Chinese culture is extensive and profound, and there are countless classic literary works that have been passed down from ancient times to the present. Now we are most familiar with literary classics that belong to the four major classics. We have been learning the four classics almost from elementary school to the present, and teachers often explain the plots of them. Many of the current film and television works are also adapted from the four classics. The four masterpieces of
each have their own characteristics. Among them, the 108 heroes of Liangshan brought to us by the Water Margin have to impress us. Among them, Song Jiang is the leader of Liangshan, and his story in it makes us linger. Regardless of the Water Margin or the other three masterpieces, they are basically based on the original story as the background and then adapted and written, so the deeds of the characters in the masterpieces are different from the world of the characters in the real history.
In the Water Margin, Song Jiang finally accepted the imperial court’s offer, but in the end he was poisoned to death by the treacherous ministers in the imperial court. So, is his final ending really like this?
We saw Song Jiang in the Water Margin. Although he was a hero, he was always disappointed when facing the imperial court. But the real Song Jiang in history is really proud and still brave enough to resist the oppression of the court.
1. Enough of oppression, Zhang Liangshan is king
Song Jiang was born in Shuibao Township, Yunxian County, Shandong [yùn]. His family's livelihood was all supported by the money he earned from fishing and picking lotus roots. At that time, the imperial court increased the people. For people who rely on fishing for their livelihoods like Song Jiang and need to borrow boats, they must pay taxes according to the number of boats. Facing the oppression of the imperial court, Song Jiang and the other 36 people could not afford such a heavy tax, so they went to Liangshan together and began to resist the imperial court.
When Song Jiang and others first went to Liangshan, the number of teams under their hands was very limited, so if they just stayed on Liangshan, it would be difficult for them to continue. So Song Jiang chose guerrilla warfare to attack the nearby counties and counties, and Song Jiang chose this guerrilla warfare to maximize their advantages. Therefore, even if their numbers were relatively small, their combat effectiveness was much stronger than that of the defenders at the time.
Song Jiang continued to expand his power by virtue of this method, and when Song Jiang and the others occupied a state or county, they would open the granary to the people to make ends meet, so even if Song Jiang and others are called thieves, But their actions are supported by the people, so their troops are getting bigger and bigger.
Originally, Song Huizong and court officials didn't care about Song Jiang's power, but as Song Jiang and others expanded further, they finally discovered the power of Song Jiang and others. Although the court has sent officers and soldiers to encircle Song Jiang and others many times, all of them ended in failure. Just when Song Huizong couldn't think of any way, the then official Hou Meng proposed a scheme to put down the rebellion of Song Jiang and others by means of Zhao An.
However, on the way to Zhaoan Song Jiang and others, Hou Meng died of illness, and Song Huizong was only able to appoint Zhaoan to Zhang Shuye for execution.
2. Forced to surrender and died due to rebellion
Zhang Shuye was a very powerful character at the time. Although his official position was not high, he became a heavy minister in the Northern Song Dynasty. Although he was going to recruit Song Jiang, but the methods he used were not bad. When he arrived at the front line, the first thing he did was to arrest Song Jiang and others as rebel generals. The reason for this was that he wanted to disrupt Song Jiang's military spirit.
and his second step was to send someone to understand Song Jiang’s marching plan clearly. Finally, under his strategy, Song Jiang and others fell into the ambush of the Song army. Later, the two sides remained in a stalemate, and Zhang Shuye was only able to throw out the conditions of Zhao An, causing Song Jiang to surrender.
When Song Jiang returned to the court, he and his 36 brothers were also given official positions, but Song Jiang in history was not content with the status quo. Later Song Jiang and others launched another rebellion, but it was a pity It was this rebellion that was quelled by the Song army, and Song Jiang and others were all executed in this rebellion.
So this tells us a message that Song Jiang, who followed Tong Guan to fight against Fangla at that time, did not occupySong Jiang where Liangshan is king. It was a general of the same name as Song Jiang during the Northern Song Dynasty. In the end, Tong Guan's campaign against Fangla also ended in victory.
From this we can know that there are differences between classics and historical facts, and the writing of classics will change according to the situation at that time. If Shi Nai'an didn't write Song Jiang in the Water Margin as a person who yearned for the imperial court. Then the masterpiece he wrote at the time will not be allowed to circulate to this day, and we have no way of knowing so many things about the Liangshan hero.
Although most of the deeds of the characters in the famous works are consistent with history, we cannot judge a certain person in history based on the famous works. Instead, we should collect more information in the historical facts. Get to know this character. The picture of
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