The Beggar Gang is one of the most common gang organizations. It is characterized by its large number of people, wide distribution, and huge power. Therefore, it is known as the largest gang in the world.
All beggars belong to the Beggar Clan, which is a well-known righteous organization in the world. Because the gang members are widely distributed, have many eyes and ears, and are very good at collecting information about the enemy and transmitting information.
Usually the leader of the Beggar Clan possesses superb martial arts skills passed down from generation to generation, the most famous of which are the "Dog Beating Stick Technique" and "Eighteen Palms for Subduing the Dragon"; other characters of the Beggar Clan have various martial arts skills. , Snake charmers may be good at poisoning, and alcoholics may be able to use the "magic skill of wine and rain".
When the Beggar Gang members go out to beg, they will hold an extra dog-beating stick in their hands to prevent attacks by vicious dogs. The characteristics of the dog-beating stick method are flexibility and variety. It is precisely based on the skills of fighting dogs. Skills developed through real life experience.
According to legend, the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms are powerful and powerful. They are known as "unparalleled palm techniques in the world" and are powerful in the martial arts world.
The organization of the beggar gang in the novel is very strict. Under the leader of the gang, there are several elders who perform their own duties, as well as the helmsman, incense owner and other positions. It is also said that the characters of the beggar gang are represented by the cloth bags on their shoulders. The number determines their seniority. The more bags they carry, the higher their seniority is. The leader of the Beggar Clan is not only top-notch in martial arts, but also has first-class moral integrity. He is recognized as a leader of white heroes.
Beggars’ Gang, as the name suggests, is “a collective organization of beggars.” From ancient times to the present, the "vitality" of this group has been unusually strong. Begging can be regarded as an occupation to earn a living, and it has been passed down to this day. I don't know whether it is a blessing or a misfortune for the beggar.
The person who is called "old beggar" in bad words refers to the beggar woman, which is a derogatory name for old female beggars. However, in the industry, it is called "Guanyin". From beggar to Guanyin, the name is It is indeed a good job to "beg for it".
Speaking of the Beggar Clan, we have to mention the "Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms", the unique skill of the Beggar Clan that even the sweeping monks "extremely praise". Jin Daxia wrote this set of martial arts to be extremely powerful and closely related to Shaolin's various magical skills are equally generous, and it makes sense when you think about it carefully. This Buddhist monk pays attention to alms for merit. He calls out "Amitabha" and holds the alms bowl. As usual, the donor who faces him will be rewarded with a few coins. The process is almost the same as the beggar's behavior. The two are close and shoulder to shoulder. It's possible to mention it. The difference is between practicing cultivation and making a living later. I think beggars should consider shaving their heads and changing careers, at least their wealth can be upgraded to the upper-9th level. What? There is a precedent. who? Zhu Yuanzhang! ? (Sin, sin, sin)
Like lovers, beauty is in everyone's eyes. The Beggar Gang, the largest gang in the world, also presents different features in the works of different creators.
The Jianghu structure has gradually established a distinct or traceable system from sword sects to gangs. Mr. Jin Yong’s contribution to the expansion and construction is indispensable.
The "universal adaptability" model of the Beggar Gang constructed by Jin Daxia has the following characteristics:
No.1 A gang should be distinguished from others, and should be compared with a certain sword sect or a certain gym. Or so-and-so Jingzhai is equally famous, so it cannot be without its own history. Even the so-called Demon Sect has its own history, so the slogan of our gang is "Reject the gangsters!" The Beggar Gang began to be a large organized and disciplined gang, which probably started in the Five Dynasties after about 900 AD.
It is quoted from the golden article "The Legend of the Condor Heroes·Chapter 45 of the Dragon's Regret", which writes: "...
Huang Rong is extremely clever and clever, clapping her hands. cried: "I know, I know. That old monster Liang called you ‘Hong Gang Leader’. It turns out that you are the leader of the Beggar Gang. "Hong Gong said: "Exactly, we beggars are bullied and bitten by dogs. If we don't form a group, how can we still survive? This bamboo stick and this gourd have been passed down from the Five Dynasties to the present day for hundreds of years. They have been controlled by the leader of the Beggar Clan for generations, just like the jade seal of the emperor and the golden seal of the official. ..."
Since No.2 has established its own sect, and it is a large sect, with thousands of disciples in the whole sect, and no one can take charge of things, any organization should be afraid of a group of leaders without a leader, working on their own, even a beggar gang. No exceptions.
