In the novel "Water Margin", Liangshan was originally developed under the leadership of Chao Gai. However, Chao Gai was unfortunately poisoned and killed by an arrow, and Song Jiang was chosen as the lord of Liangshan. Song Jiang was born as a small official of the Yamen, and his heart was mixed with high-ranking officials of the imperial court, so under his planning, Liangshan gradually embarked on the road of Zhao'an. In the end, the good man of Liangshan was successfully recruited, but because of the southern conquest of the northern war for the imperial court, he also suffered numerous casualties.
Song Jiang
In the minds of many good men, Song Jiang's acceptance of Zhao'an was a mistake. If you develop yourself, after your strength grows, why not enter Tokyo and become the emperor? Unfortunately, Song Jiang was too loyal, which led to many good men giving their lives in vain. If Song Jiang did not accept the court's offer, would he really be able to become emperor? Let's take a brief analysis today.
Good man of Liangshan
First of all, from the perspective of political program, Liangshan does not have a clear political goal. If a peasant rebel army is to succeed in overthrowing the rule of a feudal dynasty, it must have a certain political program. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang's slogan at the end of the Yuan Dynasty was: "Drive out the Tartars and revive China", while at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng's slogan was: "Open the city gate to meet the king, and the king will not pay grain!" Although The Liangshan led by Song Jiang was anti-corrupt officials and anti-oppression, they did not closely unite the poor masses, and they only drank wine and ate meat and robbed their homes. Such a bandit team must not be able to replace a dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang
Secondly, in terms of military strength, the foundation of Liangshan was far from that of the Northern Song Court. Although Liangshan claims to have 108 generals, among these people, I am afraid that there are not even half of them who can really fight. The reason why the Northern Song army failed in the process of fighting Liangshan was that in addition to Liangshan's intrigue and trickery, it was also due to the disunity between the generals. Moreover, the elite soldiers of the Song Dynasty were mostly at border passes to guard against the invasion of ethnic minorities. If these people are transferred back, can the "good men" of Liangshan be able to stop them?
Lee Zi-cheng
In addition, the war with the imperial court is not only a competition on the battlefield of the generals, but also a logistical supply. Although Liangshan Shuipo is known as eight hundred miles, the food is only enough to maintain the cost of the people who maintain the cottage. If the front line is lengthened, the Song Dynasty has the backing of the whole country, and the logistics supply will naturally not be a problem, but Liangshan is afraid that it will be stretched. Moreover, if you want to enter Tokyo, I am afraid that you can do it not only by the strength of the Liangshan family, but also by responding from all over the country. But is Song Jiang capable of coordinating and controlling the men and horses of other forces?
Then, from the perspective of people's hearts and backs, Liangshan was not popular. Although everyone in Liangshan called themselves "good men", many of these 108 people were adulterers, who not only had no good intentions, but were also cruel and murderous. For example, the black whirlwind Li Kui destroyed the door full of the third lady and fell to the death of innocent Xiao Ya Nei, and many innocent people were killed by their hasty lives. In the eyes of the common people, this group of people is bandits and robbers, and there is no justice at all. Even if they went to war with the Northern Song Dynasty, the common people would not be on their side.
Li Kui
Finally, there were many factions within Liangshan, and not many genuinely rebelled against the imperial court. The main reason why Song Jiang was able to accept the success of Zhao'an was that he represented the interests of a large part of the people. Otherwise, it would be difficult to do so on his own wishful thinking alone. Within Liangshan, those who supported the acceptance of Zhao'an were the Descending Generals. They were originally forced to join by Liangshan, and they had the opportunity to return to the court, so naturally they couldn't ask for it. Even if Song Jiang was determined to confront the imperial court, in the course of the war, these people could not guarantee that they would not betray. Once a rift appeared inside Liangshan, it would be more difficult to resist the imperial court. To sum up, even if Song Jiang did not accept Zhao'an, he could not become emperor.