Chapter 704: Patriotic Frenzy

Although Onoki is extremely reluctant to compete with Konoha, although it is harmful to let Iwakure and Konoha go head-to-head......

Although Yazuki Ai was saved by the Konoha ninja, even though Yunyin and Konoha were close allies......

However, Iwain and Yunyin quietly changed their positions under the interference of the two daimyo, and silently, they negotiated and formed an alliance in secret.

Even the two old Cheng and the three generations of shadows, who have a high prestige in their own village, have to bow their heads in front of the daimyo, not to mention the sand and fog hidden who already have a deep blood feud with Konoha in the sea of blood.

Wind Shadow Luo Sand and Water Shadow Bing, two four-generation shadows of a man and a woman, were originally very confused when they suddenly received massive material and economic assistance from their own daimyos.

After all, the Daimyo of the Land of Water is to Kirigaku, and the Daimyo of the Land of Wind is to the Sunagare, and since the defeat in the Second Ninja World War, the relationship between the two sides has not been very good.

Cutting funds, suppressing development, supporting pro-daimyo village ninjas, fighting with the shadows for control of the village, and interfering in village decision-making from all sides......

In the past few years, the Daimyo of the Land of Water and the Daimyo of the Land of Wind have not done anything good to their village, and the Wind Shadow can bear it, but the Water Shadow has such a temper......

In short, when the daimyo came to negotiate with the daimyo in person and threw the resources directly in his face, both Kazekage and Mizukage were very surprised, and slightly changed their original opinions about the daimyo a little.

Next......

Make the four major ninja villages establish an alliance, form a ninja alliance to eliminate Konoha, bring down the puppet government of the Fire Country, and return the ninja world to a peaceful world-

With almost no hesitation, Luo Sha and Bing negotiated with their respective daimyo and expressed their willingness to obey the will of the country, gather all the forces of the two villages of Feng Shui and Sand Mist, and declare war on the Fire Country.

Never before have the great names of the countries been so united in their efforts to eradicate the bud of capitalism and to quickly strangle in the cradle the new capital, the new ideology that has shaken the foundations of their rule.

The four major powers, some small countries that are not weak, the forces of the old society began to act in secret, and correspondingly, the new society was also ready to move.

During his more than a year in the capital city of the Fire Nation, Lei Luo commanded the relocation of the Diet Hall from the Daimyo's Mansion to the center of the capital, while redesigning and building it to the modern standards of his previous life, and officially renamed the Diet Building.

Every three to five days, Lei Luo would gather waves of tax-paying citizens living in the capital to gather in the square at the main entrance of the Capitol to begin his daily speeches.

The content of Lei Luo's speech can be roughly summarized as the following key points:

First, it brazenly and openly incited national sentiments, emphasizing that foreign wars are just, and that foreign people live in misery brought about by feudal rule all day long, and that our country of fire should bring them democracy and freedom, and bring them a superior living environment.

In order to enhance his persuasive power, Lei Luo often sent people to take some hungry war orphans from small countries such as the Land of Rain or the Land of Grass, and asked them to complain in public about the brutal rule of foreign countries, and compare them with the abundance and stability of the Land of Fire, so as to earn the tears of the people.

Second, in conjunction with the Chicken Soup for the Soul, Lei Luo constantly emphasized that the various benefits that the war can bring to the country, whether it is entering the factory to produce ninja detonation talisman ninja reagents, or the scarce resources plundered back after winning the war, everyone can make a lot of money from it, and ensure that no citizen will suffer.

Third, with the help of foreign intelligence collected by the Ministry of Intelligence, it is necessary to publicly disclose the troop transfer routes of some foreign ninja villages, and disseminate some confidential information intercepted from other villages, either directly or after a certain amount of polishing, in short, to reflect the enemy's sinister intentions and show that they are already in action.

Then, he threatened: The enemies are jealous of our good life, and are stepping up preparations for a conspiracy against the Fire Country, and the ugly and evil feudal remnants will not die in the heart of our capitalist country, etc., etc.

In turn, it inites popular hatred against foreign ruling classes.

