Chapter 442: The First Economic Crisis in the Ninja World

"Before we even started to do it, Yun Yin and Yan Yin were already in a big mess......"

Uchiha Tokumitsu happily read the intelligence department's ninja world dynamic report, while saying to Hachiki Shuo Shigeru, Uchiha Quartet and other Konoha and shogunate high-level officials.

After reaching a unified strategic agreement within Konoha to expand the armament and destroy Mt. Myoki, Uchiha Tokumitsu formed a temporary power center to include all the heads of Konoha, the shogunate, and the various dependent forces under his command.

The external name of this authority is the "Military Aircraft Division".

In terms of Konoha, Hagi Sakumo, Uchiha Shikata, Senju Tsunade, Mito Menyan, and the chief of the Konoha departments are all members; In addition, the leaders of the pro-affiliated ninja clans who were in charge of the affairs of the United Company were also able to be placed among the high-level leaders, and the leader of the Kusashi Ninja Village also got a ticket to the highest council, successfully realizing his long-cherished wish of "sitting on an equal footing" with Sanshoyu Hanzo, who was also a member of the Military Aircraft Department.

In short, this is an institution of power that takes care of all the forces, groups, and families under the command of Uchiha Tokumitsu.

However, due to the presence of Uchiha Tokumitsu, not only did the Military Aircraft Department not have any trouble, but under the supervision of its personal commander, all parties were full of fighting spirit and concentrated all their energy on the intensive preparation work.

“…… The economic fragility of the Land of Thunder is simply shocking! ”

Sakumo Hagi shook his head as he looked at the report.

I thought that when I gathered all my strength to raid Myoki Mountain, I needed to set aside enough strength to prevent Yunyin and Iwakuin from suddenly going crazy, but now it seems that I don't need to pay too much attention to them.

"But this time, I'm afraid it's also caused by Yun Yin's over-squeezing......"

Even Tsunade sighed, feeling incredulous about the level of taxation or "plunder" in the clouds.

Since the outbreak of the "Rice Riot" in the Land Country, the Land of Thunder has also fallen into a middle- and lower-class rebellion from outside the Ninja and Daimyo Ministers' Consortium.

But what made the large-scale rebellion of the Land of Thunder different was that a large number of lower-ranking nobles, samurai, and even monks took the initiative to participate in the rebellion and played an important core leadership role.

In order to raise the financial resources needed for Yunyin to expand his armaments, the Daimyo of the Taira clan of Thunder Country once again ordered a nationwide tax increase, and this time even the nobles were not spared, and all of them were heavily taxed!

In order to avoid "getting his hands dirty", the daimyo handed over the task of collecting taxes to the Yunyin ninjas, so the already arbitrary tax hike immediately turned into a complete catastrophe.

The daimyo of the Land of Thunder demanded that all peasants, rich or poor, be exempted from military service equal to the land endowment, so under heavy pressure, some poor people had to dedicate their fields to temples or local nobles in order to make them pay taxes on their behalf. As for the rich peasants and small landlords, although they barely paid their taxes, their vitality was greatly damaged by this.

If only that were enough, then the second tax was on the heads of all the civilians of the Land of Thunder: a poll tax of one thousand taels must be paid regardless of the occupation.

Although the small and medium-sized nobles and temples were dissatisfied this time, they still saw that they had reaped some benefits from the tax increase, and the fierce Yunyin ninja was really not easy to mess with, so they paid the taxes honestly; And those rich peasants, small landlords, and businessmen were also greatly damaged.

But this is not the end, and then a variety of taxes followed, such as the building money calculated according to the number of ridges, the high money calculated by the area of the field, and the stone high money calculated by the amount of family wealth. The small and medium-sized nobles and monasteries were immediately exploited to the point of dying, and the landlords and merchants were simply bankrupt.

However, this is still not the end, because the taxation affairs of the Land of Thunder are personally supervised by the ironclad successor of Thunder Shadow, Ai, so the especially dissatisfied Yunyin ninjas, in order to show their talents, first announced that all the mines, iron factories and other assets that may be involved in the production of armaments in the country are all "state-owned" - that is, Yunyin owns; Subsequently, a super tax that completely forced the small and medium-sized nobles and monasteries to be rebelled against was introduced - the gold exchange order.

In short, it is to make all the local nobles and monasteries hand over their own treasures such as gold judgments in exchange for the domestic banknotes that have long been devalued and decent, and are not even collected by the Yunyin ninja who used them to pay taxes.

As a result, with the exception of the Daimyo Prefecture and, all the territories under the actual control of the Land of Thunder were out of control overnight, and the bankrupt nobles and landless peasants immediately colluded, expelled the local tax-collecting ninjas with the power of the samurai, and announced that they would no longer fulfill their tax obligations.

