After Hatake Sakumo's modifications, the Konoha Ninja School education reform proposal was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives without any doubt.
All the jounin expressed their support for the correct direction of Chairman Sakumo, adhered to the wise guidance of Governor Tokumitsu, and supported the line and policy of the Uchiha clan.
After all, although the Great Purge was short-lived, both its intensity and depth taught the Konoha ninjas a vivid lesson.
Only then did everyone realize that if the wealthy family becomes ruthless, they can be so cruel and unscrupulous...
Naturally, the education reform proposal was passed unanimously without any changes, and was then sent to the Senate for a final vote.
Of course, judging from the current situation, if the Senate where the ninja clan gathered did not have one or two decorative objections arranged by the Uchiha clan, it would most likely have passed unanimously.
Just regarding the organization of the Chuunin Examination, which Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't care much about, all the Jonin members in the House of Representatives spoke enthusiastically.
"The scale of the joint examination of the Ninja School and the Police Preparatory School is still a bit small. There are still many experienced genin in the village who can take the chunin exam. Letting them be promoted will also help relieve the current task pressure of the village."
A civilian jounin suggested.
In addition to the genin who came from the ninja school, some civilian ninja families also have a small number of children who were trained by themselves based on the ninja education model. They also obtained genin status during the war expansion. If these "Haito ninjas" of Konoha can pass the chunin exam If promoted, it would also help expand the influence of civilian ninja families.
"If the Chuunin Examination is limited to the joint examination between the two schools in the village, it may seem that the structure is not enough..."
Another jounin suggested: "Perhaps we should invite other ninja villages to hold a joint examination?"
"Konoha is number one in the ninja world. Inviting other villages to participate in the joint examination will also help spread the village's prestige and power in the ninja world."
"That makes sense..."
All the jounin reconsidered.
Uchiha Tokimitsu and Hatake Sakumo naturally follow the good path. The jonin congressmen also felt that their opinions were fully respected, and they were naturally very happy.
Then Hatake Sakumo, the speaker of the House of Representatives, announced that he had fully accepted everyone's suggestions and entrusted Uchiha Tokumitsu, the governor of Konoha, to invite other ninja villages to participate in the chunin joint examination.
Of course, Uchiha Tokumitsu would not handle this matter personally, so he summoned Mito Monobu, who was once in charge of Konoha's Foreign Affairs Department, and asked him to send invitations to the Chunin Examination to all the big and small ninja villages in the ninja world.
The soft-bodied Mito Monobu also accepted the task without any complaints, patting his chest.
At the same time that the Konoha House of Representatives announced plans to hold the Chuunin Joint Examination, and the Senate passed the ninja school education reform proposal with 99% approval votes, invitations to the Chuunin Joint Examination were sent to every small and large ninja village in the ninja world.
The first one to respond was naturally Kirigakure controlled by Uchiha Tokumitsu.
The Kirigakure Jonin Joint Conference immediately announced their participation in the Konoha Chuunin Joint Examination and planned to send thirty outstanding Genin to take the exam.
The Kusanagi Village under the control of the Fire Gate Shogunate only agreed to send the village's genin to take the exam after confirming that they could have food and accommodation included in the joint examination. It also stated that all genin taking the exam had to wait for the qualification review of the Fire Gate Shogunate and could not do so for the time being. Determine the number of participants.
Even the well-informed Konoha envoy couldn't help but marvel at the Kusakunin Village that was completely lying flat.
Having such a soft body, I have to say that this is also a rare and valuable feature of Kusakunin Village.
Then came the Rain Ninja Village, who had a sworn relationship with Uchiha Tokumitsu.
After receiving the invitation letter from Konoha's envoy, Sansho Hanzo didn't say much. He just flipped through the invitation letter to the last page. After seeing the seal of Uchiha Tokumitsu in the signature, he also He said on the spot that he would send genin to take the exam as scheduled, but the number of people could not be determined for the time being.
After many rounds of wars, the Rain Ninja Village has long been out of talent. Although it has received a large amount of resources as a supplement through the employment of Uchiha Tokumitsu, the cultivation of outstanding genin does not happen overnight. In addition, the strong Sanshou Uo Hanzo also didn't want the outstanding genin from the Ninja Village he sent to Konoha to only have a one-day trip, so he still had to select them carefully.
Sunagakure, who was still engaged in a cruel tug-of-war with Iwagakure, expressed his willingness to participate in the chunin joint examination held by Konoha after hesitating for a while, and sent a huge team of 60 people and 20 genin teams to take the examination. In addition to the accompanying jounin, inspection group, business group, etc., the number of people has exceeded a hundred.
The Konoha envoys who went to Sunagakure to make invitations accepted all the invitations.
