Yang Zhi's life can be summed up in four words, that is, his fate is not good, and to put it mildly, he is stuffed with his teeth when he drinks cold water.
The lack of ambition in life is nothing more than internal and external factors, and for Yang Zhi, his failure is mainly due to internal factors.
Yang Zhi and Guan Sheng are both famous families, the former is the grandson of the fifth marquis Yang Linggong after the third generation of generals, and the latter is the descendant of the three points of the late Han Dynasty, the righteous and brave Wu'an Wang'an.
Let's not talk about which is true or false, just by using the sign of the famous goalkeeper, Guan Sheng will beat Yang Zhi.
Guan Sheng was recommended to Cai Jing by Ma Xuanzan of Choujun against the reputation of the descendants of Guan Yu's faction, and thus jumped from Pudong to lead the troops.
The inspection department is equivalent to the official checkpoint stationed in the county, with personnel ranging from 10 to 1 or 200 people, and the largest one is 5 or 600 people, and its main function is to inspect the affairs of the prefecture.
From this point of view, Guan Sheng is a small inspector, so Xuanzan said that he was "subordinate to the subordinates", which is indeed the case compared to his identity.
After being recommended by Xuanzan, Guan Sheng became the commander of the 15,000 troops, which was a leapfrog promotion compared to before.
However, Cai Jing didn't expect that when he met Song Jiang, the eldest brother of the rivers and lakes, he quickly disarmed and surrendered. However, even if Guan Sheng became a grass coward, when he was ranked in Liangshan, Song Jiang also gave him the fifth place.
After Zhao'an, Liangshan experienced the four major expeditions, and when it came to the reward for meritorious deeds, his treatment was also good, and the imperial court arranged for him to be in charge of the soldiers and horses of the Daimyo Mansion.
From the above, it is not difficult to see that as Guan Sheng after the famous family, he can be regarded as the sweetness after the famous family, and he is an out-and-out beneficiary.
Therefore, from the perspective of career development, Guan Sheng's life is straightforward, and he deserves to be a winner in life.
Looking at Yang Zhi again, it is completely the opposite.
In the novel, Yang Zhi only mentioned his famous identity once, or when he was fighting with Lin Chong, Wang Lun ran out halfway, and he revealed his identity in front of everyone:
"The Sprinkle family is the grandson of the fifth marquis Yang Linggong after the three generations of generals, surnamed Yang Mingzhi. Wandered here in Kansai. When he was young, he had to do martial arts and become an envoy of the palace system.
Therefore, the people in the rivers and lakes call Yang the envoy, so how big an official is the "envoy"?
The institutions in charge of the forbidden army in the Northern Song Dynasty are collectively known as the Sanya, namely the front division of the palace, the division of the guard horse army, and the division of the guard infantry army.
The leader of the forbidden army has nine positions, namely the palace front of the palace division, the deputy capital inspection, the commander of the capital, the deputy commander of the envoy, and the marquis of the capital and the marquis of the capital. The Ma Bujun of the Guards Division is the commander of the Ma Bu Army, the deputy commander of the envoy, the Marquis of Du Yu and the commander of the Ma Jun Infantry Army.
There are 420 commanders in the front division of the palace, and one commander manages about 500 people, and Yang Zhi's palace marshal's envoy is similar to this commander's position.
From this point of view, the envoy is only a very small position, and compared with Guan Sheng, it seems that he is a little stronger when he is an errand in front of the palace. But Yang Zhi has never used the signboard behind the famous door, Guan Sheng has been improving all the way, while Yang Zhi has gone downhill.
When he was sent to escort Hua Shigang and capsized in the Yellow River, he did not think of using his identity to excuse himself, but chose the most stupid way, and did not dare to return to Beijing to take refuge.
Later, the emperor pardoned his sins, and he planned to try his luck with the Privy Council in Tokyo, carrying with him a load of gold and silver, hoping to pry open the door to his career through money, hoping to get an official position, but he ran into Gao Yu.
