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Unlike Di Renjie, a teenager in TV series, Di Renjie actually became famous very late. Even at the age of 59, his life is still bumpy and difficult. Tang Ruizong hung the memorial archway for four years (688), and Tang Gaozong Li Zhi (628-683), known as the "Great Emperor", has been dead for five years. At this time, although the nominal emperor of the Tang Dynasty was Li Zhi's son Tang Ruizong Li Dan, the real ruler was Li Dan's mother Wu Zetian. At this point, Wu Zetian is stepping up planning to proclaim himself emperor, appointing cruel officials to unjust imprisonment, such as Suo Yuanli and others, killing Li Tang's imperial clan and supporting Minister Li Tang. Just seven years after the death of her husband Li Zhi, and after her two sons, Tang Zhongzong Li Xian and Tang Ruizong Lidan, were ousted, Wu Zetian officially announced in 690 that she would change the Tang Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty and become emperor herself. At the behest of Wu Zetian, the brutal officials of Wu Zhou came to power and four wars took place. But Wu Zetian knows that a cruel official can only be used for a while, not for a lifetime. If you want to seize power and claim to be emperor, you must use cruel officials to open the way, but once you succeed to the throne and govern the world, you still need to reserve some talents. Therefore, although Wu Zetian connived at cruel officials and others, she protected a group of capable officials such as Di and Wei. In the case that the old minister of Li Tang was almost swept out of the house, in September of the following year (69 1), Di Congluo Sima, the favorite of the queen, was directly promoted to assistant minister, acting as minister, and was awarded the same title as Feng Ge Luan, thus officially becoming the prime minister of Wuzhou. However, this is only a short period of more than four months when Di Renjie visited his relatives for the first time. After arriving at the Emperor, Wu Zetian said, "When you were a local official, your achievements were very good, but someone has been slandering you. Do you want to know who these people are? " Di Renjie replied: "If your Majesty thinks I have done something wrong, I should correct it;" If your majesty understands that I am not wrong, it will be my luck. I don't want to know who the rumors are, because then I can continue to treat them as friends. Emperor paid tribute to Wu Zetian's nephew, who wanted to be the prince of Wu Zetian. However, Di Renjie has always been a veteran of Li Tang and is not reliable. Therefore, under the frame of Wu and the cruel official Lai Junchen, Di was arrested on the charge of "rebellion". In prison, Wang Deshou, a brutal official, directly instructed Di Renjie that as long as Di Renjie promised to help frame other officials, Di Renjie could be spared the death penalty. In this regard, Di Renjie said bitterly: "God is above, and the earth is below. I even want Di Renjie to do such a thing! " Say and directly hit a pillar, bleeding profusely on the spot. He would rather kill himself than frame his colleagues. Wang Deshou was helpless and left angrily. Although Wang Wei and Wu repeatedly requested the death of Di on suspicion of "rebellion", Wu Zetian, who seemed to realize something, did not agree, but only demoted Di to Pengze (under Jiujiang, Jiangxi) as a county magistrate. After eliminating the opposition with cruel officials, Wu Zetian, in turn, began to crack down on the cruel officials who used to be his minions. After Wu Zetian proclaimed herself emperor in 690 AD, in order to improve people's prestige and ease the contradiction with courtiers, she first killed brutal officials Qiu Shen, Zhou Xing, Suo Yuanli and Fu Yu, "to comfort people's expectations". Next, in 697, Wu Zetian ordered the killing of Lai Junchen, a cruel official who was her confidant and favorite, in the name of "extinguishing the wrath of heaven". The cruel officials don't know the truth that "a wily rabbit dies and a running dog cooks", but Wu Zetian clearly knows that they can be used to seek power; But governing the country can only rely on officials. This is the so-called "respecting the constitution and restraining ministers, listening to advice and punishing cruel officials" in history. In this situation, in the first year of Long Live Wu Zhou (696), Di was used as the secretariat of Jizhou, and was later promoted to the commander-in-chief of Youzhou, and organized troops to resist the invasion of