"Rolling water in the east of the Yangtze River, the waves exhaust the heroes." Success or failure turns empty. ”
When later generations read the ending of "Water Margin", they often covered up and sighed the tragic ending of the good man of Liangshan. The times make heroes, and the chaotic world gives the aspiring person a stage and gives him the opportunity to perform.
And the times also annihilate the heroes, and individuals are often overwhelmed by the great waves of the times, and there is no chance of turning over. Song Jiang is the helmsman of the Liangshan Gang, limited by his own contradictory personality, and eventually leads a group of good men to the battlefield of death after Zhao'an, and he himself is also killed by poisoned wine, and no one takes revenge for him.
But is it true that none of the one hundred and eight good men have a good ending? In fact, it is not the case, there are also 5 people in The Water Margin Liangshan who have made a comeback with their own skills, and listen to me one by one.
Retire to the mountains
The most familiar of the five is None other than Wu Song, whose story of beating a tiger, avenging his brother, and killing The adulterers and adulteresses Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian was widely circulated. His cheerful and vengeful personality is most in line with the image of a group of good men in the green forest, and his personality is bold and strong in martial arts, becoming a childhood idol of many children, and is also the most able to call the "heroic good man" in the Liangshan Gang.
When Song Jiang chose to accept Zhao'an, he was the first to stand up against it. He was forced to go to Liangshan because he was framed by the imperial court, and he had seen through the corruption and misery of the imperial court, and did not believe that he could be really appointed by the imperial court.
And this is indeed the case, although the face of his brother Song Jiang still joined the team of marching east and west, but in the final battle of Fang La, he was deposed an arm, and only then proposed to Song Jiang to retire.
Song Jiang also had to think of friendship and let him go, but he took the opportunity to stay in Liuhe Temple to become a monk. Although posterity has disputed whether he really saw through the red dust or whether he did not return to the imperial court on the pretext of not returning, he finally escaped the disaster, did not die of poisoning like Song Jiang, and did not hang himself one after another like other brothers. He lived to be in his eighties before he died, which was a fairly peaceful ending.
And Li Ying, the Heavenly Eagle, is also such a retired person, he was originally an ally of Zhu Jiazhuang, living a small life with a solid family foundation. However, because Zhujiazhuang had offended Liangshan, Song Jiang sent someone to win him over.
He has an already free-spirited personality and does not want to muddy the waters. He also deliberately injured the Zhu family to evade Liangshan's invitation. However, Song Jiang still did not hesitate, burned his home and killed Zhu Jiazhuang, and Li Ying had to join the Liangshan Gang. Then he also ran east and west with the army, and finally returned to the imperial court, originally had an idle job for him, but he had no intention of staying in the world any longer, resigned from the government and returned to his hometown to live his own idle life.
Embrace the beauty
It is said that "the prodigal son does not change his head", and Tianqiao Xing Yanqing was the prodigal son of the disciple in his early years. He was later taken in by Lu Junyi and became his confidante. His versatility and versatility made him the leader of Liangshan's infantry, and subsequently contributed to Liangshan's recruitment. But more importantly, he marched Fang La to retreat to the hidden rivers and lakes, and also wandered the world with the beauty Li Shishi.
The talent and appearance of this Master Li can be seen in many poems. Yan Jidao once wrote a poem about her se rong: "When I returned to Fengcheng, I said that I was with Qinglou Dao: Looking at the Yingchuan flowers, it is not like a teacher. And her love with Song Huizong has always been talked about by posterity.
In order to contribute to the imperial court, Song Jiang tried his best to meet with Emperor Huizong in person to show his loyalty. However, Yan Qing mistakenly hit and bumped into Li Shishi, and Was actually caught in the eye by Li Shishi, Song Jiang entrusted this layer of relationship and wanted Li Shishi to greet the emperor on behalf of Li Shidai, saying that the Liangshan Gang intended to submit to the imperial court.
But Master Li only had Yan Qing in his heart, and when he went downstairs with Song Jiang to leave, she pulled Yan Qing and told him with infinite resentment: "Brother, the end of the world, take more care, although the sister's body is dirty, the heart is still there, see each other for a day, forget..." The words are not over, and the tears are not endless.