The reason why Sunagakure was willing to dispatch his precious Jonin to lead the Genin group to Konoha at such an urgent juncture of the war was mainly to show his goodwill to Uchiha Tokumitsu, and to take this opportunity to host the accompanying business delegation in Konoha. Ye conducts military material procurement.
Moreover, after Sunagakure turned the village into a country, it faced another problem besides international interference.
That is, the Sunagakure ninja simply does not have the ability to govern the country.
This is also one of the main reasons that currently troubles Sunagakure's national strength to expand the ninja army and counterattack Iwagakure.
In order to maintain the order and governance of each oases, and to prevent the limited ninja power from being too dispersed, Sunagakure had to retain the original local nobles of the Wind Country and allocate supplies to them. However, whether it was the collection or transfer process of supplies, The efficiency was shockingly low, so Sunagakure also planned to "learn from the shogunate's skills to control Iwagakure" again, and the delegation that accompanied the mission to Konoha came for this purpose.
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"Sunagakure's request is quite reasonable. I won't blame you for taking matters into your own hands this time."
After the envoy returned to the village to report Sunagakure's proposal, Uchiha Tokumitsu said to him.
"Thank you Lord Tokuguang for your forgiveness!"
The messenger immediately thanked him.
Accepting the request to submit Sunagakure on his behalf without authorization is also an act of overstepping the mark.
It's just that Uchiha Tokko, who saw a new profit space, was in a good mood, so he didn't intend to pursue it.
Learning from the system is the easiest way to subtly change the other person's thinking. Uchiha Tokimitsu does not reject the arrival of the Sunagakure inspection team, and is also worried that Sunagakure will not be able to appreciate the essence of the Tokugaku shogunate.
Moreover, the Minagawa Stock Exchange and the United Company, which have experienced sluggish growth recently, are also very willing to provide full-system operation services from financial support to production management to logistics and warehousing to Sunagakure.
"Are you from the Nara tribe?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu said to the Konoha ninja who was serving as an envoy to Sunagakure and had a ball head tied on his head.
"Yes, Lord Tokumitsu, my Excellency Yukiyoshi Nara is indeed from the Nara clan, but like Shinpei Jounin, I am from a side clan."
Shinpei Nara was Uchiha Tokumitsu's combat consultant when he came out to control the country of grass and the northwest border defense force. He was the only Nara ninja with a good relationship.
"In that case, then you should take on more burdens..."
Uchiha Tokumitsu casually wrote a reply letter and handed it to Nara Xinyi, "Take the people from the United Company to Sunagakure again and tell them that I have agreed to all Sunagakure's requests..."
"As you command!"
Nara Xinyi was overjoyed and respectfully took the document handed over by Uchiha Demitsu.
Any Konoha ninja is very aware of the status and importance of the United Company in the Uchiha clan.
Nara Xingyi and the United Company can go to Sunagakure together again, which shows that Uchiha Tokumitsu still has some good impressions of him.
This is a moderate benefit for the Nara clan, which is still in a difficult situation.
"Perhaps it can be used as a link to improve the relationship between the family and the General..."
Nara Xinyi happily accepted the order and left.
Within the Nara clan, except for the direct clan members with the character "Deer" in their names, all other names are from collateral origins.
Although the Nara clan is not so clearly separated from the Hyuga clan, the direct clan members still have a great advantage in the allocation of resources within the family.
But if Nara Xingyi successfully hugged Uchiha Tokko's lap, that would be another matter.
Because for the Nara clan who are good at clinging to vines, the favor from the superiors is higher than the traditional differences of direct and collateral lines.
Besides, maybe if the Nara clan's current collateral clan can successfully join the Uchiha clan's circle of influence and grow bigger, then it is not impossible to transform into a direct clan in the future.
After all, the Nara clan, known for its smart people, has never cared much about their figure.
However, the attitudes of Iwagakure, who was still fighting a bloody battle with Sunagakure, and Kumogakure, who had just emerged from the haze of war, were a bit ambiguous.
After the Konoha envoy sent by the Ministry of Government arrived at Yunlei Gorge, the headquarters of the Kumogakure Ninja Village, they were first informed that the contemporary Raikage was cultivating behind closed doors and not to be disturbed, thus giving the Konoha envoy a soft nail; After waiting for several days, the Third Raikage walked out of the training room and declined Konoha's invitation.
"Kumogakure has been devastated by the war and is really unable to organize genin to go out for exams. Please don't be offended by everyone in Konoha."
The Third Raikage said: "This is not because Kumogakure has any objection to Konoha. Konoha's strength is recognized as the best in the ninja world. It's just that Kumogakure's strength has been greatly reduced now, and he really can't gather enough teams to participate. , so I had to make such a difficult decision..."
