Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 198 Go ahead and stir things up, you can all go ahead and stir things up.
Yuan Yuxie's words stunned the prince, who had just been excited. So you're saying that the killing was aimed at me?
However, Genji gave the other party no time to react and shouted towards the door, "Uncle Asuma, take this guy to the teacher."

A figure appeared behind Gennoda like a ghost. This pampered nobleman lost his ability to resist before he could even react. After Asuma subdued Gennoda, he turned to look at Gennoya and smiled helplessly, saying, "Your Highness, you can just call me by my name."

“That won’t do,” Gen Yuxie shook his head. “Putting aside the fact that you were one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja who protected my father, you are also Konohamaru’s uncle. Konohamaru and I are as close as brothers. How can I call you by your name?”

Seeing this, Gennoda, who was being held captive by Asuma, widened his eyes and struggled desperately, shouting angrily, "Genno Yoshihisa! I am your great-uncle! How can you do this to the spirit of your deceased father?"

"You dare to call yourself my uncle?" Seeing this old man acting arrogantly, Yuan Yuxie immediately spoke without any politeness. "The Fire Kingdom is thriving under my teacher's rule, but you have slandered a key minister of my Fire Kingdom for your own selfish reasons. Guards, strip him of all his titles!"

“Um, Your Highness, the matter of stripping someone of their title requires the presence of someone from the Imperial Clan Court to make a decision,” a eunuch beside Minamoto no Miyazaki reminded him.

"I don't care! I don't want to see this guy with his title in court again tomorrow, understand?" Yuan Yuxie said, sounding a bit unreasonable. At this moment, he truly resembled an eight-year-old child.

"Then, I'll take this guy to see the Hokage first?" Asuma said.

"Remember to say hello to the teacher for me. Also, could you please post a cricket-catching quest in the quest hall? I've heard that there's a special kind of cricket in the Land of Grass that's extremely ferocious. If possible, could you bring one back for me?" Yuan Yuxie said.

“Alright…” Asuma looked at the child in front of him with a complicated expression. The former king’s name, if not particularly wise and powerful, could at least be called a great ruler of his generation, but this kid, Genji, is a bit too playful.

However, considering the current development speed of the Land of Fire under the leadership of Uchiha Touko, which is several times faster than when the previous daimyo was alive, Asuma also felt that it was good for the child to continue to be carefree.

Of course, more importantly, after Hiruzen Sarutobi retired, his strained father-son relationship with Asuma improved considerably. After Asuma got married, he began to mature and was more receptive to his father's advice than the impulsive young man he once was. Hiruzen Sarutobi also made it very clear to him that the current situation in the ninja world was about to usher in a new round of war, and at this time, they absolutely could not let Touko Uchiha hold them back.

Although he was quite pleased that his father had been ousted by a young man, he couldn't understand why his father had started supporting Uchiha Touko in various ways after stepping down.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's answer was very simple: because he is now the Hokage.

Even if they fought to the death in the village before, that was an internal struggle. But now Konoha and the Land of Fire are facing the pressure of an external war. And no matter how Uchiha Touko came to power, as long as he becomes Hokage, he is, to some extent, naturally on the same side as Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Soon, Asuma brought Gennoda, who was tied up, to the Hokage's office.

After Asuma explained his purpose, Uchiha Touko approached him with a cold face and asked in a deep voice, "Are you the mastermind behind this instigation of those young officials to force the emperor to abdicate?"

"Hmph, what's there to say now? The affairs of my Land of Fire have fallen into the hands of a treacherous minister like you. I really don't know what my nephew was thinking, letting you become the Grand Minister of State. My grand-nephew has also been deceived by you. He holds the position of Daimyo, but he spends his days indulging in pleasures and wasting his time." Gennoda said, his neck stiff.

"That's easy for you to say." Uchiha Touko glanced at the other party with disdain. "Then I would like to ask, during my years in power, have there been any problems with the development of the Land of Fire?"

Gennoda was about to speak, but Uchiha Touko didn't give him the chance.

