Chapter 141 Controlling the Daimyo
"Tsk... Konoha is really miserable now! Fortunately, the so-called Nine-Tails Rebellion is just a cover for our plan. If the Nine-Tails really erupted in Konoha, Konoha would be in trouble now!"

Sitting in the Hokage's office, Uchiha Feiyu flipped through the documents in his hand and said with emotion.

Konoha in this timeline is much worse than in the original work. After all, in the original work, Orochimaru defected to Konoha after the end of the Third World War, and did not cause any major waves in Konoha.

Secondly, in the original work, the Third Raikage fought with tens of thousands of Rock Ninja for three days and three nights in order to cover their retreat. The two ninja villages almost fought to death. In comparison, Konoha's hatred value had to be slightly behind.

In this Ninja World War, the Third and Fourth Raikage both died at the hands of Konoha. The Iwagakure Ninjas were determined to suppress the powerful Konoha, and the two major ninja villages did not cooperate seamlessly, but at least they were wholeheartedly determined to focus on Konoha.

If it weren't for the huge threat posed by the Golden Flash and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki in the later period, Konoha really would not have been able to withstand the opponent's offensive. Even if Minato Namikaze mowed the ground at a fast speed, it would have been impossible for him to hold a line alone if all the lower-level ninjas were killed.

"There are only more than 3,000 active ninjas... Even if we add the hidden strength of the major families, the number of Konoha ninjas today will not exceed 5,000..."

"Tsk... there are still several hundred ninjas who are supposed to be from the Uchiha clan, and they are not on the same page with Konoha."

"If we remove those quick-trained ninjas under the age of eleven or twelve, Konoha's actual strength may not even be 2,000 ninjas."

During Konoha's heyday, the number of recorded ninjas alone was definitely over ten thousand. Including some ninjas hiding in secret departments and unregistered family ninjas, the total number of ninjas was probably around 2 to 3.

It is true that among the twenty to thirty thousand ninjas, the vast majority were Genin cannon fodder, and the vast majority of those who died in the Ninja World War were also such ninjas.

But no matter how cannon fodder a ninja is, he or she has been trained in the ninja school, which definitely takes a lot of time and energy.

Not to mention that although the death rate of Genin is the highest, it does not mean that the death rate of Chunin and Jonin is less. It is just slightly better than that of Genin.

It can be said that the overall strength of the current Konoha Village has been reduced by almost two-thirds compared to before the Ninja World War.

Moreover... without enough ninjas, there is no way to carry out more missions, and naturally, there is no way to collect more funds. Without enough funds, there is naturally no way to train more ninjas...

This is actually a vicious cycle. It can be said that losing half of the ninjas and losing two-thirds of the ninjas may seem to be only one-sixth the difference, but the recovery speed of the ninja village may be more than twice as fast.

Uchiha Feiyu shook his head and looked worried. He seemed to be very worried about Konoha, but the real Hokage who was lying under the table at the moment couldn't help but stammer and speak:

"Wu... Feiyu, why are you worrying about this? Anyway, by then the other ninja villages will be under your control, and there is no need to worry about a new ninja world war. It doesn't matter if Konoha recovers slowly - cough cough uh..."

Uchiha Feiyu stroked Tsunade's golden hair, pressed her head, rolled his eyes and said impatiently: "Work hard!"

"Besides, who said Konoha's recovery speed has nothing to do with me! The faster Konoha's strength recovers, the more power it can sacrifice in the future!"

Uchiha Feiyu wanted to control the five major ninja villages, not out of any desire for power, but because he simply regarded the entire ninja world as his own medicinal nursery.

Even if he wanted to reap the ninja world, he had to cultivate the leeks first! How could letting these ninjas grow wildly compare to intensive cultivation?

Tsunade, who was working below, hummed twice and started working carefully again. Even when she heard Uchiha Feiyu's idea of ​​sacrificing the Konoha ninja, she didn't react at all, but just worked a little more intensely.

After a while, Uchiha Feiyu let out a long sigh. Tsunade crawled out from below, wiped her mouth, and sat in Uchiha Feiyu's arms.

