"If you want to be an official, you must hug when you kill and set fire." This is the virtue of the Song Dynasty. Don't blame Song Jiang.

This article is exclusively original by Shu Shan Pen Xia, and may not be reproduced without permission. Plagiarism will be investigated! Anyone who has seen Water Margin must be deeply impressed by the heroic spirit of Liangshan heroes in it. It is a must-read for people in mixed society. Why don't you read Water Margin? I'm afraid everyone will go astray. Think about how many people have been influenced by a "gangster"? The only regret left by Water Margin is that Song Jiang finally led everyone to accept the acceptance. Since then, the pleasure of eating large pieces of meat and drinking in a big bowl has disappeared. The rest are not only working for the imperial court, but also boring life and intrigue with each other. Therefore, Song Jiang's choice left a lot of room for discussion for readers: Should Liangshan heroes accept woo? This is what Pen Man wants to tell you in this chapter. In fact, in the official history, Liangshan heroes were not shot by the imperial court to fight Fang La and Liao, but lived leisurely, walking in the street, and passers-by could not help but be dumbfounded. Isn't this the old bandit? How do you become an official now? Don't laugh, this is a common phenomenon in the Song Dynasty. At that time, people jokingly called it "being an official, killing and setting fire to be popular." Besides Song Jiang, there are many such examples. Then, some people will ask, why did this happen in the Song Dynasty? This has to talk about the military system of the Song Dynasty. The recruitment system implemented in the Song Dynasty simply means taking money to raise soldiers, that is, mercenaries. The imperial court was afraid of the separatist regime of the buffer region, preferring to spend a lot of money to raise these soldiers and eat and drink for nothing, rather than relying on the buffer region to train troops or control local finances. These soldiers don't have to do anything, just keep order and watch the gate for me. Border guards are better, they often joke about their lives, and their quality is definitely excellent; The Central Army stationed in the capital is paid purely, accounting for half of all imperial armies. Slowly, being a soldier in Beijing became a fat job, and many local ruffians and hooligans mixed in through relationships. Of course, the sons of high-ranking military attaché s disdained to squeeze with them, and directly relied on their father's shadow to open the green passage into the top of the empire. You say, how good can the quality of such troops be? Can you fight? When Zhao Kuangyin was founded, imperial soldiers were required to have regular training, and (usually) they were not allowed to wear gorgeous clothes or get paid on their behalf. However, in the back, no training is needed, clothes can be worn casually, and people can get paid. Even when you are on guard, you can find someone to help you with weapons, and you can hire someone to carry them directly when you distribute rations. Isn't that what lazy soldiers do in The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival? The border guards are better, at least they should always fight in actual combat, and they should not be careless, so it is best for people who work hard or desperately to do it. Who are they? Of course, criminals are the most suitable, so many Liangshan heroes have joined the army, but these heroes have never been mixed up. If you hung out like Han Shizhong, you would have gone down in history. Although Han Shizhong is not a criminal, his nickname "Vote for Korea Five" is not for nothing. In this way, both the border army and the Central Army in the Song Dynasty were filled with a strong street hooligan atmosphere. Want to go in? It's simple. Do something about murder and arson first, and then wait for the court to win you over. Of course, you have to become a climate. If you fight alone, you will be arrested by the government and sent to prison. But the movement is too big, like Fang La, only Marco is buried with him; Liangshan's small army is just right. It seems that Song Jiang or Shi Naian grasped the virtue of Song Dynasty well, but it was for the good of a country, okay? Continue tomorrow ... Bi Xia, the author of this article, is a historical author who can talk about articles, focusing on looking at history from different angles and exploring different spring and autumn periods.