Why did Guan Sheng in Water Margin rank before Lin Chong?

In the novel Water Margin, Lin Chong is one, but there is a problem. Unlike other military commanders, Lin Chong did not show his skill, but was framed. However, in order to prove that Lin Chong is good at martial arts, the author still had a lot of trouble. First of all, he is the coach of the 800,000 imperial army in Tokyo, and he is the best among the coaches. His father is an officer, so his military skills come from his family. His father-in-law is also a coach. Being able to marry his daughter to such a person shows that he knows Lin Chong, which also reflects from one side that Lin Chong's talent is not illusory. Lin Chong really showed his martial arts in Chai Jin Zhuang. Hong and Lin Chong, who were once supercilious, had the best martial arts. It didn't take many rounds, just one stick, and the outcome was decided. Take another look at Hong. Although he is a little arrogant, he is still an upright man. Knocked down by Lin Chong, leaving Chai Jin behind. It's hard to say whether Guan Sheng can surpass Lin Chong. The Water Margin has a feature. When a general comes out, his martial arts are always extremely high. When he reached the water margin, that is, when it was time to fight, he still had to see Lin Chong. Guan Sheng competes with Lin Chong, but Lin Chong is fighting with Qin Mingdou in Guan Sheng. The result of the struggle, in Guan Sheng's own words, is "losing to him", so it is impossible to prove who is good at martial arts. Lin Chong is a veteran of water margin, at least for Classical and Sung River. By the time Guan Sheng went up the mountain, Lin Chong had gone "fifty or seventy roads". Why does "Guan Sheng" rank ahead of Lin Chong? For this problem, there should be two reasons, one is that Song Jiang wants to rely on the "loyalty" of Guan Sheng's ancestors, and the other is to harness the plan, and Song Jiang wants to crowd out Lin Chong. By the time Guan Sheng appeared, Guan Yu had been promoted to king and God. Guan Sheng wrote in the book: "This man is a direct descendant of Wang Wu 'an, a man of three points of righteousness in the late Han Dynasty. "Dai zhong reported to Song Jiang about Guan Sheng's attack on Liangshan, saying,' Tokyo Taishi Cai, please meet the great-grandson of Guan Bodhisattva' is such a situation. In the Song Dynasty, Guan Yu became the embodiment of loyalty, and "loyalty for thousands of years" became his patent. Once he is mentioned, no one dares to say that he is Guan Yu or Guan Yunchang, and the lowest standard is Guan Yu. Since Guan Sheng is a direct descendant of Guan Yu, Song Jiang must use this person. Classical just died, and the funeral was not finished. The two brothers helped Song Jiang to the position of the Lord of the shanzhai. The first thing Song Jiang did was to change the "Juyitang" of the classical Liangshan Guild Hall into the "Loyalty Hall". This is more than just a name change. With the change of the name, its connotation has undergone a qualitative change. " Juyi means that brothers get together for a word "righteousness", oppose corrupt officials, and live freely in their own water margin. But "loyalty" is different. Liangshan is no longer an independent piece of land. It's just a temporary shelter, a hotel that will leave soon during the trip. The place they want to go is the imperial court. They want to throw away the hat of "bandits" and go to "submit to the imperial court"! However, not every brother understands the word "loyalty". What you see in Song Jiang is the "most holy and wise" emperor of the Song Dynasty, while some brothers see the powerful minister and treacherous court official, just like Lu's straight appearance, which has been defiled. How can you "wash and kill"? How can we distinguish the truth that "the public is right, and the woman says that the woman is right"? Guan Yu's example is the most convincing. Didn't Guan Yu spend some time under the traitor Cao Cao of the Han Dynasty? He finally returned to Liu Huangshu. We use Guan Sheng to let our brothers know that it is the right way to return to the imperial court like Guan Tianwang. Here, Guan Sheng's martial arts is not very important, but the loyalty of his ancestors. It doesn't matter whether he is a descendant of a celebrity or not. For example, after Yang Zhi and Hu became famous in the dynasty, they should use their names, which is much more real. The key is Guan Sheng, a celebrity with "loyalty", and this loyalty is the political goal that Song Jiang wants to pursue. If it is only "loyalty and righteousness", there is nothing wrong with listing Guan Sheng above other generals under Lin Chong, then why is Lin Chong listed below Guan Sheng? After all, there are two reasons why Song Jiang wants to weaken Lin Chong's role. First, Lin Chong is suspected of "regicide". Before Lin Chong went to Liangshan, Wang Lun was the owner of the water margin stronghold. There were actually four heroes in Liangshan at that time, namely Wang Lun, Du Qian, Song Wan and Zhu Gui. Wang Lun knew that Lin Chong was skilled in martial arts and famous in Jianghu, so he tried his best to make things difficult for Lin Chong. Lin Chong went to fetch the warlord. When he met Yang Zhi, he wanted to leave Yang Zhi on the mountain. If Yang Zhi stays, he must be above Lin Chong, because he is afraid that Lin Chong will see through his bag and seize his position. Wang Lun is still so afraid of Lin Chong, not to mention Classical, who must be driven away. However, this kind of sour literati is always not so frank in doing things. He didn't mean