Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Di Renjie Admonishes and Saves Shancai

Case narrative: The guardians of Zhaoling are Quan Shancai, General of Zuoweiwei, and Fan Huaiyi, General of Zhonglang of Youjianmen. Their main duties are to prevent the mountain people from entering the mountain to cut firewood and hurt the cypress tree in front of Emperor Taizong's grave. Steal the stone statue in front of Zhaoling.In short, this kind of work is inseparable from people, but it is extremely boring.Quan Shancai is strict in commanding the army and does not show affection, but he is still very accommodating when it comes to some details. When he doesn't show affection, most of the subordinates violate military regulations, drink and make trouble.When he talks about sensibilities, most of them are things that people have to do, such as having no firewood for cooking.Quan Shancai thought, since the cypress is right in front of him, and the living have no wood to make a fire, why can't they cut down a few trees for cooking?

So, they confidently cut down a few cypress trees.A few days later, a flying rider seriously violated military regulations, and Quan Shancai caught him and slapped his old face.What mistake the Flying Knight made is now unknown, only that this Flying Knight is going to be executed and Li Zhi must know.Under normal circumstances, Li Zhi would not meet the condemned prisoners, but the flying knight cried and howled, rolled all over the floor, and asked for a face-to-face with a piercing heart, just because he wanted to appreciate the kindness of the Holy Lord. As a result, Feiqi was bundled into rice dumplings and brought to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi looked at Feiqi sympathetically, and suddenly, in the quiet hall, Feiqi's tone of losing control came out.He kowtowed desperately to the ground until he bled, finally seducing everyone's compassion.Afterwards, Feiqi began to tell his tragic experience with snot and tears: "I am guilty, I... (200 words are omitted here) But the general cut down all the trees in Zhaoling, and the minister was devastated. Report this matter to His Majesty!" Li Zhi froze, he twitched his lips, compassion immediately turned into anger.Quan Shancai actually made the decision to cut down the tree in front of his father's grave. Doesn't this make me guilty of unfilial piety?

Li Zhi went crazy on the spot, responding to Comrade Feiqi's call, and wailed together.It's not right for the ministers to persuade, and it's not right not to persuade them. It's even more inappropriate to cry along with them. They can only watch things develop in an unknown direction.Li Zhi was furious, and only then remembered that he wanted to punish the murderer, so he ordered Quan Shancai to be imprisoned directly and asked to be executed at a later date.Things really went in a bad direction by leaps and bounds, and Dali Temple began to receive Quan Shancai. Di Renjie, Minister of Dali Temple, listened to the case in detail and prepared to submit it to the High Court.

The colleagues looked at this superior who was always kind to everyone with apprehensive eyes, and his eyes showed the brilliance of expecting a compromise.Yes, everyone knew what the emperor meant, which was to let Dali Temple pronounce Quan Shancai's death sentence.Di Renjie, will you give up his character of only recognizing the law but not respect?Di Renjie quietly walked to the desk and wrote the following words: "Quan Shancai felled the Zhaoling tree. The crime should be dismissed. If the death penalty is imposed, the minister thinks it is impossible." Li Zhi is filial, he was furious, and summoned the so-called good judge he had elected: "Di Renjie, don't you know that filial piety is the first thing? The body is hairy and skinned, and the parents dare not hurt it. What's more, Zhaoling, The tomb of Emperor Taizong, the father of all the people in the world, Quan Shancai ruined the hair and skin of Zhaoling, don’t you know what his crime is? It’s not that I insisted on killing him, it’s because he insisted on persevering, but indulged himself. If you don't kill people if you don't kill them, what restrictions are there in the world?!" Li Zhi thought about all the things to say, and when Di Renjie showed a look of panic and hurt his parents, it would be useless to avenge this revenge!

Di Renjie came, and he stood in the line of courtiers who had been waiting here long ago, listening to Li Zhi's chatter.When it was his turn to speak, he replied in an unhurried manner: "The law is not only for the people of the world, but also for your Majesty. I did this to maintain the seriousness of the law for your Majesty. Your Majesty killed the minister in vain because of a mere tree." , What a joke. Your Majesty thinks that Zhaoling has the spirit of Emperor Taizong, which is true. But you don't know that everything in this world is the flesh and blood of the emperor's people, and has the blood of Emperor Taizong. Your Majesty wants to kill Quan Shan Talent, I dare not be summoned!"

