Di Renjie, a native of present-day Taiyuan, Shanxi, was born into a family of officials and eunuchs, and when he was young, he entered the official field and was an official for a lifetime. Rendered by the TV series "Detective Di Renjie", he has become a well-known detective who has broken cases. In history, Di Renjie had both culture and martial arts, wen could assist the country, and martial arts could guard the border, and once the official field rose and fell, and every time he was an official, he could fulfill his responsibilities and benefit the people.
In fact, the reason why Di Renjie can be regarded as a "divine detective" by the world is due to a Dutchman, whose name is Gao Luopei. He put together 16 medium-length and 8 short stories he wrote, collectively known as "Judge Di's Case Solving Story", that is, "Di Gong Case". These works caused a great sensation as soon as they were published, and Di Renjie was known as The "Sherlock Holmes" of China.
In the prosperous rule of Wu Zhou, Di Renjie was even more meritorious.
Di Renjie's fathers were all officials, and they were heard and taught by example from an early age. Once, when an official was framed, when the official tried the case, he found that Di Renjie was extremely intelligent and talented, so he recommended him to be a judge. After taking office, thousands of old cases were tried in one year, and none of them were unjustly convicted, and since then they have become famous all over the world and have been appreciated and valued by Wu Zetian.
Since becoming a judge, Di Renjie has maintained the dignity of the law everywhere, enforced the law impartially, was honest and honest, wise and decisive, and even dared to risk death to advise. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, two generals mistakenly fell on the cypress tree in the tomb of his father Emperor Taizong of Tang, and Emperor Gaozong was furious, believing that they had put themselves in the name of filial piety, and ordered the beheading of the two generals.
Di Renjie said bluntly: According to the law, these two great generals will not be condemned for their sins, and now, because they have been executed for mistakenly stopping the cypress tree, the world will doubt the wisdom and benevolence of the monarch. Emperor Gaozong felt that Di Renjie was right, and the two generals were eventually spared death, and Di Renjie was also famous for it.
Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Empress Wu once went on a tour and asked Di Renjie to arrange the relevant matters, and found that they had to pass through a place called the "Jealous Daughter Ancestral Hall" on the way. The locals were superstitious that as long as the brightly dressed people passed through the "Jealous Women's Ancestral Hall", natural disasters and man-made disasters would occur, so the officials here ordered a special road for the emperor to walk.
Di Renjie stopped him and said: As long as you are a son of heaven, as long as you travel, everywhere you pass will be smooth and rainy. The officials had no choice but to give up, and Di Renjie did a great good deed for the common people, otherwise, how many ordinary people would have to suffer by laboring and hurting their wealth, and Tang Gaozong praised Di Renjie after he knew about it.
After Wu Zetian established Wu Zhou, He made Di Renjie the prime minister.
Once, Wu Zetian said to Di Renjie, "Some people say bad things about you, do you want to know who it is?" Unexpectedly, Di Renjie said very plainly: "As long as the emperor thinks that what he did is wrong, he humbly changed, the emperor thinks that what he did is right, it is his honor, as for who said bad things about me, this does not need to be deeply investigated, it can be seen that Di Renjie is a person with a clear heart." ”
Soon after Di Renjie became prime minister, someone falsely accused him of rebellion, and Di Renjie was forced to go to prison, but after all, he judged many cases, and when he touched the tricks of these cool officials, he first admitted that he was plotting rebellion and avoided the pain of flesh and skin, and then considered it in the long run. During this period, they also tempted Di Renjie to frame an official so that he could reduce his guilt, and when Di Renjie did not do it, he slammed into the pillar with his face covered in blood.
He roared loudly, "This unkind and unjust thing must not be done." Later, he came up with a good idea, tore the quilt and wrote a note, clipped it in the cotton wool of his clothes, and let the unsuspecting jailer hand the cotton clothes to his son under the pretext that the weather was getting hotter. After the son saw it, he immediately presented himself to Wu Zetian, and Wu Zetian released Di Renjie after finding out the truth, but Di Renjie was demoted and demoted to a county order.
Even if he made a county order, Di Renjie did his best to care for the people, and the people were all grateful to him. Later, when the Khitan invaded the northern part of the continent, Wu Zetian recalled Di Renjie to resist, and the Khitan leader heard of Di Renjie's name and retreated without a fight, and the people competed for praise. Di Renjie's merits were outstanding, and Wu Zetian personally gave him a purple robe, an inscription of commendation, and soon reinstated him as the official chancellor.
Wu Zetian once wanted to make his nephew the crown prince, and Di Renjie, in order to ensure that the Tang Dynasty would not fall into the hands of people with foreign surnames, tried his best to persuade Wu Zetian to compare the relationship between the aunt and nephew and the relationship between mother and son, and weighed which was more important, and finally, he persuaded Wu Zetian and recalled Li Xian as the crown prince, so that the Tang Dynasty could be passed on.
Di Renjie was also good at promoting talents and recommending talents, and Wu Zetian wanted a talent who could be qualified as prime minister, so Di Renjie elected the official Zhang Kamzhi to her as the prime minister. Zhang Kamzhi was the most suitable candidate, but Wu Zetian only promoted him to an official position, and soon after, Wu Zetian asked Di Renjie to select someone who could be the prime minister.
Di Renjie said: "The previously recommended Zhang Kamzhi was a prodigy to be the prime minister, but he had not yet been appointed, and Wu Zetian made Zhang Kamzhi the prime minister. "Although Zhang Kamzhi was already very old at that time, he was not disliked. Di Renjie elected dozens of talents for the imperial court, all of whom became famous ministers, because he believed that the strength of the country was inseparable from outstanding talents.
After Di Renjie's death, the chancellor Zhang Kamzhi launched a coup d'état and established Emperor Zhongzong of Tang to restore the Tang Dynasty, and Di Renjie played an indelible and important role in continuing the Tang Dynasty. Wu Zetian had great respect for Di Renjie, calling him "The Elder of the Nation", never calling him by his name, and always arguing with Di Renjie's opinions.
Moreover, every time he went to the court, Wu Zetian spared Di Renjie from kneeling and prostrating, afraid that he would not be able to stand his old body and bones, and also told the officials of the DPRK that if it was not a relatively big thing, there was no need to disturb Di Renjie, and after Di Renjie's death, Wu Zetian cried bitterly, feeling that the court was empty, complaining that the heavens should not take away her elderly too soon, and held a solemn mourning ceremony for Di Renjie.
In the sixth year of Tianbao, Di Renjie, Zhang Kamzhi, Wei Yuanzhong and eight other people shared the Taimiao Temple, and attached to the Zhongzong Temple.
Wu Zetian was so sincere to Di Renjie, but some idle authors fabricated some absurd stories: Wu Zetian had a crush on Di Renjie all his life and was rejected by Di Renjie's magnificent righteousness. The history of these gossip topics cannot be verified, and we can only laugh at them.
Resources:
[Old Book of Tang, Vol. 89, Liechuan No. 39, New Book of Tang, Vol. 115, Liechuan No. 40, Zizhi Tongjian, Tang Dynasty XXII]