As the saying goes, a fence with three piles and a hero with three gangs, no matter how strong the Liangshan team built by Song Jiang is, it also needs helpers when fighting abroad.
For example, Liangshan was able to recruit an successfully, and Song Jiang successively looked for a number of characters, first Li Shishi, so he had the first recruitment;
Then Gao Yu led the envoy of the Ten Sections to conquer Liangshan, Wang Huan and Han Cunbao were captured alive, and similarly, Song Jiang also showed them the sincerity of Zhao'an.
Even after Gao Yu was captured alive and went up the mountain, Song Jiang once again sincerely expressed his sincerity in recruiting An;
Song Jiang hoped that they could spread the word for Liangshan to show their peace of mind. But there are only two people who have really helped Song Jiang, there is Li Shishi in the front, and Han Cunbao in the back, and the second recruitment was carried out under the promotion of Han Cunbao, looking for Cai Jing, playing the quasi-emperor, and then issuing the Zhao'an edict;
It is not easy to recruit An, and it is even more difficult for Song Jiang to carry out the four major expeditions to show his loyalty after being recruited, and he also needs helpers more, among which when he was recruiting Wang Qing, there was a peerless master who made a move, and this person was Xiao Jiasui, who was quite prestigious in the Jingnan area.
Why is he so popular in Jingnan? This is closely related to his family background. There is a clear introduction in the novel, saying that his ancestor is Xiao Xi (dàn), and this Xiao Xi is not an ordinary person.
Who are you talking about? "Four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasty, how many buildings are in the smoke and rain", this is the Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu wrote the Southern Dynasty Emperor Liang Wu Emperor's obsession with Buddhism, and this Xiao Xi is the half-brother of Liang Wu Emperor Xiao Yan.
Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang Wu had seven younger brothers and two elder brothers.
The two elder brothers are Xiao Yi and Xiao Fu, who are the same brothers as Emperor Wu of Liang, but they both died before Emperor Wu of Liang became emperor and did not enjoy the benefits of their younger brothers.
There are seven younger brothers left, among whom Xiao Chang and Xiao Rong also died early, and only five younger brothers enjoy the special care of Emperor Wu of Liang. Emperor Wu of Liang crowned them kings, Xiao Hong, King of Linchuan, Xiao Xiu, King of Ancheng, Xiao Wei, King of Nanping, Xiao Hui, King of Poyang, and Xiao Xi, King of Shixing.
Xiao Xiu and Xiao Xi are siblings, their mother died early, and their father handed them over to the side room to raise, because there is no son in the side room, so he took the son he picked up for nothing as his own child, and paid great attention to their education, so these two brothers are of high quality and very responsible.
Xiao Xiu loves the people like a son, if someone kills his pet hoof, he will not use his power to oppress people, and he will not punish a person for a bird. He is also quite responsible for his work, and has served as too many assassins, and every time he goes to a place, he is hard-working and conscientious, and when he left Yingzhou, the people spontaneously saw him off, and finally died of illness on the way to his post.
Xiao Xi has a deep relationship with his brother Xiao Xiu, Xiao Xi has been the assassin of Jingzhou since Emperor Wu of Liang first became the emperor, and his salary is rich, but half of the salary is given to Xiao Xiu. After Xiao Xiu's death, he divided all his property among Xiao Xiu's subordinates.
Xiao Xi has been the assassin of Jingzhou for a long time, and he is as conscientious as his brother Xiao Xiu, people-oriented, and works for the benefit of the people.
In the novel, the author records a story about Xiao Yi's retreat from the flood, which is indeed recorded in historical materials. One year, there was a major flood in the Yangtze River, and the Yangtze River embankment could break at any time.
As a senior cadre, Xiao Xi could have been exempted from going to the front line of flood control, but he did not listen to dissuasion, and not only went to the front line in person, but also stood on the embankment to inspect the danger.
Everyone persuaded him not to be on the embankment, and he said a resounding sentence, which is consistent with the original text of the novel, that is, "Wang Zun wants to plug the river with his body, what heart do I have alone!"
How do you understand that? There's a story in it.
Wang Zun was the Taishou of the Han Dynasty, he had flood control on the embankment of the Yellow River, in order to prevent the river from rising and washing away the embankment, he threw the white horse into the river to worship the Yellow River water god Hebo, but the flood did not recede but rose, so he asked the people to tie him up and throw him into the Yellow River, in exchange for the peace of the people.
Xiao Xi said the same as Wang Zun's actions, if necessary, he can also sacrifice his body to the river to save the people.
This shows how responsible Xiao Xi is for the people's work. Shi Nai'an quoted this passage from the Book of Liang in the novel.
Let's look at this passage in the novel, "Jingnan people admire the benevolence of their ancestors and respect Xiao Jiasui very much. You can feel the weight of this sentence.
The author designed Xiao Jiasui as Xiao Jiasui's descendants, undoubtedly to increase the aura on Xiao Jiasui's body, so as to make this character more three-dimensional and more life-like, just like Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Yang Zhi, the descendants of these famous generals, just to make these characters more recognizable.
