Preface
Speaking of peasant uprisings, I believe that the one hundred and eight heroes who appeared in "Water Margin" will always appear in everyone's minds. Each of them has a different life experience, but in the end, they all went to Liangshan together.
Of course, different personalities also determine their different endings. Most of them ended up very tragically, but there are exceptions, that is, today's protagonist Gongsun Sheng, he has long been aware of Song Jiang's careful thoughts, so he left this place of right and wrong early, of course, he is also the person with the best ending in the Water Margin.
1. Enter Liangshan
Gongsun Sheng can be said to be one of the different among the one hundred and eight heroes on Liangshan, he is not a common man at the bottom of the society, nor an official of the Great Song Dynasty, but a Taoist priest. According to the description, Gongsun Sheng is eight feet tall and has a dignified appearance, quite Pan An's appearance.
Gongsun Sheng has been intelligent since he was a child, and he is also extremely talented in martial arts, since he was a child, he has loved to dance knives and guns, so that Gongsun Sheng thought that he would become a united front soldier in the future. Although he became a monk later, he still did not abandon this hobby.
Just like the aforementioned article, he has been smart since he was a child, so after becoming a Taoist priest, he put his energy on Taoism, and soon achieved a small achievement, it can be said that the first half of Gongsun Sheng's life is diametrically opposed to everyone on Liangshan, even if he does not go to Liangshan after that, then Gongsun Sheng can live a good life.
It was not Song Jiang who changed Gongsun Sheng's mind, but Chao Gai. Several people met together because of the interception of the birthday gang that year. As we all know, at this time, due to the corruption of officials in the Great Song Dynasty, the lives of the people were devastated. Even so, these officials are still oppressing the people, and Gongsun Sheng has always had a jealous and hateful heart.
He will help when he can solve social injustice. Cai Jing was about to celebrate his birthday, and his son-in-law looted a whole 100,000 treasures to Cai Jing in order to please him. This money is enough for many people to eat, and when they learned the news, several people wanted to rob the rich and help the poor, and they hit it off and prepared to intercept the birth gang.
Among them is the young and vigorous Gongsun Sheng, at first he practiced martial arts, that is, he wanted to be useful, and when the time came to need him, how could he not come forward.
Why do you say that you outwit the birth gang, the wisdom in this comes from Gongsun Sheng. At that time, it was precisely because of Gongsun Sheng's proper calculation and accurate prediction that there was a wonderful drama later. In this operation, Gongsun Sheng made a lot of contributions. Of course, for Gongsun Sheng, he also gained something, that is, he got acquainted with Chao Gai.
Gongsun Sheng's appreciation and convincing of Chao Gai is beyond doubt. However, their movements were so big that it was impossible to retreat with their whole body, and a few people in desperation, under Song Jiang's proposal, they finally went to Liangshan.
2. Be aware of ambition
Gongsun Sheng met Chao Gai by chance, and after the two met, Gongsun Sheng was attracted by Chao Gai's righteousness and character, and immediately felt that this person was a friend who could be deeply acquainted. So when Chao Gai invited Gongsun Sheng to intercept the Birth Gang, Gongsun Sheng agreed without thinking about it.
It can also be seen that what Gongsun Sheng has always believed in is Chao Gai, which also laid the groundwork for him to go down the mountain under an excuse later. Gongsun Sheng can be said to be the only one among these people who does not have great trust in Song Jiang. Because Song Jiang helped Chao Gai and others, both Chao Gai and Wu Yong believed in Song Jiang very much.
But Gongsun Sheng always felt that Song Jiang had a city government and was not a person worthy of deep friendship. But Song Jiang had indeed helped them before, so Gongsun Sheng hid his suspicions.
After a few people went to Liangshan, they did spend a quiet life. Needless to say, Wang Lun's personality is needless to say. Seeing that Chao Gai and several people were so capable, Wang Lun immediately had a different idea in his heart, Wu Yong quickly saw through Wang Lun's trick, and also used the agitation method to let Lin Chong kill Wang Lun.
