In front of Shangliang Mountain and behind Shangliang Mountain on the Song River, there are two faces.
Before going to Liangshan, Song Jiang was the "timely rain" of impatience and righteousnessThe heroes on the rivers and lakes all bowed their heads when they heard Song Jiang's nameAfter going to Liangshan, Song Jiang showed his scheming methods and ruthlessness in order to recruit the great cause of peaceIn order to expand Liangshan's strength, Lu Junyi, Zhu Tong and others were killed very badly.
However, even if he becomes the lord of Liangshan, Song Jiang does not say that he can clean up whoever he wants, because Liangshan is not monolithic, in addition to the Song Jiang faction and its interest alliance generals, there are also the Sanshan faction, the patriarchal faction, and so on.
When there are many factions in an organization, it becomes difficult to manage, especially when the interests of each faction are different, if the relationship between them cannot be balanced, at least there will be a gap in people's hearts, and at worst they will be scatteredTherefore, Song Jiang could not forcibly give an order to Liangshan's recruitment, so he could only discuss it with all the heroes.
There are not a few heroes in Liangshan who oppose Zhao'an, but they dare to go toe-to-toe with Song Jiang, and only a few people such as Wu Song and Lu Zhishen raise objections in person, especially Lu Zhishen's attitude is the most resolute, and he directly said that it is better to accept Zhao'an than to break up.
So, why did Lu Zhishen dare to be so "hard bar" Song Jiang?
Liangshan 108 heroes returned, Song Jiang was also ready to put the matter of Zhao'an on the agenda, when the Double Ninth Festival was approaching, Song Jiang let his younger brother Song Qing set up a banquet, held a "chrysanthemum meeting" and the brothers drank and appreciated chrysanthemums, when the rise, Song Jiang wrote a poem with a stroke of the pen, Ling Le and sang.
In this poem, Song Jiang unabashedly expressed his desire for the imperial court to recruit peace, who knew that Lehe had just finished singingWu Song in the audience angrily said that Zhao An had chilled the hearts of the brothers, and Li Kui also echoed, "Zhao is very birdy!" ”。
Song Jiang knew from the beginning that Zhao'an had a lot of resistance, so he attacked Li Kui and ordered someone to pull him down and behead him to give Wu Song and other heroes who opposed Zhao'an a dismount. Song Jiang's move is to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, Li Kui is his hardcore confidant, and he will be beheaded if he opposes Zhao'an, not to mention other heroes.
Song Jiang's attitude is very clear, Liangshan must accept Zhao'an, and it is useless for you to object. Others may eat Song Jiang's set, but Lu Zhishen doesn't care, he directly angrily scolds Song Jiang"Recruiting is not helpful,......Tomorrow, one by one, we will go and find it."
Lu Zhishen's sentence carries a lot of weight, and the direct meaning is that if you forcibly promote Zhao'an, it will be as good as a breakup. This is said very domineeringly, looking at the entire Liangshan, who dares to contradict Song Jiang like this? Even Wu Yong, Song Jiang's close partner, probably didn't dare to say such a thing.
Didn't Lu Zhishen know that saying this would cause Song Jiang's dissatisfaction? Of course he knows, but if he goes against his heart, he will be unhappy in his heart! Lu Zhishen has a deep understanding of the imperial court, in his opinion,The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all treacherous people, and they couldn't be killed cleanly, and accepting the court's recruitment was just a plot with the tiger.
Lu Zhishen spoke directly and clearly, Song Jiang didn't dare to get angry, and his henchmen didn't dare to refute it, this situation fully shows how transcendent Lu Zhishen has in Liangshan.
Why didn't Song Jiang dare to answer Lu Zhishen's words? To put it bluntly, Song Jiang also knows that with Lu Zhishen's straightforward character, "scattering" is not simply talking, if Song Jiang continues to insist on Zhao'an's point of view, as soon as Lu Zhishen comes up, it is really possible to take people and Liangshan to break up.
As mentioned above, the factional relationship in Liangshan is very complicated, although the Song Jiang faction has the advantage, but the support force behind Lu Zhishen is also not smallNot to mention Wu Song, Yang Zhi and other Erlongshan brothers, Shaohuashan Shi Jin and Taohuashan Zhou Tong and other brothers will definitely support Lu Zhishen.
Besides, Lu Zhishen has a life-saving grace for Lin Chong, if Lu Zhishen and Song Jiang fall out, Lin Chong will definitely not stand on Song Jiang's side at a critical moment, and Chao Gai's old department has always been suppressed by Song Jiang, and they will not support Song Jiang.
Coupled with other heroes in Liangshan who oppose Zhao'an, this force is enough to affect the stability and unity of Liangshan, once they break away from Liangshan, then Liangshan will be devastated, and at that time, Song Jiang ** still has the confidence to force the imperial court to recruit An?
If Lu Zhishen is a lonely person, or like Li Kui, he is Song Jiang's hardcore confidant, Lu Zhishen dares to be a thorn, and Song Jiang dares to turn his face with Lu Zhishen regardless of his feelingsHowever, Lu Zhishen's involvement is too wide, and Song Jiang can't afford the consequences of turning his face.
In fact, with Song Jiang's means, it is not a big deal to secretly use tricks to force Lu Zhishen away, the problem is that Lu Zhishen has no selfishness, and he does things all according to his willIn order to save the old father and daughter of Jin, he once beat the town of Guanxi to death with three punches, in order to save Lin Chong, he followed all the way, he is one of the best "righteousness" signboards in Liangshan.
If Song Jiang forced Lu Zhishen away, not to mention the damage to Liangshan's reputation, who dared to guarantee that the rest of the people would not have the intention of leaving? Especially those heroes who were suppressed by Song Jiang. Therefore, Song Jiang can't open this opening, and he doesn't dare to open it.
As a small official, it is almost impossible for Song Jiang to enter the court sequence through normal channels, so he painstakingly created an image of "righteousness" and left a great reputation in the rivers and lakes, which is also the key to his later encounters various disasters and turn evil into good fortune.
In other words, the image of loyalty and righteousness that Song Jiang created for himself is equivalent to a talismanMoreover, a considerable number of heroes in Liangshan came to participate in the gathering in the name of Song Jiang's righteousness, so Song Jiang must always maintain his positive image.
Song Jiang's selfish methods to deal with Chao Gai and Zhu Tong are just that, after all, they didn't leave any handle on the surface, but if they are used on Lu Zhishen, the positive image that Song Jiang painstakingly created will definitely be stained with a big stain, because Lu Zhishen is also Liangshan's "righteous spirit" signboard.
The importance of "righteousness" in the Water Margin is self-evident. When Li Jun, the dragon of the mixed river, followed Song Jiang to conquer Fang La, he once bowed to the four heroes of Taihu Lake, and they persuaded Li Jun not to mix with the imperial court and go overseas to develop together, but Li Jun refused, because he did not want to violate righteousness.
Song Jiang will not do anything that ruins his character. Moreover, compared to refuting Lu Zhishen strongly, Song Jiang is better at overcoming rigidity with softness, after all, Song Jiang has always shown people the image of a righteous big brother, so Song Jiang did not answer Lu Zhishen's words, but explained to the brothers that the emperor was deceived only temporarily, and he had to trust the court.
I have to say that Song Jiang's hand in changing the topic was very effective, and the brothers no longer cared about the breakup of the gang that Lu Zhishen said, but "thanked Song Jiang", and a major crisis encountered by Song Jiang on the road to Zhao'an was solved like a lightweight.