In the beginning, the largest market was actually not domestic, but foreign, such as the grasslands of the Western Regions. However, as the empire successively wiped out those countries in recent years, crazily obtained profits and squeezed the people, the foreign market is now shrinking sharply.
The first place that can be regarded as a dumping ground for goods is naturally the Western Region. The small countries there are rich and like things from the empire. Merchants can sell their products for up to twenty times. The second place is the surrendered nobles of the grassland, or
The nobles who surrendered in Tuyuhun were again those from Goguryeo and other places that had just been destroyed by the empire.
As the empire gradually prospered, people's lives became better and better, and the population further increased, the domestic market suddenly surpassed that of foreign countries. Among them, the south is the largest market after Guanzhong. There is only one reason for this situation
, in the great chaos of the world, compared with the Central Plains and other places, the population and wealth of the South were maintained better.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, rebellions occurred frequently either in Hebei or in the Central Plains. Among them, the Central Plains had two great rebels, Wang Shichong and Li Mi. Several wars in the Central Plains had already decimated the population of the Central Plains and depleted their vitality.
Beat it dry.
Therefore, the Central Plains developed very slowly.
Although there are rebellions in Guanzhong, the Tang Dynasty occupied this area early, so the population damage is actually not bad. Moreover, after Li Zhiyun ascended the throne, he had the advantage of taking care of the people in Guanzhong first. Now the development of Guanzhong is naturally getting better and better.
As transportation improves, people from all over the world naturally come to Guanzhong.
According to Li Zhiyun's guess, as the empire exploits its people for longer and longer, the lives of the empire's people will get better and better, and the population will increase dramatically. By that time, the market will be even bigger. As for whether the market will be saturated?
It is estimated that this issue will not need to be considered in thirty years.
"Are you two just going to keep knitting like this?" Li Zhiyun looked at the two wives speechlessly. I worked hard for this family and came back to rest at night, but you ignored me and just immersed yourself in knitting, right?
Empress Yang was still knitting her sweater and asked, "What do you want to say, husband?"
"I..." Li Zhiyun hesitated, then simply stopped talking and leaned against the table, watching the two of them knitting sweaters.
Seeing this, Queen Yang and Concubine Chen couldn't help but smile.
Concubine Chen put away her sweater first, stood up and bowed.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I will go back to rest first."
Li Zhiyun licked his lips and wanted to say: "Let's stay together."
But he still didn't say it. He knew that this was impossible. Neither of the two women would agree to his ridiculous suggestion. What's more, Concubine Chen was still pregnant.
After Concubine Chen left, Queen Yang put down her sweater and stretched gently, revealing her plump figure.
Leaning sideways in the emperor's arms, Empress Yang said: "Your Majesty, is it time for Zhao'er's child to consider marrying him?"
It was indeed the time for the fourth son to marry a wife at this age. Li Zhiyun married Queen Yang at about this age.
"Does he have someone he likes?" Li Zhiyun hugged his queen.
Empress Yang said: "Marriage matters are naturally arranged by the parents. How can we wait for him to make his own decision? How unethical is this?"
Speaking of this, she was full of resentment and complained: "Could it be that your Majesty intends to make Zhaoer as presumptuous as Jinyang."
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"Ahem." Li Zhiyun awkwardly changed the subject, "When you mentioned this, did you fancy a lady from a certain family?"
"Not yet, shouldn't we discuss this with His Majesty first?" Queen Yang said.
Li Zhiyun said: "In that case, just watch it first. If you find a suitable person, then talk to me. However, I have a request, you must remember it."
"Your Majesty, please speak." Queen Yang looked solemn.
Li Zhiyun said: "A daughter from a wealthy family cannot be a legitimate wife."
Hearing this, Queen Yang quickly understood the meaning, nodded and said: "I will remember it."
Today, marrying a daughter from a noble family has become the ambition of countless young people. This is a characteristic of the times and is inevitable. Empress Yang also wanted to marry her son to a daughter from a noble family. After all, this would help her son. But her husband suppressed the noble family.
