As the first brother in the Water Margin, the story of the whole book revolves around Song Jiang, it can be said that if you don't understand Song Jiang, then you basically haven't understood the Water Margin. Many people have talked about Song Jiang's evaluation, basically he is black-bellied and will buy people's hearts, but to say this is to underestimate Song Jiang, he can successfully ascend to Liangshan, and he can't do it without some ability.
Today, we will take a preliminary interpretation of Song Jiang from the matter of him buying Li Kui, and after reading it, you will know how terrible Song Jiang is. People like Li Kui are basically the best candidates for thugs in the minds of all bosses, and a good thug generally has three characteristics.
First, there is no bottom line in life, there is no concept of good and evil, as long as it is a task assigned by the boss, the brothers will not be mistaken.
Second, there is no ambition, loyalty, you can be confused in small things, you must follow the eldest brother in major matters, and it is best to know the eldest brother's mind and come out to block the gun for the eldest brother.
Third, there is enough deterrence to be able to hit or make others afraid, which is the basic function of a thug.
Before meeting Li Kui, in fact, Song Jiang had already met two relatively suitable candidates, they were Wu Song and Hua Rong. But although Wu Song and Hua Rong are explosive, they still have a certain bottom line in life, not to mention that their self-awareness is too strong, so they can only be regarded as subordinates, not as gold medal fighters.
Especially after Song Jiang killed Yan Poxi and was sent to Jiangzhou, the hardships he experienced all the way made Song Jiang even more determined to accept a gold medal fighter. Coincidentally, he met a big black man in Jiangzhou, and the first meeting between this big black man and Song Jiang left a deep impression on Song Jiang.
In the original book, Song Jiang and Li Kui met not in a prison cell, but in a restaurant, he was drinking with Dai Zong, and suddenly heard a noise downstairs, and then found out that Li Kui was fighting with someone. Dai Zong, as Li Kui's boss, felt that Li Kui was embarrassed by himself, so he reprimanded Li Kui and introduced Li Kui to Song Jiang. Dai Zong then gave a brief introduction to Li Kui's situation.
Li Kui is a murderer, fled to Dai Zong to seek refuge, Dai Zong left him as his thug, but Li Kui is a muddy man, the wine is poor, and he beats people at every turn, because he has great strength, and he is vicious, he can make a pair of axes, and he will have some fists and feet, and the people here are basically afraid of him.
Song Jiang smiled when he heard Li Kui's situation, he was very happy, so why was he so happy? Water Margin is a thick black history, Song Jiang knew it when he saw Li Kui for the first time, this is the gold medal fighter given to him by God, and the encounter between the two of them is simply a perfect case of two-way running.
Song Jiang saw Li Kui in the restaurant, and he was satisfied with this big black man for six or seven points at the first time, because this Li Kui's face is very vicious, and it is basically the existence of a child who cries, which is the first condition for a gold medal fighter. Secondly, he heard Dai Zong say that this Li Kui was a murderous fugitive, which made him more satisfied, he wanted a thug instead of a security guard, he must be bold and black-hearted, and his hands are even blacker, this Li Kui has killed people, and he dares to swagger around, which shows that he is also a bold character.
But this is just an accident, whether Li Kui can be qualified for the role of a gold medal fighter, Song Jiang must still investigate. Li Kui was still very arrogant when he saw Song Jiang, which caused Dai Zong's dissatisfaction, Dai Zong reprimanded Li Kui fiercely, and told him that the person in front of him was Song Jiang.
Song Jiang saw Li Kui's reaction, and said that he couldn't help it, but his heart was happy, Dai Zong, the old boss, disliked Li Kui so much, which showed that he could poach people, and at the same time, Li Kui, a person who didn't have any scheming at first glance, was so fond of himself, which showed that the probability of winning it was extremely high.
What's more, Li Kui obviously doesn't like Dai Zong, but he still doesn't dare to make trouble with Dai Zong, which shows that he is still a little clever and knows who he has to rely on, and he is not a complete muddy person, which is also perfectly in line with the characteristics of a gold medal fighter. At this time, Song Jiang asked Li Kui why he was making noise downstairs, and Li Kui's answer was shocking.
He said that he had a big ingot of silver that was inconvenient to use, so he took it as a mortgage to exchange it for some change, and after the change was used up, he had no money to redeem the big silver, so he asked the store to give him money, let him redeem the silver, and then return it to the store, but the store refused, and Li Kui was ready to demolish other people's stores, what is the difference between this and directly robbing?
Who is he Li Kui? Who here doesn't know, Dai Zong even directly exposed his lies, saying that Li Kui could not have a lot of money at all, but who is Song Jiang? The standard black boss, so he directly took out ten taels of silver for Li Kui to use. I can't bear the child's trap on the wolf, let alone that this is just a small amount of money, and with such a price, Li Kui can be given a deep impression, this business is not blood.
What I didn't expect was that when Song Jiang went out after eating and drinking, he saw Li Kui grabbing the silver, it turned out that Li Kui took the silver and went to gamble again, and after losing it all, he wanted to get some silver to turn the tables. Li Kui was a little embarrassed to see Song Jiang this time, and the word panic was used in the book. Song Jiang saw the shy Li Kui smile even more happily, only to see him laugh and say, Brother Xian, but if you want to use the silver, you just come to ask me.
Song Jiang has had too many fake smiles in his life, but this time the smile is absolutely from the heart, because Li Kui, the gold medal fighter in his mind, will actually feel shy because of him. This kind of emotion that should never appear in Li Kui appeared because of Song Jiang's arrival, which can completely show that Song Jiang has a very important position in Li Kui's mind at this time, and he is almost a little carried away when he is happy.
In addition to silver, Song Jiang also did an excellent job of catering to Li Kui's preferences, without traces, but it could make people very comfortable. It is described in the book like this, Song Jiang Daizong took Li Kui to the hotel to continue eating and drinking, Song Jiang instructed Xiao Er to directly serve Li Kui a big bowl of wine, and praised my brother a lot, this Li Kui made enough face all of a sudden, and said with a smile, what a good Brother Song, and this brother is also a good guy in vain.
This taming progress has reached 90%. Later, I saw that Li Kui only drank wine and had no food to eat, and very intimately asked the store to serve mutton for him to eat, and even did not forget to continue to praise Zhuangzi for being a good man! This kind of coaxing children is usually scoffed at when they hear it, but people like Li Kui eat this set and are as happy as children.
Under normal circumstances, a person like Song Jiang would not praise a person with such childish words. The reason why I say this is that I have completely figured out Li Kui's character, which can be regarded as a complete grasp of Li Kui. It is not difficult to see from the process of Song Jiang's subduation of Li Kui that Song Jiang is a person with a deep city government, and at the same time, he is very good at perceiving the minds of others, which is also the most critical ability for him to become the lord of Liangshan in the end.