Qidan. In the first year of Shen Gong (697), De Renjie was once again worshipped as Prime Minister, and served as Assistant Minister and Pingzhang of Luantai together with Fengge, and was awarded Dr. Guanglu. This time, Di Renjie was prime minister for three years, and Wu Zetian trusted him until his death. Wu Zetian is six years older than Di Renjie. In her view, at that time, De Renjie was the only one in Datang, and he was a big official. In Wu Zetian's view, after the second expedition, Di Renjie was unparalleled in fighting the Khitan and the Turks for Wu Zhou, whether it was sandwiches or martial arts. Therefore, the queen who killed countless people and was cruel and tyrannical all her life appeared very gentle and kind in front of Di Renjie. From this period on, Wu Zetian called the emperor "the old man of the country" and chartered the emperor not to bow down in the court. Wu Zetian said: "Every time I see a public sacrifice, I also feel pain. "Di Renjie, who reached the peak of his life in his twilight years, is old. The year of the second visit, Di Renjie was 68 years old. As far as seventy years old is concerned, he is still seeking for Wu Zhoudong's expedition to the west. He will go through the customs and enter the phase, but his heart is still concerned about the future of Wu Zhou and the renaming and continuation of Li Tang. At that time, Wu Chengsi, Wu Zetian's nephew, had been seeking to become a prince, and tried to hurt her only two sons, Li Xian and Li Dan (Wu Zetian's other two sons, Li Hong and Li Xian, had been killed by Wu Zetian). In this regard, the emperor and other "Tang protection factions" have always insisted on establishing Wu Zetian's own son as a prince. The Emperor said to Wu Zetian, "You are only an uncle and nephew, but your own son. Which is closer, aunt or mother? "In order to mobilize more people to lobby Wu Zetian, the emperor even said to Wu Zetian's brothers that the world has missed the kindness of the Tang Dynasty for a long time, and you are obedient to the king. Once the emperor dies, as a scandal between Toy Boy and the royal family, there is fear of being killed. It is better to participate in persuading Li Xian, king of Luling, to be a prince and make some contributions for himself so as to save himself in the future. So, under the constant lobbying of the loyal elders such as Di, and under the pillow whisper with his brothers, in March of the first year of the holy calendar (698), Wu Zetian finally ordered her own son, Luling Wang, to be taken back to Luoyang from Zhoufang (now Fangxian County, Hubei Province). After receiving Li Xian, Wu Zetian said to Emperor Renjie: "I am still Chu Qingjun!" Di Renjie knelt in front of Li Xian, sobbing, and could not help him, because he knew that the great cause of Datang, which he had fought for, had gradually seen the dawn with the return of the old queen and Luling Wang Lixian. Seeing this scene, Wu Zetian also burst into tears. She stroked Di Renjie's back and said with tears: "You are not my courtier, you are the courtier of Datang!" Subsequently, Li Xian, the king of Luling, was re-established as a prince. However, in the last two years of his life, Di successively supported and recommended famous ministers, such as Zhang Jian, Huan, Jing Hui, Yao Chong, Li Jiegu and Luo Wuzheng. Two years later, in September of the first year (700), Di Renjie finally passed away as prime minister. Wu Zetian shed tears for this. She often says with emotion to people around her: "The court is empty!" Since then, whenever there is a major event in the political affairs of the DPRK, Wu Zetian will say with emotion: "Is it too early to take away the old days of our country? "Five years after the death of the emperor, in Zhou Long, Soochow, in 705, the eighty-two-year-old Wu Zetian was seriously ill, and he was ruled by his brother, so the civil and military officials could not see Wu Zetian. In this critical situation, prime minister Zhang Jianzhi and others, who were fully recommended by the emperor, took the opportunity to launch a mutiny, killed He and forced Wu Zetian to abdicate. Subsequently, he proclaimed himself emperor for the second time, and announced the restoration of the title of "Tang". While Di Renjie arranged Zhang Jianzhi for the final recovery of Li Tang, intentionally or unintentionally. Perhaps this is the greatest contribution of "Detective" Di Renjie. He died a martyr's life, still fighting for his country, and dedicated himself to the recovery of Li Tang. Source: Leader Cui Wen