What kind of person is Di Renjie?

Di, Di (630-700) (or 630-700), whose real name is a tiger and a Han nationality. Taiyuan (now the southern suburb of Taiyuan) in Tang Dynasty; A famous prime minister in Sui, Tang, Wu and Zhou Dynasties, a prime minister in Wu Zetian Period and an outstanding politician in Tang Dynasty. After entering the political arena, he experienced two eras: Tang Gaozong (Li Zhi) and Wu Zetian, and the peak of his political career was in the Wu Zetian period. Character brief introduction: He was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Bingzhou, transferred to Cheng Dali, and served as an imperial envoy. He has served as the secretariat of Ningzhou and Yuzhou, and the assistant minister of local officials. The emperor is an official, as Lao Tzu said, "saints are fickle and take the people's hearts as their hearts." In order to save the innocent, he dared to disobey the wishes of the monarch and always maintained the true nature of being close to the people and not afraid of power. He always lived above the temple, worried about the country and the people, and was called "the mainstay of the Tang Dynasty" by later generations. During Wu Zetian's reign, he held the highest judicial position in the country, tried long-standing cases and doubtful cases, and corrected unjust, false and wrong cases; He was appointed Cheng Dali in charge of criminal law. In the previous year, he handled more than 17000 cases left by his predecessor, and none of them were rehabilitated on appeal. His justice is evident. In the history of our country, he is an honest and diligent official. He is the most valued prime minister of Wu Zetian and an important contributor to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. For a long time, in the first year (700), Di Renjie died and mourned in the government and the public. Wu Zetian heard the news and cried: "The court is empty!" Give Wenchang Youcheng and praise Wenhui; Tang Zhongzong succeeded to the throne and posthumously presented Sikong; After Tang Ruizong acceded to the throne, he was named Liang Guogong. Di Renjie was born into an official family. Grandfather Di, Ren Zhenguan Chao Shangshu Zuo Cheng, father Di Zhixun, Ren Kuizhou secretariat. Di passed the Ming Classics exam and became a Bianzhou judge. Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, was the envoy of Henan Road. Di was falsely accused by officials and Yan was tried. He not only found out the truth of the matter, but also found that Di was a rare figure with both ability and political integrity, known as the "Pearl of Hequ, the legacy of Southeast China", and recommended Di as the governor of Bingzhou. During the Yifeng period in Tang Gaozong (676-679), Di Renjie was promoted to Cheng Dali. He is honest and clean, and he is conscientious in enforcing the law. In one year, he sentenced a large number of backlog cases, involving 17000 people. Without any grievance, he became famous for a while and became a respected judge in the ruling and opposition parties. In order to maintain the feudal legal system, Di Renjie even dared to speak out. In the first year of Yifeng (676), Wuwei was a general with both military power and talent. Because of Zhao Lingbai's fault and Ren Jie's crime, he was dismissed. Emperor Gaozong ordered him to be punished, and Ren Jie played the crime of wrongful death. The emperor said, "I am unfilial because I am a good talent, so I must kill him." Ren Jie read the order and said, "I always think it is difficult to disobey Long Lin and care about others, but I am stupid." Jay and Zhou are difficult to live in, but Yao and Shun are easy to live in. I was lucky enough to meet Yao Shun today, and I was not afraid of the condemnation. Yesterday, in China, a thief stopped the crime of abandoning the city from the imperial edict of Yuhuan and Zhang Shizhi, the high temple. Wei Wen can move his man, and Xin Pi can lead him to remonstrate. And the wise Lord can accept it, but the loyal minister can't be afraid. Your Majesty refused to accept my words today, but after he closed his eyes, he was ashamed to let go, and Xin Pi went underground. Your majesty's practice, hanging like Wei, is a capital crime, with equal difference. Do you commit a non-capital crime, that is, give the death penalty? Since the law is impermanent, what about Wan's surname? Your majesty is determined to reform, please start today. The ancients said,' why did your majesty add to the land of Changling?' Your Majesty killed a general with cypress in Zhaoling today. After a thousand years, why is your majesty the master? The minister was so afraid to kill good talents that he put your majesty to death. "Emperor slightly solution, good from death. Soon, Di Renjie was appointed as a consultant by Tang Gaozong, responsible for hearing cases and correcting officials. During his tenure, Di Renjie abided by his duties and impeached some important forces who were flattering and condescending. In the first