In "Water Margin", Lin Chong is the famous "leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army". "Eight hundred thousand forbidden army leader" sounds very imposing, what is the position? Some people say that it is just a row level, is this really the case?
First of all, the "800,000 Forbidden Army Sect Leader" that appears in the whole book of "Water Margin" is not only Lin Chong.
The first to appear was Wang Jin, the leader of the Forbidden Army, because he had offended Gao Qi, and had no choice but to take his old mother to the end of the world.
Then it was Lin Chong, the head of the Forbidden Army, who appeared, and Lin Chong's father-in-law, Lao Zhang, was also a "leader of the Eight Hundred Thousand Forbidden Army.".
When Hu Yanzhuo took a series of horses to conquer Liangshan, Wu Yong cooperated with Shi Qian to earn Xu Ning to go up the mountain.
Xu Ning was also a "leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army".
When Gao Li conquered Liangshan, he sent two fierce generals, one was Qiu Yue and the other was Zhou Ang, both of whom were also "leaders of the Forbidden Army".
During the conquest of Liao, the Song court sent Wang Wenbin, the "head of the 800,000 forbidden army", to send supplies such as clothing, grain, and grass to the good han of Liangshan.
Wang Wenbin held several positions, and in addition to being the head of the Forbidden Army, he was also a training envoy of the Zhengzhou Regiment.
It can be seen from this that the number of "800,000 Forbidden Army Sect Leaders" in "Water Margin" is very large, and it is conservatively estimated that there are hundreds or even thousands of people.
Although the "800,000 forbidden army" of the Song court is a claim, there are still 500,000 people.
To teach martial arts to half a million people, it is impossible for only a few dozen people, and that work has to exhaust people alive.
The original "Water Margin" mentions that when Shi Jin was looking for his master, he went to the tea shop in front of the Xiaozhuang Jing xianggong mansion to inquire about a tea doctor.
Dr. Cha said this: "There are many religious leaders in this house, there are three or four people with the surname Wang, and I don't know which one is Wang Jin. ”
You see, just a small species of Jing Xiang Gongfu this place, the number of religious heads are very large!
Therefore, although the name of "the leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army" sounds intimidating, it is actually difficult to match under the fame.
People were all intimidated by the "godhead" fixed phrase "eight hundred thousand forbidden troops".
If the three words "eight hundred thousand" are removed, and only the "head of the forbidden army" is left, this name will be much weaker.
As Lin Chong's "800,000 Forbidden Army Sect Leader", how powerful is this position?
Perhaps many readers are reluctant to accept that in fact, this "eight hundred thousand forbidden army leader" is an idle job.
The Song court was heavy on literature and light on martial arts, and the military generals actually did not have much strength.
Moreover, the position of the Song court has a characteristic, which is divided into two lines: real and virtual.
Virtual positions only represent treatment, and real positions are the things that are really managed.
The position of the head of the eight hundred thousand forbidden army, somewhere in between, is an idle post, with no power, but it must also do something.
In "Water Margin", the work of Lin Chong and Xu Ning is completely different.
Xu Ning went to work conscientiously every day, tired and stinky at the end of the day, and fell asleep on his head.
Xu Ning had to go to work on the fifth day of the morning, that is, when he was looking for the heirloom Yan Ling lock armor, he was still worried about going to work for roll call.
Lin Chong is different, in the original work, how did you ever see Lin Chong go to teach martial arts to the Forbidden Army?
Lin Chong's life is very leisurely, either accompanying his wife to go shopping, or accompanying friends to drink and eat.
Lin Chong was depressed, so he went to find Lu Zhishen to drink, and he went every day.
Unlike our current 996, Lin Chong basically does not go to work and has nothing to do.
For Lin Chong, the title of "Eight Hundred Thousand Forbidden Army Sect Leader" is more like a reward, proving that Lin Chong's martial arts are very high.
Therefore, in the "Eight Hundred Thousand Forbidden Army Sect Leaders", there are also many people who touch fish, and Lin Chong is the big guy who touches fish.
Lin Chong touched fish all day, how was his treatment and income?
Lin Chong was very rich, first of all, he had his own house in the capital City, and he did not have a mortgage.
In order to frame Lin Chong, Gao Li found someone to sell Lin Chong a sword that cut iron like mud.
How much did Lin Chong spend on the knife? 1000 consecutive!
In the Song Dynasty, 1 guan was one or two pieces of silver, and 1000 guan was 1000 pieces of silver.
If you convert according to rice, one or two pieces of silver in the Song Dynasty can be worth about 1500 yuan now.
Lin Chong's one thousand taels of silver, that is, one and a half million.
In order to buy a knife, Lin Chong shot one hundred and fifty thousand!
Judging from Lin Chong's personality, he has no side hustle except for work.
Relying only on salary, Lin Chong can buy such a knife, which shows how good Lin Chong's treatment is.
Finally, let's take a look at Lin Chong's status and strength.
Many readers have said that the "800,000 Forbidden Army Sect Leader" in "Water Margin" is just a company platoon level, is this really the case?
Not really! The "Eight Hundred Thousand Forbidden Army Leader" is not a fixed position, it can be a part-time position.
They were also "eight hundred thousand forbidden army leaders", and Lin Chong's status with Qiu Yue and Zhou Ang was very different.
Lin Chong had no one under him, and even when Wu Song was the head, there were still about a dozen soldiers under him.
Lin Chong was basically a light rod commander, and no one could summon him.
Qiu Yue and Zhou Ang were different!
Zhou Ang was the leader of the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army, the commander of the Right Guard's pro-army, and the general of the Che Riders.
Qiu Yue was the leader of the 800,000 Forbidden Army, the commander of the Zuo Yiwei Pro-Army, and the escort general.
Zhou Ang and Qiu Yue, there are about 50,000 soldiers under their hands, what kind of status is this?
The Five Tigers of Liangshan won the big sword guan sheng, and it was estimated that there were not even five thousand soldiers under his hands!
In this way, isn't Lin Chong a small chalk in the "Eight Hundred Thousand Forbidden Army Sect Leader"?
Not quite, although Lin Chong did not have a position of strength, his prestige was still very high, much higher than Wang Jin.
When Shi Jin went to Weizhou Mansion to look for Wang Jin, the people in Weizhou Prefecture only knew that there were many religious leaders in Jingluo Prefecture, and who Was Wang Jin did not know at all.
What about Lin Chong? As soon as Lin Chong appeared, all the pippi near the Great Xiangguo Temple knew him.
These street sneakers scrambled to tell Lu Zhishen, "This official is Lin Wushi, the head of the 800,000 Forbidden Army Gun stick sect, whose name is Lin Chong. ”
Even The little whirlwind Chai Jin, who was thousands of miles away, had heard of Lin Chong's name.
Chai Jin's noble status, seeing Lin Chong Na head worship, is very respectful!
From this point of view, Lin Chong's martial arts are indeed very high, so he has won the respect of The Green Forest.