Therefore, the Beggar Gang has established the following supervisory mechanism:
There is only one chief gang leader! (There are no two days in the sky)
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The elders who teach the merits and the elders who enforce the law (the number varies)
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Palm stick faucet and palm bowl faucet (also vary in number)
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The leaders of each branch (rudder) in the south and north of the Yangtze River (the number of positions depends on the scale of each period) )
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Nine Bags Disciple Eight The bag disciple... (his status is judged by the number of bags he carries)
The proof is - "...the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms passed down by the previous leader of the Beggar Clan were in Yeluqi's hands. He has not been able to learn them all, and since then he has been a member of the Beggar Clan and has only learned fourteen palms at most. Shi Huolong has learned this skill more than twenty years ago because of hard work. When he was doing the palm technique, his internal strength was not enough, and he suffered from upper body paralysis, unable to turn his arms. Since then, he and his wife have gone to various mountains to search for elixirs to cure diseases. The two dragon heads of the palm bowl are treated at the same time..." ("Thirty-three Flute, Long Qin, Short Clothes and Yellow Clothes") There are two series of clothes and clean clothes. The Dirty Clothes sect keeps their hair unkempt and their clothes are slovenly; the Pure Clothes sect seems to wear clean clothes and disguise themselves as various characters to show off to their donors.
No.4 brings with it the "Dog Killing Formation" and "Lotus Falling Formation". The most proud skills of the Beggars Gang and their capital for dominating the world are the "Dog Beating Stick Technique" and "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms" , and only future gang leaders can practice it.
Jin Daxia’s creative Jianghu system cast a mold for subsequent martial arts writers. We appreciate the rationality of its construction, but after all, it is only reasonable, not reality. Now we will step down from this DIY-style Jianghu idea and decipher the real beggar gang.
The real beggar gang has not been able to form a unified scale in the south and north of the Yangtze River. It is only a local climate of its own. It may be a county, a prefecture, or a state. Everyone cares about their own land and their own way of making money.
And because the beggars believed in different founders, they spawned multiple factions. Judging from the overall history of the beggar gang, the most famous and powerful gangs are probably none other than Fan, Li, Wu, Gao, and Suo. Each of them has its origin, so I will briefly describe them in one or two chapters.
Fan Dan is the founder of the Fan family. According to the sect, its founder once "rescued" a man named Kong Qiu who was "trapped between Chen and Cai" (similar to the saying of "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup"). Coincidentally, this man was named Kong Qiu. Qiu's was actually a Confucian saint who was later honored as a Confucian saint, so Gang Leader Fan naturally became the founder of the beggar sect. Therefore, the Fan Clan Beggar Clan is the most powerful and has unprecedented influence. According to historical records, Fan Dan was actually from the Eastern Han Dynasty. They were separated by five hundred years, and the two were forcefully brought together. Even modern propaganda skills are beyond comparison.
Wu Zixu, the founder of the Wu family of beggars. It is said that Wu Zixu passed Zhaoguan and experienced many hardships and came to Suzhou, the capital of Wu. He was penniless and had to play the sheng and beg along the street. Master Qiaguang passed by here and then found out about the military personnel. Therefore, most of the beggars of this sect bring something with them when begging, such as allegro, huqin, silk strings, etc. Guo Degang jokingly called Li Jing the young leader of the Beggar Gang, which originated from this.
In the beggars’ slang, “beggars” are called “Guang’er”, so the leader of the Beggar’s Gang in martial arts should actually be called “Gang’ertou”. "Gantou" is the land of this place, and he is in charge of entry-level investment masters, personnel appointments and dismissals. Those paralyzed and deformed flowers we see on the street today are called "walking on the street" in the industry (very vivid and cruel, so they can win sympathy), and the people behind them are the drug tyrants. The "head of the pole".
The origins of the members of the beggar gang are only the bankrupt and unemployed, those who have left their homes and have no relatives, those who are disabled and unable to live, and the children who are adopted by their own families without fathers and mothers (the child with a shady story is eighty-nine) They were kidnapped). Of course, there are also those who enjoy pretending to be beggars. Beggars don't join the mainstream. If you want to live in a stable place, you have to join a gang.
