Looking up the history books, we found that Gao Qiu didn't "never have a son". According to the known materials, Gao Qiu has at least three sons, all of whom follow him. One is called Gao Handle, and in the seventeenth year of Shaoxing (1 147), he was named Chang Gong. See History of the Song Dynasty, Volume 21. The other two are Gao and Gao. According to seventy-nine Official Thirty-six in Song Yaoji Draft, Gao Qiu imitated Cai Jing's method of promoting his son, and changed his son Kang Youyao's county official Gao Yao to a full post, while another son Gao Yao was observed and promoted to Cheng Ren. The ambassador holds a great position. In the third chapter of Water Margin, Lu said that he "started to cooperate with the old people", and this "old people" was the messenger. Gao Qiu suddenly promoted his son to such a big official, so it is no wonder that "The Story of Song Yaoyao" has to sigh with emotion that "there are too many famous instruments to describe".
So why did the author of Water Margin use Gao Yanei instead of Gao Qiu's own son? It is not difficult to imagine that the reason why Shuihu wrote that Gao Qiu has no children is to show that good is rewarded with good, evil with evil, and Gao Qiu has done all the bad things, so he has no children; At the same time, it is written that Gao Qiu regards his cousin as an adopted son, which is incest. It can be seen that this is the author's means to express his extreme hatred for Gao Qiu.
Gao Qiu is a real person in history, but this person is unknown in history books. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Wang Mingqing wrote "After the Swing", saying, "Gao Qiu, Mr. Ben Dongpo's short story, has a good writing style. Dongpo left handsome Zhongshan from Hanyuan and left it to Zeng Wensu. Wen Su has resigned from the historical order, and Dongpo belongs to Wang Jinqing. "
Thus, Gao Qiu became Su Shi's mini-history (that is, the role of a small secretary, which is said to be extremely bookish in Water Margin). He is clever and good at copying and writing. In the eighth year of Yuan You (1093), Su Shi was transferred from Hanlin to Zhongshan House, and Gao Qiu was given to Ceng Bu. Although Su and Yu belong to the old and new factions, they still have a certain friendship despite their contacts. According to some scholars' research, Wang Mingqing's grandfather was Ceng Zhi and Ceng Zhi was Ceng Bu's son. His records in the Zeng family should be reliable. But Ceng Bu declined Su Shi's kindness. So Su Shi recommended Gao Qiu to his friend Wang Shen (Wang Jinqing), the captain of Xiao Wang, and Gao Qiu returned to Tokyo.
Why did Gao Qiu, who was born in poverty, rise above Qingyun? What is the reason for his success? "The Water Margin" said that he later met a noble man, and Wang Qiu and his nephew Duanwang got along very well. Gao Qiu was sent to Duanwangfu twice to deliver things, so Gao Qiu got to know Duanwang (later Hui Zong) and was attracted by Duanwang, who lived with him from then on. This persuasion is well-founded.
Wang Shen is Song Shenzong's brother-in-law and Duan Wang's uncle (Hui Zong). In the history of Song Dynasty, although she was an enlightened son-in-law, she was a person who attracted bees and butterflies, and left princess royal in the cold. The princess later died of depression, so angry that Zongshen was demoted to Wang Shen immediately after the princess was buried. However, Wang Shen is a master of calligraphy. When Hui Zong is in his hiding place, he often learns from him and keeps a good relationship with him. In three years (1 100), Gao Qiu's life took a major turning point because of an accident, that is, his acquaintance with Duan Wang. In After the Swing, it is said that Wang Shen and Evonne met while waiting to appear in court. Evonne forgot to bring a piercing knife, so he borrowed one from Wang Shen and repaired his sideburns. Evonne said to Wang Shen after using it: "The style of this punching knife is very novel and lovely." . Wang Shen replied, "I've made two recently, and one has never been used. I'll send someone to deliver it to you later. " In the evening, Wang Shen sent Gao Qiu to Duan Wangfu to send a perforated strainer knife. As it happens, Evonne is playing football in the garden, and Golf stands by and looks disapprovingly. Maybe Evonne noticed the boy's expression and asked, "Can you play too?" Gao Qiu is also youthful and agreed. So they kicked each other around, and Gao Qiu tried his best to kick the ball like glue, which was very much to Evonne's taste. Evonne was overjoyed and immediately sent a message to Wang Shen: "Thank you for the grate knife. I will accept it with the person who sent it." , Gao Qiu became king Evonne's cronies.
Even more coincidentally, the emperor Song Zhezong died soon, and Duan Wang was chosen by the Queen Mother to succeed him and became the emperor of DaSong. And Gao Qiu, the "veteran" who got on the last bus, was also lucky. From an idle playmate, he jumped into the officialdom of DaSong Dynasty. And rise in the officialdom.
In Song Dynasty, the policy of "promoting literature and restraining martial arts" was adopted in the promotion system of officials, but it was aimed at power and prestige, and the salary and grade of military attache were not low. However, because the status of civil servants is the first, the requirements for them are much higher than those of civil servants. In Song Dynasty, all the civil servants above the county magistrate were qualified as Jinshi, so it is unrealistic for other people like Gao Qiu to squeeze into the civil service circle. The power of the military minister system is relatively low, but the employment qualification is relatively low, and the promotion is also very flexible. For people like Gao Qiu, it is obviously a shortcut to enter the official career.
However, the appointment of military attache in the Song Dynasty was also institutionalized. Without the system, he could not be a three-word official. Hui Zong took pains to promote Gao Qiu. He first put Gao Qiu down to the grassroots level and entrusted it to Liu Zhong Wu, the general guarding the border, to "gild" it, so as to lay the foundation for future promotion. "Biography of Ten Commanders in Southern Song Dynasty" Volume I "Biography of Liu Yong" says: 1. Gao Qiu is the last official of the royal residence, so I hope to show it. In the old method, unless there was a sideline, you couldn't be the three officials (Liu) at that time, and Zhong Wu was the governor, subordinate to Qiu, who was vying for the position of governor. "