Chapter 120: Beforehand
At this time, the daimyo was meeting with the upper and lower secretaries headed by Kondo, as well as other ministers, and as time went by, a year would have to pass, and in addition to summarizing the gains and losses of the year, it was also necessary to think about the work of the coming year. Don't think that the work under the feudal social system is so easy to do, and the relatively closed and backward communication makes the control of the daimyo and the top of the government over the grassroots infinitely close to zero.
In many places, mountain villages even dared to openly disobey the daimyo or orders issued by the higher administrative authorities, not because they had the strength to oppose the daimyos, but because they were too far away from the center of power. They can't touch power, and power can't touch them.
Therefore, every year is a new challenge for these ministers and officials.
"After the Iron Country General left a few days ago, there was also news from the Land of Thunder that they wanted to deepen cooperation with us and further solve the diplomatic problems. Yun Yin of the Land of Thunder also expressed his hope that he could visit Konoha Village in an official way to maintain the peace in the ninja world. The speaker was Secretary Akimoto, who was mainly in charge of diplomatic affairs and was a subordinate of Secretary Kondo, who was in charge of overall affairs.
Although the Akimoto Ministers did not attend the upper and lower secretaries, their status and power did not make them much weaker than others. In particular, the whole world has just ushered in peace, and regardless of whether there will be a fourth war, everyone is actively looking for allies, hoping that if a fourth war breaks out, there will be enough allies to help them tide over the difficulties. Therefore, this post-war period was also the most active period of diplomacy.
The former Iron Country's generals came to visit the Fire Country, the victorious country in the last war, with gifts, and in addition to those false cooperation, what he really wanted was to make an alliance with the Fire Country and sign the next peace pact that would reassure the Iron Country.
As soon as the Land of Iron left, the Land of Thunder came again, which shows how much the status of the Land of Fire in the Eastern World has improved in the last war as the victorious country. And all of this is related to the work of the Akimoto Minister, so in the next five to ten years, as long as the Akimoto Princess, as long as he does not make mistakes, there is basically no problem in promoting the upper or lower third secretary.
The daimyo nodded noncommittally, he didn't like the old bastard in the country of thunder, probably because of the special geographical environment of the country of thunder, so that the temper of the people in the country of thunder was not very good. The temper of the Daimyo of the Land of Thunder is notorious among all the Daimyo, the key is that the old bastard will also play hooligan, he can point to your nose and scold for a long time, and then scratch his head and say with a hippie smile that his temper is like this, I hope you can understand, in fact, he has no malicious .......
Bastard!
"These things will be handled by Qiu Yuanqing, I am very relieved that you will do things." As soon as the daimyo made a statement, the Akimoto Princesses knew that they should keep their mouths shut, at least, not to say anything more until something new appeared.
The Daimyo of the Fire Nation is already capable, at least he will ask about these things, unlike some daimyo who don't even bother to ask.
At this time, Secretary Sugihisa moved his legs and took a step forward, and the eyes of the people around him were focused on him, as one of the three secretaries in charge of military affairs, his ranking was only below Secretary Kondo. His appearance in the list means that there must be something very important to say, which is worthy of everyone's attention. Although the official forces of the three ninja world wars have not been directly involved, they have realized that they cannot completely leave the ninja village alone, and it can be seen from the abdication of the three generations of the Konoha Hidden Village that this is an attitude of the government to get involved in the ninja village.
Fortunately, the third generation of apes is very knowledgeable about current affairs, and the daimyo is just a request, so he immediately resigned from the position of Hokage, and recommended to the daimyo Bo Feng Shuimen, who had proven himself in the war. In exchange, the daimyo hand-picked the wave of wind and water, which made the four generations of Hokage ascend.
Konoha Village's cooperation also made the daimyo somewhat let down some of his guard, at least Konoha Village was more obedient than other ninja villages and ninja villages in some small countries.
That's a good thing.
So now, what does Minister Sugihisa want to say?
Sugihisgeru looked around, and then said in a deep voice: "Recently, Konoha Village has begun to take the initiative to cooperate with the Renwuyue family, and has begun to get involved in commercial content within a certain range, I think you need to know this. ”
The daimyo was a little surprised, "So is this a good thing or a bad thing?" ”
Sugihisa Shigeru bowed his head slightly, "It's a good thing, it's also a bad thing!" The daimyo showed a gesture of listening, leaning forward slightly, which gave Sugihisa Shigeto enough face, and he immediately said, "It's a good thing, because once Konoha Village's business plan goes well, then in the future, we won't need to bear the heavy military expenses of Konoha Village, and this very large amount of money can be used for other projects that need to be developed throughout the country." ”
"It's a bad thing, it's because once Konoha Village can become self-sufficient, our clamp on Konoha Village will inevitably be weakened. Konoha Village, which no longer relied on financial allocations for military spending, had more autonomy and a certain degree of self-reliance. A martial arts organ that is out of our control will inevitably have something that is not under our control and that we want. ”
The daimyo turned his head to look at the Minister Asaoka who was in charge of finance, "Is the military expenditure we need to pay a lot every year?" ”
Minister Asaoka nodded, "It accounts for about ten to twenty percent of the annual fiscal revenue. ”
The daimyo looked at Sugihisa Shigeru again, "So is Konoha Village still under our control now?" ”
Sugihisao nodded in affirmation, he had only returned from Konoha for a short time, and Konoha Village in general showed no signs of wanting to break away from the Daimyo's control. It wasn't something he had heard from others, it was something he had seen and heard from some spies and himself.
"There's something else going on here, and I think it's important to make it clear to you." After getting the approval of the daimyo, Sugihisa Shigeru said his thoughts, "The business operation of Konoha Village is mainly due to the Renwuyue family, and the special nature of Konoha Village means that it is impossible for them to put too much energy and resources into how to run their business. On the contrary, as a business family with mature channels and business methods, they are the key to Konoha's self-sufficiency. ”
"Once the cooperation between the Ren Wuyue family and Konoha fails, then all the business activities in Konoha Village will inevitably be devastated, so the real focus is still on the Ren Wuyue family."
There was a smile on the face of the daimyo at this time, "Ren Wuyue family ......, it's that kid with orange light, right?" He shook his head and laughed as he spoke, "Since it's his business, Konoha Village doesn't have an independent idea, so this matter will be put aside for the time being." Don't take the initiative, don't object, take a look at the situation first. If something bad happens, just cut it off immediately. ”
A gleam flashed in Sugikushige's eyes, and he reaffirmed one thing he had discovered, that is, the daimyo seemed to have a special relationship with Orange Light, or the Rengatsuki family!
At this time, the door suddenly banged twice, and the daimyo retracted the smile on his face, lowered his eyelids, and said come in.
A guard knelt outside the door, his forehead resting on the ground, "Your Excellency, Mr. Jilu said that he had something important to see, and he has gathered five guardian ninjas. ”
The daimyo frowned slightly, and muttered slightly, "Let him in." ”