Li Zhi suggested to Li Shimin that all monks must be ordained and strictly abide by all the rules of the temple, and that each temple should not be allowed to recruit lay disciples at will.

At present, the lay disciples in the various temples are either all ordained and truly converted, or they immediately return to the laity.

These are not the most ruthless.

In order to prevent people from entering the temple for a short time to avoid labor, Li Zhi also deliberately proposed that once he decided to become a monk, he should not leave without permission within five years.

In case of violation, not only the arrears of labor must be paid, but also the taxes for the period.

Five years is not a short time.

You must know that the Tang Dynasty's regulations on the age of service were from the age of eighteen to about sixty years old.

This is the golden age for anyone.

And who wants to waste it in a temple just to avoid a month or so of labor a year?

In this way, unless they are sincere believers, they will not take the initiative to enter the temple until they are about to starve to death.

This indirectly curbed the rapid expansion of the temple.

Everyone was looking at Li Zhi in surprise at the moment.

His idea can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone, cutting off both the financial means of those who evade taxes and the population needed for the development of the temple.

Not only that, but by doing so, Li Zhi also completely severed the connection between the temple and those with vested interests.

As a result, the temple was quietly isolated.

At this time, everyone had only one evaluation of Li Zhi's move: ruthless! It's so ruthless! It's like killing those people's parents!

After listening to Li Zhi's suggestion, Li Shimin happily asked everyone, "What do you think of King Jin's suggestion?" ”

Everyone hurriedly expressed their support.

The policy of a new round of Reformation was soon announced.

Those who tried their best to evade taxes before heard this policy, and it was really more uncomfortable than the death of their own mother.

Many people scolded in private, thinking that the people in the court who could come up with such a solution were too immoral.

Soon after, someone inquired that this method was from Li Zhi's mouth.

The news made these people shocked and angry.

They were both amazed at Li Zhi's ingenuity and annoyed that Li Zhi had done too much.

Many people who were forced to return to the vulgar because of Li Zhi's suggestion hated Li Zhi to the core.

So a conspiracy against Li Zhi soon began quietly.

Li Zhi didn't have the slightest time to care about all of this now.

At this time, he was preparing a gift for his mother's birthday.

Seeing that it is about to come to mid-March, and Empress Changsun's birthday is just fifteen.

Li Zhi is now preparing to make a set of cosmetics for Empress Eldest Sun with Li Su.

The reason why he had this idea was because Li Su was now able to help him refine a lot of useful chemical raw materials.

Among them, there are not only three acids and two bases, but also alcohol, as well as various metals and oxides.

These things not only support him in making soaps and perfumes, but also face oils and lipsticks.

Now it is the season of spring flowers, and Li Zhi specially asked people to pick several kinds of flowers that smell particularly good.

Li Zhi and Li Su, Liu An worked together, and Li Su was responsible for refining the raw materials needed by Li Zhi.

Li Zhi and Liu An are responsible for mixing and mixing various raw materials and putting them into molds or containers.

The first thing they make is perfume.

All you need to do is put some flower petals and other spices in distilled water to distill it.

The distilled water vapor is then condensed and injected into a small amount of animal fat for reheating.

When the oil melts, you can wait quietly for the essential oil to slowly precipitate.

With essential oils in hand, the next step is to add alcohol and distilled water to blend and stir.

Finally, let it sit a little and then filter out impurities, and it becomes a real perfume.

In order to make the flavor of the perfume more balanced, Li Zhi also deliberately put the packed perfume in ice cubes for aging.

Once you've made the perfume, it's even easier to make the soap.

Just mix the alcohol and essential oils into the animal's fat, stir well, and add some alkali to speed up the solidification, and then pour it into the mold made in advance.

Next, the production of face oil and lipstick is actually the same.

It's just that the face oil needs to add more medicinal ingredients such as honeysuckle and honey.

Li Zhi also made toothpaste by the way, so that he didn't have to brush his teeth with his fingers dipped in tooth powder every day.

The glass container which I use for everything except soap.

For this purpose, they have also developed molds with threads.

Liu An has already perfected the technique of firing glass, and he has even added different metal oxides to the glass to make the glass show different colors.

Li Zhi took these containers and found Pei Kuanshu and asked him to help make two beautiful packaging boxes.

This is for him and Li Su, so he deliberately asked Pei Kuanshu to use different colors of packaging.

Li Zhi not only prepared gifts by himself, but also helped Li Lizhi prepare gifts.

He has the best relationship with Li Lizhen, and he will not forget his sister when he needs to show his face.

After finishing all this, Li Zhi immediately sorted out the production method and designed some special equipment for this purpose.

He was going to go to the ironworks to study the stainless steel refining process with Bakken.

When the time comes, stainless steel will be used to make a set of equipment for the production of cosmetics.

On the birthday of Empress Changsun, all the princes and princesses came to celebrate Empress Changsun's birthday.

The concubines of the harem came to the Lizheng Hall early to talk to the eldest grandson queen.

Even Li Shimin finished his work early and came to the Lizheng Hall before noon.

Before the meal, it was customary for the princes and princesses to offer gifts to the eldest grandson and queen.

So, starting with Li Chengqian, everyone took the initiative to arrange the order.

As the crown prince, Li Chengqian is definitely not short of money in the palace, but he also made some careful moves when choosing gifts.

He knew that Li Shimin and Empress Changsun didn't like to be too extravagant, so he personally designed a golden hairpin and gave it to Empress Changsun.

After Li Chengqian presented the golden hairpin, he blessed the eldest grandson and queen: "The sons wish the queen mother eternal happiness and longevity. ”

Empress Eldest Sun said happily: "Good! Good! The queen mother also hopes that you will become a talent as soon as possible and share the worries of your father. ”

Li Chengqian said: "The sons and daughters obey the orders of the queen mother. ”

Next it was the turn of Li Ke, the king of Wu, who presented a pair of exquisite earrings.

Li Ke's usual performance also won the favor of Empress Changsun and Li Shimin.

Therefore, the eldest grandson queen also praised and encouraged him.

Next came Li Tai's turn.

This kid has gained a lot of weight recently, but under Wang Qi's discipline, his knowledge has improved a lot.

The gift he gave was a painting of flowers and birds from the monk Yu Chi Yi.

This kid also has a heart, knowing that Empress Changsun likes calligraphy and painting, so he specially asked for the head of the monk Yu Chi Yi, who is as famous as Yan Liben.

As for why don't you find Yan Liben, who is good at drawing characters? That's not because the two of them got too close to Li Zhi.