year of Diaolu (679), Wei Hongji, Minister of Agriculture, made the Su Yu, Gaoshan and Shangyang palaces spacious and magnificent. The emperor wrote a letter to impeach Wei Hongji and guide the emperor to pursue luxury, so Wei Hongji was dismissed. Wang Benli, a doctor of Zuo Si, relied on his kindness and was feared by the court. Di Renjie mercilessly exposed his crimes and demanded that they be brought to justice. Want to tolerate and shield the king, and the emperor tried to protect him with his own body: "Although the country lacks talents, there are several generations!" Your majesty, why pity sinners and lose the king's law? If you want to forgive this foundation, please abandon your minister in no man's land as a warning of future loyalty! "The king was finally found guilty, and the court was in awe. Later, the emperor officially moved to Langzhong, taking the emperor as the ambassador, and prepared to visit Fenyang Palace, and arranged the stopover accommodation first. Li Chong, the governor of Bingzhou, declared the Jealous Women's Temple and asked tens of thousands of people not to open the Imperial Road. Di Renjie said, "During the trip to the Emperor, a thousand people rode, Fengbo cleared the dust, and the rain teacher sprinkled the road. Why are you jealous of women's harm? ",they forget about it, exempt from bing tens of thousands of people's labor. Tang Gaozong listened with admiration: "What a gentleman! "In 686, Wu Zetian was suspended for two years, and Di became the secretariat of Ningzhou (now Ningxian and Zhengning in Gansu). At that time, Ningzhou was a place where all ethnic groups lived together. Di pays attention to properly handling the relationship between ethnic minorities and the Han nationality, saying that "harmony is the most important thing in summer, harmony inside and outside, and harmony is the most important thing for the people", and all the people in the county praise him. This year was a year when Guo Han, the Imperial Advisor, visited Longyou and the elder brother of Shijianingzhou made a profit. Guo Han went back to court and put forward his suggestion. Di was promoted to assistant minister of Dongguan (Ministry of Industry) and served as governor of Jiangnan. Emperor invited more than 0/700 temples to be burned, but,,, and Wu Yuan stayed behind, reducing the burden on the people in the south of the Yangtze River. In 688, the king of Bozhou secretariat opposed Wu Zetian's ruling, and Li Zhen of Yuzhou secretariat responded. After Wu Zetian put down the imperial clan rebellion, he appointed Di as the secretariat of Yuzhou. At that time, there were 600 to 700 people in the prison, and as many as 5,000 people were undocumented. Di knew very well that most of Li's people were forced to serve in the army of the King of Yue. Therefore, Wu Zetian said: "This generation is dishonest, and I hope to mourn its mistakes. "Wu Zetian listened to his advice, pardoned these death row prisoners, changed their lives to flow, calmed the people and stabilized the situation in Yuzhou. At that time, it was Prime Minister Zhang Guangbi who put down Li Zhen, the king of Yue. Soldiers depend on their merits to extort money. Di Renjie didn't promise, but angrily denounced Zhang Guangbi's killing and death, in order to take credit. He said, "Whoever confuses Henan will surpass Wang Zhen. Today, I died and Wan Zhen was born. " "Gong Ming Dong Rong, 300,000, leveled a chaotic minister, fought without fighting, and the soldiers were violent and innocent, and their brains were smeared." "But fear of rough voice boiling, deep into the day. If you take the sword from above and put it around your neck, you will die. " Di Renjie tacitly, Zhang Guangbi speechless, but bear a grudge, but also after hitting Di Renjie rude remarks. Di was demoted to Fuzhou secretariat (now southwest of Mianyang, Hubei) and became a Sima in Luozhou. Di's talent and fame gradually gained the appreciation and trust of Wu Zetian. In September of the following year (69 1), Di was appointed as an assistant to the local official (household department) and made peace with Fengge Luantai, starting his short first prime minister career. In an important position, Di Renjie is cautious and self-sufficient and strict with himself. One day, Wu Zetian said to him: "Qing was in Runan and was very good at governing the country. What do you want to know about her? " Emperor Renjie thanked him: "Your Majesty is an official, and I should change it; Your majesty, I have no fault and I am fortunate. I don't know who I am. I am a good friend. I have no idea. " Wu Zetian was deeply impressed by his open-minded mind. Di's official residence as prime minister and his participation in state affairs coincided with Wu's brilliant and ambitious days. He thinks that De Renjie will be one of the obstacles to his becoming an heir. In the first month of the second year of longevity (693), Wu colluded with cruel officials to accuse Di and other ministers of