The entire courtyard of Anle Hall is divided into three roads, except for the main courtyard of the middle road, where the leaders live, and the east and west roads and cross-courtyards are divided into dormitories for the members of the bottom of the community.

These low-level members also have the function of serving as handymen, living in cross-courtyards, and it is convenient to be summoned to do things.

In this era, the masses of the people contemptuously called the members of the community "stick gangsters", which means similar to the old boy, and the community was called "stick party".

Of course, "stick gangsters" and "stick parties" are all behind the scenes, and they are all praised in person.

Lin Tailai was locked up in the firewood room of the East Cross Courtyard for reflection today because he rejected the "kindness" of his eldest brother.

He is not worried about the safety of his life, and he can't really kill himself because he refuses to recognize others as his father, which is not in line with the concept of loyalty and filial piety in the Confucian social environment.

Recalling what happened on the first day after the crossing, Lin Tailai was also speechless.

First of all, the name Anletang is not good, perhaps everyone today thinks that it means "living and working in peace and contentment".

But in the cognition of the traveler from four hundred years later, it sounds like the meaning of waiting for death for the elderly, which is like a serious underworld name.

Secondly, the style of community painting is a bit unspeakably bizarre, and from a historical academic point of view, it feels very unscientific.

Lin Tailai also knows a little about history, and understands very well the truth that the economic foundation determines the superstructure.

The activity of the underworld community is also based on the interests of a certain scale of industries.

With the current level of economic development, can it support a large-scale and dynamic community organization?

And the fact that the predecessor went to the countryside to collect protection money itself is even more weird than being knocked unconscious.

In Lin Tailai's cognition, the collection of protection fees is the tertiary industry for eating, drinking and having fun, and I have never heard of looking for farmers to collect protection fees, is this the characteristic of the Ming Wanli Dynasty?

A community of dozens of people is not as large as the population of a large clan, so why should it collect protection money?

Suddenly, the door of the firewood room was opened, and someone walked in, interrupting Lin Tailai's train of thought.

Lin Tailai looked up, and it turned out to be Song Quan, the second leader of the club.

For some reason, a line of words popped up in Lin Tailai's head: "Uncle Song is very angry, and the consequences are very serious."

Then he got back a little memory of the original body, and the second leader of Song seemed to have a little friendship with the original father, and he could get by by calling him "uncle" on his face.

"What did you do, or were you deluded by a ghost? Why reject the hall master? Song Quan said sternly.

Lin Tailai understood that Song Quan's anger was justified.

The original body had previously promised Song Quan in private that he was willing to give Hall Master Lu an adopted son, but today he rejected Hall Master Lu, which was actually a reversal.

This pot, the traverser Lin Tailai can only carry it, and he doesn't know how to explain it for a while.

But in the face of the scolding of the "elders", he could only sigh, squatted on the firewood, and said in a deep voice: "Come out and mix, sooner or later you will have to pay it back!" ”

Give back your mother's head! Song Quan was even more angry, and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, talk about people!" ”

Lin Tailai said more bluntly: "Uncle, there is no future for being black!" ”

Song Quan was surprised that he, the intellectual leader of the community, didn't understand, and asked rhetorically, "What do you mean by this?" What future do you want? Why does Anle Hall have no future? ”

Lin Tailai replied from a commanding position and hit the nail on the head: "Under today's great tomorrow, the government is the parents of the people and the blue sky high above!"

Even if the club is a momentary glory, it is actually robbing the interests of the government, and the final fate will be to be eliminated by the government!

Therefore, there is no future for mixing black, unless you are brave enough to rebel and succeed, you can turn black into white! ”

So Song Quan was even more surprised, "Are you really fascinated by ghosts?" Or are you crazy? What benefits have we robbed? Why did the government get rid of us? ”

Lin Tailai muttered in his heart, is the ideology and theory of today's community so backward? Even an intellectual leader like Song Quan can't see the essence of the community clearly?

I heard Song Quan continue: "The government still relies on us to collect money and grain taxes, and associations like our Anle Hall are all for the government, why should the government eliminate us?" ”

it! Lin Tailai was really surprised! The situation seems a little different from what you imagined?