Li Zhi didn't like sophistry ministers, he sternly shouted: "Zhaoling has been destroyed, which makes me unfilial, I must kill him!" Some of the courtiers next to him started to ask Di Renjie to go out quickly, and everyone's eyes focused on this Minister of Dali body.Di Renjie didn't seem to hear what the courtier said, but he took a step forward, and said in an extremely calm tone: "I heard that touching Nilin and disobeying the master is the most difficult thing in the world... But I don't think so, I don't think so. I know that if you offend Jie and Zhou, the ministers dare not do it; but if you offend Yao and Shun, the ministers dare to do it!"

Li Zhi's terrifying face suddenly relaxed. Are you convinced?Everyone was indeed impressed by Di Renjie's superb technique. In the huge hall, Li Zhi took a deep breath and fell silent.Di Renjie continued: "How lucky I am. I am an official under a Ming emperor like Yao and Shun. I am not afraid that I will end up like Bigan. During the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, someone stole the jade ring from Gaomiao. The case was finalized, just to abandon the thieves. Emperor Wen of Wei wanted to move the refugees, and Xin Pi appealed to him and tore his clothes, but it was accepted. Shi Zhi and Xin Pi are good friends, if your majesty doesn't use your words, yes The minister is incompetent. After the minister dies, how will he go to see Shizhi and Simpi?"

It's really amazing. Di Renjie's brilliance is that he reminds Li Zhi again and again, so that Li Zhi must remember his previous goal, not to be a tyrant, but to be a wise king like Yao and Shun.He didn't put the blame on the emperor, but belittled himself. The way he made admonishment surprised all the officials. Di Renjie had another trick, and he continued: "Since the law has been enacted, it cannot be violated casually. People who have not committed a capital crime cannot be sentenced to death. If the law is impermanent, how can the people deal with it? Why did Your Majesty add it? If Your Majesty kills a general for a cypress tree in Zhaoling today, how will people think of His Majesty in a thousand years? This is why I dare not be called to kill people. I am not afraid of resisting orders, but afraid of His Majesty is in the wrong." Li Zhi was stunned, he found it, he found the feeling that during the Zhenguan period, when the courts were in conflict, his father turned his anger into joy.

Yes, that's it, Di Renjie, what a Di Renjie! A few days later, Quan Shancai was dismissed and exiled to Lingnan.And Di Renjie was also appreciated by Li Zhi because of his admonishment, and became a censor, responsible for impeaching officials and correcting laws and regulations.Censor, Di Renjie, really honor the Di family.But Di Renjie didn't pay attention to such words as discrediting. Of course, he didn't take other people's lustful power seriously.At first, Li Zhi was very happy to choose Di Renjie as his imperial censor.But soon, he was so regretful that his intestines turned green.The appearance of Di Renjie disturbed Li Zhi's beautiful image. He was often embarrassed by Di Renjie's appearance, which also exposed his major flaws in his personality.But Di Renjie didn't realize that Li Zhi seemed to be afraid of himself. He still went his own way, showing no mercy to officials who violated the law and committed crimes.Therefore, Minister of Agriculture (Si Nongqing) Wei Ji hated him, and Li Zhi's favored villain Wang Benli hated him.

