Since meeting Wu Song and Wu Zhi, Xiao Tang has had more thoughts in his heart. This Wu Song is the Wu Song in Water Margin, and there are indeed future Liangshan heroes such as Lu Junyi, Cai Fu, Shi Yong, etc. living in Daming Mansion, so Jianghu
Timely Rain, Song Jiang of Xiaoyi Kurosaburo, Lu Zhishen who defeated Kansai with his fists and uprooted weeping willows, the heroic two-gun general, Dong Ping who was a romantic nobleman... and other characters should also exist in this world, right?
Xiao Tang couldn't help but get excited when he thought of this. After all, he was a loyal fan of Water Margin. Not only had he read it several times when he was a child, but after he grew up and started working, he would read Water Margin again every two or three years, and he would still post it on the Internet from time to time.
Forums and people discuss topics related to Water Margin. Now that he can see the heroes between the lines appearing in front of his own eyes, how can Xiao Tang not feel excited?
But if you get the chance, do you want to go to Liangshan and Luocao to become a hero in the forest? Are you kidding me? After all, Xiao Tang is not the young boy he was when he first read Water Margin. He is passionate about it, but the problem is not comprehensive enough. The Wrath of a Common Man, with five blood-spattered steps, is quite satisfying and generous.
, but what can a hundred or so common men do when they gather on a hilltop? They have nothing to do all day long and play with blood! Bandits are bandits. If they want to suffer the contempt of the world, they can only hide in the mountains and live in peace. If they make a big fuss, they will be suppressed by the imperial court.
They are all punishable by death by being mutilated late in life.
Even if you sneak into the city and capture the territory, so what? In the Water Margin, which one of Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La was not a bandit who controlled several states and became the emperor on his own? For example, the most powerful Jiangnan La occupied 52 counties in six states.
Millions of people responded, but they were annihilated by Song Jiang who had ordered peace in the Water Margin. But in history, weren't they destroyed by Tong Guan's army in just one year? As a result, he was taken to the capital and ended up with thousands of people.
The fate of being cut into pieces.
If we count the frequent riots and bandits, the Song Dynasty is one of the best among all dynasties. However, what is strange is that it is the dynasty with the fewest uprisings in terms of scale.
If we make an estimate: at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang of Daze Township said "The princes and generals are very kind", Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Yingbu and other heroes from all over the world gathered to overthrow the Qin; in the Han Dynasty, Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Army numbered hundreds of thousands and spread across eight states;
In the Sui Dynasty, the Wagang Army, Dou Jiande, Du Fuwei, etc.; in the Tang Dynasty, Pang Shuo, Wang Xianzhi, Huang Chao; in the Yuan Dynasty, the Red Scarf Army stirred up rebellion in the world, including Liu Futong, Guo Zixing, Zhang Shicheng, etc.; in the Ming Dynasty, Tang Saier, Liu Liu, Liu Qi,
Xu Hongru, Li Zicheng, etc.; the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom in the Qing Dynasty, the Nian Army Uprising, and even the Wuchang Revolution that directly overturned the rule of the feudal dynasty and contributed to the establishment of the Beiyang Government...
These are just the most famous uprisings in each dynasty. There are many other uprisings with tens of thousands of participants and affecting several states. What about the Song Dynasty? Li Shun and Wang Xiaodao are one, and Fang La is one. In the future,
Yang Yao, the prime minister, is one of them, and Fan Ruwei is also included. However, the number of Li Shun Wang Xiaodao's uprising was only tens of thousands, and it could not affect more than one province. Yang Yao, the prime minister, had the largest sphere of influence in 7 states and 19 counties. Fan Ruwei was mainly in Fujian.
Northern... In total, these largest uprisings in the Song Dynasty seemed much more "petty" than other dynasties.
The key is that almost all the dynasties listed above were overthrown due to uprisings in the last dynasty, or were destroyed due to uprisings and other important factors that shook their foundations (Nanming after Li Zicheng's uprising, Tang Empire after Huang Chao's uprising, etc.), but only the Song Dynasty
It perished because the Mongol Empire, which was at its peak at the time, invaded the south, not because of popular uprisings.
Why? Xiao Tang thinks that this has a lot to do with the open business system of the Song Dynasty, because the Song Dynasty encouraged people to do business, and did not restrict people to their hometowns and prohibit movement. Although the phenomenon of land annexation was also very serious, the people of the Song Dynasty and other
Different from any dynasty, they do not necessarily have to live with their backs to the sky and their backs to the earth.
It is also due to the unprecedented development of commerce that the rich and powerful are doing business from north to south, and large-scale transactions are extremely frequent. Even the common people are not willing to be left behind. They find other places to make a living, do small businesses, invest in opening shops, and are jealous of those businesses that are prospering and making money.
If it spreads widely, it will attract a large number of people to follow suit and start doing business.
But if you make money, you will also lose money. Due to poor management, there are many people who have lost their money due to project exploitation. Just talk about the heroes in Liangshan in Water Margin who lost their capital and had no way out because of doing business. I can only count them casually: Yan Shun, Lu Fang
, Guo Sheng, Shi Xiu, Cao Zheng... This kind of people have become unstable factors in society. Those who are barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes simply take the initiative and occupy a hilltop to start a bandit business.
But even those who became bandits on a small scale just wanted to live a happy life, and those who were more powerful and received imperial orders and became officials were by no means a minority. "Becoming a bandit" and "uprising" are two different concepts.
There are very few people who are determined to fight with the imperial court to the end, and are determined to march into Tokyo and bring down the Zhao family, and turn things upside down and seize the world. Because they also understand that they cannot overthrow the rule of the Song Dynasty no matter what.