"There's nothing we can do about it... Konoha's recovery speed is already fast enough. The Ninja School is already recruiting students at full capacity and lowering the standards of those who enter. If we expand further, Konoha's finances won't support it!"

Although the number of ninjas is small, the funding for their training is much greater than that for ordinary soldiers. At least ordinary soldiers do not need to go to school to study.

It can be said that the training cost of each ninja is no less than that of an ordinary officer, and the various equipment requirements are far more than the individual armament of soldiers in the cold weapon era.

Part of the funding for Konohagakure comes from the Land of Fire, and the other part comes from the funds collected from various tasks.

Needless to say, the funding for the Fire Nation is huge. Just talking about the funding for missions, it's basically around two or three out of ten. After all, there are quite a few platforms for posting missions in the ninja world. If too much is taken, maybe all the ninjas will go to the underground black market to do missions.

In addition, the number of Konoha ninjas is so small now, so the funds obtained from the mission will naturally not be too much.

"The funding issue... doesn't really matter. Anyway, I will definitely control the Fire Country Daimyo and nobles. When the time comes, it will only take a word for how much money I want."

Uchiha Feiyu put his hand into Tsunade's collar, played with it and spoke, but after hearing such a rebellious plan, Tsunade just blushed, narrowed her eyes, and leaned tightly in Uchiha Feiyu's arms.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Feiyu. If there's anything you need my cooperation with, just tell me!"

"Speaking of which, Feiyu, you are still a member of the Uchiha clan. Those Uchiha..."

"Don't worry about the Uchiha clan. They like to keep to themselves. That's the best. I will have my own ideas when the time comes. These people are all top-notch medicines, much more precious than ordinary ninjas."

In Uchiha Feiyu's eyes, the Uchiha clan is of course very important, but this proof is more reflected in their preciousness.

Although his bloodline is now close to the Six Paths level, and he even possesses the Sage's Eyes and Sage's Body, it is obviously only the lowest level among the Six Paths. Even the Otsutsuki, who is not a pure-blooded person like the Six Paths Sage, is far inferior to him. There is still a lot of room for improvement in his bloodline.

However, ordinary ninjas are no longer of much use to Uchiha Feiyu, but those ninjas with the Otsutsuki bloodline can still help Uchiha Feiyu continue to improve.

"By the way, besides the Uchiha clan, where is the Senju clan of Konoha? I didn't find much information in the Root... The Senju clan is also a pretty good medicine!"

Hearing the words "Senju clan", Tsunade, who was lying in Uchiha Feiyu's arms and was dazed by his hand, shook slightly and woke up a little. But when she looked up at Uchiha Feiyu beggingly, she saw Uchiha Feiyu's cold eyes.

Feeling the pain in her chest and seeing Uchiha Feiyu's increasingly impatient expression, Tsunade revealed a trace of misery and said:
"Oh, I, I understand..., because of my grandfather's ideas... some of the Senju clan chose to integrate into Konoha and intermarry with other ninjas, and some... are in Konoha's medical, education and Anbu departments..."

"I...I will find a way to gather the members of the Senju clan together again..."

"Well, then we have to let them have more children and train more ninjas. The stronger their bloodline is, the better their medicine will be."

Uchiha Feiyu said with a chuckle and looked at Tsunade. Tsunade looked at Uchiha Feiyu with a smile and nodded with a dazed look in her eyes:
"I understand. I will satisfy you. Woo... I will cultivate more great medicines for you, and more cauldrons..."

"Good, that's good. Let me reward you."

The strength in Uchiha Feiyu's hands loosened a little, and turned into softness, going lower and lower, from the peak to the trough. Tsunade, the big fat sheep, had a more and more blurred look in her eyes, almost dripping with water, and she twisted her body, wishing she could completely trample herself into the body of the little man in front of her.

Afterwards, the Fifth Hokage of Konoha was placed on the Hokage's desk. He felt his body suddenly become cold, and then hot.

……

After three months, Tsunade officially became the Hokage, but there was still one thing to do after becoming the Hokage:
Go to the capital of the Land of Fire and get the letter of appointment for the Hokage from the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

Although this is just a formality, to show respect, the Hokage will generally go to the Fire Capital in person, and at most bring a few members of the Shadow Guard with him.

