"Not a family, not a door".
This is to say that the character and temperament of the family to whom a woman marries is often very similar to that of this family.
If it is not like or after a period of running-in or not, then there will be a lot of contradictions, and the marriage is difficult to last.
This phrase is also used as a metaphor for people who are not like-minded and do not gather together.
Therefore, this sentence is also very appropriate to use on friends, not like-minded, and it is difficult to become good friends, good brothers, good sisters, and so on.
When describing fox friends, we often use the word "smelly"; when describing several people who are in trouble or in the same difficult situation, we often use the term "difficult brother and difficult brother".
The good man of Liangshan mentioned in this article has many similarities with Li Zhong, a tiger fighter who is "unhappy and miserly", and they are difficult brothers and brothers.
Coincidentally, their bad reputations were all given by the flower monk Lu Zhishen.
He is the original owner of Peach Blossom Mountain, the little bully King Zhou Tong.
Li Zhong's story reflects the indifference of officials to the people, while the story of Zhou Tong reflects the inaction of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, even misdeeds, and squeezing the people.
Let's start with Zhou Tong's experience.
First, a paradise
Why the good man of Liangshan fell into the grass, Shi Nai'an will almost always introduce, even if it is a simple sentence "tired of being forced by the lawsuit", but for the reason why Zhou Tong fell into the grass, Shi Nai'an did not explain.
This situation shows that Zhou Tong's grass is an active choice.
Why take the initiative?
There is no place to stand outside the rivers and lakes.
If you want to gain a foothold in society, you must have a skill, Zhou Tonghui martial arts, and the nickname of "Little Bully", but his martial arts are too poor, and it is impossible to rely on this skill to gain a foothold in martial arts-related occupations, and it is difficult to make a living.
There is no other way to make a living, his birth is not good, he has no background, and he is delicious and lazy, so he chooses to rely on his three-legged cat kung fu to fall into the grass in the uncontested peach blossom mountain.
Everyone wants to be the boss, but Zhou Tong knows his own ability, so he desperately hopes that a good man with higher martial arts will come to Peach Blossom Mountain to strengthen his strength and develop for a long time.
Therefore, when Li Zhong came to Peach Blossom Mountain, Zhou Tong could not defeat him, so he took the initiative to let Xian.
Choosing Peach Blossom Mountain, in addition to no one competing, there is also a reason that Zhou Tong regards this place as a paradise.
The original said: "The old man had this little girl, who is now nineteen years old, and there is a mountain here, called Peach Blossom Mountain, and recently there are two kings on the mountain, who have built a fence, gathered five or seven hundred people, and robbed their homes." During this period, the Officials and Soldiers of Qingzhou arrested thieves and forbade him not to be allowed, because he came to the old Hanzhuang to ask for a tribute, met the old man's daughter, left twenty-two gold and a red brocade as a gift, and chose a good day tonight, and came to the old Hanzhuang at night. ”
The king of the mountain looked for Mrs. Zhaizhai and played with the normal marriage procedures of dowry and dowry, which is a rare miracle in a hundred years.
So, everyone has been laughing at Zhou Tong, laughing at his shamelessness, laughing at his ignorance, laughing at his self-righteousness.
However, this incident is enough to show that Zhou Tong's nature is not bad, even if he harasses the village under the Peach Blossom Mountain after falling into the grass, he will try his best to reduce their losses, and his main energy will be on robbing the merchants who have passed by.
The difference between Zhou Tong's way of marrying relatives and ordinary people is that there is no matchmaker's words and the orders of his parents.
This point was already deviant in ancient times, and it did not conform to the law of robbery.
The reason for this is because Zhou Tong wants to create a closed space in Taohuashan, and do what he wants to do in society but has no capital to do in this space, and this enclosed space is his paradise.
With such an idea, Zhou Tong's behavior was different from other mountain thief leaders.
Zhou Tong still has a lot of ideas, can't do others in society, go to the rivers and lakes to create a small space for himself, live a small life, and swim around.
Zhou Tong's approach is enough to see that he also has dreams, dreams of having a warm home, dreams of having a stable career, dreams of having children and grandchildren, and so on.
Second, lustful people
Many people say that Zhou Tong is a lustful person, but Shusheng has read "Water Margin" and has not found strong evidence.