Xiao Jiasui was born in the family of Wang Hou, and he himself is as powerful as his ancestors, and he is brave and knowledgeable, and he also has a patriotic heart.
The author introduces his original text as follows:
That Xiao Jiasui is bold, ambitious, magnanimous, powerful, and proficient in martial arts. but a man of great courage. Whoever meets the liver and gallbladder, whether high or low, befriended him.
Through the introduction of his ancestors, coupled with his excellent qualities, he has ambition, discipline, courage, great strength, excellent martial arts, friends, status in the rivers and lakes, influence of the family, and a good reputation for tradition.
With these conditions, Xiao Jiasui mobilized the people of the city with just a notice, and the original text of the notice was written:
The city is full of good citizens of the Song Dynasty, and they will not be willing to help the thief. Song Xianfeng is a good general of the imperial court, killing Tartars, capturing Tian Hu, and not daring to attack him everywhere. The subordinates will be one hundred and eight people, and they will be the same as the humerus. The three people in front of the gate are unyielding. Song Xianfeng and other heroes are loyal and righteous. If the thieves kill these three people today, the soldiers in the city will be outnumbered, and sooner or later the city will be broken, and the jade will be burned. The soldiers and civilians of the city, who want to save their lives, will follow me to kill the thieves.
If he just has some courage, extraordinary strength, and skilled martial arts, can he mobilize the people of the whole city? Obviously, he can't, the reason why the people dare to follow Xiao Jiasui to kill thieves is based on the traditional reputation of the Xiao family, his ancestors treated the people well and have merits, then his descendants must not be bad, this is an important reason why the people dare to follow Xiao Jiasui to kill thieves, and it is also the trust of Xiao Jiasui.
After the city was broken, Song Jiang was full of praise for Xiao Jiasui, and immediately offered to ask for credit for him, and then Xiao Jiasui said something, and it was these words that changed the fate of the twelve heroes of Liangshan.
Here's what I said:
Xiao's actions today are not for fame and wealth. Xiao has a young and unruly trip, and he has no reputation for a hometown song. It's a lonely person. Fang Jin's slander is high, the wise man is nameless, although the material is Huai Sui and peaceful, if the line is from Yi, it will not be able to reach the ninth level. Xiao saw a number of aspiring heroes, regardless of life and death, who went to the public house, if there was something inappropriate, those who protected their wives with all their bodies would be in the hands of the traitors. Like Xiao today, he has no official responsibility, but he is like the idle clouds and wild cranes, why can't he fly!"
As soon as these words came out, Song Jiang and below all sighed. These people are specifically mentioned in the novel, "More than ten people such as Gongsun Sheng, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Yan Qing, Li Jun, Tong Wei, Tong Meng, Dai Zong, Chai Jin, Fan Rui, Zhu Wu, Jiang Jing, etc., nodded and played with Xiao Zhuangshi's words." ”
In fact, Xiao Jiasui's words are similar to what Lu Zhishen said when he was recruiting An, and Lu Zhishen's original words are like this:
"It's only that today's Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, all of them are treacherous, and they deceive Shengcong, which is better than my direct dyeing to make soap, how can I wash and kill cleanly. I said goodbye and went to find it tomorrow one by one. ”
The meaning of both paragraphs is that today's traitors are in power, and no matter how aspiring heroes are, once they act improperly, not only will their lives be difficult to protect, but they will also affect their family members, and their lives are actually in the hands of powerful traitors. Like him, idle clouds and wild cranes, not burdened by fame and wealth.
It is said that after hearing these words, the twelve heroes all interpreted themselves, and in the end, we found a wonderful result:
Gongsun Sheng followed Song Jiang to conquer Liao, Hebei Tianhu, and Huaixi Wang Qing, but did not participate in the expedition to Fangla, and left after conquering Wang Qing.
After the conquest of Fang La, Lu Zhishen and Wu Song stayed in Liuhe Temple, Lu Zhishen sat down, and his life got a happy ending, and Wu Song became a monk and lived for more than eighty years;
Yan Qing did not participate in the reward, and picked a load of gold and silver and left;
Li Jun, Tong Wei, and Tong Meng also left Song Jiang, found a way out, and went to sea to achieve another great career;
Song Jiang's hardcore cronies, Dai Zong, also resigned from his official position and became a monk in Yuemiao, and Chai Jin also resigned and returned to his original space;
Fan Rui also did not want to be an official, so he became Mr. Quanzhen with Zhu Wu, defected to Gongsun Sheng, and became a monk and traveled the rivers and lakes;
Jiang Jing also resigned from his official position and returned to Tanzhou to serve the people, and finally died a good death.
From the above, it can be seen that this wonderful result is that these 12 heroes all retired in time to save their lives.
You may say that this is pure coincidence, but isn't the novel written for coincidence? I have to say that they were indeed influenced by Xiao Jiasui, and that's how I understand it.
FYI.