Di Renjie, like Bao Zheng, is a historical figure who is mythologized by later generations, so that related film and television drama plots appear again and again. Is the real Di Renjie really like detective Conan, a master of case solving?
The life of this duke is indeed a good official, a family of three generations as an official, the grandfather was a court official, the father served as a local governor history, and Di Renjie did not rely on the protection of his father, through the examination of the imperial examination into the official field, from a small state judge step by step to rise, and finally became the Dali Temple.
During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, Di Renjie was already famous in the opposition, he had dealt with a large number of deposited old cases in a year, and the suspects involved never shied away from the imperial relatives and state relatives, leaving himself with a good reputation of being just and righteous. Because he had taken a firm stand several times when the jurisprudence and imperial power collided, the emperor also looked up to this person a few times.
At that time, a Zhonglang named Fan Huaiyi went to cut wood and accidentally cut down the cypress tree of Emperor Taizong's mausoleum, and Emperor Gaozong was furious and wanted to put people to death. However, Di Renjie argued according to Tang law, believing that Fan Huaiyi's sin would not lead to death, and Emperor Gaozong pardoned this person when he knew that he was wrong.
After Emperor Gaozong's death, Wu Zetian took control of the imperial government, and Di Renjie continued to gain trust. In the second year of the arch, he was sent to the local area as an assassin, and it did not take long to accumulate fame. Subsequently, Di Renjie became a servant of the Ministry of Works, and in the same year, Li Jiazong's relatives were dissatisfied with the wu clan's monopoly, and Li Zhen, the king of Yue, launched a mutiny, which was suppressed by 300,000 officers and soldiers of the imperial court and failed miserably.
In order to properly handle this conspiracy case, Wu Zetian sent Di Renjie to Yuzhou to personally serve as an assassin. Di Renjie did not kill Liang Andonggong, on the contrary, he believed that the case should not be too extensive, and he himself said, "Those who mess with Henan, Yiyue Wang Zhen'er." Now Ichigo dies and Wanzhen is born. As a result, most of the Li clans who were seated together were changed from the original beheading to exile.
Because of this proper handling, Di Renjie finally became the prime minister in the second year of Tianzhi, but the good times were not long, and he and another powerful minister, Lai Junchen, were not in good relations, and were falsely accused of rebellion by the other party, and were immediately arrested. When asked if he really wanted to rebel, Di Renjie said, "The Great Zhou Revolution, all things are new, the old ministers of the Tang Dynasty, willing to follow the curse, but the truth." ”。 Although Wu Zetian later found out the truth, he also relegated him to Peng Zeling.
After 4 years, the eager Khitan suddenly attacked Yizhou, and the news spread to the Manchu Dynasty in Chang'an City, and in order to resist the foreign tribes, the imperial court ordered Di Renjie to assassinate Wei Prefecture and immediately organize local soldiers and civilians to defend the Khitans.
Because of the success of the fortified wall and clearing the wilderness, the Khitan had no chance to take advantage of it and eventually had to retreat. After returning to Chang'an, Di Renjie reinstated the post of chancellor, and after two years, the Wu clan accelerated the exclusion of Li Tang's blood relatives, and Wu Zetian's nephews Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi had openly wanted to become crown princes, and Wu Zetian was very wavering in this matter.
She thought that as the daughter-in-law of the Li family, she had taken jiangshan, and if the Li clan re-emerged, it would definitely be detrimental to the Wu clan, and she really moved her thoughts when she saw several nephews instigating them.
Di Renjie argued on the basis of reason, believing that according to the primogeniture inheritance system, it is necessary to have sons and not nephews, otherwise the order of succession of the country will be chaotic, and under his repeated lobbying, Wu Zetian will take back his life and take back Li Xian, and the old Book of Tang says, "In the beginning, Emperor Zhongzong was in Fangling, and Ji Yan and Li Zhaode both had Kuang Fu rumors, and there was no intention of restoration. Whenever Wei Renjie calmly played the right thing, he did not speak of the kindness of the son and mother, and then the heavens gradually realized, and even summoned Back Emperor Zhongzong and restored him to the throne. At the beginning, Emperor Zhongzong returned to the palace from Fangling, and in the tent of heavenly hiding, Zhao Renjie took Luling as his word. Ren Jie played generously, his words drooled, and emperor Zhongzong said to Ren Jie: "Return the Crown Prince." Ren Jie lowered his steps and wept, and already said: "The prince returns to the palace, the ignorant, the object is discussed and the security trial is right or wrong?" Then heaven thought that it was the restoration of the Zhongzong in the Dragon Gate, with courtesy to welcome the return, and the people were emotionally pleased. This is also the reason why the next two emperors are grateful to him.
Di Renjie was a very popular vassal in Wu Zhou, but he was strict with himself and never left any bad deeds in history.
He led his troops several times to resist foreign invasions, including the Khitans and Turks, and in his old age he often advised Wu Zetian not to spend a lot of money on Buddhist deeds, saving the imperial court millions of taels of silver.
Di Renjie had his heart set on Li Tang, but he was also trusted by Wu Zetian. He calculated the events of his life and the events of his death, and constantly recommended talented ministers to the Wu Dynasty, such as Huan Yanfan, Zhang Kamzhi, etc. After Wu Zetian's inspection, he also thought that they were all available talents in the imperial court, but she did not know that after Di Renjie's death, a Divine Dragon Coup broke out, and all of this was exactly the foreshadowing laid by others.
In September 700, Di Renjie fell ill and died at home, and after his death, he was posthumously awarded the title by the imperial court, and it was precisely because of his merits to restore Li Tang that he was posthumously awarded the title in the later two dynasties of Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong.
References: "Quan Tang Shu", "Old Book of Tang"