle than yang Zhi in history, and naturally the five tigers of Liangshan will be given to him - it is the result of the consideration of the status of historical archetypal figures.
Therefore, "Water Margin" can be described as all-encompassing! Otherwise, it is not enough to call it one of the four masterpieces. This is the case even with the "fantasy content" that is ridiculed or questioned by many people. So-called: true and false when fake is true, false when true is false. Whether you can taste it depends on the word "enlightenment".
Gongsun Sheng is known as the biggest bug in Water Margin. What possesses the "Five Thunder Heavenly Gang Fa-rectification", and as soon as it appears, it can call the wind and rain or something. It is reasonable to say that such a mysterious figure, he hijacked the birth anniversary, is it not a hand to grab? Eighty Yang Zhi could not defeat Gongsun Sheng's spell casting. Why did he have to look for Chao Gai - isn't this a BUG?
But the question is, do you know what's behind this BUG? Looking at the "Water Margin", the emperor's eldest brother, in addition to his affair with Master Li, the most famous is the self-proclaimed "Daojun Emperor", the most admired Taoist. And the birthday gang was his subordinate Taishi, Cai Jing's Heshou - now taste the taste of it.
No matter how it is interpreted, I am afraid that no one can refute it, that is, in the Water Margin River, how can Gongsun Sheng, the representative figure of Taoism, openly oppose the "Daojun Emperor"? Naturally, Chao Gai (harmonic: change of dynasty) must be pushed to the front.
This is also a metaphor why as soon as Song Jiang went up the mountain, Gongsun Sheng left, and the Tao is different and does not conspire with each other - the introduction of Chao Gai is to change the dynasty, but Song Jiang is a rich and noble person, and they cannot play with each other.
In addition to Gongsun Sheng, there was also a very mysterious good man on Liangshan, that is, DaiZong, who possessed the divine practice of traveling eight hundred miles a day. So what is hidden behind Dai Zong? Far more deep and more exciting than what is behind Gongsun Sheng!
2. Daizong and Daizong
Daizong is a good man of Liangshan in "Water Margin", so what about Daizong? It is the ancient name of Taishan! It was not until the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period that it was renamed Taishan!
From the two names of Daizong and Daizong, it is known that Daizong, a good man in Liangshan, has an indissoluble relationship with Taishan. So is that the case? Absolutely. The final outcome of Emperor Daizong was to "return the officialdom, go to the Yue Temple in Tai'an Prefecture, and accompany the hall to become a monk" (from "Water Margin").
So where is the "Tai'an Zhou Yue Temple" and what is exquisite? It is in the Taishan area, also known as the "Dai Temple", which was built by the elder brothers of the ancient emperors when they sacrificed the god Taishan.
Surprised, not surprised? If it is said that the mysterious Daoist Gongsun Sheng is only to allude to the fact that the "Daojun Emperor" has no way to speak of, then Daizong, who travels eight hundred miles a day, is actually related to the Taishan God of the Real Hammer, which is not more deep than Gongsun Sheng.
Now that we have this layer of understanding and cognition, it is very easy to understand daizong's signature stunt "Divine Action". Let's first look at the original text, how DaiZong performed the "Divine Action Technique".
(Dai Zong) took out four armored horses from his side, tied two on each of his two legs, picked up two letter cages on his shoulders, and recited the divine magic mantra in his mouth...
It seems to be like driving fog, vaguely like a cloud. Like flying two feet swinging red dust, climbing over the mountains to tighten. It was only a moment before leaving the township, and the time was passing through the state city. The money is as close as an eye. (From "Water Margin")
The above is a description of the "divine acting" performed by Emperor Daizong when he went to Bieliang to inform his father Cai Jing that after the song was arrested for the anti-poem inscription of The Song River Xunyang Lou, the prefect Cai Jiu ordered DaiZong to rush to Bieliang to inform his father Cai Jing. Although it looks very cattle and fantasy, but if you are not careful, what is the ghost of this sentence "money mago is psychic"?
So why does high-end spells have anything to do with mundane money? This is called the great vulgarity, the author can only explain it like this!
But no matter what, it was obvious that DaiZong's divine magic was inseparable from the "Money Armor Horse". And what's worse is that this kind of thing, or a disposable consumable, can not be used repeatedly. After casting the spell, it is necessary to "untie the armor horse and take a few strange money to burn it" (from the "Water Margin").
