In feudal society, under the feudal monarchy, the emperor, as the head of a country, held the power of life and death, as the "Shijing , Xiaoya Gufengshi , Beishan " said: "Under the whole world, there is no king' subject; under the whole world, there is no royal land." As a subordinate entrusted by the emperor to manage the country, the courtiers also formed a master-subordinate relationship of "the king is the subject". But as a socialized person, people have feelings, including joys and sorrows, personal likes and dislikes, which is beyond the ability of both kings and subordinates. Therefore, there is also a difference between the monarch and the courtier, the favored courtier, the detractor who is not reused, and so on.
In the Wu Zetian Dynasty, Di Renjie was an example. As a wise man with outstanding talents, Di Renjie held the positions of Judge And Fa Cao in his early years in the Imperial Examination and the First Rank, and during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhiyifeng, he was promoted to Dali Temple. As an official, he was not afraid of the powerful, upright, impartial, and selfless, and such a rare and sincere courtier was naturally also the blessing of the society and the court, and naturally he was also favored by Wu Zetian, who was under the title of the dynasty at that time, and was highly valued.
During Di Renjie's post as the Assassin of Yu Prefecture, Li Zhen, the Yue king of Li Tang's clan at that time, rebelled against Wu Zetian. The prime minister Zhang Guangfu was blackmailed by the soldiers, and was not pleased by Di Renjie, and was reprimanded by him, and in the end, Di Renjie was also impeached by Zhang Guangfu and was demoted to the history of Fuzhou Assassination.
In 690, wu Zetian, as empress, gradually realized the control of power, and no longer satisfied with the empress and the regent of the Lin dynasty, she changed her title system and established herself as the Emperor of Wuzhou. The side note is that in September of the following year, Di Renjie was promoted to Tongfengge Luantai Pingzhangshi and became the prime minister of Wuzhou.
However, only three months after becoming prime minister, Di Renjie was again involved in the rebellion because he was falsely accused by Lai Junchen. In the face of the cool official Lai Junchen, Di Renjie avoided being harmed by the cool official, and in order to get the opportunity to appeal, he "confessed" on the spot, and the rebellion was the truth. After deceiving Lai Junchen, he secretly tucked the indictment letter into his cotton clothes and sent a letter to his son Di Guangyuan, instructing him to sue Wu Zetian for injustice.
When Wu Zetian heard about this, he first ordered Zhou Qi, a general manager, to check it out in prison. However, Zhou Jiao, a general servant who was afraid of Lai Junchen, naturally reinstated his life according to the instructions of Lai Junchen, and in order to confirm his crime, Lai Junchen also ordered someone to entrust the name of Di Renjie to make the "Thank You Death Table".
However, wu Zetian, who had always been brutal for the crime of treason, finally decided to personally represent Di Renjie and others in the "signature and pledge" of the treason case. After finding out the truth, although Di Renjie and others were spared death, they were also degraded. During the reign of Pengze County, Wu Zetian's own family, Wu Chengsi the Prince of Wei, repeatedly petitioned to kill Di Renjie, but Wu Zetian chose to refuse.
In 696, the Khitan Sun Wanrong rebelled and Jizhou fell. Wu Zetian immediately used Di Renjie as an assassin, and then Di Renjie was appointed as the governor of Youzhou. The following year, he prayed again. However, in the face of the resentfulness caused by the conquest of the people, Di Renjie resolutely went to the table to advise and obtained wu Zetian's permission to abolish it. Then, in the later years of Wu Zetian's reign, she favored Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, which led to the abolition of the imperial program; at the same time, Wu Zetian liked Buddhism and built Buddha statues on a large scale, and Di Renjie wrote to the pros and cons of the direct subjects one by one. And Wu Zetian did not criticize Di Renjie, but on the contrary, he relied more on Di Renjie in the government.
In 700, when Wu Zetian inspected the Sanyang Palace, he gave it to Di Renjie's mansion alone, which showed the grandeur of grace. But in the same year, 71-year-old Di Renjie died of illness. As emperor, Wu Zetian specially gave him the honor of official xun for three days and gave him the title of Wenhui.
Throughout his life, Di Renjie had deep feelings for the Li Tang royal family, both in the case of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, who confronted Zaifu and the prisoners wept; and in the case of Lai Junchen, he signed a painting to admit the fact of rebellion (even if it was a false accusation, but the signing was tantamount to disloyalty to the king); above the court, he also repeatedly confronted Wu Zetian, but as the king, Wu Zetian, even though he killed a lot of rebels against Li Tang's royal family and Li Tang (including The Yue King Li Zhen, Han Wang, Huang Guogong, and others were killed), but they all saved Di Renjie's life. Between the ups and downs, Di Renjie was eventually appointed as a prime minister, which shows that the relationship between the two is very strong.
Therefore, in many folklore and wild history strange records, combined with the historical facts of Wu Zetian's late life and favored male pet, and artistic processing, it is believed that the relationship between the two is unclear.
However, not to mention the ethics of the monarch and the character of Di Renjie, just by referring to the relics left behind in a relic at the time of Di Renjie's death, this statement is nonsense. In 700, when Di Renjie died, his son Di Guangsi, while sorting out his father's relics, found a handwritten letter given to his father by Wu Zetian, with 8 words on it, which read: "Above the chaotang, push the heart with Qing".
And this also exposed the reason why Wu Zetian favored Di Renjie. Between Wu Zetian and Di Renjie, it is not a fly camp dog, the truth is that the king's push for his subjects and his trust in his subjects are greater. As a result of repaying the favor, Di Renjie can be described as conscientious in government affairs, not only able to move internally without avoiding relatives, but also from outside without avoiding revenge, and is a model for the courtiers. The relationship between the two can also be called a model of the relationship between the monarch and the subject.