Why does Wu Zetian value Di Renjie so much?

Di, a native of Taiyuan (now the southern suburb of Taiyuan) in the Tang Dynasty. He was born in a bureaucratic family and entered the official career when he was a teenager. After being falsely accused, he was appreciated by his boss, and then he entered the legal profession and was gradually promoted to the position of a first-class judge. Di Renjie is a workaholic. Within a year, he handled many cases accumulated by his predecessors for a long time, released tens of thousands of innocent people who had been wronged, and immediately became famous at home and abroad and became a high-profile detective. Therefore, it was appreciated by Wu Zetian. After Wu Zetian proclaimed herself emperor, she became prime minister and was highly valued.

The real detective Renjie.

Di was born in an official family. His grandfather was Zuo Cheng, an official during the Zhenguan period of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, and his father, Di Zhixun, was a secretariat of Kuizhou. He received strict training since he was a child, took the Ming Jing exam as a teenager, and successfully entered the official career.

Di Renjie had an extraordinary performance when he made his debut. When he joined the army in Bianzhou, he was framed. At this time, Shang Shu Yan of the Ministry of Industry (the prime minister of a famous painter) visited Henan as a central inspector and accepted the case. He not only found that Di Renjie was innocent, but also found that Di Renjie had both ability and political integrity. Praised him as a "legacy of the sea" and immediately recommended him to join the army in France. Di Renjie entered the legal profession from then on. Di Renjie got an unexpected promotion after being falsely accused, which shows that Di Renjie is really talented, and even when he is unlucky, he can't hide his shining light. During his tenure, Di Renjie gradually became familiar with the laws and regulations of the art of war, punishment, official administration and other aspects, which laid a good foundation for his political activities throughout his life.

Di Renjie's reputation for talent and virtue gradually spread to Tang Gaozong. In the first year of Yifeng (AD 676), he was promoted to Cheng Dali (Supreme Court Justice), who was in charge of state criminal law. Only one year after he took office, he sentenced thousands of cases accumulated in the past, involving 1.7 million people. He was fair, honest, insightful and decisive, and became famous at once. Both the government and the public praised the judge as a god. Everyone is familiar with the "Di Gong Case", which evolved from the experience of De Renjie, the Lord of the sky as black as sunspots.

De Renjie never bent the law, and even dared to lodge a direct protest in order to uphold the law. On one occasion, General Zuo Weiwei's military power and talent, and General Fan Huaiyi's right supervisor, mistakenly cut down the cypress trees in Zhaoling (the tomb of Emperor Taizong). Emperor Gaozong lost his temper and ordered them to be beheaded immediately. Di Renjie said: "The state has made clear laws, according to which the two generals should not be sentenced to death." Emperor Gaozong said angrily, "They made me an unfilial son, and I must be put to death!" " Di Renjie insisted: "According to the law, you should not be sentenced to death, but you must be sentenced to death. Just because you mistakenly cut down a cypress tree and executed two generals, future generations will discuss what kind of monarch your majesty is. " I dare not trap your majesty! "Tang Gaozong immediately repent, from the death penalty. Since then, Di Renjie has become famous in Beijing.

D. Renjie's official technique

Later, the emperor was promoted to be a doctor (the minister of finance), traveled with the marquis of Wu, and sent the emperor as the emperor's tourist Commissioner, first arranging accommodation on the way. The emperor's tourist route must pass through the "Jealous Goddess Temple". According to local legend, if a well-dressed person passes by the Jealous Goddess Temple, it will definitely lead to a storm. Li Chongxuan, the governor of the state annexed by the local governor, ordered tens of thousands of civilian workers to rebuild the Imperial Road to please the emperor and queen. Di Renjie disagreed and said, "When the emperor parades, Fengbo will blow away the dust, and the rain teacher will wet the road. Why avoid that jealous woman? " As a result, thousands of people are freed from heavy labor, avoiding the waste of people and money. Tang Gaozong praised: "Di Renjie is a real gentleman!" Di Renjie not only praised the emperor skillfully, but also benefited the people and won the hearts of both sides. Very skillful.

After the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor, appointed the emperor as assistant to the magistrate, made peace with Fengge (Zhongshu Province) and Luantai (Menxia Province), and became one of the prime ministers, but it was short-lived. Once the Queen deliberately tested De Renjie and said, "Your political achievements are very good, but someone spoke ill of you in front of me. Do you want to know who said that? " Di Renjie said: "If your Majesty thinks that my official has done something wrong, I will definitely change it;" If your majesty understands that there is nothing wrong with the officials, it is the luck of the officials. I don't want to know who spoke ill of me. "Emma Wu ze day think, di Renjie is really a loyal elder with an open mind.

Di Renjie's Prison Break

Although Di Renjie had both ability and political integrity, his time as prime minister was short, because he was in a period of terror and the streets were full of informers. One year after becoming prime minister, Di Renjie was falsely accused of rebellion by Lai Junchen, the cruel official leader. According to the law at that time, a person can be exempted from capital punishment by confessing immediately after being questioned. When Lai Junchen interrogated Di Renjie, Di Renjie was probably a judge, and he was deeply impressed by the psychological attitude of officers and men (even spies like Lai Junchen) towards prisoners. He immediately replied: "Now it is the Zhou Dynasty, I am an old minister of the Tang Dynasty, and I am willing to be killed. I did participate in the rebellion. " Lai Junchen was really satisfied, and Di Renjie also relieved the pain of the flesh. However, despite his wit, Di Renjie still tends to be extreme in Drama Festival. Someone came to him and told him that as long as one more official was involved in prison, his sentence could be reduced. Di Renjie immediately refused, saying, "God will die, and I will never do such a thing!" " After that, he hit his head on a post in prison, and his face was covered with blood, which scared the people who came to stop the fight to death.

Di Renjie is really a judge who can solve crimes like a god. There are quite a few ways to deal with it. When the jailer was not looking, he secretly removed the sheets, wrote a complaint, hid it in the interlayer of his cotton-padded jacket, and said to the jailer, "It's getting hot. Please give this cotton-padded jacket to my house and take out the cotton wool and send it back. " The jailer foolishly handed the cotton-padded jacket to Di Yuanguang, the son of De Renjie. When Di Yuanguang saw the complaint, he immediately appealed. Wu Zetian personally summoned Di Renjie and said, "Why didn't you rebel but admitted it?" Di Renjie said: "If you don't admit it, you will have been abused to death." So Wu Zetian released Di Renjie and others. Di Renjie used his vigilance to narrowly escape death, and even walked out of the hall of the necromancer of the incoming monarch alive. This is about one in ten thousand, but he was demoted to the position of county magistrate.