Author: Liu Yingshu.
The "brothers" in Liangshanbo 108 are very common, such as: Mu Hong and Mu Chun, Kong Ming and Kong Liang, Zhu Fu and Zhu Gui, etc. Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun brothers are outstanding in ability (especially Zhang Shun), and they belong to the "Jiangzhou faction" of the Song Jiang lineage, so it is logical to enter the "Tiangang" sequence.
However, "Tiangang" is ranked first.
Three. Ten. Fourth, the thirty-five Xie Zhen and Xie Bao brothers have mediocre abilities, and they belong to the "Dengzhou faction" that is not a descendant, and it seems that it is difficult to enter the "Tiangang" under both soft and hard conditions, which is puzzling.
There are many factions in Liangshan Boli, among which the "Dengzhou faction" was formed during the attack on Zhujiazhuang, and the number is as many as eight. These people are mainly related and intertwined. The core event of the formation of the "Dengzhou faction" is to rescue the brothers Xie Zhen and Xie Bao in prison, the core figure is Sun Li, and the initiators are Sun Xin and Gu sister-in-law.
This is strange, the core characters and initiators have not entered Tiangang, but the Xie family brothers, who are relatively weak, are crookedly cultivating the "results".
In terms of ranking, Liang Shanbo comprehensively referred to factors such as ability, military exploits, background, revolutionary qualifications, and interpersonal relationships (i.e., the degree of intimacy with Song Jiang).
Xie Zhen and Xie Bao are professional hunters, and their abilities are limited to fighting tigers with weapons, they have no background in the system, no fame in the rivers and lakes, and their relationship with Song Jiang is eight poles that cannot be beaten. Before qualifying, they had only one record: cutting off He Taishou's head when they made trouble in Xiyue Huashan. In other battles they participated in, both of them played soy sauce roles and were dispensable. To sum up, these two have no advantage at all, so their entry into Tiangang is considered to be seriously overestimated.
But when you think about it, this way of ranking is not unreasonable. None of us can deny the influence of the metaphysics of "luck" on our lives. In the workplace, not only those with excellent ability are in high positions, and there are not a few people with mediocre abilities. **It is a reflection of real life, so this arrangement is in line with the logic of life.
This ranking method reflects Song Jiang's balancing measures. Song Jiang just wanted to dilute and divide the large number of members of the "Dengzhou faction", and all this had to be done quietly. The "Dengzhou faction" is a group organized by strong kinship, including husband and wife, brothers, uncles and nephews, as well as brothers-in-law and brothers-in-law. Song Jiang knew that what should be won over should be co-opted, and what should be attacked should be struck, and the breakthrough point was to let the mediocre Xie family brothers enter Tiangang, and exclude Sun Li, who had outstanding ability, qualifications, and merits. In this way, Tiangangli reserved two seats for the "Dengzhou faction", which not only saved face, but also divided the internal members into two factions, the Xie family brothers and the other six members.
Tiangang: "Such an important seat is given to the Xie brothers, do they have the ability?" Won't it be too crotch-pulling? There is no need for readers to worry about this question, Song Jiang has already thought of it.
The Xie brothers are professional hunters, and it is no problem to fight a tiger, leopard and jackal, but there must be a problem with dealing with people. They and Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi and other professional soldiers because of their different work objects, the ability and quality required are certainly not the same. The book says that both of them "make iron and steel forks, and have amazing martial arts." This kind of "amazing martial art" should be said to be limited to hunting (non-fighting ability), so the Xie family ranks first on the list of hunters in Dengzhou.
At the beginning, the government forcibly assigned them to eliminate the tigers that harmed the local area, and the time limit was three days, and they would be punished if they overdue. The two brothers were under a lot of pressure, and the tiger who had been fighting for several days was cut off by Mao Taigong, and they were framed and put in prison, which was really wronged.
After going to Liangshan, the Xie brothers assigned the job of being a guard at the mountain gate. They guarded the first pass before crossing the mountain, and sometimes the second pass. This job is important. The door was handled, Lenin couldn't enter without a pass, and if it wasn't good, any tiger, leopard and jackal could get in. In "Journey to the West", the little demons can't hold their own doors, and every time they are broken by Sun Wukong, they have to solve the problem in person. With the ability of the brothers, there is a high probability that they will not be able to hold the door, but it doesn't matter.
Song Jiang's post arrangement is like this: "The first pass on Shanqian South Road, Xie Zhen and Xie Bao guard; In the second level, Lu Zhishen and Wu Song guarded; In the third level, Zhu Tong and Lei Heng guarded. "Even if the Xie brothers drop the chain, there are Lu Zhishen and Wu Song in the second level, and there is a high probability that they will be able to recover their mistakes.
Therefore, Song Jiang arranged Xie Zhen and Xie Bao in an important position to show their importance, and designed a remedial plan considering the lack of ability, which is really well-intentioned!
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