"Water Margin"and Yue Fei, two seemingly very different characters, actually lived in the same era. One is"Water Margin"The peasant heroes in China, who rebelled against feudal rule, were full of blood and passion; The other is Yue Fei, known as"Yue Jiajun"Commander-in-chief,"Serve the country with loyalty", full of ambition to serve the country.
Although"Water Margin"The story of He Yue Fei is well-known, but few people realize that they lived in the same era. Let's explore the wonderful history of this period!
The history is truly reproduced, and Shi Nai'an uses "Water Margin" to show the whole process of the peasant uprising led by Song Jiang. From the background, outbreak, development and final defeat of the uprising, ** artistically reveals the social roots of the peasant uprising, and praises the rebellious spirit of the heroes of the uprising and their pursuit of an ideal society.
The failure of the uprising revealed its historical inevitability. Art comes from life, and real historical stories can help us better understand history and human nature.
This history of peasant uprisings has been recorded in history, and there were 433 peasant uprisings, large and small, during the Song Dynasty. Many people may wonder why peasant uprisings occurred frequently during the Song and Song dynasties of China, when politics, economy, science and technology, and culture reached their peak, and the people's lives were supposed to be stable and happy.
Actually, if we compare horizontally, this is inaccurate, we should compare vertically. Although there were as many as 433 peasant uprisings during the Song Dynasty, an average of 14 times, but compared with the thousands of peasant uprisings in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, it is already very few.
The only uprisings that had a great impact on the two Song Dynasty were the Qingcheng Uprising and the Liangshan Uprising, and "Water Margin" was created on the basis of the Liangshan Uprising. There are two historical versions of the Yangsan Uprising.
First, from 1119 to 1121 AD, that is, in the first year of Emperor Xuanhe of Song Huizong, Song Jiang gathered 36 people to revolt in Liangshanbo. In the course of the two-year uprising, Song Jiang led his troops to attack Heshuo and Jingdong Road, and then moved to Qingzhou, Qizhou and other places, during which he captured more than a dozen county seats.
During this period, the imperial court sent people to recruit peace, but to no avail. In December 1119, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty adopted the Zhao'an suggestion of Hou Meng, the governor of Bozhou.
Zeng Xiaoyun quelled the rebellion, and Zhang Shuye, the governor of Haizhou, intercepted the Song Jiang rebel army, and Song Jiang was defeated and captured. At the same time, it is recorded in the "Water Margin" that in May 1120, Song Jiang was hunted down by officers and soldiers for killing Yan Poxi, and had no choice but to take refuge in Chao Gai.
Either way, it is confirmed that the time of the Songjiang uprising was around 1120 AD. So, what was Yue Fei busy with during this time?
The heroic deeds of the young Yue Fei inspire us to pursue our ideals and serve the country loyally. According to historical records, Yue Fei was born in 1103 AD, during the Song Jiang Uprising, and at the age of 17, he had already shown intelligence and firm ambition.
His parents named him Pengju, which means that he spreads his wings and flies high like a big bird. When Yue Fei was a teenager, although he was calm and silent, his bones were full of integrity. In addition to helping his parents complete their farming work, he loved to read military books such as "Zuo's Spring and Autumn" and "Sun Wu's Art of War", and also studied with Zhou Dong and Chen Guang as teachers to learn the methods of cavalry and gun warfare.
His martial arts are unrivaled in the whole city, and it is even said that when he was less than 20 years old, he could hold a bow of 300 Song Jin and open his waist with eight stones, which made people marvel. This experience in his youth gave him profound patriotic feelings and rich military knowledge, which planted the seeds for him to join the army and recover the rivers and mountains.
In the second year after the Songjiang Uprising, that is, in 1222 AD, in the fourth year of Xuanhe, the army led by Tong Guan and Cai You was defeated in the Khitan, and Liu Tao of Hebei recruited "dare soldiers" in Zhending Mansion to resist the invasion of the Liao army.
After Yue Fei heard about it, he did not hesitate to join the military and go to apply. After selection, he was appointed as a detachment leader among the "Dare Warriors".