that he wouldn't leave Classical, but that Liangshan was a small pool, and there was no room for such a great hero as Classical, so he had to "send" Classical's people down the mountain. Speaking of it, the water margin mountain, no matter how big or small, is just a refuge. Whether the person who wants to join in is a "king" or a flea on a drum, he is a victim here. At this time, Wang Youlun drove people out, apparently pushing people to the execution ground. It's the end of the world, and this behavior is not in line with Jianghu morality. So Lin Chong's new hatred and old hatred came to mind together, and he killed Wang Lun in a rage. As an outsider, it is a pleasure for us to watch Lin kill Wang Lun. If such people are not killed, the Seven Chivalrous Men such as Classical may move their heads. Especially when Lin rushed to kill Wang Lun, he didn't want to be a Liangshan castellan himself. People gave up the position of the stockade master and took his fourth place, which fully showed that he was honest and not selfish. However, judging from the moral concept of feudal society, this Lin Chong killed Wang Lun with great care. Anyway, Wang Lun is the master and Lin Chong is the subordinate, which constitutes the relationship between the monarch and the minister. Lin Chong killed Wang Lun, which was an act of regicide. Chao Gai was a good brother, and he didn't know until he died that the stockade master was a vassal of a small country. But Song Jiang knew this truth long ago, so he always said "come for my brother" when he went out to war, not "I'll come first", and then called my brother out after I beat him. So he will leave the first place after the death of Classical, and all the brothers will say that the cottage can't be without the owner for a day; Lu Junyi killed Shi Wengong, and he will be humble again. Song Jiang regarded the shanzhai as a vassal state. Among Liangshan heroes, Wang Lun, Chao Gai and Song Jiangdu are monarchs, while others are detained. In this way, Lin Chong's idea of "regicide" was planted in Song Jiang's head. Therefore, we will see a strange phenomenon in Song Jiang's behavior. When we catch a capable general in the enemy camp, Song Jiang will "yield" to the top spot in the cottage, but Song Jiang has never "yielded" to Lin Chong, a veteran of water margin. If Guan Sheng is because his ancestors had a "loyal and righteous king", what about Hu? It is also said that "Song Jiang is willing to make way for the general", which cannot but make people think deeply! Second, Lin Chong is an obstacle to Song Jiang's wooing. Song Jiang changed "Juyitang" to "Zhongyitang". From a place name, one of his guiding ideology is to win over with one heart. On the issue of harness, Song Jiang never wavered, and anyone interfering with him was absolutely intolerable, so Li Kui jy almost lost his mind. Sung river wants to woo, there is one person who can't get around, and that is Gao Qiu. Gao Qiu is Qiu, who is in charge of the military. If Liangshan does not have a military conflict with the imperial court, it will be popular. Such a thing is unthinkable. Once this kind of conflict shows some movement, it is bound to deal with Gao Qiu, a military director. Lin Chong and Gao Qiu have sworn enemies. Even if they were embraced by the imperial court, his situation was not much better, so he was the opposition of the imperial court, which was incompatible with Song Jiang's guiding ideology. Look at Li Kui. jy almost lost his mind because of his opposition to woo. It is not surprising that Song Jiang squeezed out an opposition Lin Chong who was nice to him. With Lin Chong's qualifications and ability, why did Song Jiang dare to do so? Or power is at work. Although General Liang Shanbo is a hundred and eight generals, and all of them are brothers, after careful study, there are still many small "gangs", and everyone has several "cronies", only Lin Chong is a "solo". Some of them are brothers, some are husband and wife, some are brought from other hills, some are directly from the Song Dynasty, and the worst Lu Junyi has a Yan Qing as his servant. Lin Chong is a special case of Liangshan. There is only one disciple, Cao Zheng, who is also a disciple of Erlongshan Brigade. In the era of Wang Lun, Lin Chong was the object of exclusion and vigilance. Lin Chong killed Wang Lun, which made his situation even more embarrassing. He is neither a member of the Wang Lun School nor a new leader of the Classical School. Song Jiang went up the mountain, and even the people with classical belt became old friends. Lin Chong can only be an older person. Think about going up the hill from Linchong. Lin Chong doesn't even have a groom, let alone an ordinary brother. And Guan Sheng has two lieutenants, Xuan Zan and Hao, with five or seven thousand troops! This is probably the biggest expansion of the Water Margin. These are all Guan Sheng's own troops, and Lin Chong is the only one. Looking back at history and looking forward to the future are not facing reality. As far as reality is concerned, people can only speak by strength. Song Jiang dared to put Lin Chong behind Guan Sheng because Lin Chong had no power of his own in Liangshan and could only be pushed around. Of course, Lin Chong has unparalleled martial arts after all, and Song Jiang can't ignore him. The same is true in reality. For people like Lin Chong, any leader will use him, and no leader will reuse him. One of the strongest fighters in Liangshan, the two armies fought one-on-one, and few people could beat Lin Chong. Source: Reading and Composition (High School Edition)