Li Zhi was a little surprised that Bakken was able to think of the key to it so quickly.

He nodded affirmatively to Bakken as he continued, "Not only that, but the furnace can be hung to burn the coke and ore together. ”

At this point he stopped abruptly, and his eyes wandered the ground to find a piece of rubble.

He then carved it out of rubble on the ground, and soon drew a vessel that resembled a boiler.

When Yan Lide saw the picture, he immediately exclaimed: "Isn't this just a boiler?"

After listening to his words, Li Zhi first nodded, and then shook his head.

Next, Li Zhi gave a detailed explanation.

With the swing of the furnace, the raw materials inside can be mixed better, while the sealed furnace can reach higher temperatures because it no longer has to be stirred at any time.

In this way, the raw material can be dissolved more thoroughly, which not only greatly saves the raw material, but also ensures the quality of the molten iron.

After listening to Li Zhi's explanation, everyone had a feeling of being stunned.

Bakken, who was familiar with ironmaking, paced back and forth excitedly.

As he went back and forth, he said, "This method is wonderful, this method is wonderful!" ”

Pei Kuanshu and Yan Lide, who already knew about Li Zhi's magic, were even more impressed by Li Zhi at this time.

In their eyes, Li Zhi is simply an omnipotent prodigy.

The next few people went to the public house in Bakken to discuss in detail the steps of building the blast furnace.

There wasn't much advice Li Zhi could give when it came to construction.

But he personally drew a drawing of the manufacture of the pulley, which solved the problem of lifting heavy objects.

Since the construction of the blast furnace is very cumbersome, they often get together to work on the plan during the subsequent construction process.

Li Zhi's approach once again aroused the criticism of some people.

They think that Li Zhi's current approach is somewhat unprofessional, and some people even say that Li Zhi's interference in the ironmaking workshop is an ulterior attempt.

The people who created these rumors were Shi Quan Wanji and Li Renfa.

It is said that the two of them had nothing to do with Li Zhi originally.

But just in time, Quan Wanji had just been promoted from a Chaozhou assassin to the position of serving the imperial history because he dared to speak out.

After this guy was promoted, he was a little floating, and he wanted to continue to play his outspoken side and slander and impeach many ministers in the DPRK.

And that Li Renfa also belongs to the same hill as him, and both of them are the kind of people who will spray two sentences when they see who is unhappy.

Li Shimin was so angry when he heard these rumors!

He called Fang Xuanling, Wang Jue, Li Jing, Wei Zheng, Eldest Sun Wuji and others to the Taiji Hall and asked angrily how to deal with this matter.

Fang Xuanling and the others looked at each other, they didn't expect someone to be so iron-headed.

Li Shimin has already said before, after Li Zhi proves his ability, whoever dares to chew the root of his tongue will do it.

Now that someone jumped out to do something as soon as the words fell, isn't this obviously slapping Li Shimin in the face?

Seeing that they didn't speak, Li Shimin said angrily to Wang Jue: "Both of them are your subordinates, how do you say this matter should be handled." ”

After hearing this, Wang Jue's face turned bitter, and he thought: Although they are my subordinates, they were all promoted by you!

Besides, you've brought your own uncle to support the field, what else can I say?

In desperation, he had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty might as well order that the two of them be demoted by one level and let them make amends to His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

After hearing his words, Li Shimin snorted coldly and said, "The official is demoted by one level? I have already said before that anyone who slanders the king of Jin will be severely punished, does Aiqing mean that he wants me to break his word? ”

Wang Qi said: "The lower officials don't dare, there is no precedent for this matter, and the lower officials don't know what to do." ”

Li Shimin was also speechless for a while after hearing this.

Since its establishment, Datang has really never encountered such a casual rumor-mongering official.

At this moment, Wei Zheng, the right man of Shangshu, spoke: "Your Majesty, Quan Wanji, Li Renfa is a villain, and he is a villain, and he is righteous in slandering and admonishing him, which seriously affects the harmony of the court, please ask Your Majesty to demote the two of them to three levels in a row and transfer them to the place." ”

Wei Zheng is known for his uprightness, he has long been tired of looking down on Quan Wanji and the others, and at this time, when he has the opportunity, of course he will spare no effort to step on it.

Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng with satisfaction after listening to his proposal.

Then he asked everyone, "What do you think?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "Your Majesty, these two people, as officials, refused to tell the matter of King Jin in public, but spread rumors in private, and the minister thought that these two people should be dismissed directly." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji is more ruthless than Wei Zheng, Li Zhi is his own nephew, and he is not good at speaking out when someone doubted Li Zhi's ability before.

Now that someone wants to slander Li Zhi for plotting evil, he can't bear it.

If such a jumping clown doesn't completely drive them out of the court, Sun Wuji, the eldest grandson, can't swallow this breath.

After hearing the statement of the eldest grandson Wuji, the others immediately spoke in unison: "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

People who are uncles have already said such things, and they can't be guilty of interceding for two unrelated people.

The current situation is obviously that the emperor and his eldest brother are acting, and they just need to watch the play, so why bother to find themselves unhappy for the sake of the two villains.

Li Shimin saw that everyone had reached a consensus, so he announced on the spot: "Since all Aiqing thinks that they should be dismissed, let the province issue a document." ”

After saying this, Li Shimin's mood was much more relaxed.

How can slandering their precious sons make them feel better?

So without Li Zhi's complete knowledge, the two Yanguan were directly unemployed because of him.

After this incident, the DPRK and China finally calmed down, and the wheel of history slowly rolled to the first month of the fifth year of Zhenguan.

After a period of discussion and preparation, Li Shimin decided to start reforming the religious system of the Tang Dynasty.

First of all, he demanded that all monks and nuns should not use the excuse of becoming a monk to extinguish filial piety.

When you see your parents, you should bow as if you were an ordinary person, and when your parents and elders go to the temple to offer incense, you should take the initiative to avoid it.

He then ordered the Ministry of Rites to take over the approval of the people's ordination from the hands of religion.

In this way, the common people's desire to avoid labor and taxation by becoming monks could be effectively discouraged.

In addition, he also adopted part of Li Zhi's opinion and decided to impose a commercial tax on the temple.

This will make up for some of the land taxes lost due to too many monks.

Naturally, these practices have caused some resentment in religious circles.

But Li Shimin just said a word to the outside world, and these people all obediently shut up.

Li Shimin said this: Monks, Taoists, and nuns do not produce in the name of cultivation, do not serve labor, and have sufficient acres of land and gifts from pilgrims, so I would like to try this practice!