"The reason you say all this is simply because the reforms I spearheaded have blocked your path to wealth," Uchiha Touko said with a sneer. "The four newly built factories in your fiefdom have provided tens of thousands of jobs for the surrounding people, thus affecting the land rent on your land. That's why you're jumping around like this, acting like a clown. What's even more ridiculous is that before Gato and the others invested in setting up factories in your territory, I even had them visit you to ask if you needed to invest in the factories. I believe I've already given you old nobles enough face, but you don't appreciate it."

"Hmph, I'm only standing up for the sake of my Land of Fire's fate!" Haruno retorted defiantly.

"You dare to talk to me about serving the country? You look down on these businessmen, thinking your noble hands shouldn't be tainted by this stench of money, but as soon as it affects your own little corner of the world, you jump out and stir things up!" Uchiha Touko looked down at his opponent with hatred, pointing his finger directly at his nose and cursing.

"The other nations of the entire ninja world have never ceased coveting the land of my Land of Fire. And now, anyone with even a little foresight can easily see that a war is brewing beneath the calm surface. Everything I've done these past years has been preparation for this future war. But what are you doing? At this crucial moment, you're trying to undermine my country's resources, all for your meager land rent! Go ahead and stir things up, stir things up until Konoha runs out of supplies for future battles, suffers defeats, throws the Land of Fire into chaos, and destroys the Land of Fire!"

Uchiha Touko raised his hand and drew the Swift Lightning Blade from the sword rack beside him, holding it to Harunoda's neck. The cold glint of the blade and the crackling lightning startled Harunoda, who instinctively looked towards Uchiha Touko. However, he saw the undisguised killing intent in the other's eyes. Harunoda, a pampered and useless nobleman, could not withstand the killing intent that Uchiha Touko had cultivated on the bloody battlefield. He fainted under the shock of this killing intent.

"Inahime, take this guy to the garrison and lock him up with those idiots. Let the Yamanaka clan give them a good talking to." Uchiha Touka glanced at the man with disdain before turning to Inahime and giving him the order.

……

On the second day of the court assembly, Uchiha Touko, who had not attended court for a long time, appeared in the court and stood in the head position of the civil officials.

Miura Kazuo, who was originally supposed to stand in that position, stood obediently to Uchiha Touko's left, head bowed and silent, which made some people immediately sense something unusual.

However, before these people could think it through, the court assembly officially began as Gen Yuxie, surrounded by a group of officials, entered the palace.

As soon as Yuan Yuxie sat down in his chair, he saw Uchiha Touko standing at the front of the civil officials. His little face immediately lit up with joy: "Teacher, you've arrived! Someone, please give the teacher a seat!"

"Your Highness, there's no need for that," Uchiha Touko refused, somewhat speechless. Although he knew the boy might mean well, he was only in his early twenties and not yet at the point where he should be offered a seat after standing for a short while. "Uh, alright then," Minamoto no Yuuki nodded.

"Speak if you have something to say! Dismiss the court if you have nothing to say!" At this moment, the eunuch next to Yuan Yuxie shouted at the top of his lungs.

At this moment, Miura Kazuo, who had been keeping his head down and not speaking, turned around and winked at one of his underlings behind him.

"Your Highness, I have a report to submit." Upon receiving the signal, the subordinate immediately stepped forward. "I hereby accuse Tajima Yukio, Yamamoto Masahiro, Shimizu Ken... and fifteen others of forming cliques for personal gain, embezzling public funds, neglecting their duties, and committing treason."

After he led the charge, other accomplices of Miura Kazuo also stepped forward to accuse the officials involved in the attack on Uchiha Touko. The accusations were increasingly outrageous, and in the end, when they ran out of fabrications, they simply accused them of rape and kidnapping.

"What? Such a treacherous creature is actually hiding in the court of my Fire Kingdom?" Yuan Yuxie was furious upon hearing this.

"Your Highness, there is a problem in the court of my Land of Fire. As the Grand Minister of State, I cannot shirk my responsibility. I beg for forgiveness." At this moment, Uchiha Touko spoke slowly and deliberately.

"What are you saying, teacher? As the Hokage, you work tirelessly every day for the safety of the Land of Fire. How could you be blamed for these insects?" Minamoto no Yukyo said, turning to look at Miura Kazuo. "As for the Minister of the Left, you've always been the one handling the trivial matters of the court. Now that there's a problem in the court of the Land of Fire, how do you plan to explain this?"

