Uchiha's personal opinion

During the imperial council meeting at the palace, Uchiha Tokumitsu spoke solemnly.

This statement will also serve as the future action plan and imperial edict of the Shinobi World Government.

The senior officials were well aware of this.

This means endless expeditions, and also represents continuous sacrifices for decades or even generations to come.

But for the ninja world, it's all worth it!

Especially after the first round of ninja world population statistics was completed, a heavy burden of pressure fell on the shoulders of these important ninja world officials.

"According to the first round of census, the ninja world has a population of approximately 1.1 billion."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said in a heavy tone, "Moreover, this population figure is only slightly less than the actual number."

All the senior officials nodded in agreement.

Since the ninja world was newly established, the former Land of Lightning and Land of Earth had already caused a large number of people to flee due to their heavy taxes and levies. In addition, a large number of people either hid in the wilderness or belonged to nomadic fishing and hunting tribes. Given the time constraints, it is quite normal that the statistics were incomplete.

According to estimates from a group of senior officials, the true population of the ninja world is approximately 1.4 billion.

These people are like mouths that are crying for food.

Although ninjas may not have any ambition to govern the world or help the common people, that does not mean that ordinary people are unimportant.

According to the analysis report of the United Corporation, based on the current productivity of the ninja world, it would take the combined production of about 10,000 people to support the training of one ninja, that is, to reach the level of Chunin.

While this also reflects the backwardness of the ninja world's productivity, from another perspective, population is actually the cornerstone of the number of ninjas and their combat power.

Becoming a ninja requires certain qualifications.

While theoretically, given enough resources, even pigs could be piled up to form a ninja pig with chakra, this doesn't actually align with the logic of ninja training.

Training ninjas is also a matter that requires consideration of cost-effectiveness.

After all, there is a fundamental difference between training one ninja and training three ninjas with the same amount of resources.

Furthermore, future military operations against the New World will require a large number of lower and middle-ranking ninjas to serve as the 'tactical execution layer'—that is, cannon fodder—thus highlighting the importance of population.

With a large enough population, a sufficient number of outstanding ninja talents can be selected. Moreover, ninja trainees with better aptitude mean that less resources are needed and the process is more efficient. Therefore, for the ninja government, which is determined to mass-produce troops, the importance of population is self-evident.

However, with the complete cessation of the ninja world war, according to the United Corporation's estimates, the ninja world will enter a period of explosive population growth, and providing sufficient food for these new people and enabling them to play their role will require external expansion and land reclamation.

Therefore, a peaceful environment promotes population growth, and the population boom is conducive to the ninjas building up their armies. After building up their armies, the ninjas will wage wars to plunder resources. A portion of the plundered resources will be returned to the ninja world, further promoting its prosperity and even further increasing its population.

This is the prototype of the golden age of the ninja world depicted by the United Company, based on the instructions of Uchiha Tokumitsu.

Although intelligent people like Orochimaru could see something amiss, most of the senior officials, including powerful regional governors like Sakumo Hatake, lacked the necessary experience in governance and were unfamiliar with emerging topics like sociology. Therefore, they naturally believed the United Company's flowery report without question.

"Although the ninja world is at peace now, we cannot allow the younger generation of ninjas to become complacent and decadent. Otherwise, the fate of the samurai will serve as a cautionary tale!"

Hanzo of the Salamander, who had an extreme fondness for military expansion, nodded repeatedly, feeling that the contents of this "Senkai Social Survey Report" were exactly what he wanted to hear.

Tsunade and the others, who had initially had some doubts about starting a war that might last for a century, felt that this made some sense.

"Born in hardship, die in comfort..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu added, "Mr. Hanzo truly lives up to his reputation as a senior figure in the ninja world; his insights are indeed profound!"

Overwhelmed with gratitude, Hanzo of the Salamander quickly rose to his feet and bowed. At the same time, he felt that his thinking had been elevated to a whole new level. He had only thought about keeping his subordinate ninjas busy, but he never expected that it would affect the future of the ninja world!

"The ninja world is the world of ninjas..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu continued, "It was true in the past, it is true now, and it will remain true for countless generations to come!"

"However, as Lord Hanzo said, this does not mean that you can rest on your laurels and enjoy peace. The emergence of a new world is also a challenge!"

"Putting everything else aside, just the abundance of seafood described by Commander Lunbu suggests that if we can build fishing boats big enough, we might be able to feed the entire ninja world with just the catch!"

Minazuki Chino nodded repeatedly, a longing for the new world welling up within her.

In addition, he thought of another question: before Kirigakure submitted to the shogunate, a fleet of ninja soldiers led by Juzo Biwa sailed east across the sea and disappeared without a trace. Now that he thought about it, perhaps they just happened to arrive in the New World by chance...

Minazuki Chino originally intended to bring it up herself, but after thinking about it, she felt that there were too many people around and the timing was not right, so she decided to wait until after the Imperial Conference to report her judgment privately.

"...Exploring new worlds should always be done with caution."

After much deliberation, Hatake Sakumo changed his words to describe his plan to conquer the pirate world: "Moreover, it is essential to understand the combat strength of the new world."

"That's true. So far, our contact with the New World has only been the battle commanded by Columbus, but overall, it doesn't provide enough data..."

Tsunade nodded in agreement.

"These are all things we ninjas are good at!"

The Nara clan chief laughed and said, "It's nothing more than the same old tactics of intelligence gathering, reconnaissance behind enemy lines, and assassination and sabotage. It's perfectly suited for the New World."