The temple directly organized the warrior monks under its door, and then gathered the samurai among the believers to launch the "One Beat Movement" to kill the ninjas who did all kinds of evil in the local area.

Since then, the land of thunder has been in turmoil.

And Uchiha Nakagen's Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Intelligence Department of the Hyuga Patriarch have been planning for so long, and the "achievements" they have achieved are nothing compared to the sins created by the Cloud Hidden Ninja in just half a month!

Therefore, during this meeting of the Military Aircraft Department, Uchiha Zhongxuan directly relied on the fact that he was the father of Uchiha Tokumitsu to come on a "sick leave", and the always proud Hyuga patriarch did not dare to raise his head in the corner.

"But...... There's still a little bit of fire on the soil side of the country! ”

Although the effect of Yunyin's self-attack on the Thunder Country is unparalleled, the "Industrial Innovation" plan promoted by Iwakure in the Land of Earth only has an impact on some wealthy merchants, and it has not fallen into a state of rebellion like the Thunder Country.

"The Ministry of Intelligence has to work harder......"

Qimu Shuomao also took a mouthful.

Of course, the work results of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are also relatively average, but the chief is the father of Uchiha Tokumitsu, and Hachiki Shuomao is naturally not easy to say, so the Hyuga patriarch has to bear everything alone.

"The Ministry of Intelligence is trying to start another rice riot in the southern region of Tsuchinokuni within a month!"

Patriarch Hyuga hurriedly patted his chest and said. 、

Of course, there is a skill in this statement.

The southern part of the land is already classified as a demilitarized zone, the Iwakure garrison ninja army is limited to 1,000 people, most of the areas that have caused riots have not been completely quelled, and the Ministry of Intelligence has laid out a lot of chess pieces, so it is not difficult to start a "rice riot".

But it would be nice if Iwain was as "interesting" as Yunyin......

Patriarch Hyuga couldn't help but feel sorry for the granite head of the Iwakushi ninja.

Why don't you raise taxes?

"In addition, the Charity Federation under the United Company will give soup porridge relief in the border area."

Uchiha Tokumitsu commanded again.

Perhaps for backward countries like the Land of Earth and the Land of Thunder, the bankrupt civilians are nothing but troublemakers, but for the conglomerates that are best at exploiting surplus value, these bankrupt civilians who have fled to their relatives are the best assets.

Moreover, so many workshops, mines, farms and pastures under the United Company have been in a state of shortage, and it would be a pity not to take this opportunity to get more "lifelong contract workers" to go back and shine.

……

"Kuroko!"

Ah Fei, who had not shown up for a long time, rushed into the secret base of the Black Jedi, and directly broke into the research room that the Black Jedi valued most unimpeded, and accidentally dismantled a few strange-looking "ironwood combination toys" along the way.

"What are you doing!"

The furious Black Absolute roared, "Ah Fei! Are you not going to rebel! ”

The indifferent scorpion looked up and down at this strange man who had torn down several of his high-level puppets, and his heart was full of jealousy.

"That's right! It is to rebel! ”

Ah Fei danced and cheered.

"What are you talking about?"

Hei Jue's anger immediately dissipated without a trace, and he hurriedly comforted: "You are the most trusted Bai Jue of Madara, don't be impulsive and misguided!" ”

"What are you yelling at dogs!"

Ah Fei continued to express his inner excitement in various strange postures: "Land of the Earth! And the land of thunder is in chaos! We're going to rebel too! ”

"What's that?"

Black Jue, who has been hiding in a secret base, doesn't know about the recent changes in the ninja world.

Of course, it didn't expect the world to change so fast!

"Look!"

Ah Fei magically took out a newspaper and displayed it in front of Hei Jue and the scorpion.

"Enlightenment and Countermeasures of the First Economic Crisis in the Ninja World......"

Hei Jue read out the newspaper's headline: "...... Main Comment: Author Tokumitsu Uchiha? ”

"You're taking the initiative to accept the poison of Uchiha Tokuko again!"

Before he could read the content, Hei Jue immediately became furious: "I see that you were brainwashed by Uchiha Tokumitsu!" I forgot to dedicate my life's glory and dreams to Madara-sama! ”

"I'm not, I'm not, don't talk nonsense!"

Ah Fei immediately jumped to his feet to protest: "I think you are the one who wants to give up Madara's ideals!" ”

"That's it, you spend time in the hole with this strange little ghost all day long, don't want to make progress, and waste the precious resources to make Bai Jue to make some useless ironwood toys!"

Ah Fei pointed to the hundreds of human puppets placed everywhere and said, "You! Kuroko is the rebel in the white absolute world! ”

"What are you talking nonsense!"

This time, it was Black's turn.

It's not like Ah Fei who has Mu Dun, if he loses his allegiance to Madara, he won't be able to control so many Bai Jue!

