Ever since Song Jiang ascended to Liangshan, accepting the imperial court's offer was on the agenda. However, the future is bright, and the process of accepting the offer is complicated. The good man of Liangshan accepted the invitation a total of 3 times, the first two times were screwed, and only the third time was completely successful.
The first time he accepted Zhao An was in the 75th "Live Yan Luo Dumped the Ship to Steal Imperial Wine, and the Black Whirlwind Pulled the Edict and Cursed Chincha". The imperial court sent the eunuch Chen Zongshan, with 10 bottles of imperial wine and a pardon of sins, to Liangshan Po Zhao'an. For this recruitment, Song Jiang was full of hope. Because not long ago, 108 good men in Liangshan finally arrived and arranged the seats. Song Jiang became the leading big brother of Liangshan as he wished. If you accept the imperial court's invitation so quickly, it is tantamount to double happiness at the door.
Song Jiang
However, Wu Yong was not optimistic about this recruitment.
Wu Yong smiled and poured a basin of cold water on Song Jiang: "On Wu's intentions, this will inevitably fail to recruit security; even if it is recruited, it will look like grass and mustard." When this warrior led the army to come, taught him to have some poisonous hands, kill others and kill horses, and was afraid in his dreams, then Fang was recruited to be safe, and he had some arrogance. ”
In Wu Yong's view, there were not many times when the good men of Liangshan fought with the real swords and real guns of the imperial court before, and the imperial court did not see the strength of Liangshan clearly, and it was bound to underestimate them. In this case, the conditions for the court to recruit security must not be high. Only when the good men of Liangshan cleaned up the imperial court and beat them badly, would the imperial court prescribe higher conditions for recruitment.
Wu yong
Among the good men of Liangshan, Lin Chong, Guan Sheng, and Xu Ning all supported Wu Yong's views. But Song Jiang insisted on going his own way, saying to them, "You all have to be suspicious, and you only care about arranging to receive the edict." When Wu Yong saw that the dissuasion could not be achieved, he privately issued an order and made arrangements, telling the good people of Liangshan to act according to his orders.
Under Wu Yong's arrangement, Ruan Xiaoqi designed to overturn the ship that Chen Zongshan was riding on, stole 10 bottles of imperial liquor brought by Chen Zongshan, and loaded them with 10 bottles of village mashed water liquor; Li Kui snatched the edict from Xiao Rang's hand, ripped it to pieces, and also grabbed Chen Taiwei and dragged him to beat him; after the good han of Liangshan ate the imperial wine, Lu Zhishen, Liu Tang, Wu Song, Mu Hong, and Shi Jin took the lead in attacking, and more than half of the leaders of the big and small became into a commotion, making the scene uncontrollable. This time, Zhao An failed.
Ruan Xiaoqi
Did Song Jiang know about Wu's secret "troublemaking"? Apparently known. When Chen Zongshan and the others fled in a daze, Song Jiang complained to Wu Yong: "Although the imperial court's edict is unclear, all of you are also irritable. Afterwards, Song Jiang also did not punish Wu Yong and others who disobeyed the order.
The second recruitment was in the 80th "Zhang Shun Chiseled Leaky Loach Ship, Song Jiang Defeated Gao Taiwei Three Times". This time, because the good Han of Liangshan defeated Gao Li's army for the first time, the imperial court changed its strategy and sent Gao Li to recruit good Han of Liangshan in the local area. When Gao Li received orders from the imperial court, he was defeated by the good han of Liangshan for the second time. But he lost two battles in a row, lost face, became angry, did not want to recruit an, and wanted to fight a decisive battle with the good man of Liangshan. However, the orders of the imperial court could not be disobeyed. What to do?
Gao Li
Reminded by Wang Jin, an old official in Jeju, Gao Li used a sentence in the edict to "eliminate the evil committed by Song Jiang, Lu Junyi, and other people of all sizes, and with pardon." According to the imperial edict's wishes, it was to pardon Song Jiang, Lu Junyi, and all other good men of Liangshan for their crimes. Gao Li broke the sentence after Song Jiang and changed it to "Except for Song Jiang, Lu Junyi and other people of all sizes, they have committed evil and have been pardoned", which means killing Song Jiang and pardoning the crimes of Lu Junyi and other good people of Liangshan.
This trick can be called vicious. If the good Han of Liangshan were to be killed, it would have a serious consequence: the good Han of Liangshan, who had lost his leading elder brother Song Jiang, would become a mess of scattered sand and pose no threat to the imperial court. At that time, the good man of Liangshan will definitely be slaughtered by others, and the end will be tragic.
Gao Li sent someone to inform the good men of Liangshan and ordered them to go to Jeju City to accept the recruitment. Song Jiang was single-mindedly recruited, and after listening to the notice, he "fell from heaven with joy and smiled one by one." Instead, Lu Junyi became suspicious, worried that it was Gao Li's conspiracy and trickery. Wu chengzhu was not afraid of Gao Qi, so he let Song Jiang go to Jeju City with peace of mind, dispatched his own troops, and sent Hu Sanniang, Li Kui and others to ambush outside Jeju City in advance to prevent Gao Qi from planning.
The Third Lady
Song Jiang and the others arrived at Jeju City, and envoys sent by the imperial court read the edict at the head of the city. When Wu Yong heard the envoy read the three words "except Song Jiang", he immediately looked at Hua Rong and said, "Can the general listen?" Hua Rong was a general of Song Jiang's concubine lineage, and after hearing the edict, he immediately had a seizure: "If I do not forgive my brother, why should I wait for the surrender?" Hua Rong was a sharpshooter, and immediately took the arrow, dragged the bow full, and shot the envoy with an arrow.
This arrow shot away Song Jiang's second acceptance of Zhao An's dream.
Hua Rong
The failure of these two recruitments, on the one hand, is of course due to the lack of sincerity of the imperial court, and there are Gao Li and others who are doing the work, but on the other hand, there are also reasons why Wu Yong and others are unwilling to accept the recruitment. Wu Yong and others twice went against Song Jiang's wishes, but they were not punished, which reflected Song Jiang's broad-mindedness and also showed that Song Jiang's position in Liangshan was not as stable as everyone imagined.