Suddenly, Lin Tailai thought of a historical term - to take care of money and food!

To put it simply, many ordinary peasants are afraid of dealing with the government, because they are often subjected to bottomless blackmail and exploitation by the government.

Therefore, many people will give money and food to capable people, so that these capable people can pay taxes instead, so that the people will not have to deal directly with the government.

After a long time, the government has to rely on these capable people who "take care of money and food" to complete the task of collecting taxes.

After all, the government also has a tradition of "imperial power does not go to the countryside", and with the limited manpower in the yamen, it is almost impossible to cover the vast rural areas outside the city.

Not to mention the particularly cumbersome affairs of taxation, especially in Suzhou, which is still the place with the heaviest task of paying taxes on money and grain in the Ming Dynasty, tax collection is a huge system project.

Therefore, between the county government and the countryside, there is the soil for the survival of the community such as Anletang.

Lin Tailai also understood why the original body would go to the countryside to collect money.

What Anle Tang collects is the "protection tax", which is a legal national tax on imperial grain, not a "protection fee" that Lin Tailai mistakenly thought he had heard.

An Letang is an extension of the government's power in nature, and it is a tentacle for the yamen to bypass the original system and extend to the rural areas.

is not the kind of illegal underground force that snatches interests with the government in Lin Tailai's cognition.

That's why Song Quan, the second leader of Anle Hall, said just now, why did the government eliminate us?

Looking at the speechless Lin Tailai, Song Quan couldn't help but say to himself: "Why did you wake up like a fool?" Don't understand anything? ”

Lin Tailai: "......"

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, he was despised first. But it's no wonder that others are really preconceived.

Who would have thought that there are underworld societies in this world that can help the yamen collect taxes legally?

Of course, such a society will not be cleared and swept away by the government.

However, Lin Tailai still doesn't want to mix with the club, which is the last stubbornness of the researcher of the Bagu Dr. Wen traverser.

In the previous life, I had no choice but to waste my youth, and I studied the useless Baguwen for several years, who was willing to be willing?

Now that the dragon slaying technique finally has a chance to be used, if you miss it, is it worth your own efforts!

And no matter how promising the club is, can it be more promising than studying for the imperial examination? Several of the largest societies in the world are in the palace!

Feeling Lin Tailai's determination to withdraw from the rivers and lakes, Song Quan frowned and asked, "Did you notice any rumors?" ”

This sentence made Lin Tailai inexplicable, is there a secret that he doesn't know?

But Lin Tailai still remained calm, and deliberately said: "I'm not really stupid, I can't notice anything?" ”

Song Quan sighed again, probably thinking of a little incense, and said a little bit of the inside story that he deduced by himself:

"The day before yesterday, you went to the countryside and were attacked, on the surface, the biggest suspect was Heyitang, but there was another instigator behind it, I don't know if it was the Fan family or the Shen family."

There is no need for Song Quan to explain in detail, Lin Tailai has already found the relevant information of the Fan family and the Shen family from the memory of the original body.

"Tianping Mountain Fan Family?" Lin Tailai asked nervously.

Song Quan nodded.

"The Shen family who started to build the family Yizhuang outside the Xu Gate?" Lin Tailai asked with a trembling heart.

Song Quan nodded again, and Lin Tailai almost knelt directly.

The Fan family, the ancestor is Fan Zhongyan, a famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, a famous family that has been in Suzhou for hundreds of years and dozens of generations!

The Shen family, the Shen family of the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty today, and the upstart family of Suzhou Mansion that has risen in the past ten years!

The Wanli Dynasty was too dangerous, and Lin Tailai wanted to travel back to the twenty-first century.

What kind of virtue does he have as a little minion, can he drive Fan Zhongyan's descendants, or Shen Shoufu's close relatives to instigate a sneak attack?

According to historical records, most of the people who collect money and food are "cunning".

Howe, wealthy families; Cunning, the club stick stick rest home.

Where there are interests, there are rivers and lakes.