What were the embarrassing moments in De Renjie?

Di was an important figure in Wu and Zhou Dynasties. As a prime minister, he was highly valued and respected by Wu Zetian all his life. He naturally tried his best to help Wu Zetian, and * * * created a prosperous time. But at the same time, Di Renjie is a contradictory person. After all, he is a master of orthodox Confucianism, which is extremely forbidden for women to take power. He thinks this is an act against social order. As a result, Di Renjie fell into this embarrassing state of existence.

There is no denying that Wu Zetian is indeed a wise king, which Di Renjie never denied from beginning to end. She is not a great and orthodox politician. But Di Renjie helped her out of loyalty to Datang. Until the moment when Wu Zetian chose her successor, Di Renjie was trying to persuade her to restore the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty. But in the eyes of the world, Di Renjie is a joke under the rule of the Queen.

It is said that Di Renjie, a prime minister, wanted to help his cousin become an official, but his aunt said that he only had one son and didn't want him to work for women. This cynicism will embarrass Di Renjie. However, some people say that Di Renjie relies on the Queen's trust to engage in nepotism. Di is not cronyism, because in the system of selecting officials and employing people in the Tang Dynasty, officials with more than five grades did have the right to sponsor clan children to be officials, and Di, as a smart man, naturally took a fancy to his cousin's talent and hoped that his cousin could make contributions to the country.

Although Di Renjie had many contradictions all his life, struggling between loyalty to the monarch and patriotism and opposition to women's rights, he handled it well throughout his political career. The change of dynasties will inevitably lead to a bloody battle, but Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty and Tang Dynasty did not appear this phenomenon, but became more prosperous than Tang Gaozong, which is called the legacy of Zhenguan in history. De Renjie's contribution is inevitable. Di Renjie fought between Li Tang and Wu Zhou all his life. While he was loyal to her husband Wu Zetian, he did not forget to try his best to persuade Wu Zetian to restore the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty. There is no doubt about it. Even before Di Renjie's death, he still set chess pieces to cope with the foreseeable political situation, and he was worthy of being a man of virtue.