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Di Renjie, twice served as the chancellor of Wu Zhou Emperor Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian especially likes talents, and Di Renjie "throws in his favor" and recommends many talents for her. Among them, Zhang Kamzhi was recommended by Di Renjie, and later the chancellor Zhang Kamzhi launched a coup d'état, returning the government to Li Tang and restoring Emperor Zhongzong of Tang. The history of the Tang Dynasty has been continued, and the contribution of Zhang Kam is indispensable, and the contribution of Di Renjie's recommendation is even more indispensable!
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Di Renjie stills
Di Renjie defended the great general Quan Shancai
Di Renjie, a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi, loved to read when he was a teenager.
Once, the county officials asked the grassroots about a case. People around Di Renjie all scrambled to report their ideas to the county official, but Di Renjie studied intently and ignored the county official. The county official felt very upset and blamed Di Renjie.
Di Renjie said, "I'm talking to the sages in the book, and I don't have time to deal with ordinary people!"
At the beginning of 676, Di Renjie was promoted to Dali Cheng and was responsible for the trial of the case.
At that time, there was a backlog of many entangled cases, and Di Renjie, with his outstanding talent, handled more than 17,000 thousand cases in one year, and all of them were handled fairly and reasonably, and none of them cried out for grievances.
Tang Gaozong (Wu Zetian's husband), the third head of the Tang Dynasty, knew that Di Renjie was bold and insightful, so he promoted him to the post of Attendant Yushi and was responsible for supervising the impeachment of hundreds of officials. Di Renjie often disregarded his personal safety and fought to the death with corrupt officials who saw profit and ignorance.
Not only that, Di Renjie was also famous for his direct advice on court affairs.
The great general Quan Shancai mistakenly cut down the cypress tree of Zhaoling. Zhaoling is the place where Tang Gaozong's father, Tang Taizong Li Shimin, "rested", Tang Gaozong was furious, your boy was bold, he dared to move the tree that shielded my father from shade, let me become a filial piety person, see if your boy has lived enough! Emperor Gaozong of Tang said that he would kill him.
Di Renjie argued on the basis of reason, believing that Quan Shancai's crime should not be killed, and Emperor Gaozong felt that Di Renjie was justified, so he changed his sentence to exile.
Di Renjie was appreciated by Wu Zetian
Wu Zetian, as the empress of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, carried out cruel persecution of those who opposed her after Emperor Gaozong of Tang traveled west with a crane, which has been criticized by later generations.
But Wu Zetian also had advantages: for those who had talent, regardless of their origins, they were appointed out of the ordinary, so she gathered many talented ministers under her, the most famous of which was the prime minister Di Renjie.
Di Renjie attaches great importance to people's livelihood.
Di Renjie was well respected for properly handling his relationship with Rong Xia when he assassinated Shi Shi in Renning Prefecture; When he was serving as the inspector of Jiangnan, he burned more than 1,700 ancestral temples outside the festival.
Empress Wu Zetian
After Wu Zetian came to power, he wanted to build a large Buddha statue, and the project money needed millions, and Di Renjie thought that this move would hurt the people and money, so he spoke bluntly, so Wu Zetian canceled the project.
After Wu Zetian became emperor, he constantly promoted Di Renjie's official position.
In 691 AD, the second year of the Heavenly Mandate, Di Renjie worshiped him.
Once, Wu Zetian asked The Chancellor Di Renjie: "When Ai Qing was in Runan, her reputation was very good, but some people said bad things about you, do you want to know who?"
"When Qing qing was in Runan, he had good governance, and he wanted to know the name of the good?" - Old Book of Tang
Di Renjie retorted: "If Your Majesty thinks that it is the subject's fault, the subject immediately corrects it; If His Majesty thinks that the subject is right, it is the honor of the subject. As for who is behind the courtier's bad words, the minister does not want to know. ”
Wu Zetian was touched by his magnanimity and used Di Renjie even more.
Di Renjie was framed by the cool official Lai Junchen
In 692, the cool official Lai Junchen (the protagonist of "Please Enter the Urn") falsely accused Di Renjie of rebellion, and Di Renjie was arrested and imprisoned.
Cool officials come to Junchen
In order not to be unjustly killed, Di Renjie thought to himself, a good man does not eat the immediate loss, it is better to admit that he is plotting rebellion and wait for the opportunity.
When Lai Junchen saw that it worked, he forced Di Renjie to confess his complicity.
