Even so, it is not without a clue. Investigating many versions of Song Jiang's deeds, we can get a general understanding of some historical traces about whether Song Jiang is wooing, actively wooing or passively wooing. From these historical traces, we may get a glimpse of the historical lineup.
Song Jiang's story in the legacy of Xuanhe in the Great Song Dynasty
To study the Water Margin, we must understand the legacy of Xuanhe in the Great Song Dynasty. Shi Naian created this masterpiece, and the main blueprint is this note unofficial history. Song Jiang Uprising is mentioned in Yuan Zhen and Heng Ji of this book, and the general story is close to the Water Margin.
This book leads to the story of Liangshan heroes from the famous traitor Zhu CuO's instigation of Song Huizong Daxing Huashi Gang. Yang Zhi, Lu Jinyi, Sun Li, Lin Chong, Wang Xiong, Xu Ning, Mars, Guan Sheng, Mu Heng, Huarong, Zhang Qing, etc. The instruction to escort Hua Shigang, because of his loyalty, saved the murderer Yang Zhi and went to Taihang Mountain to become an outlaw. Later, Song Jiang gathered in Liangshan Long (Bo) Juyi.
Song Jiang's story is very close to the water margin, and it also appeared when he tipped off the news after Classical grabbed the birth outline. Classical nickname "Iron King", together with Wu Jialiang, Liu Tang, Qin Ming, Ruan Jin, Ruan Tong, Ruan Xiaoqi and Yan Qing, robbed the birth outline. With the help of Song Jiang, these people took the lead in Liangshan. After becoming an outlaw, Classical sent Liu Tang to Yuncheng County to thank Song Jiang with gold and silver. Song Jiang refused to give these gold and silver to Yan Poxi, thus exposing the secret of adultery with Liangshan bandits. Song Jiang was furious, killed Yan Poxi and the adulterer Wei Wu, and went straight to Liangshan.
During his escape, Song Jiang got a gobbledygook with the names of 36 people on it in Jiutian Xuan Nv Temple. Classical was dead when Song Jiang went up the mountain. So, according to the list in the gobbledygook, Song Jiang gathered 36 people. This happened in the fifth year of Xuanhe (AD 1 123).
Since then, Song Jiang has attacked everywhere and captured more than 80 counties in 24 states of Huaiyang, Jingxi and Hebei. The imperial court sent Huyanchuo and Li Hengxuan to suppress them, but they were all defeated and surrendered to Song Jiang. The last one to join in is Shanlu.
Sung River became more and more powerful, and the court made a decree to surrender. After several generations of gatekeepers, Zhang Shuye ordered Song Jiang to surrender and made him a martial arts doctor. Then Sung River was appointed as our time because of his active suppression of Fang La.
This is the story of Song Jiang recorded in The Legacy of the Great Song Dynasty, and the ending of the story is quite satisfactory. Sung River was accepted by Zhang Shuye, neither actively nor passively, because he was defeated by Zhang Shuye.
According to records, in February of the third year of Xuanhe (A.D.11), the Liangshan hero who left Liangshanbo and went out in the form of bandits arrived in Haizhou (now Lianyungang Haizhou District). Zhang Shuye recruited three thousand warriors and ambushed behind Sung River. After Song Jiang abandoned the state and landed, Zhang Shuye sent someone to burn the boat, which broke the retreat of Liangshan heroes. Then, he captured Song Jiang's lieutenant and forced Song Jiang to lead the whole gang to surrender.
Write here, then there is no following. Accordingly, Jin Shengtan probably added Zhang Shuye to Lu Junyi's nightmare to behead all Liangshan heroes. So, was Liangshan hero beheaded on the spot?
Li Ruoshui, a famous minister in the Northern Song Dynasty, was captured in the disaster of Jingkang and was indomitable. After Zhang Shuye suppressed Sung River, he wrote a song "Catch Thieves Occasionally". In this poem, there is a saying, "A great book flies like yellow paper, and thirty-six people respect each other like guests", which shows that after the defeat, Sung River was pardoned and soothed by the court. This way of courtship is slightly different from that recorded in the posthumous legacy of the great Song Dynasty, and there is a battle in the middle. However, the results are similar. Song Jiang was not beheaded, but was given an official title like other Liangshan heroes.
The Case of Song Zhao Jiang, like the Biography of Song Shi Zhang Shuye, is a serious official history, in which the contents about Song Jiang are basically the same. The Chronicle of Huizong is recorded as follows: "Song Jiang, a thief from Huainan, committed the Huai Yang Army, and sent his generals to beg for arrest, commit crimes, and enter the border between Chu and Haizhou, and ordered Zhang Shuye to surrender."
Song invaded Haizhou and ordered "surrender". This can also prove that Song Jiang and other Liangshan heroes surrendered, not destroyed. As for whether he experienced a battle, there is no detailed record in Hui Zong's chronicle. However, from the analysis of the two biographies that can confirm each other, the "capture of his lieutenant Jiang Naijiang" recorded in Zhang Shuye Biography should be accurate. In other words, Song Jiang surrendered because he was defeated by Zhang Shuye and accepted the favor of the imperial court.
