Chapter 139
Chapter 139
It must be said that Konoha knows how to use the daimyo to control the nobles.
Ever since the ninja army kidnapped, er no, asked the little daimyo to leave, Konoha seemed to have obtained an extremely useful imperial sword, with a legitimate reason to fight and hit wherever it pointed-
What, someone dared to say that Prince Soujin was just a cripple, a scapegoat who was pushed out to take the blame, and Konoha was the traitor who killed the daimyo?
What a big truth, bah, big lie!
This must be a rebel who surrendered to Prince Soujin. Spreading such disturbing rumors is to rebel against Konoha, and rebelling against Konoha is equivalent to rebelling against the daimyo. For the sake of the daimyo, all these traitors must be killed!
For a time, the rebels in the whole Land of Fire sprang up like mushrooms after rain. They fanned the flames everywhere, causing unrest among the people. They were extremely evil. As the loyal dog of the daimyo, Konoha naturally could not sit idly by. The arrest operation was in full swing, vowing to catch these rebels in one fell swoop.
For the first time in their lives, the ninjas of Konoha stood on the peak of morality. They held the daimyo and righteousness in their hands, as if they had become the embodiment of justice.
This taste is really sour!
And those nobles who used to be high above and bossed them around were now so angry that they could only watch Konoha show off its power on the moral high ground, but they were helpless.
There was no way, who asked their own daimyo to be in their hands, this was really, aggrieved!
The little daimyo was so moved by Konoha's loyalty that he could not wait to give generous rewards that day to express his gratitude to Konoha for its loyalty to the Fire Country.
In addition to the huge reward of billions, which almost emptied the entire treasury, the little daimyo also generously gave Konoha a large amount of valuable land, and even personally gave official titles.
Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama were both given the title and official position of general, Tobirama and Kanoko were also appointed as Kanrei, second only to their elder brother. In addition to these four core figures, the other senior officials also received corresponding rewards, and transformed from civilians to officially certified senior officials.
Shen Yue was of course no exception. Because of her gender and age, the daimyo waved his hand and made her the princess of the Fire Country. All treatment and status were equal to those of a real princess, including the privilege of opening a fiefdom.
Kamui, who was upgraded to the legitimate princess of the Land of Fire, and Madara and Hashirama, who were legitimate generals, were not stunned by the pie that fell from the sky. After all, these titles only sounded good.
After all, the little daimyo was just a puppet without real power. The only thing he could give was the title. As for the land and money, he had already given away everything he could, although it was just verbal. If he wanted to really hold the things in his hands, Konoha could only go and get them himself.
But now Konoha, to put it bluntly, only lacked a title.
With such a hand, the daimyo was really generous. In order to save his life, he simply gave everything he had and emptied his family's assets. Of course, this method was indeed simple, crude and effective. The little daimyo was not only worry-free now, but also ate, drank and slept well. His treatment was countless times better than his two brothers and sisters who loved to commit suicide.
How could Konoha be willing to throw away such a useful chess piece?
At least, until Konoha no longer needs him, his life will be protected most closely.
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Such a huge change in the Land of Fire was like a heavy bomb, which instantly caused an uproar and even shocked the entire ninja world.
The people of Konoha were happy to see this, and even gloated a little. The people of the ninja world were too shocked and their emotions were a little insufficient. For a while, they could only be numb and dazed.
It was not their fault. The move of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire was unprecedented. It was the first time in the entire ninja world that he directly awarded ninja positions. What's more, he threw out so many positions in one breath, even including two generals and a princess. Such a move undoubtedly shocked the entire ninja world.
You know, even the guardian ninja, who is theoretically the highest and closest to the Daimyo, is just a nominal position with an empty title, and does not really involve substantive political power or decision-making power. To put it bluntly, it is the Daimyo's personal guard.
The entire ninja world was in an uproar. The four major ninja villages, the four major daimyos, and the ninja clans fighting alone were all disturbed by this sudden incident. Anyone who had some connections started to investigate what was going on. As for the news released by Konoha, whoever wanted to believe it could believe it.
For a time, the ninja world was in turmoil, and all kinds of news and rumors were flying around. However, Konoha never thought of covering it up. After all, even if someone knew about it, what could they do?What? Do they want to report to the daimyo?
Konoha was eager for these clowns to come out and make a fuss, so that they could kill all these traitors.
So, with Konoha's tacit consent, spies soon found out the truth. The intelligence of the day seemed to have wings and flew quickly to all directions. The whole ninja world knew about Konoha's great achievements-
Destroying the Fire Temple, besieging the daimyo's mansion, and kidnapping the new daimyo, such thundering means are really shocking. If three years ago, Uchiha Madara trampled on the daimyo's regime and trampled on its dignity, then now, the entire daimyo's regime is dead in name only.
Since breaking the shackles imposed by the nobles on the ninjas, Konoha has been encroaching on their wealth and power step by step. The gold, silver, treasures, vast lands and powerful forces that once belonged to the nobles are now gradually controlled by Konoha Village.
Now, Konoha is using the daimyo to control the lords, and using their actions to tell those nobles and daimyo who were once high and mighty: Sir, the times have changed!
This move, like three years ago, once again opened the door to a new world for the Kages of each village. The four Kages, who are all top ninjas, shared the same hatred and applauded Konoha.
Looking at the information in their hands, the four Kages were amazed, with unbelievable expressions on their faces, as if they were witnessing the birth of a miracle, and finally couldn't help but exclaimed from the bottom of their hearts:
Oh my god, there is actually this trick!
Konoha is really ruthless. In comparison, the four of them are as timid as four mice.
The Raikage only killed the daimyo once at most, but Konoha killed the daimyo twice and burned the castle tower twice. It's amazing, it's worthy of Konoha!