Yan Qing looked back, he had understood Master Li's intentions, but in his heart he was still thinking about the overall situation, and the children's love could only be put aside for the time being. He glanced back at Master Li and said only one sentence, "Be kind and take care of yourself!" "Just turn and leave." Later, Emperor Huizong of Song did listen to Master Li's pillow language, sent people to Liangshan Po to recruit an, and also issued a letter of pardon to Yan Qing.
Yan Qing accompanied Lu Junyi in his conquests and pacified Fang La's later divisions. In the evening, he went to see the old lord Lu Junyi privately, knowing that after entering the imperial court, his life and death were uncertain, so it was better to retire at this time and live a small life in anonymity.
Lu Junyi remembered that Song Jiang had the grace to save him, and also believed that the imperial court would reuse him, and also retained Yan Qing. Yan Qing refused, so she had to bid farewell to Lu Junyi, and picked up a few valuable jewels to go to Master Li and took her to the end of the world.
He and Master Li, the two met in Pingshui and met unexpectedly, and they were both small pawns in the tide of the times, and life and death were up to the sky. As soon as we meet, there is a natural sense of closeness.
The birth situation of both of them is not good, and after wandering for most of their lives, they finally have a lonely boat rhyme, and the romantic ending of the river and lake canopy is also gratifying.
Climb up the ladder
Later, when it came to Zhu Tong, the Duke of Mei hair, after he privately released Chao Gai and Song Jiang, Song Jiang also intended to develop him to go up the mountain. And he is actually satisfied with the status quo, his career is a smooth sailing time, the future development of a lot of room.
However, Song Jiang was also eyeing this, and when he took Xiao Yannei, the son of the governor of Cangzhou, to travel, he sent Li Kui to kill Xiao Yanei and cut off his official road. Later, after being persuaded by everyone and Li Kui personally bowed down and made reparations, this made Zhu Tong discouraged and forced to fall into the grass and Liangshan.
After zhao'an, he made great achievements in various battles, and in the final conquest of Fang La, he showed his might and killed the Feiyun general Gou Zheng, and even captured the flying bear general Xu Fang.
After he returned to the imperial court, he was reused and was awarded the title of General of Wujie and the Governor of Baoding Province. After that, he accompanied Liu Guangshi to break the Golden Army, and the official was sent to the Taiping Army. It can be said that it is far beyond the generals of Liangshan Po.
And the biggest official was the king of Siam. Li Jun, the dragon of Chaojiang, was originally the three masters of Jieyang, and was called by posterity as one whose intellect was not inferior to Song Jiang and Wu Yong.
He made Ji join Liang Shanpo in song and became the first leader of the water army, and when he conquered Sikou, the Liangshan water army under his command also made great achievements.
During the conquest of Fang La, he and Tong Wei and Tong Meng held a meeting with Fei Bao, Ni Yun, Bu Qing, and Di Cheng at Yuliuzhuang, which is also known as the "Taihu Lake Xiaojuyi".
They discussed the development after Liangshan, and Li Jun immediately broke the end of returning to the imperial court and persuaded everyone to start a new stove.
Naturally, they all believed in him and followed the right people. After pacifying the Fangla war, Li Jun pretended to have a stroke and bid farewell to Song Jiang and his party. The two brothers, Tong Wei and Tong Meng, were left as confidants, and they went to Yuliuzhuang and Fei Bao and other four-person rounds together.
Seven brothers with one heart, their profits and gold, quickly built a ship, from the port of Taicang to the sea, all the way to kill and plunder, and finally became the king of Siam. This is the best one in Liangshan's ending.
One hundred and eight good men of Liangshan actually ended up with only 5 people who ended up with a good ending, and I couldn't help but sigh. If Song Jiang had not flinched at that time and chosen Zhao'an, but sought another development, he might have made the Liangshan Group bigger.
However, the torrent of the times rushed in, and it was difficult for him to make other choices under the oppression of the imperial court. It can only be said that the times have created heroes and destroyed heroes.