Di Renjie was so angry that he slammed his head into the pillar, and the blood flowed all over the ground, so that Junchen did not dare to interrogate him again.
Later, Di Renjie took advantage of the laxity of the caretaker and secretly wrote a grievance and handed it to his son in a cotton coat for the change of seasons.
The son received the complaint and hurriedly reported it to Wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian personally summoned Di Renjie and asked why he was rebelling.
Di Renjie said truthfully: "If I didn't admit to the rebellion, I would have died under torture."
Wu Zetian spared Di Renjie the death penalty, but still removed him from his position as prime minister and demoted him to Pengze County. It was not until after Lai Junchen was killed that he was transferred back to be the prime minister.
Wu Zetian: Is Li Wu the crown prince or Li Shi the prince? Di Renjie gave him guidance
The emperor also had the emperor's troubles.
Wu Zetian's distress was: Did he make Li Shi the crown prince? Or did he make the Wu clan crown prince?
Di Renjie and Wu Zetian
Wu Zetian made a mistake on the issue of making a prince. Unlike the previous emperors, as the first empress, there is no precedent to follow on the issue of establishing a prince.
At this time, Wu Zetian's nephews Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi secretly and frequently acted in order to seek the crown prince's throne, and repeatedly persuaded Wu Zetian to make Wu Zetian the crown prince.
They also trumpeted that from ancient times to the present, no emperor has ever made a prince with a different surname. They believe that the current emperor's surname is Wu, and the next emperor must be surnamed Wu!
At this time, Di Ren had a brilliant hand!
Before Wu Zetian could make up his mind, Di Renjie persuaded her to make Li Shi crown prince.
He said, "Your Majesty, which one do you think is the relationship between the aunt and the nephew and the relationship between mother and son?"
You make your son the prince, and after a thousand autumns, you will eat the Temple, enjoy the sacrifices, and inherit the infinite;
If you make your nephew the crown prince, you have not heard of the aunt in the Temple!"
Di Renjie's words touched Wu Zetian's heart.
Di Renjie recommended Zhang Kamzhi as the candidate for prime minister
The emperor's mind, the minister can never guess!
Before Di Renjie became prime minister, there was a general Lou Shide who recommended him in front of Wu Zetian, but Di Renjie did not know about this matter, he thought that Lou Shide was just an ordinary military general and did not look up to him.
Once, Wu Zetian deliberately asked Di Renjie, "How do you see Lou Shide?"
Di Renjie said: "Lou Shide is a general, and it is not bad to guard the border carefully; As for what kind of talent, I don't know. "
Wu Zetian said, "Do you think Lou Shide can find talents?"
Di Renjie said: "I have worked with him, and I have never heard that he can find any talent."
Wu Zetian smiled and said, "I can find you, that's what Lou Shide recommended."
Di Renjie listened to it and was very touched, feeling that Lou Shide was a kind person and that he was inferior to him. Later, Du Renjie also worked hard to find talents and recommended them to Wu Zetian at any time.
One day, Wu Zetian said to Di Renjie, "I want to find a talent, who do you think can do it?"
Di Renjie said, "I wonder what kind of talent Your Majesty wants?" Wu Zetian said, "I want to find someone who can be the prime minister."
Di Renjie already knew that there was an official in Jingzhou named Zhang Kamzhi, who was a candidate for prime minister, so he recommended it to Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian listened to Di Renjie's recommendation and promoted Zhang Kamzhi to be sima of Luozhou (Luoyang).
A few days later, Di Renjie went to the court, and Wu Zetian again mentioned to him the matter of recommending talents. Di Renjie said, "The last time I recommended Zhang Kamzhi, Your Majesty has not used it!"
Wu Zetian said, "Didn't I already appoint him?"
Di Renjie said, "What I recommend to Your Majesty is a candidate for prime minister, not to make him a sima ."
Wu Zetian then promoted Zhang Kamzhi to the position of waiter, and later, he appointed him chancellor.
Stills of Zhang Kam
epilogue
In addition to Zhang Kam, Di Renjie also recommended Huan Yanfan, Jinghui, Dou Huaizhen, Yao Chong, and dozens of other people, all of whom were officials to the rank of gongqing, and some later became prime ministers. In 705, Zhang Kamzhi, Huan Yanfan, Jinghui and others took advantage of Wu Zetian's illness to launch the Shenlong Coup and restore the Tang Dynasty.