Miura Kazuo felt a chill run down his spine after hearing Minamoto no Miyazaki's words. No, you two are having such a good time as master and disciple that you're pushing all the blame onto me, right? So I'm just part of your master-disciple play?

Despite his thoughts, Miura Kazuo dared not show any dissatisfaction and simply knelt down: "Your subject is guilty, but please give this old subject a chance to atone for his sins."

"Then I'll leave this case to the Left Minister. Please don't let me down, Left Minister," Minamoto no Miyazaki said to Miura Kazuo.

"Thank you for your grace, Your Highness." Miura Kazuo kowtowed and bowed before slowly rising.

But at that moment, a young official suddenly stepped forward from the back of the civil officials' group: "Your Highness! Those people were innocent! This was all a frame-up by the traitors Uchiha Touko and Miura Kazuo!"

"How dare you!" Yuan Yuxie roared in fury. "And who are you?"

The man stepped forward, standing proudly with a face full of defiance: "Your subject, Nishiyama Jiro, requests the execution of the traitor Uchiha Touko!"

"Shut up!" Yuan Yuxie slammed his hand on the chair and stood up, his anger undisguised. "How dare you address my teacher by his name!"

"Your Highness!" Nishiyama Jiro-suke knelt down, his head banging loudly as he kowtowed.

Uchiha Touko coldly stared at the man. Yesterday, almost everyone on the list given to him by the Anbu had been arrested and taken to the interrogation room by the security forces. Only this one escaped because he was away from Konoha due to a family emergency. However, what Uchiha Touko didn't expect was that this guy actually had the audacity to come to court and even dare to challenge him like this. Even Uchiha Touko had to admit that although this guy was a bit brainless, he was quite bold, at least much stronger than Gennoda, who had fainted in the Hokage's office yesterday.

“Your Highness, the Left Minister received word of this matter yesterday and requested that the Commander of the Capital Garrison of the Land of Fire, Kakashi Hatake, send his Konoha Police Force to investigate. It seems they have already made a decision. Why don’t we have them bring up the evidence?” Uchiha Touko said.

“Okay.” Yuan Yuxie nodded.

Before long, Kakashi led a group of guards into the court. Each guard carried a person with a blank stare, drooling, and making "abba aba" noises. The person Kakashi was carrying was none other than Minamoto noda, who had tried to persuade Minamoto no Yosuke in his bedchamber just yesterday.

"Greetings, Your Highness." After Kakashi entered the hall, he first bowed to the daimyo, then took out a thick stack of evidence and said, "Your Highness, this is evidence that was directly retrieved from their memories using the secret techniques of the Yamanaka clan of Konoha. However, these people have suffered mental breakdowns after being tortured. Please forgive them, Your Highness."

Kazuo Miura looked at the people sitting on the ground, drooling and sprawling with saliva, and his lips twitched slightly. He thought to himself, "These things are really something you ninjas are good at."

“The garrison commander is dedicated to eradicating pests for the country; what crime has he committed?” Yuan Yuxie said as he took the evidence.

"Your Highness! They are all loyal and patriotic men, how can you treat them like this?" At this moment, Nishiyama Jirosuke cried out again.

"Whether someone is loyal to the emperor or loves the country, I have my own judgment. Who are you to interfere!" Yuan Yuxie rebuked angrily. Then, he pushed forward with both hands, "How dare you slander my teacher! Guards, strip him of his court robes, remove his official hat, and exterminate his entire family, including all those involved, as a warning to others!"

"No! Your Highness!" Nishiyama Jirosuke shouted at Minamoto no Miyakuchi as his official robes were stripped off, but Minamoto no Miyakuchi seemed to have no intention of letting him go.

After Yuan Yuxie used the Imperial Escape Technique: Nine Clans Separation, the entire court fell silent, and no one dared to provoke him at this moment.

After a while, Gen Yuxie jumped down from the throne with his short legs and came to Uchiha Touko. He took Uchiha Touko's hand and said, "Teacher, please don't take these treacherous ministers' slander to heart. Please take good care of the affairs of my Land of Fire."

(End of this chapter)