The layman looks at the excitement, and the expert looks at the doorway. The ranking of 100 single and eight generals is not only as simple as ranking, but also the embodiment of Song Jiang's personal will and adherence to social principles. If we carefully explore the ranking of Liangshan Baidan generals, we will find the hidden mystery.
1. Why do you want to list 100 and 8?
There are 100 generals in Liangshan, all of whom are "generals" and "heroes". In fact, they are just a bunch of robbers, and further, they are a bunch of anti-government robbers. This bandit gang is composed of several small gangs, which are what we usually call factions, specifically: Sung River School, Classical School, Jiang Jiang School, Erlongshan School, Dengzhou School and so on. In the face of foreign enemies, Liangshan is a United collective, which can join hands with others to repel enemy attacks and defend everyone's interests. Once the pressure of foreign enemies is relieved, this bandit gang will inevitably expose its nature, be competitive with each other, be unconvinced, and all factions will struggle for power and profit, and the contradiction between people and factions will intensify, which will eventually lead to Liangshan becoming a fragmented place.
So, in order to make Liangshan a solid collective, Song Jiang needs to give Liangshan a grade of one hundred bachelors and eight generals, so that brothers can enjoy their rights and assume their obligations according to the grade. After the ranking is formed, those with low ranking unconditionally obey those with high ranking, that is, subordinates unconditionally obey their superiors, thus eliminating the situation of "no one obeys anyone" and thus forming an orderly collective. More importantly, Song Jiang ranks one hundred and eight generals, which is more conducive to his own management of Liangshan. One hundred and seven other people take Song Jiang as their honour and are directly responsible for Song Jiang, so that Song Jiang can divide and rule.
Second, what is the basis for ranking singles 100?
In order to convince all the brothers, Song Jiang, together with Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng, staged a farce of "digging stone tablets and awarding gobbledygook" and skillfully described the ranking as "providence". In the ranking, although Song Jiang used the slogan of "Enlightenment", the whole ranking followed social principles and was reasonable, so it was recognized by most people. So, what is the ranking of Liangshan's 100-single eight generals based on?
1, on qualification
For the earlier brothers in Liangshan, Song Jiang tried to bring them up. Among Liangshan 100 solo generals, Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, Ruan Sanxiong, Liu Tang and Bai Sheng of the classical school should be the first to go to Liangshan. Among them, Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng are the planners of ranking, ranking very high. The rest of Ruan Sanxiong and Liu Tang also ranked the highest day. Only Bai Sheng ranks third from the bottom among the top eight. The reason is not because Bai Sheng is poor, but because he betrayed Classical and others, exposing Classical and others to rob the birthday class. His behavior is no different from that of a traitor. It will be a blessing to be among the top 100 singles. What's the ranking?
2. On contribution
As one of the earliest heroes in Liangshan, Lin Chong is also reliable in terms of qualifications. But Lin Chong ranked sixth, not because of his qualifications, but because of his credit. Burning Wang Lun, giving way to Classical, opening a new prelude to the development of Liangshan, this work; Every time I fight, I take the lead, slash and kill the enemy, and make great achievements. This is the second advantage. Therefore, there is no reason for Song Jiang not to rank Lin Chong as a person with outstanding achievements. Another example is Chai Jin, who went up the mountain late, but his contribution to Liangshan is quite remarkable, because Liangshan is the behind-the-scenes base of Chai Jin's development, and Wang Lun, the first stockade owner of Liangshan, is actually the downline of Chai Jin's development. As Chai Jin went to Liangshan, the economic strength of Liangshan was greatly enhanced, because Chai Jin brought great wealth. Therefore, in terms of contribution, Chai Jin should be at the forefront anyway.
Step 3 deal with it fairly
Liangshan 100 Singles will come from all corners of the Jianghu and come from different backgrounds. If you want the smooth development of Liangshan's career, you need to let your brothers have confidence in Liangshan as a collective and let everyone look forward to it. So Song Jiang needs to arrange a representative at all levels to let others in that class see hope. The most obvious is that the imperial generals surrendered by Song Jiang, such as Guan Sheng, Hu and others, rank quite high. Even less capable Hao, Xuan Zan and Han Tao are in the forefront of gangsters. Putting the generals in the front row can attract more imperial generals to join Liangshan. Jie Zhen and Jebel brothers, who have little pen and ink, are among the best in the world because they are representatives of the peasant class, and Song Jiang needs them to speak for the peasant class. As a peasant uprising army, Ma Jun in Liangshan naturally cannot do without the support of peasants. Where there are farmers, there are landlords, so Mars, with average performance, will be ranked 1 1. Liangshan needs a rich man like Mars to drive his wealth and enhance its economic strength.
4. Dependency
The relationship can not be ignored, and the role of this principle is far greater than the above three principles. We can clearly see that people who are close to Song Jiang rank quite high. For example, Li Kui jy, a murderous and grumpy man, actually ranked 22nd. It is precisely because Li Kui jy is a "die-hard fan" of Sung River and fights for him that Sung River has no reason not to put him in the front row. In addition to Li Kui jy, Huarong Road is closest to Sung River, so Huarong Road ranks ninth, which is quite a top ranking. Li Junhe, Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun, the leaders of the water army, are all the lineages of Sung River's development in Jiangzhou, so all three are the best in the world. Zhu Tong and Lei Heng saved Song Jiangyou's life. Jeikiy actually ranked 12, beating the world-famous Luhe, and Lei Heng ranked 25th.
5. Song Jiang's personal wishes
In the highest day of 36 days, the most elusive is the ranking of Mu Hong and Yang Xiong. In terms of martial arts, Mu Hong ranks first in the world, while his younger brother Mu Chun ranks eightieth. The reason is really elusive. Yang Xiong is Shi Xiu's elder brother, but since he came to Dan Liang, Shi Xiu has performed well and made a lot of contributions, while Yang Xiong has rarely appeared and his performance is mediocre. It is also puzzling. The only explanation is that this is the most intuitive embodiment of Song Jiang's personal wishes. After the front row, Song Jiang has the final say.
After ranking according to the above five principles, on the whole, the ranking of Liangshan heroes is reasonable, but some heroes are slightly unfair. For example, Zhu Wu and Sun Li, one has the strength to break into the highest heaven, one is superior in ingenuity and the other is high in martial arts, but both of them are suppressed. Zhu Wu was suppressed by Wu Yong, and Sun Li was suppressed by Song Jiang, so they were all in the gang. There is also Shi Qian, whose flying skills are known as "the water margin is a must", and his contribution even exceeds that of most Liangshan heroes, even ranking second from the bottom, just because Shi Qian is a thief and can't get on the table, so he can't get ahead.
In a word, the ranking of Liangshan's 100-single-eight generals is carefully planned personnel arrangement. Everyone has a ranking and a seat, enjoys corresponding rights and fulfills their respective obligations, making the whole ranking structure exquisite and orderly, which is a masterpiece in the history of literature and has amazed countless readers.