Song Jiang does have many good brothers, but these good brothers are all good with him, not necessarily very close. There are two situations. One is that some people are simply targeting him, such as Gongsun Sheng. For another example, his hardcore confidants jy and Lu have nothing to say with him emotionally. But when Song Jiang said that he wanted to win over, all three people jumped up and opposed it. This also shows that Song Jiang is mixed with love and hate among his brothers.
What kind of person is Song Jiang? It is worth noting that Song Jiang in Water Margin is different from others. Everyone else has a nickname, but Song Jiang has only one nickname. He has three nicknames: "This person's surname is Song Mingjiang, and he lives in Songjia Village, Yuncheng County. He is black and short, and people call him "Black Sung River". He is also famous for his filial piety and generosity in charity and wealth.
The "black sung river" here is relatively simple, which definitely means that this person's skin is darker, maybe not so tall, so he is shorter. The other is "filial piety and black treasure", which means that Song Jiang is particularly filial, especially to his father. Said sung river is the director of the county government office, because after all, struggling in the forefront of politics all day. What is he afraid of? He just broke off the father-son relationship with his father in advance. That is to say, if anything happens to me, I won't touch you. Second, after Song Jiang killed Yan Poxi, he ran around with nowhere to escape and prepared to go to Liangshan. At this time, he received a fake letter saying that his father had passed away, and Song Jiang was really a "filial Saburo". He didn't say anything and went home at once. When he got home, he found himself cheated. After his arrest, he had to accept the government's decision to send him to Jiangzhou to serve his sentence.
The third nickname "Timely Rain" means that he is very kind to his friends. All his friends get all kinds of help from him, just like spring. When everything is restored, they are waiting for the first spring rain. At that time, no matter whether you know Song Jiang or not, you always mentioned Song Jiangdu as a compliment.
An example can better illustrate this problem. Classical attacked Zengtou City and was shot by Shi Wengong's arrow. Before he died, he left a will: whoever can catch Shi Wengong will be the owner of this mountain. Soon, Lu Junyi captured Shi Wengong alive to avenge Classical. So Song Jiang is not a good boss. But in the process of letting him go, it can be seen that many people in Liangshan really support him as the boss. The three best people are Wu Yong, jy and Lu. Wu Yong said: "If my brother gives in again and again, I'm afraid everyone's heart will be cold." Li Kui jy even shouted: "I will follow you with my life, so don't let go." Lu said more simply: "Brother said so much, let's break up."
This really reflects the love of the two brothers for Song Jiang, but among Liangshan heroes, not everyone loves him 100%.
Of course, Song Jiang is very kind to his brother, but sometimes his brother really can't accept it. For example, some people in the Water Margin were forced to rebel, such as Lin Chong. But many people were caught up with Liangshan by Liangshan heroes. He may not be pure "love" for Song Jiang, but there is probably a kind of "hate" hidden behind "love". The most typical is to lure Lu Junyi up the mountain. He scribbled on people's walls and then wrote anti-poems, which ruined people's lives and forced them to go up the mountain.
There is also "imperial doctor" An Daoquan, known as "contemporary Huatuo". Song Jiang wants to send him to Liangshan and open his own hospital. However, An Daoquan was particularly fond of a prostitute named Li Qiaonu. She doesn't want to go up the mountain. Sung River arranged for Zhang Shun to kill Li Qiaonu and wrote "Black Boy, An Daoquan also" on the wall. Seeing that there was no way out, An Daoquan had to go to Liangshan.
And Qin Ming. When Qin Ming went to Liangshan with the imperial army, he was captured alive by Song Jiang. Sung river advised him to join, Qin Ming refused, of course. Song Jiang's method is as simple as that. Get Qin Ming drunk first, and then send someone to pretend to be Qin Ming to kill Qingzhou in the middle of the night. Qingzhou magistrate saw that Qin Ming was in trouble, so he killed Qin Ming's family. Qin Ming saw that his posterior route was gone, and finally he had to go to Liangshan.
So some readers are a little puzzled, that is to say, Song Jiang can accept his talent despite his good intentions. However, have you ever considered the price these talents pay behind their backs, such as the innocent death of their wives and children? Is Sung River kind or cruel?
Song Jiang cheated these people by hook or by crook. But Song Jiang's idea is that you should follow me to make a big future. This is called "giving up your family for everyone." Several people have died in your family now. It's nothing. As long as you go to Liangshan, your family will be more prosperous than in the past. Song Jiang may have done this because he thought it was kind, but it was cruel to those who were overtaken by Liangshan heroes.