"Until we obtain conclusive and comprehensive intelligence, we should try to maintain the situation where the enemy is in the light and we are in the dark."

Qiu Daoqufeng also chimed in, echoing the sentiment.

When it comes to intelligence gathering and reconnaissance, especially in the new world where no one has ventured before, probably no one is more suitable than the Ino-Shika-Cho trio.

"But in any case, expanding the military remains the top priority."

Uchiha Tokumitsu ignored everyone's little schemes and announced, "The current ninja army is far from enough. We must strive to train another 100,000 ninjas within ten years."

"Lord Orochimaru..."

"exist!"

Orochimaru immediately stood up and replied.

"There's something I need you to take charge of."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said seriously, "That means being responsible for selecting eligible ninja trainees in the ninja world. Let's start with 10,000 for the first batch..."

Although Frankenstein's personality has significant problems, Uchiha Tokumitsu simply trusts his judgment.

After all, in his past life memories, Orochimaru was able to establish a sizable Sound Village with his bare hands, which shows that he had a good eye for people and training them.

"I respectfully obey Your Majesty's will!"

Orochimaru agreed matter-of-factly.

"In addition, Senju House and Hyuga Construction are jointly undertaking a major project..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu then offered another big promise: "Build a new academy city on the west side of the new Konoha district to serve as a training ground for ninjas in the future."

"I obey your command!"

Tsunade and the Hyuga clan leader immediately stood up and responded.

"Final words..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu hesitated for a moment, "Let's formally announce the matter of the New World to the members of both houses of parliament a month from now!"

"Your Majesty!"

"We can't leak this information!"

The senior officials hurriedly offered their advice and attempted to dissuade him.

"The Jonin Council is the foundation of the ninja world and the very reason for the existence of the ninja world government."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said seriously.

"Moreover, the Senate and the House of Representatives meetings are the best place to clearly distinguish between friend and foe..."

The senior officials immediately understood.

You should have said so earlier!

Although the price of leaking information about the New World might be too high, it's worth it to figure out what those senators are thinking.

At the same time, no one would question Uchiha Tokumitsu's determination to launch an internal purge.

After all, the theory of "pacifying the internal before resisting external aggression" was proposed by Uchiha Tokumitsu.

Moreover, for these powerful clans who originated from Konoha or the Shogunate, a purer ninja world after the cleansing would be more conducive to the rule of the ninja world government and even their powerful clans for generations to come.

Of course, the premise is that one continues to show loyalty to Uchiha Tokumitsu and even the entire royal family.

Chapter 488 Guiding Ideology of Military-First Principles

The idea of ​​expanding the ninja world's army also came from the outstanding performance of the settlement ninjas from Iwagakure during the Battle of Mount Myōboku.

After the war, Uchiha Tokumitsu specifically requested to read various documents from Iwagakure and subsequently discovered quite a few valuable points.

Besides the secret techniques of Iwagakure, the most valuable items are Onoki's "military-first policy" and his ideas on training and expanding Iwagakure ninjas in response to the threat of the shogunate.

Although the individual combat strength of Iwagakure ninjas is among the lowest of the five great ninja villages, when their numbers reach a certain level, the combat power that Iwagakure ninjas, who emphasize discipline and uniformity, can unleash actually surpasses that of other ninja villages.

However, during the Battle of Takigawa, the Iwagakure ninja under Onoki's command faced the Shogunate ninja army, which had an absolute advantage in equipment. Before the Iwagakure ninja could make use of their combined ninjutsu advantage, they were overwhelmed by a storm of artillery fire, leading to the destruction of the ninja village.

However, this does not negate the brilliance of Iwagakure's system for building its ninja army. After all, compared to Kumogakure, which caused widespread suffering in the Land of Lightning in its efforts to expand its military, Iwagakure's system not only produced a larger number of ninjas, but also produced new generations of ninjas whose overall quality was in no way inferior.

Therefore, Uchiha Tokumitsu readily adopted the "borrowing" approach, packaging Onoki of Iwagakure's military-first ideology as the guiding principle for the construction of the dynasty's army and navy, and even the affairs of the ninja world government. Ideas and policies such as Academy City and the massive expansion of the 100,000-strong ninja army all originated from this.

At the same time, Huang Tu was officially pardoned by Uchiha Tokumitsu for his outstanding performance in the Battle of Myoboku, and immediately received a new appointment after being removed from the list of ninja settlement workers.

"Director of the Supervision Department of the Reserve Service Administration? What kind of position is that?"

When Huang Tu received his appointment letter, he was somewhat taken aback by the new position he was assigned to.

It looks... kind of amazing!

In his understanding, the so-called reserve force was a key department concerning the ninja army's sustained combat capability and pre-war expansion, and the position of Director of the Supervisory Department was obviously one with considerable power.

And Uchiha Tokumitsu... no, His Majesty, would actually trust a defeated sinner like himself so much?

"The Reserve Administration Bureau is a secondary functional department directly under the newly established Training Bureau. It is mainly responsible for the registration and management of ninjas who are registered but not part of the Ninja Army, while the Supervision Division is responsible for supervision and policy implementation."

The attendant ninja who came to deliver the order spoke gently.

"The State Administration of Education..."

After pondering for a moment, Huang Tu asked again, "Who is the senior ninja who is the head of the General Bureau?"

"The chief is the eighth councilor of the Uchiha clan, while the director Orochimaru is in charge of the actual work; and the director of the administration is Minato Namikaze."

The attendant ninja answered patiently.

"Is that so..."

Huang Tu was somewhat unfamiliar with these three people, so he couldn't say anything.