Thinking about it, I felt that Zhou Tong was put on a lustful hat, but in fact, it was all a side ball.
1. Forced entry into excess
The original text above shows that Zhou Tong forcibly married and forcibly entered the Taigong's house, and although his behavior was not directly robbed by most of the mountain kings, it was similar.
This kind of behavior, if you have to say that he is a lustful mountain king, it is also a side ball, he has done it once.
Moreover, Zhou Tong is sincere, if he makes up an identity to find a matchmaker to go to Liu Taigong's house to say the media, Taigong may really agree when he sees jinzi.
At that time, it was difficult for Taigong to repent.
Therefore, this matter is too far-fetched to say that Zhou Tong is lustful.
2. Cave performance
The original said: "The Great King's Way: You see my father-in-law, a man of the house, there is no bowl lamp in the room, and my lady sits on the ground in the dark... He cried out: Mother, why don't you come out to pick me up? You hugh should be ashamed, and tomorrow I want you to be the lady of the press. One end is called a lady, and the other is touching it. As soon as he touched the gold tent, he lifted it, and when he reached in with one hand, he touched Lu Zhishen's belly.... ”
Is this kind of performance lustful?
It is also possible to say that the calculation is also possible, because there is no "custom" after the ancients entered the cave room (sitting in the tent, withdrawing the account, begging for color, the same prison together, lifting the head, etc.).
But then again, a uncultured mountain king forcibly married a relative, it is impossible to have a formal wedding ceremony, etc., Zhou Tong's performance is more like the true color of the wedding night of the village man.
Therefore, the performance of Zhoutong Cave House is not lustful.
3. Jianghu ethos
Saying that Zhou Tong is lustful, the most important thing may be that the only one that meets the standard of lust is the jianghu atmosphere at that time.
The jianghu people in "Water Margin" are many singles, all of whom are characters who are not tight on female color, but they are not gay, and they all look down on alcoholics, and good men who are close to female color are called slippery bone marrow.
According to this kind of jianghu atmosphere, as long as the jianghu people and female sex are on the side, they are not worthy of being good men, they are lustful people, and they are the people who should be killed.
Zhou Tong's marriage is equivalent to being close to a woman, that is, a lustful person.
This logic is a bit strange, but this is the jianghu logic of "Water Margin".
From the perspective of normal logic, Zhou Tong is not lustful whether he is a dowry or a relative, but his behavior is not bright enough.
He has been in the grass for some time, and he has not constantly robbed the people's daughters as wives and concubines, and he has simply wanted to have a partner when he marries his daughter-in-law.
Zhou Tong's lust is a relative result, not the lust we usually recognize.
Third, it is connected to fate
Among the one hundred single and eight generals of Liangshan Po, the one with the closest fate was Zhou Tong of Li Zhong, the two village lords of Peach Blossom Mountain.
1. Origin
The origins of Zhou Tong and Li Zhong, Shi Nai'an did not say, but through their struggles at the bottom of society, they were also born in the cold door, but not from a peasant family.
2. The reason for the falling grass
The survival skills mastered by these two themselves are not enough to make them stand in society, although Li Zhong is very hardworking and has strong skills, but it is quite difficult to think of wealth freedom, and Zhou Tong, who does not work hard, needless to say.
3. Misunderstood
Lu Zhishen is an arbitrary person, and Li Zhong and Zhou Tong are the representatives of the poor people he is most familiar with, so Lu Zhishen's judgment of them is wrong.
In Weizhou, Lu Zhishen believed that the poor Li Zhong was unhappy to take the silver slowly, and it was stingy to take out two or two pieces of silver.
In the Peach Blossom Cottage, Li Zhong and Zhou Tong, who were not big and had just gained a foothold, were not rich, so they could not receive Lu Zhishen generously, and the gold and silver utensils used were also installed, after all, they were the boss.
Zhi Shen wanted to leave, Li Zhong and Zhou Tong happened to meet a passing merchant, so they told Zhi Shen that the money he had robbed from the mountain was wrapped up in him.
It was this matter that Lu Zhishen thought that these two people were not happy, a table of gold and silver wine utensils, and the gold that had been used as a dowry before, and he was reluctant to take some to him.