rebellion and arrested them. At that time, there was a law: "If you ask a question, you will be punished." Lai Junchen forced Di to admit "rebellion", and Di made an extraordinary move and immediately accepted the charge: "Everything was new in the Zhou Revolution, but the veteran of the Tang Dynasty was willing to punish it, but it was true!" Lai Junchen got a satisfactory confession, and put Di Renjie and others in prison, waiting for the execution, and was no longer ready. Di Renjie opened the silk quilt, put it in a cotton-padded coat, and asked the jailer to tell his family to go to the quilt. Di Guangyuan, the son of Di, got his grievance and wrote a complaint. Wu Zetian called Di Renjie and other "rebellious" ministers and asked: "What is the resistance?" Di Renjie calmly replied, "If you don't resist, you will be whipped to death." He asked again, "What is a thank-you table?" Answer: "I don't have this form." Wu Zetian asked people to take out the thank-you form and found it was forged. So he ordered the release of seven people in this case, and they were all demoted to local officials. Di was demoted to Peng. In this way, Di Renjie used his intelligence to narrow his life. Later, Cheng thought eradicated this future trouble and repeatedly wrote to punish him, which was rejected by Wu Zetian. During his tenure in Pengze (now Pengze, Jiangxi), Di Qin was in charge of benefiting the people. When he took office, Peng Ze had no rain, lost his camp, and the people had no food. Di Renjie petitioned the imperial court to distribute relief goods, exempt from rent and tax, and save the people from hunger. In October of the first year of Long Live Tian Tong (696), Jizhou (now Linzhang, Hebei Province) was captured by Qidan, and Hebei was shaken. In order to stabilize the situation, Wu Zetian used Di as the secretariat of Weizhou (now Daming area in Hebei Province) adjacent to Jizhou. After Di Renjie took office, he changed the practice of the former secretariat of Dugu Temple Village, and tried to let the people live in the city, repair the storage tools, and let the people return to the fields to farm. After hearing about it, the Khitan Department led many people back to the north, which made Weizhou avoid a disaster. The local people praised it and built a monument to remember this favor. Soon, Di Renjie was promoted to the governor of Youzhou. De Renjie's social prestige is constantly improving. In recognition of his achievements, Wu Zetian gave him a purple robe and a turtle belt, and wrote twelve golden words on the purple robe, "Administering the wood, being honest and diligent, promoting to a higher position and making a fortune, and inspiring the ministers". In October of the first year of Shengong (697), the emperor was recalled to North Korea by Wu Zetian. He paid homage to assistant minister Luan Tai, worked with Feng Ge Luan, added Doctor Yin to land, left and resumed his post as prime minister, and became a right-hand man to assist Wu Zetian in mastering state power. At this point, Di Renjie is old and weak. However, deeply aware of his great personal responsibility, he still tried his best to care about the fate of society and the future of the country, and put forward some suggestions or measures beneficial to society and the country, which played a great role in the social and political life of the country in the next few years. In the first year of the holy calendar (698), Wu Zetian's nephews Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi lobbied Empress Dowager Cixi several times to make her a prince. Wu Zetian hesitated. With the foresight of a politician, the emperor persuaded Wu Zetian to conform to the people's hearts and return to politics with King Luling. At that time, Minister Li Zhaode advised Wu Zetian to continue to take the fourth son Li Dan as the heir, but it was not accepted by Wu Zetian. De Renjie, who knows Wu Zetian thoroughly, calmly advised her from the perspective of mother-child affection: "If you have a child, you will be able to eat with the ancestral temple after a thousand years and pass it on endlessly; The nephew did not know that he was the son of heaven and attached it to the temple. " Wu Zetian said: "Don't prejudge this family matter." Di Renjie calmly and seriously replied, "The king is at home in the four seas. Who is a concubine in the four seas? Why not for your majesty's family! The monarch is the head of state, the minister is the thigh and arm, and the principle is the same. Is it unpredictable when the minister is in the position of prime minister? " Finally, Wu Zetian realized, listened to the emperor's advice, personally married King Luling and returned to the palace, and made him an heir, thus safeguarding the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Di was called a loyal minister by politicians and historians of past dynasties, and he was a righteous man who had the merit of rebuilding the Tang Dynasty. In the autumn of the first year of