As the saying goes: Birds of a feather flock together, and the same is true in real society. It is often honest people looking for honest people, and hoodlums looking for hoodlums. However, it seems different in Water Margin. The intellectual Song Jiang likes to make friends with the black whirlwind Li Kui, and he calls him brother and brother and becomes his confidant.

Why is this? Why does Song Jiang like the reckless and trouble-making Li Kui? Will this be useful for him to occupy the leadership of Liangshan?

Jiang Hu said: In fact, it is very useful. Song Jiang is a master who likes to play with power. Song Jiang naturally knows the value of Li Kui's interests. Song Jiang's reuse of Li Kui was mainly determined by the following factors:

First, Li Kui was kind-hearted at heart and had no such frivolous character. Song Jiang knew that literati were unreliable, especially those who were more literate and often had no backbone. This mountain was as high as the other. Song Jiang is a pragmatist, so his subordinates naturally prioritize reckless heroes.

Secondly, Li Kui is very skilled in martial arts, and he can go all the way to the black, and he can support himself at critical moments. Therefore, even though Li Kui repeatedly tried to offend Song Jiang, Song Jiang always tolerated him.

Thirdly, Li Kui is a person who will repay the kindness of others with a spring of water. Because he accepted Song Jiang's gift, he believed that Song Jiang was the leader, so he was willing to always be around Song Jiang and follow Song Jiang.

Fourthly, there is always a group of people in Liangshan who don't listen to Song Jiang's orders. Song Jiang is very depressed. Let a stupid young man like Li Kui make a fuss, which can naturally eliminate the disadvantages of the other party.

Fifth, although Li Kui sometimes killed innocent people indiscriminately, if someone enlightened him, he would basically not make any big mistakes of principle. Because he is very loyal to Song Jiang, don't worry about whether he will usurp power.

Sixth, although Li Kui was very reckless, he could always figure out what Song Jiang meant. Although there are many heroes on Liangshan, Li Kui is the one Song Jiang likes to entrust with important tasks the most. You see, Black Tornado was indispensable for the three dozen Zhujiazhuangs. He told Lu Junyi to tell fortunes, and he asked Wu Yong to take Li Kui. Even if he asked Zhu Ding to go to Liangshan, it was also Li Kui. Even if it is a confidential matter such as recruitment, there must be a blacklist Li Kui.

Seventh, as far as the simplest feelings in the world are concerned, Li Kui and Song Jiang became friends in Jiangzhou. This was when Song Jiang was at his most depressed. As the saying goes, a friend in need is a friend indeed. In prison, Li Kui regarded Song Jiang as his own brother. Later, when there was trouble in Jiangzhou, it was Li Kui who took the lead and rushed to rescue him.

Eighth, Song Jiang only wanted to be the boss of Liangshan, and then realize his dream of becoming a high official. Scholars can understand these words at a glance, but with the active participation of people like Li Kui who pretend to be stupid, What Song Jiang was asked to do was a bit mysterious and secretive. Li Kui didn't know what kind of things Song Jiang was thinking about every day, but he knew that Brother Song would not cheat him. Later, Song Jiang was killed by the imperial court with poison and wine. When he was dying, he could not let go of Li Kui, so he asked Li Kui to drink the wine obediently, thus eliminating the last traitor in the court.