After becoming a high-ranking official, he was relaxed with himself everywhere, but he was strict with others everywhere. He thinks that although Yang Zhi has been pardoned, he himself has no sense of responsibility, and he will evade responsibility in case of trouble, a total of ten envoys, nine of them have come back to die, as long as you Yang Zhi has not returned, who dares to use you!
What Gao Yu said is not wrong, because then it proves that Yang Zhi is love to escape responsibility, which is a later story.
Yang Zhi wanted to get a half-official position, and the first thing he thought of was not to use his famous status, but to pin his future on money. Later, he was kicked out of the palace marshal's mansion, and he did not intercede with Gao Yu, let him see that he was behind the famous family, and he had the right to spare him this time.
Later, after killing Niu Er, he was assassinated with the Daimyo's Mansion, and when he met Liang Zhongshu, he still did not mention his identity. Liang Zhongshu took a fancy to him, but he was appreciated after winning a formal competition.
Later, when he met Cao Zheng and Lu Zhishen, he didn't mention his identity.
From the above-mentioned Yang Zhi's avoidance of his identity, it is not difficult to see that Yang Zhi himself is not willing to use the signboard behind his famous family to improve his career, which is diametrically opposed to Guan Sheng.
From the perspective of life development, Yang Zhi is really poor, does not know how to use effective resources, does not know how to package himself, but a good hand, and finally play bad, the crux of Yang Zhi is another fatal factor, this factor is that the heart is small, there is no room for people, the temper is stinky, it seems to be responsible, but in fact it is a plate of loose sand, how to say this?
Yang Zhi is a deserter who has run away twice, both for fear of responsibility.
The first time he escorted Hua Shigang, after the boat capsized, nine of the ten envoys returned to Beijing to die, but he didn't go back, so Gao Yu was right.
The second time he escorted the birth gang, Huang Nigang was robbed by Chao Gai and others, in fact, this matter could have been completely avoided. There are not many members of Yang Zhi's escort team, among the fifteen people in the group, eleven are military men, two Yu Marquis plus an old man, plus Yang Zhi.
Is the strength of Yang Zhi's team very poor? Not bad, but where is the main difference? The difference is internal disharmony, and the person who caused the disharmony is Yang Zhi.
Yang Zhi wanted to complete this escort task beautifully, so he was very nervous throughout the whole process, cautious all the way, stepping up his journey, and either beating or scolding those porters and soldiers, the hostility between the two sides was quite strong.
When he arrived at Huangnigang, from the housekeepers to the soldiers who were in the same company, they no longer obeyed his command, and the hostility between them reached its peak. Coupled with the hot weather, they said that if they didn't leave, they wouldn't leave, and they wouldn't leave, Yang Zhi had to compromise in the end, you can't kill them.
Therefore, the key to the success of Chao Gai and the others in robbery is not Wu Yong's strategy, but the disharmony within Yang Zhi's team. If Yang Zhi is a kind person, persuades the military and the officials with affection and reason, and then tempts them with the benefits after the fact, why don't they listen?
The embankment of thousands of miles was destroyed in the anthill, which is exactly where Yang Zhi failed.
Yang Zhi did not know how to take advantage of his famous status, which was one of his failures; his temper was not good and his temperament was small, which was his second failure.
Still, he has merit.
As a famous family, he feels sorry for his grandparents and never wins attention in the name of his ancestors, which may be his last backbone after being a famous family.
And unlike Guan Sheng, the surrender faction, Erlongshan was fought by him and Lu Zhishen, so that Zhanshan was the king, and later Erlongshan was merged into Liangshan, which was forced by the situation, he was not a surrender faction, and he did not insult the honor of his ancestors.
A person who lives in his own world, and finally dies of illness in obscurity, this may be his own last dignity.
Anyway, the author thinks he is stronger than Guan Sheng.