And the reason why the ninja corpse that made the white absolute was used to create a human puppet was because the newborn white absolute only listened to Ah Fei's and not to listen to the words of his dignified black absolute adult!

But these words can't be said to his face, so he can only quarrel with Ah Fei, who is bent on returning to the south of the land and reproducing the glorious moment of the "rice riots".

The scorpion just stood silently and listened to the quarrel between the two weirdos, one black and one white.

But......

"That's a lot of information!"

……

As the Konoha Intelligence Department continues to increase its investment, the civilians of the Land Country, who were overwhelmed by the Iwakushi ninjas who led the "industrial innovation", once again learned the "Southern Spirit" and set off another round of riots.

It's just that this time it broke out directly in the western part of the land country, although it was not like the country of thunder that the whole country was plunged into war, but the western region was originally the ore production area of the land country, and after falling into turmoil, it directly affected the process of raising Iwakuin's armaments.

As a result, the Iwakuin ninjas mercilessly began to kill on a killing spree, exterminating all the rebellious people.

This time, there was no shogunate's ninja army to threaten Iwakure on the side, and in order not to give the shogunate a chance to interfere, Iwakure also moved his true character, and completely subdued the entire western region in just two days.

And the southern region, which was just preparing to "raise a big thing", quickly calmed down.

But then, thanks to the efforts of the Konoha Intelligence Department, the land of the land fell into an absolute dead state of "no resistance and no cooperation".

The peasants began to stop cultivating the wasteland, the merchants desperately tried to clear their warehouses and try to transfer their property, and the small and medium-sized nobles who were not qualified to attend meetings in the daimyo's mansion secretly used a large amount of money to buy bonds on the Nangagawa Stock Exchange, and the circulation of goods within the land country was completely paralyzed.

The Daimyo of the Tachibana clan of the Land Country thought that this was just a protest from the thieves to him, so he pretended to condemn the "excesses" of the Iwakushi ninja, but he did not mean to punish him in the slightest.

As a result, the outflow of gold sentences from the land country has become even more serious.

In order to avoid the treasury being run out, the Daimyo of the Land Country had to announce the start of a limited amount of cashing, and curtailed the scale of the exchange, trying to survive the run.

But it is not as good as people want, although the paper money of the land country cannot be redeemed for gold judgment, but there are still small and medium-sized nobles and wealthy merchants who have a little family background after learning about the tragic situation of the land country, they immediately transferred their last family wealth to the shogunate jurisdiction, trying to escape from the land country that is becoming more and more strictly controlled, even if you can only be an idler who eats and waits for death in the shogunate jurisdiction, it is better than being eaten alive and wiped clean!

As a result, the economic crisis of the land country has become even more serious.

In addition, the purchasing power of the banknotes issued by the country has fallen again and again, causing the shogunate gold yuan, which was tacitly resisted, to take advantage of the void and become the most popular currency in the land country in one fell swoop!

The commentaries published by Uchiha Tokumitsu became the spiritual pillar for the defection of small and medium-sized nobles, large and small businessmen who were transferring their property.

……

"We must immediately declare that the whole country has entered an emergency and completely control it!"

At the Imperial Meeting of the Daimyo Mansion of the Land Country, Loess put forward his own suggestion: "Our situation is still much better than Yunyin, but we must not let it go, otherwise the situation of the whole country will definitely be waiting for us!" ”

"It can't be done! Those traitors all came to the shogunate through the southern region, and our ninja army and government army in the south are not enough to cut off all the escape routes! ”

The high-level leaders of Iwakure, who had proposed the joint venture, immediately jumped out and objected: "And this can also abandon those disloyal and unrighteous non-nationals from now on, and at the same time add a burden to the shogunate and waste their food, which is the best of both worlds!" ”

When Loess heard this, and then saw the appearance of the nobles who thought it was true, he suddenly felt that the whole person was not good!

"You ......"

Loess finally held back his anger: "Haven't you all read Deguang's quotations and recent review articles!" ”

"We are all loyal ministers of the land country, so we won't read those vulgar words that add oil and vinegar!"

The senior of Iwakuin said confidently.

"Wait for death! It's hopeless! ”

Ignoring the etiquette, Loess jumped up violently, scolded angrily and left the table.

“…… Loess is also a piece of good intentions. ”

After being cold for a while, the Daimyo of the Land Country on the high seat said with a dry smile.

Update Today (1/2)

In real history, although the civilians of Xiaori are not as abundant as the martial arts of the Central Plains, they actually have a lot of riots, and the most famous is the Pure Land Sect that set off a single sword and killed Kaga Daimyo; Although this is nothing compared to the good results achieved by the peasant army of the Central Plains Dynasty, it is not bad in a small day

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