During the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, the treacherous prime minister Yan Song was impeached by the censor Zou Yinglong and others. The Ming Shizong Emperor Zhu Houcong stripped him of his title as Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince and Academician of the Wuying Palace, confiscated his property, and executed his son Yan Shifan. However, he still remembered Yan Song's "20 years of power with merit", so he gave him a silver bowl, a pair of golden chopsticks, and let him beg for food. He also conferred him the title of "Head of Beggars nationwide". People who have read martial arts novels are all familiar with the name of the "Beggar Sect".