In the fourth year of Tang Zhenguan (630), Di was born in Taiyuan (now Taiyuan, Shanxi Province) into a bureaucratic family with a civilian background. Grandfather Di, Ren Taizong Zhen Guan Chao Shang Shu Zuo Cheng. The official history of father Di Zhixun to Governor Kui. He received a strict feudal education since childhood, passed the Ming Dynasty examination and became a Bianzhou judge. Shortly after entering the official career, Yan, then the minister of the Ministry of Industry, went to Henan, where Di was falsely accused by officials and Yan was interrogated. During the trial, Di Renjie spoke frankly about his dissatisfaction. In the end, Yan not only found out the truth of the matter, but also found that Di is a rare talent with both ability and political integrity. Known as the "Pearl of Hequ River, the legacy of Southeast China", he recommended Di as the chief magistrate of Bingzhou.
In 660, Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian went to Fenyang Palace via Taiyuan. And the governor Li Chongxuan went to Lu Guan in Fenyang, passing through the jealous women's shrine in China. He was afraid that Wuhou would be jealous of jealous women, and something was wrong, so that he gathered tens of thousands of officials and people to build a new imperial road to please Wuhou. De Renjie, on the other hand, strongly opposed it, arguing: "During the emperor's trip, Fengbo welcomed the dust, and the rain teacher preached, why should his daughter avoid evil spirits?" Li Chongxuan didn't stop until he heard this, and he was relieved of a heavy labor that wasted people and money. After hearing the news, Emperor Gaozong praised Di Renjie as a "real husband".
In the first year of Yifeng (676), Di was promoted to be in charge of the national criminal law. In his first year in office, he personally handled cases and handled numerous cases of his predecessor, involving more than 17000 lives. He was observant, good at judging, law-abiding and accurate, accused of unjust imprisonment, praised by people at that time, and became famous for a while. The legendary experience of De Renjie made Di Gong a "detective" through the artistic creation of later literati.
In September this year, General Zuo Weiwei and General Fan Huaiyi, who were good at military power and prison power, mistakenly cut down a large number of cypress trees in Zhaoling of the Tang Dynasty, which caused the emperor's great anger and ordered him to be executed. Ren Jie received an imperial edict from Emperor Gaozong to kill two generals. He reasoned, "the laws of the country have made it very clear that they should not die for their crimes." Hearing this, Emperor Gaozong said angrily, "The decree has been issued." Di Renjie was rude: "If you make a mistake, you will kill two generals. If you steal and pounce, how to deal with it? " Killing people without proper killing is a law of distrust. I can't wronged your majesty, for fear that future generations will discuss what your majesty is. Hearing this, Emperor Gaozong felt justified, so he revoked his order and went into exile.
Later, Di resigned and let the local officials do the secretariat of Ningzhou. Ningzhou, located in the west of Longyou, is a settlement of Han and Rong nationalities. After Di Gong ascended the throne, he observed the people's feelings, caressed them with pride, lived in harmony both inside and outside, and won the favor of local officials and people. People praised his virtue one after another and set up a monument to remember him. Until De left Ningzhou, he became an assistant minister of Dongguan (Ministry of Industry) and served as the governor of Jiangnan. Ningzhou people are still "those who praise Ge Di's history will get the Tao".
In June (688), Wu Zetian appointed Emperor as the ambassador of Jiangnan Governor to inspect the land of Wu and Chu. In view of the abuse of Wu Chu's obscene words at that time, the Emperor invited more than 0/700 temples to be burned, leaving only four temples in Dayu, Wu Zixu, Guangdong and Fujian to reduce 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 involved in the King of Yue, and as many as 5,000 people were undocumented. Di Renjie knows that most people are able-bodied men pulled by Wang Qiang. Therefore, Wu Zetian said, "Today's salt is not true, I hope to mourn its mistakes." Wu Zetian listened to his advice, pardoned these death row prisoners, changed the killing to the flow, calmed the people and stabilized the situation in Yuzhou. At that time, it was the prime minister Zhang Guangfu who put down the rebellion of the King of Yue, and the soldiers took credit and extorted money. Di Renjie denounced Zhang Guangbi's killing and invited him to win the meritorious military service with his death. 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.