Before joining a gang, as usual, you have to kowtow to the "gantou" to acknowledge your master, say "yes" again, and then learn the skills - begging or stealing. After a period of investigation (the scene of Lin Chong entering Huoliang Mountain flashed through his mind), the master felt satisfied, then paid the money for incense and candles, and chose an auspicious day to perform the apprenticeship ceremony.
First, set up the memorial tablet of the ancestor in the incense hall, and light incense candles in front of the tablet.
The master places a wooden stick horizontally on the ground, and the apprentice kneels on the stick. After some questioning, the master picked up the wooden stick and put it down. First, he asked the disciple to get up and look at the bamboo tube, awl, knife and a basin of cold water on the altar table (what are you looking at? Dongchang has never heard of it) . The apprentice knelt on the stick again, and the master began to read the gang rules. Finally, the disciple bowed to his master, and after that, the beggars dispersed after having a small feast.
There is no rule without rules. The Beggar Clan talks about the "Ten Poor", "Eight Essentials" and "Ten Precepts". Help everyone to implement with full strength.
The "Ten Poor" means: entering the poor house, raising the head of the poor, the ancestors of the poor family provide for the poor house; the poor family also talks about the Three Cardinal Principles, the poor family also talks about the three religions and the nine streams; The whip pole is spread all over the world, and the children of poor families travel all over the world; the Shajizi (bamboo boards) of poor families spend the Spring and Autumn Period with drooped ears; there are nobles and lows in poor families, and princes emerge from poor families.
The "Eight Essentials" are: first, we must be the king of heaven and earth, our parents and teachers; second, we must be taught by our ancestors; third, we must be filial to our parents; fourth, we must respect our brothers and love our brothers; fifth, we must abide by the laws of the country...
The "Ten Commandments" are: the first commandment is to step over the edge and pull the rudder (you are not allowed to surrender to your neighbors and colleagues); the second commandment is to make love with your wife (you are not allowed to prostitute your wife who is traveling with you); the third commandment is to touch the hairline (traitors are not allowed) ; The four precepts lead the horse to the pit (not to expose the bad things he has done)...
Beggars carry cloth bags on their backs to beg for food. As soon as they enter the village, they must take the bags off their shoulders and put them on their arms. This is considered " "Lead the horse"; when you enter someone's house, you have to put down the mat, which is considered to be "tying the horse"; and then you use the usual sign of calling "Uncle, aunt, give me some...". The people in the industry were afraid that the newbies wouldn't be able to shout out loud, so they said "uncle" actually meant "big harvest" as a way of congratulating the benefactor.
For beggars, compared to the ordinary days, weddings and funerals are considered their festivals. Especially for white matters, in the past, wealthy and powerful families would send people to the "gantou" to invite helpers to carry out coffins, carry flags and other tasks.
Tibet still retains the "Beggars' Festival" and the Tibetan "Sagadawa" Festival. The festival falls on the 15th day of the fourth month of the Tibetan calendar (June of the Han calendar). Apart from the routine rituals on this day, almsgiving to beggars is a major theme. Along the way that stretches for many miles, there are groups of beggars carrying swags on their backs with smiles on their faces. In front of them, the donors are carrying money bags, also with smiles on their faces, and they are giving alms one coin at a time from their heads to their bags. Clear and clear. The scene is extremely moving. But it was only for this day, and it was still a blessing to the Buddha.
A conversation between the Emperor and Su Can at the end of the movie "Su Qier" is very thought-provoking -
(Emperor) You have tens of millions of disciples of the Beggar Clan, and you won't disband for one day , teach me how to feel at ease?
(Su Can) The number of disciples in the Beggar Gang is not decided by me, but by you... If you are really wise and powerful and make the country peaceful and the people peaceful, then you will be willing to be a beggar.
[Edit this paragraph] 5. The unique skills of the Beggar Clan
1 Dog Beating Stick Technique
The martial arts is directly passed down by the leader of the Beggar Clan and cannot be taught by non-leaders of the Beggar Clan The most exquisite martial arts, *** has thirty-six ways and twelve moves and eight-character formulas, which are the unique skills of the Beggar Clan.
The thirty-six-way dog ??beating stick method was created by the founder of the Beggar Gang. It has always been passed down from the previous gang leader to the succeeding gang leader and will never be passed on to the second person. The third leader of the Beggar Clan's martial arts is particularly superior to the founder of the Clan. He has added numerous subtle changes to this stick technique. For hundreds of years, when the Beggar Gang encountered a crisis, the gang leader would personally take action, often using the dog-beating stick method to eliminate gangsters and kill enemies, and to frighten the evil spirits.