But the family does not know that chai rice oil and salt are expensive, especially like Li Zhong and Zhou Tong, who do not have much ability, there is no money at all, Zhou Tong's dowry gold should be made by the brothers of the whole cottage, he fell into the grass in Peach Blossom Mountain not long ago, and the rule is that the money leaders who have obtained it have one share for each person, and one for everyone.
Therefore, the two leaders of Peach Blossom Mountain are not rich in life.
As Li Zhong and Zhou Tong said, if they gave Lu Zhishen all the proceeds from going down the mountain, then they would have no money to take, and they would have to take a share of their own money to give to the participants.
In this way, Zhou Tong is also very generous.
But Lu Zhishen did not think so, his thinking did not change because of his downfall, so he thought that Zhou Tong was as unhappy and miserly as Li Zhong.
Compared with Zhou Tong, Li Zhong is good, Lu Zhishen only said that he was unhappy and miserly, Zhou Tong also had one more lustful, although Lu Zhishen did not say it explicitly, but according to the atmosphere of the jianghu, Lu Zhishen said that he robbed his relatives to say that he was lustful.
Zhou Tong did not do anything bad, but he had a bad reputation for miserliness and lust in the jianghu, all of which were given by Lu Zhishen.
Compared with Li Zhong, Zhou Tong was even more pitiful, not only misunderstood, but also beaten severely.
4. The final outcome
During the conquest of Fang La, Zhou Tong explored the way at Dusong Pass without being alerted to being killed by Li Tianyan, and posthumously honored Yi Jielang, which ended like Li Zhong.
Li Zhong and Zhou Tong were a pair of difficult brothers and sisters, there was no smell of the same, where did they come from at first sight.
Shusheng has said many times that some good men cannot survive, Zhou Tong and Li Zhong are such good men, it is difficult to gain a foothold in society, not to mention being an official in the official field, and it is not okay to resign from the officialdom and return to the hometown for the people, this is a pie in the sky, Shi Nai'an's pen will never allow such a person to appear, and people who do not work hard are not worthy of living under Shi Nai'an's pen.
Fourth, behind the story
In Zhou Tong's story, Liu Taigong's choice is the most important thing.
The original said: "During this period, the Officials and Soldiers of Qingzhou arrested thieves, and he was forbidden, because he came to the old HanZhuang to ask for a tribute, met the old Han's daughter, left twenty-two gold and a red brocade as a gift, and chose a good day tonight, and came to the old HanZhuang at night." And he argued with him, but had to argue with him, and was therefore troubled. ”
In "Water Margin", it is very common for officials and troops to deal with mountain thieves, first, there are too many corrupt officials, most of them do not do the right thing, they do not care about the lives of the common people at all, and they do not work hard to cope with errands; second, most of the mountain thieves are haunted, and they are all guarded according to danger, and it is difficult for the officers and troops to break through.
However, Liu Taigong's incident just gave the officers and soldiers the opportunity to kill the mountain thieves, in the past, when the mountain thieves were suppressed, they did not dare to go down the mountain, and this time Zhou Tong went down the mountain to become relatives, and the officers and soldiers could ambush halfway or catch turtles in an urn in Liu Taigong's home.
After taking Zhou Tong, Li Zhong certainly couldn't sit still, as long as the officers and soldiers waited for the rabbit, they could wait for the moment when Li Zhong threw himself into the net.
Although the stolen officials are dirty, looking at the merits, they are still all upwards, which is beneficial to promotion.
The situation was very clear, with Liu Taigong's experience and insight, he could fully think of this method, as long as he went to report to the officials, and then said the method of suppressing the bandits, I believe that the governor of Qingzhou ran faster than he saw the silver, and it was only a matter of time before the peach blossom mountain thief was captured.
However, Liu Taigong did not go to the official, but only worried at home alone.
Why not report to the officials, Taigong said that "the Qingzhou officials and troops arrest thieves, forbidden him not", but the real reason is not this, but the cost of reporting to the officials is too high.
1. The government does not act
Zhou Tong had no ability, but after falling into the grass, it became a climate.
It wasn't that he was lucky, it was the inaction of the local parents.
