In many martial arts novels, we can all hear the saying that "Beggars are the biggest gangs in Wulin". Beggars are characterized by many eyes and ears, or, in today's words, many possessions. So why didn't such a powerful beggar gang establish a dynasty?

Beggars' gangs are mentioned in Jin Yong's novels, Liang Yusheng's novels and Gu Long's novels, which seems to repeatedly emphasize the special position of beggars' gangs in Wulin.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding father of Ming Dynasty, was born a beggar, but he was not a beggar, but a Ming believer.

In Jin Yong's novels, Qiao Feng, Hong Qigong, Huang Rong, Yeluqi and others are beggars. Have you found that these people are all declining aristocrats (Hong Qigong's life experience can't be tested)? In fact, the real beggar leaders in history were also held by declining nobles. For example, beggars in the Qing Dynasty were all idle children of the Eight Banners, and the declining nobles became beggars' leaders mainly because they could serve the public and there were a number of beggars in need. Therefore, some people can be beggars as soon as they join the Beggars' Guild, while others are old beggars without official positions. What the leader of the Beggars' Guild said was not the qualification in the Beggars' Guild, but the prestige in the society.

Beggars' heyday was in the Song Dynasty, which coincided with Jin Yong's novels. Beggars' heyday was the reign of Huang Rong, but by the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, although they were as famous as Zoroastrianism and Shaolin School, they were already in decline, and their power was not as good as Zoroastrianism.

Why did beggars reach its peak in the Song Dynasty? Because in the Song Dynasty, China's commodity economy was very developed, and beggars begged. If you get leftovers, you just solve your own food and clothing problem and can't realize corporate operation. You have to get a few copper coins to realize corporate operation. Self-employed beggars are beggars, and beggars run by companies are beggars' gangs. The leader is mainly responsible for managing the money handed in by beggars, so the leader of a begging gang is generally rich. In today's words, there are more attributes.

At that time, the leader of the Beggars' Sect was called "Tuantou", which was recorded in detail in the novel "Today's Woman Beats a Lover" in Song and Yuan Dynasties. In the early years of Southern Song Dynasty, there was a famous beggar gang leader in Hangzhou, who was called "Golden Tuantou" by the world. Jin Tuantou is very rich because he often takes money from beggars and sometimes even gives tickets.

As the largest gang in the world, why didn't the Beggars' Sect establish a dynasty? In fact, the real beggars' gangs in history mainly lived by begging, mainly to solve their own food and clothing problems. However, a few people used begging as a cover to engage in some tricks. For example, during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, beggars often abducted children, similar to triad activities. But on the whole, these people have little hatred for the government.

Although beggars' gangs are numerous, their influence is scattered, and there are no national organizations all over the country. Therefore, the peasant uprising in ancient China did not rely on beggar gangs.

There were many secret societies in ancient China, and beggars' gangs were one of them. Red Gate, green gang and Paoge are secret societies. Not all triads want to overthrow the imperial court, and neither do beggars. Secret societies have the function of mutual assistance, and few people organize peasant uprisings.

An important reason why beggars' gangs can't make waves is that beggars' gangs don't have a complete set of theoretical theories, which is far from Zoroastrianism.

Zoroastrianism is actually Manichaeism, which originated in Persia. After localization in China, it was called Zoroastrianism. The establishment of the Ming Dynasty was more or less related to Zoroastrianism. The Red Scarf Army Uprising at the end of Yuan Dynasty was actually initiated by Anbaili and Maitreya, but the teachings of Zoroastrianism were absorbed by Anbaili and Maitreya. The name of the Ming Dynasty is related to "Maitreya was born, and the Ming King was born". Among them, "Wang Ming's afterlife" is related to two religious theories in San Ji's theory spread by Zoroastrianism. Manichaeism believes that at the origin of the world, the bright world and the dark world were opposite. The early bright world and the dark world were antagonistic and did not invade each other. In the middle years, there was a war between the bright world and the dark world, but the stage that mankind is now in is the middle years. In the years to come, mankind will eventually return to the bright world. The slogan "Wang Ming's next life" is obviously influenced by Zoroastrianism, but the Beggars' Sect does not have such a sophisticated theoretical system.

In fact, the real beggar gang in history is that many beggars unite to realize corporate operation. Their occupation is begging.