Facing the famously tough Raikage, and with his words so soft and sincere, the Konoha envoy could not say anything more and had no choice but to return to the village.
However, Iwagakure simply rejected Konoha's invitation, saying that he was busy fighting against the Sunagakure rebels supported by the shogunate to restore order in the ninja world, and could not spare the manpower to participate in Konoha's chunin joint examination for the time being. If Konoha is willing to join in the fight against the Sunagakure rebels, then Iwagakure is not unable to send a genin team to participate in the event.
Faced with this almost impossible condition, the Konoha envoys who went to Iwagakure could only return without success.
"...No need to pay attention to Iwagakure and Kumogakure."
After receiving the report from the messenger, Uchiha Tokumitsu gave instructions, "Little Kumogakure is already a withered bone in the grave, and only Iwagakure is still lingering. Since they have made a choice, let him go!"
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I have to say that as the former head of Konoha's Foreign Affairs Department, Mito Kaden still has two skills.
In the following days, many small ninja villages accepted Konoha's joint entrance examination invitation one after another, including the Snow Ninja Village in the Country of Snow, the Star Ninja Village in the Country of Bears, and the Yu Ninja Village in the Country of Yu. , even the Frost Kingdom, which was controlled by the Fire Gate shogunate in the southern region, was instigated by Mito Gate to form a southern Frost Ninja representative team.
For a time, the Chuunin Joint Entrance Examination became the most talked about topic in Konoha. Even the poorest civilians in the slums of Konoha couldn't help but proudly straighten their chests when mentioning Konoha's international status.
Kumogakure and Iwagakure, who rejected Konoha's kind invitation, became a model of ungratefulness in the eyes of Konoha villagers and were heavily criticized in public opinion. As for the shadow of the purge movement that once enveloped Konoha, Konoha has long since The villagers were thrown into oblivion.
Uchiha Tokumitsu expressed great satisfaction with the effect of this "topic hype".
But not long after, a piece of news from the north of the ninja world made everyone in Konoha furious.
The three ninja villages of Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Taki, plus the northern team from the Land of Frost created by Iwagakure, announced that they will hold a joint chuunin exam!
A mere impromptu cross-border chuunin examination suddenly became a tool for the major forces in the ninja world to align themselves with each other. With the division of the chunin exams between the northern and southern parts of the ninja continent, the small ninja villages that were once not in the eyes of the five major ninja villages suddenly became popular. Various messengers came to the door one after another, performing various tricks. Use coercion and inducement methods to try to get them to stand in their own camp.
For no other reason than for the publicity.
It seems that the more reference ninja villages our side holds for the Chunin Examination, the stronger our side will be.
This is stealing Konoha's limelight!
This is fighting against Konoha's influence!
The anger of the Konoha villagers was quickly ignited. In the taverns, commercial streets, and various large and small restaurants, all kinds of remarks about "crusting the northern barbarians" were everywhere.
In Konoha's public opinion, Kumogakure is just a defeated general, and Iwagakure is a rabble who can't even defeat Sunagakure. The alliance of the two losers is trying to challenge the majesty of Konoha, and requires the gathering of ninja troops for punishment. .
Of course, although members of the House of Representatives and the Senate expressed their indignation in different ways in private to cater to the public opinion in the village, they never made any clear proposals at the meetings of the two houses.
Everyone is observing the attitudes of the top leaders.
Especially Uchiha Tokko's attitude.
"Tokumitsu-kun, public opinion in the village is agitated. Everyone is clamoring to declare war with Iwagakure Kumogakure..."
Hatake Sakumo felt that the public opinion in the village had become a bit extreme recently, so he came to look for Uchiha Tokumitsu to ask for advice.
"So, Sakumo-kun, do you plan to declare war with Kumogakure Iwagakure?"
Uchiha Tokko asked rhetorically.
"...It's not planned in the short term."
Hatake Sakumo replied without hesitation.
"So, what impact will public opinion have?"
Uchiha Tokko asked again.
"...The consumption in the tavern seems to have increased a lot. Does this count?"
Hatake Sakumo racked his brains and thought for a long time before answering a very nonsensical topic.
This time he figured it out.
"The villagers need an outlet to vent their emotions, and the former defeated general is the best pressure relief valve..."
Uchiha Demitsu said leisurely: "As long as there are always enemies and opponents from the outside in the village, the internal conflicts of the village can be used to transfer this type of public opinion..."
"What if the internal conflicts are so great that they cannot be transferred?"
Hatake Sakumo continued to ask for advice humbly.
"Either reform at home or go to war abroad."
Uchiha Tokumitsu said: "It's that simple!"
I'll be working overtime tonight, and I'll do a double update tomorrow~ I hope you can forgive me.
(End of chapter)