the holy calendar (698), Turks went south to harass Hebei. Wu Zetian appointed the Prince as Marshal of Hebei Road and Di Renjie as Deputy Marshal to pacify the Turks. When the Prince could not, Wu Zetian ordered Emperor Renjie to personally see Emperor Renjie off. More than 10 thousand men and women from Zhao, Ding and other countries were sent back to Mobei by Turkmen Khan, but Di could not catch up. Wu Zetian was appointed as the appeasement ambassador of Hebei Province. In the face of the dying scene after the war, Di took four measures: First, Shangshu asked the provinces of Hebei for forgiveness, asking for nothing, so that the innocent people forced by the Turks could happily return to their hometowns for production. The second is to transport bulk grain to help the poor. Third, repair the post road and help the spin division. Fourth, it is forbidden for subordinates to disturb the people, and offenders will be beheaded. Soon restored the stability of Hebei. In the first year of Nine Begins (700 years), De Renjie was promoted to literature and history (the order of the Secretariat). This summer, Wu Zetian went to Sanyang Palace for the summer, and a monk named Hu invited her to watch the burial of the Buddhist relics. Wu Zetian, who regards Buddhism as the state religion, agreed. Emperor Renjie knelt in front of the horse and stopped to say, "Buddhists, the God of Yi Di, are not enough to bend the Lord of the world. The monk is very cunning and wants to invite Wan Cheng as a guest. " Wu Zetian then returned to the middle way. That autumn, Wu Zetian wanted to build a pagoda. The estimated cost is as high as several million, and the palace is not enough. So he ordered monks and nuns all over the world to donate money to help every day. The emperor remonstrated: "If you come to teach, you should put compassion first. Do you want to try to show off? " "Compared with floods and droughts, today's borders are not peaceful. How can it be saved by wasting official wealth and manpower? " Wu Zetian accepted his suggestion and dismissed him. As a loyal prime minister, Di Renjie knows people very well and often takes recommending sages as his purpose. Once, Wu Zetian asked him to recommend a talent, and the emperor recommended Zhang Jianzhi, the long history of Jingzhou. Wu Zetian promoted Zhang Jian to Sima in Luozhou. A few days later, Di Renjie was asked to recommend his talents. Di Renjie said: "I recommended Zhang Jianzhi before, but I haven't used it yet." Wu Zetian replied that she had been promoted. Emperor Renjie said, "The person recommended by the minister can be the prime minister, not the Sima." Due to Di's strong recommendation, Zhang Jian was appointed assistant minister by Wu Zetian, and after a while, he was promoted to prime minister. Later, in the first year of Shenlong after the emperor's death (705), Zhang Jian took advantage of Wu Zetian's serious illness to support the restoration, which made great contributions to the restoration of the Tang Dynasty. Emperor also recommended Huan, Jing Hui, Dou Huaizhen, Yao Chong and other dozens of honest and smart officials. After they were entrusted with an important task by Wu Zetian, the political style changed, and there was a sense of integrity in the DPRK. Later, they all became famous ministers in the Tang Dynasty. For ethnic minority generals, Di Renjie can also recommend talents. Li Jiegu, the leader of the Qidan, led troops to defeat Wu Zhoujun many times, and then the troops were defeated, and the relevant departments advocated cutting them off. Di Renjie thinks that Kai Lee is a talented soldier, and if his death is forgiven, he will thank him for his filial piety. So he invited him to be granted an official rank and entrusted him with a special tax. Wu Zetian accepted his suggestion. Sure enough, Kai Lee led an army to crusade against the rest of the Khitans and returned home in triumph. Wu Zetian gave a banquet to celebrate and raised a glass to say "father-in-law" to the emperor. Because Di Renjie has the wisdom of knowing people, someone said to Di Renjie, "All peaches and plums in the world are in the public door." . During Di Renjie's tenure as prime minister, Wu Zetian's trust in him was beyond the reach of ministers. She often refers to Di Renjie as a "national old man" without a name. Emperor Renjie likes to argue with the court personally, and Wu Zetian "obeys every time". Because of his advanced age, the Emperor excused himself many times, but Wu Zetian refused to let him in and often prevented him from worshipping. Wu Zetian once warned North Korean officials: "Since it is not a military event, don't disturb the people." For a long time, in the first year (700), Di Renjie died and mourned in the government and the public. Wu Zetian cried and said, "The imperial court is empty." Give Wenchang Youcheng and praise Wenhui. Tang Zhongzong succeeded to the throne and was posthumously awarded to Sikong. Tang Ruizong also named it Liang Guogong.