Wei Ji is a capable person. During the Zhenguan period, he went to canonize the Khan of the Turkic tribe, but encountered turmoil in a small country on the way, and was stranded in the Western Regions, unable to return to the country for three years.He tore his clothes and wrote down all the situations he encountered on the way back home, and named it "The Story of the Western Expedition".After returning to the court, he reported to Emperor Taizong. Taizong was overjoyed and worshiped him as the doctor of Chaosan. During the Xianqing period, Wei Ji became the governor of Tanzhou (Miyun, Beijing). Destiny is an elusive thing.Because of Qibi Heli's expedition to Goryeo, when he arrived in Tanzhou, the Luan River surged and he could not cross the river, so he stopped the 100,000 troops.However, the fatal thing was not that they could not cross the river, but that the army had run out of food.In a place like Tanzhou, with a small population, it is completely impossible to provide food to the army.Governor Wei Ji laughed out loud, and allocated hundreds of thousands of shi of grain at once. Qibi Heli was stunned, and when the army wanted it again, he still had it. Later, Wei Ji told Qibi He Li that it was because he was very good at agriculture and nothing else.Qi Bi He Li played to the imperial court, Li Zhi heard the news, and immediately promoted him to Secretary of Agriculture.The surprises brought by Wei Ji are not over yet. He is in charge of the two departments of Jiangzuo and Shaofu, and has created many unique buildings.After Li Hong's death, it was he who took the lead in formulating the structure of Gongling's tomb, and opened four toilet rooms on the left and right in Pingdi, making Li Hong's tomb a classic.So, in the end, Li Zhi asked Wei Ji to build Suyu, Gaoshan, Shangyang and other palaces for him to play with the Queen of Heaven. The palaces are luxurious and magnificent, which is shocking. Therefore, Di Renjie appealed, and he wanted to sue Wei Ji for cheating the monarch and murdering the taxes of the people all over the world.He said, Wei Ji is pulling the emperor to extravagance step by step, if His Majesty only cares about pleasure and wastes manpower, not to mention the common grievances of the world, you have to make plans for Emperor Sui Yang early.Li Zhi was terrified and immediately dismissed Wei Ji from his post.Before the matter was over, Di Renjie told Wang Benli again that the villain deserves to be executed because he is arrogant and domineering. Li Zhi and Wang Benli have a very good personal relationship, but they still gave Di Renjie enough face and asked Dali Temple to have a trial.Dali Temple gave the result and suggested: "Wang Benli's crime is extremely heinous, and he can be treated with a full set of facilities." Li Zhi believes that Wang Benli is a pillar of the country, and it is best to forgive him once.Di Renjie said, "Although the country lacks talents, it never lacks such talents as Wang Benli. Your Majesty will let him go!" Li Zhi: "..." Di Renjie: "Your Majesty violated the law of the country because he felt sorry for a criminal, right?" Li Zhi: "Forgive me..." Di Renjie acted as if he was about to take off his official hat, and said coldly: "Your Majesty must pardon him, so let me exile you first. You can also be regarded as an example of loyal people in the future. How about Your Majesty?" Convinced.After Wang Benli subdued the law, the atmosphere of the court changed greatly because of Di Renjie. At this time, some people began to pay attention to Di Renjie, and she stared at this capable person with super high IQ.Di Renjie, if he is obedient, I will definitely use him again; but if one day he opposes me, no matter how talented he is, he can only die at my hands.Just wait and see, I hope you don't try to be smart.Wu Zetian summoned Beimen scholars and began to discuss their position. They were afraid that with Di Renjie's efforts, the court structure would be affected and the strength of Beimen would be weakened.In addition, the recent Beimen scholars have another major topic, which is to propose that the emperor and queen of heaven should be enshrined in Songshan, and if possible, all five mountains should be enshrined. Why is this? The answer given by Tianhou is simple: Songshan is the closest.But this is obviously not the real reason for her to enshrine Songshan. The real reason will not be revealed until the practice of enshrining Zen.After all, Feng Chan is a big event, but in the past two years, the world has not been peaceful, either drought (Guanzhong drought) or flood (Hebei flood), earthquake (Jinzhou earthquake) or tsunami (Kuozhou tsunami).Therefore, since the Beimen scholar put forward this proposal, other ministers of the court have raised objections, and Li Zhi also understands that it is outrageous to enshrine Zen when the people in the world are in disaster. Li Sujie, King of Xun, is a young and promising prince, the son of Concubine Xiao Shu. With the efforts of Beimen Bachelor, he was transferred from the governor of Qizhou (Fengxiang, Shaanxi) to the governor of Shenzhou (Xinyang, Henan).When he took office, he also received a letter from Tianhou: "Sujie, since you are sick, don't be like Chao!" This is a very strange letter, because Li Sujie is not sick at all. Li Sujie bit her lip and scolded Wu Zetian two hundred times in her heart. Then, he wrote a brilliant "On Loyalty and Filial Piety" and submitted it to the imperial court as a letter from the prince (it was secretly submitted by a member of the army in the palace), intending to impress Li Zhi. After all, the article was in the hands of Beimen Bachelor, and everyone was moved by Li Sujie's filial piety. After being moved, they handed Li Sujie's article to Tianhou, and asked Tianhou to kill the child who secretly communicated with Li Zhi.Li Sujie imagined that he vaguely remembered that when he was very young, his father liked to pinch his face.When his mother died, he was just nine years old. Someone told him that his enemy had become a queen.He wanted to let it go, but could it really be done?Forget it, she's still shitting on your neck!Li Sujie's relocation order came. He felt that his "On Loyalty and Filial Piety" angered Li Zhi, so Li Zhi made up his mind to demote him to Poyang King and placed him in the smoky Yuanzhou (western Jiangxi).