When you are young, you should not have too much contact with Water Margin, because it is full of a lot of violent scenes, which is easy for minors to indulge in. Although the Water Margin is a treasure in Chinese cultural history, there are also some dross in it, such as indiscriminate slashing and killing and betraying teammates.
Still, the book's almost no killing scenes are a highlight. Among them, the classic plot outwitting the birth gang is even more commendable.
In "Water Margin", outwitting the birth gang can be said to be a turning point in the whole book, marking a shift from individual heroism to collective action. The story takes place in Huangnigang, a place often haunted by robbers and bandits.
Yang Zhi's team rested here and gave everyone in Liangshan a chance. Liangshan sent all the elites to this end, even including the bandit leader Chao Gai. He disguised himself as a businessman, walked by with a few carts of dates, and met Yang Zhi's team just right.
Yang Zhi, as the heavy responsibility of escorting the 100,000 Birthday Gang, was extremely cautious, instinctively resisted the appearance of Chao Gai and others, and even threatened with a knife. However, Chao Gai and the others could only give up when they saw this, quietly waiting for the big drama to be staged.
Soon after, Bai Sheng took the stage, paving the way for outwitting the Birth Gang.
When Bai Sheng passed by with two barrels of wine, the intoxicating aroma of wine immediately attracted everyone's attention. Huangnigang is a remote place, there are mountains and no water, and the escort team of Shengchengang happened to pass by at this time, everyone was hungry and panicked, and they naturally surrounded it when they smelled the aroma of wine.
Yang Zhi interrupted the situation, and said without explanation that there was *** in the wine, but everyone didn't believe his statement, after all, they must dare to be angry and dare not speak. That's where Chaogai's team comes into play.
They bought a barrel first, and then drank it in front of Yang Zhi and others, quenching their thirst while praising them repeatedly, which made Yang Zhi and others, who were already very thirsty, completely relieved, so they bought another barrel of wine.
However, what they didn't expect was that this barrel of wine was secretly drugged.
Although Yang Zhi tried his best to stay calm, he was unable to resist the physical discomfort, so he accepted a scoop of wine from his men. However, shortly after drinking, they felt dizzy.
Suddenly, they realize that they have encountered a thief, but it is too late. The people of Liangshan laughed at them, and they fell to the ground and watched as the Shengchengang was carried away.
However, what is puzzling is that Yang Zhi was still a criminal soldier at this time, so how did he receive this important task? What had he been through?
Yang Zhi was born in a famous family, his ancestors were all three generations of generals, and his life could have been very good. However, when the emperor was building Banzai Mountain, Hua Shigang, who was in charge of escorting him, capsized in the Yellow River, which was a serious financial loss and became a major turning point in his life.
In desperation, he could only choose to escape, and it was not until the emperor granted amnesty to the world that he returned to society again. After his comeback, Yang Zhi was penniless, and in order to be able to exchange for some property, he chose to sell knives.
However, he ran into some trouble along the way, and instead of selling his knife, he killed a gangster, which made him a prisoner for good. Fortunately, he met Liang Zhongshu's appreciation on the way to distribution.
His talent and martial arts made him famous in the Daimyo's mansion. Liang Zhongshu began to reuse him, and some important tasks were also given to him. Coincidentally, Cai Jing was about to celebrate his birthday, so Liang Zhongshu planned to give gifts.
However, how to give a gift and who to give it becomes a problem that needs to be solved.
Liang Zhongshu's previous year's gift was robbed on the way, which made him have to send a man who was both civil and military to escort the 100,000 birthday gang. Out of gratitude to Liang Zhongshu, Yang Zhi gladly accepted this task.
In order to ensure the safety of Shengchengang, he painstakingly arranged a seemingly *** itinerary such as setting off early in the morning, choosing a cool road, and not taking a short road.
However, because Yang Zhi was not good at communicating with his subordinates, the two sides had two hearts, and some people in the team provoked them, which made the resentment in the team more and more serious.
In the end, this flashpoint of contradiction was used by the people of Liangshan, resulting in the birth of the gang being taken away.
The final result is as everyone can see, the Birth Gang was lost, Yang Zhi understood that he could not repay the favor, so he embarked on the road of escape again, and after twists and turns, he joined Shuibo Liangshan.
So, this priceless 100,000 birthday gang is worth all the high-level dispatch of Shuibo Liangshan, and Yang Zhi is doing his best to protect it?
As the saying goes: Three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, the darkness and greed of ancient officialdom are unimaginable to today's people, so the huge value of this birthday gang is self-evident.
If 100,000 taels of silver were exchanged for the current currency at an exchange rate of 1 to 1, how much would this amount be equivalent to? In the Song Dynasty, one tael of silver could buy 180 catties of rice, and now the ** of 20 catties of rice is 40 yuan, so one tael of silver is worth at least more than 360 yuan now.
In this way, 100,000 taels of silver are worth at least more than 36 million. Of course, this calculation may be a bit biased, as the price of rice was relatively high in ancient times. Therefore, the actual ** conversion into today's currency should be more than 40 million.
However, gift-giving is not all about giving money, it's more about giving a heart. For example, some valuable gifts, such as jade, pearls, gold and silver, agate, etc., are worth countless amounts.
There are also some fine silks, gold bracelets, etc., which are worth a fortune. Taken together, the value of these gifts is simply incalculable.
If it is exchanged for **, the value of this wealth will be doubled, there is no doubt about it. This huge amount of gold and silver treasure finally attracted the attention of the heroes of Liangshan, but it was a pity that this heroic Yang Zhi originally wanted to take this opportunity to turn over, but he was pushed into the abyss and became a grass coward.
However, this is more a reflection of the darkness of that era, only in a dim society would bandits run rampant and subordinates would be so blatant in bribes.
Although "Water Margin" is a **, the story in it is revelatory to this day. What do you think?