Although the name of Dog Fighting Stick Technique is crude and vulgar, its changes are subtle and its techniques are wonderful. It is actually the first-class kung fu in martial arts throughout the ages. The dog-beating stick technique consists of eight techniques: tripping, splitting, entangling, poking, picking, leading, sealing, and turning. When the "entangling" technique is used, the bamboo stick is like an extremely tough vine, entangling the dog. After the tree, if the tree is dozens of times thicker, no matter how horizontal and straight it is, there is no hope of being able to escape from the shackles. The word "Tang" means to follow the enemy. The word "Zhuan" is to make the enemy follow you, and the bamboo stick turns into a ball of blue shadow, and slams the enemy's back heart "Qiangjian", "Fengfu", "Dazhui", "Lingtai" and "Xuanshu". Key points. These acupuncture points are all in the center of the back. As long as they are hit by the end of the rod, they will either die or be injured. The word "trip" is like the Yangtze River, flowing continuously, never allowing the enemy any chance to breathe. If one trip is missed, the next trip will come one after another. The chain of hooks and disks, although there is only one word "trip", there are thousands of changes in the middle.
2 Eighteen Palms for Subduing the Dragon
The first move is to overpower the dragon with regrets: The most commonly used move among the Eighteen Palms for Subduing the Dragon, which is taken from the Qian Gua in the Book of Changes. Representing the sky, the words are: "A strong dragon has regrets." This means that although a strong dragon (a dragon flying to the end) is invincible in the world, when its power is exhausted, it will regret and regret will be out of reach.
Therefore, Hong Qigong taught Guo Jing the truth that when a dragon is overconfident, it will have regrets, but its gains will not last long. If this trick is heavy on regrets but not on overexertion, the consequences will be endless.
The second move, Flying Dragon in the Sky: One of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, also originated from the Book of Changes. The poem said: "The flying dragon is in the sky, and it is helpful to see the adults." The flying dragon is the dragon that soars in the sky. The flying dragon is in the sky and can see everything in the world, so it can find the adults (moral people). This move moves from top to bottom, relying on inertia to hurt people, just like a flying dragon gaining fame by relying on a virtuous person, and it is extremely powerful.
The third style of Dragon Fighting in the Wild: It is taken from the Kun hexagram in the Book of Changes. Kun is the earth. The words say: "The dragon fights in the wild, and its blood is black and yellow." The wild here is used as a flat ground. Xuan refers to black, and Xuanhuang means that the blood has changed its color. According to ancient thinking, the dragon is above the sky, lurking in the abyss, and below in the fields. "When a dragon fights in the wild, the way is endless" means that the dragon is in a position it shouldn't be in, and its power is also stimulated. This move usually comes from a desperate move, because there is no There is no way out, so this move is all-encompassing!
The fourth style, Hide the Dragon, do not use it: Originates from the Qian Gua, and the words are: "Hide the Dragon, do not use it." The dragon lurks in the abyss, and its ambition is unpredictable, so it cannot be used. The energy of this move is concentrated within without being unleashed, but anyone who dares to test its edge will suffer disaster.
The fifth style is beneficial to crossing the great rivers: It comes from the Tongren hexagram. Since people are comrades, the saying goes: "Together with others in the wild, prosperous, beneficial to crossing the great rivers, beneficial to the gentleman." When good friends gather together, the flow is unobstructed. So going to dangerous places becomes safe. On the surface, this move is ordinary, but in reality, the force is gathered in the palm of the hand, just like the gathering of friends, it is difficult to condense and easy to disperse. If you fall victim to this move, your whole body's muscles and veins will be shattered, and your death will be unspeakably painful!
The sixth form: Hongjian Yulu: From the Jian Gua, Jian refers to women. The words are: "Hongjian Yulu, his feathers can be used as rituals." When the wild geese descend to the flat ground, their feathers can be used as rituals. Women use it for decoration. The purpose of this move lies in a clever word, which hides skill in clumsiness and uses feathers as a ritual.
The seventh style shocks hundreds of miles: From the Zhen hexagram, shock is thunder, and the saying is: "Shocked hundreds of miles, not to lose dagger (鬯: a kind of wine)" originally means that although a person is I was shocked but didn't even spill the wine, but just from the name, it means that the power of thunder and lightning is extremely powerful. Although this recruitment trend is impressive, it has little effect on the masters.
