Many times, reading Water Margin is more interesting. Why is it getting more and more interesting? It is because every time, after the ideological level is improved, there are different understandings, thus generating new ideas!
The protagonist of this article is a man in Chai Jin, who holds a gold medal to avoid death and enjoys the treatment of being born with the country.
Serious children of the former royal family.
Many times, when I read Water Margin, I will take it for granted that it is a book written by a group of bandits and hooligans who act for the story of doing good in the name of heroism.
In fact, among the five common hooligans, there are countless bureaucrats, officials, military commanders and even former royalty.
So what does this mean?
It just represents the disappointment of those classes and people in the Song Dynasty. The origin of the heroes in the book is not their bravery, but their class attributes.
Among them, Chai Jin is the most representative and influential one.
Why is it related to his class attribute?
A family representing the royal family in the past, a family representing the old nobility and a family representing the legitimacy of the royal family in the Song Dynasty.
According to Theory of Three Represents's theory, such a family should not exist in any dynasty. No dynasty supported its former boss like the Song Dynasty.
So why did the Song Dynasty do this?
In addition to showing one's benevolence, righteousness and morality, the purpose is to maintain one's legitimacy and then appease the people all over the world.
Because of the progressive relationship of these three layers, in the book Water Margin, Chai Jin has another meaning besides his personal image!
That is the power of morality, the power of morality, and the power of orthodoxy.
Who gave this power?
He comes from Chai Jin, a former royal family, and he comes from Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor and former monarch of the Song Dynasty.
In the water margin world, it is precisely because of Chai Jin's influence that a result has been achieved.
It is not important for him to be emperor, nor is it important to rebel. What matters is his inclination. If he is completely on Song Jiang's side, it represents one thing. This was based on the legitimacy of imperial power and the privilege granted by Zhao Kuangyin, which became insignificant in the Song Dynasty at that time.
What was that Song Dynasty like?
In short, this is a dynasty that has lost its moral foundation. He was betrayed, despised and even disgusted by the benchmark he set.
Can such a country be saved?
In fact, as far as the class composition of Liangshan is concerned, it has been changing.
When the first generation leader Wang went to Liangshan, all the people were ordinary people and bandits who could not live. They can only represent ordinary people.
However, after Song Jiang went up the mountain and Chao Gai died, the composition of this class changed a lot. Numerous people who came out of the system, under the guidance of former civil servant Song Jiang, also joined the ranks of Liangshan.
There are civil servants, military commanders and even old nobles.
And in Liangshan, because of the promotion of Song Jiang, they are highly valued, surpassing many poor rogue elders.
You can see clearly from this row of seats.
Song Zhongyitang commanded the army, Lin Chong commanded, Hu Yan commanded the right army, Mars commanded the former army, Chai Jin commanded the rear army, and commanded the water army.
Among the five people, Song Jiang is the boss, and Lin Chong and Hu Yan are both military commanders and civilian officials. Li Junze of Mars was born a commoner, while Chai Jin was the representative of the old aristocracy. As for the rest, Mars and Li Jun are the owners of a big family, and one is a fisherman.
Ok, is the class clear?
Civil servants, military commanders, poor people, big landlords and old nobles.
What other classes did not exist in the Song Dynasty?
What did they prove when they went to Liangshan?
Just one thing, no matter what status or class you are, there is no way out in this corrupt world and this groggy world, but you must do it.
This is the so-called mass base.
The reason why they are so depends on their life experiences, among which former military commanders Yang Zhi and Chai Jin are the representatives.
Yang Zhi, I always thought he was a tragic figure.
His tragedy is that he was born with too many burdens, but his life is too difficult.
A man who yearns for a career eventually becomes a desperado, but a bandit with a low status.
This is not high. In fact, it can be seen from the ranking that Yang Zhi, a master with high martial arts, was actually the fifth general of the previous dynasty. Faced with such an arrangement, Yang Zhi never complained, but was content with the status quo.
This shows how much he hopes to have Liangshan as a collective to accept him.
So what did he go through?
This pot should be carried by the nouveau riche headed by Gao Qiu.
Gao Qiu, the villain, walked at a brisk pace and proudly came to Shuaifu Temple. He first severely humiliated Wang Jin, then framed Lin Chong and robbed Lin Chong's wife. From that moment on, he broke through the beliefs of the former nobles.
Yes, a person who plays football well becomes the decider of their fate?
Who brought this tragic day?
The answer is the Great Song Emperor.
The famous Yang Zhi is not ignorant of what happened to Lin Chong and Wang Jin, but he is still ambitious and full of hope. He hopes to win a place in this world where corrupt upstarts occupy the mainstream of the times with his loyalty and force.
Therefore, in the face of Gao Qiu's scolding, he persisted.
Behind this persistence is helplessness.
The glory of his ancestors didn't give him any support, and he was unlucky. First, when he sent Hua Shigang, he overturned the boat. In Yang Zhi's view, the sky is falling. In order to recover the loss, he had to cheer up, tidy up his finances and run around Tokyo just to keep his job.
