But Song Jiang can become the head of Liangshan, not because of his talent, but because of Song Jiang's skill of employing people and striving for power and profit. Song Jiang knows how to choose and employ people, who should be recruited and what kind of position should be given to him, so as to achieve his own goals. For example, sung river wants to woo. He knows that he and Wu don't need it. He needs a respected insider. So Song Jiang tricked Mr. Lu into Liangshan and only gave him the position of second in command.
In addition, Song Jiang knows very well how to crowd out political opponents and leaves no trace in the process. Classical was defeated by Song Jiang. In fact, Classical and Song Jiang had a good personal relationship, and Song Jiang saved his life. However, after Song Jiang was forced to rebel, Classical, who was absolutely opposed to wooing, was bound to become the enemy of the wooing faction. On the surface, Song Jiang conquered Zhujiazhuang for his eldest brother, but in fact, he pulled several big bandit leaders in Liangshan into his own camp and broke away from the control of the classical.
Wu Yong is one of them. As a strategist, Wu Yong's words are very heavy. To pull Wu Yong is to pull half a beam. Classical died in the battle of Zengtou City. Whether or not Sung River did it secretly, it represented that Liangshan Daquan was in Sung River's hands. Lu and Ruan Jinyong, who opposed to woo, either had a close personal relationship with Song Jiang or had too little right to speak, so they could only follow Song Jianggan in the end. At that time, the opinions of these people were not that important.