In Datong, Shanxi, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao were not in a hurry to return to the capital.

finally came out once, Zhu Houzhao didn't want to go back at all for a while, as for Liu Jin, of course, he also came out with a purpose, and now the matter is only half completed, and the remaining half has not been completed, so naturally he is not in a hurry to go back.

Rewarding the three armies is just a superficial thing for Liu Jin, this time, Liu Jin and Zhu Hou came out, the real purpose is actually to do things.

Military power has always been in the hands of the civilian clique, and the civilian clique has been constantly suppressing the military generals and noble clique, and it is not at all concerned about the construction of the Ming army in all aspects, and even constantly suppressed.

In the long run, the Ming army, which could have cried with Tartars, became sheep that could only rely on the tall city walls to guard, and it can almost be said that it has lost most of its combat effectiveness.

Finding a way to take back military power from the civilian clique into the hands of the emperor was the most important step.

If the military power is not taken back, even if it is to create a powerful army, it will soon be played bad by the civilian clique, which does not want the Ming army to be strong, and does not like the emperor to expand the territory.

In their opinion, the emperor should rule with a bow, hand over the power to these ministers, and rule the world with scholars is the ideal state.

As for the foreign enemy, there is no need to worry about it at all, it is nothing more than asking for money, food, and women, just send it out, of course, the Ming Dynasty is still relatively backbone at this point, the Son of Heaven guards the country, the king dies in the community, never get along, never call the minister a tribute.

Therefore, naturally, these civilian groups do not have the characteristics of expanding their territory, they are only suitable for fighting in the nest, and they are soft bones in the external aspect, and many times they hope to be able to use their so-called benevolence and righteousness to explain the other party.

But it turned out that this set would never work.

In dealing with foreign enemies, only fists and strong force can make the other party understand your strength and obey you, since ancient times, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.

Only on horseback can open up territory, and I have never heard of anyone who can expand territory with one mouth.

If you want to colonize the world and open the Age of Discovery, the Ming Dynasty must have strong force, how can you conquer the natives without strong force?

Without strong force, how can we defeat the European colonizers and bandits?

Without strong force, how can they protect their achievements?

Therefore, it is necessary to take action against the army of the Ming Dynasty, take back the military power from the civilian clique, and then build a strong army that has been fighting in all directions.

Of course, regaining military power is only the first step, and what really matters is to reform the military system of the Ming Dynasty.

The current military system of the Ming Dynasty is linked to the household service system, and the military household will always be a military household, and it will be a military household for generations.

When the Ming Dynasty opened the People's Republic of China, Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang was eloquent and strategic, and came up with a policy that could raise one million male soldiers without spending money, that is, the military household system.

He divided the army of the Ming Dynasty into many guards, each of which was stationed in one place, and then divided a large area of land to this guard, so that the soldiers of these guards could cultivate the land by themselves, so that the court could raise these million male soldiers without spending a penny.

The advantage of this system is indeed as Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang saw, because there is land, so the military households in these guards can be self-sufficient, and there is no need for the imperial court to allocate additional food to feed these military households.

However, Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang came from a humble background and lacked a long-term vision in doing things.

Some people may oppose this point, but Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed a comrade who lacks a long-term vision, and on this point, there is one military household system, and the other is the feudal system.

In terms of the feudal system, Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang divided his sons into various places, and each of them was a prince and king who had mastered local power and military power, which also laid the groundwork for Zhu Di to seize the throne of Emperor Jianwen later.

Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang only saw that this power was always in the hands of the people of their old Zhu family, and wishfully believed that the successor he chose was in the center, and the other feudal princes and kings would submit wholeheartedly to the successor he chose.

But there is no danger of national division at all, the rebellion of the eight kings of the Jin Dynasty in history is because the princes and kings have too much power, and they have the right to have soldiers, and finally under the rebellion of the eight kings, the entire northern Han people almost perished because of the internal strife of their Sima family.

There is also the Han Dynasty in history, also because Liu Bang divided too many princes and kings, and the strength of the princes and kings was too strong, so that several generations of emperors of the old Liu family were worried about cleaning up these princes and kings.

When he was there, his sons were naturally honest, and no one dared to say half a 'no' to him.

However, as soon as Comrade Lao Zhu died, his grandson was immediately taken away by his son, which is enough to show that the feudal system is a very failed system.

This also shows that Comrade Zhu is very short-sighted.

Returning to the military household system, according to the system set by Comrade Lao Zhu, he was indeed able to feed an army of one million without spending money, and even the border army relied on the salt introduction system to feed him, thus greatly saving the financial burden.

But time has changed, and everything is constantly changing.

Because of the military household system, all the male soldiers who could fight well in the world became farmers who cultivated land, and there was nothing at first, but after one or two generations, the male soldiers who could defeat the Northern Yuan Dynasty completely became honest farmers who could only farm the land.

Moreover, because of the military household system, these military households cannot engage in other industries, but can only serve as soldiers, and the population and number of these military households are constantly expanding, but the land given to military households is always so much.

This will lead to the life of military households becoming more and more barren, and gradually by the time of the Hongzhi Dynasty, the military household system has basically been corrupted, and military households have even become a problem with eating, and they are still expected to fight?

In addition, because it is hereditary, these military households also need to endure the exploitation of hundreds and thousands of households, and these thousands and hundreds of households not only encroach on the fields belonging to the guards, but also enslave and exploit these military households, treating these military households as their own slaves.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was able to fight the male soldiers of the Quartet, because of this system, the combat power plummeted, and when it came to the change of the civil fort, the change of the civil fort, the defeat of the Ming army, in addition to the blind command of the eunuch Wang Zhen, a very important reason was that under the military household system at that time, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was already low.

It is no longer the strong army of Comrades Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di who are fighting in all directions, but a group of peasants who temporarily take weapons, and it is simply funny to expect them to win the Tartars.

From these two aspects, it can be seen that Comrade Zhu is actually not good at seeing sincerely, and he sees very short-term and cannot take a long-term view.

In addition, Comrade Lao Zhu is very mean to the officials, and the Ming officials' salaries are the lowest in all dynasties, and the officials can't eat enough, and they also expect the people below to be able to eat enough.

Therefore, corruption was common in the Ming Dynasty, and even Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang's thin skin and grass still could not prevent the emergence of this phenomenon, because officials are also human beings, and they also have to eat well.

Regain military power from the civilian clique and reform the military system of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, in the late Ming Dynasty, in order to deal with the problem of border troubles, the Ming Dynasty also had to reform the military household system and slowly cultivated some professional soldiers.

Therefore, in Liu Jin's plan, in the future, the Ming Dynasty will still gather professional soldiers and future generations of compulsory soldiers, and become soldiers with peace of mind, and train when they should be trained, rather than being a soldier while being a peasant.

Moreover, with the germination of capitalism, science and technology will also develop slowly, and the weapons and equipment used will also continue to innovate, and then it will no longer be a sword fight, but a confrontation between giant ships and cannons.

The traditional military household system cannot satisfy this point at all, and it is necessary to combine professional soldiers with compulsory soldiers to train a strong army that meets the requirements of the times.

Of course, this is Liu Jin's long-term plan, but now he has a very headache, and it is definitely not an easy thing to take back military power from the civilian clique.

The civilian clique will not easily let go of military power, this is the power they have finally seized from the Tumubao Change, how can it be so easy to leave?

Therefore, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao were patrolling the border army at this time, and the most important thing was to do things, whether there was something or not, then they had to find out the matter, so that there would be an excuse and a reason.