Preface
In today's society, the entertainment industry often creates "CP" (abbreviation of coupling, that is, pairing) to win more public opinion and attention, and seek traffic that can be realized for itself.
And the behavior of fans who like to watch these sweet combinations is called "snorting CP", and with the spread of the Internet, this term is no longer limited to couples.
Anything that can collide with sparks together can be called "CP", which has also produced many "CP fans", such as the various interactions between Trump and Biden are very dramatic, and many people will also snort their "CP" for entertainment.
In Chinese history, there is such a pair of monarchs with different surnames, each of whom can be called a "top class", and together they have left many wonderful stories for future generations, but at the same time, the intimate relationship between the two can't help but make people think about it.
They are Wu Zetian and Di Renjie, even at that time, there was a lot of gossip, until after Di Renjie's death, when his son was sorting out the relics, he stumbled upon a piece of music approved by Wu Zetian himself, which revealed the true relationship between his father and the empress.
Just right, get favored
Wu Zetian is 6 years older than Di Renjie, both of them were born in the early Tang Dynasty, the former is the beloved daughter of the founding hero, and the latter is the son of a local bureaucrat, who also has a bright future.
In 637 AD, Wu Zetian, who had just turned 14, was selected by Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and was named a five-grade talent, and began his court life.
Di Renjie has been very serious since he was a child, and he will not be disturbed by irrelevant things, which also laid the foundation for him to know how to follow the trend and protect himself wisely in politics.
One day, a doorman was unfortunately killed when he was out on an errand, and the whole Di Mansion was summoned by the government to interrogate them one by one.
The others were either curious to inquire about the news, or they exonerated themselves at length, only Di Renjie sat on the threshold, basking in the sun and reading a book, not caring about what was happening next to him.
When the messenger asked about him, Di Renjie just replied without raising his head: "I communicate with the sages in the book every day, how can I have the strength to fight with you secular officials?"
It was this obsession with learning Xi that made Di Renjie successfully pass the imperial examination, and embarked on a career by virtue of the Ming Sutra, and later moved to Dali Temple under the recommendation of his boss Yan Liben.
Although the official position of Dali Temple is only from the sixth grade, the duties are not easy, they are responsible for the review and determination of judicial and criminal cases in various places, which is equivalent to the current people's court.
It is precisely because Di Renjie had such an experience as a judge, and during his tenure, more than 10,000 people who were sentenced by him did not appeal unjustly, so there were later literary and film works such as "Di Gong's Case" and "Detective Di Renjie".
He was known for his good reputation for impartiality and duty, and Di Renjie finally entered the imperial court in 679 AD, serving as Duzhilangzhong in Shangshu Province, responsible for assisting in the management of the country's economic and financial affairs.
At that time, Wu Zetian had already been called the "Second Sage" with Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, controlling the government, and in Di Renjie's eyes, he had to admire the queen's means and abilities.
After Li Zhi's death, Wu Zetian's desire for power became more and more inflated, and his tough hand also led to frequent rebellions among opponents, and Di Renjie, who was the assassin of Yuzhou at the time, was also implicated, and it was not until Wu Zetian became emperor that he returned to the court step by step.
Wu Zetian also gradually noticed this unusual official, and began to want to train Di Renjie as a confidant, and the next year, Di Renjie was promoted to Tongfeng Pavilion Luantai Pingzhangshi, which is commonly known as the prime minister.
Put your heart in your heart and be each other's confidants
Wu Zetian wanted to test Di Renjie when he summoned him, so he asked: "I heard that you were very famous when you served in the local government, but you were maliciously impeached by many villains, I can tell you who they are." ”
After Di Renjie heard this, he did not gloat, nor was he overjoyed, but replied very calmly: "As a courtier, if Your Majesty says that the minister is at fault, then there is a mistake, and it has nothing to do with what others say, as long as Your Majesty needs it, the minister can also be in the same dynasty with them and become friends." ”
Such an answer not only shows loyalty, but also takes into account the overall situation, and also establishes an image of his own elegance, sure enough, Wu Zetian smiled after hearing this, and secretly sighed in his heart: Sure enough, he didn't choose the wrong person.