In September of the second year of Wu Zhou's natural gift (69 1), Wu Zetian finally realized that she believed Zhang Guangfu's false accusation and made the emperor suffer injustice. So he immediately transferred Di back to Beijing, entrusted him with an important task, and appointed him as the assistant minister of the local official (household department), even with Fengge Luan Taiwan. Di Gong began 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'm a good friend. I have no idea. " Wu Zetian was deeply impressed by his open-minded mind.
In the spring of the first year of longevity (692), in order to consolidate the regime of Wu Zhou, eliminate opposition forces, mistreat cruel officials, encourage the wind of informers, frame old ministers and imperial clan Li, and kill people to kill them. Lai Junchen, a prized official, falsely accused Prime Ministers Di, Ren Zhigu, Pei Hangben, Wei and Li Simiao of "rebellion" in order to "take credit". Di Renjie and others were convicted of "rebellion" and immediately arrested. After Ren Jie was arrested and imprisoned, the Queen still had doubts about the rebellion of Di Renjie and others. She personally ordered Li Qiao and Zhang Shaoqing Deyu of Dali Temple. Make an investigation to find out whether the rebellion is true or not. Li Qiao and I, for fear of offending cruel officials, knew that Di and others were innocent and wronged, but we still echoed Lai Junchen's framed words. According to the law at that time, if you don't plead guilty, you will be poisoned. When Lai Junchen interrogated Di Renjie, Di Gong immediately asked: "Great Zhou Jianguo, everything is reform. I am an old minister of the Tang Dynasty, and the rebellion is true." Ren Jie admitted the crime of rebellion when he was not punished, so the jailer stopped taking strict precautions against him, just waiting to "repay Stuart's punishment." Ren Jie knew that he was very alert, took advantage of the lax guard, tore off a piece of silk from his clothes, wrote down his grievances and hid them in his cotton-padded clothes. Then he handed the cotton-padded clothes to the jailer and said, "It's hot, please ask your family to bring cotton." His son Di Guangyuan found this complaint when unpacking and washing his father's cotton-padded clothes, and he filed a complaint with him. When the queen heard the news, she immediately summoned Di Renjie and asked, "Since there is nothing against it, why is it true?" Di Gong replied: "If you don't admit it, whip it and copy it." Therefore, Wu ordered the people involved in the case to be exempted from capital punishment, or demoted to local officials, or exiled to fill the border. Although Di survived his death, he served as prime minister and was later demoted to Pengze county magistrate.
During his tenure in Pengze (now Pengze, Jiangxi), Di Qinzheng loved 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 (696), the northern nomadic Khitan invaded Jizhou, which shocked Hebei and surprised both the ruling and the opposition. Wu Zetian used De Renjie as the secretariat of Weizhou, guarding the north and resisting the Khitan. After Ren Jie came to power, he cleaned people's hearts, released the peasants who were forced to enter the city and sent them home. 1. Oppose the former beating strategy of driving people into the city, repairing the garrison and sticking to the city rules. In a short time, the soldiers and civilians were excited and the people rejoiced. When Qidan led the troops to attack, he found that the situation was not good, so he led the troops to retreat north, making Weizhou defeat the enemy without fighting. Wu Zetian heard that Renjie was a bloodless soldier, and the Khitan retired, so he promoted Renjie to be the commander-in-chief of Youzhou, personally gave him a purple robe and a turtle belt, and wrote 12 in gold on the purple robe in recognition, "Apply politics, be honest and diligent, be promoted to official position, and encourage ministers". The following year 10, Di Renjie was transferred back to North Korea. At the beginning, he was an assistant minister of Luantai, and he was promoted as prime minister with Fengge Luantai, becoming a right-hand man to help Wu Zetian master the state power. At this time, Di Renjie was old and weak. However, he deeply felt the great personal responsibility, and still tried his best to care about the interests of the people and the future of the country, and put forward some suggestions or measures to benefit the people and the country, which made great contributions to the development of social and political life in the next few years.
