The Master of Konoha's Legacy

As the smoke cleared, more than ten boxes appeared on the open ground in front of us.

Uchiha Tonan instructed Yoshihara Ao to open the boxes one by one.

The box contained gold and silver jewelry, antiques, land deeds, and of course, a large amount of cash.

These are all the savings that Shota Uenohara has accumulated over the years.

Uchiha Tonan nodded in satisfaction and said, "Is this all of that guy's wealth?"

Yoshihara Aoi quickly took out an account book, bowed, and handed it over, saying:

"That's right, this is the ledger. Please take a look, sir."

Uchiha Tonan took the ledger and looked at it.

Goodness, all of these things together are worth about two hundred million.

The land for the welfare home has been paid for, so it seems the trip was worthwhile.

This Uenohara Shota is really...

Good riddance.

A vice-captain can accumulate nearly 200 million in savings; the City of Fire truly deserves to be the most prosperous city in the entire ninja world.

The taxes paid by the caravans that enter and leave the city gates every day are astronomical figures.

Even a tiny bit of profit can be deducted and it's enough to cover an A-level mission.

Suddenly, Uchiha Tonan asked:

"What about his family?"

Upon hearing this, Yoshihara Aoi, who was pouring tea, immediately replied:

"His seven immediate family members, regardless of age, were all arrested by his subordinates and imprisoned in the temporary detention room of the North City Guard."

Uchiha Tonan nodded in satisfaction; this subordinate did indeed have some of his own style.

"Keep them alive for now, and send one corpse every month, plus five million taels of silver to the Minister of the Censorate's residence."

Yoshihara Aoi nodded and asked softly, "Do I need to write a report?"

Uchiha Tonan shook his head and chuckled, "Lord Masaki will write it for us; it's his achievement."

"By the way, from now on, you guys will manage the North City Guard for me."

Smuggling, false taxes, and the usual tributes will still be collected.

We can't break the rules, lest it put the other three city guards in an awkward position.

Yoshihara Aoi's face lit up with joy, and he respectfully replied, "Your subordinate understands."

Uchiha Tonan picked up his teacup, took a small sip, and suddenly asked:

"By the way, who instructed you to do all these things?"

Yoshiwara Ao's eyes darted around, and he chuckled awkwardly:

"Lord Tu Nan is usually busy with cultivation, and his subordinates, in order to embezzle money, have deceived him."

These were all things we did without authorization.

Uchiha Tonan chuckled and waved his hand, saying, "Go down."

.......

Three months later.

Uchiha Tonan has now firmly established himself in the City of Fire.

Every month, the North City Guard provides Uchiha Tonan with nearly 20 million in illicit income.

Although five million of it needed to be used as tribute to the Minister of the Censorate.

In the past, the captains of the North City Guard would bribe the head of the Guard's Office with money in order to gain a chance for promotion.

However, Uchiha Tonan was hired on a mission, and no matter how well he performed, he would not be promoted.

If someone performs poorly, only the nominal employer, the daimyo, has the right to terminate their employment.

The leader of the guards had no control over him.

Unless someone reports it to the Minister of Inspection, who will then report the matter to the Daimyo.

Only in this way can Uchiha Tonan be removed from his position.

But the result was simply mission failure, and they were sent back to their village.

Therefore, Uchiha Tonan didn't bother to pay tribute to the leader of the Guardian Army and directly pulled the Minister of Inspection into his camp.

Of the remaining 15 million, approximately 2 million were distributed by Uchiha Tonan to his subordinates.

When you're in a leadership position, you need to know how to win people's hearts.

One should know how to share.

During these three months, Sarutobi Shinnosuke came several times, trying to build a relationship with Uchiha Tonan.

It must be said that Sarutobi Shinnosuke's methods of managing his subordinates were too crude, and could not compare to those of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

However, in order to lower Sarutobi Shinnosuke's guard, Uchiha Tonan tried his best to please him.

Through their conversation, Uchiha Tonan learned that Asuma would be leaving the Fire Capital in two months to return and take his graduation exams.

This also made Uchiha Tonan feel a sense of urgency.

Once Asma returns to the village, it will be much more difficult to make a move...

That night, the full moon shone intermittently under the cover of dark clouds.

"Stop hitting me... My lord, spare me... My lord... spare me...!"

Uchiha Tonan was studying late into the night in his study.

He was browsing through the books he had purchased from the largest bookstore in the City of Fire.

While listening to the heart-wrenching wails coming from the newly built dungeon in the backyard, they used the wind whispers.

Although these books have nothing to do with ninjas, they contain knowledge from all walks of life.

As an ambitious person, you should always make use of your free time to supplement and enrich your knowledge system.

In particular, Uchiha Tonan was very interested in the history of the ninja world.

In fact, Uchiha Tonan had the same confusion as Asuma.

Why did the Hokage, who possessed immense military power, not rule a country?

Now, Uchiha Tonan knows the answer.

It's a very simple principle: Naruto belongs to the military field and is not good at dealing with people's livelihood, while training ninjas requires a lot of money.

What should a ninja do if he can't earn money by taking on missions?

Business or farming?

What's the difference between them and ordinary people? They might not even do as well as ordinary people.

Besides, with such great power, who would willingly do these things?

Some people might think that ninjas could simply make a living by robbing civilians.

That's exactly what ninjas used to do.

Many ninja clans do not engage in production; they rely on plundering civilians to obtain resources.

But the common people aren't stupid; they will voluntarily attach themselves to powerful ninja clans and pay a certain amount of resources in exchange for protection.

Later on, almost every ninja clan had subordinate commoners.

An imbalance of resources can lead to war.

In the end, it's still ninjas fighting each other.

This is how the Warring States period began after the end of the Ninja Cult era.

As for why the Hokage doesn't become a Daimyo and directly governs the common people as well.

This involves the inherent human tendency to climb the social ladder.

The Hokage is a ninja, and in a country ruled by ninjas, ninjas are bound to be superior people.

No one wants to be at the bottom, and even those at the bottom will do everything in their power to make their next generation a ninja.

This would lead to a large number of people cultivating chakra and learning ninjutsu from a young age.

Most people will become ninjas, and becoming a ninja means spending a lot of time training.

Social productivity declined sharply, and ninjas eventually had to engage in farming like ordinary people.

How is this any different from the era of the Ninja Cult?

The times only progress, never regress.

The ninja village system was designed to separate ninjas from ordinary people to prevent conflicts.

From another perspective, the nation is actually like a manor in a ninja village, where ordinary people work hard to produce goods.

The daimyo is the owner of the manor, responsible for collecting the wealth produced and handing it over to the ninja village in the form of funds and tasks.

They supported the ninja village in exchange for its protection.

The truly powerful and influential have all seen this out.

Over the years, wealthy and powerful people in the Land of Fire have been continuously migrating their families and descendants to Konoha Village.

The purpose is to give future generations a head start.

This is why land prices in Konoha have been skyrocketing.

Therefore, the reason why the Hokage doesn't directly rule the country is for the purpose of partitioning.

Ninjas and civilians must live in two separate worlds; if they live together, various problems will arise due to the imbalance of power.

As for whether the Hokage or the Daimyo is more powerful, that depends on the individual.

Normally, the Hokage possesses absolute military power and wields far greater influence than the Daimyo.