Yue Fei joined the army in the year of the weak crown and showed extraordinary courage. In the face of the thieves Kou Taojun and Jia Jin making trouble in Xiangzhou, Yue Fei took the initiative to ask Ying to eliminate harm for the people, and successfully captured the two thieves alive with the strategy of ambushing soldiers.
Later, due to the death of his father's illness, Yue Fei resigned from the army and went home to guard filial piety for three years, and then was forced to join the army again for his livelihood. In the first year of Jingkang, Yue Fei witnessed the burning, killing and looting after the Jin invasion of the Southern Song Dynasty, and his heart aroused a strong sense of revenge, and vowed to level the Jin Kou and recover the rivers and mountains.
However, Yue Fei is full of worries about his elderly mother and lonely wife and children, fearing that they will not be able to protect themselves in the troubled times. Yue Fei's mother, Yao, understood the righteousness and encouraged Yue Fei to join the army, and before leaving, she tattooed the words "Serve the country with loyalty" on Yue Fei's back, so as to inspire Yue Fei's heart to serve the country.
Despite the pain in his heart, Yue Fei said goodbye to his wife and mother and joined the army again.
After the first year of Jingkang (1126), only about 5 years later, Yue Fei followed Liu Hao's army and defeated the enemy army many times, showing outstanding martial arts and military talents.
Although he was expelled from the army because of his low-level speech, his ambition to serve the country was not diminished. He crossed the river to the north and entered the "Beijing Daimyo's Mansion" on the front line of the Jin soldiers, where he was appreciated for his unique insights and outstanding martial arts, and was exceptionally promoted to commander.
After that, he grew up rapidly in the context of the Southern Song Dynasty's pursuit of peace and avoiding war, and established miraculous achievements many times, shocking the government and the opposition. In the fourth year of Jianyan (1130), he led the army to break the Jin soldiers, recovered the important town of Jiankang, was highly praised by Gaozong Zhao Gou, and was promoted to the commander of the Shenwu Houjun, and also got the emperor's own inscription of "Jingzhong Yue Fei" pennant.
Soon after, he obtained the army of Niu Gao, Dong Xian, Li Dao and other generals, and formed the famous "Yuejia Army" in history. In the fourth year of Shaoxing (1134), he led his troops north and successfully recovered the six counties of Xiangyang.
This was the first large-scale reconquest of lost territory in the history of the Southern Song Dynasty, which greatly boosted the morale of the country. Yue Fei, the most dazzling general of the Southern Song Dynasty, finally stood at the pinnacle of history in the most brilliant way in front of the Central Plains Dynasty that had been invaded by foreigners.
Conclusion: Whether it is the gathering of Liangshan in the Song River or Yue Fei's death to go north, although they both ended in tragedy, they did not detract from their legendary colors in the later world. The whole book of "Water Margin" takes the peasant uprising as the theme, showing the whole process of the heroes of Liangshan from individual awakening to joint resistance, and then to the development of large-scale peasant uprising.
The core idea of the new copy: This article aims to praise the rebellious spirit and national integrity of the leaders of the peasant rebel army in the late Northern Song Dynasty, as well as their love and protection of the country and the people.
They robbed the rich and helped the poor, eliminated violence and made peace and good, representing the strength and determination of the masses of the people; although their ambitions were not rewarded in the end, the spirit of resistance and national integrity displayed by them were an important part of our national spirit.
What Yue Fei and Song Jiang Liangshan Juyi have in common lies in their love and protection for the country and the people. Yue Fei stood on the national standpoint, bravely resisted foreign enemies, and protected half of the rivers and mountains of the Southern Song Dynasty; The Song Jiang Liangshan Juyi stood on the position of the masses, robbed the rich to help the poor, and protected the people.
In the era when the government and the opposition lords surrendered and avoided war, Yue Fei issued the lofty ambition of "being ambitious and hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for the blood of the Huns." His actions organized the military forces of the front-line army and people to unify and resist Jin, preserved half of the rivers and mountains of the Southern Song Dynasty to the greatest extent, and saved countless Chinese people in the south from being ravaged by the Jin war.
His heroic resistance not only protected the highly developed economy and culture of China and allowed it to continue, but also left a precious memory for the spirit of our nation.