The eighth posture of the divine dragon swinging its tail: the real name is Lu Hu Tail. It goes in and out of the Lu Gua. When the shoes are stepped on, the words are: "The eyes can see, the lame can walk, the shoes protect the tail, and the people are chewed." It means that people are blind. You can still see with one eye missing, and you can still walk with one leg lame, but if you accidentally step on the tiger's tail, you will be eaten by it. This move specializes in attacking the person behind it. It is extremely powerful and is actually a life-saving move of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
The ninth posture is riding on six dragons: from the Qian hexagram, the words are: "Riding on six dragons on the hour to control the sky." Since ancient times, it has been said that the five mountains are the place of Chinese spiritual energy. Each mountain is guarded by a dragon, and Ji Huangdi (That is, Xuanyuan Huangdi) The Yinglong is the Six Dragons. The six dragons come out in unison, with a majestic and majestic power. Their momentum is so great that it covers the ground and covers the sky. It is the most royal and righteous move of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
The tenth style is dense clouds but no rain: From the Qian hexagram, the words are: "There are dense clouds but no rain, and sometimes there is wind." There are many rain clouds but no rain, because it is waiting for the wind to blow. This trick does not rely on the dense clouds and lack of rain. The dense clouds and lack of rain are just the accumulation of strength. The real killer lies in the wind. When the wind (timing) comes together, the enemy will be unable to escape.
The eleventh formula means loss and prosperity: It comes from the hexagram of loss, where loss is the unfavorable aspect, which is the opposite of the hexagram of benefit. The Ci said: "Loss, there is Fu" Fu means trust, and the Ci said: "It is called loss from top to bottom." This sentence means that although the promise was kept, good things were not done. This move is similar to that of a flying dragon in the sky. It moves from top to bottom, but losses are followed by benefits. The saying goes: "From bottom to top, it is called benefits." The change of moves is like a sudden appearance of a sudden force, which makes people unable to guard against it.
The twelfth pose: Walking on frost and ice arrives: From the Kun hexagram, it says: "Walking on frost, firm ice arrives." If you step on frost, you should think that big ice and snow are coming. As its name suggests, this move seems weak and weak at first, but if the enemy dares to attack, it will be like a sudden blizzard, with endless stamina.
The Thirteenth Style of the Sheep Touching the Fan: From the Dazhuang hexagram, it says: "The Sheep touches the Fan, and wins with its horns." When two sheep compete with each other, the one who wins is with its horns. The purpose of this move is not easy to explain, but it probably means to use force to injure the enemy. But "when a sheep touches a feudal lord, it cannot retreat, nor can it be profound." If you use it improperly, you will suffer the consequences.
The fourteenth posture of seeing a dragon in the field: comes from the Kun hexagram, and the saying is: "Seeing a dragon in the field, Dazhen" means that seeing a dragon in the field will bring about good things. The palm power of this move is extremely overbearing, and it is the strongest move among the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. It is named "Seeing the Dragon in the Field" because it means that if you hit it with one palm, the enemy will be finished.
The fifteenth style comes suddenly: Yi Jing: Li Gua: Xiang said: Jiu Si: Come suddenly like, burn like, die like, abandon like.
The sixteenth posture may leap into the abyss: I Ching: Qian Gua: Xiang said: Jiu Si: There may be a leap into the abyss, no fault.
The seventeenth posture is a fish leaping into the abyss: The Book of Changes: Litigation Gua: Tuan says: Litigation, the upper part is strong and the lower part is dangerous, dangerous and healthy. Litigation has its own advantages and disadvantages, be wary of success, and you will get success as soon as you come. It will be bad in the end; the lawsuit will not succeed. It is beneficial to meet the great people; to be honest and upright. It is unfavorable to cross the great river; it is also unfavorable to enter the abyss. This move seems controversial. In other words, this move should be called "laughing and mute", which comes from the same place as "Shocking Baili".
Position 18: Double Dragon Fetching Water: This move comes from Buddhist scriptures.