Without Wang Lun, the entire Liangshan is dominated by Chao Gai and his party. Of course, the position of the "leader" Chao Gai is also the best choice. Under the leadership of Chao Gai, Liangshan soon regained his vitality, and for a time Liangshan was jealous and hateful, and it was also known to people for punishing evil and doing good.
But at this time, the peaceful life of several people was broken, and Song Jiang's sudden ascent up the mountain directly tilted the balance of the entire Liangshan.
What I have to say here is that Song Jiang is completely different from the people on Liangshan, he has been systematically educated, and he still cares about his official position in his heart.
Although Lin Chong was also an official in the court, the mood of the two was also different. In today's words, Song Jiang originally had an iron rice bowl, how could he look at the life of everyone on Liangshan who was similar to Caokou?
He went to Liangshan after he was sentenced to death, and he could see that Song Jiang still had arrogance, and he didn't want to live a life of being a grass coward. At the invitation of the brothers on Liangshan, Song Jiang agreed to go to Liangshan.
After he came, the atmosphere on Liangshan immediately changed, as we all know, although Chao Gai is capable, but he does not have any scheming, Song Jiang also took Li Kui and others when he went up the mountain, if Chao Gai thought through it, he could understand that these people were Song Jiang's cronies, they would only obey Song Jiang, and it would also have an impact on Chao Gai's status.
It's a pity that Chao Gai never thought of Song Jiang so much, and he was also happy that Song Jiang brought brothers to strengthen the team. Although Song Jiang couldn't understand it, someone could understand it, and Gongsun Sheng immediately felt that Song Jiang might have ulterior motives.
As we all know, Song Jiang immediately sat in the second place after going up the mountain, and Song Jiang was very happy when he heard that Chao Gai gave him the second position. Not long after, an incident made Gongsun Sheng even more disliked Song Jiang.
After sitting in the second position, Song Jiang began to rein in power. After all, Song Jiang is an official in the court, and it is natural that he will handle trivial matters better than Chao Gai, and gradually everyone looks for Song Jiang when he has something, and Chao Gai's power is gradually hollowed out.
3. Die well
But it is not enough to be in charge alone, the most important thing is to have military achievements. When attacking Zhujiazhuang, seeing that he could not attack for a long time, Chao Gai, as the number one, was ready to go into battle in person to strengthen his morale. But he was stopped by Song Jiang on the grounds that he was worried about his safety.
Song Jiang took his cronies and went on his own, and the final result was that Song Jiang won a huge victory. For a while, his reputation on Liangshan also increased a lot. At this time, Chao Gai still didn't find out Song Jiang's ambitions, and still handed him the opportunity to be in the limelight.
In Chao Gai's opinion, this is his trust in Song Jiang, but in the eyes of others, Chao Gai is sitting back and enjoying his success, everyone is a brother, what is going on with you sitting and enjoying his success.
So gradually, there were voices saying that they wanted Song Jiang to be the leader of Liangshan, and even Wu Yong, who Chao Gai trusted the most, was also overwhelmed by Song Jiang's personality charm. At this time, Gongsun Sheng was unable to get involved in their struggle after the recovery was fruitless.
So he took advantage of his mother's old age and said that he would go down the mountain to take care of his mother. After all, filial piety comes first, and this reason makes people unable to find anything wrong at all. Even if Song Jiang blocked it in every possible way, Gongsun Sheng always insisted on his own ideas.
Here, not long after Gongsun Sheng left, Chao Gai died of poisoned arrows, and when he was dying, he said that whoever could avenge him would be the next principal. But at this time, Song Jiang's prestige made him sit directly in the position of leader.
epilogue
After Song Jiang sat on the first chair, he soon showed his ambitions. Song Jiang's ultimate goal is different from that of other heroes, Song Jiang still wants to be added to the ranks, but his wish has cost countless brothers in Liangshan their lives. Gongsun Sheng, who went down the mountain in his early years, became the best one in his later years.