Speaking of Di Renjie, everyone's first reaction must be "detective of case solving", but in fact, Di Renjie is not only a detective of case solving, but also a famous counselor.
"Taiping Guangji" said that Di Renjie "has the rules and advice, and has the style of the ancients......The heart is upright, nirvana is not purified, and it is clear and can be broken";The official history also records that "Renjie has a good face to lead the court to fight, and the Queen Mother submits to it every time."
Di Renjie's advice can always grasp the essence of the problem and see the big from the small, so he can often get Wu Zetian's approval.
Let's take a look at Di Renjie's famous incident of admonishing Wu Zetian.
In his later years, the most difficult problem encountered by Empress Wu Zetian was the problem of the heir to the throne, Wu Zetian had many sons, and Wu Zetian had a headache about who to choose to ascend the throne.
In the first year of the Sacred Calendar, the competition for the successor was fierce.
In the end, with the efforts of the courtiers represented by Di Renjie, Wu Zhou welcomed back Li Xian, the king of Luling, and established him as the crown prince, completely thwarting Zhuwu's attempt to seize the throne.
On September 15, the first year of the holy calendar, half a year after returning to Luoyang, Li Xian was finally canonized as the crown prince again, which was also the premise for the restoration of the Li Tang Dynasty.
In the end, five years after Di Renjie's death, Wu Zetian passed on the throne and restored the Li Tang regime.
The poet Du Fu specially wrote a poem to praise Di Renjie's "admonition" and "admonition" in this matter, the poem Yun: Rumen please say from Zeng Gong, the queen mother is more ingenious when the dynasty, Di Gong is in power in the last years, the turbid river will not pollute Qingji, the heir of the country will be put into force at the beginning, the public court will guard the Dan Majesty, the ban in the book of the edict Fang Ling, the elders of the previous dynasty are all runny, Taizong Sheji is a dynasty, the prestige of the Han officials is re-revealed, and the time is in danger and does not know the world's talents, who is said to be bitter and sweet.
How did Di Renjie do it?
The Old Tang Dynasty Book Di Renjie Biography contains: "At the beginning, Zhongzong was in Fangling, and Ji Xuan and Li Zhaode all had Kuang Fu rumors, so there was no intention of restoration. Wei Renjie played the right thing calmly, and all of them took the kindness of the son and mother as the words, and the sky gradually realized that he recalled Zhongzong and reverted to the second prince. ”
It can be seen from this record that although Di Renjie is deeply trusted by Wu Zetian, he still pays great attention to the art and skills of admonition, and does not disgust Wu Zetian.
He always uses the emotion of mother and son to vacillate between the Wu clan or the Li clan as the heir, Wu Zetian, from the perspective of the advised person as a mother and as a woman, and analyzes the problem with emotion and reason.
Once, Di Renjie wittily asked Wu Zetian: "Who is the aunt and nephew and the mother and son?""If you set up a son, then you can enjoy the temple after a hundred years, and inherit it for thousands of years;If you set up a nephew, you haven't heard of any son of heaven who put his aunt in the temple to worship.
Although Wu Zetian used the excuse that it was a family matter and did not want to continue the discussion, Di Renjie's remarks still deeply affected her, making Wu Zetian's attitude gradually inclined to his son.
Not only that, Di Renjie knew that Wu Zetian was a theist and believed in Buddhism, so he used Wu Zetian's superstition to gradually tilt her attitude in the direction of her own understanding.
Once Wu Zetian dreamed that he and others were repeatedly invincible, and summoned Di Renjie into the palace to inquire, Di Renjie skillfully took advantage of this opportunity and took the opportunity to say: "Shuanglu is invincible, the reason is that there is no child in the palace." This is the will of God, reminding His Majesty that he should establish an heir to the throne as soon as possible. ”
Later, Wu Zetian dreamed of a huge parrot with very plump feathers, but its wings were broken, so he asked the ministers in the court what the signs of this dream were.
The ministers didn't dare to speak, only Di Renjie stood up and said: "Parrot, Your Majesty's surname is also, the wings are folded, Your Majesty's second son, Luling, and Xiangwang." Your Majesty has two sons, and both wings are also. "It's ingenious.
Of course, such as "Erzhang", Ji Xuan, etc., have more or less had a certain influence on Wu Zetian in the matter of welcoming Zhongzong.
Wu Zetian was a devout Buddhist, who had been promoting Buddhism during his reign and spent a lot of manpower and resources to build Buddhist temples, resulting in "temples and Buddhas everywhere" throughout the country.
In the first year of Jiushi, Wu Zetian wanted to build a big Buddha statue, in order to avoid the opposition of the ministers, she ordered that the monks and nuns in the country should each contribute a daily dollar "to help their work".
Di Renjie clearly expressed his opposition to Wu Zetian's Buddha behavior, and admonished him, which is the famous "Admonition to Build a Great Statue".
Admonished and evaded, analyzed and reasoned, and showed superb language skills.
First of all, he analyzed the many harms of Buddhist temples and monks and nuns from the perspective of exploiting the common people and the impact on the country's tax revenue.
Then starting from the way of being a monarch in history, with the historical lessons of Emperor Wu of Liang and Emperor Jianwen of the Southern Dynasty who were discredited by superstitious Buddhism, I hope that Wu Zetian can take it as a warning: although the monk's money, one hundred is not supported, the dignity is wide, not exposed, covered with a hundred layers, and the worries are not all over, since the remaining corridors, not all of them, and the clouds do not damage the national wealth, do not hurt the people, with this matter of the master, what is loyalty?Di Renjie said: In my opinion, we should adopt the opinions of all parties, be compassionate and love the people.
Throughout the introduction, he did not attack Buddhism from the opposite side of the issue, but instead used Buddhist teachings as an argument, emphasizing that Buddhism is "compassion-oriented" and does not take the wealth of the people.
He tactfully enlightened, asked rhetorically again and again, without angering Wu Zetian and without belittling Buddhism, on the premise of supporting his political ideas with Buddhist principles, knowing the pros and cons, in the end, Wu Zetian accepted the opinion, and had to issue an edict to terminate the activity of building a large statue.
Di Renjie's great achievements as a generation of courtiers and his political deeds are due to three points: First, his rational and wise thinking and courage to apply to the world, as well as his courageous loyalty to the people.
At the same time, it is also related to its adherence to principles and flexibility, and how to deal with strong snakes.
Second, in terms of governing philosophy, they are like-minded, "the Great Zhou Revolution, the restoration of all things" is not only Wu Zetian's voice but also Di Renjie's political opinion.
Wu Zetian knows that every time Di Renjie gives advice, he must start from the perspective of the national economy and the people's livelihood, as long as it is beneficial to the country's society, he will insist on doing it, and he always ruthlessly exposes those behaviors that harm the country's laws and endanger the interests of the people.
Third, in terms of the concept of admonition, the two monarchs and ministers have the same view.
Wu Zetian said in his book "Ministers' Rules": "Only the public heart can serve the country, and only the public heart can manage the family." "The prosperity of the country lies in the ministers;The prosperity of the family is more important than the son", she believes that risking her life to speak out is a kind of loyal minister's behavior.
And Di Renjie also showed that it was what Wu Zetian thought was a loyal act, so Wu Zetian also trusted Di Renjie very much.