Why did the leader of Liangshan, Song Jiang and Song Gongming, want to recruit people?

In the story of Water Margin, the recruitment of one hundred and eight generals in Liangshan was regarded as a watershed. Before, the heroes had been fighting against the government, and even defeated the imperial army many times. After recruiting peace, the heroes began to serve the imperial court, conquering the Liao Kingdom in the north, pacifying Tian Hu and Wang Qing, and sweeping away Fang La. , achieved great success, but suffered heavy casualties. Many people have always been dissatisfied with Song Jiang's recruitment attitude, and even denounced him.

Some people say that Song Jiang could have fought in Tokyo, overthrew the imperial court, and established his own regime, but he chose to surrender; others say that Song Jiang’s recruitment was just to serve as an official, and many people died as a result. Brother; Some people say that Song Jiang should join forces with Fang La to deal with the imperial court together, and maybe they can establish a new dynasty.

Actually, judging from the book, Song Jiang’s recruitment is no problem. When Liangshan was at its peak, there were only a hundred thousand people, and there were many family members among them. The land they occupied was only 800 miles away, and no one in Shandong was as big as Liangshan. As for money and food, they basically relied on plundering the state capital or other forces. The contrast with the imperial army is too great. It is impossible to overthrow the imperial court with this small number of troops. Historically, Fang La divided the southeast and was more powerful than Song Jiang and others. Wouldn't he still be wiped out?

As for joining forces with Fang La, it is even more impossible. Fang La's setting in the book is that he is a force that harms one side, and the Liangshan heroes led by Song Jiang are people who do justice for heaven and help those in need, which is different from Fang La.

In fact, the reason why Song Jiang chose to recruit people was to consider the future of the heroes. Since we can't overthrow the imperial court, we can only choose to submit. In this case, the heroes will not always bear the reputation of rebels, and future generations will also have a way out. In addition, the cultural influence Song Jiang received since childhood did not allow him to rebel, but only allowed him to be loyal to the emperor, serve the country, and assist the country and the people.

After Song Jiang killed Yan Poxi, he first went into hiding, and later he was assassinated and sent to Jiangzhou. Before assassinating his concubine, Song Taigong gave Qian a warning and warned Song Jiang not to rebel or become a bandit.

The Song Taigong called Song Jiang to a secluded place and warned: "...You are here now and are passing by Liangshan. If they come down from the mountain to rob you and join their gang, you must not follow them and be scolded as disloyal. Unfilial. Keep this section in mind. "——"Water Margin"

Song Jiang did not get to know the heroes in the world, and some heroes were falling into the grass in Liangshan. Song Taigong knew this, and he was also worried that these heroes would save Song Jiang, or even drag Song Jiang into joining the gang, so he specifically told Song Jiang not to fall off the grass and be scolded for being unfaithful and unfilial. Otherwise, there will be no reunion in the future.

Song Taigong knew the righteousness, and it can be speculated that his education to Song Jiang must also be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, to be loyal to the emperor and the court, and to be a filial son. Song Jiang did indeed do it. He was extremely filial to his father, so people in his hometown called him "Xiaoyi Black Saburo".

Since filial piety and righteousness are all fulfilled, "loyalty to the emperor" must also be fulfilled. This is due to the education Song Jiang received since he was a child.

Many people say that Song Jiang is foolish and loyal and should not be loyal to the Song Dynasty. This is simply speaking from the perspective of future generations without back pain. What the ancients valued was loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. What’s wrong with that? How can one be called "foolishly loyal"? Loyalty is loyalty, why is there such a thing as foolish loyalty? It is a joke in itself to criticize the ancients with today's ideas.

Some people say that the Song Dynasty will be destroyed in a few years, and Song Jiang can just persist in Liangshan for a few more years. This is actually from the perspective of future generations.

We know today that the Northern Song Dynasty died in 1127. The question is, can Song Jiang know? He doesn't know how to tell fortunes and can't see the future. Even if Song Jiang knew that, if he knew that the Northern Song Dynasty died at the hands of the Jin people, he would still choose to fight against the Jin people instead of fighting against the Song Dynasty. No matter how bad the Song Dynasty was, it was still a dynasty of the Han people. No matter how good the Jin people are, they are still aliens.

Water Margin is what people do out of anger. Shi Naian saw that the Han world was taken over by the Mongols, so he wrote a Water Margin. He just wants to tell the world that it’s not that the Han people are incompetent. We Han people can definitely deal with these foreign races, as long as we don’t mess around and don’t fight among ourselves.

One more thing, many people think that rebellion is easy. It seems that they can become king and emperor by simply raising a banner. In fact, there have been many rebellions in ancient times, but too few have succeeded, especially the peasant rebels. In summary, from his father and family education, we can understand why Song Jiang wanted to recruit An.