Watching TV tonight, the picture is fixed on the Water Margin. The story has reached the second half of the water margin-Song Zhao Jiang 'an. Inadvertently triggered my thinking, why did Song Jiang woo? Why didn't he fight to the end and become emperor himself?
It is said that one of Chairman Mao's favorite books when he was dying in his later years was Water Margin, which was rated as one of the four classical novels, which was also a great success of Chairman Mao. In fact, the readability of Water Margin is not very great compared with the other three masterpieces. Chairman Mao's decision to make it one of the four classic novels, I think, should be a profound reflection on the peasant uprising expressed behind Water Margin, which made him make this decision.
Throughout the history of China, the peasant uprising was the most successful twice, once in the Han Dynasty established by Liu Bang and once in the Ming Dynasty established by Zhu Yuanzhang. Shi Naian, the author of Water Margin, lived in the Ming Dynasty, so his Zhao Jiang 'an should be permeated with many thoughts about Zhu Yuanzhang and other peasant uprisings.
The real Sung River Uprising in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty was actually not for wooing, but was suppressed by the Song Dynasty, which always paid attention to "emphasizing the inside and neglecting the outside" militarily. The army of the Northern Song Dynasty beat Song Jiang to no way back, and finally had to surrender to the court. Shi Naian, the author, invented Song Jiang to win him over, actually because he had a reverse idea of the direction of the peasant uprising after thinking hard about the way of the peasant uprising.
The peasant uprising in China has never been able to get rid of the historical limitations, either suppressed by the imperial court or become a tool for the landlord class to change dynasties. These limitations are not only manifested in being used by landlords, but the bottom line for China farmers to endure oppression is extremely low, just because the politics of a certain dynasty gradually became corrupt, corruption prevailed, and exploitation continued to increase, which led to people's misery; Then, God will make him worse. Only in this way can farmers finally rise up.
However, natural disasters are often not national. For example, natural disasters in Anhui, coupled with man-made disasters by the rulers, will arouse peasant uprisings in Anhui. At the same time, the harvest in Jiangsu is acceptable. Although it is not a peaceful country, it has not starved everywhere, nor has it caused resistance. This will often lead to a very bad result, and the peasants of the Anhui uprising are likely to become "robbers" in the process of hitting Jiangsu. When they arrived in Jiangsu, they did all kinds of evil, killing officials and people, and killing poor tenants! It is not difficult to see that Zhang was a branch of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty, and he was tyrannical. Of course, a peasant team with a little organizational system and a little love for the people may win in the end. Zhu Yuanzhang is a good example.
Therefore, before Marxism came into being, the outcome of peasant uprising was very bad. Even at the beginning of the uprising, how good that team can "do justice for heaven" will eventually evolve into a tool for its leaders to compete for the world.
2010165438+1the evening of October 30th.