[Edit this paragraph] The real Beggar Gang: directly controlled by the court during the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Anyone who has read martial arts novels will be familiar with the name "Beggars Gang". Many people think that since it is called a "gang", it must be a gang born in Jianghu, but they do not know that at least in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Beggar Gang was directly controlled by the court. The title "Leader of the Beggar Gang" is, of course, the creation of a novelist. In a beggar society, the leaders who rule beggars, big and small, are collectively called "beggar heads". They have supreme power in the world of beggars. In the eyes of officials, merchants, and scribes, according to the order of the "nine scholars and ten beggars", even if the beggar is a "boss", he is still at the bottom of the "nine lower classes", and no one thinks highly of him; but in the world of beggars Among them, he is the emperor, the rules he sets are golden rules, and the words he gives are golden words. Anyone who refuses to listen will be dealt with according to the "gang rules and family laws", which is almost three points more severe than the "national law". When the beggars committed "something", the beggars actually sat in court to investigate the case just like the officials. The mildest punishments ranged from slaps and spankings to severe punishments with three knives and six holes - I'll give you a seven-inch steel knife and let you do whatever you want on your body. There are three stabs, but each one must pierce; for more severe cases, you can cut off the nose, gouge out the eyes, chop off the hands, and chop off the feet until the victim is drowned, hanged, stoned to death, or beaten to death with sticks. This kind of "family law" is protected by "king law" just like the "clan law" of each surname and clan. Even if a person who has been punished has the courage to complain to the county government office, when the prince hears that it is a beggar who is complaining, this is called "taking advantage of a small offender". As a rule, he will be sent to the court for the lightest case, and beaten for the most serious case. Forty big boards will be fettered for three more days. As for the beggar who was executed, since he joined the beggar gang, he has been exempted from the Ding tax, money and food, and does not even have a household registration. The township officials and land security guards do not want to care about these noisy matters that are worthless!
It is said that the beggar heads of various prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty were consecrated at the same time as the city gods of each prefecture and county after Zhu Yuanzhang came to power. The difference is: those who are conferred the title of City God are all deceased heroes, while those who are conferred the title of Beggar's Head are all living junior sergeants who have made military exploits but made minor mistakes. On the one hand, Zhu Yuanzhang made them hereditary "beggar chiefs", and on the other hand, he also explicitly stipulated that when a beggar gives birth to a son, he is not allowed to study, and when he gives birth to a daughter, he is not allowed to have his feet bound. ——In those days, if a man did not study, he could not work as an official, and if a woman did not bind her feet, she could not marry into a wealthy family. Therefore, it can be said that this is "the emperor's grace", or it can be said that it is "expelled from the army and the government" and will never be employed again; it is both a favor and a punishment.
Beggars also have "levels", the lowest is the township level, and above there are the county level and prefecture level, which govern each level from top to bottom. In addition to being under the jurisdiction of the superior tuantou, beggar heads are also subject to the control of local officials at the same level, such as prefects, county magistrates, and township officials. Zhu Yuanzhang probably only granted beggar heads up to the provincial level and never to the "national level". During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the treacherous prime minister Yan Song was involved by the censor Zou Yinglong and others. Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houcong, deprived him of the title of bachelor of Wuyingdian, the crown prince, ransacked his home, and killed his son Yan Shifan. He was "dedicated for twenty years in power" and was rewarded with a silver bowl and a pair of gold chopsticks, allowing him to beg for food. He was also named "General Beggar of the World" and was in charge of beggars of all prefectures and counties across the country. But the people hated him so much that they refused to hand out alms to any house he went to. As a result, he starved to death in Yinwan Hutong, Beijing.
After Yan Song's death, because he was the most beggar in the world who had "received the imperial title", he was finally recognized by the beggar gang and was regarded as the "ancestor" and accepted the incense offerings from beggars of all sizes.
These beggars, big and small, who have received "imperial titles", like emperors and princes, can be hereditary and passed down from generation to generation. When an emperor succeeds to the throne, he receives the imperial seal; when a beggar succeeds to the throne, he receives a "token" recognized by all local beggars at that time, such as a special dog-beating stick or an old bamboo root. dry tobacco pipes and the like.
For example, the beggar-headed "Hangzhou Xiaohei" from Wuzhen, Jiaxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province's ancestral "token" is a dry tobacco pipe made of old bamboo roots. The whole dry tobacco pipe was yellow with reddish and red with yellow. It was so beautiful that "Hangzhou Xiaohei" couldn't put it down. People who didn't know thought he was an opium ghost.