Although when Xiao Tang watched Water Margin when he was in middle school and high school, he would scold that black dwarf Song Jiang and slap his thigh in annoyance because of why Song Jiang didn't lead Liangshan heroes to the capital to seize the throne.
Military strength: There are more than a hundred leaders and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. If you are determined to fight with the imperial court to the end, then the most realistic ending should be that the 108 generals will be conquered and suppressed by the imperial court one after another, and all of them will be killed in a majestic battle to seize the throne.
There is basically no chance of it, but it is certain to bring disaster to the world.
Because they enjoy generous and affluent treatment, the scholar-bureaucrat class in the Song Dynasty, which can be said to be the happiest dynasty for literati, will never accept allowing a group of bandits to take over the world.
I am afraid that the Liangshan army, which lived on "wealth", was not necessarily able to do so at this point) and the rebel army could not mobilize the people's armed forces that could overthrow the dynasty like other people from the late dynasty.
Due to the unprecedented prosperity of business, countless professions have been born, such as workshops, wine shops, hook-up fences and tile-houses, people working in warehouses, merchants and car dealers. Moreover, although a large number of land in the country has been annexed by official landlords, they also need a lot of manpower for farming and labor.
Accumulate their own wealth, so in the Song Dynasty, everyone from the imperial village to the clan wealthy relied on a large number of tenants and bankers. Even if the vast majority of the people lived in poverty, they would not put their heads down as long as there was a way to survive.
Rebellion in the waistband.
In this case, the Song Dynasty was not the dynasty in the past where most of the people had no way to survive and had to fight their way out to dominate the world. The so-called heroes of the green forest are by no means the lofty ideals and rebels who can solve all the injustices in the world and restore order.
, on the contrary, they can only make society more turbulent. To put it bluntly, that kind of behavior is not justice for heaven, but only harms the people's livelihood and makes them more miserable.
Although Xiao Tang admired many heroes in Liangshan, if any strong man from the village came to recruit him to join the gang, he would be indifferent.
Sigh... The most important thing right now is to go to Kongsongzhuang and make peace with them as soon as possible to resolve their grudges. Otherwise, if Wu Song gets angry and kills him that day, Wu Zhi and Wu Dalang may not show up in time to protect Xiao Tang.
Kongsongzhuang in Qh County is just like its name. The two surnames Kong and Song were originally the main surnames in Zhuangshang, and the Pan family was originally from Jin-Yang County and later moved here. Since Pan Taigong was an official and became an official, people from the Kong and Song people in Zhuangzhuang were also familiar with it.
They are very respectful, and Pan Taigong has been engaged in purchasing grain fields and real estate in recent years, and has become the most prestigious family in Kongsongzhuang.
Xiao Tang wrote a letter and sent Xiao An to Kongsongzhuang to deliver it to Pan Taigong, stating that he planned to visit the house in the near future and apologize to the farmers in Qh County who were injured by him.
When Xiao An came back, he angrily yelled at Xiao Tangzhi: "Young master, you'd better not go! Zhi Niang thief, those men and women in Kongsongzhuang, Qh County knew that I was sent by you, young master, and they attacked me with guns and sticks."
I was so humiliated that some of them even tried to beat me up! If the young master really went away, how could he stand the arrogance of those thieves? "
Xiao Tang looked at Xiao An and scolded: "Stop talking nonsense, your face doesn't look like you have been beaten. I just want to ask you how Pan Taigong responded?"
Xiao An angrily said: "That Dalang Wu Zhiwu is a good man. If he hadn't persuaded me to stop those birds, how could I have returned safely? Grandpa Pan was also kind. He read the young master's letter and wrote it.
Let me bring you a reply."
Xiao Tang opened Taigong Pan's reply and felt relieved as soon as he read it. Although Taigong Pan was very dissatisfied because Xiao Tang injured the farmers in his house and seemed to be blaming and reprimanding him, upon closer inspection, it was like an elder speaking to a younger generation.
It was like a lecture. At the end of the article, he also stated that he was happy to have Xiao Tang come to visit him, and he did not intend to pursue Xiao Tang's mistakes anymore.
Fortunately, in the past, although the Jinmao Mastiff beat the farmers in Kongsongzhuang, Qh County, and uttered some harsh words, it did not maim them to death, so there was room for maneuver in this matter.
Xiao Tang received the letter and said: "Well, that's it. Xiao Yi, Xiao An, you two will come with me the day after tomorrow, and ask the accountant to pay one hundred taels of silver, ten packs of Shuangjing tea, and find another banker.
Go buy twenty pieces of silk cloth and ten kilograms of aged mash, and deliver them to the Pan family's house when the time comes. I will let dad know about the withdrawal of money and materials."
When Xiao An heard this, his face suddenly fell and he said: "Ah? You still want me to go? Master, I am not as good as Xiao Yi. If something happens and I can't take care of you, Master, I will..."
Xiao Tang kicked Xiao An angrily and said angrily: "You guys see that I have a good temper, so you have the courage to shirk the blame? It's not like you're going to fight with others. What's wrong with you? Try arguing with me again.
, teach you the taste of my fist."
Xiao An closed his mouth in dismay, while Xiao Yixu held his chin and muttered: "Master, of course Taigong Pan will not embarrass the young master, and there is a man from the Wu family to help him, but he may not be able to swallow the dirt on his farm.
This tone, coupled with Wu Erlang's kung fu... is indeed very impressive, why don't we bring more people just in case?"
Xiao Tang shook his head and said: "You have lost your sense. We are here to apologize, so what's the matter with bringing so many people? It's just the three of you and me who are going. Only then do we appear sincere. I, Xiao Tang, am not that timid."
superior."
In fact, what Xiao Tang was thinking about was: Damn it, if something really happens, there is only one Wu Song, who can stop it?
