On the road to the capital of the Fire Nation, a luxurious chariot drove forward calmly and gracefully. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The dark purple body has a gold edge, and the whole body exudes a good aroma of agarwood. In the carriage, there is a faint sound of string singing, a low male voice sings with the strings, the singing is not very good, but the calm and generous color is naturally revealed, just listen to the singing voice to know that it is very human.

Around the carriage, there were more than 20 people protecting it, and there were even ninja-level powerhouses among them!

Ahead is an intersection, where two forks merge into a single avenue that leads to the capital of the Fire Country.

At this time, on another fork in the road, a simple and heavy black carriage slowly drove by, also under the protection of more than a dozen ninjas.

The guards beside the luxurious carriage suddenly became vigilant, and the status of their master was extremely noble, and there was no accident at all.

"What's the matter, I feel like you're all wary, is someone coming?" The singing stopped, and the man in the carriage asked in a deep voice.

The guard replied respectfully, "Yes, my lord, there is a carriage coming, and there are many ninjas around the carriage. “

The man in the carriage let out a "huh", then gently opened the window of the carriage, showed his face slightly, and glanced outside.

"Simple and heavy, calm as a mountain, strong bearing, not an ordinary character."

"Go ahead and send them an invitation for me. Since we are on the same road, we might as well be together, and we may as well have a talking companion to relieve the loneliness of the journey. ”

The guard answered, and rode towards the black carriage.

……

"Hmm, where did we just go? Ah, by the way, speaking of nobles and ninjas. ”

Ape Fei held his pipe in his hand, and leisurely exhaled a puff of pale blue smoke, his fingers tapping on the thick walls of the carriage.

The aristocracy has existed since ancient times, while the ninja is a relatively recent class. The relationship between the two estates was delicate and complex, and although the relationship changed slightly from one era to another, the aristocracy remained dominant in general.

The relationship between nobles and ninjas is very delicate, and it can be said that it is constantly developing and changing.

In the beginning, when ninjas had just replaced the samurai class, they still lived in a family style, and failed to establish their own ninja village, ninjas were no different from samurai in the eyes of the nobility. It's just a knife, but the ninja knife is sharper and easier to use.

At that time, the nobility had absolute dominance over the ninjas, and the scattered ninja clan was simply powerless to resist the orders of the great nobles, even families like Senju or Uchiha had to do things according to the orders of the nobles. There is no other reason for this, the nobility is in charge of the economic lifeblood of the ninja, nothing more.

The earliest ninjas simply did not have the complete task receiving system of the present, and they would not be willing to work in the fields like farmers with their strength, so all their financial resources depended on rental real estate and shop rents, and some extreme ninjas simply turned to a certain big nobleman in exchange for the financial support of the nobles.

Regardless of their way of earning a living, in those days, the economic activities of ninjas were completely controlled by the aristocracy. Therefore, even though there are often strong ninjas who can make the great nobles as guests, in terms of class, ninjas are actually completely vassals of the nobility.

But later, Senju Tsuruma and Senju Tsuruma came up with the idea of establishing a ninja gathering place, that is, a ninja village.

On the one hand, they are at odds with the nobles, and on the other hand, they unite the scattered ninja clans and unite all the forces that can be unified.

All of them brainstormed and created a system of task issuance and receiving. Based on this system, the ninja finally had the means to become financially independent, and it was only then that they really had the basis to become an independent and uncontrolled class.

Of course, the nobles would not want to see such a situation, and a large number of ninjas who were collected by them launched a suppression campaign against the various ninja clans, hoping to stop the ninja clan's action of establishing ninja villages.

It was the most chaotic time of the Warring States Period, and if the early part of the Warring States Period was a struggle within the great aristocracy, the latter part of the Warring States Period was a confrontation between the two classes.

Finding a chance for independence, the ninja class began to fight for their independence, while the aristocracy, as a vested interest, began a bloody crackdown, and the struggle between the two lasted for nearly a decade, either overtly or covertly.

It was also during this decade that two ninjas who stood at the pinnacle of the world's armed forces made an indelible contribution to the independence of ninjas. They were ninjas who belonged to different nobles, and their families had been feuding because of the nobles' employment, but at that time, in the face of greater class contradictions, they began to fight side by side. Between the Thousand Hands Pillars, Madara Uchiha, their names are still legends even now.

Spreading outward from the land of fire, the mighty ninja independence movement arose, and ninjas began to unite in various countries and regions, and one ninja gathering place after another began to be established, and the spark has become a prairie fire.

The kunai was stained with blood, killing became commonplace, and fighting for the freedom of their own class was something that all ninjas had this realization. They have realized that if they can't be independent, they will always be inferior.

And it was at this time that the aristocratic class finally realized that the general trend was not there, and they could not stop the wheel of history.

At that time, Tokugawa Ieyasu, the largest nobleman in the land of fire, said: "It can't be blocked, it's better to be blocked, just like the flood control, we have to divide and infiltrate when it's thin." ”

"This is a war between two classes, a long war, and we must be ready to use all means and, even more, to unite."

The nobles began to compromise, and the ninjas achieved a phased victory, and they managed to break free from the control of the nobles and basically achieved their goal.

While the ninjas were in full swing to establish the ninja village, the various nobles also began to unite. The contradictions within the class were irrelevant, they needed to maintain their class position, the daimyo system began to take shape, and under the pressure of the ninja class, the power of the aristocratic class was also unified like never before.

As the Sengoku period came to an end, the nobility and ninja began a new, more independent partnership with a new relationship.

In the eyes of all the ninjas, their actions were undoubtedly successful, but in Ming Yuan's opinion, the ninja's movement was not thorough enough, and not being successful enough meant failure to some extent.

Today, although Ninja Village is an independent existence, it still relies on cooperation with the nobility to a large extent, and therefore is subject to the control of the nobility.

Such a thought flashed through Ming Yuan's mind: "It's not thorough enough, it's not thorough enough, the current ninjas are still controlled by the nobles, but the means of manipulation are more hidden." “

"The ninjas are also beginning to settle for the status quo within themselves, and their patience makes them reluctant to carry out reforms that involve great risks when the contradictions are not intense."

At this time, Sarufei said in reverent words: "The ninja has triumphed, and has broken away from the status of complete vassals and has an independent status. Mingyuan, this is the result of the unremitting struggle of all predecessors, and we, the descendants, must cherish this hard-won life. “

Stomp, stompe, at this moment, a shadow ninja who was acting as a guard came to the side of the carriage.

"Hokage-sama, a nobleman has sent an escort over, hoping to accompany you on the same journey, saying that they can talk together and relieve the loneliness of the journey."

Ape Fei stroked his beard, nodded and said, "In this way, there is still a day or two away from the capital." ”

"Then, as he said, indeed, it would be much more lively if there was another person to speak."