This remark was made by An Chongrong, our ambassador to Chengde in the late Jin Dynasty. Reflected the thoughts of the generals at that time.

an zhongrong (? -942), small character Tiehu, born in Shuozhou (now Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province). Military generals of the late Jin Dynasty in the Five Dynasties.

In the second year of Qing Tai in the late Tang Dynasty (935), Shi Jingtang rebelled in dispatch troops, Jinyang, and sent someone to recruit An Chongrong, who took the place of the North. An Chongrong also believed that the later Tang Dynasty was corrupt and doomed to perish, so he examined the capture and led more than 1, cavalry to Shi Jingtang's command. The following year, Shi Jingtang overthrew the later Tang Dynasty and seized the throne, and established the later Jin Dynasty. An Chongrong was awarded our time as the German Army (ruling the town state, now Zhengding, Hebei Province).

An Zhongrong was born in the military, and he became an official in our province from a young age, relying on military achievements.

And Shi Jingtang became emperor from a foot soldier, relying on the military!

In this process, he witnessed the fact that Li Congke, the late Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and Shi Jingtang, the great ancestor of the Jin Dynasty, became emperors by soldiers, which also fostered his belief that he could seek power and usurp the throne by holding heavy troops.

he once said to others: The son of heaven, when the soldiers are strong in Ma Zhuang, they would rather have seed! ?

Before that, China people had an idea that the emperor was born as a noble species and the son of heaven, so they were in awe of the throne. But in troubled times, this idea has long since disappeared.

At that time, Shanxi was called Hedong, and Li Cunxu, Shi Jingtang and Liu Zhiyuan of the later Tang Dynasty all rose from Taiyuan and occupied the Central Plains to claim the throne. Therefore, An Chongrong, a native of Shanxi, naturally had the ambition to covet the throne!

Zhu Wen, the former back beam, was also an envoy of the Tang Dynasty. It was because he mastered the army that he succeeded in rebelling.

Guo Wei in the later weeks and Zhao Kuangyin in the Northern Song Dynasty were all generals and held heavy troops, which made it easy to gain the throne.

Therefore, it is only natural for An Zhongrong to say such a thing in the troubled times of the Five Dynasties, because what he said is the truth.

The Five Dynasties was an era in which everything was decided by force. The emperors of the Five Dynasties, the monarchs of ten countries, and the rebels from all over the country all used force to solve problems.

However, An Chongrong's strength was weak, and he was defeated by Shi Jingtang, who was stronger than Ma Zhuang. Since then, the dream of the son of heaven has been shattered!

In the winter of the sixth year of Tianfu (941), An Zhongrong led tens of thousands of troops and marched into Bianliang, the capital of the late Jin Dynasty. But he was defeated and killed.