How many leaders were there in the real Sung River Uprising in history?

The Water Margin is a classic historical novel known to all women and children. It is the highest realm in the world, and it has created a number of characters with distinctive personalities and ups and downs. "Water Margin" has repeatedly declared that "thirty-six Liangshan heroes came to the world with the highest realm in the world, and seventy-two demons descended to the world, stirring up Gan Kun and making the Zhao family have no peace." "Thirty-six days in the ground, seventy-two in the Central Plains."

"Heroes of the Water Margin" wrote: "In front of the stone tablet, there were 36 members of the highest day star in Shu Liang Shan Bo" and "on the back of the stone tablet, there were 72 members of the highest day star".

So, what happened to the plow and the detective? It is the name of the constellation, belongs to the Beidou constellation, and is the star god of Taoist belief.

In Taoism, the Beidou constellation has thirty-six highest sun stars and seventy-two earth stars, and each constellation has a god.

Shi Naian deified these people, described them as "gods", endowed them with romantic magic, and rendered Liangshan heroes an extraordinary group of people, "God's will".

Then, why did Master Shi choose "plowshare" and "detective" and use the numbers "36" and "72" when writing "Water Margin"?

Tracing back to the source, before the book "Water Margin" came out, there were people with "thirty-six plans" about Song Jiang and his gang. According to "The Legacy of Xuanhe in the Great Song Dynasty", "Song Jiang began to read it, and recognized that it was a sealed book with thirty-six names written on it", followed by a line: "The sealed book paid thirty-six soldiers to Yu Tiangang Academy, making Hu Weishuai Song Jiang.

These 36 people do not include Song Jiang, and Classical, the second generation leader of Shuihu, ranks among them.

These people became an outlaw with Song Jiang, including Zhu Tong, Lei Heng, Li Kui jy, Black Cyclone, Dai Zhong and other ten people. Twelve people, including Yang Zhi, Green Haired Beast, Li Jinyi, Yu Qilin (that is, Lu Junyi), Lin Chong, Sai, Wang Xiong (that is, Yang Xiong), Xiao and Huarong Road, were all officials of the imperial court who escorted Hua Shigang. Eight people, including Tiewang Classical, Zhiduoxing Xing Wu Jialiang and Red-haired Liu Tang, robbed Cai Jing's birthday present. Cloud long, pyrotechnics Zhang Cen, depth charge to break Dong Ping, sung river to the partnership.

Lu, Monk, Zhang Heng and iron whip Huyanchuo all came to their own devices.

The Biography of the History of the Song Dynasty Hou Meng (Volume 35 1) said: "Sung River ran through Qi Wei with 36 men and tens of thousands of government troops. Those who dare not resist will inevitably surpass others. "

"A Brief Introduction to the East Capital" records: "Meng () wrote to Chen Zhifu, saying,' Song Jiang took thirty-six riders and crossed Heshuo. Those tens of thousands of government troops who dare not resist will have an advantage in material matters. " "

"The History of the Song Dynasty Hui Zongji" records: "Song Jiang, a thief from Huainan, and others who committed the Huai Yang Army will be caught. Once again, he violated the boundary between Jiangbei, Chu and Haizhou and ordered to surrender. "

It seems that this Songjiang gang is not based on the Water Margin in Shandong, but a group of tourists. When they arrived in Lianyungang, Zhang Shuye quickly mobilized his troops, played pranks, burned all the rules of Sung River, and forced Sung River to surrender.