He can reach an understanding with anyone, including bandits and robbers.
At this time, Yang Zhi had hope in his heart. What an honor, civil servant.
Even in the face of Wang Lun who advised him to stay in Liangshan, he was unmoved and begged.
"Thank you, cudgel has a relative who lives in the east. His previous official duties got him into trouble and he didn't get a reward. Today, he wants to go there. I hope all the leaders have returned their luggage. If they refuse to return it, Yang Zhi will return empty-handed.
A descendant of Yang Jiajiang, he humbly begged the robbers for some property and fame.
It is no exaggeration to say that our ancestors were ashamed of this, but Yang Zhi did it.
Fortunately, although Wang Lun's skill was not so good, he knew that "a thief has his way" and didn't take Yang Zhi's property. Yang Zhi finally went to Tokyo to buy an official substitute.
Yang Zhi, who is full of hope, the tragedy begins here. Shi Naian also wrote a poem to predict the fate of Yang Zhi.
Innocent family history, shame will have a crisis. Sorry, the adulterer's loyalty to the monarch is no longer true, and it is no longer true after becoming famous.
The later story is as tragic as this prediction. The money was spent, but Gao Qiu shouted it out.
I was bullied by hooligans when I blew it out. In a rage, he killed Niu Ertan and went to court.
Civil servants, what they long for is not to like him, but not to like him. Not only do they dislike him, but they will kill him.
What a humiliating and cruel thing it is for a suitable person like Yang Zhi.
But is this just what happened to Yang Zhi? There are many lessons in the past, all of which are not examples of Wang Jinlin.
This is the tragedy of a group of people, the tragedy of an era.
At that time, the glory of our ancestors became a burden, not a glory, so it was not until Liang Zhongshu promoted him from a criminal to an officer that Yang Zhi, who was cautious but not heroic, appeared.
What is Chen Gang? This is a symbol of the failure of the Song Dynasty. Yang Zhi, who lost his glory, worked hard for his birthday.
This is collective depravity. They gave up their ancestors' initial heart and lost their initial heart for fame and fortune. Yang Zhi is a walking corpse.
Whether he participated in Liangshan or not, he lost the most precious thing.
Finally, Chen Gang was robbed again, and Yang Zhi was desperate. Facing the transmission of institutional corruption, he will still be in prison in the foreseeable future. Whether he likes it or not, he has to choose Liangshan.
If fate is desperate, life is worse than death.
Chai Jin is similar to Yang Zhi.
One is behind the door and the other is behind the royal family. Of course, Chai Jin was born higher. In fact, as far as status is concerned, Chai Jin has no fear of being bullied and no reason to become an outlaw.
But something unreasonable just happened.
Chai Jin's character is a typical prince. He is good at making friends and friends. There are countless rich guests in his family, and his family has the right to write red iron books. Money and power gave him the courage of Chai Jin.
Who is Chai Jin afraid of if he has the courage to travel all over the world?
When Chai Jin first met Lin Chong, Lin Chong was very depressed because the hotel owner didn't sell his things.
Finally, I heard that Chai Jin always buys drinks and food for prisoners released by Pei Jun.
That's the exact words: "If there is a homeless prisoner in the hotel, you can ask him to vote for me, and I will support him myself."
How domineering this is, besides domineering, it actually has deep political significance!
It's simple. You are an outdated royal family. What is your motivation for being so good to the army?
Just look at Chai Jin's attitude towards talents.
One of the characteristics of Chai Jin is that it cherishes talents very much.
Lin Chong felt at home and sat in a row on the ground.
See sung river miss and worship as "want to kill Chai Jin" is also on the list.
This talent is not only manifested in the attitude of giving money and property, but also in giving protection.
As he said to Song Jiang, even if you commit a heinous crime, no loyalist dares to take care of me. They dare to take care of me and take you in.
As I said before, it comes from Zhao Kuangyin, the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty, and it comes from a moral force.
(Chai Jin of the atmosphere.
At that time, Chai Jin was one of the class representatives in the Song Dynasty who had never been bullied by an upstart like Gao Qiu.
But when bullied by upstarts like Gao Qiu and Tong Guan, does this Dasong still have morality?
Sure enough, Chai Jin was finally bullied.
The hatred of robbing Zhuang, buying Zhuang and disdainful bristle deeply stimulated Chai Jin.
People with such high status still can't protect themselves and the people they want to protect!
Corrupt bureaucrats destroy imperial power and breed nouveau riche. How powerful should they be?
This is exactly what Water Margin wants to express when describing Chai's experience.
Under the corruption and fainting of the system, all classes have lost their ability to protect themselves, and this country has also lost its morality of existence.
In other words, destruction is inevitable. Whether foreigners invade or not, he will collapse.
Unfortunately, Song Jiang in the novel never made good use of such political resources to make his career stronger and bigger. Instead, he was eager for success, bowed to his knees, and finally lost his life.