These axes have been chopping down for a year, Lei Luo is tired of changing the prime minister, the prime minister is tired of changing the parliamentarians, the parliamentarians are tired of talking and then changing the cabinet officials, and the lie is almost the truth if it is repeated 10,000 times.

In addition, the Cabinet and the Diet have vigorously promoted social welfare guarantees, which has led to the increasing affluence of the people's lives, and this tangible benefit has further proved the Prime Minister's words.

Thanks to all these reasons, the attitude of the people of the Fire Nation has gradually changed from believing in it to believing in it, and now, there are faint signs of a sincere desire for war and support for it.

Countless people in the Land of Fire rushed to the shops opened by the Konoha Research Institute in the national capital and major towns like a tsunami, and those who had money took the initiative to buy third-generation chakra reagents worth 300,000 taels, and those who had no money mortgaged real estate had to buy it with a bank loan, just to gamble on the forty percent chance of success.

For the sake of their own country, for the victory of the Great War, for the elimination of the hateful foreign daimyo and ninjas, for the liberation of the oppressed foreign peoples, and to send them democracy and freedom, fraternity and equality......

A spontaneous sense of pride and historical mission surged into my heart, driving the brainwashed citizens to try to become ninjas, and to contribute to the construction of capitalism with fire characteristics and the national ninja plan.

Orochimaru, the scientific research dean who came to visit the capital by chance, secretly found Lei Luo after seeing the frenzied scene in the streets and alleys here, and asked an intriguing question with a trance expression:

"I have never seen a country where the people of any country are so eager for war that they want to die on the battlefield tomorrow to make meritorious contributions, what kind of belief is supporting them? Is it the will of fire of our Konoha ? ”

To this question, Lei Luo answered it this way:

"There was once a man named Gustav who wrote a book called The Rabble, and there was a lot of talk in it, but to sum it up, the truth is actually very simple......"

"When an individual is a lonely individual, he has his own distinct personality traits, but when this person is integrated into the group, all his personality will be overwhelmed by the group, and his thoughts will be immediately replaced by group thoughts."

"As a result, he has characteristics such as emotional, non-dissenting, and low IQ."

"There is no need to instill any big truths, and there is no need to pay too many practical things, as long as the government drives the people to work hard, it appropriately releases some small favors and small favors, so that the people feel that their lives are better than before, they are valued by the upper echelons, and there is nothing bad except for hard work - just do it."

Then, organize an event at a certain time, or a party, or a speech, or a dinner, or a rehearsal, to force the people together, and constantly inculcate the concept of the collective, emphasizing the difference between "us" and "them......"

"Let the people be divided into dozens of people, first pin the national emblem to their chests and sing the national anthem, then recite aloud a few speeches that the cabinet has discharged for me, and then, let them confide in each other, comfort each other, support each other, encourage each other, and finally find a few targets - the evil enemy country daimyo, the hateful foreign village ninja, to vent all the grievances accumulated in daily life......"

"Let the people think that all the problems that have arisen in society, all the troubles and misfortunes they have encountered, all the hardships and bitterness, all come from the foreign ninjas who hate us, are jealous of us, are hostile to us, conspire and calculate, hide in the shadows and deliberately harm us, and undermine the stability of our great motherland."

"In this way, the people will not only feel happy to live in the land of fire, but also angry at the enemy ninja who are causing trouble, if you add some government workers who have been fanning the flames for a long time, and from time to time take a few spies from other villages to concoct existing cases, then this kind of accumulated anger to the extreme will eventually be guided in an appropriate direction."

And that direction is the ninja world, the ninja world that all the people of the Fire Country are extremely "yearning" for at this moment. ”

"That's what patriotism is."

When he said the last sentence of the summary, the smile with a strong irony on Lei Luo's expression seemed to be fixed in the depths of Orochimaru's mind, making him unconsciously feel a little cold in his hands and feet, and subconsciously thought that he might never be able to forget this scene.

Patriotism?

Maybe...... Right.

Fire Country......

It seems to become......

It's getting weirder and weirder.