Even if a daughter from an aristocratic family is not allowed to be the head wife, she can understand
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At the same time, she also had another suspicion in her heart that a daughter from an aristocratic family was not allowed to be his wife, which meant that His Majesty did not completely reject his son's wife from being a daughter from an aristocratic family.
So, does this mean that His Majesty actually prefers Zhao'er?
The simple truth is that if Your Majesty doesn't think highly of Zhao'er at all, he won't care at all whether Zhao'er marries a daughter from a noble family as his official wife. Only if His Majesty thinks highly of Zhao'er will he specifically give this order to prevent the noble family from returning to the court in the future.
Thinking of this, Queen Yang suppressed her heart and said calmly: "My husband is worried that if Zhaoer marries a daughter from a noble family as his wife, he may be affected by the noble family in the future?"
Anyone else would never dare to ask the emperor such tentative words. But Empress Yang was his wife, so she naturally dared to ask.
Li Zhiyun did not deny it, but said: "I am just worried that Zhaoer will be too soft in the future."
Li Zhiyun actually doesn't care at all whether his son marries a girl from an aristocratic family. The son he educates must be the heir who inherits his ideas. When the time comes, if Zhaoer really marries a girl from an aristocratic family, he will inevitably be disturbed when he makes the move.
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Furthermore, he also hopes to find a wife for his son who can accompany him for a lifetime. Behind a successful man, there must be a virtuous and virtuous woman. If the wife is not virtuous, the family home will inevitably be unrest, and the Li family is not a family, but a family.
An empire.
Hearing what the emperor said, Empress Yang felt more and more that her guess was close to the answer.
"Zhao'er is young, and my husband still has time to teach him, so he will definitely be able to understand the truth." Empress Yang said.
Li Zhiyun nodded, "Yeah."
Immediately afterwards, Empress Yang said: "I will try my best to choose ladies from ordinary families."
The ordinary families here are not ordinary people, but some small poetry and calligraphy families. At the very least, they must be families with three generations of official history, or they may be the newly promoted nobles of the imperial court.
"Anyone is fine." After Li Zhiyun finished speaking, he added: "The Dou family, the Dugu family and other families, you don't have to choose."
He almost forgot to guard against the Guanlong nobles. Although the Guanlong people were severely suppressed by him in the court, and there were basically few people in high positions, Li Zhiyun still would not let down his guard against them.
"Yes." Queen Yang agreed. She also knew the threat from the Guanlong people, so she directly excluded the women from the Guanlong family.
What's more, the women who came from the Dugu family and the Dou family were not kind people. Let's not talk about the distant ones, let's talk about the close ones. Empress Dugu of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty is simply unreasonable!
Queen Dugu's name was Dugu Jialuo. She was the youngest daughter of Dugu Xin, the father-in-law of the country. Needless to say, her reputation as a virtuous woman was legendary, but her jealousy was an anecdote throughout the ages.
Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Lao Yang, was a very thoughtful person. He cut flesh with soft knives and tortured the Long people to the point of being forced to live or die, but he was still a loser in front of Dugu Jialuo.
Once, Lao Yang Lin was lucky enough to have the granddaughter of his former enemy Yuchi, but when Dugu Jialuo found out about it, he killed Yuchi directly while Lao Yang was away.
Then, as the emperor, Lao Yang chose... to run away in anger!
Yes, it is recorded in official history that a single rider left the garden and entered the valley for more than 20 miles without hesitation.
Later, Lao Yang said melancholy: "I am the emperor and cannot be free."
It's sad to think about it, a wise king of a generation was as fearful of his own country as a tiger. From this we can see how powerful Dugu Jialuo is in controlling his husband.
Empress Yang did not want her son to be controlled like this by a Dugu woman, so she decisively agreed to the emperor not to choose a woman from the Guanlong family such as the Dugu family.