"A water margin, said clearly, because it does not oppose the Son of Heaven, so as soon as the army arrives, it is recruited to fight other robbers for the country -- the robbers who do not 'stand for the Heavenly Path' have gone, and finally they are slaves."
Song Jiang, a small official in Shandong, always had unrealistic illusions about the dim and dark imperial court, and when Liangshan's power was in full swing, he took the good men of Liangshan to choose this once-in-a-lifetime "good opportunity" and resolutely accepted the court's offer. Behind the seemingly great wisdom, it is only the inevitable tragic result of The limitations of Song Jiang's personal thought to Liangshan.
Although Song Jiang can become the leader of the good men of Liangshan and get their support and respect, there are also people who see through the essence of Song Jiang's heart, and finally after Song Jiang and others were killed one by one, he laughed instead, silently promoted to the rank of rich, and lived a comfortable and real life.
Choose Zhao An, fate is destined
Forcing liangshan, what he said was not false. The "good men" of Liangshan were either persecuted by the imperial court or not recognized by society, and most of them were marginal figures. As the saying goes, "I'd rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail", this sentence is most appropriate for these good men of Liangshan.
Most of the good people in Liangshan were at the beginning the big brothers of the local mountains, enjoying their independent leadership and power, but unexpectedly, these people slowly and somehow volunteered to follow Song Jiang.
The Liangshan gang led by Song Jiang later made a very crucial decision, that is, to decide to "recruit security.".
The choice of "Zhao'an" took root in Song Jiang's mind early on, and it was by no means a hasty decision. When Song Jiang killed Yan Poxi at home and fled to Chai Jin's Zhuangshang, Wu Song, who happened to be taking refuge in Chai Jinzhuang, met him, and as a result, Song Jiang was overjoyed and pulled Wu Song to chat with him all night.
On the second day of separation, Wu Song said to Song Jiang: "If I can be recruited by the imperial court alive one day, I will definitely meet with my eldest brother again." It was this sentence that left Song Jiang with such a method of whitewashing his crimes as "Zhao'an", and Song Jiang also used the great blueprint of the so-called "Zhao'an" to bring the good man of Liangshan into a desperate situation.
Song Jiang's idea was good, and he painstakingly led the group to complete his self-redemption, but he could not count the sinister of the court and the unpredictability of the human heart. It was difficult to beat Fang La back for the imperial court, and the brothers suffered heavy casualties, thinking that they would be sheltered as officials in the imperial court, fantasizing about the day of a good death, and as a result, they were designed and murdered by the traitors led by Gao Li.
A glass of poisonous wine went down his stomach and pulled Li Kui to dissipate the world together, but it was a pity that the good brother who followed him was led astray by his trusted big brother. Can only say,
Song Jiang, a man without political wisdom, chose Zhao'an and doomed his own destiny.
Those good men of Liangshan who exalted great righteousness either died tragically one by one, or even if they lived, they would suffer the humiliation of the imperial court, and only a few wise people would end up in the end.
And one of these few people, after hearing that Song Jiang was poisoned, laughed at the sky, glad that he did not go with Song Jiang at the beginning, but chose to continue to serve the imperial court, and only today had a day of promotion and a happy life, this person is Zhu Tong. For Zhu Tong, everyone who has seen the Water Margin must know this person, and naturally understand what he has done.
Heavy on love and righteousness, forced Toan Mountain
Zhu Tong, this person, and Guan Yu's name, nicknamed the Duke of Mei, Yuncheng County, born in a family with rich living conditions, was originally the head of the county horse soldiers, and in the early years he was also considered to be an errand boy for the official government, although it was not a flying yellow Tengda, but it was a good villain who had no worries about food and clothing.
It is worth mentioning that Zhu Tong is highly skilled in martial arts and is responsible for catching thieves and maintaining social order on weekdays. At the same time, he was also a man of great affection and righteousness, liked to neglect wealth and righteousness, and made many friends on the road, and a group of people who had not yet gone to Liangshan, such as Chao Gai, Wu Yong, and Song Jiang, had friendships with him.
At that time, a sensational event occurred in the courtroom, and the government learned the news that Wu Yong was planning to outwit the birthday gang, and Zhu Tong, as a member of the officers and soldiers, went to Chaojiazhuang to arrest them. Because Chao Gai and the others were acquainted with him, he was selfish, so he led the fellow infantrymen who followed him to the front door, and went to the back door alone to ambush him, planning to privately indulge Chao Gai and let him go.
After meeting with Chao Gai, Zhu Tong suggested that he go to Liangshan and fall into the grass, and then pretended to have lost his foot and injured his leg, in order to conceal the matter, and forged it as caused by Chao Gai and others breaking through. Later, Song Jiang killed Yan Boxi, and it was also Zhu Tong who protected Song Jiang Zhouquan, and what is admirable is that Zhu Tong, who let Song Jiang go, did not intend to cover up his selfish intentions this time, but instead returned to Yamen to turn himself in, and as a result, the official position was cut and Zhu Tong was also assigned to Cangjiang.
When he arrived in Cangjiang, perhaps God pitied him, the prefect at that time was very important to him, and he was promoted to a personal bodyguard, and he was also considered to have a dependency.
Song Jiang wanted to invite him to Liangshan, but Zhu Tong, who had a comfortable life, naturally did not want to go to Liangshan, and Song Jiang, who was pretending to be benevolent and falsely righteous, in order to make him follow with an iron heart, actually instructed Li Kui to kill the little prince, and Zhu Tong, who was a bodyguard, was wanted by the whole city and was forced to finally go to Liangshan.
Being framed for no reason is naturally displeased in his heart, he wants to find Li Kui but eats a closed door soup, and he guessed that it was a good thing that Song Jiang did, although he couldn't help himself, but this matter was remembered in his heart from then on.
He saw through Song Jiang's false benevolence and false righteousness, and only then did he learn that Song Jiang laughed after his death.
Maybe the hatred in his heart was also dissolved at that moment.
Meritorious conquest, official to moderation
After Liangshan accepted the offer, he then went on a campaign against the Liao state, and Zhu Tong served as Dong Ping's deputy general, breaking through the Mercury Array in the Taiyi Mixed Celestial Array, and capturing the famous Liao general Qu Liqing. Later, when Tian Hu was recruited, Zhu Tong and several other Liangshan brothers guarded Huguan.
In a famous battle ---- the Battle of Lingchuan, Zhu Tong's performance was really worthy of the nickname of his beautiful hair, and his martial arts were extremely extraordinary, and after dozens of rounds of battle with dong Cheng, the defender of Lingchuan, he still calmly led the enemy into the ambush set by "Xiao Li Guang" Hua Rong, which showed that he was also a member of Liangshan.
In the Battle of Fang La, Zhu Tong's martial courage was even more unrivaled, and when the vanguard of Liangshan fell one after another, Zhu Tong was more and more courageous in the Vietnam War, not only successfully killing Fang La's feiyun general Gou Zheng, but also capturing the flying bear general Xu Fang alive.
This Liangshan ranked twelfth "full of stars" is simply unmatched.
This good man with Guan Yu's bravery and pride and benevolence, after the Battle of Fang La, was given the command of baoding capital by the imperial court, and in his position, he continued to conquer the south and the north, diligently and earnestly, and made great achievements, and finally became an envoy to the Taiping Army.
He is loyal to the liver and is proficient in martial arts.
Such a heavy-hearted Zhu Tong is the representative of the most core feelings in "Water Margin", and it is also the most gratifying good man in the tragic ending of this famous book.
Text/Bamboo