Song Jiang in The Story of the East Capital was also written by Wang Wei, a historian who surrendered to filial piety in the Southern Song Dynasty. The story of Hui Zong in The Story of the East Capital records the story of Song Jiang as follows: "In the third year of Xuanhe (1 12 1) ... In the summer of April, Tong Guan fought with Xin Xingzong and Fang La in Qingxi and was captured. In May, Bing Shen and Song Jiang were captured. "
According to other documents, Song Jiang was surrendered by Zhang Shuye in February of the third year of Xuanhe, and Fang La was captured in January this year, so the history of Song Jiang's conquest of Fang La cannot exist. The story of Dongdu delayed the capture of Fang La and Song Jiang for three months, which made it possible for Song Jiang to join hands with the court to suppress Fang La. But other records clearly record that Song Jiang participated in the battle against Fang La. What's going on here?
At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Gong Kai quoted the biography of Hou Meng, assistant minister of Zhongshu, in his Preface to Praise the Thirty-six People of Sung River, saying, "Thirty-six people of Sung River are rampant in Heshuo, and tens of thousands of loyal ministers in JD.COM have no courage to resist, so they must have their talents. If you don't surrender, you will win over Fang La to redeem yourself or quell the chaos in the southeast. " What is said here is to pardon Sung Jiang and let him surrender. At the same time, it also revealed an important message, that is, Song Jiang was greatly discounted, and thieves were beaten with thieves to quell the chaos in the southeast.
There is no contradiction between Song Jiang's enlistment and other official records. Some people think that the reason is that after Song Jiang joined the army, he participated in the war to suppress Fang La. A month after the southeast rebellion was put down, the flag uprising resumed. Then, it was destroyed by the Song Dynasty. This matter is also clearly stated in A Brief Introduction to the East, but there is no mention that a person can be saved. Only that Tong Guan led his men Xin Xingzong to capture Fang La alive, and then returned to the army to win Song Jiang.
Yang Zhenchuan, a Song Dynasty historian, said that in the battle to suppress the Fang La Uprising Army, it was another branch of the Uprising Army, which was wiped out by the Song Dynasty. According to the epitaph, after the victorious Banshi returned to Beijing, Song Huizong ordered him to conquer Fang La. A month later, Song Jiang was captured.
As can be seen from the story of Dongdu and the epitaph of Zheke Village, Sung River was not surrendered by Zhang Shuye, nor was it embraced by the court, but was suppressed by Zheke Village.
In my opinion, the records in A Brief Introduction to the East and the epitaph in Zhe Ke Village are more reliable, because these two historical materials are closest to the time of Sung River Uprising, especially in Zhe Ke Village, and his epitaph is difficult to forge.
Can be saved, died in the first year of Jingkang, only five years away from Song Jiang's capture, so the record should be more accurate. Wang Zhuo lived in the Southern Song Dynasty. During the Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1 195- 1200), he was a government doctor. His father, an official in Shaoxing, Song Gaozong, has collected some materials and compiled a long draft of the History of the Northern Song Dynasty. Wang Zhuo inherited his father's wishes and completed A Brief Introduction to the East Capital.
The History of Song Dynasty was compiled in A.D. 1244, and 223 years have passed since Song Jiang was captured. The evaluation of The History of Song Dynasty is quite low, because there is a serious lack of historical materials, and celebrities like Zhe Ke Cun have not made biographies (nor has Gao Qiu), so the credibility is not high. Although the events of Sung River Uprising are similar to those recorded in "A Brief Introduction to the East" and "Epitaph of Zhe Ke Village", the time is not clear. So I think that the credibility of Song Jiang's capture is greater than that recorded in Song history.
There is also a view that the rescue is Zhang Shuye's subordinates, and it is true that Zhang Shuye captured Song Jiang. It can be confirmed from Li Ruoshui's "Catch Thieves Occasionally" that this view is correct. So, even if Song Jiang was captured, Liangshan hero was finally acclaimed. As for whether to participate in the conquest of Fang La, it is beyond the scope of this topic, so I won't discuss it in depth here.
The Water Margin proves that Sung River courted Shi Naian. The creation of Water Margin is still relatively rigorous. Based on unofficial history, refer to the official history such as The Story of the East Capital. It's probably not too outrageous to write about Song Jiang's wooing.
From the story of "Returning to the village with three volumes of gobbledygook, Song Gongming and Xuan Nv met for nine days", we can know that Song Jiang was finally embraced. Moreover, after wooing Ann, he was "promoted to the purple mansion" and was awarded the rank of official. But Song Jiang's ending was very bad, and he died of "two dragons playing with pearls".
Song Jiang received three volumes of gobbledygook and was pushed off the bridge by two girls in Tsing Yi. There is a pool under the bridge. Song Jiang saw two dragons playing with orbs in the pool. This is a metaphor. When Song Huizong and Song Qinzong encounter a national crisis, they first throw pots at each other, and no one wants to be an emperor to assume the national responsibility. Then, they killed each other and crossed with Song Huizong to try to restore Tong Guan and Cai You in Zhenjiang to be hunted by Song Qinzong. Sung River was pushed into the pool, that is, Sung River was involved in this shameful emperor struggle. In the end, he may not escape from Song Qinzong's butcher's knife.
Fang La's main conqueror is Tong Guan, who may obey Tong Guan's command in this oppressive war. After Song Jiang was suppressed, Liangshan troops were conquered, and this team was finally assigned to Tong Guan.
At that time, folk armed forces flourished in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Tong Guan had tens of thousands of "victorious troops", so it was not surprising that Song Jiang was incorporated for his own use. Of course, this is only an inference from the comprehensive relevant records, which needs further research.
In a word, no matter how Song Jiang accepts the harness, it will be the end of Liangshan heroes. The uprising ended in this way, enough to make readers who love the water margin and Liangshan heroes lament.