In the first year of the Holy Calendar (698), Wu Zetian's nephews, Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi, persuaded the Queen to be a prince several times. Di Gong, known as the "second martial art", put the country's future first, stopped it, told the queen with emotion, moved it with reason, and even directly remonstrated: "You are the head of state, I am the prime minister, and the establishment of a prince is the foundation of the country. How can you not predict? " He also used traditional ethics to persuade Wu Zetian, saying, "Who are relatives, aunts and nephews? If your majesty establishes the king of Luling, he will enjoy the ancestral temple for a long time; And I want to set up a nephew. I have never heard that my nephew is the son of heaven. Who is in the temple? " Emperor Renjie's earnest advice finally made the queen realize that Li Xian, the king of Luling, was recalled to the palace and made him a prince. Crushed the dream of being a prince in the 25 th Five-Year Plan and prevented a turmoil.
In the autumn of the first year of the holy calendar (698), Turks went south to harass Hebei. Wu Zetian appointed Prince as Marshal of Hebei Road and Di Renjie as Deputy Marshal to crusade against Turks. When the prince was incompetent, Wu Zetian ordered the emperor to see him off in person. 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 bleak scene after the war, the emperor took four measures: First, Shangshu asked the provinces of Hebei for forgiveness, asking for nothing, so that the innocent people forced by Turks could happily return to their hometowns to produce. 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.
De is knowledgeable and often takes the idea of recommending virtuous people 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." Under the strong recommendation of Di, Zhang Jian was appointed assistant minister by Wu Zetian, and after a while, he was promoted to prime minister. 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 wind changed and there was a sense of integrity in the DPRK. Later, they all became famous ministers of Zhongxing in the Tang Dynasty, and made contributions to the prosperity of Kaiyuan. For ethnic minority generals, Di Renjie can also recommend talents. Li Jiegu, the leader of the Khitan, led troops to defeat Wuzhou Army 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. Di Renjie has the wisdom to know people. Someone said to Di Renjie, "All peaches and plums in the world are in public." .
In her later years, Wu Zetian became more and more confused and extravagant, but she trusted Di Renjie more and more. For a long time, in the first year (700), Di Gong was promoted to civil history. That summer, the queen asked the monk to make medicine for her and make her young. A monk Hu invited her to watch the burial of Buddhist relics, and Wu Zetian, a Buddhist, agreed. De Renjie attached great importance to the rise and fall of the country, and did not hesitate to kneel in front of the horse to remonstrate: "The barbarian god Buddha is not enough." . Wu Zetian then returned to the middle way. That autumn, the queen wanted to take Buddhism as the state religion, and planned to build a giant Buddha and a giant temple. It is estimated that the cost will be as high as several million, and the palace is not enough, so she ordered the monks and nuns in the world to give 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. Wu Zetian often called Ren Jie "the old man in the country", "Ren Jie is good, which leads to court disputes, and the queen mother obeys every time she bends". Di Gong also made many excuses because of her advanced age, but the Queen never agreed. Every time Di Gong sees it, the sky "always stops his worship" and says, "Every time I see a public worship, I also feel pain." In autumn and September of this year, Di Renjie died at the age of 7 1. Wu was so sad that he lost his voice and sighed, "The imperial court is empty!" "It's too early for God to catch the CSI of our country!" So he presented Ren Jie as the right photograph of Wenchang, and announced the abolition of the DPRK for three days to show his condolences. When Tang Ruizong was arrested, Ren Jie's name was Liang Guogong.
Well, I can't confirm whether Di Renjie has any disciples, but I have found out his origin. Please adopt it.