This time, Tsunade took Uzumaki Kushina, Shizune, and Uchiha Toba and went directly to the capital of the Fire Country.

Anyway, there are those who are blatant in the Hokage's Shadow Guard, and there are also those who hide their identities like the Anbu. As long as Uchiha Feiyu puts on the mask and has Tsunade's endorsement, he naturally doesn't have to worry about his identity being exposed.

In fact, with Tsunade's identity as Hokage, there would be no problem even if she directly pardoned Uchiha Feiyu and recalled him to Konoha. It was just a matter of whether Uchiha Feiyu himself was willing.

The four of them were not in too much of a hurry to go from Konoha to the capital of the Land of Fire. Along the way, Uchiha Feiyu enjoyed the careful care of the three women and enjoyed every bit of pleasure. It took them more than half a month to finally arrive at the Daimyo Prefecture.

There is no need to say more about what happened afterwards. Even though the Daimyo of the Fire Country had the so-called 12 Guardians of the Fire Country to protect him, he was powerless against Uchiha Feiyu and was easily hit by the Soul-Saving Technique.

Not only the Daimyo of the Fire Country, but also the noble ministers of the Fire Country. Basically, the entire upper class of the Fire Country were wiped out and became Uchiha Feiyu's puppets.

Even the 12 Guardians of the Land of Fire were controlled by Uchiha Feiyu for safety reasons.

The chakra version of the Soul-Saving Technique may be difficult to crack, but it is not difficult to discover. Not to mention abilities like the Byakugan, just using the chakra perception ability to sense the operation of the brain's chakra can reveal the problem.

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire is not the Kage of the five major ninja villages, and no one doubts that the Kage of a village has fallen into an illusion. That's because the Kage is so powerful that others naturally cannot expect it.

As for people like the Daimyo, once the policies being implemented change too much, or if there is any abnormal behavior, the guardians will definitely check the head of the Fire Country Daimyo first to see if he has been hit by an illusion.

Only by controlling the so-called 12 guardians with illusion can the secret be kept from being leaked.

However, what Uchiha Feiyu did not expect was that he actually saw an acquaintance among the 12 guardians, namely Asuma, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old but had already begun to age prematurely.

In the original work, Asuma joined the 12 Guardians for a long time. As to whether he was young and frivolous, dissatisfied with his father, or simply joined the 12 Guardians as the son of Hokage with political goals, the original work did not fully confirm it.

It is also possible that it is a bit of both situations, but in any case, he has indeed joined the 12 guardians now, and he is the youngest of the 12 guardians.

Uchiha Feiyu did not go soft on him, but in the end, considering that he was a classmate after all, while using the Dushen Jutsu to control him, he also made him the leader of the 12 guardians and the daimyo's most trusted confidant.

"But if this happens, Asuma might not return to Konoha. It doesn't matter. Being a guardian is definitely better than being an ordinary ninja."

The guardian of the Fire Country Daimyo not only has a noble status and obtains power and money far beyond that of ordinary jonin, but is also much safer than ordinary ninja village ninjas.

According to Uchiha Feiyu, since the establishment of the system of 12 guardians, no guardian has died while on duty.

In comparison, the shadow actors in each village are much more miserable, and basically they do not live to see retirement.

In the Fire Country Daimyo's mansion, Uchiha Feiyu sat on the top main seat. The Fire Country Daimyo, Tsunade, and many Fire Country nobles were sitting below, looking at him with respect.

"The next mission of the Fire Nation is to try our best to train more ninjas. In addition to vigorously supporting the Konoha Ninja Village, there are also a large number of chakra refining techniques that can be spread. It would be best if everyone can practice!"

Hearing this, the Fire Country Daimyo frowned and spoke with some embarrassment:
"There is no problem in providing funds for the restoration of Konohagakure, but if we want to promote chakra training among the entire population, there are still several difficulties."

"What are the problems? Tell me!"

"The first is the lack of teaching resources... The entire Fire Country has about 3 million citizens, but the number of people with chakra, even if you count those wandering ninjas and even ronin samurai, probably won't exceed 3."

"Although the Chakra Refining Technique is not something too advanced, it still takes at least one or two years of study and understanding to truly refine the Chakra."

(End of this chapter)