As a generation of empresses, Wu Zetian has an extraordinary historical status and has made many achievements, so the governance of the Wu Zhou period will be called "political enlightenment and enlightenment, governance and chastity".
But at the same time, she also has a lot of criticism and criticism, such as killing her own son and daughter for the sake of power, as well as abusing cool officials and imposing prison sentences, causing many innocent people to die...... Di Renjie almost fell on his heels.
In 692 AD, because of Di Renjie's repeated reprimands, the cool officials held a grudge and soon used their power to frame him for rebellion.
Di Renjie, who was arrested and put in prison, admitted the "crime" without saying a word, because according to the law at the time, as long as the prisoner confessed to the crime on the spot, he could avoid the pain of flesh and skin, which sounds very good, but countless unjust, false and wrongful prisons have also been born from this.
Di Renjie knew that only Wu Zetian could save him now, so he took advantage of the negligence of the guards to borrow pen and ink from the jailer, wrote down his grievances on a quilt cover, and then stuffed it in old clothes and sent it home.
After the family obtained the information, they did not dare to delay for a moment, and immediately presented Di Renjie's handwritten letter to Wu Zetian, who was still not at ease after sending someone to investigate, so he personally summoned Di Renjie to ask.
Faced with the question of "why did he rebel", Di Renjie replied: "If the minister does not admit his guilt, I am afraid that he has been tortured to death." This answer not only explained the reason, but also conveyed to Wu Zetian the suggestion that torture was not advisable.
The two chatted for a while, and by the way, they also found out that the cool officials had committed the crime of bullying the king. It turned out that in order to have evidence of Di Renjie's actual confession, Lai Junchen and others specially forged a "Death Table", but when Wu Zetian asked, Di Renjie didn't know at all.
The truth was revealed, Wu Zetian also breathed a sigh of relief, in her heart, she naturally always did not want to believe that Di Renjie rebelled, but because of his identity as the emperor, Di Renjie was still demoted to Pengze County Order.
4 years later, the Khitan army attacked south, the world was shaken, Wu Zetian finally waited for the time to re-use Di Renjie, sure enough, the Khitan leader just heard that Di Renjie had returned, so he immediately chose to retreat, and Di Renjie was also worshiped as a guardian saint by the local people.
Returning to the imperial court, full of honor, Wu Zetian immediately gave Di Renjie a purple robe and turtle belt to show recognition and trust, and a year later, Di Renjie was reinstated and became the head of the ministers again.
After that, whether it was admonishing to reduce the conscription of border soldiers, or supporting the suspension of grain and grass transportation and the restoration of Goguryeo, even if it was completely contrary to Wu Zetian's opinion, Di Renjie was not alienated and belittled because of this.
As the days passed, the two monarchs and ministers were already dying, decades of friendship, and several times of advancing and retreating together under critical situations, so that their relationship had already surpassed the simple superiors and subordinates.
Although Wu Zetian was older than Di Renjie, he took the initiative to call the other party "national elder" to show respect and respect, and in the next few years, Wu Zetian also refused Di Renjie to bow to him.
In 700 AD, in September, autumn was gradually coming, 71-year-old Di Renjie's life also came to an end, Wu Zetian was grief-stricken, in order to mourn the dead, she suspended the court meeting for three consecutive days, and shouted in tears: "The court is empty!"
End
After Di Renjie died, Wu Zetian let the old man enjoy all the grief, posthumously presented Wenchang to the right minister, and gave the nickname Wenhui, quite Cao Cao cried Guo Fengxiao's style, just when the Manchu ministers were jealous and discussed, Di Renjie's son Di Guangyuan found a letter when sorting out the relics.
Open it to read, among which there is also Wu Zetian's Zhu Pi, and at the end of the virgin empress wrote such a sentence: "Above the court, push your heart with the king." From this, we can know that they have become friends and confidants who can push each other in their long lives.