In history, how did Di Renjie end up?

Di Renjie, whose word is Huaiying, was born in Taiyuan, and was born in the family of officials. Di Renjie's main political career was spent in the period of Wu Zetian. In the era when the cruel staff was rampant, he was able to establish a brilliant career and finally got a good death, which in itself proved his outstanding ability.

1. Di Renjie's journey as an official

Di Renjie passed the Ming Scripture examination to enter the official position, about the time when Emperor Gaozong Xianqing of the Tang Dynasty (656-661). His first official was the judge of Bianzhou (now Kaifeng, Henan), under the rank of seven. In the second year of the Yuan Dynasty (675), Di Renjie was forty-six years old and transferred to Chang'an to serve as the Cheng of Dali Temple. From the sixth grade, he was in charge of the daily affairs of the temple and was responsible for trial and judgment of crimes. During his tenure at Dali Temple Cheng, he tried and concluded a large number of cases accumulated in the past within one year. There were more than 17,000 persons involved, and no one complained and complained. The speed of the trial and the closing rate are indeed amazing. The name of the so-called "supernatural detective" later came from this.

In the second year of Wu Zetian Tianshou (691), Di Renjie was appointed as the magistrate's minister, Tongfeng Pavilion Luantai Pingzhang Shi, that is, he became the prime minister. At this time, he was 62 years old. During this period, in order to consolidate his rule, Wu Zetian promoted the whistleblower and appointed cruel officials to eradicate political enemies. Di Renjie paid less than half a year before he was arrested and imprisoned by a false accusation by an official. Later, due to lack of evidence and rescued by the ministers, he was acquitted. Di Ren was relegated to Pengze (now northeast of Pengze, Jiangxi) county magistrate after prison, and stayed here for four years. In the first year of Long Live Tongtian (696), he was promoted to Weizhou (now Hebei Daming Northeast) governor. A year later, he was transferred to Hebei Province to appease, and then he became the governor of Youzhou (now southwest of Beijing). In the first year of Shengong (697), he entered the dynasty as Luantai minister and Tongping Zhangshi. This is his second worship at the age of sixty-eight. Holy calendar first year (698) in August, and Nayan. In September, as the prime minister, he served as the marshal of the marching army of Hebei Province and led the army to attack the Turks. After the Turkic retired, he served as the comfort ambassador of Hebei Province to stabilize the turbulent situation in Hebei. In the first month of the first year of Jiu Shi (700), he was appointed as one of the prime ministers. He died of illness in September of the same year at the age of 71.

2. Di Renjie who knows how to work

Throughout Di Renjie’s career, the key is that he knows how to be flexible, and he understands a basic truth. : Only by preserving oneself can the established goal be achieved. This is completely different from those ministers who call for loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, ready to give their lives generously. Here are a few examples:

One of the stories:

Cool official Lai Junchen falsely accused Di Renjie and others for rebellion and arrested Di Renjie in prison. According to the law at the time, if he admitted to treason, he could not be sentenced to death. In order to avoid torture and save his life, Di Renjie admitted to the prison without saying anything. When Lai Junchen saw that Di Renjie was so useless and vulnerable at all, he relaxed his vigilance. Di Renjie secretly wrote a letter to his son, asking him to seek justice from the emperor.

Wu Zetian read Di Renjie's letter and asked Junchen to ask. Although he was prevaricated by Lai Junchen, Wu Zetian decided to try Di Renjie's case himself. Wu Zetian asked Di Renjie why he admitted treason. Di Renjie said: If I didn't admit it, I would die under torture. Although Di Renjie was demoted, he finally saved his life.

Story 2:

Another time, when Di Renjie entered the palace to play an affair, he was catching up with Wu Zetian and male pet Zhang Changzong playing a double-lud game, and Wu Zetian invited Di Renjie to play together. If you are an upright person, you will naturally refuse without hesitation and have to persuade Wu Zetian to do something, but Di Renjie did exactly the opposite. He said to Zhang Zongchang: "Two wins in three games, the bet is the opponent's clothes!" At that time, Zhang Zongchang was wearing the "Jicuiqiu", which was a local tribute, while Di Renjie was wearing a purple robe. Wu Zetian smiled and said: "Jicuiqiu" is very precious, and the purple robe is not equal. Di Renjie said, "This is the clothes of the minister to see the emperor. It is extremely precious! His clothes were obtained because of being favored. They are not as valuable as my clothes!"

Zhang Changzong was very ashamed, and he had already lost his momentum. Later, playing Shuanglu naturally lost, as long as Ji Cuiqiu was given to Di Renjie. Di Renjie turned around and gave Ji Cuiqiu to a domestic slave, greatly humiliating Zhang Changzong in a joke, and at the same time let Wu Zetian wake up.

3. Di Renjie's shortcomings

Di Renjie seems to be a perfect person, but as long as a person has shortcomings, his shortcoming is that his heart does not seem to be broad-minded. Di Renjie was able to be prime minister because of the recommendation of another prime minister Lou Shide, but Di Renjie had no knowledge of it. After becoming prime minister, he kept squeezing Lou Shide, and even gave a small report in front of Wu Zetian, saying bad things about Lou Shide, and finally finally As a result, Lou Shide was released as an official. Wu Zetian also wanted to teach Di Renjie through this incident, so he showed him the memorial recommended by Lou Shide to Di Renjie. After reading Di Renjie, Di Renjie felt very ashamed and said to others: "In terms of virtue, I am far worse than Lou Shide. Now!”

However, Di Renjie’s abilities are highly recognized by Wu Zetian, so that Wu Zetian respects Di Renjie very much and respects him as an old man. After Di Renjie passed away, Wu Zetian said in sorrow: "The court is empty!"