Timely Rain Song Jiang is not only the number one character in Liangshan, but also he is also an extremely complex character in the novel , is thought-provoking .
Whenever he read Water Margin or Song Jiang, people's evaluation of Song Jiang is very different. Some people think that he is righteous and modest and cautious; some people think that he is hypocritical and cowardly, pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger, and is an absolute egoist.
Is Song Jiang a hypocrite or a real hero in the world? Perhaps when he sacrificed the lives of more than 70 life and death brothers to exchange for the position of Chuzhou appeasement envoy of the Northern Song Dynasty imperial court, it was already explained.
Seeing this, I couldn't help but wonder, what official position is this Chuzhou Pacification Envoy , and what kind of official position is this?
"Song Ai Si"
In fact, before Song Jiang went to Liangshan, he had an official position. He was of the county government in Yuncheng County, Shandong Province, and was called "Song Ai Si" .
The position of the escort is called an official, but it is actually an official. Song Jiang's escort is just a minor official in the county government responsible for documents and other positions .
Is he Song Jiang really has no talent, so he can only be a minor official in the county government office? Actually, it is not the case. In , the Song Dynasty , it is actually difficult to become an official. Especially for ordinary people who have no money and no background, if they want to get a job, they only have the path of imperial examinations.
However, in the historical period of the Song Dynasty when emphasizing literature and neglecting military affairs, the competition for the imperial examination was very fierce. If your own talent and knowledge were not the most outstanding, it would be difficult to enter the court and become an official through the imperial examination.
In addition to the imperial examination, in the , the Song Dynasty, you can also join the official by , , to buy official , , , to join the army and give , etc. Otherwise, you can only be an official, because few people rob the position of an official, and the work contents of officials and officials are also different.
Chuzhou Pacification Envoy
But Song Jiang was able to get the lives of more than 70 brothers at the cost of his life, and his official position was not small. He was more than a little higher than his original position as a minor official in the escort.
In the Song Dynasty, the position of pacification envoy was the local military chief sent by the court to the local government to handle military affairs.
Pacification envoy first appeared in Sui Dynasty , and was a part-time marching commander. When , when the Tang Dynasty was reached, the court sent ministers to inspect the affected areas or areas of war, also known as the pacification envoy.
To the early Song Dynasty, there were also officials who were responsible for inspecting and investigating disaster situations and military use. They were called task force . It was not until later that this special envoy developed and evolved into a commander who managed military affairs and public security in various places.
During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty , the Gorge Road Pacification Envoy, Xichuan Pacification Advisor, etc. Whenever there are natural disasters or wars, the Pacification Envoy will go to the place to be very sympathetic to the people and carry out pacification and guidance work, but the Pacification Envoy is generally held by the chiefs of various prefectures.
. During the Southern Song period, the Southern Song court established pacifiers in various ways, holding the policies of military and civilians. He was the first leader of All the ranks and the highest leader of . The background of the novel " Water Margin " is that in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the "Chuzhou" in Song Jiang's "Chuzhou Pacifier" is today's Huaian City, Jiangsu Province, and Song Jiang was the highest official of Huaian at that time, and it can also be understood as mayor .
Song Jiang's choice
Whether it was the former archery Song Jiang, or the timely rain Song Jiang who was forced to go to Liangshan after killing Yan Poxi , or Song Jiang, who was forced to take the first place in Liangshan.
Deep in his heart, he never gave up his dream of becoming an official from the beginning to the end, otherwise he would not have advocated "recruitment" in front of many brothers.
Because Song Jiang saw it thoroughly, in his opinion, Liangshan No talent , No resources , No capital , No capital , not favor the people , how can you compete for the sky ? Only recruiting peace is the only way out in Liangshan. After helping the court to wipe out the power of Jiangnan Fang La , Song Jiang got the position of Chuzhou Pacification Envoy as he wished. For Song Jiang, the position of Pacification Envoy was equivalent to a complete counterattack.
But behind the "Chuzhou Pacifier" was Song Jiang who stepped on the corpses of more than 70 brothers. Unexpectedly, Song Jiang, who once shouted "to act on the way for heaven" on Liangshan, finally became a court official and worked for the court, which is really ironic.
But tragedy has not ended here yet. Song Jiang was not completely in the position of Chuzhou pacifier. Finally, after drinking a glass of poisoned wine, he called his younger brother Li Kui to die with him.
Perhaps, this is Song Jiang’s retribution.