Shelters are usually built with money from local wealthy owners or with the joint efforts of many people. They are commonly known as "begging houses". The original intention was to provide shelter for homeless people passing by. On both sides of the gate of the Wuzhen refugee shelter in Jiaxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, there is a couplet carved in stone: "You can only pass by and stay temporarily; you cannot live in the river forever." Although the name is ugly, the scale of the shelter is actually not small, at least seven or seven in size. Eight rooms. Such a spacious house cannot be managed by anyone, so the refugee camps in various places usually become public houses for beggars. The main room not only houses Beggar Tou, his wife, children, and his family, but a hall in the middle is Beggar Tou's "public house" where trials, executions, and spankings are carried out, and all beggars, big and small, can see it. There is also a warehouse for storing various miscellaneous grains. According to the principle of distinction between men and women, beggars, big and small, live in separate bunks in the two corridors and side rooms. There are also pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks behind the house. A "township-level" refugee camp can manage about two hundred beggars, but there are only thirty or forty people living in the refugee camp. Some of them go out to beg for money every day, and when they come back that night, they have to pay "a share" - thirty-five cents or a few meters; some of them raise chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep in their "homes", and the beggars pay monthly The amount of money is similar to that of hired long-term workers; there are also some people who are "official servants" in the beggar kingdom - beggars break the family rules, and they are the ones who are punished (equivalent to the law enforcement elders); there are "roads" on the ground. Or "frozen corpses", they are the ones who carry them to the land for burial, and then receive reward money from the land guards. Of course, they are the ones who need to run errands for anything at Beitou's house. As for those poor people who have families but no food and become beggars, they can still live in their own homes, but they have to pay monthly "parts" and absolutely obey the jurisdiction of the beggar head. Otherwise, there is no way they can live on the ground. Open your mouth to beg for food!
Beggars and beggars in the Song and Yuan dynasties seemed to be responsible for the burial of local dead. Because this is a "dirty" profession, most people are unwilling to do it. "Water Margin" writes that after Wu Dalang was poisoned by Pan Jinlian, it was the beggar-head He Jiushu who took the beggar to the coffin. "Water Margin" is a story written in the Song Dynasty, but the author was a person in the late Yuan Dynasty. From this we can know that there was such a custom at least in the Yuan Dynasty.
People who don’t know the inside story of the Beggar Clan only think that when a person is so poor that he has to beg for food, he is considered extremely poor. But they don’t know that the lowest level of human society is still divided into third-rate and ninth-rate. There are superiors and inferiors, and each has his or her own profession and territory, and no confusion is allowed.
Roughly speaking, beggars can be divided into two categories: professional and amateur.
At first it sounds like a joke that beggars are "amateurs", but within the beggar gang, it is not surprising.
The so-called "amateur" means that the person originally had another occupation, but due to urgent or special changes or difficulties, he had to make a temporary guest appearance.
The bad habits of beggars have occasionally been seen in the past. Every year in the second and eighth months of the lunar calendar, or during the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and the three festivals of the lunar calendar, beggar heads openly lead groups of beggars into the city to attack the people on the market. Merchants are trying hard to demand fees. For any shop that accepted donations, the beggar would "give a gourd-shaped piece of paper to the shop and put it on the door, saying: "Cover the door." Where the gate is, beggars will not come.
The text contains the words: "Brothers who are brothers are not allowed to cause nuisance", or there may be no text, only symbols. As soon as the beggar saw this paper in the store, he looked at it and left. "Affixing a beggar's note with red paper and black characters on the door to ensure that no beggars dare to come to the door to extort money on weekdays is as effective as sticking a door god to drive away ghosts.
If you encounter someone who refuses to pay the beggar's donation, the beggar leader will instruct a group of beggars to come to the door all day long to demand it, making the house uneasy and the chickens and dogs restless, forcing you to compromise. In order to prevent them from causing trouble, the government usually turns a blind eye to them, because not only are there a large number of them, but they are not afraid of being put in jail and eating public meals.
Therefore, the beggar head and his disciples went from house to house to collect beggar donations on a quarterly basis. When they encountered weddings or weddings, they would ask for money to please them. The number of gang members became more and more organized day by day, and the big beggar head became the leader of the gang, demarcating the boundaries. The land was divided by lines to prevent hungry and poor people from outside from occupying the docks.
In order to do a good job in public relations with the local government, it is customary to divide the beggar's donation into five parts: one for the head beggar, three for the group of beggars, and the remaining part is of course used to honor the local government.