The prefect of Qingzhou could not deal with Lu Zhishen, Wu Song and others in Erlong Mountain, nor could it deal with Deng Long, the golden-eyed tiger of the Erlong Cottage lord who was at the same time as Zhou Tong, but even if there was no good opportunity, it was more than enough to deal with Zhou Tong, who had just fallen into the grass.
The fundamental reason why "Qingzhou officials and troops catch thieves and forbid him not" is not that Zhou Tong can tolerate it, nor is the peach blossom mountain terrain too dangerous, but that the officers and soldiers come only to cope with errands, make appearances for their superiors to see, and do not really suppress bandits, bandits are gone, where do they have the opportunity to eat and drink silver below.
The prefect of Qingzhou and his officers and soldiers were not thinking about suppressing bandits, but on collecting silver.
If the Peach Blossom Mountain Cottage is rich in flowing oil, and there is a boss who is not good at martial arts, the prefect of Qingzhou has already taken him down.
Therefore, Liu Taigong's words "Qingzhou officials and soldiers arrest thieves, and forbid him not" are official words, and he knows very well in his heart what the root cause is, but this kind of thing is not good to tell a foreigner.
Ask for more blessings, the result of not reporting to the officials is similar, and it may be worse.
2. The official means are black
Where does the money come from for the officials in the government?
In "Water Margin", there are answers to small officials such as heads, guards, and prisons in various places.
Ninety-five percent of their money is gray income, such as collecting black money, reselling official information, defrauding criminals, exploiting the people, extorting landlords and rich businessmen, doing private affairs for stolen officials, colluding with bandits, and participating in casino brothels.
Things like the winged tiger Lei Heng who was ordered to catch the thieves and eat and drink silver in the Chao Gai Zhuang were still relatively clean acts.
If Liu Taigong reported to the officials for his own affairs, and the officials and soldiers came to do things for him, Liu Taigong would also have to bear the costs.
It is obvious that the officers and soldiers provide protection to the landlords, and the landlords of course have to pay for it.
There are hundreds of people in Peach Blossom Mountain, and at least a thousand officers and soldiers must come.
The food and drink of these more than a thousand people is a lot of money a day, even if the government pays money, they will find Liu Taigong to eat and drink, and the money saved will be divided among everyone.
Eating and drinking, Liu Taigong is OK to bear once or twice, and three or five times is also OK, but it is difficult to bear more.
Eating and drinking are still secondary, and if they catch a mountain thief, they will give them silver, and if they can't catch a mountain thief, they will also have to give them some hard work.
In this way, five times, eight or ninety times, Liu Taigong's family property that he had worked hard all his life to save, I am afraid that he could not survive the official army to destroy The Peach Blossom Mountain.
Shi Nai'an's corrupt officials can do anything, otherwise the common people will not be afraid of the good people of Liangshan and afraid of the official government.
If you think about it carefully, wherever there are officials in the book, even if they are called good-hearted officials, asking them to do things, they are all silver as a stepping stone.
Without silver alone, nothing can be done in the Water Margin officialdom.
For example, the golden-eyed Biao Shi En took the silver to do something for Wu Song, three or five hundred silver to do only get a few internal information, Wu Song's crime has not been alleviated, if Shi En really helps Wu Song, three or five thousand two is possible.
These corrupt officials who had been stabbed with a thousand knives could harass the common people better than the mountain thieves, so Liu Taigong did not dare to report to the officials at all, even if he had a perfect plan to clean up the peach blossom mountain thieves.
Without reporting to the official, the daughter took all the money for the family; the official, Liu Taigong went bankrupt.
A capital like Wu Song who did not do evil, and a small official like Song Jiang who helped the poor and the poor, were rare at the end of the Song Dynasty.
It is precisely because of the above two reasons that Liu Taigong's lone troubles and the unscrupulousness of mountain thieves in various places in the rivers and lakes.
epilogue:
Zhou Tong is dispensable, and we can also see him as a joke, but when we understand the things behind his story, no one can laugh.
Ironic, or ironic, Shi Nai'an satirizes corrupt officials in the official arena in different ways.
In "Water Margin", corrupt officials and mountain thieves cannot easily offend, and if they have to choose one to offend, they would rather offend the mountain thief than offend the corrupt officials, and the mountain thief can use money to send it away, but the corrupt officials and corrupt officials not only want money, but also want to die.
This is Shi Nai'an's officialdom and jianghu.
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