Why did Dee Renjie go to prison?

In the first year of longevity (693), Wu colluded with cruel officials and falsely accused the emperor of rebellion. Because the emperor was the biggest obstacle for Wu's descendants to become princes, he was put in prison.

They thought it was a very troublesome thing to deal with Di Renjie, but as soon as they were interrogated, Di Renjie immediately admitted that the rebellion was true. Lai Junchen is very satisfied. He only waited for Wu Zetian's approval and put Di Renjie to death. Di Renjie took advantage of the guards to relax, wrote down his grievances on a piece of cloth, then put on cotton-padded clothes for them and made excuses to send them home. He secretly asked his son Di Guangyuan to tear down the complaint and directly appealed to Wu Zetian. After reading the complaint, Wu Zetian verified the situation, and then Di Renjie was released.

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Dee Renjie's achievements

Di Renjie's life, the official sea ups and downs; Honest Di Renjie hates illness and regards filial piety, loyalty and sincerity as "the great righteousness". As an outstanding politician of the feudal ruling class, Di Renjie has made outstanding achievements in all posts. After he became prime minister, he helped the country to prosper and corrected the shortcomings of Wu Zetian. During the reign of Zhenguan and Wu Zetian, Di made outstanding contributions.

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 defy the will of the monarch and always maintained the true colors 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, she held the highest judicial position in China, tried long-standing cases and doubtful cases, and corrected unjust, false and wrong cases. In the history of our country, he is an honest and diligent official.

After he became prime minister, he helped the country to prosper, which was one of the important heroes who promoted 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 Zhengxiang 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 cemetery is located in Liangzhou village at the foot of Mangshan Mountain, two kilometers west of the old city.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Di Renjie