Although it is customary to mention money, if DaiZong wants to perform high-end "divine magic", he must use money - this is not running!
Nowadays, it is necessary to diverge from the topic first, what label does Daizong have besides divine magic? That's right, it's greed for money! For example, after he saw Song Jiang, he openly asked for money: "How can the new arrival of the army not send regular money to come with me!" ”
Song Jiang didn't give it to Wu Yong because he was holding Wu Yong's letter, and DaiZong scolded angrily: "Thief with army, An dare to be so rude, upside down and say that I am Xiao Zhao!" The one who rides on my back, and beats me with a hundred sticks! (From "Water Margin")
In an instant, the author understands very well why DaiZong is so greedy for money -- there is no money, where is the "Jia Ma", there is no "Jia Ma", what can he talk about, the divine practice of eight hundred miles a day... Then contact Gongsun Sheng to find Chao Gai and hijack the "100,000 Birthday Gang", all because of the "Brother Fang Kong" running amok and causing harm.
Is Water Margin fantastic? But behind this fantasy, is it an abnormal reality - famous books are famous books!
Back to the beginning, we continue to talk about Dai Zong's brothers, understand the relationship between his greed for money and divine magic, then in the end Dai Zong laughed before he died, which is extremely special.
3. Why did Dai Zong laugh before he died?
First look at the original text: (Dai Zong) a few months later, all night is unharmed, please say goodbye to each other, and laugh to the end! Later, he repeatedly appeared in the Yue Temple, and the Zhouren Temple Wished, along with the statue of Daizong in the temple, the fetal bone was his real body! (From "Water Margin")
As mentioned earlier, after the conquest of Fang La, DaiZong returned alive to be enthroned, and then resigned his official post and went to "the Yue Temple in Tai'an Prefecture to accompany the hall to become a monk". So who did Daizong see before he left home? It is Song Jiang!
At that time, Song Jiang was very strange and asked Dai Zong why he was not an official, and he had to resign from the government and become a monk? This is not scientific! Dai Zong said something like this: "Brother Night Dream Cui Fujun hooked, so he sent this piece of kindness. ”
The first question is, why did Emperor Daizong tell Song Jiang when he resigned from his official post? Because there were many good people in Liangshan who resigned, such as Chai Jin, Li Ying, Zhu Wu, etc., none of them informed Song Jiang. Why did Daizong do this?
The answer is already given by Water Margin. When Song Jiang returned to his hometown to bury his father after being knighted and was preparing to go to Chuzhou to take office, he gave such a poem: Yijin returned to his hometown to be praised, and Cheng'en returned to Beijing. Dai Zong's guidance was lost, and his retirement was all over the sea.
Obviously, Dai Zong had come specifically to instruct Song Jiang. This means that if you don't go to Chu Prefecture to become an official, you might as well follow me out of the house and escape. But he was embarrassed to say it directly, so he said that he had resigned from the government. As a result, Song Jiang did not understand. Seeing that meaning, he wanted to force DaiZong to become an official again.
Therefore, Dai Zong came to say this, I dreamed that Cui Fujun came to call me! It made Song Jiang shut up. This is equivalent to Daizong sending Song Jiang one last chance to live!
The second question is, who is Cui Fujun? Why did Song Jiang say that Dai Zong had an immortal fate when he mentioned Cui Fujun?
Cui Fujun was a Tang Dynasty native, known as Jue (珏), with the character Ziyu ( Ziyu ) . He is one of the immortals in the Taoist system, and he appears in the chapter of Li Shimin's Dream of the Underground Mansion in Journey to the West. At the same time, according to the "Record of rebuilding the Temple of Cui Fujun", before An Lushan rebelled, Li Longji dreamed of Cui Fujun and said solemnly: "Don't go to the Buddha, Lushan will be destroyed." "It is equivalent to saving Li Longji's life."
Nowadays, looking at Dai Zong's dream of Cui Fujun, it is obvious that it also contains the meaning of saving people. Dai Zong understood and rushed to ignite Song Jiang, but Song Jiang only wanted to be rich and noble, not to die--the immortals could not save it! Therefore, why did Dai Zong laugh when he was dying? It's just laughing, Song Jiang and Lu Junyi are just idiots.