"The army must have its own soul, thoughts and ideas, be loyal to the monarch and love the country!"

Zhang Mao carefully savored Liu Jin's words, and nodded solemnly after listening to them, expressing his deep support.

Then he couldn't help but glance at Liu Jingao, this stinky boy is still very smart.

"The construction of the second army is not only about training, but also about too many things, such as weapons and equipment, logistics support, military welfare and many other aspects."

"A strong army not only needs rigorous training and steely will, but more importantly, it also needs all kinds of excellent weapons and equipment, strong logistical support, and more importantly, it needs to solve their worries and protect the interests of soldiers."

Liu Jin looked at the expressions of the two, smiled and continued.

To build an army is to throw money, and without money, you can't afford to build a decent army, this has been the case since ancient times, and any strong army is smashed out of money.

From weapons and equipment to logistical support, to military welfare and so on, all aspects require money.

A very important reason why the army of the Ming Dynasty was so low in combat effectiveness and declined very much after the change of Tumubao was that the army investment was getting less and less.

Civilian officials are in power, constantly suppressing military generals and nobles, and the army's expenses can be saved, given food to eat, and starve to death, as for other things, don't think about anything else.

The weapons and equipment are getting worse and worse, the firearms units that used to fight the world were directly abolished, and the guns could not be fired a few times before they were directly blown up, and the same is true for artillery, and everyone would rather kill the enemy with a knife than use this thing.

As for the status, not to mention, the generals and nobles can't raise their heads, and as for the big soldiers below, they were directly scolded by Qiu Ba, who has no status at all, and even became a soldier, it is difficult to even marry a daughter-in-law, a broken military household.

What combat effectiveness can such an army have?

It may be difficult to bully the peasants to revolt, let alone fight with the steppe people.

It is simply impossible to expect them to defend the country, otherwise when the Ming Dynasty fell, why would a large number of troops surrender to foreign tribes?

Many times it cannot be said that they are traitors, traitors or anything, everyone has to eat, they can't even eat enough to protect their families and defend the country, and their wives and children at home are bullied again, and no one can say that they are indifferent.

Since the Song Dynasty, Wenchen has been completely in power, and the kneecaps and backbones of the military generals and nobles have been completely broken, and the backbone of the Han people has also been broken, because it is impossible to expect such an army to defend the country, and it is destined to be bullied by foreigners, and it is normal to lose the country in the end.

It can be said that the use of civil servants in power, emphasizing literature over military force, is indeed to ensure that the imperial power will not be taken away by military generals and nobles, but it is to break the backbone of the Han people, and at the end of the dynasty, the same will change the dynasty, but after that, the country is not the country of the Han people, but the rule of foreign races.

I have to say that this is a very sad thing.

"Weapons and equipment, logistics support, military welfare?"

Zhu Houzhao and Zhang Mao listened carefully, and their previous understanding of building an army was basically a book of soldiers, and the emphasis should be on training and refining into an army, which is what they said.

But now what Liu Jin said is more extensive and more specific, and the design is in all aspects, although it is the first time to hear it, the two of them also understood Liu Jin's meaning, and thought carefully in their minds.

"The advance team in front of me, no matter in that aspect, it is not an army, just a group of rabble, but a little training, a certain degree of discipline and organization, plus some weapons and equipment, it is enough to deal with pirates and pirates, as for marching and fighting, they are still far behind."

Liu Jin looked at the more than 2,000 people in front of him, in Liu Jin's opinion, they were really not the army, they were just a group of hired armed men, the kind who took money to do things.

There is no ideological construction, there is no perfect support for the later stage, and there is no welfare system for military personnel, and so on, and there is no talk of the army at all.

Of course, in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao, Zhang Mao, and others, these are the army in front of them, with strict training, consistent action, and weapons and equipment, what is this not an army?

Emperor Hongzhi not only sent the eunuchs who supervised the army, but also stuffed a lot of trustworthy people into it, and the commander also belonged to Zhu Houzhao, who still looked at it very seriously, and treated it completely as an army.

Liu Jin didn't care about this at all, if he really asked Liu Jin to get an army, Liu Jin couldn't be so perfunctory at all, what army could he make in just one month?

"Lao Liu, let you build an army, do you have any confidence that you can let it sweep the grassland?"

Zhu Hou looked at Liu Jin, then at the more than 2,000 people on the playground, thought about it and asked.

"It depends on how much His Highness is willing to invest, the more you invest, the stronger your combat effectiveness will be, not to mention sweeping the grassland, sweeping the world is not a problem."

Liu Jin thought about it and replied.

"Okay, it's enough to have your words, and when I become emperor in the future, I will definitely let you build an army that sweeps the world."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately became happy, he was a military fan, and what he wanted to do most was not to be an emperor, but to lead the army to war.

Zhang Mao on the side heard this, and also laughed, maybe the status of the military generals and nobles will change, and it will really be possible until the Zhu Houzhao in front of him takes the position.

Just thinking about the situation in the DPRK and the huge power of the ministers, he felt that this thing was definitely not so easy to do.

……

This day was the day when the advance team set off for the Ryukyus.

In the port of Tianjin, more than a dozen large ships have already been filled with all kinds of materials, in addition to weapons and equipment, the most in them are all kinds of construction things, and the most carried is cement.

With cement, it will be much easier to carry out construction, whether it is to build a city wall, build a bridge or pave roads, build a port, etc., it will become very easy, and these ships will continue to travel back and forth between Tianjin and Ryukyu to transport more materials and personnel to Ryukyu.

To build a base, the manpower and materials required are very large, that is, the cement is made, plus the wealth is large, otherwise, it is not easy to build an advance base.

"Bell~Bell~"

With the ringing of bells, the members of the advance team began to board one after another, preparing to leave Tianjin for Ryukyu.