Good is rewarded with good, evil is rewarded with evil, not by not being repaid, the time has not yet come. The Chinese people believe in karma and feel that the wicked will have evil retribution, but the Water Margin is a work that makes people more and more angry the more they look at it, and the good people of Liangshan such as Hu Sanniang, Lin Chong, Hua Rong, and so on, finally died tragically, killing their Cai Jing, Gao Yu and other traitors, still in high positions, living well, and did not receive bad retribution for their evil deeds.
In the Water Margin, Gao Li, Cai Jing and Gao Li were not killed or deposed for their crimes, what was their end in real history?
1. Gao Li
In the Water Margin, Gao Li is a corrupt official who people hate very much. He was originally just a rogue with no ambition, because he was good at kicking and bowing, and was appreciated by Duan Wang Zhao Yao. After Zhao Tuo became emperor, he promoted Gao Qi to be a lieutenant and put him in charge of the forbidden army. Gao Li was a small man, and before he was developed, he was injured by Wang Sheng, the father of Wang Jin, the leader of the Forbidden Army. Gao Li therefore harbored a grudge and wanted to use his excuse to put Wang Jin to death, forcing Wang Jin to leave the Forbidden Army with his mother and go to Yan'an Province to defect to the old Jing Xianggong.
Lin Chong, another sect leader in the Forbidden Army, was also killed by Gao Qi. Gao Qi's son Gao Yanei took a fancy to Lin Chong's wife, Lady Lin, and wanted to get Lady Lin five times. Lin Niangzi's resistance and Lin Chong's obstruction prevented him from succeeding. For this reason, Takahata was sick. For the sake of his son, Gao Li began to hold a grudge against Lin Chong, and designed to frame Lin Chong for mistakenly entering the White Tiger Hall with a knife, and wanted to put Lin Chong to death. In the face of Gao Qi's repeated murders, Lin Chong finally couldn't bear it anymore, killed Gao Qi's confidants Yu Hou and Lu Qian, and went up to Liangshan on the snow night.
After Liangshan grew, Gao Li personally led an army to recruit them, but his ability was low and he was captured by Liangshan. In order to recruit security, Liangshan did not kill Gao Li, and also entertained Gao Li with good food and drink. Gao Li agreed with a full mouth, and after returning, he returned to the matter of Zhao'an, but when he returned to the imperial court, he did not mention Zhao'an in front of the emperor, and he also tried his best to prevent Liangshan from completing Zhao'an. After Liangshan achieved zhao'an through Li Shishi, Gao Li ganged up with Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and other traitors to frame the Liangshan brothers, resulting in the tragic death of more than half of the Liangshan brothers.
In the real history, Gao Qi's path of origin is more similar to that of Gao Qi in the Water Margin, and it is also because he is good at kicking and bowing, and is appreciated by Emperor Huizong of Song and promoted to be a lieutenant. During his tenure as a lieutenant, Gao Li pampered himself for personal gain, "encroaching on military camps, using extensive private land, occupying more forbidden troops, and serving with full force", resulting in the prohibition of troops", the abolition of discipline, and the "non-repair of military and political affairs". In the face of the Jin people, Emperor Huizong of Song passed the throne to Emperor Qinzong of Song in order not to be the king of the subjugated country, and then took Liang Shicheng, Tong Guan, and others to escape from the south.
Gao Li also fled south with Emperor Huizong of Song, but on the way, he was ostracized by Tong Guan. Gao Li left Emperor Huizong of Song on the grounds of illness and returned to Kaifeng. After Emperor Huizong of Song became emperor, in order to appease the people and consolidate his own throne, he began to purge the old ministers of the Song Huizong period, and Liang Shicheng, Tong Guan, and others who fled with Song Huizong were all killed by him, and Gao Li left Song Huizong and returned to Kaifeng, so that Song Qinzong spared him. In the end, the Northern Song Dynasty died, but Gao Li saved himself and was able to die well.
2. Cai Jing
Cai Jing in the Water Margin, the official taishi and prime minister, ranked first among the civil servants. He excluded dissidents, embezzled and accepted bribes, plundered the people's fat, deceived the inferior, and did all kinds of evil things. The birthday that Chao Gai and others robbed was a birthday gift from his son-in-law Liang Zhongshu to Cai. In the Water Margin, the generals sent by Cai Jing and others, such as Qin Ming, Hu Yanzhuo, and Guan Sheng, were defeated by Liangshan one after another, and were persuaded by Liangshan to surrender, but Cai Jing and others lied about the military situation, but instead told Song Huizong that the imperial court army had won a great victory, so that Song Huizong was always in the dark and did not know the truth.
The real history of Cai Jing, very talented, is a famous calligrapher, but Cai Jing, who can worship him four times, is closely related to his good drilling and flattery. After Wang Anshi lost power, Sima Guang paid homage to him, and he demanded that all localities abolish Wang Anshi's change of law within 5 days and restore the law of bad service. The other ministers were worried that they were too anxious and made trouble, and only Cai Jing, in order to curry favor with Sima Guang, completed it within 5 days.
After this, Cai Jing was promoted by Sima Guang. Unfortunately, Sima Guang died of illness a few months later, and Cai Jing was immediately impeached and demoted.
Soon after, Cai Jing made him get a rapid promotion in his career by currying favor with Tong Guan, and finally the official was the prime minister, ranking first among the hundred officials.
After Emperor Qinzong of Song succeeded to the throne, Cai Jing moved his family south to escape the war. This provoked resentment from Song Qinzong. Subsequently, the chancellor impeached Cai Jing for embezzlement and bribery, and the chaos of the imperial program, and Emperor Huizong of Song took the opportunity to demote him to exile. At that time, Cai Jing was 80 years old and eventually died on the road.
3. Tong Guan
Tong Guan in the Water Margin, and Cai Jing and other people are in cahoots, cheating and cheating, etc., and doing a lot of evil things. After Liangshan recruited An, they formulated a poisonous plan of "anti-thieves fighting anti-thieves", which led to the tragic death of most of the Liangshan brothers. Subsequently, they poisoned Song Jiang and Lu Junyi in order to avoid the consequences.
In real history, although Tong Guan was a eunuch, he had a certain ability, he once led an army to attack Western Xia, pacified Fang La, and made many meritorious achievements. When Tong Guan led his army to conquer the Liao state, he was defeated and returned. After Emperor Qinzong of Song succeeded to the throne, he appointed Tong Guan as the retainer of Tokyo, but Tong Guan did not accept it, but fled south with Emperor Huizong of Song. This made Song Qinzong very angry, and finally listed more than ten counts of Tong Guan and killed Tong Guan.