The nobles were so angry that their teeth itched and their faces turned blue. They wanted to eat Konoha alive. They used to enjoy endless wealth and privileges, and were completely outside the chaos of the ninja world. But because of the appearance of Konoha, they could no longer live the romantic life they used to, and were harmed everywhere.
Especially the daimyo of the four major countries, they now have to face a cruel reality: not only are their lives no longer safe, but they may also be kidnapped by those powerful ninjas at any time like the small daimyo of the Fire Country!
The most amazing thing is that this time, the daimyo of the Fire Country was killed by Hashirama Senju himself.
This is really extraordinary and unbelievable. If this was done by Uchiha Madara, the Shura of the Ninja World known for his unruly behavior, then everyone would be accustomed to it.
After all, Madara-sama has always been the kind of person who would just go after anyone he dislikes. He has never been bound by anything, and his dissatisfaction with the nobles has long been an open secret, not to mention that he has done this before.
However, the protagonist of this incident is Hashirama Senju, which is completely different!
As the initiator of the one village, one country system, who in the ninja world doesn't know Hashirama's good-natured and good-hearted personality?
But now, this good-natured man has personally killed his former collaborator, the founder of one village, one country, and in the end he actually personally denied the system he had formulated. This is really a huge irony that is so vivid that it makes people unable to help but smack their lips.
This makes the four shadows curious. What exactly made him change his position and principles? What happened in the middle?
Or maybe, Hashirama is not as good as he looks?
The ninjas who thought of this couldn't help but shudder. As expected of Hokage, his mind is really unfathomable!
In any case, this incident will become an important turning point in the history of the ninja world, and will also change people's views and perceptions of Senju Hashirama.
During this period, Uchiha Madara was in a rare good mood.
This was not because of the boring and empty title of the Shogun, but because Hashirama finally gave up "one village, one country" and those naive and ridiculous ideas.
Madara was so proud that he almost made all the hair on his head stand up, especially when he learned that Hashirama had killed the daimyo himself, the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up.
See, Hashirama, I am right!
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Since the ninja army returned triumphantly from the daimyo's mansion, Konoha has been in unprecedented busyness.
The joy brought by the victory has not yet subsided, and new challenges have come one after another. Facing the entire Fire Country that needs to be managed, the heads of Konoha's two big brains, Shenyue and Tobirama, are about to explode.
Unlike most people in the Land of Fire who were cheering and happy as if it was New Year's Day, after working overtime in the Hokage Building for almost a week, they had already begun to deeply regret going to Luoyang.
Facing an entire country, the first problem they had to face wasThere was a serious shortage of manpower. Under heavy pressure, no matter whether you were a living ninja or a combat ninja, all of them were driven to work by Tobirama. These people were squeezed so hard that they almost had no time to rest or eat. For a while, the entire Hokage building was full of zombies who worked overtime to the point of doubting their lives.
Living ninjas were fine, but for those combat ninjas who were more accustomed to fighting on the battlefield, this boring, trivial and complicated administrative affairs was undoubtedly a huge torture. After a few days, this group of fearless men and women on the battlefield were on the verge of collapse.
People were shouting about insufficient budget and insufficient manpower everywhere. More than a dozen doors of the Hokage's office were knocked down, but compared with the money needed by an entire country, the money sent by the daimyo was not enough. The various departments were scheming against each other, and the competition for the budget even turned into an extremely tragic war.
All of the above hardships were because Konoha wanted more than just to occupy a piece of land or gain a temporary victory. Konoha, or Shenyue, wanted real rule.
If it is just occupation, then in fact, after defeating the old armed forces, it is enough to plunder those valuable targets at will, just like the ninjas in the past three years have taken away their gold and silver treasures after killing the daimyo nobles.
But ruling an entire country means that Konoha must abolish the feudal territories in various places, break the privileges of those entrenched nobles, monks, and samurai, and take all the land back from them.
In addition to the imminent land reform, Konoha certainly needs to formulate a clear legal system.
This is another extremely fresh word in the ninja world. As the first person to propose this concept, the great Princess Shenyue can only take on the heavy responsibility with tears. She racked her brains to recall the laws and regulations she had seen in her previous life, trying to draw inspiration from them.
But this is also necessary. As the cornerstone of social norms, the unification of laws is crucial to maintaining national order and protecting the rights and interests of the people.
Unification is really an extremely fresh word in the ninja world.
And what does a unified country need?
Unified writing, unified currency and weights and measures, unified laws, well-built roads that can truly connect all regions, and many other things.
As a pioneer of the entire ninja world, Konoha is stumbling on this difficult, bumpy and extremely dangerous road.
"First adjust the taxes, and then eliminate all the bandits in the country!"
"Every place must have a crash course in life ninja, we are so short of people!"
"Hasn't the nobles there been killed yet?"
In the Hokage Building, dozens of Tobirama figures were busy shuttling between various offices. They were all working frantically. He even split a shadow clone and chased Shen Yue to teach her the shadow clone technique so that she could also split dozens of herself to work, but she ran faster than the Hong Kong reporters!
She didn't want to split dozens of herself to work! Being a child laborer is already miserable, okay?
Evil Senju Tobirama, get out of here and go to work quickly, don't chase this princess anymore!
While the two were arguing, emergency reports were coming in from the territories under Konoha's rule. The reports were quickly read, and the handwriting on them was messy and hurried, conveying the same message without exception - "terrible", "finished" and "why haven't we finished yet?"
If we really want to evaluate how Konoha performed during this period? I'm afraid it can only be described as full of loopholes and extremely bad.
The only thing to be thankful for is that the residents of the Land of Fire really support Konoha very much. Not to mention blind faith, it has reached the point of belief!
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