But strangely, everyone who was calculated by Song Jiang followed him up the mountain, including Song Jiang's unique way of making friends. Although Song Jiang is not rich, he is not stingy with money. Because of the usual benefits, after he killed Yan Poxi in a rage, he tried every means to keep him alive, from the county magistrate to "bearded" Jeikiy and then to "Flying Tiger" Lei Heng.
Of course, Song Jiang's "timely rain" is not artificial rainfall after all, so he won't throw money at it when he sees it. For example, for Lu Junyi, he certainly won't throw money, and for Chai Jin, he won't throw money. The money was mainly given to "grassroots heroes", such as Li Kui Jay. Li Kui is loyal to Song Jiang. Song Jianghua bought this loyalty with 12 silver.
Li Kui lost all his money gambling, and Sung River gave him 12 taels of silver. Who knows that after he lost his money, he made a scene and cheated. Song Jiang said, "My good brother wants money and only asks me to use it." You don't have to care about money. I have more money for you. Seeing that Song Jiang was so kind to him, he said, "Brother Song, if I can become sworn with you, this life will be worthwhile." Worship is particularly prevalent in Liangshan. There are thirteen sworn brothers, and Song Jiang alone accounts for four pairs: Song Jiang and Chao Gai, Song Jiang and Song Wu, Song Jiang and Li Jun, Song Jiang and Hu Sanniang. Song Jiang will make good use of the knot.
Song Jiang wants to throw money, but he is just a company. Today, he can be called the director of the county government office. But in the Song Dynasty, he was a collector, and the court didn't pay him. The county magistrate gave him a little subsidy, a little allowance. But wherever Song Jiang goes, it always rains. How can it rain in time?
Born in a small official, Song Jiang obviously can't live on subsidies. He has two ways to make money. One way is to collect money, which is corruption. In other words, it is the so-called gray income. Classical, for example, brought gold to reward them because Song Jiang tipped them off. This is just one of his gray income. Since Song Jiang can help Classical, he can also help Jia Rui and Wang Gai, and he will certainly make a lot of money. Song Jiang made friends with heroes all over the world with his first bucket of gold.
There is another trick that Song Jiang can call "financing", which is "sponsorship" in today's words, or "my treat, you pay". For example, Song Jiang wanted to buy clothes for Song Wu, but Chai Jin, a rich man, couldn't stand it. He said, "You don't have to pay, I'll come out." This is "Song Jiang treats, Chai Jin pays".
For those "grassroots heroes", of course, it is to throw money or become sworn, but for those "rich heroes", especially those "fallen heroes", these two measures are ineffective. Song Jiang's new trick is to "bow down to the kimono". According to statistics, in the year of water margin, Song Jiang knelt on his knees for more than 40 times. He couldn't help it more than ten times. He knelt down to the court, and the remaining 20 times, including 9 times, were for these "rich people" and "warriors who surrendered". For example, he knelt on the knees of Lu Junyi, Chai Jin and Hu, and Song Jiang always bowed his head, because he saw through the psychological needs of these "rich" and "degenerate". These people ran to Liangshan, there is a psychological gap. These people have great face. They went to Liangshan as a lieutenant and had to bow to Song Jiang. How to solve this psychological gap? Song Jiang did it first. At first he knelt on the ground. When he knelt down, those people had face and filled the gap in their hearts. This is sung river's secret. In today's words, it can also be called "spiritual bribery".
The third secret of making friends with Song Jiang is "wooing", which is used to deal with the fourth kind of hero, that is, the "deputy hero", although Wu is the only one. The way to woo Wu is to "woo him". Once Song Jiang suddenly fired smoke bombs, saying that I had gone down the mountain for one day and finally met Xuan Nv for nine days. She not only invited me to dinner, but also gave me three volumes of gobbledygook. These three volumes of gobbledygook are too important. Speaking of it, it is mainly eight words, "Be loyal to the court and control it as soon as possible." More importantly, he quietly told Wu Yong that Xuan Nv had confessed for nine days. I can understand these three volumes of gobbledygook except me, and one person can understand it. This man is "Cat Star". At that time, Liangshan heroes did not have corresponding seats, that is to say, Song Jiang designated who was the "cat star". So it was Wu Yong, a strategist, who was qualified to read gobbledygook with him at that time, not Classical. This move really knocked Wu Yong down. Every day, I colluded with Song Jiang and kept the classical works completely in the dark.